1997 QUT Handbook

5)Social Gerontology Program
(disability and ageing, housing, employment,
retirement).
Director: Prof Roger Scott, BA(Hons)
DipPubAdmin Tas., DPhil Ofx., FACE
CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH
The Centre for Eye Research was established in the
School of Optometry in 1986 to coordinate the wide
range of research activities in the visual and
ophthalmic sciences. The Centre has a vigorous
program of research investigating human vision and
how the problems people have with vision may be
resolved or alleviated.
In 1988 the Centre was given University Centre status
and provided with support funding to pursue its
mission of developing the research and postgraduate
activities of the School of Optometry. In 1989, the
Centre’s first PhD students were enrolled.
The research activities of the Centre encompass the
clinical, theoretical and applied aspects of the visual
sciences. There is an emphasis on the functional and
performance aspects of vision. The Centre also
undertakes research for the ophthalmic and
pharmaceutical industries towards the development
of improved ophthalmic appliances and materials.
In addition to investigating the causes of human
vision problems, the Centre also undertakes research
work for government, industry and business to
resolve visual problems in the workplace, in transport
and in industry.
The Centre for Eye Research serves as a focus for
collaboration with groups internal and external to
QUT. This collaboration with industry and with other
research units is well established, and the Centre has
attracted significant research grants from industry
and government funding agencies.
The Centre’s facilities and resources are unique in
Queensland and provide a resource for the
development of the visual and ophthalmic sciences
and industries in the State.
Director: Professor L.G. Carney, BAppSc
MSc(Optom) PhD Melb., LOSc, FAAO
CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN THE
ARTS
The Centre has three purposes:
to facilitate the creation and presentation of new
artistic works
to encourage multi-media innovation in
contemporary works
to enhance the commercialisation of new artistic
works.
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The Centre initiates projects and joins other arts
companies, festivals, research institutes and
individual artists in joint ventures. An Artist-in-
Residence scheme brings national and international
visual and performing artists into the QUT and
Brisbane communities.
Artistic and scholarly research is undertaken into the
performing and visual arts in the fields of Dance,
Drama, Music, Visual Arts and Communication
Design. Both theoretical and applied research is
undertaken by composers, choreographers, directors,
writers and visual artists, with a focus on the creative
process and innovation in arts practice. Staff attached
to the Centre provide consultancy expertise over a
wide range of multi-disciplinary applications.
Postgraduate students associated with the Centre
focus on the creation and/or analysis of new artistic
works or multi-media and on-line experimentation
using the Academy’s Arts and Technology
Laboratory.
The five research programs within the Centre are:
1) Artistic Practice
2) Arts and Technology
3) Arts in Cultural Development
4) Arts Theory
5) Arts Education
Director: Assoc Prof Rod Wissler, BA(Hons) PhD Qld.
CENTRE FOR INSTRUMENTAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL CHEMISTRY
The Centre for Instrumental and Developmental
Chemistry was formed in January 1992. It
emphasises high quality fundamental research and
expert service of community needs through research,
postgraduate education, development projects and
consultancy.
Research
The Centre specialises in three main areas:
Analytical Science
Project areas currently being researched in the
analytical science program include the development
of new analytical instrumentation; use of
chemometrics; elucidation of three-dimensional
structures of complex molecules by NMR, X-ray
diffraction and mass spectrometry; and use of
vibrational spectroscopy for the characterisation of
polymers, minerals, biological molecules and dyes;
the development of new sample introduction
methods in atomic spectroscopy; the application of
analytical techniques to forensic science.
Applied Biological Chemistry
The program encompasses a wide range of industrial
sectors, and research makes extensive use of the
instrumental infrastructure of the Centre. Current