Research & Innovation Issue 5 Sept/Oct 2007

Newshttp://www.uow.edu.au/research/newsletter/

IN THIS ISSUE

pg 2 >> Research Services Office

pg 6 >> Research Student Centre

pg 6 >> Innovation & Commercial Research

pg 7 >> Library News

pg 7 >> Publications

pg 9 >> Research News, Awards and Achievements

pg 11 >> Conferences and Workshops

pg 11 >> Scholarships and Fellowships

1 RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICE (RSO) http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/

New Staff at RSO Welcome to two new staff members at the RSO Cheryl Jecht and Claire Carter. Cheryl shares the Administration Assistant position with Susan McGaffin and is in the office from Wednesday through to Fri- day at the RSO front desk (upstairs building 20). Claire is our new Grants Officer who is the principal grant contact for Engi- neering, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and Commerce. Cheryl Jecht Susan McGaffin Claire Carter

Successful ARC Grants The University has achieved outstanding success in the 2008 ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants Scheme outcomes released recently. These outcomes are significant for UOW and reinforce our place as one of the nation's leading research in- tensive universities. Total ARC funding awarded to UOW researchers across these schemes was $14.7 million, which sees UOW ranked 9th nationally for overall dollars. Discovery Projects UOW researchers were awarded 32 grants totalling $11.3M, with a success rate of 24.2% against a national average of 21.4%. Overall, UOW was awarded the 9th highest level of Discovery funding, an excellent result. Chief and Other Total $ Faculty Project Title Investigators Received

Alici G, Spink G, Cairney J Engineering Pushing the limits: fabricating micro and nano actuators $ 405,000

Arnold L, McPhee RD Pleistocene evolutionary dynamics and past environments of Siberia: Recon- Science $ 338,000 Poinar H structions using luminescence dating of ancient DNA sedimentary archives

A reassessment of early human stone technology from a Brumm A APD1 Science $ 280,000 Southeast Asian perspective

Chambers R Informatics Statistical inference for probability-linked longitudinal data $ 235,000

Chen J, Minett A Science Novel 3D Carbon architectures for Fuel Cell Application $ 310,000

Dixon NE, APF3, Beck J, Science Functional dissection of the bacterial replisome $ 1,098,934 Oakley A, van Oijen AM

Water for Australia’s future – reducing fears and increasing acceptance of Dolnicar S, Hurlimann A Commerce $ 350,000 alternative water sources through public information

Dolnicar S, Rossiter JR Commerce A cognitive model for identifying optimal measures of beliefs $ 219,000

Dou SX, Kim JH APD1 Engineering Giant magnetocaloric materials and room temperature refrigeration $ 760,000 Johansen T, Brucks E

Griffith D, Wennberg P The carbon cycle and climate: new approaches to atmospheric measure- Science $ 393,000 Rayner P ments and modelling

Charge transfer mechanism in 3 dimensional pore-solid architectures for Guo ZP Engineering $ 300,000 nano-electrochemical systems

Heaven P, Ciarrochi J H&BS / Edu- Predicting health, well-being, and educational success in emerging adults: $ 236,000 Vialle W, Skinner T cation an 8 year longitudinal study

Hoban G, Ferry B Generating Science Content Knowledge through Digital Animation in a Loughran J, Berry A Education $ 240,000 Knowledge-building Community of Preservice Teachers Erickson G, Clarke A

Of birds and bees: membrane lipids and the determination of maximum Hulbert AJ, Buttemer WA Science $ 265,000 lifespan

Jiang Z, ARF2 Engineering Advanced shape development in cold rolling of thin strip $ 460,000

Global/Local Intersections: history, identity and community in a Tokyo Sub- McLelland M Arts $ 130,252 culture

Toward the Regulation of the Location-Based Services Industry: Influencing Michael K Informatics $ 191,912 Australian Government Telecommunications Policy

2 Chief and Other Total $ Faculty Project Title Investigators Received Molecular aggression: variation and heritability of the levels of reactive oxygen Olsson M, Wapstra E Science $ 342,000 species, and their effects on the evolution of life histories in the wild

Ommundsen W, Sharrad P Globalising Australian literature: Asian-Australian writing, Asian perspectives Arts $ 289,563 Broinowski E on Australian literature

Pan A, ARF2, Foley C, Jo- Visualisation of high intensity supercurrent streamlines and the effect of Engineering $ 713,000 hansen TH, Hilgankamp H their bottlenecks on the performance of MgB2 superconductors Development of novel high efficiency thermoelectric oxides for high tempera- Peleckis G Engineering $ 105,000 ture power generation

Large scale production of Stemona alkaloids for agricultural applications and Pyne S, Ung A, Jatisatienr A Science $ 359,000 new drug discovery

Roberts RG, APF3, Chivas Monsoons and migrations: Quaternary climates, landscapes and human Science $ 620,000 AR, Petraglia MD prehistory of the Arabian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent

An investigation of chronic and transitory poverty in Australia in the twenty- Rodgers J Commerce $ 58,000 first century

Susilo W, Mu Y, Baek J Informatics Secure and practical anonymous electronic payment and applications $ 235,000

Wallace G, Kapsa, Science Functionalised nanostructured polythiophenes: novel platforms for bionics $ 815,000 Officer D Moulton S

Wand M, Michael R Informatics Generalised linear mixed models: theory, methods and new areas of application $ 250,000

Ward K Informatics Gaze Tracking Haptic User Interface for the Blind $ 195,000

Wysocki T, Abolhasan M Informatics Novel architecture for next generation wireless relay networks $ 295,000

Improvement and synthesis of advanced hydrogen storage materials for fuel Yu X, APD1 Engineering $ 288,444 cell application

Zhang C, Li D, Liu F, Kaner Engineering Novel Graphene Nanostructures: Modelling, Synthesis, Fabrication $ 440,000 RB, Jiang Y and Science and Characterisation

Zhou S Engineering Fabrication of high quality MgB2 superconductor $ 120,000 TOTAL $ 11,337,105

1APD – Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship 2ARF – Australian Research Fellowship 3APF – Australian Professorial Fellowship Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment (LIEF) UOW was awarded 4 grants (as lead institution) totalling $1.7M, with a 66.7% success rate, compared with a national average of 43.2%. UOW was awarded the 6th highest level of funding within this scheme. UOW researchers were also involved in 8 additional successful collaborative LIEF grants. UOW First Named Chief $ Awarded Project Title Investigator and Faculty by ARC Beck, J. Science New generation mass spectrometers for characterisation of molecular shape and size 520,000

Chivas, AR. Science A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperatures 250,000

Dou, SX. Engineering High magnetic field for materials characterisation and processing 340,000

Pereloma, E. Engineering A field emission gun analytical scanning electron microscope 600,000

TOTAL FUNDING $ 1,710,000

3 Linkage Projects (Round 1 - 2008) A total of $1.2M awarded to 5 successful grants, with a success rate of 35.7% for UOW compared with the national average of 47.6%. CI and Other Project Title Industry Partner Total $ Received Investigators/ Faculty

Dixon NE, Billingham S New techniques for structural biology and di- Bioline (Aust) Pty Ltd $ 76,881.00 Science rected molecular evolution

Pan AV, Mukhanov O Development of superconducting leads with ultra-low thermal conductivity for cryoelectronic HYPRES Inc. $ 438,000.00 Engineering applications Warrigal Care, RSL Care, Uniting Care Introducing computer-based documentation to Yu P, Jayasuriya R Ageing Sth East Region, Illawarra residential aged care: a multi-method evaluation $ 306,161.00 Retirement Trust, Aged and Community Informatics & H&BS of success Services Australia Zhang C, Wang X Novel methods for enhancing room temperature Wang G figure of merit of thermoelectric/thermionic ma- Hydrokinetics Pty Ltd $ 247,000.00 Engineering terials for refrigeration applications Zhu SP, Goard J Developing a robust model for pricing inter-relat- Berry T Credit Risk Systems $ 105,000.00 ed volatility-based financial derivative contracts Informatics TOTAL $ 1,173,042.00 ARC Linkage International Grants UOW received 6 grants totalling $224K (46.2% success rate compared with the national average of 29.2%).

Chief Investigator and Collaborating Institution Project Title Total $ received Faculty University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Lenore Lyons Canada University of Texas at el Paso, USA Comparative border studies $ 15,600 Arts Westphalian Wilhelms University of Munster, Germany Sara Dolnicar Response style heterogeneity in empiri- University of Munich, Germany $ 40,404 Commerce cal marketing research Development of nano-structured thermo- Shi Xue Dou Pennsylvania State University, USA electric materials for power generation $ 58,600 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Engineering from heat Mechanism and enhancement of super- Xiaolin Wang Pohang University of Science and Technology, current carrying ability in magnesium $ 49,700 South Korea Engineering diboride superconductor Hong Kong Baptist University Markus Hagenbuchner Investigations into machine learning University of Siena, Italy $ 23,000 applications in link analysis Informatics University of Padova, Italy Jenny Beck Mass Spectrometric Investigations of University of Cambridge, UK Conformation and Dynamics of biologi- $ 37,000 Science cal Complexes TOTAL $ 224,304 Linkage International Fellowships UOW received 3 grants totalling $302K (33.3% success rate compared with the national average of 28.9%). Chief Investi- ARC gator/ International Collaborating Institution Project Title $ Awarded Faculty Fellow Harvard University, USA Mats Olsson The major histocompatibility complex and scent-medi- Terry O'Dwyer University of Californa, $ 92,198 ated mate choice in a Procellariform, Gould's petrel Science Davis, USA Mark Wilson The effects of alpha-2-macroglobulin on amyloid forma- Justin Yerbury University of Cambridge, UK $ 92,476 Science tion and toxicity Chao Zhang Design and Creation of Nanomechanical Architectures Feng Liu University of Utah, USA $ 117,972 Engineering from Folding of Ultrathin Bi-layer Films TOTAL $ 302,646 Researchers awarded grants in collaboration with other Universities should (apart from LIEF) should advise Julie Matarczyk ([email protected]). 4 Successful NHMRC Grants for 2008 2008 URC Small Grant Scheme UOW researchers were awarded a total of $1.47M in funding A total of 58 applications were received under the 2008 for four National Health & Medical Research Council (NH- Small Grant Scheme (Arts 4, Science 14, Engineering 15, MRC) grants recently, with a success rate of 22.2%. Informatics 9, Health & Behavioural Sciences 8, Education 3, Our congratulations to the following research teams: Commerce 1, Law 3 and Graduate School of Business 1). Of these a total of 39 (67%) were successful and awarded fund- 1) Dr Nadia Solowij and her team, Dr Murat Yucel, Dr ing totalling $431,344. For details of successful applica- Daniel Lubman, Dr Joseph Ciarrochi, and Prof. Patrick tions please see: http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/grantsca- Heaven. lendar/outcomes/index.html Project title: Determining the cognitive sequelae of ado- lescent cannabis use: a longitudinal cohort study. Total funding $252,125. 2007 URC Research Partnerships Grant Scheme 2) Prof Nick Dixon and his team, Dr Patrick Schaeffer and In Rounds 1 and 2 a total of 29 applications were received Dr Aaron Oakley. under this scheme. Eighteen applications were received for Project title: A Stable Protein:DNA Complex for Develop- Research Partnership Project Grants, of which 12 were suc- ment of Ultrasensitive Diagnostics in Multiplex Format. cessful and awarded funding totalling $124,576. Eleven Total funding $501,000 applications for Research Partnership Development Grants 3) Dr Andrew Aquilina and Prof Carol Robinson. were also received, of which 3 were awarded funding totalling Project title: Understanding the role and mechanism of $12,000. For details of successful applications please see: interaction of small heat-shock proteins in age-related http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/grantscalendar/outcomes/ disease. Total funding $260,000. index.html 4) Prof Linda Tapsell and her team, Dr Marijka Batterham The closing date for Round 3, the last for 2007, and Dr Karen Charlton. is 26 October. Project title: Is a higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids advantageous for weight loss? Total funding $458,750.

RESEARCH ETHICS Upcoming Funding Opportunities http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/ethics/ Activity Due Date ARC Linkage Projects - first draft of AGENDA DEADLINES AND MEETING DATES 22 October application due to RSO for review FOR YOUR DIARY URC Research Partnership Grants 26 October (Round 3) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) - Health and Medical ARC Linkage Projects - applications Upcoming meeting 9th October 23 November due to the ARC (agenda deadline 24th October) Next meeting 13th November (agenda deadline 29th October) Need Assistance with your Grant Application? - Statistical Advice available Final meeting for 2007 18th December rd The Statistical Consulting Service (SCS) in the School (agenda deadline 3 December) of Mathematics and Applied Statistics provides UOW Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) researchers with statistical advice. They can advise - Humanities, Social Science & Behavioural on planning surveys and experiments, statistical analysis, presentation of results and preparation Upcoming meeting 25th October of grant applications. For more information, or to (agenda deadline 10th October) arrange a meeting, see http://www.uow.edu.au/ Next meeting 22nd November informatics/maths/scs/ or email [email protected]. (agenda deadline 7th November) Final meeting for 2007 13th December th (agenda deadline 28 November) Professorial Lecture Series Animal Ethics Committee 2007 Upcoming meeting 18th October The Professorial Lecture Series has (agenda deadline 27th September) come to an end. th Next meeting 8 November We will be trialling a new initiative th (Policy meeting) with agenda deadline 18 October in 2008: The Research Strength th Final meeting for 2007 6 December Showcase Series. We hope you can th (agenda deadline 15 November) come along and hear about the Gene Technology Review Committee ground breaking research being Final meeting for 2007 1st November (agenda deadline conducted by leading researchers 18th October ) and their teams at UOW. More information at: www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/ethics/ 5 Uni in the Brewery Thank you to all who participated in and attended Uni in the Brewery this year. Our aim with this event is to encourage the general public to come along and hear about the type of research conducted at the university. It can get a little noisy but the audiences enjoy the casual pub environment and being able to interact and speak with the presenters. If you have any suggestions for 2008 speakers please e-mail to [email protected]

HDR Student Conference RESEARCH STUDENT CENTRE The 2007 HDR Student Conference last http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/ month was again a huge success. About 200 people were in attendance at the Conference which featured research in the following themes: Good Health ; New Methods and Materials; Our Social Fabric; and Reflections on Society. Oral presentation and poster display win- ners at the HDR Conference were (from left) Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Karen Mickle, Patricia Marr, Claire Lowrie and Karina Gornall The Keynote Speaker at the conference was Associate Professor Marie Ranson from the School of Biological Sciences who recently won the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision. Further information is also available on the Conference website at http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/hdrconference/index.html

INNOVATION & COMMERCIAL RESEARCH NEWS

Commercial Research Unit (CRU) will extend to all projects using the staff members, Head of Units and Update UOW standard contract. This means FRC Chairs/members as appropriate. that CRU will be able to get these We also plan to develop a training As of 2nd October, the Commercial contracts out within 3 working days course on tender processes that we Research Unit (CRU) has taken over of receiving the Commercial Research will roll out to any interested Facul- management of all commercial research Approval Form and Costing Pro Forma; ties; activities (i.e. contract research and • development of a Customer Service • negotiating template contracts with consultancies). If you require assistance Charter for internal and external cli- repeat clients. This should mean that in any aspect of commercial research, ents, describing what level of service we don’t have to start negotiations please contact Troy Coyle (Director of you can expect from us. We are con- from scratch for each new project; CRU) on 4221 4420 or Leisa Ridges scious that turnaround time is a key • updates to the Commercial Research (Commercial Research Manager) on issue and we will work hard to ensure 4221 4817. A new Commercial Re- Policy. These have already been made our external clients are satisfied with and sent out to staff for consulta- search Officer is currently being re- the timing of our service provision; cruited and will be contactable on 4221 tion. Thankyou to staff who provided 4983. The Managers of Innovation and • ongoing internal client surveys. Some feedback. The revised policy is still Commercialisation (MICs) will no longer of you will have already responded to going through the internal committee need to sign your Commercial Research a survey sent out earlier this year. We approval process. CRU will run train- Approval Forms and Costing Pro Formas, are making some improvements to our ing sessions later in this year (pending which should be sent straight to CRU services based on this feedback; approval); and staff. The MICs will continue to manage • development of better external pro- • improvements to the approval paper- commercialisation activities (i.e. intel- motional strategies. As a first step, work and costing process in response lectual property protection, licensing, we have created an online database to the most recent client feedback spin-out company formation) and will of capabilities that external clients survey. We will aim to streamline the remain your point of contact for such can search (see http://edserver1.uow. approval process and ensure that activities. edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Partners- our costing process is simplified and CRU plans to implement several new InResearch.woa). If you would like allows UOW to be more competitive initiatives: to be added to that database, please against other university’s costings. contact us; If you have any feedback or ideas for • the “fast-track” (i.e. commercial re- search projects that use UOW’s stand- • a centralised service to identify tender improvement, please do not hesitate to ard contract) process will not longer opportunities. CRU will use Tender- contact CRU staff (please see: be limited to projects <$50K and Search to identify tender opportunities http://www.uow.edu.au/research/cru/ and will promote these to individual index.html). 6 NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY http://www.library.uow.edu.au/

