Front cover 'Wet-look' total magnetic intensity map part o f the Mudgee (NSW) 1:100,000 topographic sheet (330 to 320 30'S, 1490 50' to 1500 E; 45 km x 55 km). This state-of-the-art imagery, along with radiometrics (imagery incorporating the radioac­ tive elements), greatly facilitates geological mapping because of differing magnetic properties of various rock types. This image is in false colour', although colour is directly related to total magnetic intensity. The 'wet look' is produced by an algorithm which provides an 'artificial sum angle', highlight­ ing linear features. Among zones recognisable in the image are closely spaced, tightly contorted structures in the basement strata of the Hill End Trough (greenish, lower left) and Sydney Basin rocks (yellowish, upper right). Mudgee is just NW o f the white patch (top left). Members of the Earth Environments and Resources group in the Department of Geology are working closely with the New South Wales Geological Survey and the Australian Geological Survey Organisation to remap the Dubbo 1:250,000 geological sheet under the National Geoscience Mapping Accord. Original data were obtained by AGSO along flight lines approximately 80 metres above ground surface and 400 metres apart; image supplied by NSW Geological Survey. Scale of image 1:250,000. © Crown copyright 1995 ISSN 1032-0741 University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue Wollongong NSW 2522 Telephone: (042) 21 3555 Facsimile: (042) 21 3447 All inquiries related to research should be addressed to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG RESEARCH REPORT 1994 Contents VICE-CHANCELLOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 6 RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG 8 RESEARCH INSTITUTES Environment Research Institute (ERI) 10 Co-ordinator: Professor John Morrison (tel 042 21 4377) Institute for Molecular Recognition 13 Co-ordinator: Professor Leon Kane-Maguire (tel 042 21 3509) The Institute of Telecommunications Research 16 Co-ordinator: Professor Hugh Bradlow (tel 042 21 5919) RESEARCH PROGRAMS Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering 20 Co-ordinator: Professor Druce Dunne (tel 042 21 3012) Advanced Telecommunications 22 Co-ordinator: Professor Gary Anido (tel 042 21 3065) Applied Cognitive Sciences 25 Co-ordinators: Professor William Lovegrove (tel 042 21 3903) and Dr Steven Avons (tel 042 21 3156) Applied Economic Modelling 28 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Tran Van Hoa (tel 042 21 3659) Applied Mechanics and Advanced Manufacturing 30 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor A Kiet Tieu (tel 042 21 3061) Asia-Pacific Development Studies 33 Co-ordinators: Dr Adrian Vickers (tel 042 21 3626) and Mr Tony Naughton (tel 042 21 3377) 1 CONTENTS Australian Flora and Fauna 35 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor David Ayre (tel 042 21 3440) Bioactive Molecules 39 Co-ordinators: Professor John Bremner <tel 042 21 3509) and Associate Professor Stephen Pyne (tel 042 21 3511) Biological Macromolecules 43 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Ross Lilley (tel 042 21 3431) Bulk Materials Flandling and Physical Processing 47 Co-ordinator: Professor Peter Arnold (tel 042 21 4566) Computer Security - Technical and Social Issues 50 Co-ordinator: Professor Jennifer Seberry (tel 042 21 4327) Education Policy 54 Co-ordinator: Professor Carla Fasano (tel 042 21 3957) Industrial Automation 57 Co-ordinator: Professor Chris Cook (tel 042 21 3065) Intelligent Polymer Systems 61 Co-ordinator: Professor G G Wallace (tel 042 21 3127) Labour Market Analysis 65 Co-ordinators: Dr Chris Nyland and Associate Professor Ray Markey (tel 042 21 4027) Literature and the Colonial Legacy 67 Co-ordinators: Professor James Wieland (tel 042 21 3677) and Dr Paul Sharrad (tel 042 21 3705) Quaternary Environmental Change 70 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Colin Woodroffe (tel 042 21 3359) Science and Technology Analysis 74 Co-ordinator: Dr Brian Martin (tel 042 21 3763) Water Engineering and Geomechanics 76 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Robin Chowdhury (tel 042 21 3040) RESEARCH GROUPS Analysis Research 80 Co-ordinator: Professor Sid Morris (tel 042 21 3843) Contemporary Arts Practice and Performance in Australia 82 Co-ordinator: Dr Andrew Schultz (tel 042 21 3302) Engineering and Industrial Mathematics 84 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor James M Hill (tel 042 21 3822) Fossil Fuels 87 Co-ordinator: Dr Adrian Hutton (tel 042 21 3832) Fundamental Properties of Semiconductors 88 Co-ordinator: Professor Peter Fisher (tel 042 21 3556) Information Systems in Organisations 91 Co-ordinator: Professor Graham Winley (tel: 042 21 3760) 2 CONTENTS Labour History and Industrial Relations 93 Co-ordinator: Professor James Hagan (tel 042 21 3369) Management Strategy and Organisational Change 95 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor A B Sim (tel 042 21 3611) Medical Innovation: Society, Law, Policy 97 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Evelleen Richards (tel 042 21 3627) Physical Activity and Ageing 99 Co-ordinator: Dr Steve Boutcher (tel 042 21 4093 or 21 3881) Public Health and