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Pilot-scale technologies for sustainable sludge management and contaminant removal
Develop and demonstrate innovative pilot-scale sludge treatment technologies with Urban Utilities to reduce sludge volume, enhance biosolids quality and remove contaminants such as PFAS.
- Supervisor
- Professor Shihu Hu and Dr Zhetai Hu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Scalable Bayesian inference for secure and reliable decision making
Bayesian methods are central to data-driven decision-making, yet scalable algorithms remain limited to simple or approximate models. This project develops new scalable, privacy-aware Bayesian algorithms, expanding reliable inference for complex models and modern big-data applications.
- Supervisor
- Dr Matthew Sutton
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Mathematical sciences
Advancing Reasoning Ability in Diffusion Large Language Models
Investigate the development of enabling diffusion large language models to achieve advanced reasoning ability.
- Supervisor
- Dr Ruihong Qiu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Advancing Recommender Systems with Language Analytics
Investigate the usage of language models for modern recommendations in various online platforms.
- Supervisor
- Dr Ruihong Qiu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Investigating nutrition-sensitive sorghum value chains across production, storage and value addition
Identify leverage points from sorghum production through post-harvest handling, storage and processing to improve nutrient retention, reduce losses and support nutritious, high-value sorghum foods.
- Supervisor
- Dr Oladipupo Adiamo and Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa
- Location
- Long Pocket
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Development of high-performance ferrous alloys through additive manufacturing
Enhance properties of steels by metal 3D printing through leveraging its features of sequential microscale melting and rapid cooling and grain refinement approach. The research will lead to fabrication of high-performance ferrous alloys using additive manufacturing.
- Supervisor
- Professor Mingxing Zhang, Dr Qiyang Tan and Dr Yahia Ali
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Solar-driven biotransformation of CO2 into renewable energy
Addressing climate change requires innovative technologies that not only reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions but also transform CO₂ into valuable products. This PhD project forms part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project that aims to develop a new solar-driven platform for converting CO₂ into renewable bioenergy.
- Supervisor
- Professor Shihu Hu and Dr Zhetai Hu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
Nanoarchitectonics of Magneto-plasmonic Mesoporous Materials for Sensing Applications
This project aims to develop mesoporous magneto-plasmonic nanostructures and films and their integration into nano-electromechanical systems to achieve portable and sensitive sensors
- Supervisor
- Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering
Quantum enabled cell imaging
Develop capabilities of our quantum microscopes and apply them to cutting-edge cellular analysis. A range of exciting topical areas are available, from imaging of the flow of information in neuronal networks, to understanding how bacteria respond to anti-biotics, and fingerprinting of cancer cells.
- Supervisor
- Professor Warwick Bowen and Dr Nicholas Mauranyapin
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Health sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Quantum single molecule science
Develop quantum technologies to measure and laser-control protein motions, revealing how protein dynamics drive biological function while enabling new approaches to protein fingerprinting, proteomics, and biomedical sensing.
- Supervisor
- Professor Warwick Bowen and Dr Sam Scholten
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Health sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences