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Sam’s career looking ship-shape
Samuel Harrison kick started his career by joining the Materiel Cadetship Scheme at the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). The Scheme supports undergraduates in their final year or penultimate year (for engineering disciplines) of study and prepares them for a professional career in the DMO. The Scheme offers a six week work placement, a place on the Materiel Graduate Scheme upon completion of their degree as well as financial support.
Sam completed his six week placement with the Hydrographic Systems Program Office in Cairns. The team is responsible for the ships that map areas of Australia’s sea and surrounding coastlines. Sam worked alongside naval, mechanical, and electrical engineers on a project to upgrade radar and other equipment in Australia's fleet of hydrographic survey ships. "I had some great opportunities during my placement, which involved ship visits and inspections and I was lucky enough to go to sea for a few days. The DMO offers a great support network and the work is challenging but very rewarding,” says Sam.
Sam is currently studying a Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of IT at Griffith University.
Hi-tech study launched to detect illegal bowling action
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will fund Griffith University and Australias elite sporting bodies to develop a wearable, real-time electronic sensor to record and monitor the bowling action during delivery. The device will be mounted on a bowler's arm to assess the legality of the bowling action instantly by measuring the degree of elbow extension between the time the bowling arm reaches a horizontal level and the release of the ball.
Sports and electronics engineers at Griffith's Centre for Wireless Monitoring and applications will work with Cricket Australia's Sport Science Sport Medicine Unit and the Australian Institute of Sport's Biomechanics department to perfect the tiny electronic device. Griffith University project leader Dr Daniel James said the device was designed as a development tool for up-and-coming bowlers. more info...