Research Projects — Sustainable Systems and Energy
3-D computer simulation of the engineering geology of Melbourne
Team: Ian Johnston, Sam Yuen, Tuan Ngo
A fundamental study of milk ultrafiltration
Team: David Dunstan, Greg Martin, Dalton Harvie, Malcolm Davidson
A new paradigm for catchment management: detection, forecasting and management of water catchments with multiple steady states
Team: Andrew Western, Tim Peterson
A new-generation flood forecasting system using observations from space
Team: Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew Western
Access optimisation in underground mine design
Team: Doreen Thomas, Marcus Brazil, Peter Grossman
Advancing a first-principles basis for the prediction and manipulation of turbulent wall-flow transport
Team: Joseph Klewicki, Kapil Chauhan, John Elsnab
Ambient spatial intelligence: Spatial analysis and event detection in environmental geosensor networks
Team: Matt Duckham
An integrated investigation of nutrient generation and delivery processes and pathways from paddock to small catchment scale
Team: Andrew Western, Russell Adams
Australian water project
Team: John Langford
Cities as water supply catchments: stream ecology project
Team: Michael Stewardson, Geoff Vietz
Cloud computing, content distribution and information logistics
Team: Katrina Franks, Rod Tucker, Kerry Hinton, Chien Aun Chan, Arun Vishwanath, Rob Ayre
Cost-effective membrane systems for carbon capture technology
Team: Sandra Kentish, Sangyun (Andrew) Lee
Cost-effective membrane technologies for carbon dioxide capture - membrane processes for amine contaminant removal
Team: Sandra Kentish, Ludo Dumee
Critical refugia in arid zone rivers
Team: Justin Costelloe
Detailed 3D computer simulation of direct geothermal ground heat exchangers
Team: Guillermo Narsilio, Ian Johnston, Lu Aye
Effects of inter-decadal climate variability on rainfall-runoff relationships in Australian catchments
Team: Andrew Western
Elucidating the inertial force mechanisms of turbulence
Team: Joseph Klewicki, John Elsnab
Energy efficiency of next generation networks
Team: Katrina Franks, Kerry Hinton (CI), Rod Tucker, Arun Vishwanath
Energy systems modelling, analysis, and control
Team: Mohammad Aldeen
Establishing a state-level systemic and adaptive water governance authority of excellence in India
Team: Hector Malano, Yongping Wei, Biju George
eWater Cooperative Research Centre
Team: Andrew Western, Michael Stewardson, Lydia Cetin, Stephen Wealands, Dominic Skinner, Hector Malano, Biju George, Dongryeol Ryu
Farms, rivers and markets
Team: John Langford, Andrew Western, Biju George, Michael Stewardson, Erik Weyer, Su Ki Ooi, Justin Costelloe, Geoff Vietz, Michael Sammonds, Andrew Wirth, Rodger Young, Bandara Nawarathna, Russell Adams
Geophysics: from theory to practice
Team: Guillermo Narsilio, Dongryeol Ryu, Robert Pipunic
Geotechnical design of energy foundations
Team: Ian Johnston, Guillermo Narsilio, Lu Aye
Gippsland climate change adaptation study
Team: Graham A. Moore, Colin Duffield, David I Wilson
Global mapping of sea surface salinity using an L-band satellite instrument
Team: Dongryeol Ryu, Jonathan Ho
How effective are environmental flows? Novel approaches for monitoring and assessing ecological responses to large-scale flow alteration
Team: Michael Stewardson, Siobhan deLittle, Kim, Miller
Impacts of climate change and watershed development on whole-of-basin agricultural water security in the Krishna Basin, India and Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
Team: Hector Malano, Brian Davidson, Biju George, Bandara Nawarathna, Dongryeol Ryu
Improving short-term flood forecast by integrating stream discharge and soil moisture into continuous modelling
Team: Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew Western
International field validation of a new IPCC “Tier IV” inventory model for landfill methane (CH4) emissions
Team: Sam Yuen
Linking freshwater flows and salt wedge dynamics to fisheries productivity in estuaries
Team: Andrew Western
Long term absorptionrate (LTAR) of treated domestic wastewater for sustainable land application
Team: Sam Yuen, Michael Connor
Membranes for carbon capture from natural gas
Team: Sandra Kentish, Colin Scholes
Nanometer thin film membranes for CO2 capture
Team: Greg Qiao, Qiang Fu, Sandra Kentish
Narrowing the scatter and assessing the uncertainty of climate change projections of Australian river flows
Team: Murray Peel, Tom McMahon (Chief Investigator)
Operation of polyimide gas separation membranes using mixed gases for Carbon Dioxide capture
Team: Sandra Kentish, Greg Qiao
Optimal design of controlled aerodynamic bodies : From concept to prototype
Team: Chris Manzie, Andrew Ooi, Nicholas Hutchins, Will Moase
Optimising flex fuel engine performance
Team: Chris Manzie, Will Moase, Michael Brear
Polymers for evaporation mitigation technologies
Team: Greg Qiao, Emma Prime, Andy Leung, Diana Tran, Josephine Lim, Aaron Khin, David Solomon
Porous media research laboratory
Team: Guillermo Narsilio
Predicting nitrogen losses from dairy farming catchments at multiple spatial scales
Team: Andrew Western
Quantifying near-surface diffuse discharge from the southwest Great Artesian Basin
Team: Andrew Western, Justin Costelloe
Recovery of zinc sulphate from hot-dip galvanizing effluent streams
Team: Sandra Kentish, Geoff Stevens
Reservoir design for enhanced geothermal systems
Team: Ian Johnston, Guillermo Narsilio
Security, risks and infrastructure protection
Team: Nelson Lam, Priyan Mendis, Helen Goldsworthy, Lihai Zhang, Tuan Ngo, Cuong Kien Nguyen, Jack Yao, Elisa Lumantarna, Raymond Lumantarna
Self-assembly membranes for carbon capture technology
Team: Greg Qiao, Paul Gurr, Sandra Kentish
The Australian alternative cover assessment project (A-ACAP)
Team: Sam Yuen
The impact of the mass adoption of electric cars on the Australian electricity grid
Team: Iven Mareels, Doreen Thomas, Marcus Brazil, Kevin Prendergast, Sophie Dickson, Julian de Hoog
Towards operational monitoring of key climate parameters from synthetic aperture radar
Team: Kim Lowell, Mihai Tanase, Rocco Panciera
TRIGEN: A holistic approach for optimised usage of heating, cooling and electricity for bulk energy consumers
Team: Saman Halgamuge, Harry Watson
Tuning membrane chemistry for desalination and water reuse applications
Team: Sandra Kentish, Judy Lee
Viable systems model for groupwork
Team: Graham A. Moore
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