2014

Professor Simon Dennis and Professor Andrew Heathcote have been awarded more than $757,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Developing a Unified Theory of Episodic Memory.

Laureate Professor John Aitken and Associate Professor Brett Nixon have been awarded more than $403,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Use of quinone adducted peptides in the regulation of fertility.

Dr Georgios Kouretizis, Professor Daichao Sheng and Associate Professor Kristian Krabbenhoft have been awarded more than $463,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Unsaturated soil-structure interaction with emphasis on buried pipelines.

Professor Erich Kisi and Dr Thomas Fiedler have been awarded more than $355,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project High Energy Density - High Delivery Rate Thermal Energy Storage.

Professor John Maynard and Associate Professor Victoria Haskins have been awarded more than $610,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board 1883-1969: A History.

It is a disease that leaves people coughing and gasping for breath, regardless of available treatment options, but a study by University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health researchers is trialling new and promising clinical therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD).

Wyn Jones is ensuring his Industrial Design students take their ideas and designs beyond university assessment.

Professor Phil Hansbro and his team have been awarded over $1 million from the NHMRC to investigate modifying epigenetics as a novel treatment in COPD.

Dr Colin D Reid has been awarded more than $280,000 in ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) funding commencing in 2015 for his research project Branching and self-similarity in group actions.

Kcasey McLoughlin discusses Zoe's Law and its possible implications for women's rights

Research Associate Dr Brett Turner from the School of Engineering has received $570,000 in funding under the Australian Research Council's Discovery Indigenous scheme commencing in 2015 for his research project The effect of climate change on the biogeochemistry of estuarine soft soils.

The University of Newcastle's Tom Farrell Institute* for the Environment, in partnership with NSW Office of Environment & Heritage, is running a clean-energy conference this Friday, November 21, at the Hunter Valley Hotel Academy, Kurri Kurri, TAFE.