2012 Thesis Submissions
Faculty of Business and Law
Deborah Meyer - PhD (Management) - An Exploratory Study of the Factors That Influence the Management of International Business Air Travel (IBAT)
Kaelo Molefhe - PhD (Management) - Understanding Adoption, Implementation and Outcomes of New Public Management Reforms in Developing Countries: a Case Study of Botswana
John Nolan - PhD (Management) - An Investigation into the Provision of Performance Feedback in Selected Australian Workplaces
Muttanachai Suttipun - PhD (Accouting & Finance) - Disclosure of Environmental Information on Annual Reports of Listed Companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Faculty of Education and Arts
Mohammed Albousaif - PhD (Linguistics) - Factors Determining the Saudi Learners' Difficulties in Attaining EFL Vocabulary
Athari Almuraikhi - PhD (Linguistics) - Social Factors Affecting the Acculturation of Young Saudi Children in the Australian Context
Joyce Barry - PhD (English) - Protean Pepys: Writing and Subjectivity in The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Neal Booth - M Philosophy (Fine Art) - Connections to the Earth
Tania De Bortoli - PhD (Education) - Complex Contextual Influences on the Communicative Interactions of Students with Multiple and Severe Disabilities: A Qualitative Study
Sally Fitzpatrick - M Philosophy (English) - The Most Beautiful Place in the World
Frances Gentle - PhD (Education) - Transforming the Education Systems for Children with Disability in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste
Tracey Kelty - M Philosophy (Education) - Feasibility of the 'Girls Recreational Activity Support Program using Information Technology' (GRASP-IT) Pilot Study: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Increase Physical Activity Among Older Adolescent
Sarita Koushik - PhD (Speech Pathology) - Treatment Schedules in the Delivery of the Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention
Raichel Le Goff - PhD (Classics) - Philostratus Illustrated: The Reception of the Imagines in Renaissance Art and Culture
Simone Madigan - Master of Fine Art - The Hybrid Craft Designer: An Examination of Traditional Printmaking Techniques and the use of Digital Technologies Relative to Current Studio Production
Jason McGrath - Master of Education - Collaborative Teaching Partnerships: Toward Cycles for Success in Supporting New Teachers
Michael Sala - PhD (English) - Places To Which We Return: Mapping Out a Fragmented Memoir
Leanne Schubert - PhD (Social Work) - Art, Social Work and Social Change
Godlif Sianipar - PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) - Christian-Muslim Relationships in Medan and Dalihan na tolu - A Social Capital Study of The Batak Cultural Values and Their Effect on Interreligious Encounters
Vicki-Anne Sienczuk - PhD (Fine Art) - Dirty Hands and Soaring Hearts
Meg Vertigan - M Philosophy (English) - The Coliseum: Storytelling, Archetypes and Place as Icon
Emily Windon - PhD (Fine Art) - Carnivorous Science: Gendered Anatomy in the Post Human Body, an Hysteria of the Machine in Technological Utopia
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Renu Rathnam - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Pulverised Coal Combustibility in Simulated Oxyfuel (O2/CO2) and Air (O2/N2) Conditions
Md Mashud Hyder - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Estimation of Sparse Distributions
. Juita - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Low Temperature Oxidation of Linseed Oil
Benjamin Henley - PhD (Civil Surveying & Environmental Engineering) - Climate-Informed Stochastic Hydrological Modelling
Mina Kardani - PhD (Civil Surveying & Environmental Engineering) - Large Deformation Analysis in Geomechanics using Adaptive Finite Element Methods
Luis Lucas - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Extremal Networks and Connectivity
Kim Marshall - PhD (Computer Science) - Extremal Networks and Connectivity
Kim Pang - M Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) - Experimental Determination of Deformation and Cutting
Hebert Perez-Roses - PhD (Computer Science) - Large Networks Bounded in Degree and Diameter
Md Shahjahan Sarkar - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Electroflotation: Its Application to Water Treatment and Mineral Processing
Sindra Summoogum - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Studies on the Oxidative and Non-oxidative Decomposition of Alpha-cypermethrin and Related Molecules of Non-Chlorinated Biphenyl and Dibenzo-p-dioxin
Fajar Suryawan - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Constrained Trajectory Generation and Fault Tolerant Control Based on Differential Flatness and B-splines
Faculty of Health
Warren Ansell - Master of Medical Science - Training, Injury and Treatment Patterns of Australian Ironman Triathletes
Christopher Ashhurst-Smith - PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) - The Role of Alloiococcus otitidis in Otitis Media
Karyn Blackman - PhD (Physiotherapy) - A Balance-Training Exercise Programme for Community-Dwelling Rural Older People: Evaluation by a Mixed Methods Design
Amanda Brown - PhD (Anatomy) - Molecular Correlates of Dopamine Signalling in Addiction Vulnerability
Jamie Bryant - PhD (Behavioural Science) - Tackling Tobacco: An Exploration of Social and Community Service Organisations as a way of Reaching the Socially Disadvantaged for Smoking Cessation
Adam Collison - PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) - Novel Therapeutic Approaches for the Treatment of Allergic Airways Disease
Simone De Morgan - PhD (Behavioural Science) - The Experiences of Women Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), Key Communication Challenges, and Strategies to Address them
Ama-Tawiah Essilfie - PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) - Modulation of Responses in Allergic Airways Disease by Haemophilus Influenzae Infection
Peter Farmer - M Philosophy (Physiotherapy) - The Association between the Static Posture of the Cervical Spine and Cervicogenic Headache
Maya Guest - PhD (Community Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology) - The Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel: Sensory System Effects
Kate Harriott - PhD (Biological Sciences) - The Characterisation of the Interaction between PcrA and RNA Polymerase
Belinda Harris - M Philosophy (Anatomy) - The Effect of Neck Muscle Inflammation on Neuronal Excitability in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord
Lisa Jones - M Philosophy (Community Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology) - Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Intravenous Ibuprofen Vs. Intravenous Indomethacin Vs. Placebo in the Management of Clinically and/or Echocardiographically Important Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants at Greater than 24 Hours of Life
Alison Koschel - PhD (Community Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology) - Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in an Australian Population
Nial Moores - PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) - The Distribution, Abundance and Conservation of Avian Biodiversity in Yellow Sea Habitats in the Republic of Korea
Lin Ong - PhD (Medical Biochemistry) - Neurobiological Consequences of Stress: Tyrosine Hydroxylase Phosphorylation in Response to Stress
Mark Page - PhD (Oral Health) - A Legal, Scientific and Phenomenological Enquiry into the Reliability of Bitemark Analysis
Stuart Reeves - PhD (Medical Genetics) - Modifier Genes in Lynch Syndrome: Functional Genomics and its Consequence on Disease Expression
Tammie Roy - PhD (Anatomy) - Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in Early Embryo Implantation in the Mouse
Hayley Scott - PhD (Medicine) - Exploring the Link Between Obesity and Asthma
Jacqueline Turton - PhD (Immunology & Microbiology) - The Role of Mycobacterium Avium ss Paratuberculosis (MAP) in Patients with Crohn's Disease
Wai Lok Yiu - M Philosophy (Envionrmental & Occupational Health) - Investigation and Validation of a Novel Text Mining Methodology for Occupational Accident Analysis and Prevention
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Hazit Alabata - PhD (Chemistry) - Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Biphenyl Monomers for Molecular Imprinting Applications
Robertson Burgess - PhD (Physics) - A TDDFT Study of the Optical Absorption Spectra of Gold and Silver Clusters
Pema Choden - M Philosophy (Environmental Science) - Leachate Quality Analysis and Passive Treatment Options
Yue Cui - PhD (Information Technology) - Use of Pattern Classification to Identify Mild Cognitive Impairment and Predict Cognitive Decline
Waidyaratne Dassanayake - PhD (Psychology) - Effects of Central Nervous System Depressant Drug Overdose on Cognitive Functions and Driving
Pennie Dodds - PhD (Psychology) - Revisiting Miller's Limit: Studies in Absolute Identification
Matthew Dunn - PhD (Biological Sciences) - The Molecular Basis of Sperm - Oocyte Interactions
Deborah Fernandes - PhD (Chemistry) - An Equilibrium Study of Carbamate Formation Relevant to Post Combustion Capture of CO2
Ian Holland - PhD (Chemistry) - 1. Dynamin-l Inhibitors from Sessile Marine Invertebrates; 2. Chemotaxonomy of Cystophora spp.
S.M.Zobaidul Kabir - PhD (Sustainable Resource Management) - A Critical Evaluation of the Environmental Impact Assessment System in Bangladesh using a Holistic Approach
Suzanne Laucht - PhD (Chemistry) - Trace Element Removal Techniques with Iron Oxyhydroxides and the Absorption/Co-Precipitation Removal Mechanism
Yonghua Liu - PhD (Physics) - Multi-Satellite Observations of ULF Waves in the Earth's Magnetosphere
Thi Song Van Luong - M Philosophy (Food Science) - Control of Monilinia Fructicola in Stone Fruit with Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil
Abigail Morrow - PhD (Biological Sciences) - Variations in Inorganic and Organic Composition of Roof-Harvested Rainwater: Studies at the Regional and Individual Site Level in Eastern and Southern Australia
Mahta Moussavi - PhD (Food Science) - Comparative Analysis of the Viability and Functional Performance of Mono- and Multi-Species Probiotic Cultures in a Non-Dairy Food Matrix
Nenad Naumovski - PhD (Food Science) - The Effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), a Green Tea Catechin, on Blood Cholesterol
Kurt Nicholson - PhD (Chemistry) - Triboelectric Charging and Particle Separation
Senaka Ranadheera - PhD (Food Science) - Probiotic Application in the Development of Goat's Milk Products with Special Reference to Propionibacterium jensenii 702: Effects on Viability and Functionality
Lorraine Robertson - PhD (Design) - Visualising the D'harawal Seasons and Climatic Cycles
Mahsheed Sabet - PhD (Physics) - Investigation of a Modified Electronic Portal Imaging Device for Improving Dosimetry in Radiotherapy
Ryan Shaw - PhD (Chemistry) - Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Amphetamine Type Substance Recognition in Aqueous Environments
Michelle Stockwell - PhD (Biological Sciences) - Impact and Mitigation of the Emerging Infectious Disease Chytridiomycosis on the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
Dong-Xin Su - M Philosophy (Environmental Science) - Shallow Groundwater Quality and Transport of Contaminants from a Domestic Wastewater System
Heidi Turon - PhD (Psychology) - Source Monitoring for Pictures: An Exploration of Factors which Affect Performance
Benjamin Vaughan - PhD (Physics) - Towards Large Scale Organic Photovoltaics
