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Examples of new Discovery Projects in 2012 - Victoria
Discovery Projects totalling $56 276 379 covering 190 projects
Monash University
A History of the Pilbara Aboriginal strike as event, experience and myth (DP120100057)
Summary: This will be the first major study of the Pilbara Aboriginal pastoral strike, one of the most significant events in Australia's post-war history. It will illuminate the processes of negotiation, accommodation and change involved in the encounter between indigenous peoples and settlers as well as how these have been both experienced and remembered.
Chief Investigator: Professor Bain M Attwood
ARC funding: $161 000
Deakin University
Future electrochemical energy storage technologies. (DP120103830)
Summary: New rechargeable batteries will be developed through the use of breakthrough electrolytes based on liquid salts. These batteries are vital for the widespread use of renewables in Australia's electricity grid. They will also enable new generations of environmental sensor technology.
Chief Investigator: Professor Maria Forsyth
ARC funding: $510 000
The University of Melbourne
The World Trade Organisation and the future of the multilateral trade system (DP120101634)
Summary: Using a qualitative methodology to investigate the views of trade policy communities in the major players in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), this project investigates how the WTO can be adapted and strengthened to meet 21st century trade policy challenges. A major outcome will be a deeper understanding of what ails the WTO and how it can be reformed.
Chief Investigator: Professor Ann Capling
ARC funding: $159 721
RMIT University
Novel decomposition methods for large scale optimisation (DP120102205)
Summary: This project will develop more effective problem decomposition methods that are critical for handling large scale problems (problems with up to several thousands of variables). The project will benefit practitioners from many different fields, and will put Australia at the very forefront of international research for large scale optimisation.
Chief Investigator: Dr Xiaodong Li
ARC funding: $317 000
Swinburne University of Technology
Highly ordered and tunable extracellular DNA micro- and nano-patterns for investigating the attachment mechanisms of pseudomonas aeruginosa to surfaces (DP120103405)
Summary: Preventing infectious bacteria from colonising artificial surfaces is a major scientific challenge. New engineered surfaces will be designed to better understand how the important pathogen pseudomonas aeruginosa sticks to surfaces, facilitating new ways of reducing infections acquired from the surface of, for example, medical devices.
Chief Investigator: Professor Peter Kingshott
ARC funding: $240 000
