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Zeolite-based membranes for CO2 direct air capture: a multi-scale approach
Implement a powerful multiscale approach for the design of polymer-zeolite composite membranes for CO2 separation from air using first principles by tailoring their interfacial properties to fabricate simulation-guided zeolite-based composite membranes.
- Supervisor
- Dr Gloria Milena Monsalve Bravo and Associate Professor Simon Smart
- Location
- St Lucia campus
- Research areas
- Engineering
Effective delivery of MgO for improving its antimicrobial potential
Investigate formulations and delivery strategies of magnesium oxide (MgO) to enhance antimicrobial activity and modulate gut microbiome in animals.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Amirali Popat
- Location
- UQ Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences
Understanding Impact-Fatigue Damage in Steel Grinding Media
To understand the impact-fatigue phenomenon, we will investigate: Observable damage mechanisms & alloy performance trends; Critical stress for onset of fatigue; Velocity factors which differ between laboratory and industrial conditions.
- Supervisor
- Dr Jeff Gates and Dr Hamid Pourasiabi
- Location
- UQ St Lucia campus
- Research areas
- Engineering
Synthesis of organic solar cell materials
Involve the synthesis of new organic semiconducting materials for organic thin film solar cells.
- Supervisor
- Dr Paul Shaw and Professor Paul Burn
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences
How inequality in the workplace shapes workers’ motivation, engagement, and well-being
Examine how and why inequality in the workplace such as executive pay (eg CEO-worker pay ratio) impacts group/organizational functioning and the social contract at work and in society.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Niklas Steffens
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology
Surface Engineering for Superconducting Quantum Devices
Identify new strategies to reduce decoherence in quantum computer components using an interdisciplinary approach based on quantum physics, materials science, and engineering.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Arkady Fedorov
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
Developing novel information decoding and tracking methods to study brain and cognition
Develop new computational methods for decoding and tracking information in the brain. These methods, which have applications to multiple neuroimaging data, deepens our insights about the brain.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hamid Karimi-Rouzbahani
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Psychology
Microbial nitrogen enhancement promote mined land sustainable rehabilitation
Develop impact-driven technology in the mining industry, to boost the biological N supply for nurturing native plants during the critical phases of mined land rehabilitation.
- Supervisor
- Dr Fang You and Professor Longbin Huang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
On Transferability of Machine Learning Models
Improve safety, transferability, and robustness in deep learning models. This project will be part the Data Science Research Group at the University of Queensland located in Brisbane.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mahsa Baktashmotlagh
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Wellbeing and productivity in metricised employee performance systems
Explore the impact that digitised HR technologies, in particular metricised performance measurement and metric systems, are having on the workforce.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Martin Edwards
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Psychology