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Scholarship-funded research projects
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On the Transferability of Machine Learning Models
Improve safety, transferability, and robustness in deep learning models.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Development of novel composites for next generation wear products
You will develop novel wear-resistant composites with improved durability for high-performance applications. Focus areas include material wear performance, high-temperature resistance and process automation.
- Supervisor
- Dr Luigi Vandi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Forecasting extreme animal population events: Modelling house mouse plagues in the Australian grainbelt
Improve near-term forecasting, understanding or management of house mouse outbreaks harming agricultural communities using multi-modal climate, earth observation and monitoring data (ecology, statistics, data science, mathematics).
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Andries B. Potgieter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
A Reliable and Secure Net-Zero Power System for Australia
This project aims to develop new knowledge to enable the secure integration of variable renewable electricity generators into the electricity system and a new, coordinated power system solution to deliver operational grid security. This project aims to apply data driven methods to provide advanced mathematical models for renewable generators.
- Supervisor
- Professor Tapan Saha and Associate Professor Ruifeng Yan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD Scholarship at IMB
This philanthropic scholarship will be awarded within three areas of research focus: • Cancers including rhabdomyosarcoma; • Alzheimers and dementia • Research that will assist those suffering with pain, allowing them to end their lives pain free.
- Supervisor
- TBA
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Understanding emergent antibiotic-resistant uropathogenic E. coli
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infectious diseases, with a global annual incidence of ~400 million cases. Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) is the major cause of UTI and associated with increasing antibiotic resistance. This project will employ molecular and genomic methods to understand antibiotic resistant UPEC.
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Schembri and Dr hu Nguyen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Photonic quantum-accelerated machine learning with quantum dots
Develop photonic quantum-accelerated machine learning based on quantum dots realised by our partners at Université Paris-Saclay and Quandela.
- Supervisor
- Professor Andrew White and Dr Markus Rambach
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
Passive flow control for turbulent boundary layer drag reduction
Explore a novel passive flow control strategy to suppress turbulence and reduce drag through experimental fluid mechanics using advanced wind tunnel testing and diagnostics.
- Supervisor
- Dr Azadeh Jafari
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Defining the controlling mechanisms of flashover in compartment fires
Revisit the fundamental processes governing the transition to flashover in compartment fires. Apply modern measurement techniques to generate new insights into the heat and mass transfer phenomena that drive flashover in contemporary built environments.
- Supervisor
- Dr David Morrisset and Associate Professor David Lange
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
High-performance electrodes for protonic ceramic fuel cells
Protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) are an electrochemical device for electricity generation from hydrogen with high efficiency at low temperature. But its widespread usage is hurdled by a lack of suitable electrodes. Develop high performance electrodes for PCFCs with high activity and high stability.
- Supervisor
- Professor John Zhu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering