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Faculty of Engineering |
Department of Chemical Engineering
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/%7Echemeng/research.htm
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Dynamic light scattering - Particle sizing and characterisation
Chief Researcher: Dunstan Dr D
Sponsor: CRC for Industrial Plant Biopolymers Current status: Ongoing
Descriptors: CHARACTERISATION OF EMULSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS; PARTICLE SIZING; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND HYDRODYNAMIC SIZES; SUSPENSION AND POLYMER SOLUTION RHEOLOGY
Fields of Research: 030402 Chemical and Physical Methods
069999 Applied Sciences and Technologies n.e.c.
070299 Chemical Engineering n.e.c.
Inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectroscopy, x-ray fluorescence, x-ray diffraction, graphite furnace and flame atomic adsorption spectroscopy facility
Chief Researcher: Adrien Dr R
Current status: Ongoing
Descriptors: ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES -- CHARACTERISATION --ANALYSES
Fields of Research: 029903 Instruments and Techniques
030401 Instrumental Methods
030402 Chemical and Physical Methods
039902 Environmental Chemistry (including Atmospheric Chemistry)
060404 Physical Metallurgy
030105 Chemical Spectroscopy
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Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/research/index.html
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Improved sultana classification through objective measurement of berry colour and size
Chief Researcher: Liu Assoc Prof Z-Q
Sponsor: Dried Fruit Institute
Duration: Completed 1997
Descriptors: IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURALNETWORKS
Field of Research: 050106 Image Processing
Timber grading
Chief Researcher: Liu Assoc Prof Z-Q
Sponsor: CSIRO-Collaborative Research Project
Duration: Completed 1997
Descriptors: PATTERN RECOGNITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION
Field of Research: 050106 Image Processing
Intelligent navigational systems for autonomous and tele-robots
Chief Researcher: Liu Assoc Prof Z-Q
Sponsor: Department of Industry,
Science and Resources
Duration: Completed 1998
Descriptor: ALTTONOMOUS ROBOTICS
Field of Research: 060201 Robotics and Mechatronies
The intelligent monitoring of perturbations in W-defined gas/liquidlsolid reactions
Chief Researcher: Coster A (PhD)
Sponsors: GK Williams CRC
Duration: -2001
Field of Research: 050103 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
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Faculty of Science |
School of Chemistry
Scanning Nanoprobe and Raman Microscopy Facility
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/research/research.html
[ Australian Science at Work Entry ]
Characterisation of photonic devices, mineral samples, biological samples, surfaces etc. using AFM and Raman Microscopes
Chief Researcher: Huntington Dr S T
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: CHARACTERISATION; OPTICAL FIBRES; AFM; RAMAN
Fields of Research: 060409 Optical Materials
060406 Polymer and Textile Compounds
060410 Biomaterials
030104 Colloid and Surface Chemistry
020402 Optical and Opto-electrical Physics
029903 Instruments and Techniques
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School of Physics
http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au
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Nuclear microprobe technology and applications
Chief Researcher: Jamieson Assoc Prof D
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: NUCLEAR MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Fields of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
029903 Instruments and Techniques
Fabrication and optical studies of waveguides fabricated by MeVion direct write
Chief Researcher: Roberts Dr A
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: WAVEGUIDES; LASERS; OPTICS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Thermo-mechanical analysis of damage and thermoplastic effects in solids subjected to plasma/laser pulse heating
Chief Researcher: Gurarie Dr V
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: CERAMICS; PLASMA PROCESSING
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Electron-phonon relaxation in metals under laser heating
Chief Researchers: Gurarie Dr V, Anisimov S I (Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia)
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptor: ELECTRONS IN METALS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Formation of quantum wire structures in silicon using the characteristics of solid phase epitaxy
Chief Researcher: Liu A (PhD)
Duration: -2002
Descriptors: QUANTUM WIRES; MATERIALS SCIENCE
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Characteristics of intrinsic and dopantenhanced solid phase epitaxial crystallisation of buried amorphous layers in silicon
Chief Researcher: McCallum J C
Duration: -2002
Descriptor: MATERIALS SCIENCE
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Novel properties of diamond
Chief Researchers: Prawer Assoc Prof S, Kalish R (Technion)
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: DIAMOND; WIDE BAND GAP MATERIALS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Synthesis of novel wide band gap semiconductor AIN
Chief Researchers: Prawer Assoc Prof S, Saltzman J (Technion)
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptor: WIDE BAND GAP MATERIALS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Diamond nanostructures
Chief Researcher: Orwa J (PhD)
Duration: -2000
Descriptors: WIDE BAND GAP MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOTS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Synthesis of carbon-nitride films using shock plasma deposition
Chief Researchers: Gurarie Dr V, Prawer Assoc Prof S, Orlov A
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: CN; WIDE BAND GAP
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Synthesis of diamond using chemical vapour deposition
Chief Researcher: Prawer Assoc Prof S
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: WIDE BAND GAP; DIAMOND
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Nanotechnology: - nanocomponents synthesised from diamondoid structures
Chief Researcher: Leech G (PhD), RMIT
Duration: -2002
Descriptor: NANOFABRICATION
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Ion beam induced luminescence (IL)
Chief Researcher: Bettiol AA (PhD)
Duration: Completed 1998
Descriptors: LUMINESCENCE; MINERALS; WIDE BAND GAP
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Ion beam channeling analysis of naturally occurring single crystal geological materials
Chief Researchers: Jamieson Assoc Prof D N, Ryan C (CSIRO)
Sponsor: CSIRO
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: MINERALS; GOLD; ION CHANNELING
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
IBIC studies of photodetectors
Chief Researcher: Lee K K (PhD)
Duration: -2001
Descriptors: CHARGE TRANSPORT; RECOMBINATION; SOLAR CELLS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Optical trapping of micron sized particles using a confocal Raman spectrometer
Chief Researcher: Kerr K (PhD)
Duration: -2002
Descriptors: LASER TRAPPING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Pulsed laser annealing of radiation damaged diamond
Chief Researchers: Prawer Assoc Prof S,
Jamieson Assoc Prof D N
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: DIAMOND; WIDE BAND GAP
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Development of silicon pre-shower and tracker detector for the LHC (RD2)
Chief Researcher: Bardos R (PhD)
Duration: Completed 1998
Descriptors: SILICON DETECTORS; CHARGE TRANSPORT
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Scanning ion DLTS
Chief Researcher: Laird J (PhD)
Duration: -1999
Descriptors: SEMICONDUCTORS; CHARGE TRANSPORT
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Proton induced x-ray emission tomography
Chief Researcher: Sakellariiou A (PhD)
Duration: -1999
Descriptors: TOMOGRAPHY; MINERALS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Self assembled monolayers
Chief Researcher: Hoxley D (PhD)
Duration: -2004
Descriptors: CARBON MONOLAYERS; HARD COATINGS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Quantal scattering for ion channeling
Chief Researcher: den Besten J (PhD)
Duration: -2002
Descriptors: ION CHANNELING; CRYSTALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
Synthesis of GaN
Chief Researcher: Beckman D (PhD)
Sponsor: Technion
Duration: -2001
Descriptors: GaN; WIDE BAND GAP
Field of Research: 020202 Condensed Matter Physics
X-ray laboratory, including
a) World prototype stable high-frequency 18 kW rotating anode x-ray source
b) First high-brightness 160 kV 5 micron FEIN FOCUS X-ray source in Australia
c) State-of-the-art 2-dimensional backgammon x-ray detector developed in the school
Chief Researcher: Chantler Dr C T
Duration: 1998-
Descriptors: PRECISION MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Fields of Research: 020399 Atomic, Molecular, etc Physics n.e.c.
020302 Fluids, Plasmas and Electrical Discharges
020402 Optical and Opto-electrical Physics
030402 Chemical and Physical Methods
Parcel bomb detection
Chief Researcher: Rassool Dr R
Sponsor: ECP Technologies
Duration: -1999
Descriptor: EXPLOSIVES DETECTION
Fields of Research: 029903 Instruments and Techniques
100801 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
The development of optical elements for laser-cooled atomic vapours
Chief Researcher: Opat Prof G 1
Sponsors: CSIRO; Australian Mineral Industry
Research Association (AMIRA)
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: ATOM OPTICS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY; MINERALS EXPLORATION
Fields of Research: 020399 Atomic, Molecular, etc Physics n.e.c.
020402 Optical and Opto-electrical Physics
020403 029903 Instruments and Techniques
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