Successful ARC Discovery Projects 2005

Name
College
Host Faculty
Host Department/School
Fellowship
Title of Project
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Dr David Airey CST Engineering Engineering   Miniature triaxial tests to investigate effects of pore fluid salt concentration on the mechanics of clays $60,000 $30,000 $40,000    
Professor David Allen CHS Medicine Physiology   The role of intracellular calcium stores in cardiac pacemaking $120,000 $90,000 $90,000    
Dr Peter Anstey CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry   John locke, botany and natural kinds $51,000 $51,000 $71,000    
Professor Patricia Apps CHASS Law Law   Modelling labour market and the impact of the tax-benefit systems in employment and GDP $94,000 $100,000 $125,000    
Associate Professor Steven Armfield CST Science Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Turbulent fountains in stratified fluids with opposing buoyancy flux $135,000 $120,000 $120,000    
Dr Alison Bashford CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry   World Health: The Intellectual History of a Twentieth Century Idea $35,000 $40,000 $60,000    
Dr Timothy Bedding CST Science Physics   Asteroseismology as a window to stellar interiors $75,000 $70,000 $70,000    
Dr Alison Betts CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry   Chorasmian temples: an archaeological study if early Zorastrianism and its precursors in central asia $82,000 $47,000 $70,000    
Dr Gavin Birch CST Science Geosciences   Modelling contaminant dynamics in a well-mixed/stratified estuary $60,000 $58,000 $60,000    
Professor Robert Boakes CST Science Psychology   Resistance to extinction of learned flavour preferences $60,000 $60,000 $60,000    
Dr Craig Campbell CHASS Education Policy and Practice   The Australian Middle Class and School Choice: A Generational Study of Changing School Participation Patterns, Preferences and Values. $80,000 $58,000 $58,000    
Dr John Cannon CST Science Mathematics   Explicit construction of global function fields with many rational places $60,000 $50,000 $50,000    
Dr Maura Chapman CST Science Marine Ecology   Understanding biodiversity by experimental analysis of links between physical, chemical and biological properties of intertidal sediments $140,000 $115,000 $120,000    
Dr Sanjay Chawla CST Science Information Technologies   New Directions in Mining Complex Spatial Relationships in Large Scientific Databases $70,000 $60,000 $63,000    
Associate Professor Deidre Coleman CHASS English English   Insect societies and social butterflies: natural history and sociability in the romantic period $62,930 $65,691 $69,498    
Dr Mark Coster CST Science Chemistry   Design and development of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors based on a natural product lead $120,000 $80,000 $80,000    
Dr Mark Coster CST Science Chemistry   Anti-cancer natural products: total synthesis and biological evaluation of lasonolide A and analogues $130,000 $110,000 $110,000    
Professor Norman Dancer CST Science Mathematics   Stable and peak solutions of partial differential equations $112,000 $90,000 $81,000    
Dr Michael Davies CHS Heart Research Institute Medicine   Mechanistic studies on the oxidation of amino acids, peptides and proteins and its biological consequences $130,000 $130,000 $130,000    
Dr Andy Dong CHASS Arts Architecture   Computational Methods for the Social Accounting of Teamwork $50,000 $50,000 $50,000    
Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz CST Science Geosciences QEII - Dr A Dutkiewicz Biosphere hydocarbon and ore fluid interactions in the early precambrian $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $120,000 $120,000
Dr Nick Eckstein CHASS Arts Arts   Beyond the neighbourhood: the urban histories of sociability and community in renaissance florence, 1400-1500 $50,000 $50,000      
Professor Ben Eggleton CST Science Physics   Microfluidic photonic systems $182,000 $92,000 $91,000    
Dr Judith Field CHASS Archaeology Archaeology   First australians, last megafauna? Modern approaches to a prehistoric puzzle $110,000 $112,000 $132,000 $60,000 $60,000
Professor Leslie Field CST Science Chemistry   Organometallic transformations of organic molecules $185,107 $200,000 $200,000 $180,000 $175,000
Dr Andrew Fitzmaurice CHASS History History   State formation and european expansion $35,000 $35,000      
Associate Professor Roland Fletcher CHASS Archaeology Archaeology ARF - Dr D Penny Urban infrastructure, inertia and ecology: the growth and decline of angkor, cambodia (9th to 16th Century AD) $242,126 $201,126 $197,126 $202,126 $160,126
Dr Natalie Gallery CHASS Economics Economics   Strengthening the Role of Financial Disclosure in the Governance of Superannuation Funds $30,000 $30,000      
Dr John Gardiner CST Science Biological Sciences APD - Dr J Gardiner Engineering Plants Via Modified Microtubule Dynamics $110,000 $110,000 $110,000    
Associate Professor Penny Gay CHASS Arts Arts   Speaking women: actresses' roles in english drama, 1737 - 1800 $42,000 $40,000 $60,000    
Professor John Gero CHASS Architecture Architecture   Situated design computing: a new paradigm to support design $130,000 $125,000 $130,000 $130,000  
Associate Professor William Gibson CST Science Mathematics   A mathematical model relating neural activity to cerebral blood flow $102,000 $80,000 $81,000    
Professor Robert Gilbert CST Science Chemistry   Formation and stability of polymerically stabilized colloids $200,000 $170,000 $170,000    
Professor Peter Goodyear CHASS Education Education   Learning through online and co-present discussion in higher education: expectations, experiences and outcomes $76,000 $76,000 $76,000    
Dr Angus Gray-Weale CST Science Chemistry APD - Dr A Gray-Weale Disorder dynamics in superionic conductors $75,000 $69,000 $69,000    
Dr Bin Gu CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering APD - Dr B Gu Theoretical and numerical analysis on smart cut technology $74,322 $72,000 $74,322    
Dr Yuantong Gu CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering APD - Dr Y Gu Advanced Computational Techniques for Micro/Nano Multiscale Systems if NEMS/BioMEMS $75,000 $72,000 $75,000    
Dr Jules Guss CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences   Metalloproteins and metalloenzymes $75,000 $75,000 $75,000    
Professor Margaret Harris CHASS English English   George eliot: the life of a pseudonym $65,000 $40,000 $40,000    
Dr Irina Harris CST Science Psychology QEII - Dr I Harris Recognition of Rotated Objects: Paying Attention to Orientation $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000
Professor Brian Haynes CST Engineering Engineering   Multiphase flows in microchannels $200,000 $145,000 $150,000 $150,000  
Dr David Hibbs CST Science Chemistry ARF - Dr D Hibbs Experimental electron densities, crystal engineering and molecular recognition: a supramolecular approach to drug design $220,000 $170,000 $170,000 $110,000 $110,000
Dr Andrew Holmes CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences   Recovery and characterization of mono-oxygenases for biocatalysis and bioremediation through development of Novel DNA and protein based technology $80,000 $70,000 $70,000    
Dr Seok Hong CST Science Information Technologies   Topological approaches for three dimensional graph drawing $60,000 $50,000 $50,000    
Dr Andrew Hopkins CST Science Physics QEII - Dr A Hopkins A New Approach to Understanding Galaxy Evolution $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $105,000 $105,000
Dr Julia Horne CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry   The public University in Australasia(1850-1918) $70,000 $70,000 $70,000    
Dr Pauline Howie CST Science Psychology   Optimising Recall in Children's Testimony: The Challenge of Repeated Questions $55,000 $60,000 $60,000    
Mr Bob Hudson CHASS Archaeology Prehistoric and Historic APD - Dr B Hudson Early settlements in upper Burma(Myanmar):an experiment in urban living $89,000 $88,000 $88,000    
Professor Nicholas Hunt CHS Medicine Pathology   Brain metabolic changes in experimental malaria: a paradigm for the molecular mechanisms of intravascular inflammation $140,000 $110,000 $110,000    
Dr Laleen Jayamanne CHASS Arts Art History and Theory   Cinema and the senses: Temporality of the films of Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick and Kumar Shahani $30,000 $41,000 $32,000    
Associate Professor Jesse Jin CST Science Information Technologies   A scheme and a formal language for interactive video
$75,000 $66,000 $70,000    
Dr Katrina Jolliffe CST Science Chemistry   Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Molecular Capsules $175,000 $130,000 $130,000    
Professor Stewart Jones CHASS Economics Economics   Govenerment Finance Statistics Versus Accrual Accounting Standards as the Basis for Financial Reporting and Budgeting on the Operating, Financing and Investing Performance of Governments $70,000 $60,000 $50,000    
Dr Meredith Jordan CST Science Chemistry   Predicting environmental effects on structure and reactivity $75,000 $60,000 $60,000    
Professor Nalini Joshi CST Science Mathematics   Integrable functional and delay differential equations $70,000 $63,000 $63,000    
Associate Professor Brendan Kennedy CST Science Chemistry   Understanding Phase Transformations Through Precise Structural Studies $130,000 $130,000 $130,000    
Professor Ivan Kennedy CST Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Land, Water and Crop Sciences   Novel tests for measurement of endocrine disrupting compounds: field validation and risk assessment $100,000 $93,000 $95,000    
Associate Professor Dianna Kenny CHASS Health Sciences Behavioural and Community Health Sciences APD - Dr H Mitchell Enhancing Quality in Western Classical Singing and Pedagogy $115,000 $79,999 $96,000 $59,000  
Dr Cameron Kepert CST Science Chemistry   Polynuclear spin-crossover molecular switches: host-guest chemistry, magnetism and memory $185,000 $185,000 $185,000 $185,000 $185,000
Professor Gustav Lehrer CST Science Mathematics APF - Professor G Lehrer Geometric structures in representation theory $182,000 $162,000 $161,000 $160,000 $160,000
Dr Nigel Lucas CST Science Chemistry APD - Dr N Lucas Metallographitic discs as new materials $108,310 $110,615 $111,579    
Mr Alexei Makarenko CST Engineering Australian Centre for Field Robotics APD - Dr A Makarenko Integrating human operators into large-scale sensor networks $85,000 $75,000 $75,000    
Dr Guoqiang Mao CST Engineering Electrical and Information Engineering   A unified framework for analysing the timescale of interest for traffic measurements, modelling and performance analysis $50,000 $50,000 $50,000    
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer CST Science Chemistry   From nanostructured catalysts to process innovation $300,000 $150,000 $150,000    
Professor Assaad Masri CST Engineering Engineering   Innovative research in gaseous and spray combustion $150,000 $145,000 $150,000    
Dr Iain McGregor CST Science Psychology   Age-dependent effects of cannabinoids on emotion, cognition and vulnerability to addiction $75,000 $75,000 $75,000    
Dr Budiman Minasny CST Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Sciences   How do soils grow? Modelling soil development in the landscape $110,000 $98,000 $90,000    
Professor Brian Morris CHS Physiology Physiology   Molecular mechanism of regulation of human renin mRNA $130,000 $120,000 $120,000    
Associate Professor Dieter Muller CST Science Geosciences   Towards a Unified Subduction Theory: Integrating Global Datasets with Geodynamic Modelling $100,000 $60,000 $80,000    
Professor Nerida Newbigin CHASS Arts Italian Studies   Festival, Spectacle and Plays in Renaissance Florence $20,000 $20,000 $30,000    
Dr Ann Packman CHS Health Sciences Australian Stuttering Research Centre   An investigation of respiration in stuttering $85,000 $72,000 $78,000    
Associate Professor Gregory
Patmore
CHASS
Economics and Business
Work and Organisational Studies
  Historical Patterns of Non-Union Employee Representation in Australian Workplaces 1914-96
$65,000
$60,000
$30,000
   
Mr Oscar Pizarro CST Science   APD - Dr O Pizarro High-resolution multispectral underwater imaging for coral reef mapping and characterization $86,000 $71,000 $71,000    
Dr Leon Poladian CST Science Mathematics   Function and evolution of optical structures in nature $211,000 $151,000 $151,000    
Professor Huw Price CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry QEII - Professor J Ismael Time and perspective in the quantum world $125,000 $125,000 $165,000 $165,000 $165,000
Professor Elspeth Probyn CHASS Gender Studies Gender Studies   Youth cultures of eating: a cultural analysis of youth obesity, gender, class, ethnicity and generation $87,000 $153,000 $71,000    
Dr Fiona Probyn CHASS Arts Arts   Whiteness: A genealogical study $35,000 $29,000 $68,000    
Professor Leo Radom CST Science Chemistry APF - Professor L Radom Free Radicals in Chemistry and Biology: A Computational Quantum Chemistry Investigation $255,902 $238,428 $261,436 $241,050 $261,050
Associate Professor John Rasko CHS Medicine Medicine   The role of neutral amino acid transport in normal physiology $80,000 $80,000 $80,000    
Dr Kim Rasmussen CST Engineering Engineering   Behaviour and innovatice design of drive-in steel storage racks $80,000 $58,000 $60,000    
Associate Professor Paul Redding CHASS Arts Philosophy   Idealism and the Objectivity of Norms and Values: A Neglected Path from the Eighteenth Centry $35,611 $35,159 $40,360    
Professor Peter Reeves CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences   Elucidation of bacterial glycosylytransferase $90,000 $70,000 $70,000    
Professor Peter Reimann CHASS Education Education   Analyzing and supporting cooperation management in online learning communities $90,000 $55,000 $55,000    
Dr Louis Rendina CST Science Chemistry   Platinum-Carborane Complexes as New Agents for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy $110,000 $90,000 $90,000    
