Vanadium Redox Battery
UNSW has been at the forefront of vanadium redox flow battery technology since the invention of the first all-vanadium redox flow cell by Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and co-workers in 1985.
Shaped and Stimulus-Responsive Droplets for Improved Delivery
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This project is focused on applications like controlled delivery of softeners, nutrients, and drugs from droplets like those in a shampoo, food, or drug formulation.
Optimising dissolved air flotation (DAF) for algae removal by bubble modification in drinking water and advanced wastewater systems
Algal and cyanobacteria blooms are of particular concern in drinking water resources due to their adverse impact on treatment processes, as well as their potential to release harmful toxins and taste and odour compounds into water supplies.
Monitoring organic matter in drinking water systems using fluorescence spectroscopy
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Potable source water frequently has a high organic matter (OM) content originating from decaying plants, soil and peat, bacterial activity, algal blooms and upstream treated effluent discharges.
Advanced Combustion Diagnostics Laboratory
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The Advanced Combustion Diagnostics group conducts in-depth research across thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, combustion, heat, and mass transfer.
Autonomous Guidance of Komatsu Bulldozers
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The bulldozer shown here will be automated to follow a prescribed path highly accurately. In the future, the blade control will be incorporated to demonstrate earth moving tasks.
Real-time Digital Simulation (RTS) Laboratory at UNSW Sydney
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UNSW Sydney and the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications host the largest Real-time Digital Simulation Laboratory in Australia with extended simulation capabilities in the areas of:
Using Biomedical Engineering to Personalise Heart Disease Treatment
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Research project seeking students: Stents are meshed wired scaffolds implanted into narrowed arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokes. They still fail in 1 in 10 patients besides being the most common treatment for the largest cause of death world-wide.
Machine Learning for Personalised Heart Disease Treatment
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Cardiovascular disease is the single largest killer in the world, causing heart attacks and strokes. Experimental investigation of underlying principals are key in combating this epidemic, however individual considerations are still completely missing.
Computational modelling to create a virtual map of arterial shape and blood flow
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Research Project seeking students: Cardiovascular disease is the single largest killer in the world, causing heart attacks and strokes. Experimental investigation of underlying principals are key in combating this epidemic, however individual considerations are still completely missing.
Addressing Barriers to Efficient Renewable Integration
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Improving the properties of powder products for beverage applications
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The PhD project will develop new value-added products and innovate current processing methods, in a close partnership with one of the leading beverage companies in the world, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), the maker of Moccona a
Towards New Functionality in Dairy Ingredients
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The Australian dairy industry plays a significant part in the nation’s economy, with almost $3 billion in export revenue in 2016-2017.
Designing integrated photocatalytic systems for simultaneous clean energy generation and water remediation
Utilising our geographically abundant solar energy and through designing novel photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic systems, the research provides an ultimately clean solution by efficiently harnessing and converting the solar energy to hydrogen while remediating wastewater.
Targeted growth factor delivery using sugar polymers for tissue regeneration
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Development and Modelling of Advanced Coagulation and Oxidation Processes
The proposed project aims to develop strategic and integrated approaches to address the impact of variability in water characteristics caused by climate change on Australian water treatment processes (WTPs).
Avoiding catastrophic failure of rock bolts in underground coal mines
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The aim of this work is to identify the factors responsible for the emerging problem of catastrophic stress corrosion cracking failure of rock bolts in underground mines and to develop strategies for resisting rock bolt failure.
Understanding the spread of influenza A H5N1
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Avian influenza and pandemic risk is a major focus of our research.
The roles of heparan sulphate proteoglycans in tissue development and repair
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This project investigates the structures of heparan sulphate proteoglycans that control the tissue development and aging including liver, heart, kidney, palate and brain by studying genetically modified mice.
Bioengineered growth factor binding scaffolds
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Diabetes is a world-wide health issue that affects approximately 1.7 million Australians. Diabetes causes changes throughout the body including impairing the ability to heal wounds that are typically located on the feet and lower legs.
4D Immersive Surgery
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Nanoparticle interactions with the vasculature
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Nanoparticles are extensively explored for many cell contacting application such as drug delivery and diagnostic imaging with their safety a topic of much debate and largely related to accumulation within cells.
Modelling of Cardiac Electrical and Mechanical Function
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2D simplified computational model of cardiac contraction with mitral valve leaflet motion.
Stent Design Optimisation using fluid dynamics and mechanical testing
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Stents are meshed wired scaffolds implanted into narrowed arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokes. They still fail in 1 in 10 patients besides being the most common treatment for the largest cause of death world-wide.