Research & Innovation

Issue 1 Jan/Feb 2009 Nwww.uow.edu.au/research/newsletterews

IN THIS ISSUE Research Services Office page 1 Research Student Centre page 4 PODS - Research courses for staff page 5 Commercial Research & Innovation page 5 Library News & Publications page 6 New Research Staff page 6 Publications page 8 Faculty News, Awards and Achievements page 9 Scholarships page 12 Conferences and Workshops page 13

Contributions Contributions to Research & Innovation News (Research news, achievements and events) are always welcome. For inclusions in the next issue, please send to [email protected] by March 20th Page 3: Construction of UOW’s SMART Infrastructure Facility (artist’s impression above) is underway 1 RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICE www.uow.edu.au/research/rso

ERA @ UOW Funding Success A new ERA of research quality Funding Success for UOW Health assessment is upon us and Medical Researchers NHMRC Training Fellowships ERA, Excellence in Research of Australia, is UOW achieved a 60% success rate with 3 successful fellowships a Government initiative that aims to assess awarded. These fellowships are highly competitive with UOW research quality using a combination of metrics applicants competing with researchers from Medical Institutes and expert review. and universities with established Medical Schools. Congratulations to the following successful applicants: ERA data will be collected in a staggered 1. dr Yasmine Probst from the Faculty of Health and process beginning with the first two discipline Behavioural Science was awarded a Health Professional Fellowship for the project titled ‘Supporting research clusters - Physical, Chemical and Earth underpinning evidence based practice: dietary assessment Sciences (PCE) and Humanities and Creative in clinical trials.’ Funding of $199,500 over four years was awarded. Arts (HCA). ERA activity at UOW is well 2. Ms Yinghua Yu from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural underway with meetings already having been Science was awarded an Australia China Exchange Fellowship held with representatives from the prominent for the project titled ‘Evaluation of functional protein molecules in treating obesity.’ Funding of $334,171 over 4 years was faculties in both PCE and HCA to discuss how awarded. data will be collected within each cluster. ERA 3. dr Debbie Watson who will be joining the Faculty of Science, was awarded an Australian Research Training Fellowship for will present many data collection challenges, the project titled ‘Targeting the human immune response to but a collective effort from all UOW staff will no bacterial superantigens.’ Funding of $142,500 over four years doubt see us make our submission on time. was awarded. Congratulations also to the following researchers: To be applicable to all fields of research a set • Dr Matthew Williams (SESIAHS), Prof Anatoly Rozenfeld of indicators has been developed by the ARC. and Prof Peter Metcalfe from the Faculty of Engineering, for their project ‘A dosimetric Inter-Comparison of Australian Further information about the indicators and Radiotherapy IMRT Systems (ICARIS).’ Awarded $270,925 in the ERA process at UOW can be obtain from funding over three years by The Cancer Council. https://intranet.uow.edu.au/raid/era/indicators • Dr Kara Perrow from the Faculty of Science whose one year fellowship, ‘In vivo assessment of small molecule uPA-directed The Research Services Office will assume prodrugs for the treatment of malignant disease’ received responsibility for the coordination of the ERA co-funding from Cure Cancer Australia and Cancer Australia ($75,000). initiative at UOW. Faculty Research Chairs will • Prof Mark Walker from the Faculty of Science, in collaboration be your primary contact for ERA enquiries, with Prof Victor Nizet from the University of California San Diego, has received funding from the US Dept of Health and however pending the commencement of an Human Services for the project ‘GAS switch from colonising ERA project manager, further enquiries can bacterium to invasive pathogen.’ also be forwarded to Matt Perry, Research • Prof John Bremner and Dr Michael Kelso from the Faculty of Science have received US National Institute of Health funding, Information System Manager on X 4795 or in collaboration with Prof Kim Lewis from Northeastern [email protected] University, Boston for their project ‘A synergy-based therapy against C.difficle.’

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1 SMART Infrastructure • Introduce and disseminate new expertise in electromaterials into the Australian workforce The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard announced (late last year) that the University of Wollongong had won $35M in The Executive Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for commonwealth funding towards its Higher Education Endowment Electromaterials Science is Professor Gordon Wallace who is Fund (HEEF proposal) – a $50M, 10,000m2 facility – the Director of UOW’s Intelligent Polymer Research Institute. More: SMART Infrastructure Facility (artist impression above). The www.electromaterials.edu.au SMART Infrastructure Facility will be the first facility of its kind 2008 Research Partnership in the world, bringing together teaching and research across all infrastructure issues from transport and railways, to water, Scheme Outcomes telecommunications and energy. Its hub will be a simulation and The outcome of the second round of the 2008 URC Research analysis facility using mathematical, statistical and IT techniques Partnership Scheme has now been announced. Two Project to simulate the characteristics of national infrastructure grids. The grants were awarded to: Professor Rian Dippenaar (Engineering) grant is the largest single funding ever obtained by the University. and Professor Don Iverson (H&BS) for a total of $32,000. Full More at: http://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW053267.html details of applications funded during 2008 are available at: https://intranet.uow.edu.au/raid/rso/urc-outcomes/ CAPSTRANS Grant Success UOW053789.html Under the leadership of Associate Professor Peter Kell, The guidelines for the Research Partnership Scheme for 2009 CAPSTRANS has been awarded a grant jointly with the Universiti have been revised and are now available on the Intranet. Please of Sains Malaysia by the International Association of Universities note that there will be two rounds this year with closing dates on (IAU). CAPSTRANS members who worked on the grant include 25 May and 26 October. Associate Professors Tim Scrase and Lenore Lyons. The grant is under the IAU LEADHER program and will fund reciprocal learning visits to each campus for a team of research leaders in Please Note: The Australian Research Council recently the discipline area of social transformation and higher education announced that it was discontinuing funding opportunities under in the Asia Pacific. The learning visits will be an opportunity for the Linkage International Scheme, i.e. ARC Linkage International both universities to build research alliances to mutual advantage Fellowships and ARC Linkage International - Internationally in 2009 in the research area of social transformation. Coordinated Initiatives (Social Sciences Collaboration ICI) with effect from 2009. ACES FUNDING BOOST In its place, changes have been made to the Funding Rules The University of Wollongong’s ARC Centre of Excellence for for Discovery Projects for funding in 2010 to include new Electromaterials Science will receive a further further $7.7 opportunities for international collaborations. million in funding from July 2010 until December 2013. The funding announcement follows an external Review Panel’s recommendation that funding be extended as the centre had Upcoming Grant Opportunities developed a strong profile in Australia and overseas. Wednesday, 4 March, ARC Discovery Project applications due The Panel said it was also pleased with the centre providing a 2009 to the ARC supportive and stimulating environment for the next generation of Tuesday, 17 March, NHMRC Project Grant applications due researchers. 2009 to the NHMRC The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science was Thursday, 19 March Leadership for Excellence in Learning established in 2005 to: 2009 and Teaching Program Grants due to • Create new electromaterials that will stimulate advances in the ALTC fields of energy conversion (including artificial photosynthesis, Friday, 20 March ALTC Priority Projects Program internal energy storage and bionic systems) 2009 deadline • Develop the science of electromaterials at the nano and macro Tuesday, 31 March NHMRC Career Development Awards dimensions 2009 applications due to NHMRC • Integrate these novel electromaterials into frontier technologies Wednesday, 15 April International Science Linkages Australia- and devices of major economic value to Australia such as 2009 China Fund due solar cells and supercapacitors, lightweight batteries, artificial Monday, 25 May, Round 1 URC Research Partnership muscles, hydrogen generation for fuel cells and development 2009 Scheme applications due to RSO of bionic implants and 2 Research Ethics Agenda Deadlines and Meeting Dates 2009 for your diary Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) - Health and Medical Upcoming meeting on March 10th (agenda deadline February 18th) Next meeting April 7th (agenda deadline March 18th) Next meeting May 12th (agenda deadline April 22nd) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) - Humanities, Social Science & Behavioural Upcoming meeting on February 19th (agenda deadline Feb 4th). Next meeting March 19th (agenda deadline March 45th) Next Meeting April 23rd (agenda deadline April 8th) Animal Ethics Committee Upcoming meeting 19th February (agenda deadline January 29th) Next meeting April 2nd (agenda deadline March 12th) Next meeting May 14th (agenda deadline April 23rd) Please Note: Training Session for new Animal Research Staff and Students is scheduled for March 11th 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Enquiries to ([email protected]) Gene Technology Review Committee Upcoming meeting March 5th (agenda deadline February 19th ) More information at: www.uow.edu.au/research/rso/ethics/

Research Strength Series 2009 This lecture series will provide an opportunity to showcase the research conducted within each of UOW’s Research Strengths, and introduce the researchers involved to the general campus and community. Current Schedule for 2009 - Session One Wednesday 4th March Prof. Kathy Eagar (pictured) - Centre for Health Service Development Wednesday 8th April Prof. David Steel - Centre for Statistical & Survey Methodology Wednesday 6th May Prof. Nick Dixon - Centre for Medical Bioscience Wednesday 27th May Dr Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase - CAPSTRANS All Presentations will be held at lunchtime (12.30-1.30pm) Building 20 , Lecture Theatre 2

All Presentations will be held at lunchtime (12.30-1.30pm) Building 20 , Lecture Theatre 2. Sandwiches will also be available for those attending. More at: www.uow.edu.au/research/news/strengthseries/

Uni in the Brewery 2009 Our 2009 program features some very interesting researchers. We hope you can come along and enjoy a beer or wine at the Five Island Brewery. All staff, students and the general public are welcome and encouraged to contribute in discussion. Presentations scheduled for this year: 11th March Dr Pia Winberg and A/Prof. Andy Davis 5:30pm-6:30pm Shoalhaven Marine and Freshwater Centre & School of Biological Sciences “South Coast Marine Parks: Benefits, Biodiversity and Baited underwater videos” 20th May A/Prof. Paul Cooper 5:30pm-6:30pm Head, School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, “Surfing the green wave - clean energy from ocean waves and currents” 26th August A/Prof. Chris Gibson 5:30pm-6:30pm Faculty of Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences “Serious fun: festivals and the revitalisation of rural Australia” 21st October A/Prof. Lori Lockyer 5:30pm-6:30pm Faculty of Education “Ruben’s Wiki - Today’s educational opportunity? Tomorrow’s obsolescence?” Lori will be talking about the changing nature of educational technology in schools.

More at: www.uow.edu.au/research/unibrewery Please check for any program changes.

3 RESEARCH STUDENT CENTRE www.uow.edu.au/research/rso Vice-Chancellor’s Award The DEEWR Endeavour Programme for Excellence in Research Seminar: Supervision - Nominations Open The Endeavour awards programme will provide up to 10,000 • Is your research supervisor enthusiastic about your research? scholarships, over a five year period, for study, research and • Does your research supervisor assist you to acquire additional professional development, for both foreign nationals and skills and knowledge relevant to your research? Australians, for example: • Is your research supervisor responsive to your particular • Endeavour Postgraduate Award: up to $158,500 needs (eg. if you are working, a part-time student, a parent, • Research Fellowships: up to $23,500 different cultural background)? • Endeavour Research Fellowships: up to $23,500 • Is your research supervisor open to communication at times Applications for the 2010 awards will open on 6 April 2009 other than those formally specified? and close 31 July 2009. The seminar will provide details of • Do you feel that your research supervisor is supportive at all the scholarship schemes on offer, the selection criteria used times (the good and the bad days along the rocky road of and strategies to maximise applicants’ chances of success. research)? All staff are invited to attend, and it should be of particular • Does your research supervisor meet with you on a regular interest to postgraduate coordinators, heads of postgraduate basis at a mutually convenient time? studies, supervisors of Endeavour scholarship applicants If you have responded positively to all of the above, you have one and early career researchers. Domestic and international HDR outstanding research supervisor on your hands! The nomination students interested in applying for Endeavour awards should also form and guidelines can be downloaded at www.uow.edu.au/ attend. research/uowawards or visit the Research Student Centre for a When: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 at 12.00 pm hard copy. Closing date Friday, 9 March 2009. Venue: UniCentre, Function Centre 4 A light lunch will be provided – please RSVP to mdwarte@uow. Research training seminars for edu.au by Monday, 16th March 2009 for catering purposes. HDR students Are you a new or re-enrolling research student who would like HDR Student Enrolment Checking to get some extra training in different aspects of research? The for 2009 Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Seminar Series is a If you have a new offer for a Higher Degree Research (HDR) free of charge program specifically designed for HDR Students. degree and have not received notification regarding your Seminars are separated into modules so that you can easily enrolment please contact the Research Student Centre identify the seminars that will suit you based on what stage you 42215452 or contact Maree Buchanan ([email protected]. are at in your candidature. au). Once enrolled please ensure that your enrolment is correct Some of the Seminars to be presented this session include: for Autumn and Spring Sessions for example - part time, full time, Endnote , Thesis Writing, Your Gateway to Research at UOW, Your or coursework subjects. Rights and Responsibilities to Your Research, Thesis Submission and Examination. Seminars will commence in the week of 10th Submitting your thesis for March 2009. An email advising of the program will be sent to all examination soon? HDR students in mid February. To avoid enrolment for Autumn Session 2009 Higher Degree Research students must submit their thesis by 31 March 2009. HDR Student Orientation and If you submit your thesis after this date, you must enrol for Enrolment Day Autumn session, and pay the appropriate tuition fee if you are an The compulsory autumn session Higher Degree Research (HDR) International student. Please note that you must be enrolled at Student Orientation and Enrolment Day for HDR students will the time of submission. For further information, please contact be held fro 9.00am on Tuesday, 3rd March 2009. If you have Julie King, Thesis Officer in the Research Student Centre, on (02) any questions about this event please contact Mari Dwarte, 4221 3208 or [email protected]. HDR Events Officer in the Research Student Centre on (02) 4221 5454, [email protected]. A registration form can also be downloaded from www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/news/ Re-enrolling orientation Autumn Session and Spring Session Enrolment Variations and re-enrolment for 2009 have begun and all HDR Annual Progress Reports are students are asked to check their enrolment details are now overdue correct. Please send any variations (leave of absence, The 2008 Annual Progress Reports (APR) were released change of status etc) are sent to the Enrolment Officer, June to HDR students in October 2008. The APR process for Toussis ([email protected] or 42215453), by the 31st Higher Degree Research (HDR) students is via SOLS. March 2009. Supervisors are asked to complete their students APR Re-enrolling students will be as a matter of urgency. HDR candidates will NOT automatically re-enrolled on receipt of be automatically enrolled for 2009 unless a a successfully completed APR. completed APR is received.

4 PODS – Research related courses intranet.uow.edu.au/pods

Professional & Developing Your Research Grant Writing Skills Organisational Development (28th April & 19th May session coming up) Services (PODS) offer a range of professional and Research Grant Management Workshops career development courses (TBA) for Research Staff. Supervising Higher Degree Research Students Series Nomination for courses - Policies & Procedures (16th April) administered by PODS is via - Roles & Responsibilities (23rd April) Web Kiosk. - Assisting Completion (30th April) Please visit the PODS Research Information Systems Training training calendar for dates (26th February & 27th March) and times of the courses. Tips for Tendering https://intranet.uow.edu. (18th February) au/pods/calendar Biosafety Training Recommended for all research involved with microbiological organisms and other biological materials. Date: Tuesday 10th March and 2nd again on April 2009 Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm Facilitators: Adam Janssen Nominate by: Friday 27th February 2009

Commercial Research and Innovation www.uow.edu.au/research/commercial Research Commercialisation Workshops www.uow.edu.au/research/news/workshops

Tips for Tendering • Why tender and the role of tendering You can enrol in the workshop via Web • Understanding the tender process Kiosk (https://wss.uow.edu.au/wssprdb/ The Commercial Research Unit is holding • How to prepare a winning tender wk8003$.startup).If you would like to a workshop on Wednesday 18th February • Legal considerations in the tender learn more about the workshop or have 2009 12 - 1.30pm for all UOW staff process and mandatory conditions in any questions please contact Brett currently participating, or interested in government tenders Weeden [email protected] or phone tender processes. The workshop entitled • Tendering support at UOW. x3913. ‘Tips for Tendering’ will cover various topics including:

