Current projects
Graduate researchers and supervisors at the Melbourne and Manchester Graduate Research Group are able to work on exciting projects from a vast range of disciplines. Below are the research projects that are currently being undertaken by Melbourne and Manchester Graduate Research Group members.
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Relationship between auditory processing, speech processing, language processing, and cognitive abilities in typically developing children
This project will investigate the causes of listening difficulties in typically-developing school-aged children.
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Epigenomic monitoring of residual disease in melanoma using liquid biopsies
This research project will investigate the potential of circulating tumour DNA to monitor melanoma management and its potential for personalised treatments.
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Creative economy entrepreneurs and market research
A research project exploring how creative economy entrepreneurs use and omit market research.
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Differentiating the causes of observed listening deficit in children
To develop a combined approach, in conjunction with cognitive test scores, to better understand the cause of listening deficit in children.
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A water-abundant urbanism? The new urban water profiles of Beijing and Tianjin
A research project exploring water flows and use in the water-scarce northern Chinese megacities Beijing and Tianjin.
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Hygienic citizenship: Shifting cultures of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation
A research project exploring current and emerging patterns in practices of cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation in Beijing and Tianjin,
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Improving energy outputs from flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters
This project will investigate 3D printing to produce fluoropolymers with nanomaterials that impart different electrostatic interactions to produce increased piezoelectricity.
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A novel graphene and silicon nanoparticle hybrid anode material for Li-ion batteries
This project will develop novel graphene and silicon nanoparticle hybrid anode for Li-ion and Li-S batteries.
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Assembling China’s Aid/Development Practice Through Mobile Policy ‘Sharing’ Of Chinese Special Economic Zones Along The Belt And Road
This project will explore elements and impacts of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s special economic zones.
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Resolving the spatiotemporal events controlling effector T cell responses during malaria
This project is looking for new strategies to therapeutically reinvigorate CD4+ T cells during malaria.
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Development of advanced porous materials and processes for hydrogen/methane separation under the natural gas pipeline conditions
This project explores how to develop efficient technologies to separate H2 from H2/CH4 pipeline mixtures at low temperatures.
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Mycocyclosin-based photoaffinity probes
This project will explore the molecular target of mycocyclosin to develop new targets for anti-TB drugs creation.
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Standardising carbon neutrality in delivery of complex projects
This project will explore which combination of decarbonisation strategies offers the best trade-off between operational emissions, embodied emissions and cost.
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Microscale fluid dynamics around coral surfaces
This project will develop a new biophysical approach to coral studies, integrating mathematical modelling, numerical simulations and lab-on-chip experiments.
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Making up the global city: the financing and governing of urban infrastructural futures
This project will seek to understand the ‘global’ aspirations of urban actors and how these are materialised through transport infrastructure projects.
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Identifying cellular and physiological factors associated with sub-clinical ocular inflammation and discomfort
This project will investigate the diurnal features of ocular surface immune cells.
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Creative industry policy transfer to Asian countries: Exploring the role of UNESCO and the British Council
This project is considering the global spread of cultural and creative industry policy.
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Nanostructured membranes for selective toxic gas separation
This project will focus on the preparation and characterisation of novel polymers and polymer nanocomposites
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Cloud-aerosol-meteorology interactions in shallow convection: Comparing the Southern Ocean against the North Atlantic
This project will characterise the properties of shallow convective clouds to examine how they vary under different conditions.
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Precipitation in shallow convection: Comparing the Southern Ocean against the North Atlantic
This project seeks to understand precipitation characteristics and processes over oceans, with a focus on open and closed MCC systems.
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A novel future ion therapy accelerator
This project will conduct a study of a compact accelerator that offers rapid variation of p, He and C ions in a single accelerator.
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The Sino-Japanese infrastructural rivalry in Kenyan port cities: a (geo)political ecology of competing regimes of production of spaces and mobilities
This project will conduct a comparative study of specific infrastructure projects in two Kenyan port cities.
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Real-life benefits of hearing-preservation cochlear implantation (HPCI) in children
This project will research and measure the benefits of preserved acoustic hearing in children with cochlear implants.
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Multi-criteria Automatic Algorithm Configuration under Streaming Problem Instances
This project will assist in the development of new and improved automated configuration tools.
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Selection and Management of Groundwater Arsenic Remediation Approaches for Improved Water Security in Northern India
This project will develop robust selection criteria and management techniques for remediating groundwater pollution in Northern India.
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Precision water and nutrient management to support sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems
This project will develop new data-driven methods to manage the input of water and nutrients in farming.
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Safeguard or Constraint? An ethical analysis of the Criteria for the Treatment of Gender Diverse Minors
This project will analyse the ethical issues surrounding minors’ eligibility to access to gender affirming treatment.
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Physical activity pre- and post-total knee replacement, using NHS and consumer health and fitness tracker data
This project will assess the impact of total knee replacement theory on mobility by leveraging the technology of fitness trackers.