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Atmospheric cold plasma technology

Novel cold plasma technologies offer a green chemistry approach for applications in agriculture, food safety, water purification, cancer treatment, materials processing and energy g more...

Supervisor(s): Cullen, Patrick (Professor)

Molecular insights into a novel mammalian oxygen-sensing pathway

Oxygen (O2) is a vital biological resource most prominently known for its role as the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration and, as such, adequate molecular mechanisms are more...

Supervisor(s): White, Mark (Dr), Mackay, Joel (Professor)

Synthetic biology: catalysis inside protein cages

Visit our group website for the latest information - laugroup.netNature is a master of self-assembly, constructing functional nanoscale architectures from simple protein building bl more...

Supervisor(s): Lau, Yu Heng (Dr)

Organic chemistry: Anti-cancer peptide therapeutics

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Supervisor(s): Lau, Yu Heng (Dr)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of gas-liquid two phase flow in bubble columns, photo-reactors and membrane bioreactors

The project aims to extend existing modelling techniques that have been applied to bubble column bioreactors used for fermentation processes to the study of photo-bioreactors used i more...

Supervisor(s): Fletcher, David (Professor), Kavanagh, John (Dr)

Discontinuous Discrete Methods for Solving the Multi-phase Hydro-mechanical Behaviour of Partially-saturated Soils

The goal of the project is to develop robust finite-element type solvers of the equations describing the multi-phase hydro-mechanical behaviour of partially saturated soils, hence a more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

Cohesive Crack Model in Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Theory of Partially Saturated Soils

The fissuring and healing of clay is modeled using a novel approach, within a finite-element framework, that will allow the design of new materials and new geotechnical structures w more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

Inverse Methods for Characterising Hydraulic Properties of Soils Under Unsaturated Conditions

New indirect methods for estimating material properties of partially saturated soils are developed based on infiltration tests and inversion of multi-phase hydro-mechanical equation more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

A Value-Based Approach to Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change

New approach for building adaptation to climate change is developed while taking into account local and institutional values.Please contact the supervisor directly at the following more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

Understanding and design of new multiferroic materials

Using first-principle theory and calculation, this project will investigate puzzling complex phenomena in multiferroics with the aim of designing new multiferroic materials for the more...

Supervisor(s): Stampfl, Catherine (Professor)