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

Evaluating Australian grains potential for Aquafeed in SE Asia (Old ID 31119)
Leo Nankervis
15 Aug 2023 - 15 Jun 2024
Australia produces a range of grains and legumes that are routinely used for aquafeed in Australia, however their uptake in SE Asian markets appears to be limited. This project investigates opportunities and constraints of Australian grains and legumes in aquafeed production in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It consists of a desktop study and report on opportunities and directions in this export market, followed by engagement with aquafeed specialists in these areas and scoping opportunities for research to test our assumptions around the most likely products in local feed production in-country.
Regional Governance of Fisheries (Old ID 22246)
Tiffany Morrison
01 Oct 2015 - 01 Feb 2019
This project uses a multi-scale governance framework to understand and improve governance of fisheries, potentially through scaling-up community-based resource management ()CBRM) of small-scale fisheries in the Pacific. The postdoctoral fellow appointed will work alongside a JCU and WorldFish team working on multiscalar governance theory, and with regional authorities (eg the Secretariat of the Pacific Community) and national governments (eg Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Vanuatu). Outputs will include high impact journal articles and policy briefings. The project will result in a more nuanced understanding of the role of CBRM, meta-governance, and scale in achieving resilient resource-dependent communities and regions.
Photochemical Optimization Study (Old ID 22803)
Michael Oelgemoeller
01 Jun 2016 - 30 Sep 2016
This project deals with the optimization of a known photochemical reaction of industrial interest. It will investigate the exploratory, validation and scale-up of the reaction.
Light Field Video Compression and Streaming (Old ID 23155)
Wei Xiang
01 Mar 2017 - 01 Mar 2019
Recent advances in light field (LF) photography open a new horizon for digital video streaming, where the single-shot LF capture and glasses-free 3D display capabilities are perfect for a wide range of 3D interactive applications. This proposal aims to propose an interactive 3D VR streaming system based upon the state-of-the-art LF video compression and transmission technology. The proposed new framework and novel algorithms will be able to efficiently compress the enormous amounts of LF-based VR video data, ensure the quality of the views of interest, and achieve low-latency and error-resilient 3D video transmission.
Council improving the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef through the use of smart sensors and the IoT for urban water management (Old ID 23533)
Wei Xiang
01 Feb 2018 - 30 Jun 2019
The primary aim of this grant application is to bring smart city technology into urban water management to improve urban water quality discharging to the Great Barrier Reef by: 1). Developing IOT technology to manage large data sets obtained from existing smart meters and water quality monitoring probes to make effective management decisions; and 2) Supporting the development of new cost effective, real time water quality monitoring technology. This grant application is for purchase of commercially available water quality monitoring probes suitable for a tropical urban stormwater environment, for supporting the development of new real time monitoring technology for nutrients; for the development of data analysis tools using IOT technology for both smart meter water consumption data, sewer pump station overflow data and stormwater water quality data so that the data is available in real time and can be used for effective decision making.
Climate Smart Sugarcane Irrigation Partnerships (CSSIP) (Old ID 24754)
Bronson Philippa
22 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2023
CSSIP will minimise nutrient runoff, improve soil health and increase wetlands water quality by facilitating the adoption of world-class irrigation practices in sugarcane farming systems. Currently, best practice irrigation is assisted by an Irrigation Decision Support Tool (IDST) that provides evidence-based advice. However, IDSTs have not reached their full potential. Firstly, they do not integrate short to medium term weather forecasts (e.g. weekly to multi-weekly forecasts). Secondly, IDSTs do not operate at a spatial scale relevant to farmers. CSSIP will incorporate the Bureau or Meteorology’s new high-resolution climate model into the Irrigation Decision Support Tool. Thirdly, IDSTs require substantial time in manual data entry, which can be alleviated using real-time monitoring via Internet of Things technologies. This will increase irrigation efficiency, reducing excessive runoff into river systems and onto the Reef, and, will help farmers save water and energy costs.
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Shallow Reef Monitoring 2018 (Old ID 24815)
Morgan Pratchett
24 Feb 2018 - 10 Dec 2018
The purpose of this contract is to survey shallow reef environments within the Elizabeth and Middleton reef national Marine Park, to assess the status and trends of reef environments and reef-associated organisms. Surveys will be conducted using methods established during prior surveys, undertaken at Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs in March 2011 and arch 2014.
A one health approach to establish surveillance strategies for Japanese encephalitis and zoonotic arboviruses in Papua New Guinea (Old ID 26565)
Paul Horwood
06 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2021
The project aim is to establish surveillance for JEV and other zoonotic arboviruses that affect the rural population of PNG. The major objectives are to: 1. Evaluate current detection methods to detect zoonotic arboviruses in the field and laboratory, and build capacity where gaps are identified. 2. Establish surveillance at selected sites using sentinel animal (pigs, chickens) and mosquito trapping 3. Develop linkages and coordination between human and animal health agencies. The primary outputs are to develop surveillance activities that contribute to early warning for public health and provide a better understanding of the ecological drivers of arboviruses in PNG.
Queensland threatened species listing. (Old ID 27253)
Conrad Hoskin
01 Jun 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
Humane Society International (HSi) is a charity that works towards “an ecologically sustainable and humane world for all animals”. This includes ensuring that threatened species are nominated to be listed under legislation. An opportunity has arisen for HSI to work with the Queensland Government to list a number of reptile species that are in dire need of conservation recognition. These are reptiles that I am an expert on, so they have contacted me to provide funding to me to help them write the nominations. I would use this funding to employ a recently graduated JCU PhD student to draft these nominations for me to then check and submit with HSI. Any left-over funding would be used for research on these threatened species. This is a ‘for the greater good’ project that I’d like to help out with.
Pre-outbreak monitoring of the density, distribution and size-structure of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) in the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 27501)
Morgan Pratchett
01 Jan 2021 - 01 Jun 2024
This project will conduct annual field surveys (diver-based and eDNA) across reefs in the primary outbreak initiation region to reveal how the density, distribution and size-structure of COTS populations changes, providing field data to inform early warning and response in the lead up to the 2025 outbreak.
Title: JCU College of Science and Engineering Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB)
Reseracher: Reniel Cabral (Associate Professor, Fisheries)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Regional Associate Editor -Asia Pacific--World Allergy Organisation Journal (Elsevier)
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: Fishing for Answers and Debunking Aquaculture. "3 Billion people rely on Seafood" - at evokeAG. with Future Young Leader Roberta Marcoli, Humans of Agriculture
Reseracher: Roberta Marcoli (Research Fellow)
Title: Review Editor---Frontier Microbial Immunology
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: National Research Foundation Grant; $16000
Reseracher: Bruce Gummow (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
Title: Head, Earth and Environmental Science, College of Science and Engineering
Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Assistant Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Reseracher: Alana Grech (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Review Editor - Frontier Immunology_Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics
Reseracher: Ludwig Lopata (Professor, Personal Chair)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: PhD, The University of Sydney
Reseracher: Euijoon Ahn (Senior Lecturer, Information Technology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
End Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Engineering
Reseracher: Amy Diedrich (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2013
End Date: 01 Jan 2025