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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Integrating external wall systems into the fire safety strategy
The goal of this project is to explore the framework of an explicitly defined fire safety strategy, and quantify the interaction between various components in a typical fire safety strategy and to develop methodologies by which the results from fire testing across scales can be used to inform the design of EWS to support a holistic fire safety strategy.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor David Lange, Dr Anwar Orabi, Dr Wenxuan Wu and Dr David Morrisset
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Atomic-scale scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for decarbonisation
This project deploys atomic-scale STM/AFM imaging and spectroscopy of MOFs to pinpoint binding sites and pathways relevant to decarbonisation.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peter Jacobson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical 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
Engineering nanomembranes for carbon capture
Advance the understanding of membrane technologies for carbon capture, establishing the groundwork for fabricating efficient and scalable membranes.
- Supervisor
- Dr Min Liu and Professor Xiwang Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
First Nations perspectives: Curse and cure of deadly venoms
Engage with First Nations communities to discover and exchange Traditional Knowledge and management of envenomation.
- Supervisor
- Dr Jared Miles
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Environmental sciences, Health sciences, Indigenous studies, Language, communication and culture
Novel electronic interconnects for reliability under extreme thermal cycling
This project aims to design and characterise novel interconnect alloys capable of withstanding extreme temperature fluctuations, ensuring reliability for next-generation electronic applications.
- Supervisor
- Dr Xin Fu Tan and Professor Kazuhiro Nogita
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
CSIRO Industry PhD - Investigating the potential applications of biomass and waste gasification by-products in other industries
This project will investigate challenges and potentials of biomass and waste gasification by-products such as ash, slag, and biochar for alternative applications
- Supervisor
- Dr Jeff Chen
- Location
- CSIRO Pullenvale
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences
Improving selection decisions through weighted hybrid relationship matrices: simulation and real‑data evidence
Evaluate how different weighting schemes for hybrid pedigree–marker matrices affect genetic parameter estimation and prediction accuracy, using simulation and real plant‑breeding data.
- Supervisor
- Dr Vivi Arief Noviati and Dr Alan Huang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Mathematical sciences
Shared-volume antennas
Investigate novel design techniques for antennas sharing a single volume, either in multi-port 3D configurations or as planar shared apertures. Various decoupling or controlled coupling methods will be considered for implementation as single-element or in arrays. The project aims at future communications systems.
- Supervisor
- Professor Christophe Fumeaux and Dr Sasan Ahdi Rezaeieh
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
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