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.
QUT offers a diverse range of student topics for VRES. Search to find a topic that interests you.
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Player Perspectives: Topic Trends in Steam Reviews
This research project will apply topic modelling techniques to analyse player-written reviews on the digital distribution platform Steam. Through this analysis, we hope to identify player experience phenomenon associated with mental health disclosures.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
Design of an Innovative Mirror Cleaning Device for Solar Power Applications
Solar collectors are gaining popularity and relevance in the sustainably energy sources exploitation. The efficient harvesting of sun power may guarantee a safe transition from polluting fossil-fuel systems to renewable energy. However, these collectors may be affected by soiling, i.e. deposition of airborne pollutants and dust on their surfaces. Soiling hinders the optical efficiency of the reflectors thus limiting the achievable power generation of the plant. The design of an innovative cleaning device that could limit the detrimental effects of …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
Sensing through the skin – a tactile sensor for soft robots.
Researchers in the QUT Centre for Robotics are interested in giving robots a sense of touch, through a new type of thin skin-like soft sensor. The idea is to use changes in electrical resistance within a soft skin when it is touched. The technique is called electrical impedance tomography, and these sensors will have channels of conductive fluid within a soft skin. The aim is to understand the state of contact (how much force is applied? in which direction? at …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
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- Centre for Robotics
Analysing and Modelling Gender Differences in Retirement Projections
This project will investigate gender differences in retirement projections, analysing how financial advice impacts these projections. Students will use statistical modelling to compare retirement projections for men and women with and without the benefit of financial advice. The research aims to provide insights into the effectiveness of financial advisory services in addressing gender disparities in retirement planning.
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Accountancy
Understanding and Modelling Financial Literacy and Behaviour Among Young Adults
Suboptimal financial decision-making is associated with low life satisfaction and poor physical and psychological health. This research aims to gain an understanding of how engagement with personal finances and financial literacy are related to young adults’ financial behaviours. This project is funded by the Financial Planning Education Council and can span personal finance, behavioural psychology, and statistical data science.
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Accountancy
Programming polymers
Radical polymerisations play a key role in both commercial and fundamental research with it being in 45% of international polymer production at 100 million tons per year.However, radical polymerizations still suffer from synthetic drawbacks like all-carbon polymer backbones, which largely prevent their (bio)degradability.In this project, we will develop novel polymers which can be programmed towards a controlled degradability. Towards this goal, you will develop a polymerization technique that allows to incorporate small natural building blocks (i.e. peptides) or photodegradable units …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Materials Science
Design, Use and Trust in Space Related Citizen Science Projects
This research focuses on the design and/or development of a collaborative knowledge network platform that integrates Information Technology and design in the fields of Biology and Aerospace Engineering. The aim is to create an innovative system for managing and visualising data related to the viability of various biological species in extraterrestrial environments. The project will utilise a design science approach to prototype solutions that enhance scientific understanding and educational engagement in collaborative innovation challenges and citizen science initiatives.This project is …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Information Systems
Data-driven and process-aware workforce analytics
odern information systems in today’s organisations record massive amount of event log data capturing the execution of day-to-day core processes within and across organisations. Mining these event log data to drive process analytics and knowledge discovery is known as process mining. To date various process mining techniques have been developed to help extract insights about the actual processes with the ultimate goal to organisations' workforce capability and capacity building.As an important sub-field of process mining, organisational mining focuses on discovering …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Information Systems
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Data Science
Mettle Forge: Building Resilience Through Play
This project will explore literature around grit, mastery, resilience, and anti-fragility, and seek to link these constructs to player experience phenomena.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
Explainable AI-enabled Predictive Analytics
Modern predictive analytics underpinned by AI-enabled learning (such as machine learning, deep learning) techniques has become a key enabler to the automation of data-driven decision making. In the context of process monitoring and forecast, predictive analytics has been applied to making predictions about the future state of a running process instance - for example, which task will be carried out next, when and who will perform the task, when will an ongoing process instance complete, what will be the outcome …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Information Systems
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Data Science
Application of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) for TSF Consolidation, AMD Prevention, and CO2 Sequestration
The stability of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) poses a critical challenge in mining, frequently leading to significant environmental issues including acid mine drainage (AMD) and heavy metals mobilisation, contaminating water bodies and soil. Current technologies like dry stacking and thickening while effective, can be energy-intensive and costly. This underscores the need for innovative technologies to ensure TSF stability and protect ecosystems and communities from the harmful impacts of mining activities.Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) is a promising process that utilises …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy
Sensing materials inside containers with laser light
Since the advent of the laser in 1960, laser light has been used to identify materials through their unique molecular 'fingerprint' contained in their scatter or fluorescence. Laser induced fluorescence (LIF) is now routinely used to identify hazardous materials, detect harmful aerosols, determine the quality of food and detect biological materials in planetary exploration. While LIF is very effective it has proven to be difficult to detect materials that are concealed in containers or packaging. This project will investigate what …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Materials Science
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