Potential research projects | School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Find opportunities for postgraduate research in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering with training in partnership in partnership with industry, government, or not-for-profit sectors. Projects will be in a variety of areas such as Aerospace, Mechanical, Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing, Mechatronics, and Robotics.

PhD scholarships

Project	Supervisor
Disassembly automation of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries	Professor Sami Kara
PhD and Masters Projects in Supersonic Mixing for Airbreathiing Hypersonic Engines	Professor Con Doolan
PhD and Scholarship Opportunity with Defence Science and Technology Group	A/Prof Garth Pearce
PhD Projects with SoMAC CRC	Professor Gangadhara Prusty and A/Prof Garth Pearce
Accident tolerant nuclear fuel wasteform	Dr Edward Obbard and Dr Patrick Burr
Examining droplet laden flows and ventilation	Dr Charitha de Silva
Tribology and Machine Condition Monitoring	Professor Zhongxiao Peng and A/Prof Pietro Borghesani
Quiet Owl-Inspired Wings for Wind Turbines and Aero-engines	Professor Con Doolan, Dr Danielle Moreau and Dr Charitha de Silva
PhD Project(s) in Aeroacoustics	Dr Danielle Moreau, Professor Con Doolan and Dr Charitha de Silva
PhD Scholarship in Solar Steam Generation	A/Prof Robert Taylor and Dr Amr Omar
PhD scholarships in renewable fuel combustion	Professor Evatt Hawkes
PhD Scholarship in Machine Learning Assisted 3D Printing for Space and Medical Devices	Dr Xiaopeng Li, Professor Jay Kruzic and Professor Michael Ferry
Rethinking alloys for a hydrogen economy	Dr Patrick Burr
Developing shielding materials for fusion	Dr Patrick Burr and Dr Edward Obbard
PhD Scholarship in wearable sensors	Professor Chun Wang and Dr Shuhua Peng
PhD Scholarship in Cryogenic Composites	Professor Chun Wang and Dr Mohammad Saiful Islam
PhD Opportunity in Engineering / Fetal Medicine	Professor Tracie Barber
PhD Scholarship in Self-powered Wearable Sensors	Professor Chun Wang and Dr Javad Foroughi
PhD Opportunity in Engineering / Vascular Surgery	Professor Tracie Barber
PhD Scholarship in Autonomous Machinery	Dr Jose Guivant
PhD Scholarship in Structural Supercapacitor	Professor Chun Wang and Professor Liming Dai
PHD Scholarship in Space Tracking and Space Manoeuvre Characterisation	Dr Yang Yang
PhD project: Flexible electronics for advanced healthcare applications	Dr. Hoang-Phuong Phan
PhD Scholarship in Energy-Assisted Engines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles	Professor Shawn Kook
PhD Scholarship in Hydrogen Spark Ignition Engines	Professor Shawn Kook
Intelligent robots for better surgeries	Dr Leo Wu
PhD and Masters Projects in Engineering / Cardiovascular risk prediction using medical image based machine learning	Dr Susann Beier
PhD Opportunities in fire modelling and safety technologies	Dr Anthony Chun Yin Yuen and Professor Guan Heng Yeoh
PhD and Masters Projects in Engineering using immersive modelling to drive cardiovascular surgery	Dr Susann Beier
PhD Position – FutureNow Plus Scholarship: Development of Multi-Scale Models to Simulate the Laser-based Additive Manufacturing Process for Energy, Aerospace and Defence applications	Dr Ondrej Muransky
PhD and Masters Projects in Stent optimisation	Dr Susann Beier
PhD Project Proposal - UNSW/Boeing – Multiscale Modelling and composite materials	Boeing Aerostructures Australia
PhD Scholarship on High Performance and Evaporative Energy Harvesting Nanogenerators	Dr Jin Zhang