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Examples of new Discovery Projects in 2012 - South Australia
Discovery Projects totalling $17,875,971 covering 56 projects
The University of Adelaide
Were abrupt changes in the Precambrian global carbon cycle the trigger for animal appearance and radiation on Earth? (DP120100104)
Summary: The origin of complex life and the properties that allow that life to be sustained on this planet are recorded within the geologic record. This project will reveal the role that severe perturbations of the global carbon cycle and climate had in triggering the step-wise change to animal life after billions of years of only single cell organisms.
Chief Investigator: Professor Martin J Kennedy
ARC funding: $270 000
The University of Adelaide
Heat transfer in novel solar thermal reactors to process minerals and solar fuels (DP120102961)
Summary: The project will develop new design tools for optimising novel solar reactors for the production of solar fuels and for low emission minerals processing. It will enable substantial cost reductions in these technologies and establish a unique and leading program in solar power tower technology within Australia.
Chief Investigator: Professor Graham 'Gus' J Nathan
ARC funding: $900 000
The Flinders University of South Australia
Competitive or complementary institutions? Security intelligence and criminal justice in counter-terrorism prosecutions in Australia (DP120100191)
Summary: How do Australia's prosecutors and judges interact with security and intelligence agents in the new field of counter-terrorism and which values and objectives do they pursue? In this study, Australia's 37 counter-terrorism prosecutions are examined to answer the question: 'is Australia becoming a "security" or "surveillance" society?'
Chief Investigator: Professor Willem B de Lint
ARC funding: $90 000
University of South Australia
Compression of distributed data: bridging the gap between theory and practice (DP120102123)
Summary: In bushfire and tsunami early warning systems, environmental monitoring and healthcare applications, distributed sensors collect and transmit correlated data. This project will design novel data compression algorithms that exploit this correlation to dramatically increase the performance of existing networks and enable new applications.
Chief Investigator: Dr Ingmar R Land
ARC funding: $320 000
University of South Australia
A nanoengineered solution to drug delivery in bone (DP120101680)
Summary: This project presents an exciting new approach of applying nanotechnology to bone research. By combining our expertise in nanoengineering of new materials, mathematical modelling and bone biology, this project will result in a well-characterised model for drug delivery into bone and lead to a new therapeutic approach for treating bone diseases.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Dusan Losic
ARC funding: $410 000
