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Scholarship-funded research projects
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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
Large-scale digital twin reconstruction with multi-modal novel view synthesis for sim-to-real robot navigation learning
Investigate effective and efficient processes to construct large-scale digital twins from real sensor data as virtual environments capable of supporting robot training via reinforcement learning.
- Supervisor
- Dr Thien-Minh Nguyen and Professor Ross McAree
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences
Multi-modal learning with applications to medical data
Medical data is crucial for understanding diseases that affect the human body. In this project, we will develop new AI methods that leverage multiple modes of data to understand the interplay between factors that cause various chronic diseases.
- Supervisor
- Dr Shekhar Chandra
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Real-time, three-dimensional, and super-resolution electromagnetic medical imaging
This project aims to develop a prototype electromagnetic imaging system that will demonstrate the potential to advance the underlying physical mechanisms and elevate the imaging quality of electromagnetic imaging to the next level.
- Supervisor
- Professor Amin Abbosh and Dr Lei Guo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Engineering Nanomembranes for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
Advance the understanding of membrane technologies for direct air capture of carbon dioxide, establish the groundwork for fabricating efficient and scalable membranes.
- Supervisor
- Professor Xiwang Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Understanding the cellular mechanisms of venomisation using innovative modelling in zebrafish
Venomous stings and bites can cause severe health problems and even be fatal. This PhD scholarship focuses on developing advanced zebrafish models to better understand how venoms affect the body, and how we can design more effective, mechanism-based treatments.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Anne K Langendijk and Professor Irina Vetter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
The development of lead-free perovskites for flexible photovoltaics
This project aims to develop eco-friendly tin-based perovskite solar cells, offering sustainable and battery-free solution for portable electronics. In addition to lab-scale prototype demonstration, this project expects to validate mass production on flexible substrates and their integration with wireless devices.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peng Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering
Characterising blood oxygenation changes in functional human brain imaging
This project aims to characterise and image the human vasculature in vivo that underlies functional brain mapping techniques, which can blur and mask the accurate mapping of human cognition. Expected outcomes include a detailed map of the blood vessel anatomy of the living human brain, and vascular models of functional brain signals in space and time.
- Supervisor
- Professor Markus Barth and Dr Saskia Bollman
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering
Nanotechnologies for Tuberculosis detection and diagnostics
This project will develop nanotechnologies to capture and sequester Tuberculosis (TB) from clinical samples to identify and characterise TB, making it quicker to diagnose drug-resistant TB.
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Blaskovich and Dr Sanjaya KC
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences
Behind the screens: Interrogating digital service design and delivery
This project aims to investigate how policy-makers in Australia understand digital service delivery, and how this understanding shapes the design and implementation of ethical and effective digital services.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sarah Ball
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society