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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Molecular phenomena of electrode–electrolyte interfaces for high-current-density green hydrogen electrocatalysis
Combine experimental investigation and molecular dynamics simulations to understand electrode surface and gas-bubble behaviour that limits hydrogen production at industrially relevant high current densities, guiding next-generation electrocatalyst design.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hong Peng and Dr Mu Xiao
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Beyond Pasteur; Controlling fowl cholera in today’s layer industry
PhD project investigating fowl cholera in Australian layer flocks, combining genomics, LPS glycan analysis and vaccine strain characterisation to improve autogenous vaccine efficacy and control outbreaks.
- Supervisor
- Dr Lida Omaleki
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
ARC Laureate PhD scholarship: Transforming understanding of cognitive ageing
This Laureate will use groundbreaking methods to assess the cognitive function of older adults in real world scenarios in a manner previously considered intractable.
- Supervisor
- Professor Julie Henry
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology
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
Co-designing digital frailty education with health consumers and caregivers
Educate and empower healthcare consumers and caregivers to prevent and manage frailty.
- Supervisor
- Dr Kristiana Ludlow
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Decarbonising Australia's foodservice industry with sustainable foods
Understand how consumers make food choices in different contexts, design behaviour change interventions to promote sustainable foods, and test their impact through field experiments.
- Supervisor
- Dr David Fechner
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Commerce, management, tourism and services, Psychology
Evaluating clinical AI in real-time
Support the real-time evaluation of clinical AI systems so that they are fit for purpose for use in clinical practice.
- Supervisor
- Professor Clair Sullivan
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
From error-prone human driving to error-free superhuman-like self-driving
Rigorously assess AV interactions with human drivers and vulnerable road users, by simulating dangerous traffic dynamics through augmented virtual testing.
- Supervisor
- Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Leveraging near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique combined with artificial intelligence (AI) in detecting AMR organisms in water
The PhD candidate will test the capacity of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique and artificial intelligence (AI) for detection of an array of bacteria associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that are commonly found in water.
- Supervisor
- Dr Maggy Lord and Associate Professor Patrick Harris
- Location
- St Lucia and Herston
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Environmental sciences, Health sciences
Low-cost and efficient perovskite indoor photovoltaics for wireless Internet-of-Things devices
Address the key challenge of developing efficient and low-cost power supply for indoor Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices by directly harvesting and converting ambient indoor light energy.
- Supervisor
- Dr Miaoqiang Lyu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences