Research 2008
| Needle in a Haystack (PDF, 82Kb) Associate Professor Shelley Burgin from the Ecology and Environment Research Group is collaborating with Geoffrey Ross from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change to provide an indicator for a worldwide pest species. |
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| Oily End to Termites (PDF, 98Kb) Associate Professor Robert Spooner-Hart and Dr Albert Basta from the Centre for Plant and Food Sciences are collaborating with research partner BioProspect to investigate a new oil-based product to repel termites. |
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| Religion and Networking (PDF, 104Kb) Associate Professor Rosemary Leonard from the Social Justice Social Change Research Centre and Associate Professor Richard Ollerton from the School of Computing and Mathematics are collaborating with partner investigator Dr John Bellamy from NCLS Research to explore differences in social networking patterns amongst different religious denominations through an ARC Linkage Grant. |
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| Pest-Free Trading (PDF, 104Kb) Associate Professor Samsul Huda from the Centre for Plant and Food Science, and Dr Liwan Liyanage from the School of Computing and Mathematics, have collaborated with partner investigator Dr Tony Martin from the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA, to adapt existing methodologies for evaluating pest- or disease-free status through a Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry funded Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis (ACERA) Grant. |
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| Failure to Communicate (PDF, 91Kb) Dr Elaine Lally, Professor David Rowe and Professor Ien Ang from the Centre for Cultural Research are collaborating with Communications Alliance Ltd., to explore cultural shifts and changing community attitudes to the provision of telecommunications services. |
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| Health Promotion on the Move (PDF, 92Kb) Dr Janette Perz, Professor Jane Ussher, Dr Danuta Chessor and Dr Yasmin Hawkins from Gender, Culture & Health Research: PsyHealth within the School of Psychology are exploring the impact of a health and lifestyle promotion program with a grant from Penrith Panthers community development foundation Panthers on the Prowl. |
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| Sound Remediation of Contaminated Soil (PDF, 268Kb) Associate Professor Chin Leo from the School of Engineering is exploring the potential for using high powered ultrasound (HPU) to clean dioxin contaminated soils and sediments, through a NSW Government Environmental Trust Environmental Research Program Seeding Grant project. |
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| Play Hard - Save Water (PDF, 104Kb) Associate Professor Basant Maheshwari, Mr Bruce Simmons and Mr Gavin Beveridge from the School of Natural Sciences and the UWS CRC for Irrigation Futures node are collaborating with three Western Sydney Councils (Penrith, Auburn and Camden) to explore the use of alternative water sources to irrigate and maintain the condition of sporting fields in the area. |
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| Saving Soil from Sodium Salts (PDF, 240Kb) Dr Loo-Teck Ng from the School of Natural Sciences is exploring new technologies for reducing sodium ion concentrations in soil through an Environmental Trust Environmental Research Program Seeding Grant Project. |
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| Mushrooms - Ultimate Super food? (PDF, 100Kb) Associate Professor Yip Cho, Associate Professor Gerald Pang, Dr Sundar R Koyyalamudi and Dr Sang-Chul Jeong from the School of Natural Sciences and the Centre for Plant and Food Science (PAFS), are collaborating with the Australian Mushroom Growers Association (AMGA) to explore the health benefits of eating mushrooms. This project is being funded by Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL) using the mushroom levy and voluntary contributions from AMGA and the University of Western Sydney with matched funding from the Australian Government. |
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| Super Foods for Alzheimer’s (PDF, 85Kb) Associate Professor Gerald Muench from the School of Medicine is collaborating with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to explore potential Alzheimer’s treatments through a CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Research Fund Grant. |
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| Struggling for Possession (PDF, 100Kb) Professor David Rowe from the Centre for Cultural Research and Dr Brett Hutchins from Monash University are exploring media ownership and sports coverage using digital outlets through a three-year Australian Research Council Discovery Project. |
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| Quality in Early Childhood Services (PDF, 101Kb) Dr Linda Newman, Associate Professor Christine Woodrow and Dr Roslyn Elliott from the School of Education, together with Penrith City Council have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to investigate the quality of early childhood service provision in long day care centres and preschools. |
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| Pollination by Native Stingless Bees (PDF, 120Kb) Associate Professor Robert Spooner-Hart and Dr Tony Haigh from the Centre for Plant and Food Science together with Rijk Zwaan Australia Ltd have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to assess the potential for the use of the two most common Australian stingless bees for pollination of selected vegetable seedling crops under greenhouse conditions. This project will form a significant component of PhD student Megan Halcroft’s studies. |
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| Bridging the Gap (PDF, 134Kb) Professor Rhonda Craven and Dr Alexander Yeung from Centre for Educational Research, and Dr Tanya Covic, School of Psychology, together with the Benevolent Society have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to build social cohesion. |
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| Who’s Who of Pests (PDF, 70Kb) Dr Julie Old and Mr Jack Wolfenden from the School of Natural Sciences are collaborating with Gosford City Council to explore the prevalence of introduced predators and pests and their effects on native flora and fauna in the Gosford Local Government Area (LGA). |
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| Longer Lasting Summerfruit (PDF, 92Kb) Associate Professor Paul Holford and Adjunct Professor Barry McGlasson from the Centre for Plant and Food Science are exploring ways to improve storage and transport of summer fruits in low temperatures through funding from Horticulture Australia. |
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| Water Quality Assessment (PDF, 76Kb) Mr Bruce Simmons, Mr Gavin Beveridge and Associate Professor Basant Maheshwari from the School of Natural Sciences are collaborating with partner organisation Realty Realizations Pty Ltd to explore the impacts of urban development on the water catchment areas of Lake Wollumboola and the Crookhaven River. |
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| Healing the Wounds of the Heart (PDF, 126Kb) Mr Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, Professor Rhonda Craven and Dr Alexander Yeung from the Centre for Educational Research are implementing an innovative new intervention to address racial stereotyping of Indigenous Australians in secondary schools through a two year ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Grant. |
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| Land Ahoy! (PDF, 88Kb) Associate Professor John MacFarlane from the School of Computing and Mathematics is collaborating with the Office of the NSW Valuer General to explore the development and evaluation of the NSW Mass Valuation System. |
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| Community Nursing Bereavement Care (PDF, 104Kb) Professor Esther Chang and Professor John Daly from the School of Nursing, together with Sydney West Area Health Service Primary Care and Community Health Network (PC&CHN) has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to examine bereavement care provided by community nurses for former carers of deceased, long term palliative clients. |
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| Contractual Principles (PDF, 104Kb) Mr Eric Sidoti from the Whitlam Institute, Associate Professor Rosemary Leonard and Associate Professor Michael Darcy from the Centre for Social Justice and Social Change together with Jobs Australia Limited has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to develop and to assess the value of current Government contractual principles in entering into financial relationships with non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). |
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| Community Care and Older Men (PDF, 92Kb) Professor John Macdonald and Mr Anthony Brown from the Social Justice Social Change Research Centre and the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences are exploring the social and support needs of frail older men in accessing Home and Community Care (HACC) services, through a one year NSW Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care NSW HACC Research Grant Project. |
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| Knowledge through Photography (PDF, 120Kb) Ms Robyn Stacey from the School of Communication Arts together with the Historic Houses Trust of NSW has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to research important aspects of the nationally and internationally significant Historic Houses Trust and the Caroline Simpson collection. |
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| Fashionable Wine Flavours (PDF, 103Kb) Dr Vincent Higgins from the Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Research Group, together with Laffort Oenology and the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Grant to identify the mechanisms that regulate yeast flavour production during the wine making process. |
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| Hot Science Global Citizens (PDF, 84Kb) Dr Fiona Cameron, Professor Robert Hodge and Associate Professor Brett Neilson from the Centre for Cultural Research are collaborating with Dr Juan Salazar from the School of Communication Arts and Professor Jann Conroy from the Centre for Plant and Food Science to explore the role of museums in supporting climate change interventions, through an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project. To do this study, the team has partnered with the Powerhouse Museum, Museum Victoria, Australian Museum, Questcon, Liberty Science Centre (USA), University of Melbourne, and University of Leicester (UK). |
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| It’s not just about bones (PDF, 85Kb) Professor Gregory Kolt and Ms Louise Adam from the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences have collaborated with Dr Louise Rowling from the University of Sydney to explore current curricula and accreditation standards in osteopathic courses in relation to mental health content and delivery, through funding from the NSW Osteopaths Registration Board. The project is made possible through funding from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Action Plan on Mental Health initiative. |
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| Fair Go at Tackling Poverty (PDF, 125Kb) Associate Professor Geoff Munns and Associate Professor Wayne Sawyer from the Centre for Educational Research, are collaborating with partner investigator Ms Tracey Kick from the NSW Department of Education and Training to explore how school teachers can affect and assist students in poverty through a three year Australian Research Council Linkage Grant. |
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| It’s All About Me (PDF, 80Kb) Professor Simeon Simoff from the School of Computing and Mathematics is collaborating with Professor John Debenham from the University of Technology Sydney, Professor Carles Sierra from the Spanish National Research Council and Professor Ian Wilkinson from the University of NSW, to explore concepts of trust, reputation and believability in electronic markets through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project. |
