Three University of Wollongong projects have been allocated $1.6 million funding under the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme.
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The ‘Greater Inclusion of People with Disability in Australian Workplaces’ research project aims to help people with a disability get into the workforce.
Associate Professor Melanie Randle from UOW’s School of Management, Operations and Marketing is leading the project to increase workplace participation of people with a disability.
Awarded $455,000 in funding from the ARC and partner organisations, the study is aligned to the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which aims to empower people with a disability to build skills that enable them to participate fully in society, including in employment.
The ‘Dynamic Earth Models for Frontier Diamond Exploration’ project helps to find potential diamond mining regions.
Dr Nicolas Flament, an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow from UOW’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will lead the project to map areas of potential for diamond exploration.
The ‘Exploration of Lead Free Ferroelectric Crystals for Transducer Applications’ project will develop lead-free crystals for use in ultrasounds.
Professor Shujun Zhang from UOW’s Australian Institute for Innovative Materials will lead the project to develop ferroelectric crystals for transducer applications.
The transducer is the part of an ultrasound machine that generates and receives sound waves using a principle called the piezoelectric (pressure electricity) effect.
UOW Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Professor Judy Raper congratulated the successful applicants.
“The variety of the projects to be awarded funding under the ARC Linkage Projects scheme is indicative the world-class research being undertaken at the university across all disciplines,” Professor Raper said.
“It also reflects our focus on collaborating with industry and other research partners to find innovative solutions to real-world problems.”
Agron Latifi
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
