A cross-section of UTS scholarship, from a study of romance in rural China to the design of new and efficient lighting, has been awarded funding support in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects.
The 16 projects awarded across the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology, Science, Arts and Social Sciences, Law and Business, include novel approaches to game theory, the use of mobile devices in teaching, family law, refugee entrepreneurs and big data.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Glenn Wightwick, said, "Our continued strong performance in the Discovery Projects scheme is an outstanding achievement for our researchers, and for the university, especially in the current funding conditions.
"It is testament to our leading role in the Australian research environment, and our hard work in producing relevant, quality research."
Two research strengths have enjoyed strong successes this round, with the Law Research Centre and the Centre for Materials and Technology for Energy Efficiency receiving funding for two projects each. The China Research Centre has also had two projects successfully funded.
In addition to the Discovery Projects, UTS received a Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant for the Chemistry and Forensic Science to develop an Australian facility for taphonomic experimental research. This facility will be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and seeks to improve forensic processes in Australia and around the world.
UTS projects awarded in the 2015 Discovery Projects scheme round:
Professor Peter Aubusson– Optimising teaching and learning with mobile-intensive pedagogies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Longbing Cao– Coupling learning in big data, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Professor Jock H Collins– Humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises, UTS Business School
Associate Professor Chongyi Feng – Rights defence lawyers and constitutionalism in China, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Dr Jacob K Goeree– Introspection, learning, and equilibrium in games: theory and experiment , UTS Business School
Professor Elizabeth Harry– The role of central carbon metabolism in cell cycle control in bacteria, Faculty of Science
Professor Isabel Karpin– The legal regulation of behaviour as a disability, Faculty of Law
Professor Jie Lu– Concept drift detection and reaction for data-driven decision making, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Professor Jenni Millbank– Regulating relations: Forming families inside and outside of law's reach, Faculty of Law
Professor Hung Nguyen– Non-invasive prediction of adverse neural events using brain wave activity, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Professor Alexander Novikov– New approaches to modelling and analysing long-memory random processes, Faculty of Science
Professor Matthew R Phillips– Nanostructured anti-reflection coatings for LED applications, Faculty of Science
Professor Jeffrey Reimers– The role of low-energy excited states in solar-energy capture, Faculty of Science
Professor Wanning Sun– Romance and intimacy among China's young rural migrant workers, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran– Development of a novel adsorbent to extract rubidium from sea water, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Professor Nong Zhang– Dual input clutchless power-shifting transmission for hybrid vehicles, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
UTS project awarded in the 2015 LIEF funding round:
Professor Shari Forbes– Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research, Faculty of Science
- The Australian Research Council has supported 16 Discovery Projects at UTS in its latest round of funding
- The work of researchers across the Faculties of Engineering and Information Technology, Science, Arts and Social Sciences, Law and Business is represented