| 1 Number of research outputs |
| Refereed (Peer reviewed) journal articles |
60 |
97 |
| Books |
0 |
0 |
| Book Chapters |
2 |
0 |
| Contributed Conference Presentations |
45 |
41 |
| Patents and IP Disclosures |
5 |
2 |
| Patents Generated |
1 |
0 |
| Joint Publications (between Nodes) |
10 |
18 |
|
| 2 Quality of research outputs |
| High Impact Publications |
25% |
27% |
| Number of New Citations to CoE Outputs Each Year |
900 |
1316 |
| Cumulative Citation to CoE Outputs |
1800 |
2396 |
| Highly CIted Papers (Top 1% in ISI) |
2 |
0 |
|
| 3 Prizes, Awards and other Prestigious Measures of Centre Researchers |
| National Awards to Staff, Students or CIs |
2 |
8 |
| International Awards to Staff, Students or CIs |
0 |
4 |
|
| 4 Number of training courses held by the Centre |
| Summer Course in Solar Cell Technologies |
1 |
0 |
| Training Course in Excitonics (or New P/G Course) |
1 |
1 |
| Media Training Programs - Dealing with the public and Science Communication Skills |
1 |
3 |
|
| 5 Number of workshops / conferences held / offered by the Centre |
| CoE Annual Exciton Science Conference |
1 |
0 |
| Workshops/Conferences Fully funded (Monthly Seminar Series) |
10 |
36 |
| Co-sponsored/Co-funded Conferences /Symposia/Workshops/Seminars |
5 |
3 |
|
| 6 Number of additional researchers working on Centre research |
| Postdoctoral researchers (At any one time) |
30 |
54 |
| Honours students (At any one time) |
20 |
5 |
| PhD students (At any one time) |
70 |
70 |
| Masters by research students |
6 |
6 |
| Masters by coursework students |
2 |
14 |
| Associate Investigators |
20 |
26 |
| Undergraduate Students (Capstone Subjects or Summer Vacation Scholars) |
20 |
17 |
|
| 7 Number of postgraduate completions |
| PhD |
25 |
10 |
| MSc |
4 |
2 |
| Hons. |
18 |
4 |
|
| 8 Number of mentoring programs supported by the Centre |
| Entrepreneurship Training Courses Offered |
1 |
3 |
| ECR Mentoring / Training Programs |
2 |
1 |
| CI Science Leadership Programs |
1 |
1 |
|
| 9 Number of presentations/briefings |
| Government or Industry Briefings |
10 |
11 |
| Invited or Keynote International Conference Presentations |
15 |
26 |
| Plenary International Conference Presentations |
2 |
0 |
|
| 10 Number of new organisations collaborating with, or involved in, the Centre |
| New International Linkages |
4 |
7 |
| International Visitors |
30 |
5 |
| Visits to International Laboratories |
50 |
3 |
| New Industry Links |
2 |
4 |
| New Industry Contracts or Collaborations |
0 |
5 |
|
| 11. Media and Online Presence (monthly) |
| Website: |
| Unique users |
1,250 |
2,101 |
| Twitter: |
| Tweet impressions |
15,000 |
30,150 |
| Profile visits |
300 |
410 |
| New followers |
22 |
31 |
| Total link clicks, retweets, likes and replies |
150 |
300 |
| Facebook: |
| New Page Followers/Page Likes |
5 & 5 |
19 & 18 |
| Page Reach |
1000 |
97,617 |
| Engaged users |
125 |
2,203 |
| Instagram: |
| Total likes or comments |
50 |
69 |
| New followers |
5 |
8 |
| Media: |
| Annual media mentions |
12 |
295 |
|
| 12 Number of Outreach Programs - Public Education, Stakeholder and Government |
| Public Talks (inclusive of ACEx Public Talk Series, National Science Week talks/events, Other researcher led public talks) |
10 |
4 |
| Presence at public/scientific events to promote the Centre's research |
10 |
5 |
| Participation and Co-sponsorship of Events with National Science Week etc |
4 |
5 |
| Participation in events and engagement with peak industry bodies such as Clean Energy Council or Science and Technology Australia |
2 |
4 |
| Engagement with education and teachers associations such as Science Teachers Association of Victoria or Chemistry Education Australia. |
2 |
6 |
| School Visits |
10 |
4 |
| Exciton Science Challenges - To engage schools, the public and industry |
2 |
1 |
|
| 13 Number of Commercial-Related Outputs |
| New software Codes for High Throughput Materials Discovery (Publically Available) |
0 |
0 |
| Patent Licenses |
0 |
0 |
| Start-up Companies |
0 |
0 |
| New Grants from non-ARC Sources (>$25k p.a) |
3 |
8 |
| Graduates Entering Renewable Energy Related Industries or Employment |
25% |
42% |
|
| 14 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Targets |
| Maximum Male: Female PhD & MsC student ratio |
3.2 |
2:1 |
| Maximum Male:Female Postdoc, Researcher Ratio |
3:1 |
5:1 |
| Annual Climate Survey |
1 |
1 |
| Equity, diversity and wellbeing training, including but not limited to Unconscious bias, cultural awareness, respectful workplaces, mental wellbeing |
3 |
5 |
| Annual review and development of Centre policies, and promotion of support services in cases of harassment, bullying, inappropriate behaviour or misconduct (research, professional or personal) |
1 |
4 |
| Carer's support fund |
$10k |
$0 |
