Research projects
The following list represents a selection of projects belonging to our researchers.
— indicates projects currently recruiting research students. Visit Study for PhD program and application information.
Advanced parking information and management
Team: Stephan Winter, Kourosh Khoshelham
Development of autonomous robotic platforms for indoor and outdoor mapping
Team: Martin Tomko, Kourosh Khoshelham
Connected transport system
Team: Majid Sarvi
Crowd dynamics
Team: Majid Sarvi
Energy geo-structures: numerical modelling and field testing
Team: Guillermo Narsilio, Associate Professor Guillermo Narsilio, Dr Nikolas Makasis
Harnessing renewable energy from low-carbon geothermal pavements
Team: Guillermo Narsilio, Nikolas Makasis
Near surface geophysics: Evaluation of soil properties through electromagnetic and mechanical waves
Team: Guillermo Narsilio, Associate Professor Guillermo Narsilio, Dr Amir Arangi
Time Dependent Subsurface Mechanical Behaviour Due to CO2 Injection
Team: Hossein Agheshlui, Stephan Matthai
Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Team: Mohammadhossein Sedaghat Sedaghat
Analysis and Forecasting of Soil Water Storage for Rain-fed Agriculture
Team: Andrew Western
Ensemble flood inundation forecasting using emulators of hydraulic models
Team: Q J Wang, Dr Wenyan Wu, Assoc Prof Rory Nathan
Ensemble flood, short-term and seasonal river flow forecasting
Team: Q J Wang, Dr Tony Zhao, Dr Wenyan Wu, Assoc Prof Rory Nathan
An integrated modelling system for navigational aid in tidal inlets
Team: Alessandro Toffoli
A Bio-Inspired Lightweight Composite System for Blast and Impact Protection
Team: Tuan Ngo, Prof Priyan Mendis
Making human place knowledge digestible by computers: Designing a place-based GIS
Team: Stephan Winter, Tim Baldwin, Martin Tomko, Maria Vasardani
New approach for design of barriers for impact
Team: Nelson Lam, Dr Mahdi Miri Disfani, A/Prof Tuan Ngo, Prof Emad Gad
Self-Healing Maps: protecting maps through automatic updating processes
Team: Stephan Winter, Martin Tomko, Abbas Rajabifard, Kourosh Khoshelham, Mohsen Kalantari
ARC Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing
Team: Tuan Ngo, Prof Priyan Mendis, A/Prof Lu Aye, Prof Colin Duffield
CRC-P for Innovative Prefabricated Building Systems
Team: Tuan Ngo
Development of an auxetic composite system for protective engineering applications
Team: Tuan Ngo, Prof Priyan Mendis, Prof Nelson Lam
Coupling Tropical Cyclone and Climate Physics with Ocean Waves
Team: Alexander Babanin, Ian Young
Security, risks and infrastructure protection
Team: Nelson Lam, Priyan Mendis, Helen Goldsworthy, Lihai Zhang, Tuan Ngo, Cuong Kien Nguyen, Jack Yao, Elisa Lumantarna, Raymond Lumantarna