Dr Louis Rendina CST Science Chemistry   DNA Nanoshuttles: A New class of DNA-Binding Molecules $180,000 $160,000 $170,000    
Dr Penelope Russell CHASS Arts History   A history of manners:savagery and civility in colonial Australia $40,000 $20,000 $40,000    
Professor Margaret Sankey CHASS Arts French Studies   The Baudin Legacy: A New History of the French Scientific Voyage to Australia (1800-1804) $140,000 $110,000 $100,000 $57,157 $85,000
Dr Bernhard Scholz CST Science Information Technologies   Compilation Techniques for embedded systems $50,000 $50,000 $50,000    
Dr John Shields CHASS Economics and Business Work and Organisational Studies/Business   CEO remuneration, organisational performance and corporate governance in Australian listed companies, 1998-2007: a composite and case-study analysis $80,000 $65,000 $65,000    
Dr Balwant Singh CST Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Land, Water and Crop Sciences   Mechanisms of heavy metals sequestration and immobilization by goethite in multi-element environments $100,000 $98,000 $100,000    
Associate Professor Glenda Sluga CHASS Arts History   Nation, Race, Rights and the New World Order, 1945-1966 $112,379 $20,000 $92,630    
Associate Professor John Small CST Engineering Engineering   The effect of tunnelling on existing rock bolts $91,984 $93,000 $101,265    
Professor Allan Snyder CST Centre for the Mind Centre for the Mind   Teaching software agents to play $83,000 $75,000 $74,000    
Mr Zhongqing Su CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering APD - Dr Z Su Online Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Using Active Diagnostic Sensor Network $83,600 $78,102 $73,802    
Dr Michael Thompson CST Science Biological Sciences   The Evolution of Viviparity in Reptiles: The Fundamental Role of Junctional Complexes $120,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Associate Professor Len Unsworth CHASS Education Education   Image/Text Relations in Narrative and Information Texts for Children in Print and Electronic Media: Multimodal Text Description for Multiliteracies Education $90,000 $50,000 $40,000    
Dr Penny Van Toorn CHASS Arts English   Autobiography of a People: Aboriginal Writing in Queensland, 1890s-1930s $49,000 $25,000 $47,000    
Professor Branka Vucetic CST Engineering Engineering   Adaptive MIMO Signalling Techniques and Their Applications in Wireless Communications and Radar Systems $92,000 $92,000 $91,000    
Dr Yiyan Wang CHASS Arts Languages and Cultures   From local stories to national identity: Competing national myths in chinese nativist fiction $51,759 $48,606      
Professor Gregory Warr CST Science Chemistry APD - Dr R Atkin Surfactant self-assembly in ionic liquids $90,000 $90,000 $80,000    
Dr Stefan Williams CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Decision Making and Mission Planning for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles $85,000 $71,000 $75,000    
Professor Peter Wilson CHASS Arts Philosophical and Historical Inquiry   Accounting for the ancient theatre: a new social and economic history of classical greek drama $100,000 $88,000 $85,000 $85,000 $100,000
Dr Cheng Yan CST Science Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Development of deformation-failure-mechanism based parameters for design or microstructured optical fibre and photonics assembly $60,000 $58,000 $50,000    
Professor Lin Ye CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   On-line structural integrity assessment of advanced composite airframe with senor network $130,000 $115,000 $120,000    
Dr Yuzhu You CST Science Marine Science   Simulating the Evolution of the Southern Ocena and Australia's Paleo-Environment over 40 Million Years $60,000 $60,000 $60,000    
Dr Irena Zarudi CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Polymorphism in surface engineering of hard brittle materials $35,000 $35,000 $35,000    
Professor Liangchi Zhang CST Science Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Nanotribology of carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites: The Processing - Microstructure - Property Principles $130,000 $125,000 $130,000    
Dr Qingxin Zhang CST Engineering Aerospace,Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering   Novel biodegradable starch/clay nanocomposites with enhanced strength and moisture resistance $35,000 $30,000 $30,000    
Dr Bing Zhou CST Science Information Technologies   Grid computing for phylogenetic analysis $93,000 $83,000 $83,000    
Dr Huai Yong Zhu CST Science Electron Microscope Unit   Reactions of nanoparticles of metal oxides and hydrous oxides and their applications in photocatalysts and electrode materials $130,000 $100,000 $130,000