The Vice Chancellor's Award for Postgraduate Supervision 2008 - Special Commendation: Prof Kerry Hourigan

This award demonstrates "not only the commitment to teaching or research student supervision, but, also innovative and exciting approaches that serve as a model for how research and education can be brought together."

The 2007 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching - Dr Kris Ryan

The award recognises "the contribution made by academics who have shown outstanding leadership and innovation in teaching and research."

The 2006 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research - Prof Kerry Hourigan

The award recognises "the contribution made by academics who have shown outstanding leadership and innovation in teaching and research."

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The Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal 2005 - Dr Gregory J Sheard

Awarded by Monash University for his 2004 PhD thesis "The Stability and Characteristics of the Flow Past Rings".

The Kenneth Hunt Medal 2005 - Dr Gregory J Sheard

Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, for the year's best PhD Thesis.

The Young Researcher Fellowship Award 2005 - Dr Gregory J Sheard

Awarded for "Exemplary research in fluid mechanics", at the Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, U.S.A., June 2005.

The 2004 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research - A/Prof Mark C Thompson

The inaugural winner, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.  The award recognises "the contribution made by academics who have shown outstanding leadership and innovation in teaching and research."

Australian Academy of Science Award 2004 - Prof Kerry Hourigan

Awarded to fund an exchange with France, as part of a project entitled entitled "Occlusions in Cardiovascular Flows".

Australian Research Council International Researcher Exchange Award 2000, Prof Kerry Hourigan

Awarded for exchange with the Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre (IRPHE), France, for a project entitled "Vortex Induced Vibration and Sound.