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USP RESEARCHJ A N U A R Y - M A R C H , 2 0 1 9 V O L . 2 - I S S U E 1
Bula Vinaka and welcome to the first issue of the 2019
Research Newsletter. The year has begun with news of some
very exciting projects. First, congratulations to everyone
involved in the “One Ocean Hub” Global Challenges
Research Fund team who have been spectacularly successful
in winning one of the largest research grants in USP’s
history. The project involves all three faculties as well as
Pace-SD and is an example of the transdisciplinary work
that our researchers are involved in, focused on one of the
biggest challenges facing this region. A second big success
has been the launch of our Innovation Hub in partnership
with UNDP. This initiative is already bringing staff and
students together from across many disciplines and
building collaborations with private and public sector
stakeholders. I am looking forward now to building on this
work to establish a regional network of Innovation Hubs
based at USP campuses.
Creating a Culture
of ResearchProfessor Derrick Armstrong
I N T H I S I S S U E :
USP BECOMES PART OF
THE ONE OCEAN HUB
THE UNDP-USP
INNOVATION HUB
RESEARCHER PROFILES
RESEARCH IMPACT -
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
OUTLOOK
RETROSPECT: A LOOK
BACK AT LAST YEAR
The Pacific is no stranger to the challenges facing its ocean. With
almost ninety-eight percent of the Pacific region covered by the
ocean, its extensive resources are central to the lives and future
prosperity of Pacific Island peoples. For this reason, USP's
success in securing the research grant and becoming part of the
One Ocean Hub is all the more significant for the member
countries it serves.
The One Ocean Hub is led by the University of Strathclyde with
24 research partners and 35 project partner organisations. The
USP team of researchers include Associate Professors Gilianne
Brodie and Ann Cheryl Armstrong, Professors Jeremy Hills and
Matthew Allen, Dr. Morgan Wairiu, Katy Soapi and P-J
Bordahandy, as well as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research,
Innovation, and International, Professor Derrick Armstrong.
The Hub aims to transform the response to urgent challenges
facing the world's ocean through research that bridges the
disconnections between law, science, and policy. It strives to
empower the communities, women and children, most reliant
upon the oceans, to inform decisions based on multiple values
and knowledge systems.
USP Researchers Part of the
One Ocean Hub
Shaiza Janif
A third exciting development that I want to highlight here
is the work of Dr Nick Rollings and the “Flying Labs” team*.
I was fortunate to get the chance recently to spend some
time with this team during a visit to the University by
DFAT’s Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Scientist, Dr
Sarah Pearson. This work on the development and uses of
drone technology is a wonderful example of how the
University is addressing significant regional issues such as
disaster management, community mapping, resource
monitoring, etc through interdisciplinary research-led
innovation. These examples illustrate the rich diversity of
solution-focused work being done by involving staff and
students.
P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H
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*The next issue of the USP Research newsletter will provide an in-depth coverage on the Flying Labs project.
There are five core themes of the project:
Global Law for Integrated Ocean
Management; Emotionally connecting with
the Ocean; Sustainable and Equitable
Fisheries in an Ecosystem context; Offshore
(non-fisheries) marine resources for a
sustainable blue economy; and
Transformative Governance for an
Inclusive, Innovative and responsible Blue
Society. USP researchers are centrally
involved in all the themes and are
coleading two of the thematic research
projects.
Participants of the One Ocean Hub workshop in Laucala, Suva.Picture: USP SPAC
(Seated from L-R): Professor Derrick Armstrong, Professor Elisa Morgera, HerExcellency Melanie Hopkins, British High Commissioner, and Professor PalAhluwalia, Vice-Chancellor and President of USP, with the One Ocean Hub
team at USP during the launch.Picture: USP SPAC
February 18th marked the beginning of a week-long
One Ocean Hub Inception Phase Regional Workshop
hosted at the University of the South Pacific, Suva
Campus. The key objectives of the workshop were to:
• Engage in substantive discussions among research
partners;
• Develop a culturally appropriate Code of Conduct
with monitoring, communication strategy and training;
• Finalise management and governance structure; and
• Expand on the Hubs Theory of Change.
Towards the end of the workshop the Pacific Launch of
the One Ocean Hub took place at the USP's Laucala
Campus on the 22nd of February.
DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
The University Research is off to a great start in 2019with almost $350K already awarded for researchprojects commencing this year. The University is alsolooking into reviewing and updating the StrategicResearch Themes to ensure our research remainssignificant for the Pacific. Our Research Office is always looking for ways andmeans to encourage both staff and students to delveinto creative scholarship, whether through researchprojects, seminars or thesis. The ResearchOffice's core functions (Research PolicyDevelopment, Research Promotion and Incentives,
Postgraduate Research Student Support, ResearchFunding, Research Performance Monitoring, andStaff Training) are geared towards undertakingresearch that improves the livelihood of the Pacificpeople while achieving international recognition. It is my hope that you will find the researchsummaries and profiles in this issue of USP Researchsufficiently reflective of the ongoing work at theUniversity. Professor Jito VanualailaiDirector Research
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The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) was published on
the 13th of March, in time for the Fourth United Nations
Environmental Assembly. Among the 250 scientists and experts
who authored the report, Professor Jeremy Hills was the sole
contributor from the Pacific Islands.
Professor Hills has over 20 years of experience in research and
consultancy in coastal and marine environments. Having
previously worked in over 40 countries with a range of national,
international institutions, and research organisations Professor
Hills was well placed to take on the challenging task.
When speaking of the GEO-6 experience, Professor Hill
highlighted the importance of involving Pacific Island experts in
such ventures. He stated that “people in the Pacific are highly
reliant on the natural resources, especially those from the ocean,
thus sustainability of the environment is a key issue to the future
of our region. In addition, it is important to internationally
recognise the traditional knowledge and tenure systems of the
Pacific, which need to be embedded in future initiatives for
sustainability.”
Research Impact - Global
Environment Outlook
Shaiza Janif
An Innovation Hub and co-working space
was launched by The University of the
South Pacific (USP) and the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
at the Laucala Campus on 1 February
2019. Professor Derrick Armstrong,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research &
International welcomed everyone saying
the gathering was not only to launch the
Innovation Hub, but also to celebrate the
critical role that collaborative
partnerships play in supporting and
increasing innovative outcomes.
In his address, Professor Pal Ahluwalia,
Vice-Chancellor and President especially
acknowledged Mr Bakhodir Burkhanov
and other guests for engaging in
meaningful partnerships committed to
supporting innovation and accelerating
the implementation of Sustainable
Development Goals in the Pacific. “It is a
massive accolade for a developing
country university and we are the
premier institution in the region but we
cannot sit back on our laurels and say
that we have made it,” he said. “It is these
kind of initiatives that are so vital to
make sure that we stay at the forefront of
where we need to be,” he added.
Professor Ahluwalia commented that
innovation is all about USP’s engagement
with industry and development partners,
among others.
UNDP-USP
Innovation HubUSP Communications Unit
Professor Pal Ahluwalia, USP Vice-Chancellor and President and Mr Bakhodir Burkhanov, UNDPResident Representative for the Pacific (garlanded) with team members from USP and UNDP .
Picture: USP SPAC
The GEO-6 can be accessed online at:https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-6
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At the opening of Shaping Up: Pacific Research
Symposium on Sport and Sustainable Development on
19th of June, 2018 , The President of Fiji, His
Excellency Jioji Konousi Konrote announced that the
Research Office will be introducing a new scholarship
with a focus on sports .This scholarship is a
collaboration between USP and the Oceania National
Olympic Committee (ONOC) and is designed to build
the research capacity at USP in line with the
University’s strategic research themes, strengthen the
evidence base on the contribution of sport to
sustainable development, and inform policy
development and regional investments in and through
sports in Pacific Island countries.
The Pacific Regional Sports Research Scholarship was
officially launched on the 9th of September, 2018 by
the former Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor
Rajesh Chandra during a special side event in
conjunction with the 49th Pacific Islands Forum
Leaders Meeting in Nauru. Applications for the
scholarship were open for a month in late 2018 and
early 2019. The scholarship was offered to three
individuals from USP member countries, all of whom
have a background in sports.
The pioneers of the Pacific Regional Sports Research
Scholarship are: Kiali Molu of Tuvalu, Koini Vuli of
Fiji, and Taburimai Tewaki of Kiribati. During the
yearlong scholarship, candidates will work with their
assigned supervisors on their chosen research topic
and they may even get a chance to gain industry
experience.
USP & ONOC
CollaborationAnushka Maharaj
The USP Library together with the Research Office,
facilitated Information Research Skills workshop for
new students during the Orientation Week on Laucala
Campus. The Information Research Skills workshop
was specifically designed for first year undergraduate
students at USP. The workshop introduced students to
research as a process that involves reflection,
learning, and making connections. Students were
guided through learning activities to recognise when
information is needed, and learning to locate,
evaluate, and effectively use the needed information.
The workshop built up on the Academic Writing &
Academic Honesty workshop conducted by Student
Learning Support Specialists focusing on finding
relevant information and referencing while
introducing research skills as life skills.
USP Library & Research
Office Hosts IRS During
O-WeekShaiza Janif
First year students at the Information Research Skills Workshop at LaucalaCampus during the Orientation Week, Semester I, 2019.
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For Dr Danielle Watson, policing research is an
exciting area to be involved in. Her interest in the
protection services and academia led her into research
to improve security provisions and allowed her to exist
in both worlds. Danielle specialises in police and
civilian relations with a particular interest in hotspot
policing, police recruitment and training, and policing
in developing countries. She is also passionate about
education, specifically graduate supervision and
advancements in tertiary teaching and learning.
Dr Watson’s PhD investigated language and power
relationships between police and residents of
marginalised high crime communities. Her best
research experience to date has been data collection
for her PhD. She spent 6 months working with police
officers in one of the high crime areas in her country.
“I witnessed reports being taken, suspects being
brought in, and officers being ‘human’ (misplacing
stationery, journals and pieces of paper with reports). I
ate when they ate and went on patrol when they did; I
also shared their frustrations over staffing and other
resource shortage issues. I imagine this was as close as
I’d ever come to being a police officer”, she quipped.
“After my PhD, it was confirmed that policing research
was what I wanted to do.” In addition, seeing the
struggles of many of her peers in their research
programmes and being bothered by the supervisory
nightmare stories, inspired her towards research on
graduate supervision. “I figured we are talking about
this problem, so why not write about it in a way that
may positively impact change?”
Dr Watson has published a book titled ‘Reimagining
Graduate Supervision in Developing Contexts’. Her
motivation for this was derived from the lack of
existing literature for supervision in the Pacific
context. Much of the graduate research supervision
literature referenced in the developing world is from
the Global North. “I find this not only a continued
colonial knowledge authority buy-in, but a
shortcoming on our part as Global South scholars.”
Research Profile: Danielle Watson
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Coming from a developing country in the Caribbean,
she believes none of the existing literature prepared
supervisors there either and as a researcher from the
Global South doing research in the Global South, she
believes she can make a valid contribution for what
accounts for supervisory best practices. “When you
enter a strange territory, you don’t bring a tour guide
from your country, you find one locally. My approach
with this project is the same – use local perspectives as
the foundation from which supervisory best practices
are developed. Reimagining Graduate Supervision in
Developing Contexts, in my opinion, was a much
needed first step”, explained Dr Watson.
As much as she has accomplished as an emerging
researcher, Dr Watson is yet to regard anything she has
written as her greatest achievement or contribution to
the field. “Ask me that question in the next 10 years
when the wisdom hairs (greys) start to manifest.” As for
future plans, Dr Watson aims to develop USP’s research
profile on regional security. “Dr Sara Amin and I are
currently editing a volume which looks specifically at
different dimensions of security in the Pacific. In
addition to that, I am working with several scholars on
policing related research in Tuvalu, Solomon Islands
and Guam.”
Lecturer - School of Social Sciences
FALE
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Nikhil Singh commenced his Masters of Science in
Engineering under the Graduate Assistant Scholarship
sponsored by the USP Research Office. In 2017, Nikhil
received the Vice-Chancellor’s prize for his
involvement in the invention of a Braille Slate. This
tool provided an innovative and low cost solution to
enable visually impaired children to learn the Braille
language. He is also the recipient of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) award for
the top project in the IEEE Young Engineers’
Humanitarian Challenge 2016 for the same invention.
Nikhil’s current research interest is primarily in the
area of signal processing and fractional order design
and implementation. During his undergraduate
studies; however, he developed an interest in
microprocessor applications and analog circuit
designs. “When I was in my final year, I thought, why
not use this interest to benefit the community. It was
then that my supervisor, Dr. Utkal Mehta, gave the idea
to develop a teaching tool to aid braille learning for
the visually impaired community from early
childhood”, said Nikhil.
On his current research interest, “Fractional order
filter design is a very new and exciting field of
research. Since it’s still evolving, many researchers
including myself have developed interest in developing
fractional models of filters and implementation on
hardware.” His best research experience thus far was
developing algorithms for fractional order filter
implementation in his Masters and practically
verifying it on a Field Programmable Analog Array
(FPAA).
Research Profile: Nikhil Singh
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He believes his biggest achievement and contribution
to the field though was putting smiles on the faces of
visually impaired children with a toy like tool to help
them to learn braille in a fun way from early childhood
stage and obtaining a patent grant from Australian
government.
He would advise students who intend to pursue
research, to identify their interest and streamline it
with research objectives to solve a current issue faced
by the global community. “USP now offers research in
various areas as there are experts in every field to
guide and support new researchers.”
Nikhil graduated with a Masters of Science in
Engineering degree from USP during the 2019 March
graduation ceremony. As for his future plans, he aims
to continue aligning his research interest to his
passion for helping socially and economically
challenged communities in the Pacific.
Masters of Science in Engineering
FSTE
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Picture: Pro Photos Fiji
Retrospect: A Look Back at Last Year
The Sustainable Transport Project, initiated by a seed
fund provided by USP in 2012, got closer to the solution
of developing alternative sea-transport options for
Oceanic communities when it received an initial
investment of USD2.5 – 3.0m from the China Navigation
Company on 13 November 2018, to build a low cost, low
carbon, low tech freighter. The construction of the
freighter would be managed by USP’s Micronesian
Centre for Sustainable Transport (MCST), an output of
the SRT project.
The SRT project 'Maximizing the Contribution of Sport
to Economic and Social Development of Pacific Island
Countries: The case of Fiji and Samoa', funded in early
2018 by USP and the governments of Fiji and Samoa,
and led by Seone Lolesio of the School of Economics,
played a central role in informing policy makers in
ministries of sports and sports coordinating bodies in
the Pacific Islands on the status of sports in the region.
The report it produced (of the same name) was
presented at the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in
Palau (April 2018), at the inaugural Shaping Up Pacific
Research Symposium on Sport (June 2018) and at the
Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (August 2018). The
Symposium was co-hosted by USP, the Oceania
National Olympic Committee (ONOC) and the Pacific
Islands Forum Secretariat. At the Symposium, USP and
ONOC announced a jointly funded Pacific Regional
Sports Research Scholarship programme. The new
scholarships are designed to build the research
capacity at USP in line with the University’s strategic
research themes.
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Jito Vanualailai
Research Impact in the Region
Sustainable Transport in the Pacific Island Countries
Sports Development in the Pacific Island Countries
Mr Winston Thompson, Pro-Chancellor and Chair of USP Council, Mr AlbonIshoda, Charge D’Affaires at the RMI Embassy, Honourable Inia Seruiratu, Fiji
Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and NationalDisaster Management and Meteorological Services and Professor Derrick
Armstrong, USP Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation andInternational (in garland) with participants of the Forum and Expo.
Picture: USP SPAC
The South Pacific Region’s first ever Bioprospecting
Samples Database (BSD), created by the Institute of
Applied Science (IAS), was jointly launched on 20 July
2018. Officially launching the BSD were Chief Guests,
Dr Winifereti Nainoca, United Nations Development
Progamme (UNDP) Environment Team Leader; Mr
Joshua Wycliffe, Permanent Secretary for Ministry of
Environment (MoE); Mr Naipote Katonitabua,
Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs (MTA) and Dr
Johann Poinapen, IAS Director. The BSD was funded by
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - Nagoya
Protocol Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) project,
implemented in Fiji by UNDP with project partners
MoE, the MTA and IAS. Dr Poinapen stated that the
project allowed his staff to share their knowledge
through training community members in taxonomy
including the collection and identification of marine
samples, and that reciprocally, they gained
complementary traditional knowledge in their
dealings with the communities.
Bioprospecting Samples Database Project
To read more on Strategic Research Themes [SRTs] please visit:www.research.usp.ac.fj/SRT
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A cohort of regional professionals and researchers
with firsthand knowledge and experience in climate
change adaptation and disaster risk management
undertook training between August – October 2018 at
the Pacific Technical and Further Education (Pacific
TAFE) for the inaugural Certificate IV in Resilience
(Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Reduction). According to Dr. Helene Jacot Des Combes
from the Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable
Development (PaCE-SD), this had been enabled
through the support of the EU-PacTVET project,
funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented
in conjunction with The Pacific Community. The
€6.2m-Euro project covers 15 countries in the Pacific –
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries with the aim
of developing technical and vocational qualifications
on resilience (climate change adaptation and disaster
risk reduction) and sustainable energy at the regional
level. In fact, the Pacific is leading the way globally in
the development of resilience qualifications at the
regional level. Dr. Helene Jacot Des Combes
emphasised the importance of moving beyond the
workshops and trainings given to Pacific Islanders.
The project is expected to be completed in 2019.
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster RiskManagement.The findings of a Literacy and Leadership Initiative
(LALI) overseen by the Tonga Campus-based Institute
of Education (IOE) was presented to Hon. Penisimani
‘Epenisa Fifita, the Minister for Education in Tonga on
14 June 2018. They were also presented to H. E. Ms.
Tiffany Babington, the New Zealand High
Commissioner to Tonga at the Lopaukamea Hall at
USP’s Tonga Campus on 14 June 2018 by the IOE staff
led by Associate Professor Eve Coxon, the Project
Director Dr. ‘Ana Maui Taufe‘ulungaki and Dr. Seu’ula
Johansson-Fua, Tonga Campus Director. The Pacific
Literacy and School Leadership Programme (PLSLP),
which was run in the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands
and fifteen (15) Government primary schools in Tonga,
was initiated by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and in collaboration with
the University of Auckland (UA), IOE and the
Ministries of Education. The 4-year project was
designed to improve student literacy learning in
primary schools, improve teacher practice in the
classroom, improve school leadership practices, and
build strong foundations at Ministerial level. The
design-based research method of project delivery
meant teachers and principals were given the
opportunity to engage with their own data, make their
meanings from the data and use it to inform their own
school and classroom planning.
LALI Project
The Institute of Applied Sciences (IAS) was awarded a
blue carbon habitat restoration contract to pilot the
use of Blue Carbon in local mitigation of Ocean
Acidification (OA) in Fiji, in October 2018. The
contract, which was valued at USD 89,999, would be
funded by the Ocean Foundation as part of their blue
carbon restoration initiative in the Pacific Islands. Led
by Dr Katy Soapi, the IAS Manager for the Pacific
Natural Products Research Centre (PNPRC) and
supported by the IAS Environment Unit Scientific
Officers, the project aimed to understand the dynamics
of OA parameters before, during and after restoration
of mangrove habitat.
Local Mitigation of Ocean Acidification Project
PNPRC Manager Dr Katy Soapi led by trainers at the University of Hawaii inAugust 2018
Picture: The Ocean Foundation
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The Pacific Peoples’ Research Skill [PPRS] Symposium
and pre-symposium workshop was held from the 28-30
August 2018. The symposium showed how people
across all levels of USP and other Pacific institutions
engage willingly and with passion in the explicit,
coherent and incremental development of the research
capacity of the people in the region. The pre-
symposium workshop saw 39 registered and attending
one of three targeted streams. The first stream was for
those who did not know the Research Skill
Development [RSD] framework, and the second stream
was for those who had inherited RSD rubrics, but did
not understand the underlying rationale for using the
RSD. The third stream was for those who had been
using the RSD in individual courses to consider
program-level connections enabled by the RSD.
The launch of the PPRS symposium by the Attorney
General & Education Minister of Fiji showed the
interest by Fiji government in the RSD initiative, and
the culmination of the event with the announcement
by the DVC (Education) of a follow up symposium in
2020 demonstrated the high level of support from the
University. The keynote by Professor Unaisi Walu
Nabobo-Baba, a renowned alumni of USP, surveyed 50
years of USP research, focusing on key researchers
over that period and the influence of their research
within the institution and across the people, lands,
oceans and governments of the region. The keynote by
Professor Geoffrey Crisp brought current international
perspectives on assessment and technology. Close to
100 academics and administrators participated in this
event.
Shaiza Janif
Pacific People's Research Skills
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Participants of the Pacific People's Research Skills Symposium with the Chief GuestHon. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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The annual research awards evening was held on the
15th of November, 2018 at the Japan-Pacific ICT
Multipurpose Theatre. The Chief Guest for the event
was Professor Alan Peter France, a Professor of
Sociology from the University of Auckland, New
Zealand. More than 170 staff and students were
rewarded for their high quality publications (ranked
A*, A and B) published in the previous year (2017), with
over 180 publication titles being recognised.
In addition, the rewards event recognised three (3)
USP inventions that had received patent certification
from the Australian Government and registered under
the Australian Patents Act in 2018. The Patents
include:
a) Foot Steps Waste Energy Harvesting System Using
Hydro Generator– By Dr Kabir Mamun, Dr F.M. Rabiul
Islam, Professor Maurizio Cirrincione, Shamal
Chandra, and Rishay Deo
b) An Emi Sensor For Non-Destructive Corrosion
Estimation In Concrete System- By Dr Kabir Mamun,
Dr F.M. Rabiul Islam, Ravin Deo, Aneesh Chand, Aisake
Cakacaka, and Kushal Prasad
c) My Kana – A Mobile App To Promote Healthy Eating
In The South Pacific - By Dr Irene M. Chief, Mr Rajneel
Totaram, Dr M.G.M. Kkan, Mr Mojito Jione, and Ms
Vulori Sarai
The highlight of the rewards event was the
presentation of The 2017 Vice-Chancellor’s Prizes for
Research. These are special awards to acknowledge
those staff and students who have demonstrated
outstanding research performance through high
ranked publications, creative works, innovation; and
development and societal impacts over time. The Vice-
Chancellor’s Prize for Research Impact was awarded to
Professor Ciro Rico, Dr Susanna Piovano and Ms
Kerstin Glaus with a special mention to former team
members who have since left the University; Dr
Amandine Marie, Dr Cara Miller and Mr Celso Calwich.
This award was in recognition of their research titled
South Pacific Coastal Shark Conservation Research
Program.
Fulori Nainoca-Waqairagata2017 Research Excellence and Innovation Awards Evening
The Prize for Best Research Output was jointly
awarded to Professor Mohammed Rafiuddin Ahmed
and Sandeep Patel for their research paper on solar
chimney power plants for power generation in the
Pacific, published in an A*-ranked journal. Dr
Apisalome Movono was the second recipient of the
award recognising his A*-ranked research paper on the
ecological and social interconnectedness of the Fijian
culture on tourism development. The Prize for Best
Student Research was awarded to Ms Avnita Goundar
for her paper on sustainable sea transport for the
Pacific published in an A-ranked journal, Marine
Policy.
The Prize for Innovation was awarded to two
innovative projects; (1) Braille Eye-Slate: A device to
teach Braille script to visually impaired children,
developed, tested, and implemented by Mr Nikhil
Singh and team from the School of Engineering and
Physics and; (2) the MBA Program which was
developed and successfully applied by the Graduate
School of Business, FBE.
Ms Avnita Goundar receiving the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for BestStudent Research.
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The My Kana team with Professor France receiving certificate of recognition for their workon the mobile application to promote healthy eating in the South Pacific.
Professor Pathak receiving the Vice-Chancellor's Prize forInnovation on behalf of the Graduate School of Business .
Professor Maurizio Cirrincione and Dr Kabir Mamun receivingcertificate of recognition for obtaining patent for "Foot StepsWaste Energy Harvesting System Using Hydro Generator".
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Armstrong, Director Research Professor Vanualailaiand Research Office staff with the Chief Guest Professor Allan France
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