Moleculeseaccelerator

ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199975National&InternationalLinksNationalandInternationalLinks3ProfessorJimWilliams-AssociateDirector(Resources)ThissectionreportstheactivitiesoftheSchoolstaffinservicetodomesticandinternationalbodiesinacademia,governmentandindustry.
Thesetasksareinadditiontonormalprofessionaldutiessuchasexternalstudentsupervision,reviewing/refereeingofresearchpapersandproposalsandexternalseminarpresentations.
GiventhediminishedfundingenvironmentfacingAustralianuniversitiesitisessentialthattheSchoolseeksadditionalsupportforitsactivitiesfromvariousdomesticpublicinstitutions(DISR,DETYA,ANSTO,AINSEetc.
)inadditiontoindustrialpartnersandfundingthroughinternationalcollaborations.
TheSchoolhasattractedsupportfromover70different,concurrentfundingsources.
Thedetailsarepresentedinthissection.
Thedifficultfundingenvironmenthas,morethanever,highlightedtheimportanceofstrongdomesticandinternationalcollaborativelinks.
Inthiscontext,animportantfunctionfortheSchoolisthesupportofmajornationalfacilitiesthatwouldnototherwisebeviableatregionaluniversities.
Thesecentres,suchastheH-1NationalPlasmaFusionResearchFacilityinthePlasmaPhysicsLaboratory,andtheHeavyIonAcceleratorFacilityintheDepartmentofNuclearPhysics,areafocusforstudentsandresearchersfromotherinstitutionstoparticipateinlargescalephysicsprograms,whilealsoenablingaccessforAustralianscientiststoequivalentmajorinternationalfacilities.
DomesticandinternationalcollaborationscontinuetobeamajoringredientinthesuccessofallofthemajorSchoolresearchprograms.
Thisyear,wehaveover232collaborativeprojectsthathaveeitherresultedinapublicationinthepastyear,orhaveattractedexternalfundingsupport,andreport28nationaland37internationalCollaborativeAgreements/MoUs.
Consistentwiththis,theSchoolhashostedinexcessof86visitorswhohaveeitherpresenteddepartmentalseminarsorwhohaveparticipatedinjointresearchprojects.
Resultsoftheseandotherprogramsare,inpart,disseminatedthroughorganizingconferences,colloquiaandseminars.
Collaborations,Schoolvisitors,conferencesandcolloquiaarelistedinthissection.
Collaborationswithindustryallowhigh-techspinofftechnologiestobedevelopedaswellasbringingadditionalmoneyforappliedresearchintotheSchool.
Therangeofindustrialfundingsupportcovereddirectprojectfundingandservicecontractsbyindustry,supportofPhDstudentsandpostdoctoralfellows,fundingforequipmentandfacilitiesinlieuofindustryaccess,partnersingovernmentgrantsandcentrefunding.
WeselectivelyreporttheactivitiesofthePhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentre,theRedcentreforrapiddevelopmentofcutting-edgetechnologies,TheANUCentreforTheoreticalPhysicsandTheCentrefortheMind.
AsignificantSchoolpriorityistoraisepublicawarenessoftheimportanceofscience.
ItisanimportantdutyformembersoftheSchooltoserveoncommitteesandboardsofuniversities,businessandgovernmentorganizations.
ItisnoteworthythatacademicstaffoftheSchoolserveontheeditorialboardsofover30domesticandinternationaljournalsandsome20internationaladvisorycommittees.
ManyacademicsactasreviewersandrefereesfortheAustralianResearchCouncil,AustralianInstituteofNuclearScienceandEngineeringandtheAustralianAcademyofSciences.
Servicestooutsideorganizationsarepresentedindetailinthissection.
ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(Commercialisation)76CommercialisationNationalandInternationalLinksArecentventurewithintheSchoolisthe"BlueLabProject".
TheSchoolhasbeensuccessfulinattractingthemajorTaiwaneseCompanyLEDEX,tosetuplaboratoriesinCanberraalignedtotheMOCVDGrowthandDevicesfacilitiesintheSchool'sElectronicMaterialsEngineeringDepartment.
Thisventure,theso-called"BlueLab",willdevelopjointmanufacturingventureswithANUinthespecificareaofblue-greenlight-emittingdevices.
Theseproductswilladdressenormousmarketssuchasflatpaneldisplays,flattrafficlightsandevensuper-efficientwhitelightsources.
TherewereotherreasonswhythismultinationalcompanycametoAustraliatosetupadevelopmentlabandadvancedmanufacturing.
TwokeycompanyexecutiveswereeducatedinAustralia(oneaPhDstudentintheSchool)andhencewereawareofAustralia'scapacityforresearchinnovation.
Inaddition,therewasanawarenessoftheworldclassfacilitiesandexpertiseformaterialsproblemsolvinganddevicefabricationintheSchool.
TheinstallationofanewionacceleratorandanewMOCVDreactorwilltakeplaceinearly2000intheDepartmentofElectronicMaterialsEngineering.
ThesedevelopmentsarepossibleasaresultofthesuccessfulARCResearchInfrastructureEquipmentandFacilitybidsbyDrRobEllimanandProfessorJagadish,respectively.
IntheMOCVDcase,thenewreactorconstitutesa$3.
5M(national)facility.
AlucrativeR&Dcontractwiththemanufacturer(Aixtron)worthmorethan$US0.
5Movertwoyearswillcontributetothedevelopmentofthisfacility.
InnovationsandSmalltoMediumEnterpriseInvolvementsTheWEDGETheSchool'svirtualrealitysystemhasgeneratedconsiderableexternalinterest.
AninstallationoftheWEDGEvirtualrealitytheatrewaspurchasedbythePowerhouseMuseum,Sydney.
ThiswasacollaborativecommercialisationtogetherwiththeANUSupercomputerFacilityandwasadministeredbytheBusinessOfficeofRSPhysSE.
ProfessorR.
W.
BoswellandMrP.
AlexanderparticipatedinsettingupthesystematthePowerhouseMuseumUniversalMachineExhibitioninJune(alongwithMrDrewWhitehouseofANUSF).
Theexhibition,andespeciallytheWEDGE,wasagreatsuccesswithqueuesofabouttwentychildreneverydaywaitingtousethefacility.
TheIntergraphComputerCompanyandtheMilleniumA.
V.
Companywerealsoinvolved.
ProfessorR.
W.
BoswellandMrP.
AlexanderarealsohelpingtheCSIRODiscoveryCentretodesigntheirnewexhibitionusingaWEDGEthatwillopenintheyear2000.
OtherdemonstrationsoftheWEDGEvirtualrealitytheatrefeaturedattheAustralianScienceFestival,theSiemensScienceandEngineeringExperience,RSPhysSEFounder'sDayandaspartoftheCOMP3067"ComputationalScienceandEngineering"lecturecourse.
Manyinformaldemonstrationstoindustryalsotookplace.
SeveralhundredpeopleexperiencedtheWEDGEduring1999forthefirsttime.
AportableversionoftheWEDGEtheatrewasexhibitedataninternationalworkshopatMagneticIsland,Queensland,inJulyandintheMainCommitteeRoom,ParliamentHouse,Canberra,inOctober.
TheparliamenthouseexhibitiontopoliticiansandVice-ChancellorsofAustralianuniversitieswasattheoccasionofthelaunchoftheAustralianPartnershipforAdvancedComputing.
(DrH.
J.
Gardner,TPandProfessorR.
W.
Boswell,PRL)Therehavebeenseveralsmallerindustry-relatedprojectsthathavereceivedexternalfundingin1999.
ExamplesinvolvecontractR&Dgrants(involvingDSTOandindustrypartners)fordevelopmentofaplasmaantenna(seelater)andforthefabricationofinfraredphotodetectorarrays.
(ProfessorJ.
HarrisandDrG.
Borg,PRL,ProfessorC.
Jagadish,EME)ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199977National&InternationalLinks(Commercialisation)TheMagnetSystemandFrictionAttachmentforSurfaceForceApparatusoftheDepartmentofAppliedMathematicswassoldtoMulhouseUniversity,France.
(DrsA.
M.
Stewart,H.
K.
Christenson;T.
J.
SawkinsandA.
M.
Hyde,AM)SeveralDISRgrantswerereceivedin1999forarangeofactivities,frominternationaltravelforcollaborativeresearchtoworkshoporganisation.
TwograntsundertheTechnologyDiffusionPrograminvolvefeasibilitystudies:(a)HarnessingtheResourcestoFabricateInnovativeOptoelectronic(Semiconductor)DevicesinAustralia—$65K:ThisprojectistocarryoutabusinessmodelforthecommercialisationoftheSchool'sinnovativesemiconductordevicesactivitiesthathavegeneratedconsiderableinternational(industry)attention.
Itisanticipatedthatthefirststageofcommercialisation(includingestablishingabusinessventure)isoftheorderof$20M.
Currently,therearenoAustralianindustriesfabricatinghighvalueaddedsemiconductorcomponentssuchaslasers,detectors,etc.
Thus,thereisnoreadypathwaytocommercialisationfortheprototypedevicesfabricatedbyANUanditscollaborators.
Thesecutting-edgecomponentshavethepotentialforcreatinganewindustryinAustralia,withtheabilitytobothpenetrateexistingmarketsandgeneratenewones.
(b)HarnessingMaterialsR&DResourcesfortheBenefitofAustralianManufacturingIndustry—$113K:TheSchool(ProfessorJimWilliams)iscoordinatingthisprojectwhichisestablishingthefeasibilityofnetworkingAustralia'sconsiderablematerialssciencecapabilities(initiallyintrouble-shootingandmaterialscharacterisation)forthebenefitofAustralianindustry.
TheSchoolhasmuchtooffer(andmuchtogain)inthisactivity.
BothstudieswillbecarriedoutwithintheSchoolusingthePolicyandPublicRelationsUnitresourcesandtheFileMakerdatabasecurrentlybeingconstructedfortheSchool'sIPregister.
(ProfessorsJ.
Williams,C.
Jagadish)TheSchoolhasinitiatedthecollationofitsIntellectualPropertyintoanIPregisterthatwillassistinnegotiationswithindustryforcontractsandjointventures—thisprojectisbeingundertakenbythePolicyandPublicRelationsUnit.
TheregisterwilldocumenttheSchool'sknow-howinthreecategories:(i)generictechnologyarisingfromtheSchool'sresearchwhichisunencumbered,(ii)strategicIPwhichisconsideredtobepotentiallyattractivetoindustryoralreadyhasgeneratedindustryinterestorsecuredindustryfunding,(iii)patentedandencumberedtechnology.
A1998DISRgrantestablishedthePhotonicsRedcentre(RapidEngineeringDevelopment)tocommercialize,market,andlinktheworkofthePhotonicsCRCanditspartnerstoindustry.
TheRedcentrehasbeenactiveinworkingwiththeSchoolaspartofanationalnetworkchargedwithfasttrackengineeringdevelopment,industrialdesignandmanufacturing.
RedcentrehasbeensuccessfulininitiatingseveralnetworksinvolvingresearchfromtheSchoolandexternalcompanies.
TheSchooliskeentopromotelinksofthistypewithothereducationalinstitutionsandSmall-to-Medium-Enterprises(SMEs).
ThefollowingprojectsareexamplesoftheworkundertakenbytheCanberranodeoftheRedcentreduringthepast12months.
PlasmaAntennasInJanuary1999,thePlasmaResearchLaboratorywonacontractofferedfortenderbytheDSTOtoinvestigatethefeasibilityofplasmaantennasaslowradarcross-sectionradiatingelements.
ThefirststageofthiscontracthasbeensuccessfullycompletedandthreeseminarswerepresentedattheDSTOaspartofthecontract.
Asaresultofthiswork,aprovisionalpatentwasfiledinOctober.
TheplasmaantennadevelopedbyPRLincollaborationwiththeAustralianDefenceScienceandTechnologyOrganizationshowsgreatpromise,andisbeingdevelopedfurtherforpossiblecommercialisationincollaborationwiththePhotonicsRedcentre.
TheRedcentrehasarrangedcollaborationbetweentheANUresearchers,CEATechnologiesandCantecAustralasiainCanberra,andNeoliteNeoninSydney.
PanoramicVideoSystemTheAustralianNationalUniversityhasdevelopedanovel360panoramicvideosystemthatcanmonitoranentireroomusingasinglefixedcamera.
Videosurveillancesystemsthatusemultiplecamerastomonitoranentireroom(360degrees)cannowbereplacedbyonecamera.
Motiondetectingcanalsobebuiltintothesystemwherebyitispossibletospecifycertainareasoftheroomas'off-limits'therebylendingthesystemtounmannedsecurityoperations.
Thesystemcouldalsobereversedsoastoprojectanimagerecordedinthiswaybackonto360hemisphericalroomsoastoprovide'surroundvideo'.
Thesystemhasaverylargepotentialmarketbecauseitoffersacost-effectivealternativetocurrentsystems,andapplicationtonewandexcitingareas.
Thecurrentsystemconsistsofastandardvideocamera,aspeciallensattachmentthathasbeendesignedintheCentreforVisualSciencesattheAustralianNationalUniversity,anIBM-compatiblecomputer,aframegrabber,andtheassociatedsoftware.
Thesystemcouldbepackagedinanyformdependingupontheapplication.
AfullyfunctionalprototypehasbeenmanufacturedbythePhotonicsRedcentreforusebyANUTECHandtheresearchersinproductevaluationtrialsandmarketing.
RecentinterestbyalargemultinationalcompanyisbeinginvestigatedbyRedcentreinSydney.
HighTemperaturePyrometerRedcentreandThermalResearchAustraliaP/L,havecontinueddevelopmentofatechnologythatallowsthecontinuousmeasurementofhotmetaltemperatureincastironinductionfurnaces.
ThetechnologywasinitiallydevelopedinconjunctionwiththeAustralianPhotonicsCo-operativeResearchCentreProductIncubatorinSydney,andmorerecentlythePhotonicsRedcentre.
ThedevelopmenthasinvolvedseveralplanttrialsinfurnacesinVictoriaandSouthAustralia,andhasresultedinaprovisionalpatentapplication.
ThermalResearchAustraliainconjunctionwiththePhotonicsRedcentreisnowdevelopingthetechnologyintoastand-aloneinstrument,capableofbeingmanufacturedforsaleanddistributionthroughoutAustralia,SouthEastAsia,Europe,andthecontinentalUnitedStatesofAmerica.
ThePhotonicsRedcentrehasbeeninvolvedfortheResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(Commercialisation)78entiredevelopmenttodate.
Redcentreisprovidingaccesstofinance,engineering,designservices,andmarketingskills.
Itisalsoprovidingaccesstomanagementandbusinessplanningasrequired.
ItisenvisagedthatRedcentrewouldbeinvolvedintheprojectmanagementoftheprojectandwouldinitiatethegrantapplicationprocess,aswellasnegotiatingarrangementswithindustrypartners.
InnovationsBuildingThePhotonicsRedcentreisactivelypursuingaproactiveroleinthemanagementofthenewANUInnovationsBuilding.
ThisisanexpansionoftheroleoftheRedcentrefromjustapassivetenantofthebuilding,tooneofactivelymanagingandpromotingthecapabilitiesassociatedwiththebuilding.
Thisincludesinthebroadersense,marketingofthecapabilitiesoftheAustralianNationalUniversityandtheAustralianCapitalRegion.
ManagementofthisbuildingwillbecriticaltotheANUifitwishestocapitaliseonthebuilding'spotentialcapabilities,andtoeducatethebroadercommunityandindustry.
ThisisanidealopportunitytofocusindustryontheresearchactivitieswithintheANUandtheAustralianCapitalRegion,includingasignificanteducationandtrainingroleofhighschoolstudentsandundergraduatestudents.
ThePhotonicsRedcentrewilloccupyanofficeintheInnovationsBuildingadjacenttotheRSPhysSElaboratoryonthegroundfloor.
TheRedcentrecontinuestobeproactiveinpromotingactivitieswithintheRSPhysSEandsomeotherareasoftheANU.
Inseveralinstanceshastakenanactiveandleadingroleinthemanagementofprojectsthroughtheprovisionoftechnicalandlegaladvice,andnetworkedaccesstopotentialcommercialpartnersoutsideoftheANU.
TheInnovationsBuildingunderconstructionAttheopeningofthebuildingon30thNovember1999,RedcentretookaleadingroleinpromotingsomeoftheSchool'smoreinnovativedevelopments.
BoththePlasmaAntennaprojectandthe"BlueLab"projectwereprominentlydisplayedforthemanyvisitorsontheday.
ANUTECHRedcentrecontinuestoassistANUTECHinthemanagementofseveralcommercialprojectsandIntellectualPropertyportfolios.
Theprojectsrangefromawatchingbriefthroughtohighlevelnegotiations,andinsomeinstancesmediation,betweenresearchers,commercialisingcompaniesandfinancialinvestors.
ThisaspectofRedcentreactivitiesthisyearhaspresentedmanychallenges,andhasallowedittobuildonitsextensivenetworkcapability.
OtherOpportunitiesRedcentrecontinuestopursueopportunitiestoutilisetheextensivecapabilitiesattheANU.
Severalopportunitieswereidentifiedduringtheyear,andwiththecollaborationofappropriateANUstaffandresearchers,bidsfortheworkweresubmitted.
ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199979National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)CollaborativeVentures,Agreements&MemorandaofUnderstandingNationalandInternationalLinksAppliedMathematicsDrH.
K.
ChristensonProject:PreparationofandStudyofInteractionsbetweenHomogeneousHydrocarbonandFluorocarbonSurfacesPartners:DrV.
V.
YaminskywithProfessorM.
Hato,DrT.
IshidaandDrS.
Ohnishi,NationalInstituteofMaterialsandChemicalResearch,Tsukuba,JapanProject:DeterminingtheSurfaceTensionofMicrolitreQuantitiesofLiquidPartners:MrJ.
Kirkness,DrT.
AmisandDrJ.
Wheatley,WestmeadHospitalandUniversityofSydneyDrV.
J.
S.
CraigProject:NanorheologicalMeasurementsusingaModifiedAtomicForceMicroscopePartner:DrSimonBiggs,UniversityofNewcastleProject:AReflectometryStudyoftheAdsorptionofCationicSurfactantstoSilicaPartner:DrSimonBiggs,UniversityofNewcastleProfessorE.
GamalyProject:MolecularConfinementStudiesPartners:DrsS.
A.
CruzandJ.
Soullard,UniversidadAutonomaMetropolitana,MexicoCity,MexicoProject:FormationMechanismofSingle-WalledCarbonNanotubesinaGasPhasePartners:DrsW.
Maser,E.
Mu-oz,A.
M.
Benito,M.
T.
MartinezandG.
F.
delaFuente,InstitutodeCarboquimica,CSIC,SpainProject:LaserAblationinaReactiveGasFilledExperimentalChamberPartners:ProfessorA.
PerroneandDrA.
Zocco,UniversityofLecce,ItalyProfessorS.
T.
HydeProject:PolycontinuousMesophasesinCopolymerMeltsPartners:ProfessorT.
HashimotoandProfessorH.
Hasegawa,KyotoUniversity,JapanProject:MicroemulsionsandCubicPhasesinHydrogenatedandPerfluorinatedSystemsPartner:ProfessorM.
Monduzzi,CagliariUniversity,ItalyProject:HyperbolicForestsand3dEuclideanThicketsPartner:DrC.
Oguey,UniversitéCergy-Pontoise,FranceDrM.
A.
KnackstedtProject:DynamicFluidFlowinOre-FormingSystemsPartner:ProfessorS.
F.
Cox,ResearchSchoolofEarthSciencesProject:CharacterisationofRandomBiphasicMaterialsPartners:DrK.
Mecke,UniversityofWuppertal,Germany,Mr.
C.
Arns,UNSW.
Project:CorrelatingMicrostructuretoFlowandElasticPropertiesofPorousMaterialsPartners:DrE.
Garboczi,MrD.
Bentz,BuildingMaterialsDivision,NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology,USA;DrA.
P.
Roberts,CivilEngineering,PrincetonUniversity.
,MrC.
Arns,UNSWDrM.
A.
KnackstedtandDrA.
SheppardProject:NetworkModellingofTwo-PhaseFlowinPorousMediaPartners:ProfessorW.
V.
Pinczewski,AustralianPetroleumCRC;ProfessorM.
Sahimi,ChemicalEngineering,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,U.
S.
A.
DrM.
A.
KnackstedtandDrT.
J.
SendenProject:PenetrationintoPaperProductsandCoatingsPartner:DrB.
Lyne,ResearchDirector,InternationalPaperPtyLtdDrR.
Sok,DrA.
SheppardandDrM.
A.
KnackstedtProject:Pore-scaleNetworkCharacterisationofSedimentaryRocksPartners:ProfessorW.
V.
Pinczewski,AustralianPetroleumCRC;ProfessorW.
B.
Lindquist,SUNYStonyBrook.
ProfessorB.
W.
NinhamProject:RestrictionEnzymeMechanisms;SpecificIonEffectsinFlocculationofHydrophobicColloids;DenaturingofProteinsbySurfactants,IonBindingtoDNA;LaserSpectroscopyofLiquids,EffectsofDissolvedGas;IonBindingtoColloidsviaNMRDiffusion;TheoriesofMolecularForces,SpecificallyCasimirEffects;TemplatingofMetalParticlesinMesostructuredFluids;PhaseBehaviourandMesostructureofMicroemulsions;PhaseBehaviourofBrainLipidsandMicrostructureinMilkPartners:UniversitiesofLund;Gothenberg;SurfaceChemistryInstitute(YKI)Stockholm;UniversityofParisV1;Florence;MoscowStateDrE.
RadlinskaProject:CharacterisationofMicrostructuresintheSurfactant/Polymer/WaterSystemsUsingFreezeFractureElectronMicroscopyPartner:DrT.
Gulik-Krzywicki,CentredeGénétiqueMoléculaire,CNRS,FranceProject:PhaseTransitionsintheC12E5/Water/RandomHeteropolymerSystemPartners:DrD.
Langevin,LaboratoiredePhysiquedesSolides,UniversiteParisSud,France;DrF.
Lafuma,EcoleSupérieuredePhysiqueetdeChimie,France;ProfessorW.
Urbach,EcoleNormaleSupérieure,France;DrC.
E.
Williams,CollègedeFrance,France;DrR.
Ober,CollègedeFrance,France.
Project:TheMicrostructureofCoalsandOil-BearingShalesPartner:DrA.
P.
Radlinski,TheAustralianGeologicalSurveyOrganisationDrT.
J.
SendenProject:ExperimentalSingleChainPolymerMechanicsPartner:ProfJean-MarcdiMeglio,InstitutCharlesSadron/UniversiteLouisPasteur,Strasbourg,FranceProject:TheDevelopmentofNovelDeliverySystemsforRadiotherapyPartner:DrBillBurch,RadiopharmaceuticalsDivision,ANSTODrA.
SheppardandDrR.
SokProject:DevelopmentofaFastNetworkSimulatorfor3-PhaseFlowPartner:ProfessorW.
V.
Pinczewski,AustralianPetroleumCRC.
DrD.
R.
M.
WilliamsProject:FoldingDynamicsofDNACondensatesPartners:MrB.
SchnurrandDrF.
C.
MacKintosh,UniversityofMichiganProject:NovelDNACondensatesPartner:DrJ.
Hoh,John'sHopkinsMedicalSchool,USADrV.
V.
YaminskyProject:PrinciplesandMethodsofCapillarographyPartners:MrK.
ThuressonandDrT.
Nylander,PhysicalChemistryI,LundUniversityProject:EllipsometryStudiesofWettingandAdsorptionPartner:MrK.
Eskilsson,PhysicalChemistryI,LundUniversityProject:DynamicSpreadingofLiquidsandSolutionsPartner:F.
Tiberg,YKI,StockholmProject:HydrophobicBridgingForces.
Partner:ProfessorP.
Claeeson,YKI,StockholmProject:WettingandMarangonieffectsinself-assemblyofnanoparticlesPartners:ProfessorM.
-P.
PileniandDrL.
Motte,LaboratoireSRSI,UniversityParisVIProject:WaterandBiomaterialsPartner:DrE.
Vogler,DepartmentsofMaterialsScienceandEngineeringandBioengineering,ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityAtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesProfessorS.
J.
BuckmanProject:LowEnergyElectronMoleculeScatteringPartners:DrM.
J.
BrungerandProfessorP.
J.
O.
Teubner,FlindersUniversityProject:ElectronScatteringfromMolecularRadicalsPartners:DrM.
J.
BrungerandProfessorW.
Lawrance,FlindersUniversityResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)80Project:ElectronScatteringfromCO2Partners:ProfessorM.
A.
MorrisonandDrS.
F.
Mazevet,UniversityofOklahoma,USAProject:ElectronScatteringfromMetalVapoursPartners:ProfessorP.
D.
Burrow,UniversityofNebraska;ProfessorK.
Bartschat,DrakeUniversity,USAProject:ElectronMoleculeScatteringPartner:ProfessorH.
Tanaka,SophiaUniversity,JapanProfessorL.
T.
ChaddertonProject:PhaseChangesinTransitionMetalDichalcogenidesduetoGeVHeavyIon,andMeVFullereneIonBombardments-TransmissionElectronMicroscopyandSurfaceForceMicroscopyPartner:DrA.
Dunlop,SESI,colePolytechnique,Paliseaux,FranceProject:RadiationEffectsonPolymers;SemiconductorsPartner:DrD.
Fink,Hahn-MeitnerInstitute,BerlinProject:TheoryandPracticeofOrganicRadicalFormationandMotioninGeVIonIrradiatedPolymersPartner:ProfessorS.
A.
Cruz,AutonomousMetropolitanUniversityofMexico,MexicoProject:(e,2e)PrimaryCurrentElectronSpectroscopyandOtherSurfaceTechnicalInvestigationsoftheGraphite/FullereneRadiationInducedPhaseChangePartner:P.
B.
Mller,NielsBohrInstitute,Copenhagen,DenmarkProfessorR.
W.
CromptonandDrK.
Kumar(TP)Project:QuantumStatisticsandBoltzmann'sEquationPartners:DrR.
E.
Robson,JamesCookUniversity;ProfessorM.
A.
Morrison,UniversityofOklahoma,USADrA.
S.
KheifetsProject:ConvergentClose-CouplingTheoryofDoubleIonizationbyPhotonandElectronImpactPartner:DrI.
Bray,FlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaProject:ElectronMomentumDensityStudiesinMetalsandMetalOxidesPartner:DrM.
Ford,FlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaProject:ElectronImpactDoubleIonizationoftheHeliumAtomPartner:ProfessorA.
Lahmam-Bennani,UniversityofParis-OrsayProject:CoincidentComptonScatteringfromSolidsPartner:ProfessorF.
Bell,UniversityofMunichProject:CircularDichroisminAtomicDoublePhotoionizationPartner:ProfessorA.
Yagishita,PhotonFactory,HighEnergyAcceleratorResearchOrganizationDrB.
R.
LewisandDrS.
T.
GibsonProject:PhotodissociationQuantumYieldsPartners:DrJ.
LacoursiereandDrT.
G.
Slanger,SRIInternational,MenloPark,California,USAProject:MultiphotonExcitationofCoupledMolecularStatesPartners:DrR.
A.
CopelandandDrC.
G.
Bressler,SRIInternational,MenloPark,California,USAProject:CalculationsofTransitionStrengthPartners:DrT.
G.
SlangerandDr.
D.
L.
Huestis,SRIInternational,MenloPark,California,USAProject:Rydberg-ValenceInteractionsPartners:ProfessorM.
L.
Ginter,UniversityofMaryland,USA;DrJ.
S.
Morrill,NavalResearchLaboratory,WashingtonDC,USAProject:High-ResolutionOscillator-StrengthMeasure-mentsPartner:ProfessorG.
Stark,WellesleyCollege,Massachusetts,USAProject:AnomalousIntensitiesinREMPISpectraPartners:DrR.
A.
Copeland,DrR.
RobertsonandMsA.
Tucay,SRIInternational,MenloPark,California,USAProject:Coupled-ChannelCalculationsforAtmosphericPhotochemicalModelsPartners:DrL.
W.
Torop,DrF.
T.
Hawes,UniversityofAdelaideDrB.
R.
LewisandDrK.
G.
H.
Baldwin(LaserPhysicsCentre)Project:DevelopmentofUltra-HighResolutionVUVLaserSourcesPartner:ProfessorB.
J.
Orr,MacquarieUniversityDrM.
VosProject:ComparisonofModernMany-BodyTheorieswiththeMeasuredEnergy-ResolvedMomentumDensitiesofAluminiumPartner:DrB.
Holm,ChambersUniversity,GoteborgProject:ElectronMomentumSpectroscopyand(γ,eγ)SpectroscopyPartner:ProfessorF.
Bell,UniversityofMunich,GermanyProfessorE.
Weigold,DrA.
S.
KheifetsandDrM.
VosProject:ElectronMomentumSpectroscopyofSolidsPartners:ProfessorI.
E.
McCarthyandDrM.
Ford,FlindersUniversityProfessorE.
WeigoldandDrJ.
LowerProject:(e,2e)ProcesseswithPolarizedElectronsandTargetsPartners:DrJ.
Berakdar,MaxPlanckInstitutfürMicrostrukturPhysik,Halle,Germany;DrS.
Mazevet,LosAlamosLaboratory,USAProject:NationalFacilityforSpinPolarisationStudiesofAtomsandMoleculesPartner:ProfessorJ.
F.
Williams,UniversityofWesternAustraliaProfessorE.
WeigoldProject:ElectronMomentumSpectroscopyofAtomsandMoleculesPartners:DrM.
J.
BrungerandProfessorI.
E.
McCarthy,FlindersUniversityProject:ElectronMomentumSpectroscopyofLargeMoleculesPartners:ProfessorI.
E.
McCarthy,DrM.
J.
BrungerandDrW.
Adcock,FlindersUniversity;DrM.
T.
Michalewicz,CSIRODivisionofInformationTechnology;DrD.
Winkler,CSIRODivisionofChemicalsandPhysicsElectronicMaterialsEngineeringDrY.
ChenProject:SynthesisofCarbonNanotubesbyUsingHigh-EnergyBallMillingPartner:DrL.
Chaffron,SectiondeRecherchedeMetallurgiePhysique,SaclayResearchCenter,FranceProject:MossbauerAnalysisofMetalCatalystsforNanotubeFormationPartner:ProfessorG.
LECARE,EcoledeminedeNancy,Nancy,FranceProject:IncreasedDissolutionofIlmeniteInducedbyHigh-EnergyBallMillingPartners:ProfessorS.
CampbellandDrG.
M.
Wang,DepartmentofPhysics,AustralianDefenseForceAcademyProject:MicroscopyandMicroanalysisofNanotubesProducedbyMechano-ThermalProcessesPartners:DrJ.
ZouandMrS.
Bulcock,ElectronMicroscopyUnit,CollegeofSciencesandTechnology,UniversityofSydneyProject:SolidStateFormationofCarbonNanotubesPartner:ProfessorH.
M.
Cheng,InstituteofMetalResearch,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Shenyang,ChinaDrR.
G.
EllimanProject:AtomicCollisionProcessesAssociatedwithHigh-EnergyHeavy-IonsPartners:DrH.
WhitlowandDrY.
Zhang,LundUniversity,Sweden;DrJ.
O'Connor,NewcastleUniversityProject:High-EnergyHeavy-IonBeamAnalysisofSiliconOxynitrideThinFilmsPartners:ProfessorJ.
Davies,ChalkRiver,Canada;DrS.
Walker,BoschProject:StrainRelaxationProcessesinIon-IrradiatedGe-SiAlloysPartners:ProfessorD.
J.
H.
CockayneandJ.
Zou,UniversityofSydneyProject:NucleationandGrowthofAmorphousSiliconDuringIon-IrradiationPartner:DrR.
Goldberg,AppliedMaterials,UKProject:ElectronicandOpticalPropertiesofNanocrystal-lineSemiconductorsPartner:DrSuk-HoChoi,KyungHeeUniversity,KoreaProject:PropertiesofNanocrystallineSemiconductorsandIon-BeamModificationofMaterialsPartner:ProfessorB.
Striztker,UniversityofAugsburg,GermanyDrM.
PetravicProject:ElectronandPhotonStimulatedDesorptionfromDiamondSurfacesPartners:ProfessorA.
Hoffman,Technion,Israel;DrG.
Comtet,DrL.
HeffnerandDrG.
Dujardin,UniParis-Sud,FranceProject:CharacterizationofSIMSStandardsPartner:DrD.
W.
Moon,KRISS,KoreaDrM.
PetravicandMrP.
N.
K.
DeenapanrayProject:PhotoemissionandPhotodesorptionSpectroscopyofGaAsSurfacesPartners:DrG.
Comtet,DrL.
HellnerandDrG.
Dujardin,Uni-Paris-Sud,FranceProject:AngularDependenceofDepthResolutioninSIMSAnalysisPartners:DrD.
W.
Moon,KRISS,Korea;ProfessorDemanet,UniversityofTranskee,SouthAfricaMrP.
N.
K.
DeenapanrayandDrM.
PetravicProject:AsDiffusioninGePartners:DrJ.
Likonen,TechnicalResearchCenterofFinland;DrT.
Ahlgren,UniversityofHelsinki,FinlandProject:PhotoemissionStudyofOxidisedandNitridatedSemiconductorSurfacesPartners:DrB.
GongandProfessorR.
N.
Lamb,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrM.
C.
RidgwayProject:ElectricalCharacterisationofIon-ImplantedSemiconductorsPartners:ProfessorF.
D.
Auret,ProfessorS.
A.
GoodmanandDrG.
Myburg,UniversityofPretoria,SouthAfricaProject:Implantation-InducedPhenomenainOptoelec-tronicMaterialsPartners:DrP.
W.
Leech,CSIRO;DrV.
Gurarie,UniversityofMelbourneProject:DopingofSiCbyIonImplantationPartner:ProfessorM.
Rao,GeorgeMasonUniversity,USADrM.
C.
RidgwayandMrC.
J.
GloverProject:EXAFSMeasurementsofImplantation-InducedDisorderinSemiconductorsPartners:DrK.
M.
Yu,LawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory,USA;DrG.
Foran,PhotonFactory,JapanProject:EXAFSCharacterisationofImplantation-InducedDisorderinGeandGexSi1-xAlloysPartners:DrA.
Nylandsted-LarsenandDrJ.
Hansen,AarhusUniversity,DenmarkDrM.
C.
Ridgway,MrC.
J.
GloverandDrA.
P.
Byrne(NuclearPhysics)Project:PerturbedAngularCorrelationMeasurementsofImplantation-InducedDisorderinSemiconductorsPartner:DrR.
Vianden,UniversitatBonn,GermanyDrM.
C.
Ridgway,ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsandMrX.
ZhuProject:TransmissionElectronMicroscopyofImplantation-InducedAmorphisationinSemiconductorsPartners:DrH.
Bernas,DrF.
FortunaandDrM-O.
Ruault,CentreNationaldeRechercheScientifique,Orsay,FranceDrH.
H.
Tan,DrZ.
Chen,MsL.
Fu,MrM.
I.
Cohen,MsC.
Lobo,MrP.
N.
K.
Deenapanray,MsC.
CarmodyandProfessorC.
Jagadish,Project:OpticalSpectroscopyofSemiconductorQuantumStructuresandDevicesPartners:MrM.
B.
Johnston,DrL.
V.
DaoandProfessorM.
Gal,UniversityofNewSouthWalesMsL.
Fu,DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:FabricationandCharacterizationofQuantumWellInfraredPhotodetectorsPartners:MrM.
B.
JohnstonandProfessorM.
Gal,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrH.
H.
Tan,MrM.
I.
Cohen,Ms.
L.
FuandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:Design,FabricationandTestingofHighPowerandMulti-WavelengthLasersPartners:DrFouadKarouta,Ms.
M.
BudaandMrG.
Iordache,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,TheNetherlandsProfessorC.
Jagadish,DrH.
H.
TanandMs.
L.
FuProject:OpticalSpectroscopyStudiesonSemiconductorQuantumWiresandDotsPartners:ProfessorS.
C.
Shen,ProfessorWeiLu,DrXingquanLiu,DrLiNa,DrZ.
Chen,MrLiNing,DrYongChangandMs.
H.
F.
Dou,ShanghaiInstituteofTechnicalPhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciencesResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199981National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:ImplantationInducedQuantumWellIntermixinginGaAs/AlGaAsHeterostructuresPartners:ProfessorI.
V.
MitchellandDrR.
D.
Goldberg,UniversityofWesternOntarioProject:DevelopmentofIndigenousPhotodetectorsforWidebandPhotonicRFLinksPartners:DrTonyLindsay,DefenceScienceandTechnologyOrganisation;ProfessorM.
W.
Austin,RoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnology;I.
WillandA.
Hart,VisionAbellDrH.
H.
Tan,ProfessorC.
Jagadish;DrM.
J.
LedererandProfessorB.
Luther-Davies(LPC)Project:PassiveMode-LockingofSolidStateLasersUsingSemiconductorSaturableAbsorbersPartners:M.
Haiml,DrU.
SeignerandProfessorU.
Keller,ETH-ZurichProfessorC.
JagadishandDrH.
H.
TanProject:Electrical,OpticalandStructuralPropertiesofNon-StoichiometricGaAsPartner:ProfessorM.
Kaminska,WarsawUniversity,PolandProject:UltrafastOpticalSpectroscopyStudiesofNon-StoichiometricGaAsPartners:ProfessorA.
Krotkus,SemiconductorPhysicsInstitute,Vilnius,Lithuania;DrS.
Marcinkevicius,RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Stockholm,SwedenProject:ReactiveIonEtchingofGaNEpitaxialLayersPartner:DrG.
Li,LedexCorporation,TaiwanDrJ.
Wong-Leung,DrH.
H.
Tan,MrsS.
Fatima,ProfessorC.
JagadishandProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsProject:ElectronMicroscopyStudyofDefectsinIonImplantedSemiconductorsPartners:ProfessorD.
J.
H.
Cockayne,DrJ.
ZouandDrC.
T.
Chou,UniversityofSydney,DrJ.
FitzGerald,ResearchSchoolofEarthSciencesMrsS.
FatimaandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:StudyofMeVIonImplantedDefectGenerationinSiliconPartner:ProfessorB.
G.
Svensson,RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Kista-Stockholm,SwedenMs.
C.
Lobo,DrH.
H.
Tan,Ms.
L.
Fu,Ms.
C.
CarmodyandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:ElectronMicroscopyofEpitaxialSemiconductorStructuresPartners:ProfessorD.
J.
H.
Cockayne,DrJ.
Zou,J.
LiaoandD.
Q.
Cai,UniversityofSydneyMrS.
O.
Kucheyev,DrH.
H.
Tan,ProfessorC.
JagadishandProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsProject:IonImplantationinGalliumNitridePartners:ProfessorJ.
BaranowskiandProfessorM.
Kaminska,WarsawUniversityandDrT.
Suski,HighPressureResearchInstitute,Warsaw,PolandP.
N.
K.
Deenapanray,Ms.
LanFu,M.
I.
Cohen,DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:DefectsandDiffusioninIII-VCompoundSemiconductorsPartner:ProfessorR.
Cohen,UniversityofUtah,USADrH.
H.
Tan,DrS.
Yuan,Ms.
C.
Lobo,DrS.
I.
KimandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:CathodoluminescenceImagingofQuantumWiresandDotsPartners:DrM.
R.
PhillipsandM.
A.
StevensKalceff,UniversityofTechnologySydneyProfessorC.
Jagadish,DrH.
H.
TanandMs.
C.
LoboProject:ElectricalandOpticalCharacterizationofSelf-AssembledQuantumDotsPartners:DrA.
Babinski,DrA.
Wysmolek,MrT.
TomaszewiczandProfessorJ.
Baranowski,WarsawUniversity,PolandDrH.
H.
Tan,Ms.
L.
Fu,MsJ.
Hazel,DrA.
UddinandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:NoiseCharacteristicsofSemiconductorLasersPartners:ProfessorP.
Edwards,Assoc.
ProfessorW.
CheungandDrG.
French,FacultyofInformationScienceandEngineering,UniversityofCanberraMrP.
N.
K.
DeenapanrayProject:ProcessingInducedDefectsinSi,SixGe1-xandGaAsStudiedbyDLTSPartner:ProfessorF.
D.
Auret,UniversityofPretoria,SouthAfricaMrM.
I.
Cohen,DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:NovelProcessingofVerticalCavitySurfaceEmittingLasersPartners:DrA.
Allerman,DrK.
Choquette,SandiaNationalLabs;DrA.
Clark,Honeywell,DallasProfessorC.
Jagadish,DrH.
H.
Tan,Ms.
L.
Fu,MrS.
KucheyevandProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsProject:ProcessingofGaNBasedOptolectronicDevicesforBlueLightEmissionPartners:DrA.
G.
Li,MrT.
Wu,MrW-J.
ChungandMrC-H.
Lin,LedexCorporation,TaiwanMrS.
Kucheyev,ProfessorJ.
S.
Williams,DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:CathodoluminescenceandEnvironmentalSEMStudiesofIonImplantedGaNPartners:MrM.
TothandDrM.
Phillips,UniversityofTechnology,SydneyMsC.
Carmody,DrH.
H.
TanandProfessorC.
JagadishProject:StudyofSelfAssembledMonolayersofOrganicMoleculesonSemiconductorSurfacesPartners:DrV.
Braach-Maksvytis,DrB.
RaguseandDrG.
Griffiths,CSIROTelecommunicationsandIndustrialPhysics;DrL.
V.
DaoandProfessorM.
Gal,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrH.
TimmersProject:CompositionalIonBeamAnalysisofYBCOSuperconductingFilmsPartners:DrL.
WielunskiandDrC.
Foley,CSIROTelecommunications,LindfieldProfessorJ.
S.
Williams,MrM.
J.
Conway,MrP.
N.
K.
DeenapanrayandDrM.
PetravicProject:ImplantationProcessesandDefectsinSiliconPartners:DrR.
A.
Brown,NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology,USA;DrD.
J.
Eaglesham,LucentTechnologies,BellLab,NJ,USAProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsandMrM.
J.
ConwayProject:ImplantationintoBrittleMaterialsforImprovedThermalShockResistancePartner:DrV.
Gurarie,SchoolofPhysics,UniversityofMelbourneProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsProject:Ion-InducedEpitaxyinSiliconPartner:DrA.
Kinomura,DrN.
Fujii,OsakaNationalResearchInstitute,JapanProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsandDrR.
G.
EllimanProject:IonImplantationofSiliconPartner:DrR.
G.
Goldberg,UniversityofSalford,UKProfessorJ.
S.
Williams,DrM.
Petravic,MrM.
J.
ConwayandDrJ.
Wong-LeungProject:GetteringofMetalstoDefectonSiPartner:DrA.
Kinomura,DeptofMaterialPhysics,OsakaNationalResearchInstitute,JapanProfessorJ.
S.
Williams,ProfessorC.
Jagadish,DrH.
H.
TanandMr.
S.
O.
KucheyevProject:ImplantationProcessingofGaNLayersPartner:ProfessorS.
Pearton,UniversityofFlorida,USAProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsandMrX.
ZhuProject:Ion-InducedPhaseTransformationsinSiliconPartner:DrJ.
C.
McCallum,UniversityofMelbourneProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsandMrM.
J.
ConwayProject:IonBeamInducedEpitaxyUnderChannelingConditionsPartner:DrM.
Posselt,InstituteforIonBeamPhysicsandMaterialsResearch,FZR,Dresden,GermanyMrX.
F.
ZhuandProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsProject:NovelPhysicalPropertiesofNanocavitiesinSiliconPartner:ProfessorW.
Liu,ShanghaiInstituteofTechnicalPhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciencesProject:NovelPropertiesofNanostructuredSilverPartners:ProfessorL.
D.
Zhang,InstituteofSolidStatePhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciences;ProfessorX.
J.
Wu,ShejiangUniversity,ChinaLaserPhysicsCentreDrK.
G.
H.
Baldwin&DrM.
D.
Hoogerland(AtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratories)Project:UltracoldAtomicCollisionsPartner:DrI.
Whittingham,JamesCookUniversityProject:MeasurementofHe1s–2sTransitionPartners:DrT.
Lucatorto,NIST,Maryland,USA;ProfessorT.
J.
McIlrath,UniversityofMaryland,USA;ProfessorE.
Eyler,UniversityofConneticut,USADrR.
ChartersProject:LaserWrittenOrmosilWaveguideComponentsPartners:ProfessorY.
MoreauandDrP.
Coudray,UniversityofMontpellier,FranceDrW.
KrolikowskiProject:IncoherentSolitonsPartner:DrO.
Bang,TechnicalUniversityDenmark,Copenhagen,DenmarkProject:DynamicsofSolitonInteractioninPhotorefractiveMediaPartners:ProfessorT.
TschudiandDrC.
Denz,TechnicalUniversityofDarmstadt,Darmstadt,GermanyProject:ScreeningSolitonsinPhotorefractiveWaveguidesPartner:DrA.
Bledowski,InstituteofPhysics,PolishAcademyofSciences,Warsaw,PolandDrM.
LedererProject:UltrafastNonlinearOpticalAbsorptioninIon-implantedGaAsPartners:MrM.
Haiml,DrU.
SiegnerandProfessorU.
Keller,InstituteofQuantumelectronics,SwissFederalInstituteofTechnology,ETHZuerichProfessorB.
Luther-Davies,DrA.
V.
RodeandDrM.
SamocProject:LightInducedStructuralPhaseTransitionsinConfiningGalliumFilmsProducedbyUltrafastLaserAblationandtheirOptoelectronicApplicationsPartner:DrN.
I.
Zheludev,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy,UniversityofSouthampton,UKDrN.
B.
MansonProject:Off-CentreIonsPartners:DrH.
Reisen,DepartmentofChemistry,UNSW-ADFA;MrV.
Bursian,A.
F.
Ioffe,Physico-TechnicalInstitute,AcademyofSciences,RussiaDrN.
B.
Manson,DrJ.
P.
D.
MartinandDrM.
J.
SellarsProject:PhaseSensitiveRamanHeterodyneDetectionPartner:ProfessorD.
SuiterandMrR.
Neuhaus,UniversittDortmund,GermanyDrA.
V.
RodeProject:Electron-EnergyLossSpectraofCarbonNano-FoamProducedbyUltrafastLaserAblationPartner:ProfessorD.
R.
MacKenzie,SchoolofPhysics,UniversityofSydney,NSW,AustraliaDrA.
V.
RodeandProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesProject:UltrafastLaserAblationandDepositionofThinFilmsPartner:ProfessorE.
G.
Gamaly,DepartamentodeFisica,UniversidadAutonomaMetropolitana-Iztapalapa,Mexico(untilAugust),DepartmentofAppliedMathematics,RSPhysSE,ANU(fromAugust).
ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)82DrA.
Samoc,DrM.
SamocandProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesProject:NonlinearOpticalPropertiesofSubstitutedPoly(phenylenevinylenes)Partner:ProfessorH.
-H.
Hoerhold,UniversityofJena,GermanyDrA.
Samoc,DrM.
Samoc,ProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesandDrR.
ChartersProject:NovelOrmosilMaterialsforPhotonicsPartner:DrG.
Atkins,OFTC,UniversityofSydneyDrM.
Samoc,DrA.
SamocandProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesProject:NLOPropertiesofPoly(indenofluorene)Partner:DrU.
Scherf,Max-Planck-Institut,Mainz,GermanyNuclearPhysicsDrA.
P.
ByrneProject:DevelopmentofanIonImplanterforRadioiso-topesPartner:AssociateProfessorD.
H.
Chaplin,UniversityCollege,ADFA,UNSWProject:HyperfineInteractionStudiesofSemiconductorMaterialsPartner:DrR.
Vianden,ISKP,UniversityofBonn,GermanyProject:ProductionofIsotopesforCancerTherapyPartners:ProfessorB.
AllenandDrG.
Goozee,St.
GeorgeCancerCareCentre,NSWDrA.
P.
ByrneandProfessorG.
D.
DracoulisProject:SpectroscopyofNeutronRichNucleiNearandAbove208PbStudiedusingDeepInelasticReactionsPartners:DrG.
J.
Lane,LawrenceBerkeleyLaboratory,California,USA;ProfessorR.
Broda,INP,Krakow,Poland;DrR.
V.
F.
Janssens,ArgonneNationalLaboratory,Illinois,USADrA.
P.
Byrne,DrA.
M.
Baxter(TheFaculties)andProfessorG.
D.
DracoulisProject:SpectroscopyofNeutronDeficientLeadandThalliumNucleiPartner:ProfessorR.
Julin,UniversityofJyvaskyla,FinlandDrR.
G.
CresswellProject:EnvironmentalIsotopesinAridZoneGroundwatersPartners:DrG.
JacobsonandDrS.
Hostetler,BureauofRuralSciences;DrD.
Hilton,UCSanDiego;DrA.
Herczeg,CSIROLandandWaterDrR.
G.
CresswellandDrL.
K.
FifieldProject:MeasuringGroundwaterFlowinFracturedRocksintheClareValley,SouthAustraliaPartners:DrP.
Cook,DrA.
HerczegandDrF.
Leaney,CSIROLandandWater(Adelaide)Project:GroundwaterFlowandRechargeProcessesontheWesternMarginoftheGreatArtesianBasinPartner:DrA.
Love,SouthAustralianDepartmentofPrimaryIndustryandResourcesProject:SustainabilityofGroundwaterSuppliesinCentralAustraliaandNepalPartner:DrG.
Jacobsen,AGSOProject:HydrochemistryoftheMainArtesianAquiferintheGreatArtesianBasinPartners:DrB.
Radke,DrJ.
Ferguson,DrM.
A.
HabermehlandDrT.
Ransley,BureauofRuralSciencesDrM.
Dasgupta,DrD.
J.
Hinde,DrC.
R.
Morton,R.
D.
ButtandA.
C.
BerrimanProject:FusionofLightIonswithHeavyNucleiNeartheFusionBarrierPartners:ProfessorP.
R.
S.
Gomes,UniversityofFluminense,Niterói,Brazil;ProfessorA.
SzantodeToledo,UniversityofSaoPaolo,BrazilDrM.
Dasgupta,DrD.
J.
HindeandDrC.
R.
MortonProject:InfluenceofProjectileBreakuponFusionPartner:DrK.
Hagino,UniversityofWashington,Seattle,USADrM.
DasguptaandDrD.
J.
HindeProject:ApplicationsofFusionBarrierDistributionsPartner:ProfessorN.
Rowley,InstitutdeRecherchesSubatomiques,Strasbourg,FranceDrM.
Dasgupta,DrD.
J.
HindeandDrC.
R.
MortonProject:All-orderCoupledChannelsCalculationsPartner:ProfessorI.
J.
Thompson,UniversityofSurrey,Guildford,UKProfessorG.
D.
DracoulisProject:High-KIsomersPartners:ProfessorP.
M.
Walker,UniversityofSurrey,UK;DrD.
M.
Cullen,UniversityofLiverpool,UKProject:High-KIsomersinHafniumPartners:DrF.
G.
KondevandDr.
R.
Janssens,ArgonneNationalLaboratory,USAProject:SpectroscopyofVeryHeavyNucleiPartners:ProfessorJ.
F.
Sharpey-Schafer,NationalAcceleratorCentre,SouthAfrica;ProfessorP.
A.
Butler,UniversityofLiverpool,UKProfessorG.
D.
DracoulisandDrA.
P.
ByrneProject:SpectroscopyofHeavyNucleiPartner:ProfessorA.
R.
Poletti,UniversityofAuckland,NZDrL.
K.
Fifield,DrR.
G.
CresswellandDrP.
A.
HausladenProject:UptakeandLong-TermRetentionof99TcinHumansPartner:DrJ.
P.
Day,ManchesterUniversity,UKProject:TracingReleasesofPlutoniumfromtheMayakProductionPlant,SouthernUrals,RussiaPartner:DrD.
Oughton,AgriculturalUniversityofNorwayProject:Measurementsof59Ni,36Cland41CainFragmentsoftheCanyonDiabloMeteoritePartner:ProfessorG.
Herzog,RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,NewJersey,USADrL.
K.
FifieldandDrR.
G.
CresswellProject:UptakebyHumansofPlutoniumPartner:ProfessorN.
D.
Priest,MiddlesexUniversity,UKProject:Long-TermRetentionandExcretionofPlutoniumbytheHumanFemalePartners:DrD.
NewtonandDrR.
J.
Talbot,AEATechnology,Harwell,UKProject:HydrogeologicalStudiesofClayAquifersinNorth-WestEuropeusing36ClPartner:DrJ.
-L.
Michelot,UniversitedeParisSud,Orsay,FranceProject:RetreatRateoftheDrakensbergEscarpment,SEAfrica,Using36ClProducedInSituPartner:ProfessorM.
Summerfield,UniversityofEdinburgh,ScotlandProject:DatingofIceinTemperate-RegionGlacierswith32SiPartners:DrU.
MorgensternandDrA.
Zondevan,GeologicalandNuclearSciences,LowerHutt,NewZealandProject:TheHistoryofFiresintheAmazonduringtheHolocenePartners:ProfessorP.
R.
GomesandDrG.
dosSantos,UniversidadeFederalFluminense,Niterói,BrazilProfessorT.
R.
OphelandDrH.
TimmersProject:HeavyIonDetectionwithThinSi-DetectorsPartners:DrR.
G.
Elliman,EME;DrH.
WhitlowandY.
Zhang,LundInstituteofTechnology,Lund,SwedenProject:EvaluationoftheEfficacyofNRAandERDintheCharacterizationonSiONFilmsPartners:DrR.
G.
Elliman,EME;S.
Walker,McMasterUniversity,Ontario,CanadaProject:HydrogenDetectionwithHeavyIonERDPartners:DrR.
G.
Elliman,EME;L.
Wielunski,CSIROTelecommunicationsandIndustrialPhysics,Lindfield,NSWDrA.
E.
StuchberyProject:TriaxialRotorModelandU(6/20)SupersymmetryDescriptionsof191Irand193IrPartners:DrS.
Kuyucak,DepartmentofTheoreticalPhysics,ANU;DrP.
VanIsacker,GANIL,France;DrE.
Bezakova,RoyalAdelaideHospitalProject:MeasurementofNuclearg-FactorsandInvestigationofTransientMagneticFieldsPartner:ProfessorH.
H.
Bolotin,UniversityofMelbourneProject:NuclearMomentsandStructureChangesinExoticNucleiPartner:DrP.
F.
Mantica,MichiganStateUniversity,USAProject:NuclearStructurethroughMeasurementsofg-FactorsinevenXeIsotopesbyProjectileExcitationPartners:ProfessorN.
Benczer-Koller,RutgersUniversity,USA;ProfessorK.
-H.
Speidel,UniversityofBonn,Germany;DrA.
Aprahamian,NotreDame,USA;DrAMacchiavelli,LawrenceBerkeleyLaboratory,USAProject:In-BeamStudiesofLocalMagnetismusingRecoilImplantationPartners:DrA.
A.
TulapurkarandDrS.
N.
Mishra,TataInstitute,IndiaDrH.
TimmersProject:CompositionalIonBeamAnalysisofYBCOSuperconductingFilmsPartners:L.
WielunskiandC.
Foley,CSIROTelecommu-nications,LindfieldOpticalSciencesCentreDrN.
AkhmedievProject:ObservationofPolarization-LockedVectorSolitonsinanOpticalFiberPartners:DrS.
T.
Cundiff,UniversityofColorado,USA;DrsB.
C.
CollingsandW.
H.
Knox,LucentTechnologies,USA;DrJ.
M.
Soto-Crespo,InstitutodeOptica,Spain;DrK.
Bergman,PrincetonUniversity,USAProject:AsymmetricPartiallyCoherentSolitonsinSaturableNonlinearMediaPartners:DrW.
Krolikowski,LaserPhysicsCentre,ANU;DrN.
M.
LitchinitserandProfessorG.
PAgrawal,TheInstituteofOpticsandRochesterTheoryCenterofOpticalScienceandEngineering,UniversityofRochester,USAProject:DynamicsofQuadraticSolitonExcitationPartners:DrD.
ArtigasandDrL.
Torner,PolytechnicUniversityofCatalonia,SpainProject:MultisolitonRegimeofPulseGenerationbyLasersPassivelyMode-LockedwithaSlowSaturableAbsorberPartners:DrJ.
M.
Soto-Crespo,InstitutodeOptica,SpainProject:Multi-PulseOperationofaTi:SapphireLaserMode-LockedbyanIon-ImplantedSemiconductorSaturableAbsorberMirrorPartners:ProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesandDrM.
J.
Lederer,LaserPhysicsCentre,DrsH.
H.
TanandC.
Jagadish,ElectronicsMaterialsEngineering,ANU;DrJ.
M.
Soto-Crespo,InstitutodeOptica,SpainProject:Multi-ComponentPulseGenerationandPropagationinOpticalFibersPartner:DrG.
Town,UniversityofSydneyProject:MultilevelSolitonOTDMDenseWavelengthDivisionMultiplexingUltra-HighBandwidthTransmissionSystemPartners:ProfessorP.
Chu,UniversityofNewSouthWales;ProfessorM.
Ablowitz,andDr.
S.
Chakravarty,UniversityofColorado,USA;ProfessorW.
Song,ShanghaiJiaotongUniversityChinaDrsN.
AkhmedievandA.
AnkiewiczProject:HamiltonianversusEnergyDiagramsinSolitonTheoryPartner:ProfessorR.
Grimshaw,MonashUniversityProject:NewApproachtoStabilityof2DBeamsinNonlinearMediaPartner:ProfessorP.
Chu,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrA.
AnkiewiczProject:AnnealingPropertiesofHC-PECVDGermanosilicaandtheirApplicationtoDevicePost-TuningPartner:DrsM.
BazylenkoandB.
Wu,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrsA.
AnkiewiczandN.
AkhmedievProject:SingularityAnalysis,BalanceEquationsandSolitonSolutionofNonlocalComplexGinzburg-LandauEquationPartner:ProfessorP.
Winternitz,UniversityofMontreal,CanadaProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharProject:ParametricWaveInteractionsandParametricSolitonsPartners:ProfessorR.
SammutandDrA.
Buryak,AustralianDefenceForceAcademy,UniversityCollege,UniversityofNewSouthWalesProject:SolitonStabilityinDiscreteModelsPartner:DrM.
Johansson,TheSwedishNationalAcademyofSciences,SwedenProject:KinkDynamicsinDiscreteLatticesPartner:DrA.
Champneys,DepartmentofEngineeringMathematics,UniversityofBristol,Bristol,UKProject:DynamicsofMagneticSolitonsinThinFilmsPartners:ProfessorA.
Slavin,DepartmentofPhysics,OaklandUniversity,USA;ProfessorH.
Benner,DarmstadtTechnicalUniversity,Darmstadt,GermanyProject:ParametricSolitonsinQPMSuperlatticesPartners:DrOleBangandProfessorP.
L.
Christiansen,TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Lyngby,DenmarkProject:MultistepCascadingandMulticolourSolitonsPartner:ProfessorS.
Saltiel,DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofSofia,Sofia,BulgariaResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199983National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)Project:StabilityoftheBose-EinsteinCondensateswithAttractiveInteractionPartner:DrL.
Berge,CommissariataL'Energie,FranceProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharandDrE.
A.
OstrovskayaProject:Bose-EinsteinCondensationPartners:ProfessorsD.
AndersonandM.
Lisak,DepartmentofElectromagneticTheory,ChalmersTechnicalUniversity,Goetheborg,SwedenProject:InteractionofVectorSolitonsPartners:DrZhigangChen,SanFranciscoStateUniversity,SanFrancisco,USA;ProfessorM.
Segev,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering,PrincetonUniversity,USAProject:MultidimensionalVectorSolitonsPartners:ProfessorsD.
AndersonandM.
Lisak,DepartmentofElectromagneticTheory,ChalmersTechnicalUniversity,Goetheborg,SwedenProject:InstabilityofMultidimensionalVectorSolitonsPartners:ProfessorV.
Perez-GarciaandMrGarcia-Ripoll,DepartamentodeMatematicas,UniversidaddeCastilla-LaManch,SpainProfessorJ.
D.
LoveProject:PlanarLightwaveCircuitsProgramPartners:UniversityofNewSouthWales;RMITUniversity;Melbourne;UniversityofSydney;RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Stockholm;EricssonAustraliaPtyLtdProject:Add/DropOpticalWavelengthFiltersPartner:OFTAssociates,USA;DepartmentofCommunications,CanadaProject:CharacterisationofOpticalFibreCouplersPartner:AOFRPtyLtd;UniversityofMelbournePlasmaResearchLaboratoryDrB.
D.
BlackwellandDrJ.
HowardProject:SoftX-rayMeasurementsonH-1NFPartner:AssociateProfessorA.
D.
Cheetham,UniversityofCanberraDrG.
G.
Borg,DrI.
V.
KamenskiandDrD.
G.
MiljakProject:RFPlasmaWaveStudiesinH-1NFPartner:DrT.
Seki,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,JapanDrG.
G.
BorgandProfessorJ.
H.
HarrisProject:PlasmaAntennaConceptDevicePartner:Dr.
N.
M.
Martin,Defence,ScienceandTechnologyOrganisationProfessorR.
W.
BoswellandSP3GroupProject:StereoDigitalVideoPartner:CompucatProject:HAREPartners:ProfessorD.
MacKenzie,DrB.
JamesandDrI.
Falconer,UniversityofSydneyProject:EtchingofSi/GeFilmsPartner:ProfessorG.
Turban,UniversityofNantes,FranceProject:PlasmaDepositionofPalladiumPartner:DrP.
Brault,UniversityofOrleans,FranceDrJ.
HowardProject:PhaseSensitivityPolarimetryforMeasurementofPlasmaDensityandFinitePressureEffectsinTorastronCHSPartner:DrK.
Tanaka,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,JapanProject:FibreOpticProbesforPlasmaDiagnosticsPartners:MrV.
EverettandProfessorG.
Woolsey,UniversityofNewEnglandProject:MeasurementofElectricFieldinH-1NFUsingLaserInducedFluorescenceTechniquesPartners:DrB.
ZhangandAssociateProfessorB.
W.
James,UniversityofSydneyProject:CurrentProfileDiagnosticsforNSTXPartner:ProfessorR.
Katia,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLaboratory,USADrM.
G.
ShatsProject:ElectronCyclotronHeatingofPlasmainStellaratorsPartner:DrK.
Nagasaki,KyotoUniversity,JapanProject:HighConfinementStudiesinStellaratorsPartner:ProfessorK.
Toi,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,JapanProject:DevelopmentofaQuasi-OpticalTransmissionLineforaHigh-PowerMicrowaveGyrotronPartner:ProfessorM.
Sato,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,Nagoya,JapanProject:ApplicationofNovelSignalAnalysisTechniquestothePlasmaTurbulencePartner:DrX.
H.
Shi,CentralQueenslandUniversityDrT.
E.
SheridanProject:SimulationsofSheathDynamicsduringPlasma-BasedIonImplantationPartner:ProfessorP.
K.
Chu,CityUniversityofHongKongProject:ModellingtheLaunching,PropagationandInteractionofIon-AcousticSolitonsPartner:ProfessorK.
E.
Lonngren,UniversityofIowa,USATheoreticalPhysicsDrM.
P.
DasProject:ElectronCorrelationandMetal-InsulatorTransitionPartner:ProfessorD.
Neilson,UniversityofNewSouthWalesProject:FluctuationsinMesoscopicSystemsPartner:DrF.
Green,CSIRO,SydneyProject:MagneticPropertiesofHigh-TcSuperconductorsPartner:ProfessorS.
X.
Dou,UniversityofWollongongProject:ElectronicStructureofMetallicOxidesPartner:DrK.
Kokko,UniversityofTurku,FinlandProfessorR.
L.
DewarProject:TextonFluidandPlasmaDynamicsPartner:ProfessorR.
J.
Hosking,UniversityofBruneiProject:FermiAccelerationinECRPlasmasPartner:DrC.
I.
Ciubotariu,UniversityofLethbridge,CanadaProject:ImplementationofQuadratic-FluxMinimisingCurvesinthePIESCodePartners:DrS.
R.
Hudson,UniversityofWisconsin,USA;DrD.
A.
Monticello,PPPL,Princeton,NJ,USADrH.
J.
GardnerProject:ResistiveMagnetohydrodynamicSpectraforTokamakandStellaratorPlasmasPartner:ProfessorR.
G.
Storer,SchoolofChemistry,PhysicsandEarthSciences,TheFlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaDrM.
GulacsiProject:ImpurityEffectsinMesoscopicSystemsPartners:ProfessorA.
RosengrenandMrA.
Juozapavicius,RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden;DrS.
Caprara,UniversityofRome,ItalyProject:EffectsofPhononsonMagneticImpuritiesPartners:DrA.
R.
Bishop,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USA;DrA.
Bussmann-Holder,Max-PlanckInstitut,Stuttgart,German;DrG.
Honner,Ben-GurionUniversity,IsraelProject:ClusterFormationinRandomSpinSystemsPartner:ProfessorZs.
Gulacsi,UniversityofDebrecen,HungaryProject:Metal-InsulatorTransitioninStronglyCorrelatedElectronSystems.
Partners:ProfessorK.
S.
Bedell,BostonCollege;DrJ.
Gubernatis,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USADrA.
S.
KheifetsProject:ConvergentClose-CouplingTheoryofDoubleIonisationbyPhotonandElectronImpactPartner:DrI.
Bray,FlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaProject:ElectronMomentumDensityStudiesinMetalsandMetalOxidesPartner:DrM.
Ford,FlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaProject:ElectronImpactDoubleIonisationoftheHeliumAtomPartner:ProfessorA.
Lahmam-Bennani,UniversityofParis–OrsayProject:CoincidentComptonScatteringfromSolidsPartner:ProfessorF.
Bell,UniversityofMunichProject:CircularDichroisminAtomicDoublePhotoionisationPartner:ProfessorA.
Yagishita,PhotonFactory,HighEnergyAcceleratorResearchOrganizationDrS.
Y.
KunProject:SpontaneousCoherenceandNonequilibriumPhaseTransitionsinComplexMicroscopicandMesoscopicSystemsPartner:ProfessorH.
A.
Weidenmüller,Max-PlanckInstituteforNuclearResearch,Heidelberg,GermanyProject:MacroscopicSchrdinger-CatStatesinComplexMany-BodyQuantumSystemsPartners:DrA.
V.
Vagov,UniversityofWesternAustralia;DrO.
K.
Vorov,UniversityofSaoPaulo,BrazilDrS.
Y.
KunandDrB.
A.
RobsonProject:SpontaneousClusteringandSlowDecoherenceinHighlyExcitedComplexQuantumSystemsPartner:DrA.
V.
Vagov,UniversityofWesternAustraliaDrS.
KuyucakProject:MagneticDipolePropertiesinCollectiveNucleiPartner:ProfessorB.
R.
Barrett,UniversityofArizonaMrI.
McCullochProject:StronglyCorrelatedElectronSystemsandDensityMatrixRenormalizationGroupMethodsPartner:ProfessorA.
Rosengren,DepartmentofPhysics/TheoreticalPhysics,RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,SwedenDrB.
A.
RobsonProject:FissionandFusionReactionsPartner:ProfessorG.
DoDang,UniversitédeParisSud,FranceProject:AntiprotonScatteringPartner:ProfessorZhangYu-shun,InstituteofHighEnergyPhysics,AcademiaSinica,Beijing,PRChinaDrS.
ScottProject:GravitationalWaveDataAnalysisPartners:ProfessorD.
McClelland,ANU;ProfessorB.
Whiting,UniversityofFlorida,USA(ThereisaMemorandumofUnderstandingwithLIGOforthisProject)DrW.
S.
WoolcockProject:ElectromagneticCorrectionstoHadronicProcessesPartners:A.
Gashi,DrE.
MatsinosandProfessorG.
Rasche,UniversityofZürich,Switzerland;ProfessorG.
C.
Oades,UniversityofAarhus,DenmarkResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(CollaborativeVentures)84CollaborativeAgreementsandMoUInternationalCollaborativeAgreementsTheSchoolholds37internationalcollaborative/cooperativeagreementsand/ormemorandumsofunderstandingwiththefollowinginstitutionsandorganisations:SamsungElectronicsCo.
Ltd,KoreaShanghaiInstituteofTechnicalPhysics(SITP),ChineseAcademyofSciencesThePhysicsDepartment,UniversityofPretoriaInstituteofAdvancedEnergy,Kyoto,JapanTsinghuaUniversity,Beijing,ChinaTheEuropeanUnion-AustraliaScience&TechnologyAgreement,DISTDeutscherAkademischerAustauschdienst(DAAD)ExchangeServiceANU-Engineering&PhysicalSciencesResearchCouncilAgree-ment(ANU-EPSRC),UK(TheANU-EPSRCagreementineffectcoversarangeofUKuniversities)BeijingUniversity,ChinaNationalInstituteforFusionScience,Nagoya,JapanLockheedMartinEnergyResearchCorporation,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory,USAL'EcolePolytechnique,Paris,FranceRoyalInstituteofTechnology,StockholmEricssonComponentsAB,StockholmBritishTelecomLaboratories,UKCambridgeUniversity,UKTelecomKorea,SeoulOFTAssociates,USADepartmentofCommunications,OttawaATLASAcceleratorFacility,ArgonneNationalLaboratory,USAPhysicsDivision,LawrenceBerkeleyLaboratory,USAHHRIF,OakRidgeNationalLabora-tory,USAPhysicsDepartment,UniversityofJyvaskyla,FinlandNationalAcceleratorFacilityandFRD,SouthAfricaGANILIN2P3,FranceHahn-MeitnerInstitute,Berlin,GermanyRCNP,Osaka,JapanInstituteofNuclearPhysics,Leuven,BelgiumEricssonFibreOpticResearchCentre,StockholmBritishTelecomResearchLaborato-ries,UKBellLaboratories,USALucentTechnologies(anoffshootofBellLabs)PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLaboratory,PrincetonUniversity,USAStanfordLinearAcceleratorCenter,StanfordSychrotronRadiationLaboratory,USAInstituteofMathematicsModelling,TechnicalUniversityofDenmarkCOBRAInter-UniversiyResearchInstituteonCommunicationTechnol-ogy,EindhovenUTech,TheNether-landsNationalLaboratoryforInfraredPhysics,ShanghaiInstituteofTechnicalPhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciences,RPCNationalCollaborativeAgreementsfrom1994TheSchoolholds28nationalcollaborativeagreementsundertheIAS/OtherAustralianUniversityCollaborationSchemeandhasvariousindependentagreementswithAustralianindustries:RoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnologyMacquarieUniversityLaTrobeUniversityUniversityofNewcastleTheUniversityofCanberraTheUniversityWollongongUniversityQueenslandTheUniversityofSouthAustraliaGriffithUniversityCurtinUniversityofTechnology,WesternAustraliaUniversityofNewEnglandUniversityCollege,Canberra,UniversityofNewSouthWalesMonashUniversity,VictoriaJamesCookUniversity,QueenslandUniversityofMelbourneUniversityofNewSouthWalesTheUniversitySydneyCentralQueenslandUniversityFlindersUniversityofSouthAustraliaUniversityofWesternAustraliaFacultyofBusinessandTechnology,UniversityofWesternSydneyAGENPtyLtdEricssonAustraliaPtyLtd,Mel-bourneAOFRPtyLtd,Fyshwick,ACTSiemensLtd,SydneyPhotonicTechnologiesPtyLtd,SydneyHypatiaAnalyticThoughtPtyLtd,MelbourneThePowerhouse,MuseumofAppliedArts&Sciences,SydneyResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199985National&InternationalLinks(GrantsandContracts)NationalandInternationalLinksOutsideGrantsandContractsAppliedMathematicsANSTODrW.
KaczmarekXRDandXAFSStudyofCobaltDopedNanocrystallineFebruary1999$4180DETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)DrV.
S.
CraigAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipFebruary1999toFebruary2002$177,009DrT.
J.
SendenAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipMarch1997toMarch2000$181,302DrD.
R.
M.
WilliamsQueenElizabethIIResearchFellowshipOctober1994toSeptember1999(transferredtoFacultiesJuly1998)$330,200IREXAwardDrM.
A.
KnackstedtTravelGrant(withW.
B.
Lindquist,SUNYStonyBrookUSA)$5,000KAO,TokyoResearchCentre-TrainingContractProfessorS.
T.
HydeVisitingFellow-DrS.
Watanabe:Counter-ionSpecificityofCationicSurfactantsinAqueousSolutionsNovember1998toNovember1999$41,720ProctorandGambleCompanyProfessorsJ.
S.
WilliamsandS.
T.
HydeBallMillingofOxidePigmentsJanuary1999toFebruary1999(HeldjointlywithDepartmentofElectronicMaterialsEngineering)USD$7,000UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrM.
A.
KnackstedtJanuary1998–onwards$20,000AtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesCSIROProfessorL.
ChaddertonSwiftIonsProjectAugust1998toAugust2003$150,000DETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)DrR.
J.
GulleyAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipMarch1998toFebruary2001$164,000DrD.
R.
A.
LunAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipJanuary1997toJanuary2000$178,263ProfessorH.
ChoInternationalResearchFellowJune1999toMay2000$97278DrM.
VosQueenElizabethIIResearchFellowshipNovember1996toJune2001$308,216DETYA(ARCLargeResearchGrants)DrB.
R.
LewisandDrS.
T.
GibsonDevelopmentofanInnovativeQuantum-mechanicalModefortheInteractionofSolarVacuumUltrvioletRadiationwiththeEarth'sAtmosphereJanuary1998toDecember1999$133,000(HeldjointlywithAdelaideUniversity)In1999,theSchool'sannualrecurrentgrantof$13.
7mwassupplementedbyadditionalincomefromtheUniversity'sMajorEquipmentCommittee'sfunds($700k),thePerformanceandPlanningFund($1m),fromfullfeepayingstudents($101k)andbyasignificantnumberofoutsidegrantsfromavarietyofsources.
Thesegrants,whichareshownbelow,reflecttheSchool'sincomeopportunitiesandsomeofitscollaborativeactivities.
DETYA(ResearchInfrastructureEquipment&Facilities-RIEF)ProfessorS.
J.
BuckmanNationalFacilityforCollisionStudiesofMoleculesandRadicalsofTechnologicalInterestJanuary1999toDecember1999$280,000(HeldjointlywithFlindersUniversity)DISRDrB.
Lewis13thInternationalConferenceonVacuumUltravioletRadiationPhysicsJanuary1998toAugust2001$4,955JapanSocietyforthePromotionofScienceProfessorS.
J.
BuckmanVisitingFellowship$10,000ScienceandTechnologyAgencyofJapan(STA)Dr.
A.
KheifetsVisitingFellowshipJune1999toJuly1999$14,571ElectronicMaterialsEngineeringANSTODrM.
RidgwayEXAFSCharacterisationofImplantation-InducedDisorderinCompoundSemiconductorsJanuary1999toJune1999$10,130AUSAID(IDPEducationAustralia)ProfessorC.
JagadishAustralia–ChinaInstitutionalLinksProgramSpectroscopyStudyofQuantumWiresandQuantumDotsGrownbyMetalOrganicChemicalVapourDepositions1996to1999$198,000Australia-KoreaFoundationDrR.
G.
EllimanLightEmissionfromSelf-assembledNanocrystalsinSiliconDioxideUnderstandingandApplicationsJuly1998toOctober1999$2,000DETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)DrG.
LiAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipFebruary1996toJanuary1999(resignedin1999)$159,165DrH.
TanAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipDecember1996toJanuary2000$161,568DrY.
J.
Wong-LeungAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipJanuary1998toDecember2000$164,000DrH.
TimmersAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipJune1999toJune2002$174,576(JointlywithNP)DETYA(ARC-InternationalResearcherExchangeProgram-IREX)Assoc.
ProfessorS.
H.
ChoiandDrR.
G.
EllimanLightEmissionfromSelf-AssembledNanaocrystalsinSiliconDioxide:UnderstandingandApplicationsJanuary1999toSeptember1999$60,203DrY.
J.
ParkandProfessorC.
JagadishFabricationofPhotonicDevicesusingSemiconductorNanostructuresJanuary2000toDecember2000$79,478DETYA(ARCLargeResearchGrants)UniversityofCanberraProfessorC.
JagadishFabricationandTestingofLowNoiseSemiconductorLasers1998to2000$228,000ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(GrantsandContracts)86UniversityofNewcastleDrM.
PetravicSurfaceAnalysisusingaFreeElectronLaser1999to2002$120,000UniversityofNewSouthWalesProfessorC.
JagadishQuantumWellIntermixinginInPBasedOptoelectronicMaterialsandDevices1999to2001$223,000UniversityofWollongongProfessorC.
JagadishForInfraredLaserGenerationfromOpticallyandElectricallyPumpedSemiconductorQuantumWellSystems1998to2000$150,000DETYA(ResearchInfrastructureEquipmentandFacilities-RIEF)DrR.
EllimanIonAcceleratorforMaterialsCharacterisation$332,000January1999toDecember1999ProfessorC.
JagadishMOCVDReactorfortheGrowthofIII-VCompoundSemiconductorsJanuary1999toDecember1999$1,100,000DETYA(StrategicPartnershipswithIndustry,ResearchandTraining-SPIRT)ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsIndentationStudiesofSemiconductorThinFilmsJanuary1999toJanuary2002$62,268AustralianScientificInstrumentsProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsContributiontotheSPIRTProgramJanuary1999toJanuary2002$15,000DISRProfessorJ.
WilliamsBilateralScience&TechnologyProgram:ImprovedGetteringProcessesinSiandDevicePerformanceJuly1998toApril1999$8,700ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsTargetingResearchAlliances-DevelopingaStrategyforCooperativeMaterialsTechnologyProjectswithChinaJune1999toOctober1999$30,000ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsTargetingResearchAlliances–BusinessModel1999to2000$65,000ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsTargetingResearchAlliances–MaterialNetwork1999to2000$113.
000ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsUSAsiaPacificMaterialWorkshop1998to1999$40,000DSTOVisionAbellContractProfessorC.
JagadishDevelopmentofIndigenousPhotodetectorsforRFPhotonicLinks1999to2000$90,000LaserPhysicsCentreABBTransmissionandDistributionPtyLtd-NSWElectricityTransmission(TRANSGRID)ProfessorB.
Luther-Daviesetal.
HighVoltageOpticalFibreSensingApril1998toMarch1999$102,600DETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)DrM.
J.
SellarsAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipFebruary1998toJanuary2001$164,000DrC.
J.
WeiAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipJune1996toJune1999$175,000DrA.
V.
RodeQueenElizabethIIResearchFellowshipJune1996toDecember2000$385,000DEETYA(IREXAward)ProfessorByeong-SooBae,KAIST,KoreaPhotosensitiveORMOSILMaterialsforPlanarWaveguideApplications$61,060ProfessorJ.
HarrisNationalPlasmaFusionResearchFacilityMay1996toDecember1999$30,000UniversityofCanberraProfessorJ.
HarrisPlasmaFusionNationalResearchFacilityMay1996toDecember1999$30,000UniversityofCentralQueenslandProfessorJ.
HarrisPlasmaFusionNationalResearchLaboratryMay1996toDecember1999$30,000UniversityofSydneyProfessorJ.
HarrisPlasmaFusionNationalResearchLaboratryMay1996toDecember1999$45,000(TheabovegrantsaretosupportaTechnicalOfficerattachedtoNationalPlasmaFusionProject)UniversityofSydneyDrG.
G.
BorgandDrD.
J.
MiljakTechnicalOfficerSupport$25,000DSTOProfessorJ.
Harris,DrsG.
G.
BorgandN.
M.
MartinResearchAgreementProductionofaDemonstrationPlasmaAntenna$37,000MuseumofAppliedArtsandSciencesProfessorR.
W.
Boswell,DrsH.
J.
GardnerandR.
GingoldSoftwareLicenceAgreement-PowerhouseJune1999toJune2000$25,000TheoreticalPhysicsAirForceOfficeofScientificResearch-UnitedStatesAirforceDrI.
B.
TalaninaUltrafastOpticalLogicwithSemiconductorNonlinearDirectionalCouplers1998toApril2000US$54,060DETYA(AustraliaResearchCouncil)DrM.
GulacsiQueenElizabethIIResearchFellowshipJune1995toMay2000$364,300DISRProfessorR.
L.
DewarHighPerformanceComputingandAdvancedVisualisationinPlasmaPhysicsResearchMay1999toJune1999$14,000IndustrialResearchAlliancesProgram-IRAPDrM.
GulacsiImpurityEffectsinMesoscopicSystemsJuly1999toMarch2000$20,000DrM.
GulacsiTargetResearchAlliancesProgram$10,000InstitutionofEngineersProfessorR.
L.
DewarInternationalConferenceonPlasmaPhysics(ICPP2002)June1998toNovember2002$5,000SchoolElectronicsUnitDETYA(ResearchInfrastructureEquipment&Facilities-RIEF)DrT.
RhymesElectricalDischargingMachineFacility$170,000GeneralEndowmentsJanuary1999toDecember1999FundsforConferences,SummerSchoolsandWorkshopsFebruary1996toDecember2000$20,000DonationfrompersonalestateJune1997indefinite$103,000NamedScholarshipsandPrizesJagadishwarMahantyPrizeFundstobematchedbyUniversityEndowmentFundDETYA(StrategicPartnershipswithIndustry,ResearchandTraining–SPIRT)DrR.
ChartersDesign,Fabrication&EvaluationofPlanarLightwaveCircuitsinOrganicallyModifiedSilicateGlassesforTelecommunicationsandOtherApplicationsJune1999toJune2002$220,132(AOFRContribution)$54,000ProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesShortPulseLaserforRangingApplicationsIncorporatingSemiconductorSaturableAbsorberJune1999toJune2002$151,223(EOScontribution)$45,000DISRProfessorB.
Luther-Daviesetal.
GrantforAustralianPhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentre(Canberranode)April1992toJune1999$2,695,197NuclearPhysicsANSTOProfessorG.
DracoulisAccesstoMajorResearchFacilitiesProgram-VisittoArgonneNationalLaboratory$10,207December1999DETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)DrM.
DasguptaQueenElizabethIIResearchFellowshipApril1998toMarch2003$360,000DETYA(ResearchInfrastructureEquipmentandFacilities-RIEF)ProfessorG.
DracoulisEnhancedDataAcquisitionSystemfortheDetectionofExoticNuclearStatesJanuary1999toDecember1999$355,000OpticalSciencesCentreDETYA(AustralianResearchCouncil)ProfessorJ.
D.
LoveandDrM.
Elias(AOFRPtyLtd)APRA(Industry)Scholarship:Grating-assistedandPostFusedTaperFibresS.
AshbyMarch1996toMarch1999$71,598ProfessorJ.
D.
LoveandDrM.
Elias(AOFRPtyLtd)APRA(Industry)Scholarship:PlanarOpticalDevicesforWavelengthDivisionMultiplexingK.
GaffFebruary1997toFebruary2000$71,598DrA.
V.
BuryakAustralianPostdoctoralResearchFellowshipJanuary1997toJanuary2000$165,000DETYAAustralianResearchCouncilLargeGrantDrsR.
Sammut[ADFA];A.
VBuryakandProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharParametricWaveMixinginNonlinearOpticsJanuary1998toJanuary2001$159,000(HeldjointlywithADFA)DISRInternationalScienceandTechnologyCollaboration(MajorGrants)ProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharandDrO.
BangAll-opticalSignalProcessinginQuadraticNonlinearMaterialsJuly1997toJune1999$32,000CentrefortheMindNewsLtdProfessorA.
W.
SnyderContributiontoResearchJuly1998toJune2001$150,000PlasmaResearchLaboratoryDISRProfessorJ.
Harrisetal.
NationalPlasmaFusionResearchFacilityDecember1995toDecember2001$8,700,000ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199987National&InternationalLinks(PhotonicsCRC)NationalandInternationalLinksTheAustralianPhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentre(CanberraDivision)TheAustralianPhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentre(APCRC)isanunincorporatedcollaborativeventure.
Itwasestablishedinitiallyin1992undertheCommonwealthGovernment'sCooperativeResearchCentreschemeanditsfundingwasrenewedinApril1999with$27.
4MbeingprovidedbytheCommonwealthforoperationsoverthenextsevenyears.
AspartofitsrenewaltheAPCRCistakingonanumberofnewpartners.
Therearenowfiveuniversitymembers:TheAustralianNationalUniversity,theUniversitiesofMelbourne,Sydney,andNewSouthWales,theRoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnology,togetherwiththeSouthernSydneyInstitute,TAFENSW.
EndusersnowincludeTelstra,DSTO,theAustralianElectricalandElectronicsManufacturersAssociation,andtheElectricityCommissionofNSW.
TheindustrypartnersareexpectedtobeABBTransmissionandDistributionLtd;ADC/AOFR;Allen&Buckeridge;AustralianPhotonicsPtyLtd;BritishAerospace;CEOS;CoherentScientific;EricssonAustralia;FiltronicComponents;FutureFibreTechnologies;JDS/Uniphase;PhotonicTechnologies;MacquarieBank;Nextrom;RedfernFibres;Siemens;ThomsonMarconiSonar;VirtualPhotonics;andVisionAbell.
AfeatureofthenewphaseoftheAPCRCistheadditionofpartnersfromthedefenceindustry.
TheobjectivesoftheAPCRCinclude:improvingtheinternationalcompetitivenessofAustralianindustrythroughtransferofphotonictechnology,providingindustrywithknowledgeandskillsinphotonicsthrougheducationalprogramswithanemphasisonhighqualitypostgraduatetraining,andenhancingAustralia'sbusinessopportunitiesinphotonics,particularlyintheAsiaandPacificregions.
AtthebeginningofthissecondphaseoftheAPCRCphotonictechnologyisundergoinganunprecedentedgrowthworldwide.
Thespeedandscaleofthetechnologicaladvancesisamazing.
Thisyear,forexample,longhaulopticalfibretransmissionsystemsoperatingat3Tbits/shavebeendemonstrated–equivalenttothetransmissionofsome1000full-lengthmovieseachsecondacrosstrans-Atlanticdistances.
Currentlydataratesonopticalfibretransmissionsystemsareincreasingbyanorderofmagnitudeeveryfouryearsorso,andthepreviousviewthatthebandwidthoftheopticalfibresystemswasessentiallyunlimitedisbeingrapidlychallenged.
Currentindustrypredictionsareforsustainedgrowthofupto60%p.
a.
intheforeseeablefuture.
Whilstsomeviewresearchinthisrapidlyexpandingfieldasstraightforwarddevelopmentwork,thisisdemonstrablyfalse.
Ourresearchersfacehugechallengesinbothbasicandappliedscience,withthemajordifferencebeingthattheycannotaffordaleisurelyapproachtotheirendeavoursbecausethereisarealimperativetocommercialisenewideastohelpphotonictechnologymaintainitsgrowthpotential.
Furthermoretheinternationalshortageofskilledresearchersmakesitdifficulttoattractandretainkeystaff.
InthepastyeartheAPCRChasestablishedseveralnewcompanies.
RedfernFibres,establishedlastyear,isnowoperatinginprofitandexceedingitsbusinessplanby100%.
ThisyearRedfernBroadbandNetworks;RedfernIntegratedOptics;RedfernOpticalComponentsandRedfernInterlinkwereallestablishedtoleadthenextwaveofcommercialisationofAPCRCtechnologies.
InadditiontheAPCRCrecentlyfinalisedarrangementsforajointventureonopticalfibremanufactureinChinawiththeFastenGroup.
WhilstthesecompaniesarebeingcreatedbytheAPCRCitself,thebroaderindustrysectorinAustraliaisalsotryingtocatchthiswaveofexpansion.
AnanalysispresentedintheCRC'ssubmissionforrenewalanticipated18,000newjobsinphotonicswouldbecreatedoverthenextdecadeiftheAPCRCissuccessfulinitsmission.
TheprovisionofthesenumbersofworkerswithskillsrelevanttophotonicsrepresentsamajorchallengeResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(PhotonicsCRC)88forAustralianeducatorsandwiththisinmindtheAPCRChassubmittedamajorproposaltothefederalgovernment'sScienceLectureshipsInitiativetohelpboosteducationinphotonics.
ThemanagementstructureoftheAPCRChasbeenrevisedinphasetwowithAustralianPhotonicsPtyLtd(APPL)beingappointedasthemanagementandcommercialisationagentfortheCentre,withactivitiesintheCentrebeingoverseenbyanewBoardofGovernors.
InthisnewstructuretheDivisionDirectorpositionshavebeenabandoned,withgreatermanagementresponsibilitieshandedtotheProgramManagers.
FunctionalmanagershavebeenappointedwithincreasedresponsibilitiestooverseetheactivitiesofthewholeAPCRCinResearch(ProfessorLuther-Davies,AustralianNationalUniversity),Development(DrFleming,UniversityofSydney),BusinessDevelopment(ProfessorSceats,UniversityofSydney)andEducationandTraining(DrNovak,UniversityofMelbourne).
AspartofthisrestructuringtheAPCRCExecutivehavealsobeenappointedasDirectorsofAPPL.
ResearchTheAPCRC'sresearchisorganisedintofourprograms:planarintegratedcircuits(PICs);novelphotoniccomponents(NPCs);telecommunicationstechnologies(TT),andphotonicsensorsandsignalprocessing(NSSP).
TheCanberraactivitiesmostlyfallinthePICsareaalthoughtheworkonsolitonsandothernonlinearphenomenafallintheNPCprogram,whilsttheABB/TransgridfundedprogramonnovelplasticopticalfibresforvoltagesensingisinNSSP.
ANUresearchersfromtheLaserPhysicsCentre,theDepartmentofElectronicMaterialsEngineering,theOpticalSciencesCentreandthePlasmaResearchLaboratorynowcontributetotheCRC.
TheCanberraDivisionreceived$383,297inCommonwealthand$102,600incontractfundingthroughtheAPCRCin1998/99.
Thebudgetfor1999/2000iscurrentlybeingfinalised.
APCRCCanberraDivisionresearchoutcomesin1999haveincluded:firstdemonstrationoflaserwrittendigitaldirectionalcouplerswitches;demonstrationoflow-lossabsorptionat1400nminplanargermanosilicatelayersproducedintheHAREreactor;developmentofthetheoryofincoherentspatialsolitonswiththebasiceffectsdemonstratedexperimentally(interactionsofvectorsolitons,solitonspiralling,multihumpsolitons);theoryofself-focusing,nonlinearphaseshiftandpulsecontrolinopticalQPMsuperlattices—anewcomponentfornonlinearWDMsystems;newfundamentalconceptsofcascadingeffects,includingmultistepcascading,multiplefrequencygenerationinFibonaccisuperlattices,quadraticnonlinearitiesinphotoniccrystals;developmentofnovelpolymeropticalfibresforvoltagesensing.
RSPhysSEAPCRCStaffDivisionDirector,APCRCDirectorofResearch,DirectorofAPPLProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesResearchersDrN.
Akhmediev(KeyResearcher)DrA.
AnkiewiczDrO.
Bang(until31March)ProfessorR.
BoswellDrR.
ChartersDrE.
EdmundsonDrR.
Elliman(fromJuly)ProfessorC.
Jagadish(fromJuly)ProfessorY.
Kivshar(KeyResearcher)DrW.
KrolikowskiProfessorJ.
Love(DivisionDeputyDirector,CRCFellow,KeyResearcher)ProfessorJ.
Mitchell(untilJune)DrE.
Ostrovskaya(fromJuly)DrA.
SamocDrM.
Samoc(KeyResearcher)ProfessorA.
Snyder(KeyResearcher)DrH.
Tan(fromJuly)ProfessorJ.
Williams(fromJuly)TechnicalOfficersMrM.
Aggett(fromJuly)MsM.
KrolikowskaMrC.
MacleodMsT.
MartinOfficeManagerH.
McMartinPostgraduateStudentsMrT.
AlexanderMsS.
AshbyMrJ.
ChristouMrK.
GaffMsR.
JarvisMsE.
OstrovskayaMrA.
SukhorukovMsS.
Tomljenovic-HanicResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199989National&InternationalLinks(CTP)NationalandInternationalLinksCentreforTheoreticalPhysicsTheNationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysicswasstartedbytheDepartmentofTheoreticalPhysicsin1994.
InMarch1999ANUCouncilauthorisedachangeofnametoTheAustralianNationalUniversityCentreforTheoreticalPhysics.
TheCTPisapartnerinanascentNationalInstituteforTheoreticalPhysics(centredinAdelaide)andalsointheAsiaPacificCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(centredinSeoul).
TheaimsoftheCTPare:tofostergraduateeducationandresearchinphysicswithinAustraliaandtheAsia-Pacificregionthroughannualsummerschools;topromoteinnovative,interdisciplinaryresearchthroughseminarsandtopicalinternationalresearchworkshopstypicallylastingtwoormoreweeks.
InordertodrawuponthefulldepthandbreadthoftheoreticalresearchexpertiseinthephysicalsciencesavailableattheANU,aresourceunparalleledinAustralia,awidelyrepresentativecross-campusadvisoryboardhasbeensetup.
InadditiontotheANUCTPDirectorandDeputyDirector,themembersoftheBoardare:theDirectoroftheSchool,ProfessorE.
Weigold,andProfessorsH.
A.
Bachor,R.
J.
Baxter,M.
A.
Dopita,D.
J.
Evans,N.
H.
Fletcher,B.
L.
N.
Kennett,Yu.
S.
KivsharandS.
Marcelja.
ThemainactivityoftheCTPthisyearwastoruntheTwelfthPhysicsSummerSchoolonQuantumandClassicalChaos(convenorsDrsM.
GulacsiandS.
Yu.
Kun)atANU,11–22January.
Thestudyofquantumandclassicalcomplexchaoticsystemsisoneofthemostrapidlydevelopingdirectionsinmodernphysics.
Thecoursesweredesignedtocoverthefollowingmaindirections:(i)fundamentalproblemsofwavechaos,quantum-classicalcorrespondenceandquantumdecoherence;(ii)universalityofwavechaoticphenomenaforadiversevarietyoffieldssuchasmolecular,atomicandnuclearphysics,physicsofplasmasandsolidstatephysics,opticsandstatisticalphysics;(iii)theprimaryimportanceofquantumchaosformoderntechnologicalapplications,inparticular,fornanostructureengineering.
TheorganizerswerefortunatetoattractdistinguishedlecturersandleadingexpertsfromoverseasandfromwithinAustralia.
TheSummerSchoolwasattendedby70participants,including34students.
OtheractivitieswereanewCTPSeminarseries,convenedbyDrM.
Gulacsi,and,throughtheroleofDrM.
P.
Dasasaco-convenor,beingapartnerinthe9thGordonGodfreyWorkshoponCondensedMatter:CondensedMatterinZero,OneandTwoDimensions(UniversityofNewSouthWales,8November).
(DrDashasbeenadrivingforceintheseworkshopssince1991.
)Upcomingactivitiesarethe13thPhysicsSummerSchoolBose–EinsteinCondensation:AtomicPhysicstoQuantumLiquidsandtheworkshops:TheBaxterRevolutioninMathematicalPhysics(Canberra,Australia3–19February,2000)andSoftCondensedMatter:PhysicalandBiologicalAspects(Canberra,Australia,16–29October2000).
Formoredetailsonitshistory,managementandactivities,seetheCentre'sWebsite:http://rsphysse.
anu.
edu.
au/theophys/CTPDirectorProfessorRobertL.
DewarDeputyDirectorProfessorVladimirV.
BazhanovResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(CentrefortheMind)90CentrefortheMindNationalandInternationalLinksTheCentrefortheMindisajointventureoftwoofAustralia'spremieruniversities,TheAustralianNationalUniversityandtheUniversityofSydney.
TheCentre'sactivitiesarefocusedoninvestinginground-breakingresearch,stage-managingspectacularinitiativeswhichchallengeandinspire,andactingasanexusforthegreatmindsofourworld.
ResearchSummaryInMarch,ProfessorsAllanSnyderandJohnMitchellmadetheprovocativehypothesisthat'genius'canbereleasedinusallbysimplyswitchingoffpartofthebrain.
Tounveilthesesecrets,SnyderandMitchellfocusedonsavants.
Theserareindividuals,althoughseverelybraindamaged,displayextraordinaryskills.
AccordingtoSnyderandMitchell'sresearch,savantssomehowaccesstheinnerworkingsofthebrain.
Theydonotprocessdisparatefactsintomeaningfulconcepts,asdo'normal'people.
Theyjustcopywhattheysee,hearandexperience.
ToexpandtheCentre'sresearchinthisarea,theCentrefortheMindhasforgedanexcitingnewcollaborativeprogramwithneurologistsatTheUniversityofCaliforniaandresearchersfromTheAustralianNationalUniversityandtheUniversityofSydney.
ThroughthisresearchtheCentrefortheMindwillinvestigatehowsavantskillsinart,musicandmathematicscanbeturnedoninperfectlyordinarypeoplewhopreviouslyhadnotrainingorinterestinsuchthings.
TheCentrehasalsolaunchedanewresearchinitiativetounravelwhatmakesachampioninthebroadestsense.
ThisisincollaborationwithTheAustralianOlympicCommittee,leadingAustraliancorporations,andeminentacademics.
In2000theCentrefortheMindwillappointanumberofpostdoctoralresearchfellowstosupporttheCentrefortheMind'sResearchProgram.
WhatmakesaChampionTheCentrefortheMindisthedrivingforcebehindWhatmakesaChampion–aninternationaleventtobeheldinSydneyimmediatelybeforethe2000OlympicGames.
ThePrimeMinister,TheHon.
JohnHowardMP,ispatronforthisevent.
WhatMakesaChampionisourpilotforaddingapermanentintellectualcomponenttotheOlympicGames.
Here,celebrities,leadingauthorities,eminentresearchersandchampionsfromallwalksoflifewillunraveltheingredientsofwhatmakesachampion.
Geniuses,Prodigies&Savants—Extraordinarypeople-whatmakesthemtickTheCentrefortheMind's1999showcaseeventGeniuses,Prodigies&Savants,sponsoredbyNewScientistmagazineandheldinSydneyon6–7December,exploredtheexceptionalachievementsofgeniuses,prodigies&savants,andthelatestresearchinthisareathrougharangeofdisciplines—medicine,health,psychology,education,theartsandcreativeendeavour.
ResearchhighlightscamefromProfessorBruceMilleroftheUniversityofCalifornia,whodiscoveredthatdementiacanbringonartisticgenius;ProfessorJackPettigrew,FRS,oftheUniversityofQueensland,whosenewtheoryonbipolardisorderrevealsrichinsightsoncreativity;andProfessorsSnyderandMitchell,whopresentedtheirworkonexceptionalsavantskills.
Inaugural"CreativeMinds"EssayCompetitionforSchoolsArt–MoreCreativethanSciencewastheprovocativequestionputtohighschoolstudentsnationwidebytheCentrefortheMind'sfirst"CreativeMinds"essayResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199991National&InternationalLinks(CentrefortheMind)competition.
Thecompetitionencouragesparticipantstothinkcreativelyandreachbeyondtheboundariesofconventionaldisciplines.
Thewinnerscanbefoundatwww.
centreforthemind.
comSettingRoleModelsfortheChampionsoftheFutureInSeptembertheCentreinitiateditsambitiousendeavour—SettingRoleModelsfortheChampionsoftheFuture.
Amosaicofeventshavebeenformulatedwhichwillcatapulttheintellectualcreativityofyouthtothefrontierofknowledge.
Theprojectwillincludeauniquemagazine/website,athinktank,plusadevelopmentprogramtonurturecreativityandinnovation.
PublicProfileTheCentrefortheMindanditsinitiativesattractunprecedentedmediaattention:dedicatedtelevisionandradioprofiles;BBCdocumentaries;featuresinTheTimesofLondon,FinancialTimes,Nature,andNewScientist,pluscoverstoriesinmostmajordailieswithinAustralia.
MindSpace,theCentrefortheMind'sbi-annualnewsletter,isdistributedwidely.
AsanextensionofMindSpace,ProfessorSnyderinitiatedanoccasionalseriesofarticlesinTheAustralian.
Thearticles'Thegeniuswithin'(November1999)and'Game,mindsetandmatch'(December1999)werepublished.
BroadcastontheCentrefortheMind'swebsite(www.
centreforthemind.
com)isthelatestinformationontheeventsattheCentre.
OtherActivitiesVisitor'sProgramTheCentrefortheMindsupportsscholarstocometoCanberratoworkintheCentreorattendoneoftheCentre'sconferences.
VisitorsarehelpedandencouragedtomakecontactwithrelevantacademicdepartmentsinCanberra,SydneyandelsewhereinAustralia,andtheymaybeinvitedtolectureattheseplaces.
ItisconsistentwiththeCentre'snationalrolethatvisitors,especiallythosefromoverseas,shouldfeelfreetovisitotherAustralianuniversitiesandinstitutionsduringtheirstay.
TheCentrealsowishestoattractyoungscholarsofhighpromiseaswellasthosewithestablishedreputations.
InApril,OliverSacksMD,visitedthecentreprovidingvaluableinputintoitsplanningofupcomingeventsandinitiatives.
CreativeMindsDinnerInApriltheCentrehostedourCreativeMindsDinner.
DrOliverSacks,ourFoundationFellowandgreatfriendoftheCentre,attendedtogetherwithourAdvisoryCouncilmembersandotherdistinguishedguests,includingEditor-in-chiefofTheAustraliannewspaper,DavidArmstrong,DameLeonieKramer,ChancelloroftheUniversityofSydney,andRobynWilliamsfromtheABC.
InvitedTalksPresentedBrain,consciousnessandhumanexperienceconferenceinSanDiego,California,21–23January(ProfessorA.
W.
Snyder)DinnerAddress,CreativeMindsDinner,19AprilAwardpresentation1999CreativeMindsPrizeEssayCompetition,8MayKeynoteAddressReachforthestars,GoldenKeyNationalHonourSociety,13May(ProfessorA.
W.
Snyder)IntroducedEdwardDeBonoatthe"WhyIWanttobeKingofAustralia:LateralsuggestionsforaNewMillenium"LiteraryLaunch,1July1999(ProfessorA.
W.
Snyder)KeynoteAddressBreakthroughscomefromwayoutinleftfield,AdelaideFestivalofIdeas,10July(ProfessorA.
W.
Snyder)PresentedTheOlympicGames:QuintessentialvenuefortheexplorationofhumanachievementattheOlympicsintheNextMillenniumInternationalConferenceattheUNSWCentreforOlympicStudies,22/23September(ProfessorA.
W.
Snyder)Guest,2-Shot,ABCTVinterviewwithPhilipAdams,27SeptemberKeynoteAddress,CentrefortheMind'sGeniuses,ProdigiesandSavants,6-7DecemberThemembershipoftheBoardandAdvisoryCouncilaregivenonthewebsite:http://www.
edime.
com.
au/mind/main.
htmSTAFFDirectorA.
W.
Snyder,SMMIT,MSHarv,PhDDScLond,FAA,FTS,FRSProfessorD.
J.
Mitchell,BScSyd,PhDNSWFoundationFellowDrO.
SacksDistinguishedFellowsProfessorD.
DennettProfessorH.
BarlowProfessorH.
GardnerProfessorV.
RamachandranVisitingFellowsDrM.
Djordjevic,ResearchSchoolofBiologicalSciences,ANUDrP.
GerransDrJ.
Merson,author,filmmakerDrT.
Thompson,RSPhysSE,ANU(fromDecember)ExecutiveManagerK.
GallowayMcLean(untilFebruary)S.
OliphantBA(fromMarchuntilJuly)M.
Taflaga(fromAugust)OtherStaffAndreaRobinsJoVickers(fromMarchuntilOctober)TerriRichardson(fromOctober)MeganCusack(fromNovember)ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(OutsideOrganisations)92ServicetoOutsideOrganisationsNationalandInternationalLinksAppliedMathematicsDrH.
K.
ChristensonRegionalEditor,Australia/NewZealand,JournalofDispersionScienceandTechnologyBoardMember,MultipleSclerosisSocietyoftheACTProfessorS.
MarceljaTeacher,StatisticalThermodynamicsCourse,GteborgsUniversitet(March1999)ProfessorB.
W.
NinhamMember,UNESCOWorldCommissiononEthicsofScientificKnowledgeandTechnologyOrganiser,NewInternationalScandinavianResearchInstituteinBasicScienceplannedtoforminMalmo,SwedenJointsupervisionofanumberofstudentsandpostdocs,especiallyinSweden,France,ItalyDrA.
M.
StewartVicePresident(Academic)andTreasurerANUBranchNationalTertiaryEducationUnionAtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesProfessorS.
J.
BuckmanMember,GeneralCommittee,InternationalConferenceonthePhysicsofElectronicandAtomicCollisions(ICPEAC)1997-2001Member,OrganisingCommittee,11thGaseousElectronicsMeeting,ArmidaleMember,ScientificCommittee,19thInternationalSymposiumonElectron-MoleculeCollisionsandSwarms,JapanGrantProposalReferee,NationalScienceFoundation,USAProfessorJ.
H.
CarverCo-convenor,ComparativePlanetaryAtmospheresSymposium,JointAssemblies,InternationalAssociationofMeteorologyandAtmosphericSciencesProfessorL.
T.
ChaddertonFoundingEditor,InternationalJournalofRadiationEffectsandDefectsinSolids(formerlyRadiationEffects)Member,EditorialAdvisoryBoard,NuclearTracksandRadiationMeasurementMember,EditorialAdvisoryBoard,InternationalMaterialsScienceForumMember,SteeringCommittee,BilateralScience&TechnologyAgreement,MexicoandtheFederalGovernmentofAustraliaMember,UnitedNationsCommitteeonPhotovoltaicApplicationsinLess-DevelopedCountries,UNCentreforScience&TechnologyforDevelopmentMember,InternationalCommittee,BiennialConferenceSeriesonRadiationEffectsinInsulatorsMember,InternationalCommittee,BiennialConferenceSeriesonParticleTracksinSolidsProfessorR.
W.
CromptonChair,ACTChapter,AustralianFulbrightAssociationMember,EditorialAdvisoryBoard,PhysicsofAtomsandMoleculesMember,InternationalAdvisoryBoard,InternationalConferenceonAtomicandMolecularDataChairofBoard,RioTintoNationalYouthScienceForumDrM.
T.
ElfordMember,EditorialBoard,AustralianJournalofPhysicsDrB.
R.
LewisMember,InternationalAdvisoryBoard,InternationalConferencesonVacuumUltravioletRadiationPhysicsAssociateEditor,JournalofQuantitativeSpectroscopyandRadiativeTransferDrJ.
C.
A.
LowerJointOrganizer,Humboldt99,thebiennialmeetingoftheAustralianAssociationofvonHumboldtFellows,September,Canberra,ACTTreasurer,ACTBranch,AustralianInstituteofPhysicsProfessorE.
WeigoldChairman,EditorialBoard,AustralianJournalofPhysics(untilMay)Member,Board,AustralianPhotonicsCRCChairman,NationalCommitteeforPhysics,AustralianAcademyofScienceMember,InternationalScientificCommittee,SymposiumonAtomicPhysics,Hanoi,JulyMember,InternationalScientificCommittee,Many-ParticleSpectroscopyofAtomsandMolecules,Halle,Germany,July2000Member,InternationalScientificCommittee,Sagamore13,StareJablonski,Poland,September2000Chair,SelectionCommittee,AIPBoasMedalMember,UniversityofNewEnglandGrantsCommitteeMember,NominatingCommittee,AmericanPhysicalSocietyFew-BodyTopicalGroupAustralianRepresentative,GeneralAssembly,InternationalUnionofPureandAppliedPhysicsDrL.
A.
WoolfChair,CreditUnionofCanberraMember,MinisterialConsultativeCommitteeonNon-governmentSchoolingElectronicMaterialsEngineeringDrR.
G.
EllimanChairman,ACTBranch,AustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,SciencePolicyCommittee,AustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,InternationalCommittee,IonBeamModificationofMaterialsConferenceSeriesMember,InternationalCommittee,IonBeamAnalysisConferenceSeriesMember,AINSEAcceleratorScienceSpecialistCommitteeMember,AINSEEnvironmentalScienceSpecialistCommitteeMember,GoverningCouncil,ElectronicMaterialsDivision,InternationalUnionofVacuumScienceTechniquesandApplicationsMember,ProgramCommitteeandOrganisingCommittee,11thAustralianConferenceonNuclearTechniquesofAnalysis,Sydney,Australia,24-26thNovemberDuring1999morethan20membersoftheacademicstaffofRSPhysSEservedasreviewersandrefereesfortheAustralianResearchCouncil,AINSEandtheAustralianAcademyofSciencesForconfidentialityreasons,thesearenotlisted.
Internationalreviewcommitmentsarelistedindividuallybelow.
ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199993National&InternationalLinks(OutsideOrganisations)Member,ProgramCommitteeandOrganisingCommittee,5thVacuumSocietyofAustraliaCongress,Sydney,Australia,24-26thNovemberMember,ProgramCommittee,MicrOZcopy2000conference,Canberra,Australia,6-11February,2000Member,ProgramCommittee,12thInternationalConferenceonIonBeamModificationofMaterials,PortoAlegre,Brazil,(2000)Member,InternationalEditorialBoard,NuclearInstrumentsandMethodsB,NorthHollandPress,Amsterdam.
Consultant,PacificSolarPtyLtdProfessorN.
H.
FletcherEditor-in-Chief,AcousticsAustraliaMember,AustralianLibraryCollectionsTaskForce(NationalLibraryofAustraliaandtheNationalScholarlyCommunicationsForum)OfficialVisitor,Co-operativeResearchCentreforMolecularEngineeringandTechnologyMember,StageIReview,Co-operativeResearchCentreforAntarcticaandtheSouthernOceanMember,EditorialBoard,JournalofSoundandVibrationMember,EditorialBoard,AppliedAcousticsMember,InternationalScientificCommittee,7thInternationalConferenceonSoundandVibrationProfessorC.
JagadishPast-Chair,IEEEAustralianCapitalTerritorySectionChair,IEEEAustralianChapterofElectronDevicesSociety(EDS)andLasersandElectro-OpticsSociety(LEOS)Chair,IEEEOptoelectronicDevicesTechnicalCommittee,ElectronDevicesSocietyMember,IEEEEDSPublicationsCommitteeMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,11thInternationalSemiconductingandInsulatingMaterialsConference,Canberra,3-7July,2000GeneralChair,11thInternationalSemiconductingandInsulatingMaterialsConference,Canberra,3-7July,2000Member,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,COBRA,InteruniversityResearchInstitute,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,TheNetherlandsMember,IEEECompoundSemiconductorIntegratedCircuitsTechnicalCommittee,ElectronDevicesSocietyMember,AdministrativeCommittee,IEEEElectronDevicesSociety,USA,1999-2001Member,IEEECompoundSemiconductorIntegratedCircuitsTechnicalCommitteeofTheElectronDevicesSocietyChair,IEEEWorkshoponSemiconductorOptoelectronics,Canberra,MarchMember,InternationalScientificCommittee,3rdIMACSInternationalMulti-conferenceon:Circuits,Systems,CommunicationsandComputers(CSCC'99),Athens,Greece,4-8JulyMember,ProgramCommittee,SemiconductorLasers,ConferenceonLasersandElectro-Optics–PacificRim,Seoul,Korea,SeptemberReviewer,AustralianResearchCouncil,LargeGrants,Fellowships,SmallGrantsDrM.
PetravicMember,ProgramCommittee,MicrOZcopy2000Conference,Canberra,Australia,6-11February,2000Presenter,WorkshopontheIonMicroprobeattheScienceConferenceDrM.
C.
RidgewayGrantProposalReferee,FoundationforResearchandDevelopment,SouthAfricaDrH.
H.
TanTreasurer,IEEEACTSectionNewsletterEditor,IEEEAustralianChapterofElectronDevicesSocietyandLasersandElectro-OpticsSocietyDrN.
WelhamMember,EditorialBoard,ProceedingsoftheAustralasianInstituteofMiningandMetallurgyCommitteeMember,CanberraBranchAustralasianInstituteofMiningandMetallurgyNewsletterEditor,CanberraBranchAustralasianInstituteofMiningandMetallurgyOrganisingCommitteeMember,SouthernAfrica-AustraliaMineralSectorSynergiesSymposiumPressOfficer,SouthernAfrica-AustraliamineralSectorSynergiesSymposiumReturningOfficer,IEEEACTSectionReturningOfficer,IEEEAustralianChapterofElectronDevicesSocietyandLasersandElectro-opticsSocietyConsultant,GoldMinesofSardiniaPtyLtd,AnacondaNickel,WestinghouseandSonsofGwalia.
ProfessorJ.
S.
WilliamsPresident,AustralianMaterialsResearchSocietyMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,InternationalConferenceSeriesonIonBeamAnalysisMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,InternationalConferenceonIonImplantationTechnologyMember,ExecutiveCommittee,InternationalUnionofMaterialsResearchSocietyMember,EditorialBoard,RadiationEffectsandDefectsinSolidsMember,PublicAffairsCommittee,MaterialsResearchSociety,Pittsburg,USAMember,AdvisoryBoard,AppliedPhysicsReviewsExternalMemberofAdvisoryBoard,StrategicPrograminFunctionalMaterials,ANSTOHead,AustralianDelegationtoChinaforCooperationinMaterialsDevelopmentLaserPhysicsCentreDrK.
G.
H.
BaldwinEditor,AdvancesinAtomandQuantumOptics,specialissueJournalofOpticsB(SemiclassicalandQuantumOptics),AugustMember,TechnicalProgramCommittee,CLEOPacificRimMember,TechnicalProgramCommittee,IQEC2000Member,TechnicalProgramCommittee,AtomOpticsandInterferometry2000Member,NationalCommitteeforSpectroscopy,AustralianAcademyofScienceMember,ACTBranchCommittee,AustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,SciencePolicyCommittee,AustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,AustralasianCouncilonQuantumElectronicsChair,AustralianConferenceonOptics,LasersandSpectroscopyLiaisonCommitteeChair,SciencePolicyCommittee,FederationofAustralianScientificandTechnologicalSocietiesOrganiser,ACTAustralianInstituteofPhysics"Adopt-a-Physicist"Program,ACTSecondaryCollegesDrR.
ChartersMember,TechnicalCommittee,24thAustralianConferenceonOpticalFibreTechnologyProfessorB.
Luther-DaviesDirector,CanberraDivision,AustralianPhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentreDirector,Research,AustralianPhotonicsCooperativeResearchCentreDirector,AustralianPhotonicsPtyLtdDrN.
B.
MansonMember,EditorialBoard,PhotonicsScienceNewsDrM.
SamocMember,EditorialBoard,PhotonicsScienceNewsMember,InternationalProgramCommittee,5thInternationalConferenceonFrontiersofPolymersandAdvancedMaterials,NATOAdvancedResearchWorkshoponPolymersandCompositesforSpecialApplicationsMember,InternationalAdvisoryBoard,8thConferenceElectricalandRelatedPropertiesofOrganicSolidsNuclearPhysicsDrA.
P.
ByrneMember,CommitteeandMinutesSecretary,ACTBranchoftheAustralianInstituteofPhysicsParticipant,AustralianInstituteofPhysics"Adopt-a-Physicist"ProgramSupervisor,NarrabundahCollegestudent,InternationalBaccalaureateProjectDrM.
DasguptaCommitteeMember,ACTBranchoftheAustralianInstituteofPhysicsStaffMember,DicksonCollege,ACT,forthe"Adopt-a-Physicist"ProgramoftheACTBranchoftheAustralianInstituteofPhysicsDrL.
K.
FifieldMember,InternationalProgramAdvisoryPanel,8thInternationalConferenceofAcceleratorMassSpectrometry,UniversityofVienna,6-10SeptemberANURepresentative,ACTRadiationCouncilProfessorG.
D.
DracoulisMember,InternationalAdvisoryPanel,TheNucleus;NewPhysicsfortheNewMillennium,Faure,SouthAfrica,JanuaryMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,ChallengesandPerspectivesinNuclearStructure99,Crete,JulyMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,FissionandNeutron-RichNuclei,St.
AndrewsScotland,JuneMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommitteeNuclearStructure2000NSCL,Michigan,USA,August2000Member,InternationalAdvisoryCommitteeLuderitz2000-FundamentalandAppliedAspectsinModernPhysics,Luderitzbuch,Namibia,November2000Member,18thAINSENuclearandParticlePhysicsProgramCommittee,(inassociationwiththeAIPCongress),Adelaide,December2000Member,NorthAmericaCommittee,AustralianAcademyofScience,InternationalProgramofScientificVisitsANURepresentative,EngineeringandPhysicalSciencesResearchCouncil(UK),ANU-EPSRCAgreement:beamtimeallocationReferee,EngineeringandPhysicalSciencesResearchCouncil(UK),SeniorResearchFellowshipSchemeExpertReferee,EngineeringandPhysicalSciencesResearchCouncil(UK),ResearchGrants;NuclearPhysicsProgrammeEvaluator,FoundationforResearchDevelopment(SouthAfrica)-EvaluationofResearchOutputsofPrincipalGrantHoldersDrD.
J.
HindeMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,SeventhInternationalConferenceonNucleus-NucleusCollisions,Strasbourg,July2-7,2000DrT.
KibédiSupervisor,studentprojectswithintheCSIROStudentResearchSchemeProfessorT.
R.
OphelANURepresentative,AustralianInstituteofNuclearScienceandEngineering(AINSE)CouncilConvenor,AINSEAcceleratorScienceSpecialistCommitteeDrA.
E.
StuchberyMember,Committee,andSocialSecretary,ACTBranchoftheAustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,Committee,NuclearandParticlePhysicsGroup(NUPP),AustralianInstituteofPhysicsMember,ProgramCommitteeandConferenceChair,18thAINSENuclearandParticlePhysicsConference,Adelaide,10-15December,2000Supervisor,studentprojectswithintheCSIROStudentResearchSchemeResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(OutsideOrganisations)94ProfessorS.
R.
TaylorAssociateEditor,MeteoriticsandPlanetaryScienceInternationalSecretary,GeochemicalSocietyMember,BoardofAdvisers,ThePlanetarySocietyMember,NominationsCommittee,TheMeteoriticalSocietyOrganiser,SymposiumattheGoldschmidtmeetingoftheGeochemicalSociety,Boston,AugustOpticalSciencesCentreProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharMember,EditorialBoard,PhysicalReviewE(untilJuly)AssociateEditor,PhysicalReviewE(fromJuly)Chair,SubcommitteeonSpatialSolitons,OSATopicalMeetingonGuidedWaves(Dijon,September1-3France)ProgramChair,OSATopicalMeetingonGuidedWaves(tobeheldin2001)ProfessorJ.
D.
LoveDirector,SiemensScienceandEngineeringExperience,ANU,27-29SeptemberPlasmaResearchLaboratoryDrG.
G.
BorgEditor,CzechJournalofPhysicsProfessorR.
W.
BoswellMemberInternationalOrganisingCommitteeofISPC15,2000Vice-President,Member,CommitteefortheGaseousElectronicsMeetingVice-President,VacuumSocietyofAustraliaLecturer,shortcourse(eighthours)ofplasmaphysicstoHonoursphysicsclass,UniversityofMarseilles,27September-15October.
ProfessorJ.
H.
HarrisMember,StellaratorPhysicsAdvisoryCommittee,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLaboratory,Princeton,USAMember,PlasmaSpecialistCommittee,AINSEDrJ.
