UNSW at the Forefront of Research
0th December
Senior UNSW researchers will head two of the eight Centres of Excellence selected by the Australian Research Council to undertake some of the most innovative research being done anywhere in the world.
Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training, announced that Professor Bob Clark, director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, and Professor Stuart Wenham, head of the UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering, would each lead ARC Centres of Excellence based at UNSW.
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computer Technology, led by Professor Clark, will receive $14 million for the period 2003-2007, while the ARC Centre for Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, led by Prof Stuart Wenham, will incorporate the present ARC Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering and the ARC Special Research Centre for Third-Generation Photovoltaics (directed by Professor Martin Green), and receive $12.2 million for the same period. In total, eight Centres around Australia- five of them in New South Wales – will share $90 million for the five year period.
“The University considers this a confirmation of its very strong reputation in delivering research of utility to industry and the community,” said UNSW Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Mark Wainwright. “Bob Clark, Stuart Wenham and Martin Green represent the excellence in research to which every university should aspire.”
Dr Nelson said that the eight flagship centres were to be managed by world-class leaders in their fields and will build Australia’s capacity in the four priority areas of complex/intelligent systems, genome/phenome research, nanomaterials and biomaterials, and photon science and technology. These new Centres are designed to provide the scale and focus needed for Australia to compete internationally.
Further information: Louisa Wright, UNSW Media office, tel. (02) 9385 3644.
Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training, announced that Professor Bob Clark, director of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, and Professor Stuart Wenham, head of the UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering, would each lead ARC Centres of Excellence based at UNSW.
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computer Technology, led by Professor Clark, will receive $14 million for the period 2003-2007, while the ARC Centre for Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, led by Prof Stuart Wenham, will incorporate the present ARC Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering and the ARC Special Research Centre for Third-Generation Photovoltaics (directed by Professor Martin Green), and receive $12.2 million for the same period. In total, eight Centres around Australia- five of them in New South Wales – will share $90 million for the five year period.
“The University considers this a confirmation of its very strong reputation in delivering research of utility to industry and the community,” said UNSW Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Mark Wainwright. “Bob Clark, Stuart Wenham and Martin Green represent the excellence in research to which every university should aspire.”
Dr Nelson said that the eight flagship centres were to be managed by world-class leaders in their fields and will build Australia’s capacity in the four priority areas of complex/intelligent systems, genome/phenome research, nanomaterials and biomaterials, and photon science and technology. These new Centres are designed to provide the scale and focus needed for Australia to compete internationally.
Further information: Louisa Wright, UNSW Media office, tel. (02) 9385 3644.
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