Never Stand Still Faculty of Engineering

Taste of Research Summer Scholarships 2013/14

Have you ever wondered what research is about?

Or whether you would be interested in a research career?To give you an opportunity to find out, the Faculty of Engineering offers Taste of Research Summer Scholarships.

More than 55 scholarships funded by the Faculty and its nine schools and the National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA) are available.

Visit www.eng.unsw.edu.au for:

1. A complete list of projects

2. Detailed description of each project

3. Project supervisor contact details

4. Apply online

Eligibility

• Youmustbeahighachievingthird-year* undergraduate student enrolled inafull-timeprogram(second-yearstudents may be considered in special circumstances)

• StudentswithWAM≥75 are encouraged to apply.

• YoumustbeenrolledinarelevantprogramatUNSWoranotherAustralian university

• Youmustsubmitanapplicationformby 31 August, 2013

• Youmaybealocaloraninternationalstudent

*students undertaking a combined undergraduate degree (e.g. BE/BE, BE/BCom) may apply if entering their final year of study in 2014. This exemption does not apply to students enrolled in a BE/MBiom.

Benefits

• $500perweekstipend(taxexempt)

• UNSWBachelorofEngineeringstudents may use their Taste of ResearchSummerScholarshipprojectasacontributiontowardstheir Industrial Training requirements

Availability

• Thescholarshipsareavailableinavariety of research areas for a period of12weeks,from25November2013 to 21 February 2014

For Further Information

Faculty of Engineering, Administrative Unit, Chloe Fong02 9385 6429chloe.fong@unsw.edu.auwww.eng.unsw.edu.auCRICOSProviderNumber00098G

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering School Contact:StephenRedmondT 02 9385 3924 E s.redmond@unsw.edu.auwww.gsbme.unsw.edu.au/

Biomaterials and Tissue EngineeringBoneregenerationusingsugarpolymersMegan Lord, Brooke Farrugia

Creating a better model for tumor cell studies Penny Martens, Sharon Sagnella

Curing Diabetes: Fabrication and characterisation of hydrogel microspheresPenny Martens, Laura Poole-Warren

DiagnosticmarkerdevelopmentforarthritisJohn Whitelock, Megan Lord

ImageprocessingtoautomatestemcelltrackingRobert Nordon, Stephen Redmond

Targeted drug delivery for cancer therapies using nanoparticles Megan Lord, John Whitelock

Thechitosanbandage-apotentmediatorofwoundhealingBrooke Farrugia, Megan Lord

Therapeutic bioactive nanoparticles Megan Lord, John Whitelock

Implantable Bionics Micro-fluidicelectrodearrayforneurostimulationGregg Suaning, Martin Svehla

Nerve regeneration via gene delivery from cochlear implant electrodesRylie Green, Nigel Lovell

Physiological MeasurementAudioInterfaceforaWearableFallsMonitorNigel Lovell, Stephen Redmond

Detection of foetal movement using inertial sensors Stephen Redmond, Michael Narayanan

Rehabilitation EngineeringFiniteelementmodellingofaspecialisedlower-limbprosthesisduringamputee running Lauren Kark, Stacey Rigney

Chemical EngineeringSchool Contact: PierreLe-ClechT 02 9385 5762 E p.le-clech@unsw.edu.auwww.che.unsw.edu.au/

Advanced materials and nano-materialsDesign of nanoparticles inspired by nature Martina Stenzel, Krzysztof Babiuch

Design of Responsive Polymeric Nanoparticles for Delivery, Imaging and Targeting Cyrille Boyer, Hien Duong

HighInternalPhaseEmulsions(HIPEs):StabilityandArrestPatrick Spicer, Stuart Prescott

Highprecisionpolymersynthesis-MimickingnaturePer Zetterlund, Stuart Thickett

Howstablecananemulsionbe?Stuart Prescott, Patrick Spicer

HybridPolymer-GrapheneNanomaterialsforBoneRegenerationStuart Thickett, Megan Lord

HydrogenatedCu2Othinfilmforphotoelectrochemicalwatersplitting Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng

Nanoparticles-viralcompositeforbacteriacaptureinfoodRose Amal, May Lim, Justin Gooding, Christopher Marquis

NovelcoatingforcontrollingnitrifyingbacteriagrowthindrinkingwaterRose Amal, Sanly Liu

Polymer nanoparticle synthesis using CO2 – a versatile environmentally friendly approach Per Zetterlund, Frank Lucien

PolymerNanoparticlesStabilizedbyGrapheneOxideStuart Thickett, Per Zetterlund

Self-polymerisationofdopamineandtheirderivativestosynthesisenovel polymer structures Anthony Granville, Martina Stenzel

Carbon Capture and StorageBiomimeticMembraneContactorforCO2captureVicki Chen, Guangxi Dong

Development of composite membrane for natural gas purification Vicki Chen, Guangxi Dong

Elucidating the stability of composite membranes for CO2 capture in fluegasVicki Chen, Hongyu Li

Clean Energy TechnologiesMakingpetrolfromCO2Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Jason Scott

Theimpactofmetaloxidesupportonformicacidoxidationbyphoto-activated platinum catalystsRose Amal, Jason Scott

Food Science and Technology DeconstructingMilktoUnderstandFoulingduringMembraneFiltration Vicki Chen, Yu-Chieh Hsu

Extrusiontechnologytomodifystarchcharacteristicstoproduceenergy-lightfoodsJayashree Arcot, Maria Chandra-Hioe

IceCreamMicrostructure,Stability,andMeltdownDynamicsPatrick Spicer, Stuart Prescott

Whyaresomeproteinsallergenic?Alice Lee, Xin Sun

Membrane Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment Decentralisedmembrane/adsorptionsystemsforfluorideremovalPierre Le-Clech

Developmentofsuperhydrophobichollowfibremembranesformembrane distillation Vicki Chen, Suwan Meng

SubmergedhollowfibremembranedistillationcrystallizersVicki Chen, Yu-Chieh Hsu

Vibratorymembranesystemsforbrineconcentrationbyforwardosmosis Vicki Chen, Yun Ye

Process Systems Engineering AdvancedcontrolofpastethickenersJie Bao, Chee Keong Tan

Online monitoring and fault detection of Aluminimum smelter cells Jie Bao, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

Particlesizingatadistance:remotecontrolofaninstrumentStuart Prescott, Patrick Spicer

SimulationandExperimentalStudiesonDistributedModelPredictiveControl Jie Bao, Michael Tippett

Civil & Environmental Engineering School Contact: WeiGao T 02 9385 4123 Ew.gao@unsw.edu.au www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/

AdaptingAustralianEnergySourcesintotheFutureBill Peirson, Francois Flocard

Breakingofwaves-numericalapproachesBill Peirson, Cox, Carley, Barthelemy, Blacka

Developmentandapplicationofnanoparticle-basedtechnologiesforwaterandwastewatertreatmentDavid Waite, Chris Miller, Shikha garg

DevelopmentofReactiveBarriersforManagingRadioactiveGroundwaterContaminantsDavid Waite, Richard Collins, Atsushi Ikeda

Energy Optimal Reaeration Bill Peirson, Richard Stuetz

Engineering Applications of Digital Close Range PhotogrammetryBruce Harvey, Yincai Zhou

Evaporation mitigation in Inland Australia Bill Peirson, Martin Andersen

FactorscontributingtotheGrowth&ToxicityofFreshwaterAlgaeinSydneyWaterSupplyCatchmentsDavid Waite, Mark Bligh, Brett Neilan

Factorsinfluencinguraniumextractionfromtailingsdeposits&mobility in subsurface environments David Waite, Richard Collins, Andrew Kinsela

GPS-basedStructuralDeformationMonitoringSystem–WorkPackage1:SensorDevelopmentChris Rizos, Yong Li

GPS-basedStructuralDeformationMonitoringSystem–WorkPackage2:Server-sideDevelopmentChris Rizos, Carolin Birk

Howhouseholdsareformedandevolve:applicationofanagent-basedsocialnetworkmodellingapproacLauren Gardner, Taha Hossein Rashidi

Integrating geometric modelling and structural analysisChongmin Song, Michael Man

Interval analysis of structures using advanced intelligent strategiesWei Gao, Duy Minh Do

LightandFree-RadicalMediatedTransformationsofIronandCopperinOxicNaturalWatersDavid Waite, Ninh Pham, Chris Miller

