The Urban Frontier: Rights, environment and citizenship on the rapidly growing urban fringe of world cities.
This project will find ways to better integrate the social, economic, political and environmental interests of citizens living on on the rapidly growing urban fringes of two of the worlds fastest growing urban environments.
Fractional Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology – modelling and simulation.
In this PhD project we will use fractional differential equations to model and simulate neuron spiking and protein friction. To run the simulations we will develop numerical schemes which reduce the memory footprint of the memory tail characterising fractional derivatives.
Robustness Analysis of Inductive Learning Systems
Robustness analysis of Neural-net based systems for security properties using fuzzing and symbolic execution techniques.
XRCT Hydromechanical Damage Evolution In Porous Rocks: Characterisation and Modelling
This project aims to develop a new damage model based on thermodynamics and damage mechanics to capture the hydro-mechanical driven damage of porous rock. The damage evolution is characterised using coupled ultrasonic wave propagation responses and X-ray micro-computed tomography (XRCT) imaging.
Heat events and health burden in the tropics under the global warming
Heat warning for heat waves have been derived from data in the temperate zones. Evidence needs to be examined for the appropriateness of these in areas where components to the relationship between heat and health are different.
Building Knowledge Graph with Quality
This project focuses on building a domain knowledge graph with quality assessment and benchmarking. The effectiveness of a representation framework for an application domain will be studied in terms of graph embedding, canonical graph representation and the theory of information networks.
Transitional Metal Thiophosphates Based Cathodes for Rechargeable Aluminium-ion Batteries
Battery technology is critical for global energy transformation. Aluminium-ion batteries (AIBs) are promising new battery technology but suffer from low capacity cathodes. This project aims to develop stable and high capacity transitional metal thiophosphates as a new generation of AIB cathodes.
Professor Chengzhong Yu
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)Engineering nano particulate anti-virulence compounds for synergy with other antimicrobials
Antivirulence agents provide a means to reduce antimicrobial resistance, and improve antimicrobial efficacy. This project will rationally design novel fusions/nanoformulations of antivirulence agents and antimicrobials, which enhance synergy and anti-biofilm activity towards important bacteria.
Investigating the population viability of Australia’s iconic wildlife under the impacts of climate change
Australia's unique biodiversity is under threat from extreme environment change. This project aims to integrate climate information with real-time health and physiological data on wildlife species to determine the resilience and vulnerability of species towards future climatic scenarios.
Indian summer monsoon variability during the past ten thousand years
Significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity exist between the records of past monsoon variability calling for independent, well-dated paleoclimate reconstructions. This project aims to reconstruct high resolution monsoon changes across the last 10,000 years using lake archives from North India.