Dr Daniel Duke
@djduke.bsky.social
Engineer, researcher, long-time listener, first-time caller
💯wisdom from our former Chancellor. University leaders pressuring staff to use more AI need to pause and note the growing public backlash. To claim that "there is no alternative", "get on board or get left behind", is to buy into the false narrative created by the industry pushing their product.
Writing is an exercise in the art of persuasion. If we use AI we lose the art | Alan Finkel
Every reader deserves to be informed about whether what they are reading is human or AI
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
💯wisdom from our former Chancellor. University leaders pressuring staff to use more AI need to pause and note the growing public backlash. To claim that "there is no alternative", "get on board or get left behind", is to buy into the false narrative created by the industry pushing their product.
We have colleagues who put their blood, sweat and tears into detailed proposals for this funding scheme, only to find out they will all go in the bin. We still have no clarity on what ARC funding schemes are going to look like next year either. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
May 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
We have colleagues who put their blood, sweat and tears into detailed proposals for this funding scheme, only to find out they will all go in the bin. We still have no clarity on what ARC funding schemes are going to look like next year either. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This interview was a lot of fun to do and worth a listen! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Hairspray, Cigarettes and the Wild History of the Asthma Puffer - ABC listen
It’s small enough to fit in your pocket and it’s saved countless lives.
The asthma puffer has had a long journey, stretching back thousands of years to various treatments including asthma cigarettes....
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This interview was a lot of fun to do and worth a listen! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Reposted by Dr Daniel Duke
‘We want women to have role models’: how Sydney University is enticing more female academics to engineering
‘We want women to have role models’: how Sydney University is enticing more female academics to engineering
A mass recruitment campaign with roles reserved solely for women has been launched at a faculty where fewer than one in five academics are female
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When Dr Jacqueline Thomas started her academic career in civil engineering a decade ago, she was one of just two full-time women in the school. Thomas had returned to Australia after a stint in Africa to teach a new humanitarian engineering major at the University of Sydney, the first of its kind in the country.
“It was crazy, it really took me by surprise,” she said. “When I started, I just thought, ‘great, I got the job, perfect’. And then I realised.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
‘We want women to have role models’: how Sydney University is enticing more female academics to engineering
Proud to announce that my research group has a new name & logo - we are now the *Monash Multiphase Flow Laboratory* ! daniel-duke.net PhD and postdocs opening in Jan'25 in medical inhaler, cavitation & spray research. I'll be at the 2024 AFMC (Canberra) & 35th DDL (Edinburgh).
Dr. Daniel J. Duke
Multiphase Flow Laboratory // Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering // Monash University, Australia
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November 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Proud to announce that my research group has a new name & logo - we are now the *Monash Multiphase Flow Laboratory* ! daniel-duke.net PhD and postdocs opening in Jan'25 in medical inhaler, cavitation & spray research. I'll be at the 2024 AFMC (Canberra) & 35th DDL (Edinburgh).