carried out using a novel flume developed at UWA to measure erosion properties in-situ. experiments will be conducted in the Swan River determining erosion properties of the river bed at various locations. Nener, Brett, Prof Optical communications and atmospheric scintillation Disciplines: Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Software Prerequisite skills: C, C+ and MATLAB programming necessary, Physics desirable brief description: There is a world-wide trend to use light to communicate between satellites, and from satellites to a ground-station. Light has a larger bandwidth than microwaves, it is also more secure and can use quantum methods such as quantum-key-distribution (QKD). However, one of the major limitations is the effect of the atmosphere itself on the signal-to-noise ratio due to scintillation effects. Code currently exists to simulate this effect over short distance like a few 10's of kilometers. This project will involve the improvement of the code and the testing against known results for long-range communications like low-earth-orbiting satellites (LEO). Nener, Brett, Prof Co-supervisors: Parish, Giacinta, Prof Advanced Sensing Technologies: Transistor-based biosensors Disciplines: Electrical & Electronic, Materials, Mechanical, Mechatronic Prerequisite skills: N/A Topic brief description: Students will work together on the one or more of following integrated project components (and will also work alongside students working in the adjacent projects on “transistor-based chemical sensors for contaminant monitoring”). 1. Physical, chemical, materials and biological characterisation of functionalisation methods, particularly surface and cell studies 2. Electrical, chemical, biochemical and physical characterisation and optimisation of functionalised ion sensors 3. Mechanical, electrical and chemical characterisation and optimisation of packaging techniques 4. Design and integration of complementary sensors (pH, temperature, compensation) to maximise reliability. 5. Adapt device design, packaging, measurement protocols for reliable, reference electrode free, operation. 6. Modelling of individual devices, packaged devices and the device-functionalisation interface.
carried out using a novel flume developed at UWA to measure erosion properties in-situ. experiments will be conducted in the Swan River determining erosion properties of the river bed at various locations. Nener, Brett, Prof Optical communications and atmospheric scintillation Disciplines: Electrical & Electronic, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Software Prerequisite skills: C, C+ and MATLAB programming necessary, Physics desirable brief description: There is a world-wide trend to use light to communicate between satellites, and from satellites to a ground-station. Light has a larger bandwidth than microwaves, it is also more secure and can use quantum methods such as quantum-key-distribution (QKD). However, one of the major limitations is the effect of the atmosphere itself on the signal-to-noise ratio due to scintillation effects. Code currently exists to simulate this effect over short distance like a few 10's of kilometers. This project will involve the improvement of the code and the testing against known results for long-range communications like low-earth-orbiting satellites (LEO). Nener, Brett, Prof Co-supervisors: Parish, Giacinta, Prof Advanced Sensing Technologies: Transistor-based biosensors Disciplines: Electrical & Electronic, Materials, Mechanical, Mechatronic Prerequisite skills: N/A Topic brief description: Students will work together on the one or more of following integrated project components (and will also work alongside students working in the adjacent projects on “transistor-based chemical sensors for contaminant monitoring”). 1. Physical, chemical, materials and biological characterisation of functionalisation methods, particularly surface and cell studies 2. Electrical, chemical, biochemical and physical characterisation and optimisation of functionalised ion sensors 3. Mechanical, electrical and chemical characterisation and optimisation of packaging techniques 4. Design and integration of complementary sensors (pH, temperature, compensation) to maximise reliability. 5. Adapt device design, packaging, measurement protocols for reliable, reference electrode free, operation. 6. Modelling of individual devices, packaged devices and the device-functionalisation interface.
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