Summer Research Scholarships
What are you doing this summer?
Like to work on a project with one of our internationally recognised research groups?
And get paid $3000 tax-free over 7 weeks?
Each year we offer a range of Summer Research Scholarships to talented students who want to gain insight into research and higher study.
Applications are open to students within the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment who are:
• Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens
• Entering their final year of study at the Bachelor degree level or studying the Masters of Architecture
The scholarship provides a tax-free stipend of $3000 over a 7 week period between November 2012 and February 2013.
Applicants are encouraged to contact project supervisors to express their interest. They should then complete the Application Form and email it to Jo Midwinter
To find out some the exciting things students get upto whilst on a summer research scholarship in 2012 visit the News and Events site.
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Constructing the primitive and Modern Japanese Architecture
Dr Neena Mand
Defining Dialogues on Beauty in Japanese Architecture
Dr Neena Mand
The idea and Morphology of Neighbourhood in Delhi and Chandigarh
Dr Neena Mand
The Architecture of Utopian Dreaming
Dr Tessa Morrison
Best suited to students with knowledge of space syntax and urban planning
Victorian Newcastle
Dr Tessa Morrison
Best suited to students with knowledge of architectural history and urban planning
Structures of Architectural Practice:An Ethnographic Study of architectural Practice
Ramsey Awad, Dr Hedda Askland, Dr Michael Chapman
Two students required
UoN(re)volutions: Mapping residual space within Watt Street
Chris Tucker, Dr Ning Gu
Best suited to an architectural student with CAD skills
UoN(re)volutions: The programming of night time uses of residual space within Newcastle streets
Chris Tucker
Best suited to an architectural student with CAD skills
UoN(re)volutions: The application of mobile technology and social media within the streetscape
Dr Ning Gu, Chris Tucker
Best suited to an architectural student with digital technology skills
UoN(re)volutions: Interactions between the digital and physical spaces within Watt Street
Dr Ning Gu, A/Prof Stephan Chalup
Best suited to an architectural student with digital technology skills
Outmodernisms : architecture and industrialisation
Dr Michael Chapman
Best suited to Master of Architecture students who have received good grades in ARBE 6220 and 6221
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Application of Anaerobic Digestion in Wastewater Treatment
Dr Roberto Moreno-Atanasio and Professor Geoffrey Evans
Selectivity of attachment of hydrophobic particles to bubbles
Dr Roberto Moreno-Atanasio
Polymer-Particle Hybrids for Rheological Modification
Dr Grant Webber
Controlling Adhesion using Polymer Brushes
Dr Grant Webber
Interfacial Structure of Ionic Liquids
Dr Grant Webber
Particle Engulfment by Liquid Drops
Dr Grant Webber
Ultrasonic Fluidisation
Dr Grant Webber
Granular Material Breakage: Modelling and Experimentation
Dr Grant Webber
Coalescence of Particle-Stabilised Drops and Bubbles
Dr Grant Webber
Dynamics of Particle-Coated Interfaces
Dr Grant Webber
Greenhouse Gas Sequestration in Carbon Nanotubes
Dr Alister Page
Simulating Ionic Liquid Nanostructure
Dr Alister Page
UoN(re)volutions: environmental data mining using computational algorithms
A/Prof Stephan Chalup, Dr Ning Gu
Best suited to Computer Science students with programming skills
UoN(re)volutions: The application of sensory technologies for spatial visualisation and interactivity
A/Prof Stephan Chalup, Chris Tucker
Best suited to Computer Science students with programming skills
CIVIL, SURVEYING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Investigation of flow patterns in ploughing and cutting of granular materials
Dr James Hambleton
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Preserving Privacy in Social Networks
A/Prof Ljiljana Brankovic
Preserving privacy in OLAP
A/Prof Ljiljana Brankovic
Approximation Algorithms and Heuristics for Vertex Cover
A/Prof Ljiljana Brankovic
Improving the NUbots Vision System
A/Prof Stephan Chalup & Dr Alexandre Mendes
Behaviour strategies for the NUbots
A/Prof Stephan Chalup & Dr Alexandre Mendes
Locomotion optimisation for the NUbots
A/Prof Stephan Chalup & Dr Alexandre Mendes
A Graphical User Interface for runtime debugging robotic soccer behaviour
A/Prof Stephan Chalup & Dr Alexandre Mendes
ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
Design of an Autonomous Electric Car and Signalling Systems
A/Prof Jamil Khan, Dr Steve Mitchell, Dr Collin Coates
Three Students required
Image Processing in Biomedical Applications
Dr Sarah Johnson
Gaze tracking using surface electromyography
Dr James Welsh
Development of a 3D hand tracking apparatus
Dr James Welsh
MATERIALS AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Experimental analysis of the thermodynamic properties of advanced thermal materials
Dr Thomas Fiedler
Bio-inspired materials for thermal applications
Dr Thomas Fiedler
System identification of unmanned aerial vehicle aerodynamic force models
A/Prof Tristan Perez
Design of an experimental rig for thrust characterization for ducted fan actuators in close proximity to ground boundary conditions
A/Prof Tristan Perez
Best suited to students who have competed or are completing MCHA3000 and ELEC4410
Feedback control of an industrial robotic manipulator using a motion capture system
A/Prof Tristan Perez
This project involves the use of an ABB robot and the Vicon system from the Autonomous Systems and Robotics Lab.
Best suited to students who have competed or are completing MCHA3000 and ELEC4410
Industry scholar Hugh Robson