School of Mechanical Engineering

Project Titles

Advanced numerical simulation of flow over a hypersonic vehicle
Supervisor: Dr Con Doolan

Aero-acoustic wind tunnel testing for helicopters and wind turbines
Supervisor: Dr Con Doolan

Design and Implementation of a liquid fuel system for a MILD combustion furnace
Supervisor: Dr Bassam Dally

Determining the stress corrosion cracking threshold stress of pipeline steels
Supervisor: Dr Erwin Gamboa

Feasibility of underground cooling for geothermal applications
Supervisor: Dr Bassam Dally

Flight simulator for undergraduate education
Supervisor: Dr Maziar Arjomandi

Fouling and corrosion in geothermal energy generation systems
Supervisors: Professor Gus Nathan and Dr Peter Ashman

Investigation and modelling of nano-tubes and nano-structures with applications to design and toughening of brittle materials
Supervisors: Dr Kotousov (Mech. Eng.) and Dr Ho (DSTO)

Investigation of fracture behaviour of human bones and development of a structural framework for new treatments of bone ageing and bone diseases
Supervisors: Dr Kotousov (Mech. Eng.) and Professor Fazzalari (Institute of Medical & Veterinary Science and Hanson Institute)

Modelling of complex structural behaviour, fracture processes and damage detection techniques with applications to aerospace, power, gas and oil industries
Supervisors: Dr Kotousov (Mech. Eng.) and Dr Ho (DSTO)

Parametric study of DBD plasma actuators for boundary layout control
Supervisor: Dr Maziar Arjomandi

The role of residual stress on hydrogen cracking in pipeline welds
Supervisor: Professor Valerie Linton

System ID and control of a rotational inverted pendulum
Supervisor: Associate Professor Ben Cazzolato

System ID and control of a robotic tightrope walker
Supervisor: Associate Professor Ben Cazzolato

System ID and control of a DiWheel
Supervisor: Associate Professor Ben Cazzolato

A test stand for study the Field Synergy Principle (FSP) in heat transfer
Supervisor: Dr Maziar Arjomandi