Monash University Science Faculty

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The Monash University Science Faculty is one of the largest science faculties in Australia, with about 3, 500 students. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, from bachelor's degrees through to PhD level. Originally, it was based entirely at Monash's Clayton Campus, but since the 1990s it has extended to Gippsland and Malaysia.[1]

Associated with the Science Faculty are a number of student societies, including the Monash Science Society, the Biological Society, the Biomedical Society, the Monash Advanced Science and Science Scholars Society, the Monash Environmental Science Students Association, Monash University Geology Students, the Society of Physics and Mathematics and the Monash Weather and Climate Society. [2]

The Faculty has recently been strengthened by the opening of the Australian Synchrotron at the Clayton Campus, and the establishment of the Monash Centre for Synchtrotron Science, with which the Faculty is affiliated. The Faculty operates a number of other major research facilities such as the Monash University wind tunnel at Clayton Campus, the Monash Antibody Technology Facility and two observatories.

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[edit] Structure

In its teaching capacity, the Monash University Science Faculty incorporates:

    • School of Biological Sciences
    • School of Chemistry
    • School of Geosciences
    • School of Mathematical Sciences
    • School of Physics
    • School of Applied Sciences and Engineering - Gippsland campus
    • School of Arts and Sciences - Malaysia campus


[edit] School of Geosciences

The School of Geosciences at Monash University is consistently ranked as one of the best earth science departments in Australia in national benchmarking. It has strong research and teaching programs in many disciplines of geology, geophysics and environmental geoscience, including: geodynamics and tectonics; three dimensional modeling, numerical modeling and simulation; volcanology, geochemistry, and igneous petrology; applied palaeontology and palaeobiology; basin studies, sedimentology and energy resources; ore deposit geology and geochemistry; geophysics; hydrogeology and environmental geoscience.

Current Head of School: Professor Ray A.F Cas, B.Sc.(Hons) Syd., Ph.D. Macq.


[edit] Reseach Centres

In research, it includes:

    • Australian Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Policy and Management
    • Centre for Biospectroscopy
    • Centre for Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography (CDMO)
    • Centre for Modelling of Stochastic Systems (a cross-faculty centre)
    • Centre for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics (CSPA)
    • Centre for X-ray Physics and Imaging
    • Water Studies Centre (WSC)
    • Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation (CESAR)
    • Centre for Green Chemistry
    • Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science

A number of Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are also based in the Science Faculty, including:

    • CRC for Functional Communication Surfaces
    • CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2 CRC)
    • CRC for Clean Power from Lignite
    • eWater CRC
    • CRC for Predictive Mineral Deposits (pmd*CRC)

[edit] Notable Alumni

The Monash Faculty of Science has produced a number of notable graduates who are currently leaders in their field, including:


[edit] References

  1. ^ About the Faculty of Science, Monash University
  2. ^ Student societies, Monash University Science



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