Staying in touch presentations from a recent seminar on the future of Australia’s research data. Looking for an easy way to stay in touch The presentations came from a range of with new items in the Library in your organizations including DEST and the area of interest? A new feature, Pre- Australian Academy of the Humanities ferred Search allows you to save Library and covered issues including opportuni- Catalogue search strategies to use in ties and responsibilities, data use and the future. You can also select an email re-use, sustainability, legal infrastruc- alert service and be notified each time tures and differences among disciplines. new material matching your criteria For more information go to: is added to the Library’s collections. This material could include e-books or http://www.apsr.edu.au/long_lived_col- multimedia material in addition to books lections/presentations.html in print. The Catalogue now offers an ‘opt-in’ Research Online - accuracy of function called Reading History. Once download figures improved enabled, a list of borrowed items will be Early in October Research Online passed recorded from the next time items are the 200,000 full text download mark of borrowed. This may narrow down the UOW research objects since going on- search for those who can only remember line in January 2006. This followed on that the book they borrowed had a blue recent upgrades to the Digital Commons cover. To use the features, go to the Li- operating system to filter out extrane- brary Catalogue, log in to your Borrowing ous download readings. The download Record and then conduct your search or counts for the University's open access opt-in for the Reading History. Issue 4 repository are now "by far the most Volume 7 accurate in the industry" according to December 2004 The future of data the University of California's Bepress which operates Digital Commons. They Although the current research envi- meet and exceed COUNTER, an indus- ronment is characterised by massive try standard for online usage statistics, quantities of data, the ability to harness and therefore give authors an accurate these data to solve complex problems campus news picture of the number of downloads UOW is often hampered by inadequate data their papers are receiving. For more management practices - Data for Sci- information see http://www.bepress.com/ ence [PMSEIC Working Group Report], download_counts.html or contact the December 2006. Research Online team More at: If you research in a data intensive http://ro.uow.edu.au. discipline, you may be interested in ‘Hobbit’ discovery hailed Contents PUBLICATIONSaround the world The good oil on walnuts 2 Sponsors thanked for Page 2 When the authoritative British weekly scholarship support 2 Research involving the University’s Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) scientific journal Nature published its final Professor Lee Astheimer is featured on the cover of the prestigious journal edition for October, its cover story created a sensation that continues to reverberate Commerce unveils (August 2007 issue), Science, published by the American Association for the around the world. $2.85 million Advancement of Science (AAAS). Professor Astheimer has co-authored a paper Nature reported that a team of Australian research centre 3 and Indonesian scientists had found a entitled “Reduced Egg Investment Can Conceal Helper Effects in Cooperatively previously undiscovered species of human Research grant success on the Indonesian island of Flores, raising Page 4 Breeding Birds”. Professor Astheimer conducts research in the broad area of images of a lost world of “little people” that spread across campus 3 comparative physiology and endocrinology. co-existed with modern humans until relatively recently. ARC played key role in Professor Mike Morwood and Penny van Oosterzee's book on The Discovery of The scientists discovered a skeleton of a Flores discovery 4 the Hobbit won the John Mulvaney book award at the Australian Archaeological one-metre tall female aged around 30 during an archaeological dig in Liang Bua, a large Alumni feature 6-9 Association (AAA) Annual Conference recently. Quoting from the AAA website: limestone cave on Flores, 600 km east of Bali. They subsequently found other skeletal Page 5 'The John Mulvaney Book Award was established in honour of John Mulvaney remains in the cave. Aquaculture centre and his contribution and commitment to Australian archaeology over a A dating team led by University of for Shoalhaven 11 Wollongong geochronologist Professor lifetime of professional service. It was created to acknowledge the significant Richard ‘Bert’ Roberts from the GeoQuEST Catalyst features contribution of individual or coauthored publications to Australian archaeology, Research Centre used a variety of techniques including radiocarbon, UOW research 11 either as general knowledge or as specialist publications. luminescence, uranium-series and electron spin resonance to show that the skeleton Medical School set was around 18,000 years old. The remains for 2007 start 12 Page 11 of a further six individuals who lived in the cave from about 95,000 to 13,000 years ago have also7 been found. Surf's up... on the lawn! 12 The skeleton, nicknamed ‘Hobbit’ by the excavation team, is now the type specimen Chaos, murder and for a new human species Homo floresiensis maggots – a summer - hailed as one of the most significant science experience 12 palaeoanthropological discoveries in a century (see Reaction: Page 4). Page 12 The Indonesian-Australian excavation team was led by archaeologists Associate Professor Mike Morwood from the University Campus News is produced for community, industry, Artist Peter Schouten's impression of what Homo floresiensis looked like. Continued Pg 5 government and other educational institutions as well as staff, students and graduates of the University of Wollongong. It provides an overview of University news and achievements on a quarterly basis. Submissions for publication can be made to the Media Unit. UOW’s research grant success Phone (02) 4221 5942 or email [email protected] $9.7 million in ARC Discovery grants – see Page 3 PRINT POST APPROVED : PP255003/00173

University of Wollongong 1300 367 869 www.uow.edu.au 1 “Backyard: Nature and Culture in Suburban Australia” a new Dr Mark McLelland (School of Social Science) - McLelland, M. book by Professor Lesley Head and Pat Muir (School of Earth J., Welker, J. & Suganuma, K. (Eds.). (2007). Queer Voices and Environmental Sciences), uses suburban backyards from from Japan: First-Person Narratives from Japan's Sexual Minori- Sydney, Wollongong and Alice Springs as a window on to ties. Lanham: Lexington. Australian environmental attitudes and practices. “Focusing Queer Voices from Japan offers a broad range of first-person on people in their backyards brings to light a great diversity and other narratives, both historical and contemporary, con- of environmental experiences. Many of us love our backyards – they are places of relaxation and havens from the outside cerning sexual minority identities and communities in Japan. world, but our backyards can also be zones of conflict and The broad scope of the volume makes it an invaluable text for passionate argument.” Professor Head said. understanding the development of Japanese sex and gender Among its diverse sample, the book’s research identifies categories in the twentieth century and for understanding both commonality and differences in our environmental changes in contemporary Japanese society. positioning. The beautifully illustrated book originates in the discipline of geography but has relevance for readers Prof Brian Martin (School of Social Science) interested in urban studies, environmental science, ecology, Justice ignited: the dynamics of backfire. (1 ed.). Lanham, MD: planning, sociology and popular culture studies. Rowman & Littlefield. Backyard: Nature and Culture in Suburban Australia, Univer- sity of Wollongong Press, 2007, rrp $69.95. Attacks can backfire on the attackers, sometimes spectacu- larly. The beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police on 3 March 1991 was recorded on videotape by an observer. Shown on television, the beating caused enormous damage to the reputation of the police and led to the resignation of the chief. All sorts of attacks can backfire, but attackers often can inhibit adverse re- actions by covering up the attack, devaluing the target, reinterpret- ing the events, using official procedures to give the appearance of justice, and using intimidation and brib- ery. In order to ignite or magnify outrage over injustice, targets of attack can use counter-tactics such as exposing brutality and presenting their own interpretations. Understanding backfire - both promoting and inhibiting it - is vitally important for activists and indeed anyone who wants to be effective in the face of injustice. A book by Dr Nadirsyah Hosen (Faculty of Law) entitled: Justice Ignited presents the first comprehensive treatment of “Shari'a and Constitutional Reform in Indonesia” (ISEAS, the dynamics of backfire. Singapore, 2007) has been launched recently at the Indo- nesia Update Conference held at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, 7-8 September 2007. This book Dr Maureen Clark, (Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Arts) - Maureen focuses on constitutional reform in Indonesia (1999-2002) Clark’s work on Colin Johnson/Mudrooroo has been cited by from the perspective of shari'a. Since the end of Soeharto's scholars and critics in the field of Australian literature. New Order government in 1998, Indonesia, the largest Mus- Mudrooroo: A Likely Storey reads the fiction of one of Austral- lim country in the world, has amended the ia’s most controversial and enigmatic literary figures against 1945 Constitution four times. Soeharto's departure also the backdrop of the likelihood that he assumed an Aboriginal opened the way for several Muslim groups and political identity to which he was not entitled. parties to propose the introduction of shari'a into the Con- stitution. This book poses the crucial question implicit in the amendments to the 1945 Constitution: can shari'a and democratic constitutionalism be fused without compromising on human rights, the rule of law, and religious liberty?

