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ARC Discovery Early Career Research Awards 2022
Of the five awards given to the University of Adelaide, the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences have received two with both successful candidates coming from the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials. The total funding received across the two awards is $857, 582.
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ECMS equipped computer now in the Wirltu Yarlu study space
The Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that a computer has been equipped for ECMS purposes in the Wirltu Yarlu study space.
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Echidna conservation science initiative a finalist in Eureka Awards
![Echidna CSI alpacas](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-09/echidnacsi-alpaca.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=jyJ1UQ6Z)
The University of Adelaide’s Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) is a finalist in the Australian Museum’s 2021 Eureka Prizes.
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Durum breeding program to grow with Australian Grain Technologies
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Durum Breeding Australia has announced that Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd has been awarded the licence to take the durum breeding program forward.
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Quantum Mechanical Theory and Experiment
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Honours projects: Accurate knowledge of optical parameters is becoming increasingly important for a wide range of scientific and industrial applications.
The Proterozoic Planetary Pivot: Oxygen, Snowballs and Metals
![Kingsmill Creek Arkaroola from the air](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/Blades%20photo.jpg?h=6bcd3f39&itok=3kMfHsnl)
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at how sediments of the Adelaide Superbasin record the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event.
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Using Radar Satellite Detections to Monitor the Ionosphere
![Stratospheric-Tropospheric (ST) Very High Frequency (VHF) radar at the Buckland Park field site](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/buckland-park-stratospheric-tropospheric-array.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=I_xpeoRD)
Honours project: Refining satellite detection techniques using a large radar north of Adelaide to develop new ways to measure the amount of plasma in the upper atmosphere and compare the results with other methods.
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Sensing and Spectroscopy
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Honours projects: Accurate knowledge of optical parameters is becoming increasingly important for a wide range of scientific and industrial applications.
Investigating the role of perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood
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Honours project: Investigate perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood.