Graduate Research Opportunities
The Melbourne School of Engineering welcomes engineering researchers from around the globe.
We provide an environment of excellence: preparing of engineers with skills, knowledge and expertise that will match future technological needs.
By selecting Melbourne, you are choosing to pursue ideas and technologies that enhance the way we live, while enjoying the camaraderie of top performing peers.
Available Research Projects
This page lists PhD and other research scholarships associated with individual research projects.
For scholarship opportunities, visit Graduate Research Scholarships.
Research Programs
MPhil and PhD programs are available in all disciplines at the Melbourne School of Engineering.
Master of Philosophy in Engineering
The MPhil is an internationally recognised masters by research program that provides students with the opportunity to carry out an independent and sustained research project under supervision, throughout which they will develop advanced research skills and techniques, and present findings in a documented, scholarly format.
PhD in Engineering
The PhD is designed for graduates to demonstrate academic leadership, independence, creativity and innovation in their research work. In addition, professional doctoral studies provide advanced training designed to build expertise in a specialist area, while encouraging the acquisition of a wide range of advanced and transferable skills.
The PhD thesis demonstrates authority and contributes to knowledge in the candidate’s field. The PhD thesis is deeper and more comprehensive in scope than the Master’s thesis.
Available Projects By Departments
Please note:
- Application closing dates for these projects are not aligned with the standard Scholarship closing dates.
Applications are accepted at any time, but scholarship application deadlines should be noted:
- Local applicants — October 31
- International applicants — August 31.
- To enquire about a research opportunity, email the ‘Primary contact’ listed on the project page.
Biomedical Engineering
- Bio-inspired speech analysis: Specialised information processing of vocalisations in the auditory brainstem
- Cell phone applications for clinical diagnostic use by front-line health workers in developing countries
- Computational models of airway tone in healthy and diseased states of lungs
- Diagnosis of foetal heart defects using ECG and Doppler ultrasound
- Electrocardiographic markers associated with fatal heart diseases and cardiac safety
- Individualised cochlear implant sound coding: Optimised algorithms for better hearing
- Nanoporous materials for biomedical devices, drug delivery and bioseparations
- New algorithms for screening cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in diabetic patients
- Pattern recognition algorithms for the analysis of metagenomes
- System identification of microstructure in the brain using magnetic resonance imaging
- The mechanisms of cortical folding in brain development
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- A fundamental study of milk ultrafiltration
- Amino acid-based star polymer for polymer therapeutics
- Building advanced polymeric nanotubes for targeted drug delivery
- Continuous assembly of polymer (CAP) films via different controlled polymerisation methods
- Cost-effective membrane systems for carbon capture technology
- Cost-effective membrane technologies for carbon dioxide capture - membrane processes for amine contaminant removal
- Designing the next generation of hydrogel-based scaffold materials
- Engineered nanostructured materials via continuous polymer assembly for advanced bioapplications
- Flexible honeycomb films for biotechnology applications
- Fundamentals of acoustic cavitation and ultrasonic processing: The effect of surfactants
- Low-CO2 concretes via geopolymer technology
- Membranes for carbon capture from natural gas
- Nanolens arrays for sensitive high-resolution fluorescence microscopy
- Nanometer thin film membranes for CO2 capture
- Nanoporous materials for biomedical devices, drug delivery and bioseparations
- Physical chemistry of protein misfolding and amyloid formation
- Polymer characterisation facility (PCF)
- Polymer deformation in flow
- Polymeric scaffolds for soft tissue engineering
- Quantification of stored red blood cell deformability
- Recovery of zinc sulphate from hot-dip galvanizing effluent streams
- Self-assembly membranes for carbon capture technology
- The development of unique cyclic polymers
- Tuning membrane chemistry for desalination and water reuse applications
- Ultrasonics as a new platform technology in dairy processing
- Ultrathin, biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogel films for corneal endothelium regeneration
Computer Science & Software Engineering
- Automatic software verification, harnessing constraint technologies
- Computational Genomics
- G12 Constraint Programming Platform
- Pattern recognition algorithms for the analysis of metagenomes
- Principles, practice and pragmatics of measurement in experimental computer science
Computing and Information Systems
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Bio-inspired speech analysis: Specialised information processing of vocalisations in the auditory brainstem
- Cloud computing, content distribution and information logistics
- Efficient and fair traffic control for a multi-service internet
- Energy efficiency of next generation networks
- Gigabit wireless: setting the standard for tomorrow's broadband
- Internet services energy star rating
- Scalable and energy-efficient deployment of video services over next generation networks
- SmartSantander
- Trustworthy sensor networks - theory and implementation
Infrastructure Engineering
- 3-D computer simulation of the engineering geology of Melbourne
- A new-generation flood forecasting system using observations from space
- Detailed 3D computer simulation of direct geothermal ground heat exchangers
- Geophysics: from theory to practice
- Geotechnical design of energy foundations
- International field validation of a new IPCC “Tier IV” inventory model for landfill methane (CH4) emissions
- Porous media research laboratory
- Reservoir design for enhanced geothermal systems
- Viable systems model for groupwork.