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