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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
Scam and cybercrime prevention
Researching into a topic linked to IDCARE’s research priority, including (but not limited to) policy studies, victim cyber psychology, scam prevention (e.g. interventions, awareness), payment disruption.
- Supervisor
- Professor Ryan Ko and Professor David Lacey
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Commerce, management, tourism and services, Engineering, Human society, Information and computing sciences, Psychology
Isolation and characterisation of basal Planctomycetota
Planctomycetota display unusual cell structures, but most isolates belong to a small subset of crown lineages. Iisolate basal lineage species to test if these features are conserved across the phylum.
- Supervisor
- Professor Phil Hugenholtz and Dr Kate Bowerman
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Deciphering known and unknown chemical drivers of antimicrobial resistance in environmental mixtures
Quantify known AMR-selective chemicals in complex samples, use iceberg modelling to estimate unknown drivers, and isolate unknown AMR-selective compounds via bioassay-directed fractionation for structural characterisation by high resolution mass spectrometry.
- Supervisor
- Professor Kevin Thomas and Dr Jake O'Brien
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Processing methods for point of care portable medical electromagnetic scanners
Develop processing algorithms for portable electromagnetic scanners to enable accurate, non‑invasive detection, localisation, and classification for next‑generation medical sensing.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sasan Ahdi Rezaeieh and Professor Amin Abbosh
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Advanced electrolyser design for efficient CO₂ conversion to multicarbon (C₂+) products
Develop next-generation CO₂ electrolysers for selective production of multicarbon chemicals through advanced reactor, electrode and mass transport engineering.
- Supervisor
- Professor Xiwang Zhang and Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Membrane and interface engineering for high-performance CO₂ electrolysers
Develop advanced membrane and interface engineering strategies to improve carbon utilisation, stability and efficiency in electrolysers for CO₂ conversion to multicarbon products.
- Supervisor
- Professor Xiwang Zhang and Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Characterising blood oxygenation changes in functional human brain imaging
This project aims to characterise and image the human vasculature in vivo that underlies functional brain mapping techniques, which can blur and mask the accurate mapping of human cognition. Expected outcomes include a detailed map of the blood vessel anatomy of the living human brain, and vascular models of functional brain signals in space and time.
- Supervisor
- Professor Markus Barth and Dr Saskia Bollman
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering
Enabling Low-toxicity Perovskites for Next-Generation Indoor Photovoltaics
Design high-performance and low-toxicity metal halide perovskite semiconductors for efficient indoor photovoltaics.
- Supervisor
- Dr Miaoqiang Lyu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences