IISRI Director and Alfred Deakin Professor Saeid Nahavandi has won the Clunies Ross Entrepreneur of the Year Award at this year’s Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering’s (ATSE’s) Annual Awards in Sydney.
He was among some of Australia’s leading engineers and inventors who were recognised for building a better Australian through technological innovation.
Professor Saeid Nahavandi FTSE has won the Clunies Ross Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his exceptional work on the universal motion simulator – a two-storey world-first haptically-enabled robot motion platform that functions as a vehicle and flight simulator.
Allowing pilots, drivers, and other users to experience the full range of motion as part of virtual reality training, this technology has medical, engineering, military, and education applications.
ATSE President Hugh Bradlow said the award winners demonstrated the cutting-edge creativity of Australian innovators.
‘Nominated by their peers, ATSE Award winners are tech and innovation game-changers at all career levels and show the breadth of Australian talent in the fields of engineering, technology and applied science,’ Professor Bradlow said.
‘From innovating in the skies, where the best training is given to the next generation of our pilots, and drone flight monitoring is streamlined; down under the sea, where we can trace the origins of our food to ensure sustainability and best practice approaches to fishing.
‘These award winners demonstrate the potential of brilliant Australian R&D.
‘As we move towards a net zero emissions future, their inventions are paving the way for increased solar panel efficiency and affordability to meet demand; and helping end waste by bringing new life to materials, and new approaches to sustainable resource processing and production.’
See full list of winners here.
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