From s.brough at unsw.edu.au Mon May 28 09:51:07 2018 From: s.brough at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 09:51:07 +1000 Subject: [ASA] 2018 GMT Community Science Meeting announcement Message-ID: Hi All, The Sixth Annual GMT Community Science Meeting on the topic??Stars: Birth & Death? will be held in Hawaii September 13-15 2018. Further details are below. This is a great meeting to start getting involved with Australia's next-generation optical facility and to encourage that some partial travel reimbursement may be provided for graduate students and postdocs (by GMTO). Cheers, Sarah (AAL GMT SAC Representative) The Sixth Annual GMTO Community Science Meeting, /Stars: Birth and Death/, will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 13-15, 2018. Registration is free and partial travel support may be given to students and postdocs. While stars spend most of their lives as stable, fusion-powered objects, stellar birth and death involve some of the most dramatic and diverse physical processes known to astrophysicists. Stellar beginnings are shrouded in dust and difficult to observe, and the next generation of large telescopes will offer transformative opportunities to understand this first chapter of the star formation story. Stellar death is often explosive, and a burgeoning swell of data on transient objects offers great opportunities for advancing our understanding of the last chapter of the stellar story. This conference brings together experts in the fields of star formation and stellar disruptions, eruptions and explosions. We will focus on key open questions that can be solved in the upcoming era of very large telescopes. A PDF of the conference poster is attached. 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Feel free to send any questions you have about the steering committee to Sarah Martell, the returning officer for this election (s.martell at unsw.edu.au ). Cheers, the ECR chapter steering committee On 15/05/2018 7:41 am, Sarah Martell wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > The Early Career Researcher Chapter of the ASA is inviting ECR Chapter > Members to nominate for a number of positions on the Chapter Steering > Committee. > > The Chapter is active in promoting and assisting the career > development of early- and mid-career researchers in the Australian > astronomy community. The goals of the chapter are: > > * Inform the members about opportunities for professional training and > support > * Provide training for the members in areas of professional development > * Connect the members with each other, and also with senior researcher > mentors, providing a support network > * Act as an advocacy and representation body for the members > > The ECR chapter has been active since 2013. Over that period it has > organised activities that have been beneficial to our ECR members, > including workshops (2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018), the ?Meet-a-Mentor? > session at the annual ASA meeting (co-organised with the IDEA > Chapter), and a mentoring scheme, partnering senior mentors with > postdocs and PhD students. > > The ECR Chapter is run by a Steering Committee who play a leading role > in devising and implementing initiatives to fulfill the Chapter?s > goals. The Committee consists of a Chair, five Steering Committee > members, a student representative and a senior representative. There > is also an ASA council representative, who is ex-officio unless they > are also elected to the committee. Terms are held for two years > (ordinary members) and one year (student representative and senior > representative). > > We are now inviting nominations for four positions: senior > representative, student representative, and two ordinary committee > members. These positions are open to all Chapter members, except for > the student representative, which is open to students only. Current > Steering Committee members are welcome to renominate if they wish. > > Sarah Martell will be the returning officer for this election, so all > nominations should go to her via email (s.martell at unsw.edu.au) by > Wednesday 30 May. Each nomination must include a brief paragraph > summarising your interest in the position and how you intend to > contribute to the broad goals of the Chapter. 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URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon May 28 22:35:33 2018 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 12:35:33 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Senior Technical Officer role at our SSO Message-ID: Senior Technical Officer role at our SSO http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524785/senior-technical-officer Classification: ANU Officer Grade 7 Salary package: $85,023 - $89,370 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Continuing The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is Australia?s premier optical/infrared astronomy department with headquarters at Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra and with telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in New South Wales. Siding Spring Observatory is home to many active research telescopes and includes the 2.3m telescope, the Skymapper telescope and the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The RSAA conducts international astronomical research in areas of exoplanets, stellar and galactic systems, and cosmology. This is supported by a broad technical program operating at SSO and the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation for Australia?s current and future astronomical telescopes. Working at Siding Springs Observatory (SSO), the Senior Technical Officer will undertake the general management of the SSO Technical Section and supervise the SSO technical team in maintaining telescopes and support infrastructure at Siding Spring Observatory. The successful occupant of this position must develop and maintain effective working relationships with all ANU staff as well as staff from other organisations represented at SSO, and personnel external to the observatory. The Senior Technical Officer will be required to provide after-hours support, and assist with site issues and emergencies when necessary. The Univeristy offers excellent working conditions including generous superannuation contributions, paid annual leave and personal leave and a commitment to staff development and training. Employees at Siding Spring also receive additional leave entitlements and remote location allowances. College Overview The ANU College of Science (CoS) comprises: the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Research School of Biology, the Research School of Chemistry, the Research School of Earth Science, the Fenner School of Environment and Society, the Mathematical Sciences Institute, the Research School of Physics and Engineering, and the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Staff and students within the ANU College of Science conduct research and delivers a research-led education program that encompasses the entire breadth of the sciences, supported by extensive international networks and by world-class facilities. The College has a strong tradition of research excellence that has fostered distinguished Nobel Laureates and Kyoto Prize winners and that trains scientific leaders in disciplines in which the ANU is consistently ranked in the top twenty in the world. For further information, please contact Associate Professor Chris Lidman T: 02 6125 0238 or E:Christopher.Lidman at anu.edu.au The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant via: indigenous.employment at anu.edu.au ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to those of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion Application information Apply through the website http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524785/senior-technical-officer In order to apply for this role please make sure that you upload the following documents: * A statement addressing the selection criteria. * A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. * Other documents, if required. Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position. Please note: The successful applicant must have rights to live and work in this country. ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue May 29 16:42:38 2018 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:42:38 +0000 Subject: [ASA] RSAA Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer Message-ID: http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524846/senior-optomechanical-engineer Classification: ANU Officer Grade 8 / Senior Manager Level 1 Salary package: $95,894 - $114,744 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Contingent Funded Appointment Position overview The ANU College of Science (CoS) comprises: the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Research School of Biology, the Research School of Chemistry, the Research School of Earth Science, the Fenner School of Environment and Society, the Mathematical Sciences Institute, the Research School of Physics and Engineering, and the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Staff and students within the ANU College of Science conduct research and delivers a research-led education program that encompasses the entire breadth of the sciences, supported by extensive international networks and by world-class facilities. The College has a strong tradition of research excellence that has fostered distinguished Nobel Laureates and Kyoto Prize winners and that trains scientific leaders in disciplines in which the ANU is consistently ranked in the top twenty in the world. The Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) has high-level engineering and scientific teams that develop innovative state-of-the-art instrumentation for astronomy, space applications, laser communications and advanced materials. The AITC is participating in the billion-dollar international Giant Magellan Telescope project, as well as supporting development and upgrades of existing RSAA telescopes and building instruments for international partners. The AITC offers end-to-end professional services and capability for the design, manufacture, integration and test of precision instrumentation and complex systems. The AITC Program requires a high-level engineer to manage highly specialized equipment and space test facilities. The Opto-Mechanical Engineer / Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer provides specialist technical advice and skills in support of the program in the area of Opto-Mechanical Engineering and will be expected to maintain an up to date knowledge of awareness of state-of-the-art technology in the field and is required to work in a matrix project management structure under the daily direction of the AITC Program Technical Manager and project manager(s). Under the broad direction of the AITC Technical Program Manager, the Opto-Mechanical Engineer / Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer provides design, development, validation, and maintenance expertise for approved AITC projects and activities. A close working relationship is required with engineers in Optical, Electronics, Software, Detector and Systems areas. The Opto-Mechanical Engineer / Senior Opto- Mechanical Engineer will follow AITC technical management procedures to ensure optimum results for complex, multi-disciplinary instrumentation projects, often within the framework of international consortia. For further details please contact Professor Anna Moore P: 02 6125 4724 or E: Anna.Moore at anu.edu.au The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant via: indigenous.employment at anu.edu.au ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to those of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion Application information Apply through the website http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/524846/senior-optomechanical-engineer In order to apply for this role please make sure that you upload the following documents: * A statement addressing the selection criteria. * A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. * Other documents, if required. Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position. ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au Fri Jun 1 13:18:54 2018 From: Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au (Paul Francis) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 03:18:54 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Supplementary call for 2.3m proposals Message-ID: Hi Everyone, The 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring is considerably undersubscribed for the coming quarter (Aug-Oct 2018), so we?ve reopened proposals for one week - until 23:59 on Friday 8th June 2018. There are 12 unsubscribed open nights, and 22 unsubscribed paid nights. All lunar phases are available. The original call for proposals is attached below. Cheers, Paul Francis ????????????????? Instruments available: Nasymth A: WiFeS Nasymth B: Imager or Echelle. Observing proposals must be submitted electronically via the RSAA web pages. Full instructions are available at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa . *************************** PLEASE NOTE *********************************** The ANU 2.3-metre telescope at Siding Spring Observatory is scientifically productive and a valuable resource for student training and instrument development. These diverse and significant benefits justify its continued operation for the foreseeable future. The full cost to the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) of operating the 2.3m telescope (including staff, maintenance and repairs) corresponds to approximately $1200 per night. To defray this cost, RSAA is offering priority on the 2.3m telescope to paying customers from Australia and elsewhere, while simultaneously ensuring a level of open access to astronomers at all Australian institutions. 40% of the telescope time will be allocated to paid priority proposals, which will need to contribute $400 per night towards the running costs of the telescope. The remaining 60% of the time is open-access and remains free. To be eligible to apply for open-access time, 50% or more of the proposers must be based at Australian institutions. In future years the price of a priority night will increase and the fraction of open-access nights will decrease. Full details can be found at https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/applying-time The latest information on using the telescope and its instruments can be found at http://https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa *************************************************************************** If you have questions or technical problems in using the web-based submission process, please email tacinfo at mso.anu.edu.au. 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