Prof. John O'Connor

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5439
Fax	(02) 4921 6898
Email	John.OConnor@newcastle.edu.au
Office	V124, Mathematics

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	71
Total funding	$12,476,715

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2012 (4 grants)

Probe based nano-fabrication of micro-electronic and mechanical systems$340,000

Project Team
Doctor Andrew Fleming, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$340,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2014
GNo:G1100209

A Prototype Scanning Helium Atom Microscope (SHeM) for Soft Materials$250,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Doctor Warwick Belcher, Professor Bruce King
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1100628

A Prototype Scanning Helium Atom Microscope (SHeM) for Soft Materials $250,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Doctor Warwick Belcher, Professor David Officer, Associate Professor Peter Innis, Dr Gunther Andersson, Dr William Allison
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1100805

A Prototype Scanning Helium Atom Microscope (SHeM) for Soft Materials $100,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Doctor Warwick Belcher, Professor David Officer, Associate Professor Peter Innis, Dr Gunther Andersson, Dr William Allison
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$100,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200755

2011 (1 grants)

Next Generation Medium Energy Ion Scattering Analysis$25,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$25,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1001032

2010 (1 grants)

Science and Engineering Challenge$1,000,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Scheme
Science Connections Program (SCOPE)
Total Amount	Role
$1,000,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2011
GNo:G1000145

2009 (3 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$650,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$70,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

Advanced materials for fusion energy research$21,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King, Professor Erich Kisi
Funding Body
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Scheme
International Science Linkages Programme - Australia-China Special Fund
Total Amount	Role
$21,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2010
GNo:G0188947

2008 (3 grants)

Integrated surface fabrication and characterisation laboratory$750,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Warwick Belcher, Professor Catherine Stampfl, Dr Jeffrey Reimers, Assoc. Prof Alexander Hamilton, Dr Adam Micolich, Doctor Chris Fell, Dr Scott Watkins, Dr Mark Bown, Dr Anton Stampfl, Dr Peter Evans
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$750,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0187931

Partner contributions for Integrated surface fabrication and characterisation laboratory$320,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Warwick Belcher, Professor Catherine Stampfl, Dr Jeffrey Reimers, Assoc. Prof Alexander Hamilton, Dr Adam Micolich, Doctor Chris Fell, Dr Scott Watkins, Dr Mark Bown, Dr Anton Stampfl, Dr Peter Evans
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$320,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0189562

9th International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces$2,500

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0189005

2007 (3 grants)

Surface and Magnetic Structure of Crystalline Materials$636,000

Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) (Shared)
Total Amount	Role
$636,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:22583299

(17) Physics$24,661

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Publication Performance Grant
Total Amount	Role
$24,661	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2008
GNo:G0187983

3rd International Workshop on Surface Physics entitled $2,500

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187993

2006 (2 grants)

Combinatorial Deposition and Characterisation Facility for New Alloy Thin Film Materials$1,200,000

Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) (Shared)
Total Amount	Role
$1,200,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:22583121

Nanostructure Deposition Facility$180,240

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor Marian Radny, Professor Robert Lamb, Dr Paul Meredith, Assoc. Prof Michael Ford, Dr Gerard Gadd, Dr Peter Evans, Professor Gordon Wallace, Associate Professor Peter Innis, Dr Andrew Minett, Dr Jeffrey Reimers, Professor Maxwell Crossley, Emeritus Pr Noel Hush, Dr Kostya Ostrikov, Professor David McKenzie
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$180,240	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0185533

2005 (6 grants)

Helium Atom Detection in Scanning Helium Microscopy$300,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Dr William Allison, Dr T Noakes
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$300,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:G0184407

The Identification and Development of Strategies for Increasing Engineering Enrolments$206,433

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Adrian Page, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Allyson Holbrook, Professor Sid Bourke, Mr Stephen Williamson
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$206,433	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:G0185049

The Identification and Development of Strategies for Increasing Engineering Enrolments$60,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Adrian Page, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Allyson Holbrook, Professor Sid Bourke, Mr Stephen Williamson
Funding Body
Engineers Australia
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$60,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:G0185915

2005 RIBG allocation$35,909

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$35,909	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185842

The Identification and Development of Strategies for Increasing Engineering Enrolments$15,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Adrian Page, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Allyson Holbrook, Professor Sid Bourke, Mr Stephen Williamson
Funding Body
AmpControl Pty Ltd
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:G0185916

3rd International Workshop on High-Resolution Depth Profiling, 23-26 May 2005$2,500

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185403

2004 (3 grants)

Science and Engineering Challenge$2,676,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Scheme
National Science Week Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,676,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2011
GNo:G0184163

National Heavy Ion Accelerator$508,000

Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$508,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:22583084

16th International Vacuum Congress International Conference on Solid Surfaces, NANO 8, 28 June - 2 July, Italy$2,500

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2004
GNo:G0183925

2003 (2 grants)

Science and Engineering Superchallenge$30,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Education, Science and Training
Scheme
National Science Week Grant
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2003
GNo:G0182688

16th International Conference on Ion-Surface Interactions ISI - 2003 Moscow Russia 25-29 August 2003$2,400

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,400	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2003
GNo:G0183295

2002 (7 grants)

Active Polymer Research Facility.$424,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Simon Biggs, Professor Bruce King, Professor John O'Connor, Emeritus Professor Neil Page, Associate Professor Erica Wanless
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$424,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181516

High Energy Heavy Ions in Materials Science$175,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$175,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2004
GNo:G0181108

Harvesting Sunlight with Polymeric Photovoltaics$63,032

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$63,032	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2005
GNo:G0179968

Science and Engineering Super Challenge.$20,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Mr Robert Nelson
Funding Body
Department of Education, Science and Training
Scheme
National Science Week Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181624

Vapour Depostition of Organosilanes using a Micro Environmental Cell$8,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$8,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181448

Quasi Crystals and Atomic Carpet Tiles$5,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$5,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0181446

ISSAR-2002, Kyungju, Korea 23-27 September 2002$1,407

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,407	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0182296

2001 (3 grants)

Electronic Effects in Atomic Scattering from Surfaces: Towards an Atom Beam Microscope$153,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$153,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2003
GNo:G0179258

2001, A Science Odyssey.$14,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Scheme
National Science Week Grant (Defunct-see DEST)
Total Amount	Role
$14,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180184

15th International Vacuum Congress, 48 American Vacuum Symposium and 11th International Conference on Surface Science, USA, 28 October - 2 November 2001$2,400

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,400	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0181207

2000 (3 grants)

Application of High Energy Elastic Recoils to Surface Analysis.$10,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Small Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0178950

Sport? - Fun Science!$7,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Scheme
National Science Week Grant (Defunct-see DEST)
Total Amount	Role
$7,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0179124

Ion Beam Techniques for the Analysis of Composition & Structure with Atomic Layer Resolution, Abingdon, UK.$2,500

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2000
GNo:G0180261

1999 (2 grants)

Diffusion and Growth in Ultra-thin Layers$189,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King, Professor Paul Dastoor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$189,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	2001
GNo:G0177796

18th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids, Denmark.$2,290

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,290	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	1999
GNo:G0180469

1998 (5 grants)

Metallic Coatings$100,000

Project Team
Associate Professor John Lucas, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Geoffrey Evans
Funding Body
BHP/Billiton Research Labs
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$100,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0178242

Equilibrium and non-equilibrium surface alloy structures$47,664

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Emeritus Professor Ronald MacDonald
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Special Scholarship Initiative Grants
Total Amount	Role
$47,664	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	2000
GNo:G0177746

Ion Beam engineering of epitaxial thin films$47,664

Project Team
Professor Bruce King, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Special Scholarship Initiative Grants
Total Amount	Role
$47,664	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	2000
GNo:G0177741

Surface Structure with Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy$8,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Small Grant
Total Amount	Role
$8,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0177400

14th International Vacuum Congress, UK 31 August - 4 September 1998$2,400

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,400	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1998	1998
GNo:G0180388

1997 (5 grants)

Variable Temperature Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Tunnelling Microscope$400,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (RIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$400,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1997	1997
GNo:G0176527

Enhancing depth resolution in surface science$59,471

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King, Professor Paul Dastoor
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Multi-Year Small Grant Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$59,471	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1997	2000
GNo:G0176613

Bridging Funding - Dr Yaogen Shen$15,000

Dr R A Langley, Retired, 12/1/98 - 9/3/98$4,627

17th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids, Beijing, PRC, 2-6 July 1997$1,656

1996 (6 grants)

High Energy Heavy Ions and Surface Analysis$229,000

Oxidation of A1(111)$16,500

Transport expenses for an AES/XPS system$5,388

Charge Exchange Studies$3,998

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Australian Academy of Science
Scheme
Bede Morris Fellowship Scheme - Rhone-Puolenc Fellow
Total Amount	Role
$3,998	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1996	1996
GNo:G0175621

(ANTSO)German/Australian Workshop, Seeheim, Germany.$3,950

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Scheme
Technology Alliances-International Conference Support Scheme
Total Amount	Role
$3,950	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1996	1996
GNo:G0176800

International Workshop on Inelastic Ion Surface Collisions, Wangerooge, Germany, 22-27 September 1996$2,329

1995 (3 grants)

Lab Technician, Technical Officer, Graphics Visual Software$40,000

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$40,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1995	1995
GNo:G0175594

Neutralisation Studies for Alkali Ions$20,000

13th International Vacuum Congress and 9th International Conference on Solid Surfaces (Yokohama, Japan)$2,022

1994 (3 grants)

Time of Flight for Heavy Ion Rutherford Back Scattering$23,000

94GRANT. Interaction of low energy particles with solid surfaces.$6,000

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Ronald MacDonald, Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Scheme
Bilateral S&T Program (Defunct)
Total Amount	Role
$6,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1994	1994
GNo:G0174659

Physics and Chemistry Alloy Surfaces - 126 We-Heraeus Seminar - Dresden - 17-21 April 1994$2,208

1993 (3 grants)

Time of Flight for Heavy Ion Rutherford Back Scattering$21,300

visit by Dr PR Vaya, Head, Semiconductor Device Research Laboratory Centre for Systems and Devices. 1/8/93-5/12/93.$2,994

'Fifteenth International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids' - London, Ontario - 26 - 30 July 1993$1,772

1992 (3 grants)

Ion Surface Interaction Studies$644,700

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Ronald MacDonald, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Bruce King
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$644,700	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1992	1994
GNo:G0173073

Time Of Light For Heavy Ion Rutherford Backscattering$24,000

Oxidation Of Ni Al Alloys (the Netherlands)$3,800

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor
Funding Body
Department of Industry, Science & Resources
Scheme
Bilateral S&T Program (Defunct)
Total Amount	Role
$3,800	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1992	1992
GNo:G0173693

Project Team
Professor John O'Connor, Mr Yao-Gen Shen
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Small Grant
Total Amount	Role
$16,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1996	1996
GNo:G0175709

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