Julian and Irena Hunka (Hunka-Alter) Memorial Trust [F1792]

The late Mrs Irene Hunka having bequeathed to the University the rest and residue of her estate for the benefit of the then Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, a fund is established for the purpose and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1.(1) The annual income from the fund, after capitalisation in accordance with Senate policy, is first used to provide two undergraduate prizes in Mechanical Engineering, each of $500, known as Dr Julian Hunka prizes.

(2) The balance of the annual income after provision for the prizes is used—

(a) to fund up to two postgraduate scholarships in Mechanical Engineering known as Hunka Scholarships; and

(b) subject to the availability of funds after the requirements of (1) and (2)(a) have been met in any year, to fund a postdoctoral fellowship known as the Julian and Irena Hunka Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering.

2.(1) The prizes are awarded to the two students completing the Mechanical Engineering programme in the Bachelor of Engineering course or in the Bachelor of Engineering component of a combined course who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, have presented the best Final Project in the field of dynamics or kinematics.

(2) To be eligible for consideration a student must have completed the requirements of the course in the same year in which the dissertation is presented.

3.(1) The scholarships are awarded for postgraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at this University and are open to Australian residents only.

(2) The purpose of the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering is to provide travel costs or travel costs and living expenses for scholars from outside Western Australia to enable them to visit the University and contribute to its work and activities in the School of Mechanical Engineering.

4. The scholarships and postdoctoral fellowship are awarded by the Scholarships Committee of the Academic Board, on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering.

5. The conditions for and the number and value of awards in each year are at the discretion of the Scholarships Committee, on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering.

6.(1) A scholarship is tenable for a period of up to three years and is not to be held concurrently with another of the Faculty's named supplementary scholarships but may be held with an ad hoc supplementary scholarship.

(2) Continuation into a second or third year depends upon the Scholarships Committee being satisfied that satisfactory progress has been made.

(3) A postdoctoral fellowship is tenable for a period of one or two academic years.

(4) The emoluments and expenses, and any other terms and conditions of the award are determined after negotiation in each case and are the subject of a written agreement between the fellow and the University.

7.(1) The scholarships are advertised and applications must be submitted to the Registrar by the advertised date.

(2) A postdoctoral fellowship is advertised as and when decided by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Head of School of Mechanical Engineering.

8. If in the opinion of the Scholarships Committee, having regard to the views of the Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, there are no applicants of sufficient merit, no postgraduate awards are made.