Mobilising underwater robots to monitor the health of structures and a project harnessing the power of big data to guard against cyberbullying are just two of the seven successfully-funded UTS projects in the recently announced Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants program this week.
The ARC Linkage program brings university researchers and industry partners together to work on impact-driven research projects. The projects share in over $2.8m of government funding as well additional cash and in-kind contributions from the industry partners of over $2.6m.
Three of the seven projects were from the Faculty of Science, with the Faculty of Engineering and IT succeeding in funding two and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences receiving funding for one.
Professor Glenn Wightwick, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UTS, says he is pleased to see such great success in this round of ARC Linkage grants.
“It reinforces our reputation as a university that industry see as good to do business with as well as one that is committed to delivering research with real impact for organisations and society,” said Professor Wightwick. “Our average grant size and success rate were also higher than the national average, which is especially encouraging.”
The projects will be funded for either three or five years. Chief Investigators, their partners and project titles are listed below.
A/Prof Ivor Tsang with Mission Australia - Interaction Mining for Cyberbullying Detection on Social Networks
Prof Steven Djordjevic with Department of Primary Industries - Improved biosecurity through the engineering of microbial ecosystems
Prof Dikai Liu with Roads and Maritime Services - An Intelligent Robotic System for Underwater Structure Maintenance
Prof Peter Ralph with GE Healthcare Australia - New photobioreactor to up-scale axenic cultures of microalgae
Prof Derek Eamus with Midcoast Water, Hunter Water Corporation, NSW Office of Water - Impacts of groundwater extraction on ecophysiology of Australian trees
Dr Jonathan Webb with Territory Wildlife Park, Kakadu National Park, Department of Land Resource Management, Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Preventing and reversing population declines of northern quolls
Prof Heather Goodall with Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College - Networking Tranby: Indigenous student experiences of enrolment and beyond
- Seven projects have been successfully funded in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants, announced this week
- The industry-backed projects share more than $2.8 million in government funding