5 Library News www.library.uow.edu.au

A number of new research resources have been acquired for 2009. New Journals • Nature Nanotechnology - a multidisciplinary journal that publishes papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. www.nature.com/nature • Journals from the American Geophysical Union – archival access to How to get published in journals and books, some back to 1896. Nature New Databases Writing for your audience is a key to being published. • Naxos Music Library – the world’s largest online music library. The Nature Publishing Group shared some useful tips at Provides access to over 28,000 CDs covering classical, jazz and a recent seminar. world music. A Nature paper should: • Images MD – an online encyclopedia of medical images • Report a fundamental new physical insight, or A search engine with a difference • Announce a startling, unexpected or difficult-to- understand discovery, or for Biomedical Sciences • Have striking conceptual novelty with specific Try eTBLAST, a search engine for biomedical literature. Rather than predictions structuring complex search queries, you can copy and paste a • Be very important to your field complete paragraph into the search box and it will find articles with Nature papers must be comprehensible to a wide similar abstracts. audience http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/etblast.shtml • First paragraph of a Letter should be no higher than the level of an introductory undergraduate class Getting the most from your • The bulk of the paper should be aimed at the level of publications a first-year graduate course in the field Before the rush of Autumn session starts, collate your publications Answer the following questions to write a good Nature from 2008 and ensure that they are entered in RIS and forwarded to paper your faculty publication officer. Doing so now will assist the University’s • Why is the topic interesting? annual publications collection. If you have final manuscript versions of • What big problems are there in the field? your papers, contact the Research Online team to have your papers • What have you done? placed in the University’s online repository. It’s all about making your • How does the work advance us towards a solution of publications more accessible and visible. one of the big problems?

New Research Staff

Welcome to two new Faculty of Law staff members reiteration of the university’s goal of building research as well as who will be involved in the Centre for Transnational postgraduate training capacity in his primary field of research. Crime Prevention (CTCP): Professor Andrew What does Andrew hope to achieve at UOW? Goldsmith (who commenced as Executive Director “I hope to further develop my transnational policing interests, of CTCP) and Associate Professor Clive Harfield. focusing on international cooperation and capacity building in countries in which Australia has strategic interests and law Andrew Goldsmith enforcement relationships. I am keen to look at the links between policing and other Rule of Law programs, and to look at some Before coming to Wollongong, Andrew of the contextual challenges to meeting transnational crime Goldsmith was a Professor of Law and prevention goals.” Criminal Justice at Flinders University in Adelaide where his research was “I am hoping to continue relationships with the AFP as well as largely in the area of policing and look to establishing new relationships with other external bodies law enforcement in transitional and with relevant interests. Within the university, I will be interested post-conflict societies. He is currently to establish relationships with persons working in different finalising an ARC Linkage grant on disciplines.” Australian police assistance and A/Prof Clive Harfield, Faculty of Law peace-keeping missions in the region. Associate Professor Clive Harfield joined the Faculty of Law Andrew decided to come to Wollongong at UoW in August 2008 for four years to teach undergraduate when the university declared a strategic research interest in criminal law and post-graduate intelligence and transnational transnational crime and law enforcement. Another attraction was criminal investigation in the Centre for Transnational Crime the opening of the new building at Innovation Campus and the Prevention, and also to undertake research within the CTCP. He 6 was previously a Reader in Policing at the John Grieve Centre for Associate Professor Policing and Community Safety, Department for Applied Social Philippa Lyons-Wall Sciences, London Metropolitan University, England. The John Associate Professor Philippa Lyons-Wall Grieve Centre is a strategic research partner with the CTCP. joined the School of Health Sciences His research interests focus on transnational criminal investigation, in February 2009. She was previously mutual legal assistance, and international law enforcement a senior lecturer at the Queensland co-operation and it is these areas, with particular reference to University of Technology since 2000. covert investigation and human rights, that he plans to work Her research interests include Nutrition on in the CTCP. In 2001 he held a Fulbright Fellowship at and Dietetics, Phytochemicals and risk Georgetown University, Washington DC to research US attitudes of chronic diseases, and Dietary intake methodology. She looks to international law enforcement co-operation. In 2007 he held forward to linking her research interests in with Prof Linda Tapsell a Visiting Fellowship at the National Europe Centre, ANU, and is and colleagues at the Smart Foods Centre. currently collaborating with ANU colleagues on an international Philippa brings with her a strong commitment to teaching and conference on Crossing Borders: Promoting Regional Law learning in nutrition with a particular interest in generic attributes, Enforcement Co-operation to be held 8th-9th April 2009 at ANU. especially critical thinking and problem solving. She will join the His research publications include not only work on mutual legal teaching program of the UOW Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics. assistance and international law enforcement co-operation but also books on covert investigation and intelligence issues. He is on Philippa is an accredited Practising Dietitian and a member of the Editorial Board of the Oxford University Press journal, Policing: the following organisations: Dietitians Association of Australia, an International Journal of Policy and Practice and is a career Nutrition Society of Australia and the Australasian Menopause police officer with local, national and international operational Society. She is also a reviewer for a range of national and experience. international publications including Nutrition and Dietetics, Australia and New Zealand Journal Public Health, British Journal of Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and European Dr Susana Guatelli Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The School of Engineering Physics has recently appointed a new lecturer Dr Dr Eva Warensjo Susana Guatelli with research activities in Medical Radiation Physics. Susanna Dr Eva Warensjo joined the Smart Foods has completed her PhD in physics at Centre in November 2008 as a Senior University of Genova, Italy. Her main Research Fellow. She is currently working research activities are in a field of on multiple projects based on the dietary Monte Carlo simulations in radiation intervention studies conducted at the physics with application of GEANT Centre. Her studies will focus on the effects radiation transport code. She has of weight loss diets under free living conditions on on risk factors researched at CERN in the simulation involved in the aetiology of obesity-related diseases. She has of radiation detectors for HEP and radiation shielding of a Masters degree in Medical Sciences and a PhD in Medical spacecraft for space exploration missions, as well as in dosimetry Sciences (Nutrition) both from the Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala for IMRT, brachytherapy and Proton Therapy. University, Sweden. Before coming to UOW she held a position as a researcher and data manager at Uppsala University. She For the last 1.5 years Dr Susana Guatelli was a postdoctoral managed the database linked to the Uppsala Longitudinal Study fellow at radiation detection group at ANSTO and was in strong of Adult Men (ULSAM, www.pubcare.uu.se/ulsam ). This is an collaboration with Prof A.Rozenfeld on microdosimetry and ongoing population based study that was initiated in 1970. Most nanodosimetry projects. She co-supervised CMRP Masters and of her thesis was conducted with data from this cohort. She also Honours students. Susanna will be contributing to the CMRP continued her research in the field of biomarker fatty acids. She collaboration with ANSTO. will be with the Smart Foods Centre until late October 2009.

Prolific writer boosts Faculty of Resea rch & Innovation Arts publications Issue 1 Jan/Feb 2009 Dr Ouyang Yu, poet, novelist, translator, essayist and scholar, Nwww.uow.edu.au/research/newsletterews has joined a Faculty of Arts research team to work on the ARC Discovery project ‘Globalising Australian literature’. In just over Do you know a year he has published six books: three works of scholarship IN THIS ISSUE (Chinese in Australian Fiction 1888-1988, On the Smell of Research Services Office Research Student Centre page 4 anyone who would page 6 an Oily Rag: Speaking English, Thinking Chinese and Living PODS - Research courses for staff Commercial Research & Innovation page 7 Library News & Publications page 7 Australian, Bias: Offensively Chinese Australian), two collections like to receive page 8 New Research Staff Publications page 8 of poetry in English (The Kingsbury Tales, Reality Dreams) and Faculty News, Awards and Achievements page 10 Research & Scholarships page 11 one collection of poetry in Chinese (Report on Australia). Two Conferences and Workshops page 13 Innovation News? page 13 novels are forthcoming in 2009. Dr Ouyang is working with Please send their email to Professor Wenche Ommundsen on a survey of the circulation [email protected] and reception of Australian literature in China. Other contributors Contributions Contributions to Research & to the research project, which examines literary connections Innovation News (Research news, achievements and events) are always welcome. For inclusions in the next issue, please send to between Australia and Asia, are A/Prof. Paul Sharrad and Dr [email protected]. au by March 20th

Page 3: Construction of UOW’s SMART Infrastruc ture Facility (artist’s impression above) is underway Alison Broinowski, plus two PhD students, Huang Zhong (Frank) and Libby O’Donnell. 7 PUBLICATIONS

The Multiplicities of Internet Postcolonial Literary History Addiction: The Misrecognition and Indian English Fiction of Leisure and Learning by Paul Sharrad, School of English By Nicola F. Johnson, UOW, Australia Literatures, Philosophy & Languages Overuse of the Internet is often Published by Cambria Press 2008 characterised as problematic, disruptive, or This book is the successful outcome of a addictive, with stories frequently claiming difficult feat––it represents an interesting that online use interferes with relationships, new approach to a well-trodden field of or that ‘excessive’ time in front of computer study. In this collection of essays, the screens is unhealthy. The Multiplicities of author revisits certain issues within the Internet Addiction contests the claim that distinctive frames of each essay. Of particular interest is the way computers – specifically Internet use – are addictive, arguing that the author is continually mindful of how postcolonial studies might use of the Internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in be reconceptualised––an approach that many critics of note have by many people in Western society. Offering an analysis of the taken in recent years, especially Neil Lazarus, Reed Dasenbrock, nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home and Bart Moore-Gilbert, in different ways. This author’s way computer use, this book will be of interest not only to sociologists of is, in part, to reconsider “postcolonial literary history… against culture and popular culture, but also to scholars of media, ICT and ideas of History as a dominant epistemology.” This book is a very education. Available through Ashgate Publishing. February 2009 significant contribution to postcolonial studies and advances the 166 pages, Hardback, 978-0-7546-7496-2, £50.00 ever more richly complicated discourse that has emerged in the This Title is also available as a EBook, ISBN 978-0-7546-9541-7 field. For more information: www.cambriapress.com/cambriapress. cfm?template=4&bid=253 Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms SISAT Academic Research Impact On By Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase and Timothy Software Development Trends J. Scrase After four years in the making, the modeling language FAML London and New York: Routledge; 2009 (Framework for Agent Modeling Languages) is to set appear in 2009 in the prestigious international journal of IEEE Transactions of CAPSTRANS researchers, Dr Ruchira Software Engineering with Dr Beydoun from the School of Information Ganguly-Scrase and A/Prof. Tim Scrase Systems and Technology at Informatics as the lead author. recently published a major new work on social change and globalisation in India. In recognition of the significance of modeling language FAML, The book titled: Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The it is also being considered by the Object Management Group Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms, and published as an industry standard for developing Multi Agent Systems. by Routeldge, fills an important gap in the existing literature on The Object Management Group is the highest authority industry economic liberalization and globalisation in India by providing consortium which guides technological development to best suit much needed ethnographic data from those affected by neoliberal commercial needs. The language FAML has been developed with globalisation. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, it collaborators from UTS, UNSW, Madrid University, University reveals the complexity of the globalisation process and describes and of East London and Spanish National Research Council. FAML accounts for the contradictory attitudes of the lower middle classes. allows software developers to easily develop required templates for a system or to alternatively adjust and tune a software development methodology to enable the easy development In Government We Trust - Market Failure of class systems know as Multi Agent Systems. These are and the Delusions of Privatisation distributed systems which are coming into prominence to By Professor Warwick Funnell and Jane implement web applications. Andrew ( Faculty of Commerce) and Robert Dr Beydoun and his collaborators have won an ARC Discovery of Jupe (University of Kent) was recently $350 000 (2008-2010) grant to extend the work done during the launched in the House of Commons, development of FAML to allow further research and development London, and is now available in Australia. of such systems using domain templates (known as ontologies). A timely investigation of the dangers of unfettered markets and the high-profile The metabolic effects of walnuts market failures and crises brought about on patients with type-2 diabetes by the privatisation of core public services. Using examples from The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Western liberal democracies, such as the collapse of Railtrack will soon publish the outcomes of a one-year in the UK, the energy crisis in the US and the Sydney water trial on the metabolic effects of walnuts on treatment scandal in Australia, the authors argue that there is a patients with type-2 diabetes. The study, limit to the substitution of government by the private sector, and lead by Professor Linda Tapsell and Dr that ultimate responsibility for providing high-quality services Marijka Batterham, was funded by the must remain with government. Published in UK by Pluto Press/ California Walnut Commission. Published in Australia by UNSW Press. 8 Faculty News, Awards and Achievements

The Vice-Chancellor’s • Research Excellence for Senior Nominations close 27th March 2009 for all Researchers awards with the exception of the Research Excellence in • Research Excellence for Emerging Supervision Award (close 9th March). Research Awards Researchers Guidelines and Nomination forms can be This group of awards recognises the • Outstanding Achievement in Research found online: contributions that academic staff and their Partnership and; www.uow.edu.au/research/uowawards partners are making towards research • Excellence in Research Supervision. excellence. The categories are:

The Vice‑chancellor’s excellence in research awards 2009

www.uow.edu.au/research/uowawards

Le Fevre Prize Excellence in Coal Geology AWARD Winner Congratulations to Adrian Hutton, Honorary Principal Fellow The 2009 winner of the within the University’s School of Earth and Environmental prestigious Australian Academy Sciences, who has been awarded the Coalfield Geology Council of Science, Le Fevre Prize is Dr of New South Wales Award for Excellence in Coal Geology, for his Steve Blanksby (Science Faculty, contribution to the science of coal geology and for services to the School of Chemistry). mining industry. This early career research award Adrian Hutton has been a member of the academic staff at the acknowledges his research in the University of Wollongong since the late 1970s, responsible for an field of gas phase ion chemistry outstanding contribution to teaching, research and scholarship and mass spectrometry. in areas related to coal geology over a total of somewhere around 30 years. More at: www.science.org.au/awards/2009awards.htm

2009 has commenced as a strong year for the Smart Foods The 33rd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting Centre with Professor Linda Tapsell invited to provide a keynote of the Australian Institute of Physics was held at Charles Sturt address at the following meetings: University (3-6th Feb. 2009) • 2009 Beverage Nutrition Symposium, Sydney It was attended by (Undergraduate) UOW summer students • Riddet Institute National Conference: The Future of Food, Evan Constable and Yunfei Hu, and Masters student Krunal Palmerston North, New Zealand Radhanpura who presented posters, and PhD student Stuart • Dairy Science World Series conference: Functional Dairy Hargreaves who was invited to present at the conference, and Foods 2009, Melbourne chair a session. Prof. Roger Lewis also chaired a session. The • 6th International Walnut Symposium, Melbourne students are pictured below. • Food Meets Function, Ontario, Canada

