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Scholarship-funded research projects
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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
Real-time AI-integrated three-dimensional medical electromagnetic imaging
Develop an AI-enabled real-time 3D medical electromagnetic imaging platform which aims to be integrated with microwave hyperthermia to support precise cancer detection, localisation, monitoring, and treatment.
- Supervisor
- Professor Amin Abbosh and Associate Professor Lei Guo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Real-time, three-dimensional, and super-resolution electromagnetic medical imaging
Develop a prototype electromagnetic imaging system that demonstrates 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
Electrochemical synthesis of organic compounds
You will undertake a fully funded scholarship in the area of synthetic organic electrochemistry.
- Supervisor
- Dr David Cantillo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences
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
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
Digital chemistry and catalysis: redefining reactions in confined systems
Understand and manipulate digital chemical reaction catalysis and molecular self-assembly within Alternating Current Electro-Hydrodynamic (AC-EHD) confined systems.
- Supervisor
- Professor Matt Trau
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences
Metaverse as a business/teaching model
Examine human interactions in the interplay between Metaverse as both a business and an education model
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Remi Ayoko and Professor Ryan Ko
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Commerce, management, tourism and services, Information and computing sciences
Quantifying Ecological Risks from Flood-borne Contaminants in Nonurban Landscapes
Assess ecological and antimicrobial resistance risks from flood-borne contaminants in nonurban areas, using integrated data analysis to identify exposure pathways, vulnerable species, and risk hotspots.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Environmental sciences
Combinational Nano-immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
Work on an interdisciplinary area of advanced nanotechnology and biomedical science. Novel nano-adjuvants will be developed to improve the treatment outcome of immunotherapy for selected cancer types, such as triple-negative breast cancer.
- Supervisor
- Professor Chengzhong Yu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering