Prof. Richard (Rick) Middleton

Work Phone	(02) 492 16488
Fax	(02) 496 01712
Email	Richard.Middleton@newcastle.edu.au
Office	EAG03, Engineering A

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	29
Total funding	$10,730,941

For project grants received while at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (1 grants)

Dynamics & Feedback in Networked Biological Systems$330,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Zhiyong Chen, Professor Patrizio Colaneri
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$330,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2015
GNo:G1200202

2012 (3 grants)

Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$360,000

Project Team
Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Doctor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Projects
Total Amount	Role
$360,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2015
GNo:G1101043

Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$153,000

Project Team
Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Doctor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren
Funding Body
Ericsson AB
Scheme
Linkage Projects Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$153,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2015
GNo:G1200170

Development of a distributed algorithm for assigning charge rates to electric vehicles (load management)$30,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Associate Professor Christopher Kellett, Ms Sonja Stuedli
Funding Body
CSIRO - Energy Technology
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2015
GNo:G1200823

2006 (2 grants)

Nano-positioning facility for nano-scale measurement and manipulation$530,000

Project Team
Professor Reza Moheimani, Scientia Professor Ian Petersen, Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Minyue Fu, Dr Valeri Ougrinovska, Dr Hermanshu Pota, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Dr Steven Schofield
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$530,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0185548

Rapid Convergence for Reinforcement Learning with Legged Robots$10,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Dr Michael Quinlan, Doctor Robert King, Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186068

2005 (2 grants)

2005 RIBG allocation$75,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$75,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185781

2005 RIBG allocation$30,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:G0185782

2004 (2 grants)

Next Generation Model Based Control Tools$250,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Gregory Adams
Funding Body
Matrikon Pty Ltd
Scheme
Centres of Excellence (Partner)
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2007
GNo:G0185845

Application of spiking neural networks to robot locomotion control$39,319

Project Team
Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$39,319	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2004	2006
GNo:G0183487

2003 (4 grants)

Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control.$6,929,432

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Minyue Fu, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor Iain Raeburn, Professor Reza Moheimani, Dr William Heath, Doctor Julio Braslavsky, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Richard Gerlach, Doctor Maria Seron, Associate Professor Brailey Sims
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
ARC Centres of Excellence
Total Amount	Role
$6,929,432	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2007
GNo:G0182216

Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control$445,586

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin
Funding Body
NSW Department of State and Regional Development
Scheme
Centres of Excellence (Partner)
Total Amount	Role
$445,586	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2007
GNo:G0185594

Integrated Mine Planning (IMP)$250,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin
Funding Body
BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd
Scheme
Centres of Excellence (Partner)
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2007
GNo:G0185847

Optimisation-based operator guidance (OBOG)$250,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Julio Braslavsky
Funding Body
BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd
Scheme
Centres of Excellence (Partner)
Total Amount	Role
$250,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2003	2007
GNo:G0185849

2002 (1 grants)

Visit of Prof Bernhard Nebel, from 15 August 2002 to 15 March 2003$6,429

Project Team
Associate Professor Mary-Anne Williams, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Visitor Grant
Total Amount	Role
$6,429	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2002	2002
GNo:G0182222

2001 (2 grants)

Instantaneous Power Control of AC Machines$169,113

Project Team
Professor Robert Betz, Professor Rick Middleton, Dr Brian Cook
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$169,113	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2003
GNo:G0179249

Adaptive Autopilots Research for DSTO Salisbury, South Australia$30,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Scheme
Consultancy
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2001
GNo:G0180746

2000 (3 grants)

Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment.$252,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Mr B Finlay, Dr Luiping Wang
Funding Body
Pacific Power International
Scheme
SPIRT Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$252,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2002
GNo:G0180162

Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment$200,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT)
Total Amount	Role
$200,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2002
GNo:G0178640

Direct feedback control of vibrations using piezoelectric actuators$52,131

Project Team
Professor Reza Moheimani, Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$52,131	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2000	2002
GNo:G0178814

1999 (2 grants)

Fault Diagnosis of Power Transformers using Impulse Voltage Testing and Frequency Response Analysis.$13,500

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$13,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	1999
GNo:G0178080

28th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control Phoenix, Arizona, USA.$2,400

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,400	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1999	1999
GNo:G0180456

1996 (1 grants)

Robust adaptive switching controllers$11,500

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Minyue Fu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Small Grant
Total Amount	Role
$11,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1996	1996
GNo:G0175682

1995 (2 grants)

95APP. Sensitivity trade offs for digital and/or periodically time varying feedback systems.$122,144

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$122,144	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1995	1997
GNo:G0174487

Electrical & Computer Engineering$78,000

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs
Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)
Total Amount	Role
$78,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1995	1995
GNo:G0175579

1994 (1 grants)

1994 American Control Conference - Baltimore - 29 June-1 July 1994$2,362

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,362	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1994	1994
GNo:G0175102

1993 (3 grants)

Analysis and Design of Robust Control Systems.$50,000

Project Team
Assoc. Prof Carlos De Souza, Professor Minyue Fu, Professor Rick Middleton
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Large Grant
Total Amount	Role
$50,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1993	1993
GNo:G0173046

Project Team
Professor Rick Middleton, Dr Herbert Penfold
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$29,421	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
1993	1994
GNo:G0174765

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