8 NEWS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Collaborative agreement between UoW and Shanghai Institute sor John Bremner from the School of Chemistry and Associate of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Professor Marie Ranson from the School of Biological Scienc- Academy of Science es. President of the Illawarra Cancer Carers, Mr Rex Saunders, Two leading research organizations UOW and SIMIT have was joined by fellow members to make the official presenta- formally signed a collaborative agreement on a wide range of tion. research topics, including hydrogen storage, fuel cells tech- nology, superconductivity and Terra Hertz Science. A/Professor Chris Fergusson (School of Earth and Environmen- Prof Shixue Dou, the Director of Institute for Superconducting tal Sciences) is the Dorothy Hill Medal winner for 2007. The and Electronic Materials (ISEM) and Prof Huakun Liu. Co- medal is awarded for significant contributions to the advance- ordinator of energy Materials Program at ISEM visited SIMIT ment of knowledge on Queensland geology. According to the recently in August to finalise the formal agreement between Queensland Geologist journal: “Chris's major contribution to the two institutions. Prof Chao Zhang was previously awarded understanding the Lachlan Fold Belt... has direct implica- a special China-Australia fund with Prof Cao at SIMIT, while tions for the large-scale interpretation of crustal fabrics in the Dr Xuebin Yu has been a visiting fellow at ISEM investigating eastern part of Queensland.” The Medal presentation took hydrogen storage materials with Prof H.K. Liu for the CSIRO place in Brisbane on Wednesday 26th Sept. Flagship project. In the recent ARC funding outcomes Dr Yu was awarded a 3 year APD (Australian Postdoctoral Fellow- ship) at ISEM. These successful grants will significantly Dublin City University’s National Centre for Sensor Research enhance the collaboration between these two institutions. (NCSR) celebrated 20 years of research collaboration with the UOW’s Intelligent Polymer Research Institute last month. Instigated by Professor Malcolm Smyth (DCU) and Professor Gordon Wallace (UOW) in 1987, the research uses ‘nano’- components to transform sensor technologies into “easy to fabricate” medical devices. To date, the two research groups have developed the ‘Bender Sensor’ and various ‘wearable sensors’ which are capable of monitoring things such as heartbeat, pulse and breathing.

Tactics against Fear – Creativity as Catharsis The Faculty of Creative Arts has hosted an interdisciplinary workshop in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Tactics against Fear – Creativity as Catharsis’ (including 19 artists and curat- ed by Friederike Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis) during postgraduate Week (3 Sept.) with speakers from UOW, ANU and University Signature ceremony at SIMIT, Prof Songlin Feng, the Director of Sydney. The exhibition aimed to provide alternative read- of SIMT (left) and Prof Dou, the Director of ISEM. ings to popular culture and a public language of fracture, hos- tility and threat by exploring tactics of fear from a personal perspective grounded in institutional space. Nineteen artists Dr Stephen Blanksby has been awarded the Royal Austral- respond in audio, visual, textual, tactile, and performative ian Chemical Institute’s Rennie Memorial Medal. This is a ways from the specific vantage point of the Faculty of Crea- highly prestigious national award. It is awarded annually to a tive Arts at the UOW. All FCA staff and FCA postgraduate member of the Institute with less than 8 years of professional students (including writers, journalists, composers, musi- experience since completing their most recent relevant quali- cians, poets, actors, designers and visual artists) explored the fication of a BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc or PhD, or the equivalent, current climate of rhetoric of fear around the ‘war on terror’. who in the opinion of the Board of the Institute, has contrib- uted most towards the development of some branch of chemi- cal science.

A new High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) val- ued at $58,000 has been purchased by the Illawarra Cancer Carers Inc. to continue their most generous support of the anti-cancer drug formulation research initiative at the UOW. This analytical equipment will be of great value in monitoring the stability of the novel formulations being developed as well as being of key importance in preclinical studies involving the distribution of the drugs in vivo and their rate of metabolism. This research is aimed at developing novel formulations or mixtures of drugs which should have fewer side effects and increased effectiveness in the treatment of cancer. The HPLC was officially presented toProfessor Philip Clingan, Honorary Clinical Professor from the Graduate Medical School, Profes- 9 Dr Dilip Ghosh, (The Smart Foods Centre) is involved with the Holly Tootell, Dr Katina Michael, Dr Jun Yan and Anas Aloudat evaluation of the health claims opportunities with potential (School of Information Systems and Technology) presented functional food ingredients, and provides commentary on gaps papers at the 2007 RNSA Security Technology Conference in scientific research in this area. A scientific paper of which held in Melbourne recently, discussing media response to he is an author was published last month. Entitled: Cytopro- national security events, and emergency management and tective effects of anthocyanins and other phenolic fractions location-based services. Dr Alex Remennikov (School of Civil, of Boysenberry and blackcurrant on dopamine and amyloid Mining and Environmental Engineering) also presented a β-induced oxidative stress in transfected COS-7 cells” it has paper on blast protection of facades in office buildings. generated a lot of global media interest regarding the health The conference is held as part of the ARC funded Research benefits of berries. Dilip was also invited to give a presenta- Network for a Secure Australia. tion at the IFT-2007 FoodSmarts meeting (second largest conference on earth, 28 July-1 August 2007) in Chicago on Dementia Research Flourishes in New Centre “Phytochemical and human health”. Almost 24,000 at- Since the launch of the Eastern Australia Dementia Training & tendees from more than 75 countries from around the world Study Centre (EADTSC) in July 2006 dementia research has converged in Chicago to hear about the latest developments flourished at the University of Wollongong. As well as secur- in food science and technology. Recently he was selected as a ing project funding, the Centre has attracted 9 new research Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN). students, undertaking Masters of Science – Research and Professor Julie Steele, Biomechanics Research Laboratory & PhD degrees, and employs 6 Project Officers. These research School of Health Sciences, has recently returned from the UK projects are multi-disciplinary and built on partnerships with a where she presented keynote addresses at two international range of aged care providers and the SESIAHS and academic conferences: 2007 International Conference on Biomechanics colleagues. Being part of the Centre for Health Initiatives (CHI) of the Lower Limb in Health, Disease and Rehabilitation and establishing the “Aged & Dementia Care” stream within held at the University of Salford and the 2007 British CHI has enabled the new Centre to quickly establish itself as Association for Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), held at a leader in dementia research in the region. Long established the University of Bath. Julie also participated in a unique partnerships built by the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sci- symposium on the Biomechanics of Breast Bounce during the ences paved the way for this rapid growth of research projects BASES conference. which include: acute care of people with dementia, driving and dementia, the impact of the environment on physical ac- Sakdirat Kaewunruen (PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering) tivities of people with dementia, and understanding dementia has been awarded a scholarship to attend Concrete 07, the in multi-cultural communities. These topics reflect national Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA)’s biennial conference and international priorities for the care of people with demen- in Adelaide from 18 to 20 October 2007. Nominated by the tia and their families. Established partnerships across aca- New South Wales Branch of the Institute, the scholarship demic institutions and industry providers ensure the potential covers conference registration, social events, accommodation, for the Centre’s research to have national and international and travelling expenses ($3,000). The conference appeals relevance. More: http://dementia.uow.edu.au/ to all those who work in any aspect of the concrete industry whether it is concrete technology, application, design, and Elisabeth Holdsworth (PG Creative Writing student) who previ- construction. ously won the prestigious writing award Calibre Prize earlier in the year (worth $10,000) for a non-fiction essay entitled‘An Dr M.G. Michael, an Honorary Fellow in the School of Informa- die Nachgeborenen: For Those Who Came After’, has recorded tion Systems and Technology, was invited to present a talk in the essay in 5 parts for the ABC. Broadcast in 'First Person', the Ubiquitous Computing track of Terra Incognita- The 29th on Radio National (8th to the 12th of October) the program International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Com- will also be available in podcast from the ABC web site. missioners. The presentation was entitled, “Überveillance: 24/7 x 365 People Tracking and Monitoring”. Dr Richard Menary (Faculty of Arts) was an invited plenary speaker at the “Cognition: Embodied, Embedded, Enac- In September and October, the new School of Information tive, Extended” Interdisciplinary Conference, 20-24 October Systems and Technology has had four papers published 2007, University of Central Florida more at - http://www. on the theme of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in philosophy.ucf.edu/pcs/eeee.html international IEEE conferences. The papers were written by current research students, Mr Andrew Brinsmead and Mr Dane Hamilton, and by alumni Mr Nicholas Huber, Mr Luke McCathie, and academic Dr Katina Michael. The papers covered topics predominantly to do with adoption and diffusion of RFID tech- nology and likely benefits and costs to business.