Dr Adam Lucas (Science & Technology Studies Program, School of English Literatures, Philosophy & Languages) visited the Universities of Oklahoma (OU), Texas at Austin (UTexas) and British Columbia (UBC) late last year (between 25 October and 27 November) to: 1. Conduct research in the history of science and technology at OU and UTexas; 2. Establish a network in indigenous studies and anthropology on behalf of Woolyungah Indigenous Knowledge Centre at OU, UTexas and UBC. 9 IPRI / ACES News Dr Simon Brown (Postdoctoral Fellow with the School of Chemistry) has been awarded the 2009 ACES Symposium Thompson Prize by the Sydney Protein Group. International experts in the field of electromaterials attended the The Thompson Prize was named after an eminent ACES Electromaterials Symposium 2009 for “Nanostructured local protein scientist, E.O.P. (Ted) Thompson. Electromaterials” held in Wollongong from 4-6th February at the It is awarded annually for the best presentation Innovation Campus, hosted by the Intelligent Polymer Research by a young local scientist in the field of protein Institute (IPRI) the lead partner in ACES. The focus of this year’s structure and function. Dr Brown completed his symposium was on “nanostructured electromaterials”, particularly PhD at the University of California San Diego, USA, and came to breakthroughs the in the areas of energy and health. The Welcome Wollongong in 2008. www.mmb.usyd.edu.au/spg/thompson08 Address at the Symposium was given by Professor Judy Raper. Also - Damian Kirchmajer (School of Chemistry) recently won a Grants & Recognition prize for Best Honour’s Student Presentation at the Royal Australian • Professor Gordon Wallace has been invited to join eminent Chemical Institute Research and Development Conference (RACI would scientists, including Nobel Prize Lauretes, in a newly- R&D) December 2008 hosted by Macquarie University. formed international collaborative research project named “World Class University” by the Korean Government. The At the SETAC (Society for Environmental Toxicology and IPRI Director and Executive Director of ACES will join 76 other Chemistry) World Congress at the Sydney Convention Centre in scientists on a “Nobel Committee” which will visit Korean August 08, other PhD student awards: universities to establish new academic programs and conduct • Mr Brad Angel who was awarded the Best Student Poster joint research in the field of emerging technologies. He will prize from SETAC committee be supported by a $1 million grant from the Korean Ministry • Mr Daniel Ward who was awarded the Highly Commended of Education, Science and Technology to collaborate with Student Prize from SETAC Committee researchers and students at Hanbat University in Korea to • Mr David Strom who was awarded the Best Student Seminar prepare a variety of electrode materials to be used in energy from the Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology (ASE). conversion or energy storage systems. Mr George Mickhail Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Finance and Director of the MetaCapital Research Centre is recently back from Cairo (Egypt), where he joined a group of government and industry experts at the Money and Finance conference, which was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Investment. The aim of the conference was to discuss Egypt’s response to the current global financial crisis. George was a panellist on two panels, discussing: (a) Quantitative Finance as the root cause of the global financial crisis, and (b) Sustainable Asset Management. At the conference, he was interviewed by two Satellite TV stations: CNBC Satellite TV and Al Iraqiya Satellite TV.

From left: Prof Ko Jang Myun from Hanbat University, Prof Benny Kim IPRI, Prof Park Jung Ho from Hanbat University, Judy and Gordon. Peter Ekland (accompanied by Peter Goodall and Tim Wray ) was a Keynote Speaker at the Pacific Rim Artificial Intelligence Conference in Hanoi late last year (Dec 16). “The Virtual Museum of the Pacific: A Semantic Web-based Content Management System”. Peter Eklund is a Professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT). Peter Goodall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Informatics, and Tim Wray is a research and teaching assistant in the SISAT and a final year BICT student.

Dr Byron Keating (Senior Lecturer with the School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT)) recently won a ‘Highly Commended’ award for his doctoral thesis. The award was conferred by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Above: Minister for Science & Medical Research Jodi McKay (left) with Professor Gordon and Emerald Publishing. More information is available at the Wallace and Dr Benny Kim from IPRI. Prof Kim travelled with Prof Wallace to Korea to following website under the Marketing Strategy category: http://info. assist in identifying the research strengths of the universities there. emeraldinsight.com/research/awards/2008_odra.htm • The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) has also received a $100,000 NSW joint research government grant A major research report on Technical and Further Education to collaborate with Kangnung University, Gangwon in South (TAFE) conducted by Associate Professor Peter Kell (Education) Korea, to use nanotechnology to develop a new high- has been included in a newly developed data base of important performance energy storage device. The researchers hope Australian reports known as the National Centre of Vocational to combine the advantages of both lithium-ion batteries and Education collection of national “landmark reports” on VET. The supercapicators to develop a hybrid device capable of storing TAFE ‘Futures report’ was authored by Dr Kell in 2006. The TAFE and instantly generating large amounts of energy that can also Futures report was commissioned by the Australian Education be recharged many times. The resulting device could have a Union and identified the importance of a sustainable and viable huge impact on mobile phones and digital cameras. More at: publicly funded vocational and technical training provider. It can http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW054376.html be accessed at: www.voced.edu.au/landmark/national.html . 10 Construction of Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (artist’s impression above) is underway Executive Executive Director – Prof Don Iverson Deputy Executive Director – Prof Wilf Yeo Chief Operating Officer – Sue Baker-Finch IHMRI RESEARCH Research Theme Foundation Directors LEADERSHIP Metabolic Conditions Medical Director - Prof Bob Moses TEAM APPOINTED Scientific Director - Prof Xu-Feng Huang While the new Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute Healthy Ageing (IHMRI) building will soon start rising from the ground on the Medical Director - Prof Jan Potter site adjacent to the Ovals Car Park at the UOW, the IHMRI Scientific Director - Prof Mark Wilson research leadership team is also taking shape. Infectious Diseases Following an Expression of Interest process within the University and discussions with Area Health Service and local clinicians Medical Director - Prof Julian Gold undertaking research in relevant areas, the IHMRI Executive Scientific Director - Prof Mark Walker Director, Prof Don Iverson, announced early this month the Cancer Continuum appointment of the Foundation Scientific and Medical Research Medical Director - Prof Phil Clingan Directors for the Institute’s six research themes. Scientific Director - Assoc Prof Marie Ranson The research themes have been identified to guide the Primary Care and Rural Health Institute’s research program, ensuring focus on common health Medical Director - Dr Andrew Dalley and medical problems relevant in the local community. The Scientific Director - Prof Elizabeth Farmer appointment of a Scientific Director and Medical Director for Neuroscience and Mental Health each theme provides a leadership model to link academic and clinical researchers and to ensure research findings can be Medical Director - TBA rapidly translated into improved clinical practice and health Scientific Director - Assoc Prof Brin Grenyer service delivery in our region. Cross-cutting Research Theme Directors Cutting across these themes, the Institute will apply special Population Health expertise in a number of areas such as nutrition, human Director - Prof Tony Worsley genetics, and population health. Research Directors for these cross-cutting themes have also been announced. Nutrition These appointments follow the previous appointment of Prof Director - Prof Linda Tapsell Wilf Yeo to the dual role of IHMRI Deputy Executive Director and Human Genetics Director of the Institute’s Clinical Trails Unit due to commence Director - Prof Stephen Lillioja operations in the new building in early 2010. Clinical Trials Unit The IHMRI leadership team now in place is summarised in the next column. Director – Prof Wilf Yeo

11 Scholarships www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/student/scholarships

School of Psychology (Faculty of and commencing in 2009. research assistant work and tutorial Health & Behavioural Sciences) The successful applicant will be closely teaching. involved with the core project which aims Informal enquiries can be directed to PhD Scholarship on Relating to relate physical measures of 3D face [email protected] Physical Measurements to Three- shape to human perception of similarity. Formal application should include a full dimensional Face Perception. Applicants should have experience of CV, contact details for two academic Applications are invited for a 3-year experimental psychology and statistics. referees, and a brief description of PhD scholarship in the field of three- Knowledge of face perception, 3D research experience and interests. Please dimensional (3D) face perception. The shape perception, Matlab/R and three- send the application to: Harold Hill, School scholarship is part of an ARC Discovery dimensional computer graphics would of Psychology, University of Wollongong project “Face-space: linking three- all be advantages. The scholarship is Northfields Avenue, NSW 2522, Australia dimensional shape and human perception non taxable and worth AU $26,140 per Tel. +61 (0)2 4221 4073 across changing viewing conditions” annum. Applicants from Australia and Fax. +61 (0)2 4221 4163 awarded to Harold Hill (University of New Zealand pay no tuition fees and More Scholarships at: www.uow.edu.au/ Wollongong, and Primary Supervisor), applicants from other countries can apply research/rsc/student/scholarships/ Peter Claes (University of Melbourne) and for a waiver. There will be the opportunity Alan Johnston (University College London) to supplement this income through related Workshops / Conferences

2009 International Workshop Korea, Switzerland, Italy, Norway and Japan. Self, Place and Broadband on Electronic Materials For more information and registration details, Connectivity: Making and Making Do please contact Meghan Gestos at and their Applications meghan@ 12-13th February 2009 uow.edu.au or phone (02) 4221 5730. Hosted by the Institute for Superconducting How far has Australia fallen behind Please register your attendance no later and Electronic Materials (ISEM) other key countries in its development then Friday 6th March 2009. Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th March of its Internet and its extension and use We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 in all of Australia and is this important Innovation Campus! economically, politically and culturally? Development and research of electronic materials plays a crucial role in the Research Commercialisation The ARC -supported Cultural Research Network in collaboration with the advance of technology across the Workshops 2009 globe. This workshop will bring together University of Wollongong’s The Innovation Australian and International experts In conjunction with UniQuest Pty in Cultural Research Group held a working in the field of advanced electronic Ltd, UOW is running two interactive major workshop recently to look into the materials and related applications to workshops in 2009, tailored to government-planned roll-out of broadband discuss new opportunities in innovative the needs of university academic into rural, regional and remote Australia. materials with emphasis on their practical researchers and higher degree As the bid process concludes, leading applications. Scientists, engineers from postgraduate research students national and international researchers in academia, government and private respectively. The workshops offer an the study of Internet culture converged on companies as well as students are intensive grounding in the processes, Wollongong (12 and 13th of February) to welcome to join this workshop. The practices, pitfalls and potential rewards explore what internet connectivity means main goal of the workshop is to promote of commercialising research across all to one’s place and community. international cooperation and partnership academic disciplines. Professor David Marshall, coordinator of between world leaders in materials > Academic Researchers Workshop: the workshop and ICR coordinator and science and engineering. 2 - 3 April 2009 Chair of New media and Cultural Studies > HDR Postgraduate Student The topics in the workshop cover but are at the UOW, said that participants were Workshop: 5 – 6 March 2009 not limited to: able to address the play of broadband in • Superconductors and devices; Venue: Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Australian culture as efforts to expand and • Spintronic materials and devices; Queensland More at: improve the service continue to develop. • Magnetic materials and devices; www.uow.edu.au/research/workshops • Ferroelectric materials and devices; • Thermoelectric and magneto-caloric materials; Organising a conference or workshop? • Electronic materials for bio- Why not provide your delegates with copies of the applications; and University’s “Profiling our Research Partners”. This • Opto-electronic and terahertz publication is a snapshot of many of our national and international research collaborations and showcases some technology. of the very interesting projects. We have many copies Invited Speakers include researchers from available – just e-mail us ([email protected]) with your Australia, the Netherlands, the USA, the UK, request. 12 14