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ARC Funded Projects : Commencing 2005

ARC Discovery Projects

A/Prof B Ben-Nissan; Prof RZ LeGeros
Title: Formation of bone-like materials for bone repair and regeneration
2005 : $60,000
2006 : $58,000
2007 : $60,000
Category: 2915 - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

A/Prof DJ Booth
Title: The mechanisms of settlement success in coral reef fishes
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $75,000
2007 : $75,000
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Prof A Craig; Dr Y Tran
Title: Enhancing the independence of the severely disabled: Improving the detection rates of an EEG based brain computer interface (BCI)
2005 : $60,000
2006 : $50,000
2007 : $50,000
Category: 2915 - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Prof JP Dalton; Dr CM Stack; Dr L Brinen
Title: Functional and structural diversity of the cathepsin L peptidase from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
2005 : $95,000
2006 : $90,000
2007 : $90,000
Category: 3204 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prof D Eamus; Dr M Williams
Title: Measuring tree water use and calculating stand water use
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $70,000
2007 : $70,000
Category: 2704 - BOTANY

A/Prof MJ Ford; Prof MB Cortie; Dr M Zareie; Prof JD Gale; Dr C Ton-That
Title: Exploiting the properties of gold nanoparticles for nanolithography using visible wavelengths
2005 : $60,000
2006 : $60,000
2007 : $60,000
Category: 2402 - THEORETICAL AND CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

Dr BP Kelaher
Title: A new approach to understanding community variation in marine soft-sediments
2005 : $65,000
2006 : $60,000
2007 : $60,000
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Dr BP Kelaher; Dr DJ Booth
Title: Trophic cascades in Australian seagrasses: linking nutrients to survival and growth of commercially-important fishes
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $70,000
2007 : $70,000
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A/Prof GM Nicholson; A/Prof KW Broady; Dr S Valenzuela; Dr PG Hains; A/Prof WC Hodgson; Prof GF King
Title: Identifying novel insecticides and their targets: probing Australian arachnid venoms
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $80,000
2007 : $80,000
Category: 3205 - PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Prof E Platen; Prof A Novikov; Dr E Schlogl
Title: A New Integrated Approach to Managing Risk in Financial Markets
2005 : $92,000
2006 : $87,000
2007 : $86,000
Category: 3503 - BANKING, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

A/Prof PJ Ralph; Prof M Kuehl
Title: When corals bleach, what is the weakest photosynthetic link?
2005 : $58,000
2006 : $38,000
2007 : $38,000
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

ARC Linkage Projects (Round 1)

A/Prof DJ Booth; Dr BC Pease
Title: Conservation ecology of the black cod (Epinephelus daemelii)
2005 : $24,148
2006 : $24,148
2007 : $24,148
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Partner Organisation(s): NSW Fisheries

Prof MB Cortie; Mr TH Gibbons
Title: Optically-selective window coatings of precious metal nanoparticles
2005 : $35,498
2006 : $32,648
2007 : $36,648
Category: 2918 - INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
Partner Organisation(s): Anglogold Australia Limited

Prof A Craig; Dr Y Tran; Dr E Gordon; Mr P McIsaac
Title: A hands-free assistive control system for the severely disabled capable of operating under stressful and fatiguing conditions
2005 : $56,000
2006 : $56,000
2007 : $62,000
2008 : $58,000
Category: 3212 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
Partner Organisation(s): Panthers Entertainment Group,Brain Resources Company, Biofeedback Instruments

Dr SK Lal; A/Prof SK Halgamuge; Mr P Fischer; Dr J Metcalfe
Title: Optimising train driver vigilance system: reactivation of a fatigued driver
2005 : $125,000
2006 : $125,000
2007 : $125,000
Category: 2802 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING
Partner Organisation(s): Integrated Vigilance Systems Pty Ltd, Sydney a subsidiary of Fischer Industries, Sydney

A/Prof R Lim; Dr L Tremblay; Mr M Boake
Title: Use of effects-based bioassays to assess the endocrine disruption potential of advanced tertiary treated sewage effluent
2005 : $58,198
2006 : $54,698
2007 : $47,198
Category: 3008 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Partner Organisation(s): Veolia Water Australia, Landcare Research

A/Prof DK Martin; Dr N Fertig; Dr S Valenzuela
Title: Development of planar patch-clamp electrophysiology to investigate liposome-based artificial nanosensor devices
2005 : $33,048
2006 : $33,048
2007 : $33,048
Category: 2918 - INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
Partner Organisation(s):Nanion Technologies GmbH

Linkage Infrastructure & Equipment Fund (LIEF) Projects

A/Prof MR Phillips; A/Prof EM Goldys; Dr KS Butcher; Prof C Jagadish; Dr J Russell; A/Prof BJ Griffin
Title: Scanning Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy Facility
2005 : $295,320
Category: 2914 - MATERIALS ENGINEERING

In collaboration with the University of New South Wales
A/Prof MJ Hoffman; Prof Y Mai; Dr GL Heness; Dr D Nolan; Dr PJ Martin; Prof PR Munroe; A/Prof M Ferry; Dr T Furukawa; Prof MV Swain; Dr W Yeung; Prof KA Tieu; Dr BA Latella
Title: Surface Mechanical Property Analysis Facility
2005 : $447,967

In collaboration with Macquarie University
Dr KS Butcher; Prof TL Tansley; A/Prof JM Dawes; A/Prof MR Phillips; A/Prof BF Usher; Dr AP Byrne; Dr H Timmers
Title: The Macquarie National Low Temperature Optoelectronic Thin Film Growth Facility
2005 : $165,000
Category: 2914 - MATERIALS ENGINEERING

In collaboration with Deakin University
Prof PD Hodgson; Dr MR Barnett; Dr E Pereloma; Dr CH Davies; Dr RY Lapovok; A/Prof M Ferry; Dr L Kong; Dr W Yeung; Dr GL Heness; A/Prof K Xia
Title: Advanced Deformation Simulation Laboratory
2005 : $825,000
Category: 2913 - METALLURGY