Research news

Research Week at ECU

Thursday, 11 August 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 08

Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) are set to showcase their work to inspire the next generation of research students.


Visualising Research Exhibition: 15 – 19 August

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 08

ECU’s Visualising Research Exhibition offers researchers at ECU the unique opportunity to showcase their research.


$300,000 to research energy-efficient glass

Thursday, 28 July 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 07

ECU researchers have secured $300,000 in funding to investigate a new type of smart glass that cuts out infrared radiation while also generating electricity.


ECU researcher wins award for terrorism research

Friday, 22 July 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 07

Terrorism researcher from secau – Security Research Centre, Dr Simon O’Rourke has received national recognition, recently winning the 2011 Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO) Publications Award for his research into terrorism.


ECU researchers investigating children’s respiratory health in Collie

Thursday, 21 July 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 07

Growing up in Singapore, ECU PhD candidate Desmond Menon suffered from asthma as a child. Now, many years later, as an adult living in Perth, this childhood experience has led to investigating the link between particulate matter (PM) and respiratory health in children. Mr Menon, together with the expert advice from Associate Professor Jacques Oosthuizen, Public Health, School of Exercise and Health Sciences at ECU is researching respiratory health in children and air pollutants, in particular the link between a child’s exposure to respirable PM and its compounds.


Research Week 2011 program goes live

Thursday, 14 July 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 07

ECU’s Research Week brings staff, students, current and future researchers together to share their research, knowledge, ideas and inspiration.


Research@ECU Music Research

Monday, 04 July 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

Dr Cat Hope features in the fourth installment of the innovative Research@ECU video series.

Research conducted by Dr Hope centres around her diverse interests in low frequency sound, film music, WA new music archiving and in this case, the relationship between acoustic and electronic instruments, technology and music in her new music group ‘Decibel’.


National anti-cyber bullying campaign

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

ECU’s Child Health Promotion Research Centre (CHPRC) is set to play a key role in a national campaign to address cyber-bullying.


$100,000 boost for Indigenous health research

Thursday, 23 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) research into Indigenous health has been strengthened by a $100,000 donation from not-for-profit organisation Bellberry Ltd.


3 Minute Thesis Competition - What’s Your Research?

Thursday, 23 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition is back by this year as part of the exciting program of events for Research Week 2011. PhD, Professional Doctorate and Masters by Research students will once again battle it out to explain their research in a clear, concise and compelling way in just three minutes.


ECU academic receives government grant

Friday, 10 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

Congratulations to ECU Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Exercise and Human Performance, Dr Prue Cormie, who recently received a $10,000 New Independent Researcher Infrastructure Support (NIRIS) grant from the Department of Health.


Research@ECU with Professor Kamal Alameh

Friday, 10 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

The third online video in the Research@ECU’s series features Professor Alameh and his groundbreaking work in microelectronics and microphotonics.


ARC Linkage grants announced

Friday, 03 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

ECU has been successful in securing grants in three diverse areas from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects Scheme.


Participants sought for study into children’s exposure to dust

Friday, 03 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

ECU researchers are seeking participants in the Perth metropolitan area for a study investigating children’s exposure to dust and metals.


$5.6 million for closer research ties with Australian universities

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 Research > News > 2011 > 06

Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) research capabilities will be boosted after the Federal Government announced $5.6 million in funding.


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