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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Kartik gains another Smart State grant for landfill research 

Published on 07 February, 2007 

CQU PhD student Kartik Venkatraman, of Plant Sciences Group, has received a $10,000 State Government grant over 2 years (2006-2008) to further his research into phytocapping technology to cap landfills.

PhotoID:3735 Kartik is among the 24 Smart State funding recipients throughout Queensland in the current round. He has previously been granted $5000 under the funding program.

The research aims to explore a potential alternative landfill capping system using tree species and soil layers to reduce leachate generation and methane emission.

This research is being conducted in conjunction with Rockhampton City Council, Phytolink Australia Pyt Ltd and Central Queensland University at the Lakes Creek landfill site.

Kartik has been researching under the supervision of Associate Professor Nanjappa Ashwath and Dr Ninghu Su and is being mentored by Dr Bodapati Naidu, Senior BioGeoChemist (Q-Scape), Natural Resource Sciences, Department of Natural Resources and Water.

PhotoID:3736 Photos: Grant recipient Kartik and a group inspection of one of the Lakes Creek landfill sites. Kartik is proudly supported by the Queensland Government's Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program.