10 clinic where industry partners have their problems solved (for a fee) by 1) 2nd RNSA Workshop on the Social invasion and occupation of Iraq, the the delegates (which normally number Implications of National Security will be Allied Occupation of Japan was held around 100-150). held at the University of Wollongong up as a successful model to follow. Yet This type of conference has a wide and on the 29th of October 2007. The how much is really understood about successful history around the world, see theme of this year’s workshop is “From the nuances of the practice of oc- www.math-in-industry.org for a list of Dataveillance to Überveillance and the cupation power and the hierarchical current and past meetings. Realpolitik of the Transparent Society”. relationships between occupier and the Last years projects at MISG2007, (which Prospective delegates can register free occupied? What are the legacies of was also held at Wollongong) were; by visiting http://www.homelandsecu- occupation? How do we define occupa- * Strip track-off and buckling between rity.org.au/events.html or by emailing tion? Most of the scholarship on the transport rolls, Bluescope Steel [email protected]. Allied Occupation is dominated by the *Application of the non-stationary trav- The notion of Dataveillance and that US-Japan relationship, yet Australia elling salesman problem to maritime of Überveillance are contrasted in the also played a significant role, sending surveillance, DSTO context of National Security. What is tens of thousands of people to par- the price of security that citizens are ticipate in the British Commonwealth * Calibrating the mean reverting jump prepared to pay? Will surveillance tech- Occupation Force, based mostly in the diffusion model to Australian spot elec- nology force us to choose between our prefecture of Hiroshima. Australia has tricity prices, Integral Energy right to privacy and national security? since played a role in occupation and/or * Calculation of risk multiplier for net This workshop delves deeper into some peacekeeping missions in Iraq, Afghani- system load profile, Integral Energy of the pressing issues facing technology stan, East Timor and so on. How are * Operating and planning an electric- innovation and adoption, government we to understand this ongoing military ity transmission grid to maximise the policy, and the legal and regulatory commitment to the region, and how can contribution of wind, Transpower NZ framework. the occupation of Japan contribute to understanding this commitment and, * Determining the independence of The event is also open to members of more generically, the role of military various measures of financial risk, Trad- the public. The registration covers entry occupations today? ing Technology Australia to the 1-day workshop, a copy of the This symposium aims to bring together A week long investigation of the indus- proceedings, and a hot buffet lunch journalists, public commentators and try problem occurs during the confer- with morning/afternoon tea. The venue scholars from a variety of disciplines ence and a final report is written by for the workshop is the Function Centre who are investigating Australian the problem investigators. For further in Building 11. The event is being involvement in foreign military occupa- information please contact A/Prof. Tim co-sponsored by the Centre for Transna- tions. For further information contact: Marchant. He is also available to give tional Crime Prevention. Dr Christine de Matos, Email: cdm@ a detailed presentation on the benefits 2) ‘Occupying ‘the Other’: Australia and uow.edu.au of MISG participation, to your organisa- military occupations from Japan to Iraq’, a 3) The Mathematics and Statistics in In- tion. symposium sponsored by CAPSTRANS, dustry Study Group Conference (MISG) for Ph: 61-2-42213861 Fax:61-2- UoW Faculty of Arts, the Japan Foun- 2008 will be held at the University of 42214845 email: tim_marchant@uow. dation and Monash University, will be Wollongong, 28th Jan.-1st Feb. 2008, edu.au held at University of Wollongong on with A/Prof. Tim Marchant as director. MISG2008 web-site: 29-30th November 2007. www.misg.math.uow.edu.au In the early stages of justifying the The MISG conference is an industry

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• PhD Scholarships (APA-I) available with the Faculty of In- • The UOW is offering an APA(I) scholarship to a full time formatics in the area Statistical Research: sample survey candidate, wishing to enrol in a PhD program in Ocean analysis, theory and methods of modeling data with group Wave Modelling and Marine Renewable Energy Systems (to structure and methods for small area estimation. The stu- begin either from July 2007 or February 2008). dents will work within one of the UOW's research strengths, The Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, and • The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials will be able to work with and visit the industry partners (ISEM) at UOW is offering a scholarship for a postgradu- involved in the project in Canberra, Sydney and Wellington. ate student at the Masters/PhD level in the Development of high performance second generation superconductors. • Top Up Scholarships with the Institute for Conservation Biology and Law (ICBL) for students taking up APA scholar- More Scholarship information is available at: http://www. ships uow.edu.au/research/rsc/student/scholarships/

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