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Understanding threats to native stingless bees
Study Australian stingless bees using an interdisciplinary approach of ecophysiological, genetic and social/philosophical methods to understand threats and ethical research on culturally significant species.
- Supervisor
- Dr Coen Hird
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Environmental sciences, Indigenous studies, Philosophy and religious studies
Universal Learnt Representations in Artificial Intelligence
We attempt to unravel universal ideas in artificial intelligence (AI), such as why human vision use the same functions that neural networks learn independently despite not knowing them beforehand.
- Supervisor
- Dr Shekhar Chandra
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Ecological engineering enhancing nitrogen cycling biocapacity in rehabilitated mine ecosystems
This project is within an ARC Linkage Project addressing sustainable mine rehabilitation and soil shortage in Australia. Understand how microbial processes drive nitrogen (N) cycling and biological N supply in engineered technosols derived from mine wastes.
- Supervisor
- Professor Longbin Huang and Dr Fang You
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Investigation of electrokinetic nanoparticle separation in elasto-inertial flows
ARC-funded PhD project developing microfluidic technologies for gentle and versatile processing of nanoparticles from body fluids and environmental extracts.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dan Yuan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Flavour-driven selection of sorghum varieties for premium food applications
Identify sensory and flavour traits across diverse sorghum lines and link superior traits to genetic targets, enabling selection of varieties for high-quality foods and new product development
- Supervisor
- Professor Heather Smyth and Dr Jenson George
- Location
- Long Pocket
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Uncovering the link between pregnancy and methane emissions in grazing cattle via artificial intelligence
Improve understanding of how pregnancy influences enteric methane production, grazing behaviour, and metabolic changes in ruminants. Contribute to development of more accurate methane accounting methods for breeding herds.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Marina Fortes and Dr Kieran McCosker
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Environmental sciences, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Unlocking the lanthanome: integrating high-throughput mineral characterisation and protein engineering for sustainable REE recovery
Integrate high-throughput mineral characterisation and protein engineering to create a discovery-to-application pipeline for sustainable rare earth element recovery from ores and waste.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gary Schenk and Dr Paul Evans
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering
Multi-physics modelling of bearingless pumps
Develop advanced multi-physics models of bearingless pumps by coupling thermofluid, electromagnetic, and rotor-dynamic processes to determine and improve stability, efficiency, reliability, and industrial deployment.
- Supervisor
- Professor Paul Meehan and Professor Fredrik Haglind
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Physical sciences
Causal and adaptive learning for agronomic decisions and knowledge exchange in sorghum
Develop and evaluate a causal evidence framework to assess when sorghum agronomic recommendations are justified, the conditions under which they are applicable, and how growers and advisers interpret, adapt, and use them in practice.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav and Dr Joseph Eyre
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Economics
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