Australian
mineral science research institute (AMSRI)
Sponsors: AMIRA International, South Australian Government and UniSA
A physicochemical approach for optimising drug delivery from
BioSilicon
Industry partner: pSivida
Chief investigators: Clive Prestidge, A Evans (PMS) and P Pendleton
(PMS)
Development of novel nanostructured electro-optical systems
Industry partner: Visiocorp Australia Pty Ltd
Chief investigators: Hans Griesser, P Murphy (Mawson Institute), G Wallace (University
of Wollongong), P Innis (University of Wollongong) and S Edwards (Schefenacker)
Improving aqueous processing and control of copper-uranium leach
tails behaviour
Industry partner: BHP Billiton
Chief investigators: Jonas Addai-Mensah and Bill Skinner
Improving sulphide mineral flotation
Industry partner: AMIRA International
Chief investigators: Stephen Grano, Daniel Fornasiero and Bill Skiner
Model studies of the wettability of reservoir and seal rocks as
recovered and after treatments to alter surface properties
Industry partner: CSIRO Petroleum
Chief investigators: Rossen Sedev, John Ralston and J Kaldi (University
of Adelaide)
Novel biodiagnostic platforms for human metabloites
Chief investigators: Clive Prestidge, Hans Griesser and T Vaithianathan
(Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research)
Novel nanostructured polymeric membranes for energy storage
applications
Industry partner: ZBB Technologies
Chief investigators: Namita Roy Choudhury and Bill Skinner
Optimising froth zone performance in mineral flotation
Industry partner: AMIRA International
Chief investigators: Stephen Grano, Roger Horn and JP Franzidis (University of Queensland)
Optimising the recovery of fine and coarse particles in mineral
flotation
Industry partner: AMIRA International
Chief investigators: Stephen Grano and Daniel Fornasiero
Polymers at mineral interfaces
Industry partner: AMIRA International
Chief investigators: David Beattie, Daniel Fornasiero, Jonas
Addai-Mensah and John Ralston