Final Year Students 2004

Jonathan Ng Jonathan is a final year Commerce and Engineering student majoring in Information Technology Engineering, Investment Finance and Information Management. His project with OBEL includes the implementation of a semi-automatic image processing method for detecting contours of the human upper airway. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf, watching the footy, going out for meals and having drinks with friends. He has a keen interest in travelling. Countries he has visited include USA, France, Greece, England, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.
Gemma Hamilton Gemma is completing her final year of a double degree majoring in physics and electrical engineering. After completing honours in physics in 2002 she decided to continue with the Frequency Standards and Metrology (FSM) group within the Physics department for her engineering honours. To keep the engineering aspect of her project on track, she has been ‘adopted’ as an OBEL student. Gemma's project involves development of an ultra-stable microwave oscillator at liquid helium temperature (4K). Interests include mountain bike riding, water sports, playing the piano, drinking beer/coffee and reading.
Jennifer Hubble Jennifer is a final year Biomedical Engineering student majoring in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Pharmacology. Her project investigates the dynamics of optical contrast agents used to improve image contrast and depth of penetration into biological tissue. She is studying various optical imaging techniques in conjunction with this. Her personal interests include playing both the violin and flute, writing science fiction and fantasy, and reading.
Hannah Joyce Hannah is studying Engineering/Science and majoring in electrical and electronic engineering and pharmacology. Her project aims to model diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of inhomogenous early stage melanoma. Hannah enjoys spending time with friends (tea breaks, going out for dinner, picnics, sleepovers, eating icecream), playing the piano, running and swimming at the beach. Her favourite animals include elephants and budgies.
Ian McKerracher Ian's project aims to develop an ultra-broad bandwidth OCT system, which will enable OBEL to capture images with greater depth resolution (<10um).He completed his pharmacology degree last year and is now in his final year of the BSc (Biomedical)/BE degree. In his (little) spare time, Ian plays Ultimate Frisbee (http://waultimate.com) and is also interested in hockey, playing/listening to music and sleeping in. At uni, Ian enjoys finding novel sources of caffeine.
Robert McPherson Robert is a Science/Engineering student majoring in Physiology and Electronic Engineering, his project involves measuring the optical parameters of animal tissues. When not sitting in a lab furiously slaving away at his next 50 deadlines Robert enjoys playing sport, going to the gym to get massive and sampling some of the finest boutique beers namely Emu Bitter and Carlton Draught.
Boon (Noah) Pin Ong Noah is a final year Science/Engineering student majoring in Physics, Pure Math and Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He is working to improve and adapt the sample arm of OBEL's portable OCT system for clinical applications. His interests include running, rock climbing and mountain biking. He also enjoys habitually chugging caffeine of all forms.
Abbey Trewenack Abbey is in her final year of a double degree in Computer and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, majoring in Electrical & Electronic, Pure Maths and IT Systems. Her project is to design and implement software for OBEL's Fourier Holographic Optical Scatter Imaging system. Outside of uni she enjoys cooking, travel (or dreaming about it anyway), ballet and following Formula One.
Ryan Winters Ryan is a fifth year Commerce/Engineering student. He is majoring in IT, Accounting and Corporate Finance. His project topic is on investigating whether 3D images can be created using the OBEL group's portable Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system. * He currently spends his spare time playing basketball or hockey, at the pub or making sure all his work appears to be done.