Our strengths

Human-Building Interaction Research Group

We examine the interactions between technology, buildings, climate, and users to deliver human-centered solutions that improve building performance and occupants' experience.

City 4.0 Lab

We focus on economic, social, technological, and environmental systems that aim to eliminate waste and maximise the reuse of resources and contribute to sustainable development efforts.

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Our projects

Smart cities

This research group focuses on developing urban systems that are sustainable and balanced in societal, economical and environmental impacts. Their research includes investigating better preparing for disasters, such as floods, optimising stormwater management and technological disruption, such as artificial intelligence.

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Reef restoration and adaptation program

The program aims to provide reef managers and decision-makers with an innovative toolkit of safe, acceptable and cost-effective interventions in conjunction with best-practice reef management and the reduction of carbon emissions.

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ARC Value in Operations

This research aims to develop a novel and cohesive whole-of-procurement decision-making framework for financing, design, construction, operations and maintenance of schools to advance educational outcomes per total cost of new school facilities.

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Building 4.0 CRC

Building 4.0 CRC is an industry-led research initiative co-funded by the Australian Government. The CRC aims to develop an internationally competitive, dynamic and thriving Australian advanced manufacturing sector, delivering better buildings at lower cost and the human capacity to lead the future industry.

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Australian Cobotics Centre

We equip researchers and industry with the skills and expertise needed not just to develop and apply the technology, but to also manage the human and design factors, business adoption, management quality, and workforce issues that result from the implementation of new technology.

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Future Food Systems CRC

We bring together leading experts and laboratories across the many disciplines needed to transform the sector – plant scientists, food scientists, planners, engineers, advanced manufacturing specialists, and medical scientists.

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Race 2030 CRC

We're accelerating the transition to reliable, affordable, clean energy for 2030.

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iMove CRC

We work with our partners to deliver high-impact R&D collaborations that improve the transport systems for people and freight nationally.

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Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub

We draw together the best scientists, technical specialists, designers and engineers working side by side to develop commercial advanced manufacturing solutions.

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Centre for the Environment

We bring research, government, industry and community together to create real-world solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges.

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QUT Design Lab

As our world gets increasingly complex, volatile and uncertain, we need ideas, innovative collaborations and imagination – the ability to reshape what is and conceive, create, and design things that don’t yet exist.

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Centre for a Waste Free World

We draw on interdisciplinary scientific knowledge to develop technical solutions in parallel with social science knowledge to catalyse change and business to enhance the circular economy and eliminate waste.

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QUT Centre for Justice

Our vision is to democratise justice by improving opportunities for health and well-being and enhancing the inclusiveness of work and education while widening access to justice.

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You can help us to discover new knowledge, create innovations and develop solutions for real-world challenges.

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Study with us

Be a part of a more progressive, collaborative approach to research and contribute to your field, progress into academia or grow your career.

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Work with our students

Research student internships bring a fresh perspective, new skills and innovative approaches to your workplace.

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Our facilities

Our research groups and projects

Displaying 19 - 24 of 28 research projects

Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Our centre is working to solve some of the greatest medical challenges of our time

Cardiovascular Technology Laboratory

Cardiovascular Technology Laboratory

Power Engineering Research

Our research team specialises in advancing energy efficiency through collaborations that bring together global expertise in energy delivery - local and national; integrated energy systems and modelling; power converters; and renewable energy technologies. In particular, our research expertise covers: distribution network analysis, distribution planning, high voltage, superconducting, power electronics and systems, modelling inverters in networks, wide area control and signal processing.

Mechanical Metamaterials, Devices, and Surfaces

Mechanical meta-materials, also known as architectured or architected materials, are an emerging class of materials in which mechanical properties can be tailored by altering their internal architectures. Analogous to these materials, the same concept has been used to modify devices and surfaces, leading to mechanical meta-devices and mechanical meta-surfaces. For example, robotic pick-and-place devices can be architectured to tune their shape and stiffness in situ so they can interact with objects with various shapes and hardnesses. Or surfaces of biomedical implants can be nano-architectured (nano-structured) to lyse the bacteria cells, a strategy pioneered in nature, for example, in insect wings. This website showcases our research in new classes of mechanical meta-materials, -devices, and -surfaces. For design, we use analytical and finite element models. We develop novel manufacturing techniques for fabrication, including ceramic 3D/4D printing. And we use state-of-the-art characterisation techniques, such as mechanical testing under in-situ stereo-imaging and in-stu computed tomography, to understand the architecture-property relationships, which can then be used for optimisation.

Smart City

QUT Smart City Research Group

QUT-Sealy Centre for Biomechanics and Sleep Research

The QUT-Sealy Centre for Biomechanics and Sleep Research aims to combine real-world biomechanics and sleep research into mattress creation and production. The centre is based on the collaboration between QUT's Biomechanics and Spine Research Group and leading mattress manufacturer Sealy Australia.

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Research news

25 Jun 2024

Reaching new heights: AI can help us build better buildings

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise the hands-on construction industry and contribute to long-term environmental sustainability in our built environment.

25 Jun 2024

QUT to lead ARC Research Hub in the IoT for Water

The Australian Research Council has announced $5 million in funding for the ARC Research Hub in the Internet of Things for Water to be based at QUT.

19 Jun 2024

QUT joins Artificial Heart Frontiers Program

QUT has joined the Artificial Heart Frontiers Program (AHFP), which is a transdisciplinary consortium to develop and commercialise a suite of revolutionary and life-changing implantable cardiac devices.

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