MetricsofEnvironmentalSustainability,SocialEquity&EconomicEfficiency:MethodologyGuidelineS. Travis Waller, Ken Doust

MultiDSLRcamerasynchronisationmeasurementandanalysisBruce Harvey, Yincai Zhou

Nonlinear fracture analysis of structures Chongmin Song, Ean Tat Ooi

NumericalapproachestomodellingwavepropagationinthesoilCarolin Birk, Chongmin Song

OnlineQualityMonitoringforRapidMappingwithUnmannedAerialVehicle Jinling Wang, Muwaffaq Alqurashi

Computer Science & Engineering*Note: this is not a complete list of available projects. For further information please refer to the website http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/ information-for/current-students/undergraduates/scholarships

School Contact:SriParameswaranT 02 9385 7223 E sridevan@cse.unsw.edu.auwww.cse.unsw.edu.au/

Algorithms Multi-corereconstructionofcontrolflowgraphsforbinaryprograms Franck Cassez, Ralf Huuck

Artificial Intelligence AutonomousRobotforSearchandRescueClaude Sammut, Maurice Pagnucco

CausalBayesianNetworkforUnderstandingRoadTrafficChangesby Incidents Occurring Guohua Liang, Julien Epps

Cognitive Robotics Michael Thielscher, David Rajaratnam

Conversational Agents in an Immersive Interactive EnvironmentClaude Sammut, Maurice Pagnucco

DiscoveringtheMostInfluentialIntersectionsfromRoadWei Liu, Fang Chen

Dividing the Indivisible Toby Walsh, Serge Gaspers

Forecasting road incidents by learning historical road traffic dataWei Liu, Fang Chan

GamePlayingRobotMichael Thielscher, David Rajaratnam

GeneralGamePlayingMichael Thielscher, Abdallah Saffidine

GeospatialInformationExtractionfromBigDataStreamsArcot Sowmya, Chris Rizos

Hierarchical Evolutionary Computation Alan Blair, Bernhard Hengst

Bioinformatics BioinformaticsoftheimmunesystemBruno Gaeta, Andrew Collins

Modellingandanalysisofproteinphosphorylationfromhigh-throughput mass spectrometry data Mike Bain, Seán O’Donoghue

Visualisationandanalysisofproteinphosphorylationfromhigh-throughput mass spectrometry data Mike Bain, Seán O’Donoghue

Databases GeneratingConstraint-satisfyingRelationalDataJohn Shepherd, Helen Paik

Representation and Manipulation of Academic Rules John Shepherd, Helen Paik

UnderstandingMacroeconomyusingSearchEngineDataChen Cai, Fang Chen

Embedded, Real Time & Operating SystemsAutomatingSecurityArchitectureDesignIhor Kuz, Xiwei Xu

BenchmarkingandOptimisingaMicrokernelKevin Elphinstone, Gernot Heiser

CAmkESonLinuxIhor Kuz, Matthew Fernandez

Efficientgame-basedsoftwaresynthesisGernot Heiser, Alex Legg

ExtendingtheproofsynthesisDSLforBilbyGabriele Keller, Gerwin Klein

FilesystemsforEmbeddedSystemsPeter Chubb, Kevin Elphinstone

Formalising a simple file system Gabriele Keller, Toby Murray

High-AssurancePOSIXImplementationIhor Kuz, Toby Murray

High-PerformanceUser-LevelDeviceDriversIhor Kuz, Kevin Elphinstone

Interactivegameasdemonstratorofreal-timeapplicationonseL4Gernot Heiser, Kevin Elphinstone

LinuxasaComponentIhor Kuz, Matthew Fernandez

LowLatencyVideoConferencingPeter Chubb, Gernot Heiser

Formal Methods AlgorithmicSoftwareVerificationintheCloudRalf Huuck, Franck Cassez

AnalysisofTimedAutomatausingTime-DartsFranck Cassez, Ralf Huuck

AutomaticfactgeneralisationforIsabelle/HOL.Gerwin Klein, Thomas Sewell

AutomaticGenerationofControl-FlowGraphsforXtensa®InstructionSetArchitecture(ISA).Franck Cassez, Ralf Huuck

AutomaticTranslationofRoutingProtocolSpecificationsPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek

BigData?BigProofs!-aScalaAPIforAnalysingIsabelle/HOLProofScriptsMark Staples, Rafal Kolanski

CanyouBreaktheSemanticsforCUsedtoVerifyseL4?Mark Staples, Thomas Sewell

Game-baseddebugginginterfaceforanepistemicmodelcheckerRon van der Meyden, Xiaowei Huang

ModelCheckingofMeshNetworkRoutingProtocolsPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek

Modelling Routing Protocols Rob van Glabbeek, Peter Hoefner

SoftwaremodelcheckingforaReal-timeOSGerwin Klein, Corey Lewis

SynthesisofFault-tolerantProtocolsfromKnowledge-basedPrograms Ron van der Meyden, Xiaowei Huang

Testing vs Formal Verification Gerwin Klein, Matt Fernandez

Tools for Formally Verifying C Code June Andronick, David Greenaway

Type-CheckingforAlgebraofWirelessNetworksPeter Hoefner, Rob van Glabbeek

VerifiedSoftwareComponentsJune Andronick, Matthew Fernandez

VerifyingaHigh-AssurancePOSIXImplementationToby Murray, Gerwin Klein

Hardware Design, Computer Architectures, etc FormalHardwareModelsforARM-basedProcessorPlatformsFranck Cassez, Ralf Huuck

QB50CubeSatFPGAPayloadOliver Diessel , Ediz Cetin

Human Computer InteractionDriving simulator: Taming the sensors Ronnie Taib, Julien Epps

Drivingsimulator:Unity3DtaskstoelicitmentalstatesRonnie Taib, Julien Epps

ExploringSpeech&LexicalContentforPredictionofDomainExpertiseFang Chen, Sharon Oviatt, Jianlong Zhou

Howaccuratelycanpeoplepredictdomainexpertise?–Acomparison of humans and computers Fang Chen, Sharon Oviatt, Jianlong Zhou

IndividuallimitsofmultitaskingandmentalrecoveryRonnie Taib, Julien Epps

MachineLearningDrivenInformationVisualizationon3DMapsJianlong Zhou, Fang Chen

MakeMachineLearningUseableJianlong Zhou, Fang Chen

Image Processing Changedetectionbasedonmulti-temporaldatasetsArcot Sowmya, John Trinder

SegmentationofAnatomicalLandmarksinLungCTimagesforComputer Aided Diagnosis Arcot Sowmya, Banafsheh Pazokifard

Networks, Sensor Networks, etc Enhancing the accuracy of indoor localisation Chun Tung Chou, Mahbub Hassan

Self-containedIndoorLocalizationUsingSmartphoneSensorsMahbub Hassan, Sara Khalifa

SimulationofwirelessprotocolfortrafficdensityestimationinvehicularnetworkLavy Libman, S. Travis Waller

UsingtheMicrosoftKinectasacontextsensorSalil Kanhere, Andreas Reinhardt

Whatdoesadishwasher’spowerconsumptionactuallylooklike?Salil Kanhere, Andreas Reinhardt

Programming Languages and Compilers DivideandConquerAlgorithmsforDataParallelHaskellGabriele Keller, Manuel Chakravarty

Multi-GPUProgrammingManuel Chakravarty, Gabriele Keller

OpenCLCodeGeneratorforaPurelyFunctionalArrayLanguageManuel Chakravarty, Gabriele Keller

Software Engineering Availability Analysis for Applications in Public Cloud Liming Zhu, Len Bass

Dependable Auditing on Operations of Cloud ApplicationsLiming Zhu, Len Bass

ImplementingSecureProtocolsforQuadcoptersPeter Hoefner, Gerwin Klein

ScalingUp,Down,OutorIn?TowardsanEmpiricallyDrivenCloudProvisioning Recommender Adnene Guabtni, Anna Liu

UnderstandingandImprovingOperationalProcessesinLarge-scaleDistributedSystemsLiming Zhu, Len Bass

Theoretical Computer Science SMTSolversforC/C++AnalysisRalf Huuck, Franck Cassez

Web Services, E-Commerce, and other Web TechnologiesDocumentTableExtractionasaWorkflowHelen Paik, John Shepherd

