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Studies of clinical anaesthesia and analgesia
Explore key aspects of veterinary anaesthesia, analgesia, and physiology.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Wendy Goodwin
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Design of Advanced Antenna Arrays and Smart Surfaces for Integrated 6G and Satellite Communications
Explore innovative techniques to optimize beamforming, scanning/coverage, and aperture efficiency, enabling low-cost seamless global connectivity.
- Supervisor
- Professor Amin Abbosh and Dr Kamel Sultan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Portable Medical Electromagnetic Imaging Systems for Real-Time Diagnostics
Develop portable electromagnetic imaging systems featuring advanced, compact, multi-polarized, body-matched antennas and AI-driven reconstruction for real-time, non-invasive medical diagnostics, focusing on knee and other injury assessments.
- Supervisor
- Professor Amin Abbosh and Dr Kamel Sultan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Compact Near-Infrared (NIR) system for blood water content detection
Investigate the spectral response of hemoglobin, water, and temperature in human blood and engineer a miniature array of sensors, operating in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, for accurate sensing of water content in ex-vivo blood samples.
- Supervisor
- Professor Amin Abbosh and Dr Wilbert Jesus Villena Gonzales
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Augmented Human Operations: Using XR and AI in Remote Challenging Environments
Develop immersive systems for enhanced decision-making, situational awareness & remote control in extreme Earth/space environments.
- Supervisor
- Dr Maxime Cordeil, Dr Jarrod Knibbe and Associate Professor Chelsea Dobbins
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Effect of Magnetic Field Deflection on Magnetohydrodynamic Heat Shield
Experimentally reproduce and characterise MHD heat shield concept in hypersonic ground test experiments.
- Supervisor
- Dr David Gildfind
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Physical sciences
Lead-free perovskite materials for solar cells and beyond
Develop high-performance lead-free perovskites and applications in solar cells and other optoelectronics.
- Supervisor
- Professor Lianzhou Wang and Dr Miaoqiang Lyu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Data-Driven Crop Breeding: Enhancing Disease Resistance through Vision-based Digital Phenotyping
Advance the use of image data to detect and quantify disease in chickpea research and breeding plots.
- Supervisor
- Professor Helen Huang and Associate Professor Sen Wang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Information and computing sciences
Exploring the potential of speed breeding and optimal haplotype selection in cotton
Investigate potential enhancements to the CSIRO cotton breeding program by exploring speed breeding methodology and optimal haplotype selection strategies.
- Supervisor
- Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Hannah Robinson, Dr Eric Dinglasan, Dr Warren Conaty and Dr Warwick Stiller
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences
Developmental effects of talk about mental states in early childhood education and care
Identify specific conversational dynamics that facilitate children's engagement in social-emotional talk.
- Supervisor
- Dr Aisling Mulvihill, Professor Karen Thorpe and Dr Sandy Houen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Education, Language, communication and culture, Psychology