Research projects
The following list represents a selection of projects belonging to our researchers.
— indicates projects currently recruiting research students. Visit the University’s Study website for PhD program and application information.
High pressure grinding rolls – A revolution in high throughput dewatering
Team: Anthony Stickland, Robin Batterham, Peter Scales
Materials informatics: an intelligent multiscale materials simulation tool for accelerated formulation and in-service life prediction of specialised coatings for defence platforms
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Nanoengineering materials to combat antimicrobial resistance
Team: Andrea O'Connor, Daniel Heath
A versatile framework for simulating the structure and dynamics of cytoskeletal networks
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Programmable mechanical metamaterials for soft robotics
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Materials informatics: an intelligent multiphysics multiscale computational tool for autonomous in-service life management of fibre-reinforced polymer composite aircraft structures
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Soft matter informatics: intelligent computational material simulation tool for polymer-colloid assemblies
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Combustion chemistry of hydrogen-natural gas mixtures
Team: Yi Yang
Decarbonising the transport sector with renewable hydrogen
Team: Yi Yang
Decarbonising transport with ammonia fuels
Team: Yi Yang
Lab-on-a-chip, organ-on-a-chip and disease-on-a-chip technologies
Team: David Collins, Vini Gautam
Multiscale computational nanofluidics
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Soft matter informatics: inverse design engine for block co-polymers
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Dewatering small hydrophobic flocs
Team: Anthony Stickland
Investigation of water expression of thickened suspensions using high pressure dewatering rolls
Team: Anthony Stickland, Peter Scales
Flotation of fine valuable minerals through formation of small hydrophobic flocs
Team: George Franks
Improving flotation recovery by application of oils to enhance collection of coarse particles with low surface liberation
Team: George Franks
Modelling aggregate size and structure
Team: George Franks
Medicinal agriculture: solvent extraction for natural product development
Team: Kathryn Mumford, Geoffrey Stevens, Yue Wu, Wen Li
Active matter: a multiscale simulation method for advanced swimmers
Team: Ellie Hajizadeh
Growing and shrinking drops and bubbles: surface forces and transport between drops and bubbles to control formulated emulsions and foams
Team: Ray Dagastine
Shape matters: surface forces between anisotropic nanoparticles
Team: Ray Dagastine
Microstructure engineering of plant protein: polysaccharide mixtures
Team: Sally Louise Gras, Sally Gras
Crystallisation process dontrol and design
Team: Kathryn Mumford
Medicinal agriculture: alkaloid extraction
Team: Kathryn Mumford
Computational modelling of calcium signalling in heart growth
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Cardiac cell mechanobiology
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Bio-carbon flow electrodes for capacitive deionisation of wastewater
Team: Amanda Ellis
DNA polymer hybrid materials
Team: Amanda Ellis
Energy harvesting and storage devices utilising piezoelectricity
Team: Amanda Ellis
Dairy microstructure and microbiology
Team: Sally Louise Gras, Sally Gras Lydia Ong
Graphene-based soft materials
Team: Dan Li
Nanoionics: engineering ion transport with two-dimensional materials
Team: Dan Li
Protein recovery from microalgae
Team: Greg Martin
Supercapacitor and battery design through modelling and machine learning
Team: Dan Li
Gas Generation in Biologically-Active Sediments
Team: Anthony Stickland, Peter Scales
Rheology and Dewaterability of Anaerobic Lagoon Sludges
Team: Anthony Stickland, Peter Scales
Modelling the coagulation cascade
Team: Joe Berry, Dalton Harvie
Combining centrifugation and filtration to minimise cake cracking
Team: Anthony Stickland