SAO Graduation Gallery

    Swinburne University runs two graduation ceremonies per year and SAO is always delighted to have our students attend in person. As well as the official Swinburne graduation ceremony, SAO also invites all graduates to visit the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing on graduation day, followed by drinks in a local pub and we usually go out for lunch or dinner as well.

    For those who cannot attend the Swinburne graduation in person, they often organise their own celebrations.

    October 2008 Graduation

    Three graduates attended the October 2008 graduation ceremony: Chris Lindemann of Adelaide, South Australia; Matthew Robinson of Perth, Western Australia; Simon Turner of Melbourne, Victoria.

    From left to right: Chris Lindemann, Matthew Robinson and Simon Turner.

    March 2008 Graduation

    Eight graduates attended the March 2008 graduation ceremony: Graeme Knight of Strathdale, Victoria; Lawrence Toomey, Sydney, NSW; Marion Martin, Melbourne, Victoria; Sheridan Lacey, Melbourne, Victoria; Julian Foster, Sydney, NSW; Mike McDowell, Sydney, NSW; Albert White, Dulbin, Ireland; Richard Fell-Marston, Lisarow, NSW.

    Bottom row from left to right: Julian Foster, Sheridan Lacey, Prof Matthew Bailes.
    Second row L to R: Dr Sarah Maddison, Marion Martin.
    Third row L to R: Lawrence Toomey, Graeme Knight.
    Top row: Dr Glen Mackie, Dr Chris Fluke, Mike McDowell, Albert White, Richard Fell-Marston.

    December 2007 Graduation

    Just one graduate came to Melbourne to SAO's inaugural participation in the international graduation ceremony in December 2007 - Eduardo Manuel Alvarez. Eduardo and his wife visited the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing for a tour of the Centre and a lovelyl Thai lunch with Sarah and Glen.

    From Left to Right: Dr Sarah Maddison, Master Eduardo Manuel Alvarez and Dr Glen Mackie.

    October 2007 Graduation

    Two graduates came to Melbourne to attend the October 2007 graduation ceremony - Nancy Torry and Elizabeth Winters. Graduates and their families visited the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing for a tour of the Centre.

    From Left to Right: Elizabeth Winters, Dr Chris Fluke and Nancy Torry

    March 2007 Graduation

    Three graduates came to Melbourne to attend the graduation ceremony - David Hall from Canberra, David Burton from South Australia and Huseyin Topuz from Turkey. Graduates and their families visited the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing afterwards for a tour of the Centre. They visited the supercomputer and took a 3D flight through the Universe in our Virtual Reality theatre. Then followed drinks at the Glenferrie Hotel and an SAO celebratory dinner at a Himalayan restaurant.

    From Left to Right: Huseyin Topuz (Turkey) and
    David Hall (Australia). Photo: Ayse Topuz

    October 2006 Graduation

    Four graduates came to Melbourne to attend the graduation ceremony - Richard Heggie from Sydney, Tim Hunter from the USA, Christophe Lienhard from France, and Brett Hawton from South Africa.

    From Left to Right: Dr Glen Mackie (SAO), Master Brett Hawton (South Africa), Master Tim Hunter (USA), Dr Sarah Maddison (SAO), Master Christophe Lienhard (France) and Master Richard Heggie (Australia). Photo: Carol Hunter

    March 2005 Graduation

    This was our largest gathering of graduates in SAO history, with 8 graduates attending the ceremony. these included: Trevor Barry, Gordon Briggs, Phil Evans, Brian Irven, Ari Hypponen, Margaret Turner, Vinh-Dieu Lam and Brian Crowley. To join the celebrations, SAO alumni Emil Lenc and Jan Barker also attended the dinner. (Note that Sarah was 7.5 months pregnant and is not normally so large!)

    Back Row: Trevor Barry (NSW, Australia), Gordon Briggs (ACT, Australia), Phil Evans (Cook Islands), Brian Irven (Vermont, USA), Ari Hypponen (Finland), Glen Mackie (SAO). Front Row: Sarah Maddison (SAO), Margaret Turner (NSW, Australia), Vinh-Dieu Lam (NSW, Australia), Brian Crowley (NSW, Australia), Chris Fluke (SAO). Photo: Jan Barker

    March 2004 Graduation

    Three graduates attended the March 2004 graduation ceremony - Emil Lenc, Jan Barker and Terence Dougherty.

    From Left to Right: Master Terence Dougherty (Australia), Dr Sarah Maddison (SAO), Master Emil Lenc (Australia), Dr Margaret Mazzolini (SAO) and Master Jan Barker (Australia). Photo: Wendy Lenc