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Development of a machine learning algorithm for high throughput cell response data in drug therapy
High-throughput screening assays are essential for accelerating drug discovery, but current assays often rely on endpoint measurements that do not capture the dynamic response of cells to drug treatment. Machine learning algorithms (MLAs) have the potential to enable real-time, high-throughput monitoring of cell response to drug treatment by analyzing complex datasets generated by multiplexed live-cell assays. This research project aims to develop an MLA for enabling high throughput cell response data in drug treatment. The project will involve three main …
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- Honours
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Computer Science
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Leveraging Big Data and AI/ML for Smart Transport Solutions
This PhD position aims to harness the potential of big traffic and mobility data alongside cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms to pioneer innovative solutions for optimizing smart motorways and/or arterial traffic flow. By leveraging these technologies, the project endeavours to develop and test smart algorithms, with the goal of significantly enhancing the efficiency and safety of road networks.Send via email to Prof. Ashish Bhaskar (ashish.bhaskar@qut.edu.au):a brief statement detailing your suitability for the positiona detailed curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, if …
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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- Centre for Data Science
Modelling of electrochemical CO2 capture and conversion
Renewable electricity is remarkably cheap, and is only going to get cheaper. However, existing state-of-the-art CO2 capture and conversion processes use thermal energy (typically generated by burning natural gas). This modelling project will investigate electrochemical techniques for capturing CO2 from air (direct air capture) and converting it to useful chemicals and materials.
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
Understanding urban complexity for climate resilience
Addressing the urgent need for community resilience amid escalating climate risks, including floods, extreme heat, and bushfires, is crucial for burgeoning cities. These cities comprise intricate networks of social, ecological, physical, and technological subsystems with structural and functional interdependencies. Understanding this complexity is vital for evaluating a city's resilience to climate risks and formulating effective policies and planning strategies. By applying complexity science principles, researchers can illuminate the dynamic relationships within these networks, revealing opportunities for sustainable urban development and …
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
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Centre for the Environment
Climate equity in multi-hazard vulnerability assessments
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as intense heatwaves, floods, and bushfires, is triggering disruptive disasters that have a significant impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies. While our national climate change adaptation strategy places a paramount focus on enhancing community resilience, it is crucial to recognise that not all communities face climate risks in the same manner. Diverse communities exhibit varying capacities to respond and adapt to distinct climate hazards. This reality underscores the imperative for …
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- Honours
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
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Centre for the Environment
Active stroke rehabilitation orthotic
An active stroke rehabilitation orthotic is needed to assist the multitude of people affected by stroke each year. Several prototype hardware systems have been constructed, so we know the concept is feasible. Development for medical approval and manufacture is needed. Plus, artificial intelligence that adapts the rehabilitation strategies to help users
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
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- Centre for Robotics
A sense of touch for robots
Touch, or awareness of contact, is one of the key challenges in robotics, particularly in the soft and highly deformable environment of the human body. This project will explore the development and use of interferometric filters to quantify contact pressures through spectral changes in reflected light. Thus a quantitative 'image' of force may be created to both characterise and guide robot-tissue interactions.
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- PhD
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Better bus stops for climate, context, and community
Bus stops are crucial touch points for a public transport system, and have the potential to impact human health and wellbeing, as well as rider experience. As a ubiquitous aspect of the urban fabric within a city, bus stops impact the character and function of the streetscape and their design can impact people’s experiences within the public realm. Yet their role in shaping everyday places is usually neglected and is under researched. In addition, with increased temperatures and extreme weather …
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- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
An airway chip for screening viral infection mediated immune responses
Respiratory infections such as influenza, SARS-COV-2, COVID-19, and MERS are increasingly prevalent. Complications and related deaths arising from these infections are often the result of a “cytokine storm”, whereby there is an over production of proinflammatory soluble factors by immune cells, which dictates symptoms severity and mortality risk. Recent works showed that immunomodulatory therapy, with or without antiviral agents, may improve recovery outcome. However, the screening of suitable immune-modulatory and antiviral agents relies heavily on animal models which can't capture …
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- PhD, Master of Philosophy
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
Coordinated control of multi-robot systems for environmental management
Single robotic systems can't accurately measure dynamic processes and map large areas in challenging environments. However, managing multiple robotic systems simultaneously poses many challenges around coordination and control. This is particularly true in environments where there's a lack of communication with the system. This project will explore multi-robot swarming and formation control to monitor, manage and track large-scale environmental phenomena.In this project, you will explore multi-robot swarming and coordinated formation control for dynamic process monitoring, target tracking and coordinated mapping. …
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- PhD
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Robotics
Gesture-based control of underwater helper-bots
Underwater robotic systems have been in use for several decades. In recent years, various groups have been adding manipulators and other payloads to increase their utility. However, their role has primarily been monitoring and mapping the oceans without human interaction.The next frontier is to have human divers and robotic system collaborate safely and productively in the same space to jointly complete complex tasks. This will involve the robotic system directly understanding and interacting with the diver in a non-verbal manner. …
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Robotics
Degradation-conscious charging of lithium-ion batteries
The adoption of electric vehicles and grid storage systems by the present day consumers has been phenomenal. The most critical issue with the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is how to manage its degradation.Understanding battery degradation mechanisms and the development of charging strategies to optimally manage battery degradation is very important. There are a number of important issues that need to be addressed carefully, such as thermo-electrochemical modelling of large battery packs and fast charging protocols.
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
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- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
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