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We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.
Scholarship-funded research projects
Explore our research projects with funded living stipend scholarships. You can filter by program type, research area and scholarship type, or use the keyword search field to find projects that suit your interests.
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3D Shock Boundary Layer Over a Heated Plate
Undertake research examining the interaction region between two crossing shocks (induced by fin like wedges) over the hypersonic boundary layer on a flat plate model.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Anand Veeraragavan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Autonomous insect-machine hybrid robots
Develop new hardware and stimulation protocols that enable cyborg insects to autonomously perform exploration tasks in complex environments such as those found in disaster scenarios.
- Supervisor
- Dr T. Thang Vo and Professor Ross McAree
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences
Characterization of blood-brain barrier nutrient transporters
Use structural biology and biochemistry to understand how transporters at the blood-brain barrier allow for selective entry of molecules into the brain.
- Supervisor
- Dr Rosemary Cater and Dr Anne Lagendijk
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences
Engaging consumers in frailty and ageing research
Explore methods for engaging consumers in frailty and ageing research, evaluate consumer engagement in existing research trials and develop a consumer engagement model for a national clinical/research network.
- Supervisor
- Professor Ruth Hubbard
- Location
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Mechanisms of neuroprotection after stroke
Understand mechanisms of the brain to restore itself and harness them for therapeutic purposes by combining imaging techniques, brain stimulation and individually tailored recovery paradigms in mice.
- Supervisor
- Dr Matilde Balbi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Molecular design of drugs to fight chronic human diseases and environmental pests
Investigate cutting-edge, platform technologies for engineering novel bioactive proteins to help fight chronic human diseases or environmental pests.
- Supervisor
- Dr Conan Wang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Understanding and controlling Australia's illicit tobacco market
Develop new regulatory options for tobacco to minimise the legal market while avoiding the adverse societal and economic impacts of transferring consumer demand to illegal tobacco products.
- Supervisor
- Professor Coral Gartner
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Economics, Health sciences, Law and legal studies, Psychology
Understanding the molecular structures of proteins involved in rare disease.
Solve the atomic structures of proteins involved in rare disease. This will help us understand how mutations in these proteins cause disease, and will steer development of treatments.
- Supervisor
- Dr Rosemary Cater and Professor Brett Collins
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences
Developing the next generation titanium alloys for additive manufacturing
New titanium alloys will be designed that exhibit favourable microstructures and properties when produced by 3D printing.
- Supervisor
- Dr Michael Bermingham
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Digital chemistry and catalysis: redefining reactions in confined systems
Understand and manipulate digital chemical reaction catalysis and molecular self-assembly within Alternating Current Electro-Hydrodynamic (AC-EHD) confined systems.
- Supervisor
- Professor Matt Trau
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences