Successful 2003 Discovery Projects Grants by Institution - Australian ...

The University of New England
DP0344274 Prof AT Atkinson
Title: A History of the Uses of Imagination and Authority in Australia, 1870-1919
2003 : $129,485
2004 : $129,485
2005 : $129,485
2006 : $129,485
2007 : $129,485
Category: 4301 - HISTORICAL STUDIES
Administering Institution: The University of New England
APF Prof AT Atkinson
Summary:
This project is designed as the third and final stage of a process of connected research on the subject of
European settlement in Australia. The work will focus especially on themes of oral and literary
communication and the resulting sense of place and community. Prevailing attitudes to and uses of
authority will be a central theme. The project will also draw together much recent work on the period
leading up to the federation of the Australian colonies, federation itself and World War One and in the
process will explore continuities with earlier periods of Australian history.
DP0343265 Dr RG Baker
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Title: Modelling the Internet as a Geographical System
2003 : $50,000
Category: 3506 - SERVICES
Administering Institution: The University of New England
Summary:
This project aims to model Internet transactions as a time-dependent random walk relative to the 24-hour
rotation of the Earth. The dynamics of global distance-time interactions will be tested from Internet
experiments and data bases. Case studies of retail transactions of connected households in Sydney and
Brisbane will explore its socio-economic underpinnings. The project is significant in that it specifically
defines the character of global Internet flows with a possibility of commercial advantage to Australia in
understanding how the geography of time zones affects its dynamics.
DP0344111 Dr Y Du Prof NE Dancer
Title: Free boundary problems in partial differential equations and related topics
2003 : $55,000
2004 : $53,000
2005 : $50,000
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Category: 2301 - MATHEMATICS
Administering Institution: The University of New England
Summary:
We study problems for non-linear partial differential equations where there is an unknown (free)
boundary in the underlying domain. These problems occur when there is a transition from different states
of physical systems and arise in many applications of mathematics, such as in population models and in
melting problems, to mention but two. We as well discuss related problems motivated by understanding
sharp transitions which also have many applications in applied sciences.
DP0344782 Dr PR Grave
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Title: The Early Modern Economy, East Asia 1500-1700AD
2003 : $53,000
2004 : $40,000