Current potential research project list
- Manufacturing and technology management
- Supply Chain and Logistics
- Mechatronics/Robotics/Bio-Medical Engineering
- NanoMaterials/NanoTechnology
- Automotive Engineering/Ergonomics
- Sustainable energy systems and green environment
- Design of Mechanical Structures
- Aero-Propulsion and Combustion Research & Technology
Manufacturing and technology management
- Development of holistic decision model for Collaborative Manufacturing Network (CMN) in Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Development of a Dynamic Task Scheduling System for Manufacturing based SMMEs (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Development of a step-by-step decision support system for CIM investment (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- An innovative decentralised approach to supply chain scheduling optimisation using discrete-event systems (Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Social and Technical Systems Framework: Delivering Value to Multiple Stakeholders (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Impact of Lean and Just in time (JIT) Manufacturing (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Design of Products for Automatic Assembly (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design of Products for Automatic Disassembly (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design of Products for Upgradability (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design of an Intelligent System to Separate Solid Contaminants from Composts Prior to Packaging (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Supply Chain Management (SCM) system for Re-configurable Manufacturing Operations (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Sustainability of Nanotechnology (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Intelligent Design of Manufacturing Systems (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design for Reliability and Six Sigma of Mechanical Structures (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design of Manufacturing Processes for Six Sigma (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Intelligent Design of Automatic Assembly Line (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Design for Waste Recyclability (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
Supply Chain and Logistics
- Optimising supply chain processes using Design for six sigma and fuzzy logic (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Logistics and distribution networks (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Inventory management of perishable goods (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Technological management in the supply chain (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Procurement and purchasing (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- The sustainable supply chain (Prof. Lee Luong, Dr Yousef Amer, and Dr Romeo Marian)
- Development of a Knowledge Management Performance Evaluation systems for Supply Chains (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Supply Chain Management for Collaborative Manufacturing (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
- Sustainability of Supply Chain (Dr Sev Nagalingam)
Mechatronics/Robotics/Bio-Medical Engineering
- Development of an intelligent control System for Master-Slave Robots Configuration (Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Development of a harvesting system for precision agriculture: development of intelligent machine vision system and multi-arm locomotion system (Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Color imaging and multispectral analysis for non-destructive evaluation of agro-alimentary products (Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Development of locomotive system for a gastro-shuttle for small intestine bacteria overgrowth diagnosis (Dr Hung-Yao Hsu and Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- A micro-agitation device for DNA microarray hybridisation application (Dr Hung-Yao Hsu)
- The development of laser based micro-joining technology for micro-assembly applications (Dr Hung-Yao Hsu)
NanoMaterials/NanoTechnology
- Sustainable Manufacturing for Industry-Scale Production of Nanomaterials (Dr Ke Xing and Prof. Peter Majewski)
- Development of Novel drug delivery platform (Dr Krasimir Vasilev, Dr Spomenka Simovic, and Dr Dusan Losic)
- Development of Novel antibacterial surfaces coatings (Dr Krasimir Vasilev, Dr Spomenka Simovic, and Dr Dusan Losic)
- Carbon nanotubes for enhancing the efficiency of solar cells (Dr Krasimir Vasilev, Dr. Agnieszka Mierczynska, and Prof. Rob Short)
- Surface gradients for controlling the response of biological cells (Dr Krasimir Vasilev and Prof Rob Short)
- Carbon nanotubes in novel composite biomaterials (Dr Krasimir Vasilev and Dr Agnieszka Mierczynska)
- Novel antibacterial surfaces coatings (Dr Krasimir Vasilev, Prof Hans Griesser and Prof Rob Short)
- Novel drug delivery platform (Dr Krasimir Vasilev, Dr Spomenka Simovic and Dr Dusan Losic)
- The development of advanced adhesives based upon nano-additives (Dr Jun Ma)
- Study on polymer/silica nanocomposites (Dr Jun Ma)
- Advanced functional polymer/rare earth nanocomposites (Dr Jun Ma)
- Novel biodegradable bioelastomers (Dr Jun Ma)
- Development of functional rubber/copper nanocomposites (Dr Jun Ma)
- Functional high performance elastomer (Dr Jun Ma)
- Thermoplastic/graphene nanocomposites (Dr Jun Ma)
- Antibacterial surfaces (Dr Krasimir Vasilev)
- The role of nanoparticles in innate and adaptive immunity (Dr Krasimir Vasilev and Dr John Hayball)
- Semiconducting plasma polymer films for organic solar cells (Dr Krasimir Vasilev)
Automotive Engineering/Ergonomics
- Development of a new platform for commercial Electrical Car (Dr Sang-Heon Lee and Dr Paul Gunther)
- Development of Muscular scaling model (Dr Paul Gunther)
- Development of ANYBODY full body static driver model (Dr Paul Gunther)
- Modelling driver-seat vibration (Dr Paul Gunther)
- Total steer-by-wire - Active joystick development (Dr Paul Gunther and Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Development of active vibration control (Dr Paul Gunther and Dr Sang-Heon Lee)
- Development of an integrated seat pressure sensor for motor car (Dr Paul Gunther and Dr Hung-Yao Hsu)
- Development of Universal access method for motor car (Dr Paul Gunther and Dr Hung-Yao Hsu)
Sustainable energy systems and green environment
- Development of a phase change thermal storage system for medium temperature applications (Dr Frank Bruno and Dr Martin Belusko)
- Integrated solar heating and PV cooling system (Dr Frank Bruno and Dr Martin Belusko)
- Development of an evaporative cooling system with thermal storage (Dr Frank Bruno and Dr Martin Belusko)
- Energy efficient insulation solutions for buildings (Dr Frank Bruno and Dr Martin Belusko)
- Low energy cooling using night time energy storage with phase change materials (Dr Frank Bruno and Dr Martin Belusko)
- Optimising synergies between passive and active systems to achieve energy sustainability in buildings (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- An integrated thermal system for the provision of hot water, space heating and cooling (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Residential application of liquid desiccant systems in South East Asian tropical climates (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Development of a phase change thermal storage system for high temperature applications (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Performance of large scale solar dish for solar electricity generation (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Evaluation and monitoring of energy consumption and potential reduction strategies in existing housing (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Investigation of potential high temperature thermal energy storage technologies (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Optimisation and integration of waste heat and water desalination for large scale industry (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Integrated large scale industrial and commercial water/energy/waste synergies and management (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Energy efficient insulation solutions for buildings (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Investigation of the Impact of Dust Accumulation on the Performance of Solar Collectors (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Utilisation of Waste Heat for Water Demineralisation and Cooling in Solar Thermal Power Plants (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Passive variable pitch Darrieus wind and water turbine modeling, design and experimental validation (Dr Brian Kirke)
- Ring drive for Darrieus wind and water turbines (Dr Brian Kirke)
- Maglev ring drive for Darrieus wind turbines (Dr Brian Kirke)
- Design and performance of zero/low carbon housing (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Investigation of alternative distributed storage systems for energy self sufficient housing (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Utilisation of solar and wind energy for large scale water pumping and pumped storage (Prof. Wasim Saman)
- Evaluation of the impact of heat waves on Australian housing (Prof. Wasim Saman)
Design of Mechanical Structures
- Intelligent Optimisation of Mechanical Structure (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Vibration Analysis of Mechanical Structures via Substructuring Technique (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
- Vibration Analysis of Mechanical Structures via Bond-Graphs (A. Prof. Kazem Abhary)
Aero-Propulsion and Combustion Research & Technology
- Development of a Novel Propulsion System for Long-Range UAV Platforms (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Optimisation of Aerodynamics and Engine Thermal System of Large Road Transport Vehicles (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Flameless Combustion for Gas Turbine Engines (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Stabilised Cool Flame Reactor for Scramjet Engines (Associate Professor Farid Christo)
- Advanced Propulsion & Control Systems for a Hovering Platform (Associate Professor Farid Christo)