Industry associations
International
links
Industry collaboration
- Ancon Beton / Adelaide Brighton Cement
- Rail CRC
- City of Salisbury
- Transport SA
- O'Donnell Griffin
- Department for Administrative and Information Services
- Koukourou Engineers
- ARC Linkage
International Links
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Professor Roger LaBoube, the Director of the Centre for Cold-formed Steel
Structures at the Missouri University of
Science and Technology, visited UniSA on
invitation in August 2001. Dr Julie Mills and Roger have co-authored a
number of journal and conference papers on cold-formed structures.
Khon Kaen University
Don Cameron has been successful with the links with
Khon Kaen
University as previously reported. Don has accepted an invitation to become a member of the
Advisory Committee to the
Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Centre of the
Department of Civil Engineering, Khon Kaen University.
Professor Akiba Shoichi from
Nihon University has been invited to spend 2006 with SMAG to further his
research into pavement engineering. The link arose from the sister city
program between Mobara, Japan and the City of Salisbury.
A visit to the UK in June gave Don Cameron the opportunity to visit two research groups, which have links to SMAG’s interests;
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Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering, University of Nottingham
Rail Research UK, University of Birmingham
Correspondence with key
personnel from these centres will continue.
Industry collaboration
Ancon Beton / Adelaide Brighton Cement
An industry partnership with Ancon Beton
(international concrete consultancy) and Adelaide Brighton Cement
has been established since March 2003. The collaboration should lead to
more research and development in the concrete technology field. Adelaide Brighton
Cement has continued to contribute undergraduate lectures on concrete
technology, as well as supervising a final year honour’s project.
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Collaborations
Rail CRC
Don Cameron is the UniSA leader of a project in
Theme 2 of the Rail CRC, which involves research on the stability of
railway formations. The industry partners are Australian Rail and Track
Corporation (ARTC) and Queensland Rail. The 3-year project is in its
third year and it supports 3.5 postgraduate students, one from
University of Wollongong, and the remainder from UniSA. ERM
(Environmental Recreation and Management) and CIS (Computer and
Information Science) are involved through Joan Gibbs and John Boland,
who are supervising postgraduate students related to the project.
City of Salisbury
Since the
year 2000,
the City of Salisbury has supported applied research by funding a PhD
student to investigate the effects of soil movement and the suitability
of various 'street' trees on expansive clay sites . In the first two
years funding support was also provided by the Local Government
Association. For more information visit
City of
Salisbury Street Trees Project
Transport SA
Transport SA has been
involved in a number of projects, including the formation of a Research
Degree in Pavement Engineering, and currently a Pulsing Pavement Testing Facility
for future
research and development into unbound granular pavement materials.
O'Donnell Griffin
In 2004
O'Donnell Griffin continued their
association with SMAG through involvement in a PhD and Honours
student project in the area of transmission tower strengthening.
Department for Administrative and Information Services
In
2003, Dr. Yan Zhuge secured funding from
DAIS to support postgraduate
research into retrofitting systems for older masonry buildings for
potential earthquake events.
Koukourou Engineers
A royalty agreement has been struck between SMAG, a former UniSA honours student, the original software author and a consultant group (fmg Koukourou Engineers) for sales of updated software for the design of house footings.
Peter Kentish is involved
with the Ian Wark Institute in an ARC Linkage Grant in biomedical
engineering, entitled: “Advanced intramedullary nailing systems”. The
project is expected to commence in 2006.