Macquarie University projects to improve Indigenous children’s numeracy, protect Port Jackson sharks and investigate the impact of high frequency trading on financial market quality are among those to gain new funding, it was announced today.
Macquarie University has been awarded almost $3 million from the Australian Research Council under the Linkage Projects scheme, which provides funding to support research and development projects which are collaborative between higher education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system.
Nine Macquarie-led projects were successful from 11 submitted, the best success rate (82%) in the Australian higher education sector:
Macquarie University has been awarded almost $3 million from the Australian Research Council under the Linkage Projects scheme, which provides funding to support research and development projects which are collaborative between higher education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system.
Nine Macquarie-led projects were successful from 11 submitted, the best success rate (82%) in the Australian higher education sector:
- Associate Professor Culum Brown and colleagues will work with partners including NSW Fisheries and Taronga Conservation Society to examine social interactions and migration patterns of Port Jackson sharks using a unique combination of genetic techniques, novel acoustic tag technology, behavioural manipulations and modern social network analysis.
- Adjunct Professor Michael Fine will lead a team collaborating with organisations such as Aged & Community Services Association NSW & ACT to validate, test and further develop a reliable and practical measure for consistent data collection and review of outcomes in care provided to older people in their homes.
- Professor Mchael Heimlich and his team will partner with M/A-Com Technology Solutions and Lintek on a project that aims to revolutionise electronic packaging by depositing a thin, protective layer of diamond on top of high-performance, millimetre-wave and THz integrated circuits
- Associate Professor Dayong Jin and colleagues will work with AusDiagnostics to explore new photonics and biochemistry approaches to DNA recognition.
- Dr Andrew Lee’s team will work with M Squared Lasers on developing new sources of Terahertz radiation which promises revolutionary applications in fields as far ranging as biomedicine to counter-terrorism.
- Professor Andrew Lepone and researchers including MGSM Dean Professor Alex Frino will collaborate with the Australian Securities Exchange on an investigation of high frequency trading and its impact on financial market quality. This project could lead to more efficient regulation, improving financial markets and making Australia attractive to investors.
- Associate Professor Belinda Medlyn and team will work alongside the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage to calculate the risk of drought mortality for key tree species across New South Wales in current and future climates.
- Associate Professor Marina Papic and colleagues will team up with Maari Ma Health and Gowrie NSW, to assess the impact of a range of initiatives to improve Indigenous children’s numeracy achievement, including an innovative mathematics and science program.
- Associate Professor Vladimir Strezov’s team will join Hamersley Iron to try and improve the process of iron ore reduction, with potential benefits being a reduction in waste generated by ironmaking, and better utilisation of iron ores that currently are not commercially viable due to their high impurity levels and low iron contents.
