2001 Successful ARC IREX Awards/Fellowships
| Chief Investigator(s): |
SX Dou |
| |
|
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
|
$87,178 |
|
|
$87,178 |
| Funding Type: |
Fellowship |
| Project Title: |
Investigation of Novel Metal Nickel Hydride Electrode for Rechargeable Batteries. |
| Project Summary: |
Magnesium-nickel alloy has the highest hydrogen storage capacity, lowest cost and least pollution among all of the hydrogen storage materials. However, the slow kinetics of hydriding is a stumbling block in application of this material to rechargeable batteries. The aim of the proposed project is to improve the understanding of the electrode process in new types of rechargeable batteries. The expected outcomes will be to contibute to the growing science and technology of rechargeable battery materials, enhancing the Australian manufacturing capability in metal hydride materials. Prof J.H. Ahn from Andong National University has a world reputation and unique expertise on processing intermetallic materials and will make a significant contribution to the existing collaborative project. |
| Chief Investigator(s): |
Hua Kun Liu |
| |
|
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
|
$62,424 |
|
|
$62,424 |
| Funding Type: |
Fellowship |
| Project Title: |
Phase equilibrium diagram of Ag/Bi2O3-PbO-SrO-CaO-CuO system. |
| Project Summary: |
This project will enhance the strong collaboration between researchers from the University of Wollongong & Max-Plank Institut f. Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, established on the basis of High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) research. Silver (Ag) is widely used as a sheath material for the processing of Bi-based superconducting wires and tapes used for high electric current cables. Profs. Liu and Majewski are interested in the investigation of the phase relations, the Pb solubility, and the crystallization of the high Tc (transition temperature) phase from the melt when Ag is present. Experiments on the crystallization of the high Tc phase out of the melt including Ag will be performed and the collaboration will be continued. |
| Chief Investigator(s): |
Rei Safavi-Naini |
| |
|
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
|
$19,990 |
$15,700 |
$19,050 |
$54,740 |
| Funding Type: |
Award |
| Project Title: |
Key Management for Secure Multicast Communication |
| Project Summary: |
Multicast communication provides an efficient way of broadcasting a message to a large group of users over the Internet, and is of high importance in a wide range of advanced applications such as pay-TV. Key management systems are used to generate and securely deliver the secret key information that allow a user to receive and/or authenticate a broadcasted message and so are vital to the security of the system. The aims of this project are (i) to develop a framework for analysis and evaluation of key management systems for secure multicast communication; and (ii) to construct secure and flexible key management methods with provable properties. |
| Chief Investigator(s): |
Kiet Tieu |
| |
|
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
|
$24,250 |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
$64,250 |
| Funding Type: |
Award |
| Project Title: |
Mechanics of the Complex Strip Rolling with Local Residual deformation |
| Project Summary: |
This project deals with a metal forming process in the profiled strip rolling for a new product. The novelty of this new research area is in the determination of the optimum dimension of high ribs. A rolling theory, combined with stable and efficient solution techniques will be developed for rolling high ribs strips with accurate shape and flatness. The BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, UoW will collaborate with the State Key Laboratory of Rolling Technology and automation, Northeastern University, China on the development of sophisticated new theory, comprehensive simulation models and experimental study of the complex profiled strip. |
| Chief Investigator(s): |
Mark Wilson |
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|
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
|
$12,000 |
|
|
$12,000 |
| Funding Type: |
Award |
| Project Title: |
Molecular and cellular studies of genetically engineered clusterin, a novel chaperone protein. |
| Project Summary: |
Our recent discoveries that clusterin has chaperone activity and can protect cells from heat shock are international breakthroughs representing the first unifying physiological function for this protein. We propose building upon an existing international collaboration to (i) produce and use mutants (with changes in amino acid sequence in regions identifies as probably forming clusterin's chaperine active site) to definitively identify the location of the chaperone active site in the intactive molecule, and (ii) produce and use clusterin-GFP fusion proteins to determine changes in the intracellular expression and distribution of clusterin in cells undergoing stress. |
| Total |
2001 $ |
2002 $ |
2003 $ |
Total $ |
| |
$205,842 |
$35,700 |
$39,050 |
$280,592 |
Last reviewed: 25 October, 2011
