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Never Stand Still Faculty of Engineering
Taste of Research Summer Scholarships 2013/14
Have you ever wondered what research is about?
Or whether you would be interested in a research career?To give you an opportunity to find out, the Faculty of Engineering offers Taste of Research Summer Scholarships.
More than 55 scholarships funded by the Faculty and its nine schools and the National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA) are available.
Visit www.eng.unsw.edu.au for:
1. A complete list of projects
2. Detailed description of each project
3. Project supervisor contact details
4. Apply online
Eligibility
• Youmustbeahighachievingthird-year* undergraduate student enrolled inafull-timeprogram(second-yearstudents may be considered in special circumstances)
• StudentswithWAM≥75 are encouraged to apply.
• YoumustbeenrolledinarelevantprogramatUNSWoranotherAustralian university
• Youmustsubmitanapplicationformby 31 August, 2013
• Youmaybealocaloraninternationalstudent
*students undertaking a combined undergraduate degree (e.g. BE/BE, BE/BCom) may apply if entering their final year of study in 2014. This exemption does not apply to students enrolled in a BE/MBiom.
Benefits
• $500perweekstipend(taxexempt)
• UNSWBachelorofEngineeringstudents may use their Taste of ResearchSummerScholarshipprojectasacontributiontowardstheir Industrial Training requirements
Availability
• Thescholarshipsareavailableinavariety of research areas for a period of12weeks,from25November2013 to 21 February 2014
For Further Information
Faculty of Engineering, Administrative Unit, Chloe Fong02 9385 6429chloe.fong@unsw.edu.auwww.eng.unsw.edu.auCRICOSProviderNumber00098G
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering School Contact:StephenRedmondT 02 9385 3924 E [email protected]/
Biomaterials and Tissue EngineeringBoneregenerationusingsugarpolymersMegan Lord, Brooke Farrugia
Creating a better model for tumor cell studies Penny Martens, Sharon Sagnella
Curing Diabetes: Fabrication and characterisation of hydrogel microspheresPenny Martens, Laura Poole-Warren
DiagnosticmarkerdevelopmentforarthritisJohn Whitelock, Megan Lord
ImageprocessingtoautomatestemcelltrackingRobert Nordon, Stephen Redmond
Targeted drug delivery for cancer therapies using nanoparticles Megan Lord, John Whitelock
Thechitosanbandage-apotentmediatorofwoundhealingBrooke Farrugia, Megan Lord
Therapeutic bioactive nanoparticles Megan Lord, John Whitelock
Implantable Bionics Micro-fluidicelectrodearrayforneurostimulationGregg Suaning, Martin Svehla
Nerve regeneration via gene delivery from cochlear implant electrodesRylie Green, Nigel Lovell
Physiological MeasurementAudioInterfaceforaWearableFallsMonitorNigel Lovell, Stephen Redmond
Detection of foetal movement using inertial sensors Stephen Redmond, Michael Narayanan
Rehabilitation EngineeringFiniteelementmodellingofaspecialisedlower-limbprosthesisduringamputee running Lauren Kark, Stacey Rigney
Chemical EngineeringSchool Contact: PierreLe-ClechT 02 9385 5762 E [email protected]/
Advanced materials and nano-materialsDesign of nanoparticles inspired by nature Martina Stenzel, Krzysztof Babiuch
Design of Responsive Polymeric Nanoparticles for Delivery, Imaging and Targeting Cyrille Boyer, Hien Duong
HighInternalPhaseEmulsions(HIPEs):StabilityandArrestPatrick Spicer, Stuart Prescott
Highprecisionpolymersynthesis-MimickingnaturePer Zetterlund, Stuart Thickett
Howstablecananemulsionbe?Stuart Prescott, Patrick Spicer
HybridPolymer-GrapheneNanomaterialsforBoneRegenerationStuart Thickett, Megan Lord
HydrogenatedCu2Othinfilmforphotoelectrochemicalwatersplitting Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng
Nanoparticles-viralcompositeforbacteriacaptureinfoodRose Amal, May Lim, Justin Gooding, Christopher Marquis
NovelcoatingforcontrollingnitrifyingbacteriagrowthindrinkingwaterRose Amal, Sanly Liu
Polymer nanoparticle synthesis using CO2 – a versatile environmentally friendly approach Per Zetterlund, Frank Lucien
PolymerNanoparticlesStabilizedbyGrapheneOxideStuart Thickett, Per Zetterlund
Self-polymerisationofdopamineandtheirderivativestosynthesisenovel polymer structures Anthony Granville, Martina Stenzel
Carbon Capture and StorageBiomimeticMembraneContactorforCO2captureVicki Chen, Guangxi Dong
Development of composite membrane for natural gas purification Vicki Chen, Guangxi Dong
Elucidating the stability of composite membranes for CO2 capture in fluegasVicki Chen, Hongyu Li
Clean Energy TechnologiesMakingpetrolfromCO2Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Jason Scott
Theimpactofmetaloxidesupportonformicacidoxidationbyphoto-activated platinum catalystsRose Amal, Jason Scott
Food Science and Technology DeconstructingMilktoUnderstandFoulingduringMembraneFiltration Vicki Chen, Yu-Chieh Hsu
Extrusiontechnologytomodifystarchcharacteristicstoproduceenergy-lightfoodsJayashree Arcot, Maria Chandra-Hioe
IceCreamMicrostructure,Stability,andMeltdownDynamicsPatrick Spicer, Stuart Prescott
Whyaresomeproteinsallergenic?Alice Lee, Xin Sun
Membrane Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment Decentralisedmembrane/adsorptionsystemsforfluorideremovalPierre Le-Clech
Developmentofsuperhydrophobichollowfibremembranesformembrane distillation Vicki Chen, Suwan Meng
SubmergedhollowfibremembranedistillationcrystallizersVicki Chen, Yu-Chieh Hsu
Vibratorymembranesystemsforbrineconcentrationbyforwardosmosis Vicki Chen, Yun Ye
Process Systems Engineering AdvancedcontrolofpastethickenersJie Bao, Chee Keong Tan
Online monitoring and fault detection of Aluminimum smelter cells Jie Bao, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos
Particlesizingatadistance:remotecontrolofaninstrumentStuart Prescott, Patrick Spicer
SimulationandExperimentalStudiesonDistributedModelPredictiveControl Jie Bao, Michael Tippett
Civil & Environmental Engineering School Contact: WeiGao T 02 9385 4123 [email protected] www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
AdaptingAustralianEnergySourcesintotheFutureBill Peirson, Francois Flocard
Breakingofwaves-numericalapproachesBill Peirson, Cox, Carley, Barthelemy, Blacka
Developmentandapplicationofnanoparticle-basedtechnologiesforwaterandwastewatertreatmentDavid Waite, Chris Miller, Shikha garg
DevelopmentofReactiveBarriersforManagingRadioactiveGroundwaterContaminantsDavid Waite, Richard Collins, Atsushi Ikeda
Energy Optimal Reaeration Bill Peirson, Richard Stuetz
Engineering Applications of Digital Close Range PhotogrammetryBruce Harvey, Yincai Zhou
Evaporation mitigation in Inland Australia Bill Peirson, Martin Andersen
FactorscontributingtotheGrowth&ToxicityofFreshwaterAlgaeinSydneyWaterSupplyCatchmentsDavid Waite, Mark Bligh, Brett Neilan
Factorsinfluencinguraniumextractionfromtailingsdeposits&mobility in subsurface environments David Waite, Richard Collins, Andrew Kinsela
GPS-basedStructuralDeformationMonitoringSystem–WorkPackage1:SensorDevelopmentChris Rizos, Yong Li
GPS-basedStructuralDeformationMonitoringSystem–WorkPackage2:Server-sideDevelopmentChris Rizos, Carolin Birk
Howhouseholdsareformedandevolve:applicationofanagent-basedsocialnetworkmodellingapproacLauren Gardner, Taha Hossein Rashidi
Integrating geometric modelling and structural analysisChongmin Song, Michael Man
Interval analysis of structures using advanced intelligent strategiesWei Gao, Duy Minh Do
LightandFree-RadicalMediatedTransformationsofIronandCopperinOxicNaturalWatersDavid Waite, Ninh Pham, Chris Miller
MetricsofEnvironmentalSustainability,SocialEquity&EconomicEfficiency:MethodologyGuidelineS. Travis Waller, Ken Doust
MultiDSLRcamerasynchronisationmeasurementandanalysisBruce Harvey, Yincai Zhou
Nonlinear fracture analysis of structures Chongmin Song, Ean Tat Ooi
NumericalapproachestomodellingwavepropagationinthesoilCarolin Birk, Chongmin Song
OnlineQualityMonitoringforRapidMappingwithUnmannedAerialVehicle Jinling Wang, Muwaffaq Alqurashi
Computer Science & Engineering*Note: this is not a complete list of available projects. For further information please refer to the website http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/ information-for/current-students/undergraduates/scholarships
School Contact:SriParameswaranT 02 9385 7223 E [email protected]/
Algorithms Multi-corereconstructionofcontrolflowgraphsforbinaryprograms Franck Cassez, Ralf Huuck
Artificial Intelligence AutonomousRobotforSearchandRescueClaude Sammut, Maurice Pagnucco
CausalBayesianNetworkforUnderstandingRoadTrafficChangesby Incidents Occurring Guohua Liang, Julien Epps
Cognitive Robotics Michael Thielscher, David Rajaratnam
Conversational Agents in an Immersive Interactive EnvironmentClaude Sammut, Maurice Pagnucco
DiscoveringtheMostInfluentialIntersectionsfromRoadWei Liu, Fang Chen
Dividing the Indivisible Toby Walsh, Serge Gaspers
Forecasting road incidents by learning historical road traffic dataWei Liu, Fang Chan
GamePlayingRobotMichael Thielscher, David Rajaratnam
GeneralGamePlayingMichael Thielscher, Abdallah Saffidine
GeospatialInformationExtractionfromBigDataStreamsArcot Sowmya, Chris Rizos
Hierarchical Evolutionary Computation Alan Blair, Bernhard Hengst
Bioinformatics BioinformaticsoftheimmunesystemBruno Gaeta, Andrew Collins
Modellingandanalysisofproteinphosphorylationfromhigh-throughput mass spectrometry data Mike Bain, Seán O’Donoghue
Visualisationandanalysisofproteinphosphorylationfromhigh-throughput mass spectrometry data Mike Bain, Seán O’Donoghue
Databases GeneratingConstraint-satisfyingRelationalDataJohn Shepherd, Helen Paik
Representation and Manipulation of Academic Rules John Shepherd, Helen Paik
UnderstandingMacroeconomyusingSearchEngineDataChen Cai, Fang Chen
Embedded, Real Time & Operating SystemsAutomatingSecurityArchitectureDesignIhor Kuz, Xiwei Xu
BenchmarkingandOptimisingaMicrokernelKevin Elphinstone, Gernot Heiser
CAmkESonLinuxIhor Kuz, Matthew Fernandez
Efficientgame-basedsoftwaresynthesisGernot Heiser, Alex Legg
ExtendingtheproofsynthesisDSLforBilbyGabriele Keller, Gerwin Klein
FilesystemsforEmbeddedSystemsPeter Chubb, Kevin Elphinstone
Formalising a simple file system Gabriele Keller, Toby Murray
High-AssurancePOSIXImplementationIhor Kuz, Toby Murray
High-PerformanceUser-LevelDeviceDriversIhor Kuz, Kevin Elphinstone
Interactivegameasdemonstratorofreal-timeapplicationonseL4Gernot Heiser, Kevin Elphinstone
LinuxasaComponentIhor Kuz, Matthew Fernandez
LowLatencyVideoConferencingPeter Chubb, Gernot Heiser
Formal Methods AlgorithmicSoftwareVerificationintheCloudRalf Huuck, Franck Cassez
AnalysisofTimedAutomatausingTime-DartsFranck Cassez, Ralf Huuck
AutomaticfactgeneralisationforIsabelle/HOL.Gerwin Klein, Thomas Sewell
AutomaticGenerationofControl-FlowGraphsforXtensa®InstructionSetArchitecture(ISA).Franck Cassez, Ralf Huuck
AutomaticTranslationofRoutingProtocolSpecificationsPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek
BigData?BigProofs!-aScalaAPIforAnalysingIsabelle/HOLProofScriptsMark Staples, Rafal Kolanski
CanyouBreaktheSemanticsforCUsedtoVerifyseL4?Mark Staples, Thomas Sewell
Game-baseddebugginginterfaceforanepistemicmodelcheckerRon van der Meyden, Xiaowei Huang
ModelCheckingofMeshNetworkRoutingProtocolsPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek
Modelling Routing Protocols Rob van Glabbeek, Peter Hoefner
SoftwaremodelcheckingforaReal-timeOSGerwin Klein, Corey Lewis
SynthesisofFault-tolerantProtocolsfromKnowledge-basedPrograms Ron van der Meyden, Xiaowei Huang
Testing vs Formal Verification Gerwin Klein, Matt Fernandez
Tools for Formally Verifying C Code June Andronick, David Greenaway
Type-CheckingforAlgebraofWirelessNetworksPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek
VerifiedSoftwareComponentsJune Andronick, Matthew Fernandez
VerifyingaHigh-AssurancePOSIXImplementationToby Murray, Gerwin Klein
Hardware Design, Computer Architectures, etc FormalHardwareModelsforARM-basedProcessorPlatformsFranck Cassez, Ralf Huuck
QB50CubeSatFPGAPayloadOliver Diessel , Ediz Cetin
Human Computer InteractionDriving simulator: Taming the sensors Ronnie Taib, Julien Epps
Drivingsimulator:Unity3DtaskstoelicitmentalstatesRonnie Taib, Julien Epps
ExploringSpeech&LexicalContentforPredictionofDomainExpertiseFang Chen, Sharon Oviatt, Jianlong Zhou
Howaccuratelycanpeoplepredictdomainexpertise?–Acomparison of humans and computers Fang Chen, Sharon Oviatt, Jianlong Zhou
IndividuallimitsofmultitaskingandmentalrecoveryRonnie Taib, Julien Epps
MachineLearningDrivenInformationVisualizationon3DMapsJianlong Zhou, Fang Chen
MakeMachineLearningUseableJianlong Zhou, Fang Chen
Image Processing Changedetectionbasedonmulti-temporaldatasetsArcot Sowmya, John Trinder
SegmentationofAnatomicalLandmarksinLungCTimagesforComputer Aided Diagnosis Arcot Sowmya, Banafsheh Pazokifard
Networks, Sensor Networks, etc Enhancing the accuracy of indoor localisation Chun Tung Chou, Mahbub Hassan
Self-containedIndoorLocalizationUsingSmartphoneSensorsMahbub Hassan, Sara Khalifa
SimulationofwirelessprotocolfortrafficdensityestimationinvehicularnetworkLavy Libman, S. Travis Waller
UsingtheMicrosoftKinectasacontextsensorSalil Kanhere, Andreas Reinhardt
Whatdoesadishwasher’spowerconsumptionactuallylooklike?Salil Kanhere, Andreas Reinhardt
Programming Languages and Compilers DivideandConquerAlgorithmsforDataParallelHaskellGabriele Keller, Manuel Chakravarty
Multi-GPUProgrammingManuel Chakravarty, Gabriele Keller
OpenCLCodeGeneratorforaPurelyFunctionalArrayLanguageManuel Chakravarty, Gabriele Keller
Software Engineering Availability Analysis for Applications in Public Cloud Liming Zhu, Len Bass
Dependable Auditing on Operations of Cloud ApplicationsLiming Zhu, Len Bass
ImplementingSecureProtocolsforQuadcoptersPeter Hoefner, Gerwin Klein
ScalingUp,Down,OutorIn?TowardsanEmpiricallyDrivenCloudProvisioning Recommender Adnene Guabtni, Anna Liu
