It is an invention which international design competitions have labelled as their ‘best of the best’, and now, the nuraphone is at the forefront of Dr Campbell’s latest award as part of The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
Dr Campbell, 33, co-founder of company Nura that created nuraphone, received his award at a presentation dinner at Canberra’s Parliament House last week.
He said receiving the prize, which recognises translation of research into a commercially available product, was a really proud moment for everyone at Nura and all who had been part of the Australian company’s journey.
And for many people in his home city Horsham, the achievement has been an equal cause for celebration.
Horsham College teacher Nicholas Rigas said he taught many of Ian and Janelle Campbell’s children, including Luke.
He said Dr Luke Campbell was an exceptionally bright student and extremely dedicated and hardworking.
“I taught Luke maths methods and specialist maths and he received perfect scores of 50 and received state Premier’s Awards. From memory he also received a 50 for physics,” he said.
“It was obvious from back then that Luke was destined for great things.
“It is great to hear that he has been recognised for this outstanding achievement.
“Hopefully we can get Luke to come back to Horsham College one day to inspire the next generation of students.”
Horsham mayor Mark Radford also congratulated Dr Campbell for his award, which he described as a ‘great credit to the school community and Luke himself’.
“It’s a great story. I know Ian Campbell very well. He is a very respected surgeon and member of our community, and his son is another fine example of our many young people achieving great things in the big wide world,” he said.
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