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July 2011 Issue
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$4.3 million boost to industry-linked research

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± will strive to make major advances for industry and the community thanks to new research funding of $4.3 million.

The funding - awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) - will go towards 11 new research projects in the fields of animal and human health and wellbeing, energy production, agriculture, computer science, environment, and laser-based sensing systems.

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± received 69% of the research funds awarded in the State in the latest round of the ARC Linkage Projects funding.

"These new projects enable us to match our world-class research skills with the needs of industry and society, and to work in collaboration to deliver real and meaningful outcomes," said the Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor James McWha.

"While this research has direct benefits for industry, government and the community, it also greatly benefits our students because the latest innovations in research also inform our teaching," he said.

The 11 new projects that have received funding are:

$750,110 awarded to a team led by Dr Brent Kaiser (Waite Research Institute/School of Agriculture, Food and Wine)
in partnership with Dupont Pioneer
Transport systems that underpin nitrogen-efficient maize;

$750,000 awarded to a team led by Professor Gus Nathan (Environment Institute/Centre for Energy Technology)
in partnership with Petratherm
Investigation of the coupled dependence of concentrated solar radiation and combustion in a novel solar hybrid technology;

$360,000 awarded to a team led by Professor Pavel Bedrikovetski (Australian School of Petroleum)
in partnership with Santos
Novel technology for enhanced coal seam gas production utilising mechanisms of stimulated cleat permeability through graded particle injection;

$348,151 awarded to a team led by Professor Andrew Beer (School of Social Sciences/Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning)
in partnership with Anglicare SA, Benetas, Council on the Ageing Queensland, ECH, Illawarra Retirement Trust, and Silver Chain Nursing Association
Emerging from the shadows: the evaluation of intervention strategies to reduce social isolation amongst the aged;

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