Successful ARC Linkage Projects 2007

Listed below are the details of successful ARC Linkage Projects commencing in 2007. If you have any queries please contact the Research Office on 02 9351 4469 or by e-mail:

First Round

Name Former College Host Faculty Host Department/School Title of project Industry Partner/s Fellowship APAIs awarded 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Dr John Buchanan HASS Economics & Business Business Workchoices and the Evolution of Australian Working Life: Understanding the Changing Role of the Labour Contract Unions NSW Brigid van Wanrooy   $281,030 $141,030 $189,530 $202,000 $101,378
Professor James Guthrie HASS Economics & Business Business Visualising Value in Australian Organisations: Case Studies in Extended Performance Management, Measurement and Reporting Westpac Australia, Society of Knowledge Economics, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, NSW Dept of Lands, Computer Sciences Corporation   1 $78,000 $81,000 $85,000 $0 $0
Professor David Hensher HASS Economics & Business Business Exploring Behavioural Responses of Motorists to Exposure-Based Charging Mechanisms AAMI Ltd   1 $95,000 $100,000 $35,000 $0 $0
Associate Professor Phillip Jones HASS Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences   The design, delivery and impact of Australian official aid to the education sector in Asia and the Pacific. AusAID   1 $96,453 $96,804 $100,548 $0 $0
Associate Professor Deborah Schofield HS Medicine Public Health Economic impacts of disease on older workers: Costs to government and individuals and opportunities for intervention Pfizer Australia   1 $90,000 $80,000 $90,000 $0 $0
Associate Professor Hak-Kim Chan HS Pharmacy   Mannitol Powders for Assessment of Asthma in Children Pharmaxis     $75,000 $70,000 $0 $0 $0
Professor Ed Blakely ST Architecture Planning Research Centre Finding new economic drivers for Sea Change (coastal) and similar rapidly growing communities Sea Change Taskforce Secretariat   1 $76,400 $75,000 $0 $0 $0
Professor Simon Ringer ST Australian Key Centre For Microscopy and Microanalysis Australian Key Centre For Microscopy and Microanalysis Organisation of NanosStructure in new Microalloyed Strip Cast Steels for Control of Properties BlueScope Steel   1 $140,000 $150,000 $150,000 $0 $0
Dr Brian Haynes ST Engineering Chemical Engineering Process Chemistry for Distributed Manufacture of Nitric Acid Orica Pty Ltd Alejandro Montoya   $85,000 $77,030 $77,030 $0 $0
Dr Adele Pile ST Science Biological Sciences Effect of deep-sea drilling on sustainability of deep-sea ecosystems 1. Santos Ltd,
2. Woodside Energy Ltd,
  1 $250,000 $214,000 $25,118 $0 $0
Professor Rick Shine ST Science Biological Sciences Predicting the ecological impact of cane toads on native fauna of northwestern Australia 1. Conservation and Land Management
2. Australian Reptile Park
3. Dept of Environment and Heritage
    $172,683 $170,000 $161,000 $0 $0
Dr Brian Hawkett ST Science Chemistry Encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles for the hyperthermia treatment of liver cancer Sirtex Medical Ltd     $175,000 $200,000 $150,000 $0 $0
Dr Malcolm McLeod ST Science Chemistry Synthesis and Analysis of Canine Anabolic Steroid Metabolites Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory     $48,620 $51,691 $58,120 $0 $0
Professor Marcela Bilek ST Science Physics Fracture-Resistant Highly Insulating Vacuum Glazing 1. Sydney Glass Pty Ltd,
2. Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd
    $325,000 $320,000 $320,000 $190,000 $100,000
Dr Robert Dixon ST Veterinary Science   Healthy Dogs, Healthy Communities: Evaluating the Impact of New Interdisciplinary Interventions to Enhance Dog Health and Welfare in Remote Indigenous Communities 1. Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities,
2. RSPCA NSW
3. Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association,
4. IDEXX Laboratories Australia
Graeme Brown 1 $140,000 $123,000 $133,543 $0 $0

Second Round

Name Former College Host Faculty Host Department/ School Title of project Industry Partner/s Fellowship APAIs awarded 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Professor Ian Johnson HASS Arts Archaeology Rethinking timelines: a new methodology for describing and communicating history Macquarie Library, Australian Maritime Museum   2 43,515 88,692 96,252 93,551 42,476
Associate Professor Catharine Lumby HASS Arts Media and Communications Peer Based Mentoring in Sport: Strategies for Best Practice National Rugby League, NSW Rape Crisis Centre Kath Albury 0 38,524 77,049 77,049 38,524 0
Associate Professor Andrew Martin HASS Education & Social Work Education Psychology Middle Years Transition, Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics - The MYTEAM Project Catholic Education Office   1 22,000 43,500 46,000 24,500 0
Professor Mark Stevenson HS Medicine George Institute Safety in the Heavy Vehicle Industry: A Collorative Response National Transport Corp;
ATSB;
QLD Transport;
DiagnoselT;
NSW Police Traffic Services
  1 67,155 134,310 149,310 82,155 0
Associate Professor Christopher O'Neill HS Medicine Physiology Development of a non-invasive diagnostic test of Embryo Viability COOK Australia Pty Ltd   1 20,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 0
Dr Paul Young HS Pharmacy   Engineering a delivery device and development of a novel formulation for chronic onstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis Pharmaxis   1 70,000 118,500 96,500 48,000 0
Associate Professor Andrew Ruys ST Engineering Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Cochlear implants: Identifying current paths through computational modelling of MRI data  Cochlear Ltd, Harvard Medical School   1 19,555 35,364 31,618 15,809 0
Associate Professor Vincent Gomes ST Engineering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering New dispersants for improved agrochemical and allied formulations Huntsman Corporation Australia Pty Ltd   1 53,869 110,773 117,023 60,119 0
Dr Xiu Ying Wang ST Engineering Information Technologies Automated 3-Dimensional Biomedical Registration for Whole-body Images from combined PET/CT Royal Prince Alfred Hospital   1 13,813 27,627 27,627 13,813 0
Professor Simon Fleming ST Engineering Optical Fibre Technology Centre Interferometric Distributed Feedback Fibre Laser Sensors Thales Australia   1 56,920 117,017 118,086 57,989 0
Professor Richard Shine ST Science Biological Sciences Understanding and reversing the habitat shifts that have endangered the broad-headed snake NSW Dept Environment & Conservation                 
Australian Reptile Park
Zoos Victoria
Forests NSW
  0 91,530 182,530 187,000 204,000 108,000
Dr Margaret Sunde ST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences The molecular basis and application of hydrophobin self-assembly and surface activity BASF Aktiengesellschaft   1 22,500 40,000 32,500 15,000 0
Professor David McKenzie ST Science Physics Hermetic bonding of biomedical polymers for cardiac-assist devices Ventracor Ltd, Raymax Applications pty Ltd   1 80,000 165,000 170,000 85,000 0
Professor Richard Trethowan ST Science Plant Breeding Institute Improved Indian Mustard for sustainable biodiesel production in Northwestern NSW AACT   0 20,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 0
Dr Michael Cavanagh ST Science Psychology Developing leadership for high stress workplaces: Improving well-being, engagement, productivity and staff retention Blake Dawson Waldron, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service Gordon Spence 2 130,937 218,587 193,100 105,450 0