HowardMember,PlasmaSpecialistCommittee,AINSELecturer,4thYearElectricalEngineering,ElectronicEngineeringCaseStudies,UniversityofCanberraDrM.
G.
ShatsMember,ProgramCommittee,InternationalWorkshop,RoleofElectricFieldsinPlasmaConfinementandExhaust,PragueTheoreticalPhysicsProfessorR.
J.
BaxterMember,EditorialBoard,JournalofGeometricandFunctionalAnalysisMember,EditorialBoard,JournalofStatisticalPhysicsMember,AdvisoryBoard,PhysicaAMember,EditorialCommittee,PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety,SeriesAMember,EditorialBoard,AnnalsofCombinatoricsMember,EditorialBoard,TheoreticalPhysicsandRelatedMathematicsDrM.
P.
DasMember,EditorialBoard,CondensedMatterandMaterialsMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,InternationalWorkshoponSuperconductivity,Magneto-ResistiveMaterialsandStronglyCorrelatedQuantumSystems,January,Hanoi,VietnamMember,ProgramCommittee,22ndInternationalWorkshoponCondensedMatterTheories,18-23June,Ithaca,GreeceCo-convenor,GordonGodfreyResearchWorkshoponCondensedMatterPhysics,8November,UniversityofNewSouthWalesCo-convenor,PhysicsSummerSchoolonBose-EinsteinCondensation,17-28January,2000,ANUCentreforTheoreticalPhysicsProfessorR.
L.
DewarMember,InternationalUnionofPureandAppliedPhysics(IUPAP),CommissiononPlasmaPhysics(C16)Member,EditorialBoard,AustralianJournalofPhysicsChair,SectionalCommittee2,AustralianAcademyofScienceMember,FrederickWhitePrizeSelectionCommittee,AustralianAcademyofScienceCommitteeMember,AustralianInstituteofPhysics,ACTBranchAssociateEditor,ThePhysicistMember,InternationalAdvisoryCommittee,InternationalCongressonPlasmaPhysicsMember,ProgramCommitteeforICPP2000;Chair,LocalOrganisingCommitteeforICPP2002Organiser,InternationalConferenceonHighPerformanceComputingandAdvancedVisualisationinPlasmaPhysicsResearch,1–4July,MagneticIsland,QueenslandDrH.
J.
GardnerAustralianrepresentativeonIUPAPCommissiononComputationalPhysics(C20)Member,OrganisingCommittee,ConferenceonComputationalPhysics,CCP2000,December2000Member,OrganisingCommittee,ConferenceonComputationalTechniquesandApplicationsCTAC99,20-24September,ANUConvenor,WorkshoponScientificVisualisationandVirtualEnvironments(inconjunctionwiththeCTAC99conference),23September,ANUDrM.
GulacsiDeputyDirectorGeneral,InternationalBiographicalCenterCo-convenoroftheANUCTPSummerSchoolonQuantumandClassicalChaos,ANU,JanuaryDrS.
Yu.
KunCo-convenoroftheANUCTPSummerSchoolonQuantumandClassicalChaos,ANU,JanuaryDrB.
A.
RobsonMember,OrganisingCommittee,18thAINSENuclearandParticlePhysicsConference,Adelaide,SA,10-15December2000DrS.
ScottMember,EditorialBoard,ClassicalandQuantumGravityMember,CanberraBranchofAIPCommitteeTreasurer,AustralasianSocietyforGeneralRelativityandGravitationMember,AdvisoryCommittee,4thGravitationalWaveDataAnalysisWorkshop,Rome,2-4DecemberMember,InternationalCoordinatingCommitteeforthe9thMarcelGrossmanMeeting,Rome,2-9July2000Member,ScientificOrganisingCommitteeforthe16thInternationalConferenceonGeneralRelativityandGravitationtobeheldinDurban,15-21July2001Member,WorldNetworkCollaborativeDataAnalysisGroupResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199995National&InternationalLinks(W'shops&Conferences)WorkshopsandConferencesNationalandInternationalLinksAtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesHumboldt99,Canberra,ACT,September1999.
ThisbiennialmeetingoftheAustralianassociationofAlexandervonHumboldtFellowswasjointlyorganisedbyDrJ.
C.
A.
Lower.
ElectronicMaterialsEngineeringIEEEWorkshoponSemiconductorOptoelectronics,ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering,2March1999.
TheplenaryspeakerswereProfessorJamesColemanoftheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignandProfessorPallabBhattacharyaoftheUniversityofMichigan.
TheworkshopwasopenedbyProfessorErichWeigold,DirectorofRSPhysSEandorganisedbyProfessorC.
Jagadish.
OpticalSciencesCentreInternationalWorkshoponBose-EinsteinCondensatesandAtomLasers,ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciencesandEngineering,23-24November,1999.
TheworkshopwasorganisedbyProfessorYu.
S.
KivsharwiththehelpofDrC.
Savage,DepartmentofPhysics,TheFaculties.
ThosepresentinginvitedtalkswereDrJ.
J.
Garcia-Ripoll,UniversityofCastille,Spain,DrW.
Zhang,MacquarieUniversity,DrR.
Ballagh,UniversityofOtago,NewZealand,DrsE.
OstrovskayaandC.
Savage,ANU,DrsJ.
HopeandM.
Collett,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealand,ProfessorP.
Drummond,UniversityofQueensland,DrH.
Wiseman,GriffithUniversity.
PlasmaResearchLaboratoryThe22ndAINSEPlasmaScienceandTechnologyConferencewasheldon8thand9thFebruary,1999,attheManningClarkCentre,ANU.
ConferencePresident,A/ProfessorA.
D.
Cheetham,wassupportedbyotherdepartmentalconferencecommitteemembersProfessorJ.
H.
HarrisandDrJ.
Howard.
ItwasattendedbydelegatesfromKyotoUniversity,Japan,theUniversityofCanberra,theUniversityofSydney,FlindersUniversity,theUniversityofWesternSydney,CentralQueenslandUniversity,theAustralianNationalUniversity,theAustralianNuclearScienceandTechnologyOrganisationandtheAustralianInstituteofNuclearScienceandEngineering.
TenpapersandfourteenposterpaperswerepresentedbymembersoftheLaboratory.
TheoreticalPhysics/PlasmaResearchLaboratoryTheAustralia/Japan/USWorkshoponHighPerformanceComputingandAdvancedVisualizationinPlasmaPhysicsResearchwasheldatMagneticIsland,Queensland,Australia,from1-4July.
ThisfifthAustralia-Japan-USWorkshoponaspectsoftheoreticalplasmaphysicswasorganisedbyProfessorR.
L.
Dewar.
TheWorkshophad24participants,comprising12fromAustralia,8fromJapan(includinganAustralianworkinginJapan)and4fromtheUS.
ElevenoftheAustralianparticipantswerefundedundertheDepartmentofIndustry,ScienceandResources'IndustrialResearchAlliances(IRAP)program.
Theparticipantswereprincipallyphysicistsorcomputerscientists(orboth)butthereweretwoindustryrepresentatives,onefromMilleniumAudioVisualandonefromIntergraphCorporation.
Afeatureoftheworkshopwastheavailabilityofimmersivethree-dimensionalgraphicsprojectionfacilitiesprovidedbyaportableWEDGEsystem.
ThecomputerandprojectionfacilitieswereorganisedbyDrH.
J.
Gardner,ProfessorR.
W.
Boswell,DrB.
D.
Blackwell,andMrP.
Alexander.
AVirtualProceedingsisavailableathttp://rsphysse.
anu.
edu.
au/~grp105/Magn_Island_Proceedings/Main_Page.
html.
TheoreticalPhysicsTwelfthPhysicsSummerSchool:QuantumAndClassicalChaos,11-22January1999.
ACentreforTheoreticalPhysicsactivity(seeSection3,ANUCentreforTheoreticalPhysics).
Convenors:DrM.
GulacsiandDrS.
Yu.
KunResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199996National&InternationalLinks(Visitors)VisitorsNationalandInternationalLinksAppliedMathematicsMrC.
Arns,PetroleumEngineering,UniversityofNewSouthWalesDrA.
Brandwood,TherapeuticGoods,CanberraProfessorJ.
H.
Conway,PrincetonUniversity,USADrR.
Corkery,UniversityofLund,SwedenDrC.
Drummond,CSIROMelbourneProfessorJ.
Gibbs,VirginaTech,USADrS.
Glassmeyer,ProctorandGamble,USAProfessorR.
Johnston,DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,MonashUniversityMrJ.
Kirkness,WestmeadHospital,NSWMsJ-Y.
Lee,PetroleumEngineering,UniversityofNewSouthWalesMrJ.
Longdell,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealandDrN.
B.
Lyne,InternationalPaper,NewYork,USADrK.
McGrath,UniversityofOtago,NZProfessorW.
V.
Pinczewski,PetroleumEngineering,UNSWDrA.
Sakellariou,Physics,UniversityofMelbourneProfessorT.
Shidhar,DepartmentChemicalEngineeringDrP.
Vinson,ProctorandGamble,USAAtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesProfessorH.
C.
W.
Beijerinck,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,TheNetherlandsDrM.
J.
Brunger,FlindersUniversityProfessorM.
L.
Ginter,UniversityofMaryland,USAProfessorR.
A.
Goody,HarvardUniversity,USAProfessorW.
Lawrance,FlindersUniversityProfessorB.
J.
Orr,MacquarieUniversityDr.
A.
T.
Stelbovics,MurdochUniversityProfessorP.
J.
O.
Teubner,FlindersUniversityElectronicMaterialsEngineeringProfessorM.
W.
Austin,RMITProfessorL.
M.
Brown,UniversityofCambridge,UKDrG.
Clark,CEOLoralCommunications,NewYork,USAProfessorD.
Cockayne,UniversityofSydneyProfessorR.
DeLaRue,UniversityofGlasgow,ScotlandProfessorM.
Gal,UNSWDrI.
Grzegory,HighPressureResearchCentre,PolandMsA.
Hart,VisionAbellPtyLtd,SADrO.
Hill,NationalNanofabricationFacilityPtyLtdProfessorR.
Lamb,UNSWDrG.
Li,LedexCorporation,TaiwanDrTonyLindsay,DSTODrV-B.
Maksvytis,CSIROTIPDrL.
Mar,NationalNanofabricationFacilityPtyLtdProfessorJ.
M.
Poate,NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology,USADrB.
Raguse,CSIROTIPMrT.
Shaw,FiltronicsPtyLtdProfessorR.
Smart,UniversityofSADrE.
Wendler,Friedrich-Schiller-University,Jena,GermanyResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering199997National&InternationalLinks(Visitors)ProfessorJ.
Whitton,QueensUniversity,Ontario,CanadaMrI.
Will,VisionAbellPtyLtd,SAMsY.
Wilson,NationalNanofabricationFacilityPtyLtdMrT.
Wu,LedexCorporation,TaiwanLaserPhysicsCentreDrN.
I.
Zheludev,UniversityofSouthampton,UnitedKingdomDrC.
Bossard,InstituteofQuantumElectronics,ETH,Zurich,SwitzerlandNuclearPhysicsDrS.
K.
Aggarwal,BhabhaAtomicResearchCentre,IndiaDrS.
Bayer,DepartmentNuclearPhysics,ANUDrM.
Cholewa,Director,MCScientificConsulting,MelbourneDrS.
Chappell,UniversityofOxford,UKDrN.
M.
Clarke,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrW.
N.
Catford,UniversityofSurrey,UKDrP.
Day,ManchesterUniversity,UKDrL.
Donadille,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrB.
Finnegan,UniversityofOxford,UKDrB.
Fulton,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrM.
Freer,UniversityofBirmingham,UKMrD.
Hunt,UniversityofOxford,UKMrP.
Jagpal,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrK.
L.
Jones,UniversityofSurrey,UKDrD.
Mahboub,UniversityofSurrey,UKDrS.
Mullins,DepartmentNuclearPhysics,ANUDrM-P.
Nicoli,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrD.
Oughton,AgriculturalUniversityofNorwayProfessorA.
Poletti,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealandDrS.
Singer,UniversityofBirmingham,UKDrD.
L.
Watson,UniversityofYork,UKDrR.
Ward,UniversityofStaffordshire,UKOpticalSciencesCentreDrR.
Ballagh,UniversityofOtago,NewZealandDrA.
R.
Bishop,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USADrM.
Collett,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealandProfessorM.
DeLaRue,UniversityofGlasgow,ScotlandDr.
MDeSterkeUniversityofSydneyProfessorP.
Drummond,UniversityofQueenslandProfessorS.
Galiyev,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealandDrJ.
J.
Garcia-Ripoll,LaManchaUniversity,SpainProfessorS.
Gredeskul,BeerShevaUniversity,IsraelDrH.
He,UniversityofSydneyDrJ.
Hope,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealandProfessorS.
Kawata,OsakaUniversity,JapanProfessorE.
A.
Kuznetsov,LandauInstituteforTheoreticalPhysics,Moscow,RussiaDrO.
Nielsen,ComputerScienceLab,RSISEDrA.
Saxena,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,LosAlamos,USAProfessorC.
Soukoulis,AMESLaboratory,USADrH.
Wiseman,GriffithUniversityDrW.
Zhang,MacquarieUniversityPlasmaResearchLaboratoryDrB.
Drevillon,EcolePolytechnique,FranceDrT.
W.
Fredian,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,USADrK.
Toi,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,JapanDrT.
Watari,NationalInstituteforFusionScience,JapanTheoreticalPhysicsProfessorB.
Barrett,UniversityofArizona,USADrA.
R.
Bishop,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USAProfessorJ.
P.
Dougherty,UniversityofCambridge,UKProfessorA.
Fisher,UniversityCollege,London,UKProfessorS.
Gredeskul,Ben-GurionUnivesity,IsraelDrT.
Matsumoto,JapanAtomicEnergyResearchInstitute,JapanDrD.
Monticello,PrincetonUniversity,USAProfessorR.
B.
Pandey,UniversityofSouthernMississippi,USAProfessorD.
N.
Quang,NationalCentreforNaturalSciencesandTechnology,VietnamDrC.
Roberts,ArgonneNationalLaboratory,USAMsV.
Robins,UniversityofColorado,USADrP.
Smith,UniversityofNewcastleProfessorE.
Tosatti,InternationalSchoolofAdvancedStudies,ItalyProfessorA.
Weiguny,InstituteforTheoreticalPhysicsMünster,GermanyProfessorY-S.
Zhang,InstituteofHighEnergyPhysics,AcademiaSinica,Beijing,PRChinaDrW.
Zhang,MacquarieUniversity,SydneyIndustryDelegations21/4/99DefenceandIndustryStudyCourse(DISC)(40)11/5/99and30/11/99LEDEXBlueLAB,DrTonyWu,DrAlanLi(3)2/6/99ChiefMinister'sDepartment,ACT(12)29/6/99NigelWarren,InvestmentDevelopmentDirectorforInvestAustraliaInternationalDelegations17/6/99ChineseVocationalandTechnicalStudyDelegation(30)30/8/99ChineseDelegation–ProfessorGuan,ViceChairman,Tsinghuaandcolleagues(3)11/11/99ChineseUniversityVice-Presidents(AVCC)(8)(TheSchoolisgratefultoMsFuLan,EME,foractingasinterpreter.
)ResearchSchoolofPhysicalSciences&Engineering1999National&InternationalLinks(Completions)98StudentsTours28/9/99Siemen'sScienceandEngineeringExperience(80)NationalYouthScienceForum(coordinatedbyLauraWalmsley,EME)ColloquiumSpeakersConvenorProfessorYu.
KivsharProfessorC.
Soukoulis,AmesLaboratory,IowaStateUniversity,USAPhotonicsBandGapMaterialsProfessorAlanBishop,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,USAThePromiseandChallengeofMultiscaleMaterialsModellingProfessorMarkSaffman,RisNationalLaboratory,DenmarkPatternFormation:FromNaturalBeautytoOpticalInformationProcessingProfessorJohnPrescott,Physics,UniversityofAdelaideShards,SpringsandSandhills:LuminescenceDatingtowardsOneMillionYearsPostdoctoralFellowshipCompletionsandDestinationsNationalandInternationalLinksAtomicandMolecularPhysicsLaboratoriesDrD.
R.
Lun,ARCPostdoctoralFellow,suspendedinMarchtotakeupapostdoctoralpositionattheUniversityofColorado.
TheoreticalPhysicsDrJ.
L.
V.
Lewandowski,PlasmaPhysicsLaboratory,PrincetonUniversity,USA.
ProfessorRobertClark,UNSWConstructionofaSilicon-BasedSolidStateQuantumComputerProfessorL.
Brown,UniversityofCambridge,UKASynchrotroninaMicroscope:ApplicationsofElectronSpectrometryintheElectronMicroscopeProfessorW.
B.
Lindquist,StonyBrook,USAInvestigating3DGeometryofPorousMediafromHighResolutionImagesProfessorErioTosatti,Trieste,ItalyOrderingandPhaseTransitionsatSurfacesDrPeterFisk,CSIRONationalMeasurementLaboratoryTheCSIROTrappedIonClockProfessorMikeLieberman,Berkeley,USATheInexorableMicroelectronicsRevolutionandPlasmaProcessingProfessorDavidBlair,UWATheSearchforGravitationalWavesandProgressinAustraliaProfessorPeterDrummond,UQParametricSolitons,QuantumSingularitiesandAll…