Argon Technology Pty. Ltd. in co-operation with Western Australia's Office of Science & Innovation has great pleasure in congratulating Colin Wildsmith, on his success in winning a 2005 - 2006 Office of Science & Innovation Studentship Award. The studentship awards are valued at $7000.00 each, and offer the opportunity for students/graduates to become involved with an innovative cutting edge research project.

The Science and Innovation Studentship Award was introduced in 2004 to provide an opportunity for research students to work on a project with a Western Australian private sector organisation of their choice for a period of 10 weeks. The Award promotes research interaction between industry and academia, with a focus on issues essential to long-term development and modernization of Western Australian Industry. The Studentship seeks to encourage creativity and innovation in science students/graduates, with students allowed to broaden their professional experience and gain valuable skills and experience in developing and applying their own ideas.

Colin Wildsmith has been awarded the studentship for the "Design and Development of a Windows CE-based Robotic Controller". The awards were presented, at a special award ceremony, by the Hon Dr Judy Edwards MLA, Minister for Science. "It was great to see Colin's success in this award. He is a highly capable, up and coming engineer and I look forward to his involvement with us over the coming 10 weeks." Paul A. Deuchar, CEO Argon Technology.

The project is to design, develop and commercialise the next generation of g-code programmable, multi-axis, robotic controllers. These units form the control system behind machines used in the; Fabrication, Welding and Surface Engineering industry, Profile Cutting industry, the Automation Industry including turning, milling, CNC pattern cutting, punching, bending and advanced EDM(Electron discharge machining) as well as many more applications requiring intelligent control with offline programming capabilities. Upon completion, in early 2006, these units will provide an Australian designed and developed, improved robotic control solution to Industry.

For more information please visit the Office of Science and Innovation website.