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Dr Daniel Duke

@djduke.bsky.social
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Engineer, researcher, long-time listener, first-time caller

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Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
💯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.
theguardian.com
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
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Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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...
abc.net.au
Australian science under strain - ABC listen
Australia’s research potential is not matched by funding. Belinda Smith speaks to scientists impacted and science minister Tim Ayres responds.
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Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This interview was a lot of fun to do and worth a listen! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
abc.net.au
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....
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 27/07/2025
‘We want women to have role models’: how Sydney University is enticing more female academics to engineering
theguardian.com
‘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 * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast 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...
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Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
www.project2025.observer
project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Dr Daniel Duke @djduke.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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).
daniel-duke.net
Dr. Daniel J. Duke
Multiphase Flow Laboratory // Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering // Monash University, Australia
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