International. The University of Southern Queensland receives more than $1.5 million in research funding to lead three projects awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) as part of its Discovery Projects program.
The University's successful initiatives included US$548,288 to develop bio-inspired ceramifiable fire-retardant composite coatings, US$533,377 to generate new knowledge and tools in global brain network modeling and deep learning technology, and US$471,767 for semiconductor heterojunction thermal engineering for space transducers.
Chemical engineering professor Pingan Song and materials engineer Dr. Siqi Huo aim to develop next-generation advanced flame retardant coatings for various flammable materials, particularly to create fireproof and energy-saving buildings.
"Fire retardant coatings represent an effective and low-cost solution for creating thermal insulation materials for fire-proof buildings," said Professor Song.
"Early last year, we developed a lava-inspired fireproof coating that showed excellent fire protection for polymer foams for thermal insulation of buildings," he added.
"However, we don't yet know how compositions determine the overall properties of this lava-inspired flame retardant coating. This project aims to better understand this relationship and how this coating works," he said
The ARC Discovery Projects scheme supports excellent research to expand Australia's knowledge base and research capacity and enhance the scale and focus of Australia's research.
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