Nutrition 101 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Ross Harris (tel 042 21 3463) Social Literacy 103 Co-ordinator: Dr William Winser (tel 042 21 3963) Sociological Analysis of Political and Cultural Change 105 Co-ordinator: Professor John Bern (tel 042 21 3745) Software Engineering and Intelligent Systems 107 Co-ordinators: Professor Fergus O'Brien (tel 042 21 3859) and Dr Phillip McKerrow (tel 042 21 3771) Structural Engineering and Construction 109 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Yew-Chaye Loo (tel 042 21 3039) Tasmanides 111 Co-ordinator: Dr Chris Fergusson (tel 042 21 3860) DEVELOPMENT GROUPS Accountability and Financial Reporting 113 Co-ordinator: Professor Michael Gaffikin (tel 042 21 3718) Applied Statistics 115 Co-ordinator: Mr John Rayner (tel 042 21 4308) Clinical Psychology 117 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Linda L Viney (tel 042 21 3693) Curriculum Research 119 Co-ordinator: Dr Christine Fox (tel 042 21 3882) Environmental Chemistry 121 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor David Griffith (tel 042 21 3515) Health Practices Research 123 Co-ordinator: Dr John Sibbald (tel 042 21 3471) International Business 125 Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Mokhtar M Metwally (tel 042 21 4017) RESEARCH CENTRES Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Automation (CAMIA) 127 Director: Professor Gunter Arndt (tel 042 21 3378) 3 CONTENTS Centre for Court Policy and Administration 128 Directors: Professor Helen Gamble (tel 042 21 3638) and Dr Richard Mohr (tel 042 21 4632) Key Centre for Mines 130 Director: Associate Professor Naj Aziz (tel 042 21 3449) Centre for Multicultural Studies 132 Director: Professor Stephen Castles (tel 042 21 3779) Centre for Natural Resources Law and Policy 133 Directors: Professor David Farrier (tel 042 21 3456) and Professor Martin Tsamenyi (tel 042 21 4120) Centre for Research Policy 135 Director: Professor Stephen Hill (tel 042 21 3256) INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS Faculty of Arts Department of History and Politics Dr Stephen Brown (tel 042 21 3619) 137 Associate Professor Colm Kiernan (tel 042 21 4385) 137 Dr Gregory Melleuish (tel 042 21 4395) 137 Department of Modern Languages Associate Professor Brian McCarthy (tel 042 21 3720) 137 Professor Brian Moloney (tel 042 21 3676) 137 Dr Susan Yates (tel 042 21 3636) 138 Faculty of Commerce Department of Economics Professor Dudley Jackson (tel 042 21 4016) 138 Mr Frank Neri (tel 042 21 4671) 138 Faculty of Creative Arts Dr Frances Dyson (tel 042 21 4623) 138 Mr Richard Hook (tel 042 21 4271) 138 Ms Liz Jeneid (tel 042 21 3048) 139 Faculty of Education Associate Professor Philip de Lacey (tel 042 21 3728) 139 Professor Ron King (tel 042 21 3575) 139 Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Department of Nursing Ms Irene Stein (tel 042 21 3766) 140 4 CONTENTS Faculty of Informatics Department of Computer Science/Mathematics Dr Keith Tognetti (tel 042 21 3826) 140 Faculty of Law Ms Margaret Bond (tel 042 21 4378) 140 Mr Charles Chew (tel 042 21 4379) 140 Mr Damien Considine (tel 042 21 3629) 141 Professor John Goldring (tel 042 21 3382) 141 Mr Scott Grattan (tel 042 21 4423) 141 Associate Professor Ken Hale (tel 042 21 3730) 141 Associate Professor Robin Handley (tel 042 21 3726) 142 Ms Jane Innes (tel 042 21 4121) 142 Mr Luke McNamara (tel 042 21 4415) 142 Ms Sandra Mercado (tel 042 21 4291) 142 Dr Thomas Musgrave (tel 042 21 4633) 142 Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry Dr Audrey H Wilson (tel 042 21 3155) 143 Department of Physics Dr Jagdish Narain Mathur (tel 042 21 3507) 143 Dr Paul Nulsen (tel 042 21 3523) 144 Astronomy and Astrophysics Associate Professor Bill Zealey (tel 042 21 3522) 144 5 NTRODUCING its Research Management Plan (RMP) in 1989, the Univer­ sity of Wollongong took into account the interdisciplinary nature of many research challenges in the 1990s, signalling its belief that commitment to a concentration of research effort would enable the University to become establishedI as a genuinely international research university. The quality of research undertaken in 1994 demonstrates and substantiates the maturation of initiatives set out in the RMP, also setting the framework for the continued development of this research activity. Of significance during the year was the establishment of three Research Institutes which draw together research activities with a common theme. Their activi­ ties are described in this Report. The role of developing research activity through the implementation of the Research Management Plan was given to Professor Bill Lovegrove, appointed Pro Vice- Chancellor (Research) full-time in 1994. By any meas­ ure, in all aspects of research activity, that was a highly successful year. Government and industry funds continued to increase including the award of four ARC Collaborative Grants from five applications, a 50 per cent success rate for APA(I) scholarships, an increase in the number and amount of initial ARC Large Grants and a 60 per cent increase in other grant funds. Another initiative in 1994 to enhance the research effort through better communi­ cation was the introduction of Faculty Research Committees.