Grants,
Contracts and
patents (2000-2005)
Grants (>$2M)
- ARC Discovery (2005), J. Howard, M. Persson, DP0667064 Development of microwave tomography techniques and inverse methods for biomedical imaging, $370,000
- ARC LIEF (2005) Dr HH Kleine; A/Prof SL Gai; Prof MM Bilek; Dr J Howard; Prof Dr JC Lai; Dr RR Boyce; Dr K Shankar LE0668481, Time‑resolved observation of highly transient events by a novel digital high‑speed camera, $140,385
- ARC LIEF (2004), M. Bilek, J. Harris, D McKenzie, B James, J Howard, B Blackwell, P Pigram, D McCulloch, R Boswell, C Charles, M Shats, LE0453732 Interactive network for plasma and surface analysis $726,000
- DEST ISL (2004-2006) J Howard, Studies of High Temperature Edge Plasma Confinement Physics using New Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, $193,000
- ARC Discovery (2003-2005) J.H. Harris, B.D. Blackwell, M.G. Shats, J. Howard, DP0344361, Localised instabilities in magnetically confined plasmas heated by radio waves, $164,000.
- ARC Discovery (2000-2002): B. James, J. Howard, S. Buckman, A10009117, Investigation of internal electric fields in high and low temperature plasmas using a Stark-based laser induced fluorescence technique $ 228,000
- Major Equipment (ANU internal, 2002): J. Howard, A Voltage-Tunable High Power Millimetre-Wave Source for Time-Resolved Plasma Tomography and Transport Studies, $110,000
- ACT Knowledge Fund (2002): J. Howard Development of absolute thermal imaging systems for industrial process monitoring and control $40,000
- Australian-German Joint Research Co-operation Scheme (2002): J. Howard, Application of Innovative Spectral Imaging Camera for Tomographic Studies of High Temperature Magnetically Confined Plasmas. $8000
R&D Contracts (>$0.5M)
- Bluescope Steel (2005), Research & Development of Coherence Pyrometry Technology Within the Ironmaking Process
- Korea Basic Science Institute (2005), Develop Modulated Coherence Imaging (MCI) System for KSTAR under a Research and Development Contract between the Australian National University and the Korea Basic Science Institute.
- Max-Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik, (Greifswald, Germany) (2002-2004), J. Howard, MOSS Spectrometer Development for Stellarator Research
- Assoc. INEA sulla Fusion (Padua, Italy) (2003-2004), J. Howard, MOSS Spectroscopy on RFX and Alcator-C-MOD
- DSTO #230615: J. Howard, Develop a Radiometer to discriminate between various sources of IR radiation
- Measurement of Brightness, Flow Velocity and Temperature of Radiant Media. US Patent No 6462826 (2002)
- Electro-optically modulated birefringent filter and method for estimation of blackbody temperatures. Aust. Patent Application accepted #2002335918 (2005)
- Multi-coherence imaging using polarization optics and spatio-temporal multiplex methods, Provisional patent filed (2005).