Marine science
Dietmar Muller, a senior lecturer in the School of Geosciences, has brought together all of our marine science under The University of Sydney Institute of Marine Science (USIMS). Dr Muller has listed all the centres in a brochure, set up a website, and has established a central office.
The Institute of Marine Science (USIMS) was launched in 2003 by ABC Radio Science Show presenter, Robin Williams. As guests dined - appropriately on prawns - USIMS Director, Dr Muller explained that with $250,000 in start-up money, he had finally established one umbrella under which to coordinate the University's eight research centres specializing in marine based research and expertise.
USIMS has expertise in temperate and tropical marine biology, coastal ecology, seabed dynamics, evolution of continental margins, marine engineering and mechatronics, marine Geographic Information Science (GIS) and simulation and visualization of marine processes. USIMS comprises:
- The Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities
- The Coastal Studies Group
- The Ocean Technology Group
- The Australian Ocean Drilling Program
- The Centre for Geotechnical research
- The School of Biological Sciences
- The Department of Anatomy and Histology
- The School of Geosciences
The University of Sydney is looking to forge new links with the petroleum industry following a grant of software and services to the Institute of Marine Science valued at $20 million from the Landmark Graphics Corporation. Based in Houston, Texas, Landmark is the leading provider of software and services to the oil and gas industry. The software is a state-of-the-art tool for integrating a range of data about the earth and its resources, giving clear indications of which areas might warrant further exploration and exploitation. The grant is expected to enhance the University's research in computational geology, geophysics, marine geophysics and ocean drilling, carried out by the Institute of Marine Science (USIMS). Together with a Sesquicentenary grant for hardware, it will allow a teaching laboratory to be set up within USIMS to benefit undergraduates, research students and industry representatives on short courses.
