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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Semantic Segmentation for Crop Health and Damage Assessment
Develop novel semantic segmentation algorithms that are robust to variations in lighting, crop types, and environmental conditions.
- Supervisor
- Professor Helen Huang, Professor Scott Chapman and Dr Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Information and computing sciences
Structure-guided optimisation of light-driven microalgae cell factories using atomic resolution cryo-electron microscopy
Solve the structures of key light-harvesting complex proteins to enable the engineering of next-gen cell lines.
- Supervisor
- Professor Ben Hankamer and Dr Ian Ross
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Biomarkers in gynaecological cancer
Discover and validate biomarkers that improve outcomes for women with gynaecological cancer and will involve working with clinical samples, conducting laboratory work, and analysing data.
- Supervisor
- Professor Andreas Obermair, Dr Eva Baxter and Dr Zoe West
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Generalisable 3D Vision
Develop advanced multi-modal 3D vision techniques to achieve generalisable practice and solutions.
- Supervisor
- Dr Yadan Luo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Scanning Probe Microscopy for Atomic-Scale Engineering
Harness the full potential of this technique by using it to induce and track bond-selective chemical reactions in organic molecules.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peter Jacobson and Professor Ben Powell
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
Retrofitting damaged bridge elements with hybrid FRP composites to promote re-use and sustainability
Improve the sustainability of FRP retrofits applied to reinforced concrete structures by developing new types of hybrid FRP composites that combine more sustainable or recycled fibres with a smaller quantity of high-performance fibres.
- Supervisor
- Professor Rebecca Gravina
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Economic assessment of risks and rewards for on-farm tactical and strategic investments in the Australian grains industry
Assess, through prescriptive and predictive methods, how opportunities like on-farm grain storage, improved fertilizer management, and weather forecasts can help growers remain economically competitive in the long term under risk.
- Supervisor
- Dr Adam Komarek and Dr Nan Ye
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Economics, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Developing imaging and neuro-technologies for decoding memory formation
Develop new brain imaging and analytical techniques to understand and simulate brain network that underlies memory formation.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Kai-Hsiang Chuang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering
Designing Narrow Orchard Systems with Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins
This scholarship is designed to embrace applicants from ICT backgrounds, involve the successful candidate in AgTech innovation for narrow orchard systems, and foster her/him into a future leader in digital agriculture.
- Supervisor
- Dr Liqi Han
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Information and computing sciences
Production Performance of Narrow Row 2D Fruit Orchards
Investigate the impact of very narrow rows and 2D training systems on orchard production.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dr Liqi Han
- Location
- Tatura Smart Farm, Victoria
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences