Current PhD Research Projects

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Examining the Patient Journey Model and its Influence on Clinical Architectural Design
Primary Supervisor: Dr Joanne Curry

Preservation and Digitisation Processes in Australian/New Zealand's Public Libraries
Primary Supervisor: Dr Yogesh Deshpande

Intelligent Programming of robotic systems for the arc welding of complex assemblies
in the Range of Small to Large Floods: Development and Testing of
A Vision Controlled Autonomous Multi-Robot Welding System
A 6-DOF Mechanical Simulator Used in the Study of Human Jaw Dynamics
Primary Supervisor: Dr Gu Fang

A Group Theoretic Approach to Modelling the Evolution Process in the Bacterial Genome
Algebraic Evolution and Evolutionary Algebra
Primary Supervisor: Professor Andrew Francis

Knowledge Based System for Modern Enterprises to Deliver Improved Business Performance
Engineering a Rich Internet Application Architecture for Evolving Business Needs
Content Aggregation for Social Life Networks
Business Process Optimization Against a Set of Multi Dimensional Parameters Including Carbon Emissions
Primary Supervisor: Professor Athula Ginige

Risk Based Approach to Determine Treatment Required for Using Recycled Water for Irrigation
Salinisation of Soil Due to Prolong Application of Recycled Water on Open Fields
Development of a Model for Integrated Urban Water Cycle Management
Primary Supervisor: Dr Dharma Hagare

Geotechnical Characterization of Compacted Ground by Passive Ambient Vibration HVSR Techniques
Destroying Soil Contamination with High Power Ultrasound
Primary Supervisor: Associate Professor Chin Leo

Application of EPS Geofoam and Deep Cement Mixed Columns for Protection of Existing Foundations During Urban Construction
Application of EPS Geofoam and Deep Cement Mixed Columns for Protection of Existing Foundations During Urban Construction
Pile Driving in Cohesive Soils - Assessing Damage Risk to Existing Piles
Development of a Constitutive Model to Represent the Behaviour of Cement Mixed Soils
New Design Guidelines and Simplified Analysis Methods for Geosynthetic Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments
Primary Supervisor: Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana

The Working design of an Open-source Clinical Decision Support Framework Suitable for the Enterprise and Cloud Computing Environments
Improving the Dietary Habits of the Elderly Using ICT
Adaptive Data Mining Approach for Anomalous Records in Admission Data
Ambient Intelligence for Aged Care Based on Multimodal Biometrics
Data Mining and Data Management for Large Collections of Health Data
Classifying Activities of Daily Living Based on Fused Multi-Layer Location and Motion Data
A Framework for Understanding and Predicting the Take Up and Use of Social Networking Tools in a Collaborative Environment
Automated Annotation Tools for the Collection of Medical Images
Primary Supervisor: Professor Anthony Maeder

Processing of TIO2-based Composite Thin Films with Minimised Recombination Losses for Solar Energy
Carbon Footprints in Railway Construction
Primary Supervisor: Dr Olivia Mirza

Effect of Indium and Niobium Segregation on the Surface vs Bulk Chemistry of Titanium Dioxide (Rutile)
Photocatalytic Water Purification Using Solar Energy
Primary Supervisor: Professor Janusz Nowotny

Climate Change and Regional Floods in Australia
Enhanced Joint Probability Approach for Flood Modelling
Regional Flood Frequency Analysis in Australia: Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Based Methods Impact of Climate Change on Water Quality in Australia: Development of a Regional Prediction Model
Water demand and supply analysis under changing climatic conditions
Bayesian Regression-Based Approaches
Flood Modelling based on the Joint Probability Approach: Impacts of losses
Primary Supervisor: Dr Ataur Rahman

Improving Reliability of Wireless Mesh and Ad-hoc Networks through Path Identification
Quality Education for Children in Developing Countries using M-Learning and Utilizing Cloud Computing Platform over Advanced Mobile Network
Improving the End-to-End Security and Privacy of Ubiquitous Health Systems
Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Security of Wireless Networks
Secure Cloud Computing
Enhancing Cloud Computing Security and Privacy
Primary Supervisor: Dr Seyed Shahrestani

Discovering Emergent Networks in Organisations and incorporating them in Business Intelligence and Engineering Intelligence
Building the Open-Oz-Course Ware for Australian Universities Unlocking Knowledge - Inspire Minds
Primary Supervisor: Professor Simeon Simoff

Damage Detection of Circular Cylindrical Shells by Ritz Method
Regional Variations and Climate Change Impacts on Bushfire Protection in NSW
Numerical Analysis on Vibration of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites
Primary Supervisor: Professor Yang Xiang

Nano-particle/Fibre Reinforced Polymer-Based Composites: Fabrication, Modelling and Characterisation
Finite Element Modelling of Guided Wave Propagation for Defect Identification in Pipes
Co-operative Fugitive Interception Using Multiple Self-Supervised Quad-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Primary Supervisor: Associate Professor Richard Yang

Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Cylinders in Steady and Oscillatory Flows
Numerical Study of Vortex and Force Characterisations of Inclined Offshore Cylindrical Structures
Primary Supervisor: Dr Ming Zhao

University of Western Sydney