HeyU Issue 42 - 25 November 2015 | Page 4

achievements USQ ACHIEVEMENTS Let’s celebrate some of the incredible achievements of our USQ alumni and current students in their professional careers! Congratulations to Professor Wang and his team, who successfully secured an ARC grant of $340,000, which will allow them to employ extra research staff and PhD students to develop a geopolymer-based green cement and enable the construction industry to decrease its reliance on Portland cement. Congratulations to USQ researcher Dr Jenny Ostini, who has been named as one of 10 inaugural Advance Queensland Community Digital Champions by the Queensland Government. Congratulations to USQ student and Digital Intern Rachel Tapscott whose short film Only in the Half Pipe took out Best Technical Entry in the Open Category of the Ipswich Film Festival for Youth Congratulations to all of our students who have completed their studies at USQ this year. We wish you all the best for the future. Don’t forget to keep in touch via USQ’s alumni network.