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Current Research Projects

Below is a list of projects that are currently being conducted at SASE.

Master of Science (MSc)

Master of Philosophy(MPhil)

  • Self cleaning surface functionalisation of wool fibres

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  • A Preliminary Study of the Role of Fire in the Atmospheric Cycling and Biogeochemistry of Mercury in Australia's Tropical Savannas
  • Asset Management and Infrastructure Renewal Justification – Sustainability, Redundancy, Whole of Life
  • Biologically inspired new methodology for object identification in machine vision
  • Conserving Biodiversity in Managed Mixed-Eucalypt Native Forests: Medium and Longer-Term Effects of Forest Utilisation
  • Effect of Mobilisation and Transfer Processes on Nutrient Exports from Grazing Systems
  • Fabrication of Composite and Nanocomposite Biosensors for Nitrate and Phosphate
  • Fungal-related asthma exacerbations
  • Novel Drug Resistance Mutations in the HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
  • Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Adsorption Method
  • Sediment Biogeochemistry in Gippsland Lakes: Distribution, Speciation and Bioavailability of Cadmium, Mercury and Selenium
  • 'Sense(s) of place', local government and regional trajectory: the roles of agency and institutions at different scales in economic development and environmental sustainability in the Latrobe Valley
  • Sustainable Management of Solid Prescribed Industrial Wastes
  • The Effect of Organic Amendments on Sodic and Saline Soils
  • Transplantation with genetically modified bone marrow to establish immune tolerance and reversal of autoimmune disease
  • Virulence and antiviral resistance in human and avian influenza viruses
  • Water Engineering: Solute transport process modelling

Master of Engineering Science (MEngSci)

  • Design, construction and simulation of a tactile sensor for incipient slip detection
  • Robot Navigation in a dynamic environment