College of Science & Engineering

Sophia Love

Sophia Love

Romain Vaucher

Romain Vaucher

Jenny Fisher

Jenny Fisher

Ambili Narayanan

Ambili Narayanan

Sarfaraz Ali

Sarfaraz Ali

Mikaeylah Davidson

Mikaeylah Davidson

Liuxin Chen

Liuxin Chen

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Rafael Cabral Carvalho

Tom Lloyd

Tom Lloyd

Mohamadreza Chalak Qazani

Mohamadreza Chalak Qazani

Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 1 (Old ID 26976)
Clive Jones
15 Aug 2020 - 30 Nov 2020
The project seeks to assess and develop tropical rock lobster aquaculture on Groote Eylandt. Phase 1 will quantitatively assess the local resource of naturally settling post-larval lobsters. If the seed lobsters are available, Phase 2 will comprise development of nursery and grow out of the lobsters. The project includes aspects of resource assessment, training, production technology extension, social science, economics and marketing.
Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 1 (Old ID 27052)
Clive Jones
01 Nov 2020 - 30 Apr 2022
The project follows a preliminary activity completed in September 2020, seeking to assess and develop tropical rock lobster aquaculture on Groote Eylandt. This project represents Phase 1 of 3 phases, that will quantitatively assess the local resource of naturally settling post-larval lobsters. If the seed lobsters are available, Phase 2 will comprise development of nursery and Phase 3 the growout of the lobsters. The project includes aspects of resource assessment, training, production technology extension, social science, economics and marketing.
IUCN Maldives Ecosystems. (Old ID 27183)
Nicholas Murray
29 Mar 2021 - 16 Dec 2021
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Maldives requires an expert to assist in the development of an ecosystem classification scheme for the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of Maldives. This project will conduct the necessary research and leadership to develop a list of terrestrial and marine ecosystems for Maldives, building on considerable recent work to develop an international Global Ecosystem Typology. The outcomes will support conservation planning, natural resource management and environmental legislation development in the Maldives, and contribute new knowledge about the diversity and distribution of Maldive's ecosystems.
Entrainment and mixing in turbulent negatively buoyant jets and fountains (Old ID 22048)
Wenxian Lin
05 Apr 2016 - 04 Apr 2019
Volcanic eruptions, building ventilation and brine discharge from desalination plants are all examples of the occurrence of turbulent fountains and negatively buoyant jets. Management and design of these processes requires the ability to accurately predict these flows and, in particular, entrainment and mixing with the ambient fluid. We will conduct the first detailed investigation into the turbulent structure of fountains and negatively buoyant jets using numerical simulation and laboratory experiments, assess the accuracy of the commonly used integral models and test the effect of the use of more accurate entrainment relations.
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events (Old ID 23502)
John Ginger
01 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2021
This research is to develop cost-effective strategies for mitigating damage to housing from severe windstorms across Australia. These evidence-based strategies will be (a) tailored to aid policy formulation and decision making in government and industry, and (b) provide guidelines detailing various options and benefits to homeowners and the building community for retrofitting typical at-risk houses in Australian communities.
X-ray fluorescence microscopy of Archean macro and microfossils (Old ID 23649)
Ioan Sanislav
01 Sep 2017 - 30 Nov 2017
The 2700 Ma metasediments from the Archean Tanzania Craton contain centimeter size “concretionary” structures that resemble Phanerozoic trace fossils and unusually large and complexly shaped microfossils. Thin section studies and EPMA elemental mapping revealed that the grain size and composition of the “concretions” are very different from the surrounding matrix. They contain a complex internal structure, which is inconsistent with an inorganic origin suggesting the existence of complex life forms 2700 Ma ago. Herein we ask for beam-time to collect detailed high resolution and high sensitivity compositional data for the macrofossils and the microfossils.
Cairns POM morphology mapping (Old ID 26492)
Rob Beaman
01 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2019
This research will generate the most accurate and up-to-date 3D depth model for the Cairns Plan of Management (POM) area, at the 30m pixel resolution, using all the available source bathymetry data for this region. This fundamental dataset will then be used to derive a Morphology-Surface, as per the proposed structure of the national Seafloor GeoMorphology (NSGM) mapping scheme, being developed by Geoscience Australia. This involves the semi-automatic derivation of morphological surfaces from bathymetric data into Plan, Slope and Escarpment classes.
Applications for Magnetic Resonance Image Guidance in Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer. (Old ID 27208)
Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi
29 Mar 2021 - 30 Sep 2024
Prostate cancer is a serious disease with a large burden on the Australian health system, often treated with radiation therapy (RT). A specific RT treatment called Magnetic resonance image-guided radiation therapy (MRIgRT) combines imaging with therapy to provide potentially superb targeting. In this project, technical machine learning solutions for novel applications of MRIgRT will be explored.
Challenging targets in rare earth metalorganic chemistry (Old ID 24847)
Peter Junk
17 May 2019 - 31 Dec 2022
This project aims to prepare technically demanding, highly reactive rare earth organometallic and metal-organic compounds, especially from the free metals, and to determine their structures and reactivity. The challenging target systems include coordination stabilised novel ligands, pseudo-Grignard reagents LnR(X) including the rare fluorides, complexes primed for C-F activation, and intermediates from use of lanthanoid reagents in organic synthesis. The studies provide a knowledge base and expertise for the utilisation of Australia's abundant rare earths in chemical manufacture, catalysis, and recycling, and will transform the current behaviour of the elements.
Water Quality, eDNA and NRM Management Directions (Old ID 26264)
Nathan Waltham
04 Dec 2018 - 30 Jun 2022
Water quality and the threat of invasive species continue to exist in the Torres Straits. This project will continue to provide research services to assist Torres Straits Regional Authority to track restoration and protection of freshwater and marine wetland habitats in the Torres Strait islands. A component of this project includes facilitating training and educational material for Land and Sea Ranger program.
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Western Ontario
Reseracher: Michael Bird (Distinguished Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1989
End Date: 01 Jan 1990
Title: CPHMVS Research and Research Education Training Committee, James Cook University
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: Research Excellence Award Winner
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Australian Research Field Leader in Health & Medical Sciences - Epidemiology
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Bursary Award
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
Title: Travel Scholarship
Reseracher: Paul Horwood (Professor, Promotional Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010
Title: Telehealth Technology Innovation Award ($50,000), “DeepVitals for Remote Patient Monitoring – A Non-contact Image-based Blood Pressure via Deep Photoplethysmography Network”, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (Nepean Hospital), NSW, 2019.
Reseracher: Euijoon Ahn (Senior Lecturer, Information Technology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Best Oral Presentation Award ($500), “A Self-Supervised Deep Learning Framework for Plane Identification in Fetal Ultrasound Images”, Annual Nepean Research Day, The University of Sydney Nepean Clinical School, 2019.
Reseracher: Euijoon Ahn (Senior Lecturer, Information Technology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: 2019 School of Computer Science Research Students Excellence Prize Award ($5000), The University of Sydney, 2019.
Reseracher: Euijoon Ahn (Senior Lecturer, Information Technology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019