Many research projects offered in the School of Applied Sciences reflect the
interdisciplinary nature of the school, and higher degree students will have
the support of a small group of advisors with relevant areas of expertise,
chosen from within or outside the school as appropriate.
Research may be undertaken in any of the following applied science areas:
air quality and atmospheric sciences (including regional and
trans-boundary haze, air quality issues in South East Asia, the indoor
environment, urban air pollution); analytical spectroscopy (brown coal
fly ash, transport fuels and oils, low cost instrumentation); biocontrol
(of mosquitoes using Culicinomyces); biodiversity (in production and
constructed environments, use of revegetation by fauna, wetlands);
environmental management (systems development and application in
industry and commerce, environmental communication and reporting); food
microbiology (aerobic spore-forming thermophilic bacteria in foods);
mathematics and applied statistics (mathematical modelling, discrete
mathematics and computer science applications, experimental design and
statistical modelling); mathematics and science learning (applications
of new technology to distance education, interactive multi-media learning
materials), soil science (biosolids as fertilisers, soil microbiology,
iron reducing bacteria, thermophilic bacteria in pine bark composting);
sports physiology; wastewater (from brown coal).
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