UnderstandingandImprovingOperationalProcessesinLarge-scaleDistributedSystemsLiming Zhu, Len Bass
Theoretical Computer Science SMTSolversforC/C++AnalysisRalf Huuck, Franck Cassez
Web Services, E-Commerce, and other Web TechnologiesDocumentTableExtractionasaWorkflowHelen Paik, John Shepherd
PersonalProcessManagementwithSocialSoftware:AutomatedCapturing of User Actions in a Process Helen Paik, John Shepherd
TableBase:TowardsaTableManagementSystemHelen Paik, John Shepherd
Using Collective Intelligence for Process RecommendersHelen Paik, John Shepherd
Electrical Engineering & TelecommunicationsSchool Contact: Julien EppsT 02 9385 6579 E [email protected]/
Data and Mobile Networks 3DBasestationbeamformingformultiusernetworkswithmassive antenna arrays Jinhong Yuan Nan Yang
Astudyoftheimpactofrecommendationsonusers’choices.Thechickenortheeggproblem.Dali Kaafar, Aruna Seneviratne
CrowdsourcedCacheSystemforSmartMobileDevicesAruna Senevirtane, Vijay Sivaraman
IdentityManagementinOnlineSystemsArik Friedman, Roksana Boreli, Julien Epps
ImprovingNetworkEfficiencyandServiceQualityusingSoftwareDefinedNetworkingVijay Sivaraman, Tim Moors
Launching cubesats from Australia Andrew Dempster, Jendi Kepple
LocationVerificationinWirelessNetworksRobert Malaney, Shihao Yan
Measurement and Reporting Application for Android Mobile Devices Olivier Mehani, Guillaume Jourjon, Julien Epps
On the potential of big Advertisement players in the ads targeting business. Dali Kaafar, Aruna Seneviratne
Privacy-PreservingDataProcessinginOnlineSystemsRoksana Boreli, Arik Friedman, Julien Epps
Real-timemonitorandcontrolforcellulardatausageJinhong Yuan Nan Yang
Energy Systems ComprehensivemodellingofboostconverterwithPIDcontrollerandconsiderationofnon-linearityofDaming Zhang, Eliathamby Ambikairajah
Detectionofarcingfaultsinmedium-voltageelectricitygridsToan Phung, Daming Zhang
ReliabilityAnalysisofPowerSystemOperationGerald Sheble, Wayne Zhenu
ShortTermDemandandPriceForecastingGerald Sheble, Wayne Zhenu
Microelectronics and Quantum ComputingChargePumpingforElectricalCurrentStandardsAndrew Dzurak, Alessandro Rossi
CircuitDesigninCutting-EdgeNanometreSiliconTechnologiesTorsten Lehmann, Tara Hamilton
DevelopingaMulticoreGNSSReceiverAndrew Dempster, Nagaraj Shivaramaiah
Engineering quantum logic circuits Andrea Morello, Andrew Dzurak
FPGAImplementationofaSpace-qualifiedCubeSatGPSreceiverusingSmartFusionIIAndrew Dempster, Joon Wayn Cheong
Microelectroniccircuitsforchip-scalebiomedicalimplantsTorsten Lehmann, Tara Hamilton
QB50CubeSatFPGAPayloadEdiz Cetin, Oliver Diessel
Spin-basedSiliconQuantumComputingAndrew Dzurak, Menno Veldhorst
PhotonicsOpticalfibreamplifiersandlasersbasedonultrabroadbandBi/Ercodoped optical fibre Gang-Ding Peng, Yanhua Luo
Signal Processing AdaptiveFractional-DelayFiltersforEnhancedInterferenceGeo-LocalizationEdiz Cetin, Andrew Dempster
ArcingfaultmodellingusingSimulinkDaming Zhang, Eliathamby Ambikairajah
BridgeModelwithanActiveSensorNetworkforStructuralHealthMonitoring Application Samir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps
DevelopingofWirelessEmbeddedSensorsforStructuralHealthMonitoring Samir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps
GPSreceiverexperimentsontheQB50satelliteAndrew Dempster, Eamonn Glennon
GPSReceiversforSoundingRocketsEamonn Glennon, Andrew Dempster
MissionControlSoftwareDevelopmentfortheQB50CubeSatBarnaby Osborne, Andrew Dempster
ModifyingtheUNSW“Namuru”GPS/Galileoreceiverforradiooccultation Andrew Dempster, Nagaraj Shivaramaiah
Navigating asteroids Andrew Dempster, Chris Rizos
Navigating the moon Andrew Dempster, Chris Rizos
Parallelisingmachinelearningsystems–GPUcomputingVidhyasaharan Sethu, Julien Epps
UltrasonicWavesforDamageIdentificationinPrestressedWireStrandsSamir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps
Systems & Control and Biomedical Systems Reservoir Computing Approach to Electrical Load ForecastingHendra Nurdin, John Fletcher
Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering School Contact: VictoriaTimchenkoT 02 9385 4148 E [email protected]/
Air and ground vehicles PlonkorSavBlanc?ImageprocessingforcheaperwineMark Whitty, Samsung Lim
Design and Analysis 3D surface characterisation based on intelligent image processing Zhongxiao Peng, Raymond Kwok
AstatisticalanalysisforthecorrelationbetweenvibrationsignalsandwearparticlesZhongxiao Peng
Experimentalstudyonthecorrelationbetweenfriction-inducedvibrationanddynamicwearmechanismZhongxiao Peng, T. Wu
ExperimentsonsustainablebuildinginnovationsGraham Doig, Alistair Sproul
InvestigatingtheuseImmersioninaspaceStationDesign John Page, Nathan Kingkaid
Thehydrodynamicsofswimmingseals-lessonsformarinecraftdesign Graham Doig, Tracey Rogers
Thermofluids Developmentandtestingofaconcentrated,hybridPV-thermalreceiver using spectral beam splitting Evatt Hawkes , Rob Taylor
HeatTransferEnhancementinMicroElectro-MechanicalDevices(MEMS)usingNanofluidsAnn Lee, Guan Heng Yeoh
InfraredHyperthermiaofSuperficialTumors:Computationalstudyof heat transfer in human body Victoria Timchenko, Guan Yeoh
MeasurementofsimulatedvascularflowTracie Barber , Anne Simmons
Modelling combustion in a diesel engine Evatt Hawkes, Mohsen Talei
Mining Engineering School Contact: SerkanSaydam T 02 9385 5057 [email protected] www.mining.unsw.edu.au
Mine To Mill BubblecoalescencephenomenainfrothflotationSeher Ata, Chris Daly
IntegrationofminingprocessestomillinginBlockCavingMines Seher Ata, Serkan Saydam
InvestigationofDesigningSuitableDrillingEquipmentforAsteroidMining Serkan Saydam, Paul Hagan
Mining Geomechanics Aninvestigationoftheload/deformationmechanismsofsupportsystems Paul Hagan, Serkan Saydam
Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy EngineeringSchool Contact: ShujuanHuang T 02 9385 5057 [email protected] www.pv.unsw.edu.au
2nd Generation Solar Cells (Thin Film)EvaporationofCZTSsolarcellsHongtao Cui, Fangyang Liu, Xiaojing Hao
ImprovementofMo/CZTSforCZTSsolarcellapplication Hongtao Cui, Xiaojing Hao
Optimisationofnanospheremonolayerarraysforsub-wavelengthlithography Craig Johnson, Supriya Pillai
StudyofInvertedPolymerSolarCellswithaSolution-ProcessedMetalOxideFilmAshraf Uddin ,Rui Lin
3rd Generation Solar Cells DevelopingValenceForceFieldModelforSimulationofPhononDispersion Gavin Conibeer, Hongze Xia
Characterisation Angular measurements for light trapping in solar cells Supriya Pillai, Yang Yang
Combustion and Biofuels Modellingextinctionandreignitioninsyngasflameswiththestochastic fields method Evatt Hawkes, Mohsen Talei
PV Systems and Applications Characterisation of Distributed Photovoltaics Anna Bruce, Iain Macgill
StudentswhoareawardedaNICTATasteofResearchSummerScholarship2013/2014areexpectedtoparticipateinNICTA’sSummerScholarsShowcase.TheShowcaseisanintegralpartoftheresearchtrainingexperiencethatNICTAisprovidingtoitsSummerScholars.Further information can be found at NICTA/SummerScholarsProgram,www.nicta.com.au/education/outreach/summer_scholars_program