PersonalProcessManagementwithSocialSoftware:AutomatedCapturing of User Actions in a Process Helen Paik, John Shepherd

TableBase:TowardsaTableManagementSystemHelen Paik, John Shepherd

Using Collective Intelligence for Process RecommendersHelen Paik, John Shepherd

Electrical Engineering & TelecommunicationsSchool Contact: Julien EppsT 02 9385 6579 E j.epps@unsw.edu.auwww.eet.unsw.edu.au/

Data and Mobile Networks 3DBasestationbeamformingformultiusernetworkswithmassive antenna arrays Jinhong Yuan Nan Yang

Astudyoftheimpactofrecommendationsonusers’choices.Thechickenortheeggproblem.Dali Kaafar, Aruna Seneviratne

CrowdsourcedCacheSystemforSmartMobileDevicesAruna Senevirtane, Vijay Sivaraman

IdentityManagementinOnlineSystemsArik Friedman, Roksana Boreli, Julien Epps

ImprovingNetworkEfficiencyandServiceQualityusingSoftwareDefinedNetworkingVijay Sivaraman, Tim Moors

Launching cubesats from Australia Andrew Dempster, Jendi Kepple

LocationVerificationinWirelessNetworksRobert Malaney, Shihao Yan

Measurement and Reporting Application for Android Mobile Devices Olivier Mehani, Guillaume Jourjon, Julien Epps

On the potential of big Advertisement players in the ads targeting business. Dali Kaafar, Aruna Seneviratne

Privacy-PreservingDataProcessinginOnlineSystemsRoksana Boreli, Arik Friedman, Julien Epps

Real-timemonitorandcontrolforcellulardatausageJinhong Yuan Nan Yang

Energy Systems ComprehensivemodellingofboostconverterwithPIDcontrollerandconsiderationofnon-linearityofDaming Zhang, Eliathamby Ambikairajah

Detectionofarcingfaultsinmedium-voltageelectricitygridsToan Phung, Daming Zhang

ReliabilityAnalysisofPowerSystemOperationGerald Sheble, Wayne Zhenu

ShortTermDemandandPriceForecastingGerald Sheble, Wayne Zhenu

Microelectronics and Quantum ComputingChargePumpingforElectricalCurrentStandardsAndrew Dzurak, Alessandro Rossi

CircuitDesigninCutting-EdgeNanometreSiliconTechnologiesTorsten Lehmann, Tara Hamilton

DevelopingaMulticoreGNSSReceiverAndrew Dempster, Nagaraj Shivaramaiah

Engineering quantum logic circuits Andrea Morello, Andrew Dzurak

FPGAImplementationofaSpace-qualifiedCubeSatGPSreceiverusingSmartFusionIIAndrew Dempster, Joon Wayn Cheong

Microelectroniccircuitsforchip-scalebiomedicalimplantsTorsten Lehmann, Tara Hamilton

QB50CubeSatFPGAPayloadEdiz Cetin, Oliver Diessel

Spin-basedSiliconQuantumComputingAndrew Dzurak, Menno Veldhorst

PhotonicsOpticalfibreamplifiersandlasersbasedonultrabroadbandBi/Ercodoped optical fibre Gang-Ding Peng, Yanhua Luo

Signal Processing AdaptiveFractional-DelayFiltersforEnhancedInterferenceGeo-LocalizationEdiz Cetin, Andrew Dempster

ArcingfaultmodellingusingSimulinkDaming Zhang, Eliathamby Ambikairajah

BridgeModelwithanActiveSensorNetworkforStructuralHealthMonitoring Application Samir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps

DevelopingofWirelessEmbeddedSensorsforStructuralHealthMonitoring Samir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps

GPSreceiverexperimentsontheQB50satelliteAndrew Dempster, Eamonn Glennon

GPSReceiversforSoundingRocketsEamonn Glennon, Andrew Dempster

MissionControlSoftwareDevelopmentfortheQB50CubeSatBarnaby Osborne, Andrew Dempster

ModifyingtheUNSW“Namuru”GPS/Galileoreceiverforradiooccultation Andrew Dempster, Nagaraj Shivaramaiah

Navigating asteroids Andrew Dempster, Chris Rizos

Navigating the moon Andrew Dempster, Chris Rizos

Parallelisingmachinelearningsystems–GPUcomputingVidhyasaharan Sethu, Julien Epps

UltrasonicWavesforDamageIdentificationinPrestressedWireStrandsSamir Mustapha, Peter Runcie, Julien Epps

Systems & Control and Biomedical Systems Reservoir Computing Approach to Electrical Load ForecastingHendra Nurdin, John Fletcher

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering School Contact: VictoriaTimchenkoT 02 9385 4148 E v.timchenko@unsw.edu.auwww.mech.unsw.edu.au/

Air and ground vehicles PlonkorSavBlanc?ImageprocessingforcheaperwineMark Whitty, Samsung Lim

Design and Analysis 3D surface characterisation based on intelligent image processing Zhongxiao Peng, Raymond Kwok

AstatisticalanalysisforthecorrelationbetweenvibrationsignalsandwearparticlesZhongxiao Peng

Experimentalstudyonthecorrelationbetweenfriction-inducedvibrationanddynamicwearmechanismZhongxiao Peng, T. Wu

ExperimentsonsustainablebuildinginnovationsGraham Doig, Alistair Sproul

InvestigatingtheuseImmersioninaspaceStationDesign John Page, Nathan Kingkaid

Thehydrodynamicsofswimmingseals-lessonsformarinecraftdesign Graham Doig, Tracey Rogers

Thermofluids Developmentandtestingofaconcentrated,hybridPV-thermalreceiver using spectral beam splitting Evatt Hawkes , Rob Taylor

HeatTransferEnhancementinMicroElectro-MechanicalDevices(MEMS)usingNanofluidsAnn Lee, Guan Heng Yeoh

InfraredHyperthermiaofSuperficialTumors:Computationalstudyof heat transfer in human body Victoria Timchenko, Guan Yeoh

MeasurementofsimulatedvascularflowTracie Barber , Anne Simmons

Modelling combustion in a diesel engine Evatt Hawkes, Mohsen Talei

Mining Engineering School Contact: SerkanSaydam T 02 9385 5057 Es.saydam@unsw.edu.au www.mining.unsw.edu.au

Mine To Mill BubblecoalescencephenomenainfrothflotationSeher Ata, Chris Daly

IntegrationofminingprocessestomillinginBlockCavingMines Seher Ata, Serkan Saydam

InvestigationofDesigningSuitableDrillingEquipmentforAsteroidMining Serkan Saydam, Paul Hagan

Mining Geomechanics Aninvestigationoftheload/deformationmechanismsofsupportsystems Paul Hagan, Serkan Saydam

Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy EngineeringSchool Contact: ShujuanHuang T 02 9385 5057 Esj.huang@unsw.edu.au www.pv.unsw.edu.au

2nd Generation Solar Cells (Thin Film)EvaporationofCZTSsolarcellsHongtao Cui, Fangyang Liu, Xiaojing Hao

ImprovementofMo/CZTSforCZTSsolarcellapplication Hongtao Cui, Xiaojing Hao

Optimisationofnanospheremonolayerarraysforsub-wavelengthlithography Craig Johnson, Supriya Pillai

StudyofInvertedPolymerSolarCellswithaSolution-ProcessedMetalOxideFilmAshraf Uddin ,Rui Lin

3rd Generation Solar Cells DevelopingValenceForceFieldModelforSimulationofPhononDispersion Gavin Conibeer, Hongze Xia

Characterisation Angular measurements for light trapping in solar cells Supriya Pillai, Yang Yang

Combustion and Biofuels Modellingextinctionandreignitioninsyngasflameswiththestochastic fields method Evatt Hawkes, Mohsen Talei

PV Systems and Applications Characterisation of Distributed Photovoltaics Anna Bruce, Iain Macgill

StudentswhoareawardedaNICTATasteofResearchSummerScholarship2013/2014areexpectedtoparticipateinNICTA’sSummerScholarsShowcase.TheShowcaseisanintegralpartoftheresearchtrainingexperiencethatNICTAisprovidingtoitsSummerScholars.Further information can be found at NICTA/SummerScholarsProgram,www.nicta.com.au/education/outreach/summer_scholars_program