Promotion in Ingenieurswissenschaften, Informationstechnologie und Computer Sciences

Promotion in Ingenieurswissenschaften, Informationstechnologie und Computer Sciences

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Innerhalb der Ingenieurswissenschaften, Informationstechnologie und Computer Sciences gibt es verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Spezialisierung. Folgende Forschungsbereiche lassen sich unter anderem diesem Studienfeld zuordnen.

Engineering:

  • Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Digital Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic & Telecommunications Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Health Technology
  • Manufacturing, Materials & Mechatronics Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Mechanical & Automotive Engineering
  • Minerals and Energy Resourcing Engineering
  • Renewable Energies

IT und Computer Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biosystems & Computational Biology
  • Computer Architecture & Engineering
  • Data Mining & Databases
  • Distributed Computation
  • Graphics
  • High Performance Computing
  • Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Information Technology
  • Internet of Things
  • Networks & Distributed Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Software Engineering
  • Theory & Algorithms

Dein genaues Forschungsthema kannst du in direkter Absprache mit den potentiellen Supervisor:innen abstimmen. Falls du noch keine feste Vorstellung für dein Thema hast, schau dir gerne einige der aktuell ausgeschriebenen Projekte an.

Auswahl möglicher Forschungsprojekte in Australien

PhD Engineering

University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Project Start Date:01/08/2023
Application Deadline:30/06/2023
Supervisor Name:Ed Palmer, edward.palmer@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace Campus, Adelaide
 
Project Description:This project aims to create training scenarios that can be dynamically generated through AI with parameters that vary according to trainee behaviour. It will generate new knowledge in the collection and analysis of data necessary to create immersive 3D objects in VR. These objects would be intended to create deeper and more meaningful learning opportunities for users of VR. The benefits of the project would be directly relevant to the training industry as it will allow for the design of specifically tailored learning at a level appropriate for the user for less cost than current VR scenarios.
Funding Information:GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships
Special Requirements:Virtual reality, AI and computer science background.  Candidate who have already published or presented would be highly regarded.
Categories : PhD Humanities | PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.08.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Peng Shi, peng.shi@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:This project aims to develop novel detection, decision-making, and control technologies for multi-agent autonomous systems (MAAS) composed of agents such as drones, robots, unmanned vehicles, UAVs, UGVs, UUVs and software. The purpose of the project is to enhance the effective collaborations of MAAS to achieve desired goals in a faster and more accurate manner in complex environments with incomplete information, unreliable networks, and potential cyber/physical threats. This project will also develop testbed platforms to evaluate its theoretical discoveries by practical examples in the areas such as transportation and manufacturing.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.08.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Jack Evans, j.evans@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:Incorporating dynamic features into porous frameworks has the potential for enhanced molecular transport and nano actuation. Recent studies have even inserted molecular motors into organic and metal-organic frameworks. Advanced simulations are needed to understand their structural and dynamic properties. This project will develop simulation methods using electronic structure and classical potentials to study the dynamic motion of emerging porous materials. The aim is to examine these materials as new dynamical catalysts.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Haobo Li, haobo.li@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:This project aims to design alloy-thin-film catalyst deposited on 2D materials for value-added chemical products. The design strategy is to first evaluate stability of the catalyst by investigating interaction between alloys and 2D materials, then find descriptors for catalytic reactions to screen optimal catalyst compositions and contents. The research methodology is to develop a workflow to realize atomic-level engineering of catalytic active-sites through quantum chemical computational modeling. The major innovation is to combine machine learning to solve the complexity multi-metallic catalyst surface structures, thereby accelerating the research process and deepening the understanding of relationship between physical properties and catalytic performance.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Additional Information:Dr Haobo Li is an outstanding early-career scientist working on artificial-intelligence assisted theoretical design of catalysts for energy conversion. She has received a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2018-2021) in recognition of her research excellence and worked at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Fritz-Haber Institute (FHI). scholar.google.de/citations
Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Ley Chen, Ley@mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:Unbalanced vibrations, which occur every cycle whenever there is a broken liner, could be detected and applied to monitor Autogenous grinding/Semi-autogenous grinding(AG/SAG) mills liner health conditions. A significant problem for the current industry is that the health conditions of specific liners could not be achieved online. A potential solution is to find the relationship between the operating angular positions and unbalance vibrations during every cycle under varying mill operating loads and speeds. Therefore, besides collecting vibration emissions with accelerometers, an optical encoder is equipped in this Magotteaux-sponsored research to measure the operating angular positions of the liners in a laboratory-scale SAG mill. A novel model between unbalanced vibrations and angular positions will be presented aiming to diagnose the AG/SAG mill liner health. It is expected that the accelerometer-encoder multi-sensor system could provide a robust real-time monitoring approach for the health conditions of specific liners inside AG/SAG mills.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Ley Chen, Ley@mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:Ultrafine solids online detection and corresponding particle-size-distribution (PSD) analysis at hydrocyclones, being essential to energy-efficient comminution, has been challenging due to operation condition variation with time and between individual hydrocyclones, and also has been costly given the large number of hydrocyclones to be monitored. Combining sensor fusion technique with both force and acceleration measurements, the new approach allows ultrafine particles detection in real time, with wide-spectrum capability to handle coarseparticle contamination, delivering enhanced robustness and accuracy in PSD approximation. This method will avoid over/under grinding and directly contribute to significant reduction in comminution energy consumptions.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Eric Hu, eric.hu@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:Maisotsenko-cycle indirect evaporative air cooler is able to provide sub-wet-bulb cooled air (not possible in neither direct-evaporative cooler nor conventional indirect-evaporative cooler). M-cycle required power is only around 10% of consumed power by the compressor-based air conditioner. Contrary to the direct-evaporative cooler, M-cycle does not add any moisture to the product air (another positive feature of M-cycle technoilogy). This thesis provides two quick-solving high accurate experimentally-validated analytical models for M-cycle cooler which can be employed for design/operation and optimization processes in both academic and industrial sectors. A novel unique application of M-cycle for gas turbine pre-cooling is also provided.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Adelaide
Faculty:Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Project Start Date:01.01.2024
Application Deadline:30.06.2023
Supervisor Name:Carl Spandler, carl.spandler@adelaide.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):North Terrace, Adelaide
 
Project Description:To reach zero net carbon emissions by 2050, consumption of lthium is set to increase twentyfold in the next two decades. This means we urgently need new Li resource discoveries to meet demand into the future. Globally, Li is mainly sourced from granitic pegmatites. This project will collaborate with industry partners to examine the chemical and spectral features of minerals from a range of Li mineralised and unmineralized pegmatites. This combined analytical approach will lead to a step change in understanding of Li ore systems, and to enhanced techniques for discovering the mineralised pegmatites to secure future Li supplies.
Funding Information:

GOstralia! Research Centre Scholarships

Additional Information:Join a growing team of researchers investigating critical minerals geology at Uni Adelaide. The project will also engage with state geological surveys and Lithium exploration companies.
Categories : PhD Engineering | ADL Projects
University:University of Sydney
Faculty:Faculty of Engineering
Project Start Date:01.03.2023 (later start possible)
Application Deadline:no fix deadline, applications accepted until position is filled
Supervisor Name:A/Prof Arnold Lining Ju - arnold.ju@sydney.edu.au 
Location (City/Campus):Sydney / Camperdown
Project Description:

The mechanical stimuli generated by body exercise can be transmitted from cortical bone into the deep bone marrow. A mechanosensitive perivascular stem cell niche is recently identified within the bone marrow for osteogenesis and lymphopoiesis. However, the mechanopropagation from compact bone to deep bone marrow vasculature remains elusive in this fundamental mechanobiology field. No experimental system is available yet to directly understand such exercise‐induced mechanopropagation at the bone‐vessel interface. To this end, an integrated computational biomechanics framework to quantitatively evaluate the mechanopropagation capabilities of bone marrow arterioles, arteries, and sinusoids is devised. The 3D geometries of blood vessels are smoothly reconstructed in the presence of vessel wall thickness and intravascular pulse pressure, followed by finite element analysis to thoroughly investigate the mechanical effects of exercise‐induced intravascular vibratory stretching on bone marrow vasculature. The effects of blood pressure and cortical bone bending are also examined. It is concluded that arterioles and arteries are much more efficient in transducing mechanical force than sinusoids due to their higher stiffness. In the future, this in-silico approach could be combined with other clinical imaging modalities for subject/patient‐specific vascular reconstruction and biomechanical analysis, providing large‐scale phenotypic data for personalized mechanobiology discovery.

Funding Information:

The Scholarship will provide a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate for up to 3.5 years.

RTP stipend is currently $35,950 AUD/year.

The scholarship is available to domestic and international students.

Admission Requirements:To apply, email academic transcript and resume to supervisor A/Prof Arnold Lining Ju - arnold.ju@sydney.edu.au

You will have to have:
• Academic knowledge in the discipline of biophysics, biomechanics, electrophysiology, cell biology and biochemistry;
• Experience of Linux/Unix commanding line (Unix shell)
• Capability of using two or more of ANSYS, COMSOL, Abaqus, LabVIEW, Python, AutoCAD, MATLAB and other software.

Preferred experience include:
• Solid basic knowledge of biology and hands-on experience in PC2 biological laboratory, using flow cytometer, ELISA, Western blots, protein-protein interaction assays, protein/antibody purification and functional characterizations;
• Experience in theoretical simulation using and MATLAB or COMSOL, or LabVIEW programming to control equipment and devices.
• Capability of independently output processing models and drawings, be capable of CNC programming, use other conventional processing platform equipment to manufacture mechanical parts, and use 3D printers for part manufacturing.
• Pre-doctoral track records with publications, conference papers, reports, professional or technical contributions with evidence of independent research ability.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Categories : PhD Health Sciences | PhD Engineering | PhD Bio, Chemie | SYD Projects
University:University of Sydney
Faculty:Faculty of Engineering
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:09.05.2023
Supervisor Name:Dr. Michael Heisel; michael.heisel@sydney.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):Sydney / Camperdown
Project Description:

Much of the natural world and human-built environments exist within the lowest portion of the atmosphere known as the planetary boundary layer. Conditions in the atmosphere are often thermally unstable during the daytime, leading to large convective turbulent motions throughout the boundary layer that significantly enhance transport and dispersion of scalars like moisture, gases, and pollutants. Our understanding of turbulent phenomena in these conditions is changing as high-resolution simulations of the atmosphere become increasingly affordable. This computational project will use large-eddy simulations to investigate structural and statistical similarity in the convective atmospheric boundary layer. Similarity is an important tool for the development of predictive models and reduced-order representations of the atmosphere commonly applied in forecasting and engineering design.
In addition to earning a PhD in Civil Engineering, the student will develop an expertise in atmospheric turbulence and computational methods for fluid mechanics, e.g. large-eddy simulations and the use of high-performance computing resources. The student will have the opportunity to publish their research in leading journals in the areas of fluid mechanics (e.g. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review Fluids) and atmospheric sciences (e.g. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres), plus attend academic conferences within Australia and internationally.

Funding Information:Funding for this project is provided directly by the School of Civil Engineering at University of Sydney. The opportunity will cover the cost of tuition (pending application) and provide a scholarship stipend of AU$37,207 for 3.5 years. It is open to both Australian and international students. Funding for this project is provided directly by the School of Civil Engineering at University of Sydney. The opportunity will cover the cost of tuition (pending application) and provide a scholarship stipend of AU$37,207 for 3.5 years. It is open to both Australian and international students.
Admission Requirements:Potential applicants should send a copy of their CV and a short description of their interest in the project to Dr. Heisel. Preference will be given to applicants with a strong background in fluid dynamics and experience using programming languages such as fortran or C.
Further information about Dr. Heisel is available from his academic profile (www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/about/our-people/academic-staff/michael-heisel.html) and personal website (www.ourturbulentenvironment.com).
Categories : PhD Maths, Physics | PhD Earth Sciences | PhD Engineering | SYD Projects
University:University of Sydney
Faculty:Faculty of Engineering
Project Start Date:01.07.2023
Application Deadline:09.05.2023
Supervisor Name:Dr. Michael Heisel; michael.heisel@sydney.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):Sydney / Camperdown
Project Description:Turbulent winds within forested canopies are critical to the exchange of water vapor and gases between plants and the atmosphere. At the same time, the canopy significantly alters atmospheric winds above the canopy. There is limited predictive theory for these flow alterations, despite the direct implication for the performance of global models that have grid points close to the canopy. This experimental project will measure turbulent winds within and above idealized scale-model forested canopies in a wind tunnel setting. The goals of the project are to improve our understanding of turbulent phenomena in the presence of canopies and to advance predictive models for the mean wind conditions. The project will be conducted in collaboration with international researchers and may involve analysis of field-scale measurements to supplement the wind tunnel experiments.
In addition to earning a PhD in Civil Engineering, the student will develop an expertise in atmospheric turbulence and experimental methods for fluid mechanics, e.g. particle image velocimetry and hotwire anemometry. The student will have the opportunity to publish their research in leading journals in the areas of fluid mechanics (e.g. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review Fluids) and atmospheric sciences (e.g. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres), plus attend academic conferences within Australia and internationally.
Funding Information:Funding for this project is provided directly by the School of Civil Engineering at University of Sydney. The opportunity will cover the cost of tuition (pending application) and provide a scholarship stipend of AU$37,207 for 3.5 years. It is open to both Australian and international students.
Admission Requirements:Potential applicants should send a copy of their CV and a short description of their interest in the project to Dr. Heisel. Preference will be given to applicants with a strong background in fluid dynamics and experience using high-level programming languages such as matlab or python.
Further information about Dr. Heisel is available from his academic profile (www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/about/our-people/academic-staff/michael-heisel.html) and personal website (www.ourturbulentenvironment.com).
Categories : PhD Maths, Physics | PhD Earth Sciences | PhD Engineering | SYD Projects
University:University of Sydney
Faculty:Faculty of Engineering
Project Start Date:01.03.2023 (later start possible)
Application Deadline:no fix deadline; application open until position is filled
Supervisor Name:A/Prof Arnold Lining Ju - arnold.ju@sydney.edu.au 
Location (City/Campus):Sydney / Camperdown
Project Description:

Clotting and bleeding are two sides of a coin, leading to cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and haemophilia—the No.1 worldwide killer. It has long been recognised that the von Willebrand factor (VWF) is the mechanosensor for primary and secondary haemostasis by interacting with platelets and clotting factor VIII. We have recently discovered a new ‘biomechanical’ prothrombotic mechanism that highlights the remarkable VWF sensitivity to the shear stress of blood flow disturbance. Importantly, we found that the current drugs are often not successful and come with an increased financial burden.
To address this pressing need, we are establishing a GPU accelerated multi-scale simulation platform to unveil the effects of blood flow disturbance at the single-molecule level. For the first time, fluid mechanics and biochemistry fields will be united in silico to correlate the haemodynamic parameters with clotting and bleeding disorders.

Funding Information:

The Scholarship will provide a stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney’s Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate for up to 3.5 years.

RTP stipend is currently $35,950 AUD/year.

The scholarship is available to domestic and international students.

Admission Requirements:To apply, email academic transcript and resume to supervisor A/Prof Arnold Lining Ju - arnold.ju@sydney.edu.au

You will have:
• Academic knowledge in the discipline of biophysics, biomechanics, electrophysiology, cell biology and biochemistry;
• Experience of Linux/Unix commanding line (Unix shell)
• Capability of using two or more of GROMACS, Hex, LabVIEW, Python, AutoCAD, MATLAB and other software.

Preferred experience include:
• Solid basic knowledge of biology and hands-on experience in PC2 biological laboratory, using flow cytometer, ELISA, Western blots, protein-protein interaction assays, protein/antibody purification and functional characterizations;
• Experience in theoretical simulation using and MATLAB or COMSOL, or LabVIEW programming to control equipment and devices.
• Capability of independently output processing models and drawings, be capable of CNC programming, use other conventional processing platform equipment to manufacture mechanical parts, and use 3D printers for part manufacturing.
• Pre-doctoral track records with publications, conference papers, reports, professional or technical contributions with evidence of independent research ability.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Categories : PhD Health Sciences | PhD Engineering | PhD Bio, Chemie | SYD Projects
University:University of Melbourne
Faculty:Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Project Start Date:negotiable
Application Deadline:ongoing
Supervisor Name:Dr Rachael Moses, e-mail: rachael.moses@unimelb.edu.au
Location (City/Campus):Parkville Precinct
 
Project Description:Humans heal in a different manner to rodents, so we need to start using more representative wound healing models to replicate the tissue architecture and wound healing cascade observed in human dermal wound healing. This exciting PhD opportunity involves developing a 3D infected chronic wound model, comprised of culturing dermal chronic wound fibroblasts, which are obtained from venous leg ulcers and epidermal keratinocytes in a complex 3D model system, allowing the strong paracrine feedback system to occur between the two cell types, as occurs in the native skin environment. This model will be utilising mostly animal-free-origin products, in a move away from typically animal-derived components used in tissue culture, resulting in reduced ethical implications and reduced variability across experiments, due to batch-to-batch variability associated with animal-derived products. This model will use a synthetic hydrogel (PeptiGel®) from Manchester BIOGEL to replace the typically used Matrigel; this PeptiGel® can be tailored to include additional components, including collagen, laminin and fibronectin.

This project involves working within the Sloan/Moses lab at The University of Melbourne, benefitting from their extensive 3D model experience. Dr Moses has been awarded a number of grants and prizes recently to further develop this work, with a strong background in wound healing, in vitro 3D models and novel pharmaceutical screening. Professor Sloan has long standing expertise in developing novel in vitro / ex vivo organ 3D culture model systems for tissue regeneration/engineering and testing novel therapeutic agents, along with advancing the 3Rs in biomedical research and bioengineering. Dr Farrugia has a strong background in biomaterial development and characterisation, and wound healing, including in vitro models, with an additional focus on the development of new therapies. Dr Liam Sharkey is a bacteriologist specialising in antibiotic resistance with a particular focus on Staphylococcus aureus, a common cause of chronic wound infections. He has experience with in vitro models of S. aureus biofilm formation and the genetic manipulation of clinical S. aureus strains. This project benefits from collaboration with industrial partners assessing novel pharmaceuticals on these models; these natural pharmaceuticals have previously been assessed by Dr Moses through a variety of other 2D wound healing studies.

This project will involve a variety of laboratory-based techniques including tissue culture, 3D models, bacteriology, histology, immunostaining, H&E staining, confocal imaging, translational research, bioinformatics, biostatistics, research management, oral presentation skills, and scientific writing skills.
Funding Information:RTP scholarships are available to domestic and overseas students enrolled in an accredited HDR course at an Australian HEP. More information
Categories : PhD Health Sciences | PhD Engineering | PhD Bio, Chemie | MELB Projects

Grundlegendes zum Schwerpunkt Ingenieurswissenschaften, Informationstechnologie und Computer Sciences

Forschung in den Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informationstechnologie und Computerwissenschaften ist in Australien wie in Deutschland sehr anwendungsorientiert. Forschungsprojekte in diesen Bereichen werden stark von wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen bestimmt und gefördert. In den „Australian Research Priorities“ sind sie mit Themenbereichen wie manufacturing, health technology, transportation, energy oder cyber security mehrfach vertreten. Durch inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschungszusammenarbeit mit nationalen und internationalen Partnern werden starke Allianzen geschaffen, um komplexe gesellschaftliche Probleme und Herausforderungen zu lösen. 

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