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Aeolian dust in contemporary Australia – a fertiliser, a contaminator or just an occasionally spectacular nuisance?

Aeolian dust usually receives little popular attention in Australia until a massive, rolling dust storm blows out of the arid interior and reduces visibility and air quality across more...

Supervisor(s): Cattle, Stephen (Associate Professor)

Epidemiological investigation of Childhood Asthma within the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS)

In 1997, The Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS) recruited babies at high risk of developing asthma and allergies because a parent and/or sibling had asthma or frequent wheeze. more...

Supervisor(s): Toelle, Brett (Dr)

Electromagnetic Simulation of Complex Dynamic Environments to Assist Cognitive Active Perception

  Active perception involves moving a sensor to maximise information gain about the local environment. Cognitive radar goes even further, to change the sensor parameters themse more...

Supervisor(s): Johnson, David (Dr)

Cross-Spectral Imaging and Classification of Concealed Targets in Cluttered Environments

This project involves developing a software defined radar system to improve robotic perception in highly unstructured environments. Can multi-spectral techniques be used to iterativ more...

Supervisor(s): Johnson, David (Dr)

Measures to Increase Trust and Reliability of Robotic Systems in the Presence of Adversity

Development of low-profile sensing techniques for stealthy robotic platforms in unstructured environments. This includes minimising electromagnetic and acoustic signatures while per more...

Supervisor(s): Johnson, David (Dr)

Active Perception at the System Level, Including Human-(on-the-loop)-Unmanned Teaming

Active perception involves moving a sensor to maximise information gain. For a system comprised of multiple heterogeneous platforms including humans, the problem of maximising infor more...

Supervisor(s): Johnson, David (Dr)

Long-range robotic imaging in participating media

This project will push the limits of long-range vision in participating media including fog and water, expanding the range of conditions under which robots can be safely deployed. A more...

Supervisor(s): Dansereau, Donald (Dr)

The Cosmic Growth of Super-Massive Black Holes

In the heart of every massive galaxy is a super-massive black hole (a million to a billion times the mass of the Sun) that is built up in mass over cosmic time by gas accretion. Usi more...

Supervisor(s): Croom, Scott (Professor)

An investigation into symbiosis between virulent Rhodococcus equi and protozoa

Can virulent Rhodococcus equi replicate within protozoa found in the soil and gastrointestinal environment of the foal? more...

Supervisor(s): Muscatello, Gary (Dr)

Resolving Galaxy Evolution

In this project we aim to answer some of the outstanding questions in the physics of galaxy formation by using a newly developed instrument, the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral fie more...

Supervisor(s): Croom, Scott (Professor)