ITRI news
Dr Aiden Beer from ITRI won the highly commended award for the prestigious main prize, Researcher of the Year Award.
Millions of recreational cyclists around the world will benefit from the innovations cleverly integrated into the UCI compliant Smart Bike by Deakin University
The Research and Development Centre of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation (WISCO) and Deakin University formalised their nascent relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Ultra-fine boron nitride nanotube: Prof Ying I Chen, Prof Wenhui Duan
2011 $120,000.00
2012 $120,000.00
2013 $120,000.00
This research aims to advance Australian's leading position in boron nitride nanotube research and applications in the world by exploring new ultrafine nanotubes with the unique properties for new nanotechnology and environment protection applications.
Directional fluid-transfer in thin porous materials with gradient wettability through thickness: A/Prof Tong Lin, Dr Xin Liu
2011 $70,000.00
2012 $70,000.00
2013 $70,000.00
This project will further strengthen Australia's world leading position in advanced fibrous materials research. It will provide a new platform technology to develop self-driven unidirectional fluid-transfer fabrics and porous membranes for diverse applications in daily life, healthcare, defence and a number of industrial processes.
Superhydrophobic fabrics for solar desalination of water: Ms Hongxia Wang
2011 $86,000.00
2012 $83,000.00
2013 $83,000.00
This project will further strengthen Australia's world leading position in water desalination technology and advanced fibrous materials research. It will lead to new membrane materials and techniques for high-efficiency, low-cost and energy-saving desalination of sea/saline water, which will have significant social and economic benefits.
Magnetic liquid marbles: a new droplet manipulation technique for channel-free microfluidics: Dr Yan Zhao
2011 $85,000.00
2012 $85,000.00
2013 $85,000.00
The project will explore the feasibility of developing a new droplet-manipulation strategy by using magnetically responsive liquid marbles capable of hosting various liquid droplets. It will significantly advance the development of a new generation of microfluidic devices: magnetic field-actuated channel-free droplet microfluidics.
Advanced three-dimensional fibrous structures for vascular graft applications: Prof Xungai Wang, Prof Yosry S Morsi
2011 $55,000.00
2012 $55,000.00
2013 $55,000.00
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s): Brookland Greens Medical Centre
This project will combine advanced three-dimensional fabric structures, surface functionalisation and haemodynamic modelling to tackle critical issues in the design and manufacture of vascular graft materials. It will lead to the next generation of vascular grafts with much enhanced structural and biomedical performance.
Deakin University has further bolstered its fast-growing research depth with the recruitment of Professor Maria Forsyth
Deakin University's new Proof of Concept facility, opened in Geelong this month by the Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Jacinta Allan, provides local industry with state-of-the-art research facilities and will foster further collaboration between the University and local industry.
A medical 'smart bomb' designed to seek out and eradicate the root of cancer cells is being developed by Deakin University medical researchers
Congratulations to:
- Dr Paul Francis
VC's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher - Professor Ian Chen
VC's Award for Distinguished Research
VC's Award for Research Excellence - Professor Saeid Nahavandi and Mr Zoran Najdovski
VC's Award for Outstanding Contribution through Innovation
A new Centre to be established by Deakin University and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute of India) will tackle some of the major issues confronting mankind - food and water security and health care
A delegation from the Indonesian State Ministry of Research and Technology recently paid a visit to Deakin's Geelong Technology Precinct
A little bit of Bollywood - replete with a love story - came to the Geelong Technology Precinct in January.
In collaboration with Carbon Revolution, Deakin University was recently awarded a $100,000 grant by the Victorian State Government to develop the one-piece carbon fibre wheels for the automotive industry.
This financial support has enabled the development of specialised tooling, equipment and facilities for the new capability and continues to foster collaboration between the research teams at Deakin University and the engineering group at Carbon Revolution.
Deakin University and Carbon Revolution gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the Victorian State Government through their VAMAP funding program.
Grant for Field Emission Gun Transmission Electron Microscope for research in nanomaterials, metal alloys and biological sciences.
This application, led by Professor Ian Chen, was both the only Deakin-led LIEF submitted in this round as well as the largest LIEF Grant Deakin has ever won.
Members of the team:
Professor Ian Chen, A/Prof Matthew R Barnett, Prof Peter D Hodgson, Prof Xungai Wang, Dr Takuya Tsuzuki, Dr Cui'e Wen, Dr Alexey M Glushenkov, A/Prof Lingxue Kong, Dr Dominic J Phelan, Dr Pavel Cizek, Dr Ken Walder, Prof Neil W Barnett, Dr Nicole Stanford, Prof Qipeng Guo, Dr Germanas Peleckis, Prof David M Cahill, Prof Charles C Sorrell, Dr Yuebin Zhang, Prof Vicki Chen, Dr Simon E Moulton, Prof John H Beynon, Prof Dr Xiaolin Wang, Dr Robert G O'Donnell.
(Deakin researchers in bold italics)
ITRI researchers were also partners in successful ARC LIEF Grants led by other universities. These ITRI researchers are:
- Professor Qipeng Guo, ITRI, 'Facilities of thermophysical characterisations at nanometre scale for development of advanced materials, energy technologies and biomedical components', led by The University of New South Wales.
- Professor Ian Chen, ITRI, 'Combined scanning tunnelling microscope system for materials characterisation and manipulation at nano scale' led by the University of Wollongong.
- Associate Professor Cui'e Wen, ITRI, 'High-temperature probes for investigating phase transitions and reaction kinetics in thin films, nanostructured materials and biomaterials' led by The University of New South Wales.
Alfred Deakin Professor Saeid Nahavandi has declared the Institute for Technology Research and Innovation's (ITRI) inaugural research conference an overwhelming success.
The brainchild of Professor Nahavandi - who heads up the globally-regarded Centre for Intelligent Systems Research within ITRI - the conference was held at the Waterfront Campus in Geelong in November.
"We had an excellent attendance by all our researchers all wanting to hear what their colleagues were doing," Professor Nahavandi said. "More importantly we had a fantastic exchange of ideas and that is the very core of ITRI - interdisciplinary research."
Professor Lee Astheimer, Deakin's DVC (Research) formally opened the conference.
Other guest speakers included Professor Roger Horn, Deakin's Director of Research Training, and newly graduated PhD student, Dr Mandy Herring. Dr Herring spoke vividly of the journey from student to staff member within ITRI.
A highlight of day two of the conference was an address by keynote speaker Professor Maria Forsyth, Associate Director of the Australian Centre for Electro-materials Science at Monash University. Her address was on the topic: Novel Electro-materials and Electro-interphases: from Energy to Sustainable Infrastructure.
In addition more than 80 of ITRI's researchers got the chance to showcase their research projects and to have their presentations judged by their peers. The winners, presented with certificates and a cheque at the end of the conference, were:
- (1st Year) Tarannum Afrin
- (1st Year) Rasika Dinayadura
- (2nd Year) Jinfeng Wang
- (3rd Year) Yaqiong Zhou
Professor Ian Chen aims to make ITRI a global centre for innovation in nanotechnology
Professor Peter Hodgson has been awarded Deakin University's first Australian Laureate Fellowship
ITRI has won a significant small grant from the Enterprise Connect Innovative Regions Centre of the Australian Government to investigate a bio-economy strategy
Nanotechnology has a huge role to play in future space travel according to Professor Ying (Ian) Chen, the latest recruit to ITRI
ITRI's Director of Research has been appointed to the Federal Government's Green Car Innovation Committee of Innovation Australia
Professor Kevin Nicholas is following on from his successful Platypus Genome Project with new research at ITRI