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| Seeding Success for Aboriginal Students (PDF, 125Kb) Professor Rhonda Craven, Associate Professor Geoff Munns and Dr Alexander Yeung from the Centre for Educational Research, along with Dr Patrick Cavanagh from the Australian Catholic University and partner investigators Professor John Lester and Dr Brian Davies from the NSW Department of Education and Training are exploring how to promote the best possible conditions for academic and life success for Aboriginal school students through a three year ARC Linkage Grant. |
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| A Healthy Start (PDF, 98Kb) Associate Professor Virginia Schmied and Mr Stephen McNally from the Family and Community Health Research Group, and Professor Annemarie Hennessy, School of Medicine, together with the Sydney South West Area Health Service have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to design a new model of postnatal care. |
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| Decompression Trauma on Fish (PDF, 101Kb) Dr Sandra Diamond from the Ecology and Environment Research Group (EERG) together with the NSW Department of Primary Industries have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to determine key effects of barotrauma on fish health and survival. |
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| Revitalising Rainfall-Runoff Estimates (PDF, 89Kb) Dr Ataur Rahman from the School of Engineering is revising the way engineers can estimate design runoff for places where no recorded runoff data is available through funding from Engineers Australia. |
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| Rethinking the Campus (PDF, 99Kb) Associate Professor Donald McNeill and Dr Mark Davidson from the Urban Research Centre together with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA) have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to discover how users interact with the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. |
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| Boosting Breastfeeding (PDF, 82Kb) Associate Professor Virginia Schmied from the School of Nursing, with Associate Professor Jennifer Fenwick from Curtin University of Technology, and partner investigators Dr Athena Sheehan from Sydney Adventist Hospital, Mrs Anne Saxton from John Hunter Hospital, and Ms Lyn Passant from Campbelltown Hospital, are exploring midwives’ interactions with new mothers who are thinking of breastfeeding, through a three year Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project. |
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| Cultural Impact of Indigenous Musicians (PDF, 106Kb) Indigenous Scholar Peter McKenzie from the Centre for Educational Research, along with Professor Michael Atherton from the College of Arts Deans Unit and Professor Rhonda Craven from the Centre for Educational Research, is critically analysing the contributions made to culture by Aboriginal musicians, through a three year ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Grant. |
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| The Essence of Ethics (PDF, 81Kb) Dr Colleen Puttee and Mr Peter Humphreys from the School of Accounting are exploring the meaning and application of a code of ethics for professional accountants through a Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia Research Grant. |
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| Cultural Information Resources (PDF, 94Kb) Dr Elaine Lally from the Centre for Cultural Research together with the Blue Mountains City Council has been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to investigate how best to bring diverse community and cultural information resources together into a common digital framework. |
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| Community Nursing (PDF, 83Kb) Dr Jane Cioffi and Professor Lesley Wilkes from the School of Nursing together with the Sydney West Area Health Service have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to determine the position of the community nurse in community-based multidisciplinary teams caring for clients with chronic and complex conditions. |
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| Gender and Heart Disease (PDF, 84Kb) Dr Joanne Lind from the School of Medicine is exploring how sex hormones and gender affect heart disease progression and symptoms through a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Biomedical (Peter Doherty) Fellowship. |
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| Playing for Success (PDF, 86Kb) Dr Janette Perz, Dr Yasmin Hawkins and Professor Jane Ussher from the School of Psychology are exploring the benefits of play in supporting children at risk of antisocial behaviour through funding from Panthers on the Prowl. |
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| Developing Effective Employment Strategies (PDF, 90Kb) Professor Phillip O’Neill, Professor Peter Phibbs and Associate Professor Cristina Martinez-Fernandez from the Urban Research Centre, and Mr Eric Sidoti from the Whitlam Institute are collaborating with partner investigators Professor Bob Fagan from Macquarie University, and Mr Graham Larcombe and Mr Mark Cole from Strategic Economics, to explore the development of employment strategies in Sydney’s north-west and west-central regions, through a one year project funded by Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils Ltd (WSROC). In addition, Dr Louise Crabtree, Ms Kate Johnston and Ms Maria Piquer-Rodriguez from the Urban Research Centre are providing key research services to the project. |
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| Second Language Mysteries (PDF, 86Kb) Dr Michael Tyler from MARCS Auditory Laboratories is exploring how adults learn second languages through a three year Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project. |
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| Is Treated Waste a Treat for Wetlands? (PDF, 95Kb) Associate Professor Shelley Burgin and Associate Professor Basant Maheshwari, CRC for Irrigation futures, along with Dr Ian Wright and Dr Adrian Renshaw from the School of Natural Sciences are exploring the impact of treated effluent on biodiversity in water storage dams through funding from the UWS Hawkesbury Foundation. |
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| How Climate Change Affects Forest Soil (PDF, 98Kb) Professor John Cairney and Associate Professor Ian Anderson from the Centre for Plant and Food Science, and Dr Zhihong Xu from Griffith University are collaborating with Dr Colin Campbell from The Macaulay Institute, Scotland, to explore the influence of climate change on forest soils through a three year Australian Research Council Linkage International project. |
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| Planning for Palliative Care (PDF, 118Kb) Dr Graydon Davison from the School of Management is collaborating with Professor David Currow, of Flinders University and Cancer Australia and Professor Phyllis Butow from the University of Sydney, in conjunction with Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Daw House Hospice and the Southern Division of General Practice to investigate case conferencing and care planning for people with life-limiting illness through funding from the Australian Department of Health and Ageing Local Palliative Care Grants Program. |
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| Music to the Ear (PDF, 99Kb) Professor Roger Dean from the MARCS Auditory Laboratories is exploring the effects of who leads and who follows, and when, on music improvisation and creativity through a three year Australian Research Council Discovery project. |
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| Refugee Literacy Intervention (PDF, 164Kb) Dr Loshini Naidoo, Professor Margaret Vickers and Dr Tania Ferfolja, Centre for Educational Research together with Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to provide targeted literacy support to humanitarian refugee students in the Western Sydney region. |
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| High Performance Steel in Building (PDF, 98Kb) Professor Brian Uy from the School of Engineering is collaborating with Dr Alex Remennikov from the University of Wollongong and Associate Professor Jat Yuen (Richard) Liew from the National University of Singapore to explore the benefits of high-performance steels (HPS) for protection against extreme loads and events in bridges and other engineered structures, through a three year ARC Discovery project. |
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| Cost effective purification (PDF, 119Kb) Dr Ross Shalliker and Dr Gary Dennis, Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Research Group together with Phenomenex Australia Pty Ltd have been awarded a UWS Research Partnership Program grant to develop separation technology for the purification of individual chemical compounds. |
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| Whose Airport is It? (PDF, 100Kb) Associate Professor Donald McNeill from the Urban Research Centre is exploring modern airport configuration and design and its effect on airport stakeholders through a three year Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project. |
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| Success in Indigenous Education (PDF, 108Kb) Indigenous Scholar Ms Lynette Riley-Mundine, along with Professor Rhonda Craven and Associate Professor Geoff Munns from the Centre for Educational Research, is exploring optimum conditions for academic and life success for Aboriginal school students through a three year ARC Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Grant. |
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| Tree Architecture and Climate Change (PDF, 91Kb) Professor David Ellsworth from the Centre for Plant and Food Science is collaborating with Dr Belinda Medlyn from Macquarie University, Professor Gabriel Katul from Duke University, USA, and Professor Reinhart Ceulemans from the University of Antwerpen, Belgium to explore how leaf and canopy growth in eucalypt growth will adapt to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and drought through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. |
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| Going out on the town (PDF, 121Kb) Professor Deborah Stevenson from the School of Social Sciences and Professor David Rowe from the Centre for Cultural Research are collaborating with Professor Stephen Tomsen (who will be joining UWS from the University of Newcastle in mid-2008) to explore the way people use and interact with urban spaces after dark through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. |
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| Mapping cultural diversity via cyberspace (PDF, 91Kb) Professor Ien Ang and a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Centre for Cultural Research are coming together with academics from Mumbai and Singapore to explore the development of a Cultural Diversity Digital Atlas through funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). |
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| It’s All Tones to Me (PDF, 115Kb) Dr Connie So from the MARCS Auditory Laboratories is exploring how native language affects people’s perception of unfamiliar tones in foreign languages through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. |
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| Truly Gifted Research (PDF, 121Kb) Professor Rhonda Craven, Dr Alex Yeung, Adjunct Professor Ladd Wheeler and Ms Marjorie Seaton from the Centre for Educational Research along with Professor Herbert Marsh from the University of Oxford are exploring the impact of educational settings on the well-being of gifted children through a four-year ARC Discovery Project. |
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| Up a Gum Tree with Climate Change (PDF, 85Kb) Professor David Tissue and Professor Jann Conroy from the Centre for Plant and Food Science are collaborating with United States researchers Dr Nathan Phillips of Boston University and Barry Logan of Bowdoin College to explore eucalypt growth reactions to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. |
