2007 Progress Reports

 AINGRA07001  Allen  AKL  Developing a radiocarbon chronology for the northern Marquesas Islands, East Polynesia, Phase II
AINGRA07002 Allon SYD  The dating of an ancient birch bark Buddhist scroll recently acquired by the Library of Congress
AINGRA07003 Ayoko QUT Chemical composition and source identification of fine aerosols in South East Queensland
AINGRA07004 Baker    Use of PIXE for spatial distribution and localisation of copper in Cu-indicating plants Haumaniastrum robertii and Elsholtzia splendens
AINGRA07005 Barker USQ  Post 600BP on the central Queensland Coast and dynamic cultural transformations in northern coastal Australia, Torres Strait and Melanesia
AINGRA07006P Barner NSW  Radiolabelling of functional polymeric microspheres
AINGRA07007 Bedford ANU  The obsidian sources and distribution systems emanating from Gaua and Vanua Lava in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu
AINGRA07008 Bellwood ANU  AMS C14 dating of a 2000 year old jade workshop in the northern Philippines
AINGRA07009P Ben-Nissan UTS  Characterisation and analysis of sol-gel derived hydroxyapatite and zirconia nano-coating interfaces with anodised titanium substrates
AINGRA07011 Bilek SYD  Structural characterisation of ternary alloys: TCO and MAX phase thin films
AINGRA07012P Bilek SYD  Composition of ternary alloys: TCO and MAX phase thin films
AINGRA07013 Birch SYD  Construct a chronologic contaminant framework for central NSW estuaries using dated sediment cores and contaminant analyses
AINGRA07014 Bowman TAS  Using radiocarbon bomb pulse to perfect the dating tree rings in Callitris in outback Australia
AINGRA07016 Boyd MON  Using phase transitions to trigger drug release from nanostructured liquid crystalline drug delivery systems
AINGRA07019 Bradshaw UWA  Measurement of protein turnover in free-ranging honey possums
AINGRA07022 Burton SCU  Transmission electron microscopic examination of sedimentary iron-monosulfide mineralogy and nano-structure in acidified estuarine waterways
AINGRA07023 Bush SCU  Delta 34S enrichment of authigenic sulphides: unravelling this geochemical anomaly of coastal lowland acid sulfate soils
AINGRA07027 Caruso MEL  Mesoporous electrode materials for high powered energy storage devices
AINGRA07029 Chan NSW  Manufacturing of titanium matrix composites with nanometric reinforcements using hot isostatic press
AINGRA07030 Chen WOL  Energy-filtered TEM imaging of nano-precipitates in low Mn steels
AINGRA07031 Chen MEL  Metal doped titanium dioxide materials for dye-sensitized solar cell applications
AINGRA07034 Cosgrove LAT  Antiquity of toxic plant use in the wet tropics of far north Queensland
AINGRA07035 Davies SYD  Do superoxide radicals act synergistically with hypochlorite and hypobromite to induce biological damage?
AINGRA07036 De Deckker ANU  The dating of deep-sea core tops from the Indian Ocean
AINGRA07038P De Marco CUR  A SIMS study of the role of water uptake in novel all-solid-state polymeric ion sensors
AINGRA07043P Eamus UTS  Relationships amongst water-use efficiency (carbon isotope discrimination) climate and hydraulic architecture of Australian trees
AINGRA07044 Ellis ANU  A Pb- and Sr- isotopic study of anthropogenic pollutants in NSW estuarine systems
AINGRA07045  Eyre  SCU  Sources of organic matter that fuel fisheries production in NSW estuaries
AINGRA07046 Ferry NSW  Thermomechanical behaviour of multi-functional titanium alloys
AINGRA04048 Fluin ADE  Reconstruction of floodplain palaeoenvironments by analysing carbon and nitrogen in sediments
AINGRA07049 Fluin ADE  Analysis of biological fossils in Lake Alexandrina to assess changes in water quality and flow regimes
AINGRA07050 Frankel LAT  The chronology of Chalcolithic Cyprus
AINGRA07051P Frost QUT  Synthesis and characterisation of titania nanotubes
AINGRA07052 Fussell LAT  Groundwater and surface water interaction in the Murrumbidgee Valley
AINGRA07053 Gale SYD

Europe impact on vegetation in arid Australia

AINGRA07055 Gale SYD  European impact on the natural environment of Kangaroo Island
AINGRA07056P Gell ADE  Environmental change in the coastal wetlands near Adelaide, South Australia, as inferred via diatom analysis of mangrove sediments
AINGRA07057 Gibson TAS  Determination of a temporal framework for mid-late Holocene tephra deposition in the Antarctic Peninsula region
AINGRA07062 Greene ANU  Chemistry and origins of salts in aeolian transported dust across Australia
AINGRA07065 Han GRI  SIMS analysis on interface between epitaxy SiC layer and Si
AINGRA07066P Harris SYD  The development of microporous silicon carbide for high temperature applications
AINGRA07067 Haworth UNE  Determination of sedimentation rates in the upper Namoi River floodplains (Liverpool Plains) from AMS dating of alluvial overburden
AINGRA07068 Herries NSW  Dating of tufa formation, climatic pulsing and human occupation near Ulco, Ghaap Escarpment, South Africa
AINGRA07069 Hoffman NSW  Effect of the hydrogen annealing on the elemental distribution in lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic investigated by analytical TEM
AINGRA07070 Holland RMI  Deposition and characterisation of piezoelectric thin films
AINGRA07071 Holland RMI  Composition analysis and electrical properties of silicide-semiconductor interfaces
AINGRA07073 Idriss AKL  Study of hydrogen production catalysts from bio-ethanol
AINGRA07076 Jones SYD  Sedimentation patterns in an urbanised embayment: Oatley Bay, Sydney
AINGRA07079 Kahn QLD  14C dating of monumental public architecture (Marae) in the Society Islands, French Polynesia
AINGRA07083 Kench SYD  Assessing millimetric signal variations within small organs through the use of SPECT multi-pinhole technology
AINGRA07084 Kennedy GNS  Cross section transmission electron microscopy studies of  ion beam sputtered ZnO thin films
AINGRA07085 Kershaw MON  The value of plant macrofossils for environmental reconstruction and conservation in western Victoria
AINGRA07088P Kocan UWA  Ion implantation of epitaxial GaN material
AINGRA07089P Kohn MEL  Atomic Force Microscopy nanoscale study of implanted heavy ions as a proxy for spontaneous 238U fission fragments
AINGRA07090 Kurkuri USA  Investigation of novel polymer coatings on silicon and glass substrates for cell-based assays
AINGRA07092 Li NSW  Investigation of atomic disorder effects on photonic properties of ZnO
AINGRA07094 Lim SYD  Consolidation of elementally specific deposition cathodes for TCO applications
AINGRA07095 Losic USA  Bio-inspired engineering of nanoporous membranes for molecular separation
AINGRA07096P Low CUR  Novel synthesis and properties of ternary carbide and composites
AINGRA07098 Luly JCU  Reconstructing centennial scale monsoonal activity from the tree rings of the rare desert tree Acacia peuce
AINGRA07099P MacFarlane NCT  Distribution of metals in the hair of a native insectivore Antechinus stuartii (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae)
AINGRA07100 Maher CBR  Establishing food webs in two coastal seagrass ecosystems using carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotopes
AINGRA07101P Mainwaring RMI  Irradiation induced electrical conductivity in polymeric thin films
AINGRA07102 Majewski USA  Synthesis of mesoporous functionalized zirconium titanate for actinide removal from water
AINGRA07103P Maron QLD  A high-resolution chronology of rainfall in the upper Murray-Darling River system
AINGRA07104 Martin QLD  Radiolabelling of industrially-relevant nanoparticles for use in nanotoxicology investigations
AINGRA07106 Martin MEL  Pulse radiolysis studies with DNA-binding radioprotectors
AINGRA07107P McCulloch RMIT  Design and synthesis of advanced broadband optical coatings using atomic deposition
AINGRA07108 McGrath QLD  Is adult neurogenesis in schizophrenia altered? A pilot study using 14C dating of post-mortem neuronal DNA
AINGRA07109 McMinn TAS  Impact of climate change on late Holocene penguin populations of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, using high resolution lake sediment core
AINGRA07111 Minakshi MUR  Investigation of manganese dioxide cathode in th epresence fo TiS2 as additive in an aqueous lithium secondary cell
AINGRA07114P Morrison WOL  Eutrophication of Lake Illawarra, NSW, as observed through sediment diatom frustule assemblage changes over time
AINGRA07115 Moss QLD  Late Quaternary environments of North Stradbroke Island, Southeast Queensland
AINGRA07116 Nghiem WOL  Removal of heavy metals and radionuclides from mining impacted water
AINGRA07117 Opdyke  ANU  Carbon14 dating to improve the resolution of paleoceanography in the Timor Sea
AINGRA07120 Pavlides LAT  At the crossroads: 6500 years of obsidian consumption on the Lamogai Plateau, West New Britain, PNG
AINGRA07121P Penny SYD  Dating the foundation myth of Angkor: a 14C chronology for settlement and earliest urbanism at the World Heritage site of Angkor, Cambodia
AINGRA07124 Prescott ADE  Low level uranium, thorium and trace element determinations for luminiscence dating
AINGRA07125P Provis MEL  Effect fo immobilised species on geopolymer reactions and structure
AINGRA07126P Quinton FLI  Hydrogen content determination of RF-plasma modified carbon surfaces for nanotechnological sensors
AINGRA07127 Russell CAN  Cyclodextrins: probing an important new frontier in emulsion polymerization
AINGRA07129P Sewell UWA  SIMS analysis of dopant incorporation and transient effects during MBE growth of HgCdTe
AINGRA07130 Shane AKL  Resolving the timing of tephra addition to Auckland maar craters
AINGRA07133 Singh MON  Characterisation of thin surface films developed on engineering alloys exposed to corrosive environments
AINGRA07134P Singh MUR  Investigating the electrochemical behaviour of lithium manganese phosphate (LiMnPO4) as a cathode material in aqueous solutions
AINGRA07135 Skilbeck UTS  Compositional variation of organic detritus in Botany Bay during the Holocene
AINGRA07136P Sowada MAC  Will the real mummy please step forward: dating ancient Egyptian human remains in Museum collections
AINGRA07139 Stewart NSW  The crystal field at the rare earth site in thulium manganese silicide
AINGRA07141 Sullivan SCU  Reverting acid sulfate soils to more natural wetting and drying cycles: biogeochemical processes and environmental benefits
AINGRA07143 Summerhays OTA  Identifying prehistoric trade and exchange between New Guinea and Manus: the sourcing of obsidian from the Schouten islands, East Sepik, PNG
AINGRA07145 Taffs SCU  An investigation into the history of eutrophication in Eastern Australian estuaries
AINGRA07146 Taylor MAC  Improved protocols for irradiation of Queensland fruit flies (Q-flies) used in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
AINGRA07147 Tesfamichael QUT  Characterization of ion implanted femtosecond diamond-like carbon films (fs-DLC)
AINGRA07150 Ulm QLD  Marine carbon reservoir variability along the NSW Coast
AINGRA07151P Voelcker FLI  Surface analysis of a patterned platform for the advanced spatial and temporal control of biomolecules
AINGRA07152 Wajrak ECU  Investigation of conditioning methods on the gold electrode surface employed in electroanalyses of arsenic
AINGRA07155 Warne DEA   Environmental history of the Moyne River Estuary, Port Fairy, western Victoria
AINGRA07156 Weisler QLD  Calibration of the late Holocene C-14 marine reservoir ages in Hawaii using U-series dated corals
AINGRA07157 White SYD  Pleistocene and Holocene use and exchange of obsidian artefacts in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
AINGRA07158 Whittingham JAM  Investigations of bio-inorganic interfaces
AINGRA07160 Williams ADE  Depositional chronology of late Pleistocene valley-fills in the Flinders Ranges of  South Australia
AINGRA07161 Wust JAM  Determining the age of multiple paleosoil horizons in fluvial overbank deposits near Townsville, Queensland
AINGRA07162 Zaw TAS  PIXE/PIGE analysis of trace element composition in hydrothermal magnetite: implications for ore formation
AINGRA07166 Gibson TAS  Effects of pre and post settlement on the health and stability of Little Swanport Estuary
AINGRA07167 Shankar NSW  Production of nanometric reinforced aluminium matrix composites by powder metallurgy (P/M) using hot isostatic press(HIP)
AINGRA07170 Kisi NCT  Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction study of the Pt-Al2O3 interface
AINGRA07173 De Marco CUR  Ion selective atomic force microscopy: a powerful new imaging technique for materials science
AINGRA07174 Cartwright MON  Sustainability of groundwater in freshwater lenses, River Murray, Australia
AINGRA07175 Lovelock QLD  Understanding mangrove colonisation of recent marine sediments
AINGRA07178 Haworth UNE  Fixed biological indicators and Holocene sea level change at Cape Edgecumbe, north Queensland