Academic of the Year in the Australian Space Awards
Alan Duffy
This is a staggering, and very surprising, announcement by the Australian Space Awards to name me the Academic of the Year! This is particularly so given the incredible and world-leading efforts of my fellow finalists in this category.
Space is a multidisciplinary domain so my individual Award is actually a team Award in reality - and one that recognises my extraordinary Swinburne colleagues (Virginia Kilborn, Bronwyn Fox, James Davern and Geoff Brooks to name but a few!) who have worked so hard to make our collective efforts deserving of this recognition, efforts that are truly out of this world.
It was an even greater honor to be recognised alongside exceptional peers like Dr Sarah Pearce (incredibly deserved Executive of the Year) and Australian organisations that are making an impact on the world stage such as CSIRO, Inovor Technologies, Black Sky Aerospace, Electro Optic Systems, Gilmour Space Technologies, SmartSat CRC and more.