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The Murray Darling Basin Plan Is Not Delivering - There's No More Time To Waste, Quentin Grafton, Darla Hatton Macdonald, David Paton, Graham P. Harris, Henning Bjornlund, Jeffery D. Connor, John Quiggin, John Williams, Lin Crase, Richard T. Kingsford, Sarah Ann Wheeler
The Murray Darling Basin Plan Is Not Delivering - There's No More Time To Waste, Quentin Grafton, Darla Hatton Macdonald, David Paton, Graham P. Harris, Henning Bjornlund, Jeffery D. Connor, John Quiggin, John Williams, Lin Crase, Richard T. Kingsford, Sarah Ann Wheeler
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
More than five years after the Murray Darling Basin Plan was implemented, it's clear that it is not delivering on its key objectives. The Basin Plan, at its core, is about reducing the amount of water that can be extracted from its streams, rivers and aquifers. It includes an environmental water strategy to improve the conditions of the wetlands and rivers of the basin. The Productivity Commission will conduct a five-yearly inquiry into the effectiveness of the Basin Plan in 2018. It is high time to explain what is really going on in the Basin and water recovery. For this …
One-Step Bonding Of Ni Electrode To N-Type Pbte - A Step Towards Fabrication Of Thermoelectric Generators, Xavier Reales Ferreres, Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini, Mitchell John Bromley Nancarrow, C Zhang
One-Step Bonding Of Ni Electrode To N-Type Pbte - A Step Towards Fabrication Of Thermoelectric Generators, Xavier Reales Ferreres, Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini, Mitchell John Bromley Nancarrow, C Zhang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
PbTe-based thermoelectric materials are good candidates for harvesting waste heat at mid-range temperatures due to their high thermoelectric efficiencies. Excellent quality and reliability of the bonding between the thermoelectric material and the electrode at high temperatures are essential for manufacturing thermoelectric generators. Here, a technique has been developed to achieve high-quality bonding between PbTe and the electrode. We have successfully performed one-step sintering of nickel electrode to n-type PbTe powder using spark plasma sintering. The fabricated interphase, composed of nickel telluride, is continuous and homogeneous across the junction, without visible flaws on the electrode or in the interphase and PbTe. …
'Good Engineering Governance' - An Issue For Ergonomists, J V. Nendick, M Hassan, E N. Urwin, Grace A. Kennedy, C E. Siemieniuch, M A. Sinclair
'Good Engineering Governance' - An Issue For Ergonomists, J V. Nendick, M Hassan, E N. Urwin, Grace A. Kennedy, C E. Siemieniuch, M A. Sinclair
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
Engineering Governance can be summarised as two questions: 'Are we doing the right things?' and 'Are we doing those things right?'. It forms a part of Corporate Governance, and in the manufacturing domain it is the key to long-term survival amid changing commercial contexts. The paper will outline some of the ergonomics issues of importance in this topic; 'ownership' of goverrnance; implications for design, production and operation; and, perhaps most important for Ergonomists, the resulting implications for the design of jobs. These implications cover organisational discipline, the inclusion of suitable, 'effort-free' metrics in engineering processes, the allocation of responsibility and …