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Welcome to ISEM
The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM) has built an interdisciplinary research capability on advanced materials and technology. ISEM consists of 30 academic and research staff (currently including 12 various level ARC fellows), 40 postgraduate students and more than 10 visiting staff with world-class well-equipped laboratories. The annual funding from ARC is over $3 million in the last five years. ISEM has established collaborative net work with more than 50 groups in Australia and overseas. A single research program on superconductivity in 1994 has evolved into six programs, including applied superconductivity, materials for energy applications, electronics and spintronics, thin film technology, Terahertz science and thermionics and nano-materials. ISEM has focused on two major areas: energy and electronics. Energy among many issues is ranked as the number one important problem in the next century. The energy area research at ISEM includes batteries / supercapacitors for energy conversion and storage, thermoelectric / magnetocaloric / thermionic materials and fuel cells for energy generation, superconductors for energy transmission, storage and electrical devices. The electronic materials include spintronic, multiferroic and ferroelectric materials as well as terahertz science and devices for information technology, memory and data storage.
ISEM Objectives• Establish a world-class interdisciplinary research team in materials technology and manufacturing
• Promote the commercial potential of emerging materials technology to industry
• Enhance and develop strong national and international links in various fields
• Offer excellent postgraduate education and training
Latest News
Outcomes of 2009 ARC grant bids
This year ISEM researchers performed extremely well in securing funding from ARC for various research projects. ISEM has been awarded one Future Fellowship, five Discovery and two Linkage projects. With LIEF project outcomes to be announced later this year ISEM is certain to increase its funding cap for projects commencing in 2010 even further. The details of successful ARC project applications can be found here.
ISEM Symposium November 2009
ISEM will host the 2009 International Symposium on Renewable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies. To be held from the 18th - 20th November 2009 at the Innovation Campus, Fairy Meadow.
2008 Publication Listing
Please click here for 2008 ISEM publication information
2008 Annual Report
Please click here for 2008 Annual Report
ISEM Contact
Location
University of Wollongong
AIIM Facility, Innovation Campus,
Squires Way, Fairy Meadow NSW 2519
AUSTRALIA
Administration Assistant
Roberta Tuckey-Lynch
Phone: + 61 2 4221 5730
Fax: + 61 2 4221 5731
Email: rlynch@uow.edu.au