The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) provides eligible students with the opportunity to participate in a research project. If you're interested in research and thinking of pursuing a research degree the scheme is an opportunity to see if research is right for you. Further information about the scheme is available on HiQ.
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Exploring the Dynamics of the Universe: A Study through Friedmann Equations
This project explores the dynamics of the universe using the Friedmann equations, which are fundamental in cosmology. The study aims to investigate different cosmological models and their implications on the expansion of the universe. This topic is interdisciplinary, combining elements of theoretical physics and cosmology. It is not attached to an existing funded project.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
Review on numerical cues in marketing and consumer behaviour literature
The use of numerical cues in pricing (e.g., $0.99) has been widely studied by academic researchers and utilized by marketers for a long time. Several studies have argued that this method is effective in driving purchases, though many have reached different conclusions.This project aims to conduct a literature review on numerical cues (i.e., just-below pricing) in marketing and consumer behavior literature to determine the extent to which numerical cues have been studied in the literature.
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Biomass to bio-oils
This project aims to use fermentation with engineered yeasts to maximise the production of nutritional oils from waste recovered from tthe sugar cane industry. This is part of a larger effort to maximise value in the sugar industry, supported by the Australia China Joint Centre for Biofuels and Biocommodities.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy
Development of a new Artificial Heart
There are approximately 64 million people around the globe affected by heart failure, but only ~7000 heart transplants performed each year. Current solutions to save these patients are limited, with clinically-available artificial hearts based on designs made decades ago which are unreliable and provide a poor quality of life for patients. There must be a better way. This project will investigate alternative pumping technologies (the heart is just a pump!) which can be adapted for the next generation of artificial …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Using engineering technologies to stop blood clots from reaching the brain
Aortic valve replacement surgeries are common procedures used to treat heart conditions, but they can pose a risk of stroke due to the release of particles into the bloodstream.There are devices called embolic protection devices that capture particles during heart surgeries. However, current devices have limitations, such as restricting blood flow to the brain. This project aims to address this issue by designing and prototyping a novel embolic protection device that allows better blood flow to the brain and reduces …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
CLIN02 Evaluating the Diagnostic Utility of Spinal Ultrasound in Neonates with Sacral Dimples
Babies born with a sacral dimple have traditionally been considered at risk of having an underlying spinal deformity known as dysraphism. These children are often referred for a spinal ultrasound as neonates to investigate their spine and spinal cord morphology. A sacral dimple is on the milder end of a spectrum of clinical signs suggestive of dysraphism; anecdotally, children with a sacral dimple and no other risk factors often have a normal spinal ultrasound. We are conducting an audit of …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Clinical Sciences
ENS03 What food-related tasks and responsibilities do adolescents engage in?
Dietary intake in childhood and adolescence lays the foundation for lifelong food preferences, dietary quality and health. However, studies of dietary intake consistently show that young people do not meet recommendations – with excess energy intake derived from discretionary foods and low intakes of fruits and vegetables.Adolescence marks an important shift with respect to dietary intake. Young people take on increasing responsibility regarding food choice, purchasing and preparation, while parental responsibility decreases. A scoping review will be undertaken to understand …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
OVS01 Do distance- and near-centre multifocal soft contact lenses produce the same effect on axial length and choroidal thickness?
Multifocal contact lenses are those that consist of more than one optical power within the lens optical zone and can be classified as distance-centre (DCMF) or near-centre (NCMF), with less or more positive power at the lens centre compared to the periphery, respectively. DCMF lenses are a proven treatment to slow myopia (short-sightedness) progression and eye growth. The mechanism by which DCMF lenses are thought to act is through the simultaneous presentation of myopic defocus (light focused in front of …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Clinical Sciences
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Centre for Vision and Eye Research
BIOM04 Electrifying the brain: Can non-invasive brain stimulation improve the analgesic effects of exercise?
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia (EIH) describes a reduction in pain intensity and sensitivity following exercise. This hypoalgesic response is thought to contribute towards the success of exercise as a treatment for musculoskeletal pain. Recently, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, has been shown to bolster the effects of EIH. While the addition of tDCS to exercise may have promising clinical applications for the treatment of chronic pain, several knowledge gaps remain relating to the magnitude of effect and …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
Efficient computer vision using bio-inspired computing.
Traditional computer vision (CV) algorithms often require significant computational resources, limiting their applicability in resource-constrained environments like environment monitoring, and defense. To address this, researchers are exploring biologically inspired approaches to enhance energy efficiency and accuracy in CV tasks, e.g. neuromorphic computing.This project will explore and adapt traditional CV algorithms to brain inspired neuromorphic platforms, for energy efficient and fast processing.
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
Live streamers' emotional expressions and customer online purchase behavior.
The project aims to understand how the emotional expressions of live streamers can facilitate customer activities and influence online purchase behavior.
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
BIOM01 Towards development of a new therapy for prostate cancer.
Metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) accounts for the deaths of 375,000 men each year because tumours develop resistance to therapies that block activity of the androgen receptor, the major molecular driver of prostate cancer. New treatment strategies are aimed at understanding and targeting the molecular mechanisms tumours adopt to escape therapy. Through studying the molecular and metabolic changes in tumour cells under therapy pressure, we have identified a metabolic adaptation that enables tumours to thrive under therapy pressure using altered mitochondrial …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
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