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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Developing a delivery mechanism for anti-methanogenic supplements in grazing livestock
Develop and evaluate a delivery mechanism for anti-methanogenic supplements in grazing beef cattle.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sarah Meale
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Bionic sensory insole technology for optimising sport performance and injury prevention in netball
Investigate the effects of bionic insole technology on neurophysiological factors and sport-specific skills in netball and understand the role of plantar sensory stimulation for enhanced athletic performance.
- Supervisor
- Dr Anna Hatton
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Crop improvement and drought tolerance: the roots of the solution
Overcome the field phenotyping bottleneck for impactful root traits that limit the capacity of breeders and agronomists to achieve step gains in crop productivity.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dongxue Zhao
- Location
- Gatton
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Digital Deterrence: Exploring innovative social media interventions to curtail youth vaping
Understand how pro-vaping content influences young people’s attitudes towards vaping and develop a social media intervention to support vaping cessation using mixed methods approach (quantitative and qualitative).
- Supervisor
- Dr Carmen Lim
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Psychology
Epigenetic regulation of learning and memory
Understand a novel molecular mechanism in neurons that underpins brain plasticity, particularly in learning and memory.
- Supervisor
- Dr Jocelyn Widagdo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Expanding the scramjet operating envelope through oxygen enrichment
Experimentally explore oxygen enriched scramjet performance in the T4 Shock Tunnel and map engine performance at high altitudes and Mach numbers.
- Supervisor
- Professor Vincent Wheatley
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Improving equity, access, and quality of cardiac rehabilitation services
Investigate flexible and innovative models of care that support patients with heart disease in ways that fully respect their needs, values, and capabilities.
- Supervisor
- Dr Emma Thomas
- Location
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Interactions of organic components in process water with gold
Investigate how organic components in process water adsorb on gold surfaces and then interact with collectors used in gold flotation and lixiviants used in gold leaching.
- Supervisor
- Professor Yongjun Peng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Investigating novel factors that can inhibit the formation of stroke-prone vascular malformations
This project will investigate novel factors that can dampen progression of stroke-inducing vascular malformations. We will combine in vivo live imaging in zebrafish with human 3D micro-vessels on a chip.
- Supervisor
- Dr Anne Lagendijk
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Materials design for electrochemical CO2 capture
To design and test new advanced materials that can capture carbon dioxide using electrochemical means.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mike Tebyetekerwa
- Location
- UQ St Lucia Campus
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences