ARC Discovery Grant
The Mawson Institute was recently successful in being awarded a Discovery Grant :
DP120101115 A/Prof Enzo Lombi, Dr
Krasim ir Vasilev, Dr Erica Donner, Dr Kirk G Scheckel
A surface functionality based approach for the risk assessment of
manufactured nanomaterials in the environment
Funding : $350,000
Administering Organisation : University of south Australia
Project Summary
LIEF Grant
LE120100021 Prof Robert Short,
Prof Sally McArthur, Dr Cormac Corr, Dr Jason Whittle, Dr David
Steele, Prof Hans Griesser, Prof John Howard, Prof Peter Kingshott,
Dr Peter Murphy
A diagnostics platform for advanced plasma-chemical analysis
Funding : $150,000
Partner/collaborating Eligible Organisation(s) : Swinburne University of
Technology, The Australian National University
Project Summary
ARC Linkage Grants
The Linkage Projects 2011 Round Two funding has been announced with Mawson Institute's success in receiving 4 2011-2014 grants :
LP110200326 Prof Andrea R Gerson, Dr Jun Li, Ms Lucy Esdaile, Dr
Paul L Brown
Solution and surface speciation evolution during chalcopyrite leaching
Funding : $300,411
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s) : Technological Resources Pty. Ltd
Project Summary
LP110200760 Prof Robert D Short, Dr David A Steele, Dr Peter J Murphy
The development of flexible, graded plasma surface engineered coatings for
superior interfacial performance
Funding : $290,376
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s) : Contamac Limited
Project Summary
LP110200293 Dr Yongjun Peng, Prof Deirdre J Bradshaw, Prof Roger St.C
Smart
Reducing the deleterious impacts of clay particle interactions with valuable
minerals in copper and gold processing
Funding : $240,000
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s) : Newcrest Mining Ltd., Newmont Mining
Corporation
Project Summary
LP110200376 Prof Andrea R Gerson, Dr Jun Li, Dr Matthew L Taylor,
Dr Morris E Lewellyn, Dr Douglas Cywar
The mechanism of scale formation and inhibition in alkaline industrial
process streams
Funding : $126,000
Partner/Collaborating Organisation(s) : Cytec Australia Holding Pty
Project summary
Project Summaries
A surface functionality based approach for the risk assessment of
manufactured nanomaterials in the environment
Manufactured nanoparticles are increasingly present in the environment
yet their risk assessment is fraught with analytical challenges. This
project will use customised nanoparticles with unique isotopic signatures
and surface properties to circumvent key difficulties and support novel
investigations into nanoparticle stability, fate and toxicity.
A
diagnostics platform for advanced plasma-chemical analysis
A wide range of production processes involve the use of plasmas to
modify materials, but they are not well understood. This project will give
Australian researchers the tools to look inside plasma processes and fully
characterise them for the first time, unlocking new knowledge and providing
new insight into the plasma processing environment.
Solution and surface speciation evolution during chalcopyrite leaching
This project will contribute to the development of more effective industrial
leach process for chalcopyrite, the source of more than 50 per cent of the
world's copper, and will lead to substantially reduced processing costs and
environmental impact, due to removal of the existing smelting step. In
addition, the processing of currently uneconomical low grade ores would
become economic.
The development of flexible, graded plasma surface engineered coatings for
superior interfacial performance
The next generation of intraocular lenses, medical devices to treat
patients with cataracts, will be developed through application of advanced
surface engineering technologies. These superior coated lenses will
improve biocompatibility and function, leading to additional benefit for the
forecasted 2.7 million Australians with cataracts by 2021.
Reducing the deleterious impacts of clay particle interactions with valuable
minerals in copper and gold processing
This project seeks to understand the rheological behaviour of clay
minerals and the effect of the viscosity caused by clay minerals on gas
dispersion, the transport of network structures and the locking of the
structures in the froth in mineral flotation. Novel methods will be
developed to improve flotation separation by reducing the viscosity.
The mechanism of scale formation and inhibition in alkaline industrial
process streams
Scaling, which reduces flow and heating efficiency, is a serious
problem in single stream alumina Bayer plants. This project will
potentially save the Australian alumina industry many tens of millions of
dollars a year by the development of more effective on-line scale mitigation
strategies based on the fundamental understanding of the processes involved.