Research Projects

Centre for Environmental ManagementView all our Projects

• The effects of marine debris on Australian seabirds
  Marine debris is recognised as a key threatening process facing the Australian oceanic environment with the potential for this pollution to cause physical economic and aesthetic damage with impacts on…

Centre for Plant and Water ScienceView all our Projects

• The use of non-invasive techniques for the assessment of fruit maturation and quality
  Fruits vary in size shape color and chemical composition with this variation only partly due to variation in maturity/ripening stage. Fruit has long been graded on size shape and color…

Centre for Railway EngineeringView all our Projects

• Analytic Tools for Human Factors Evaluation of New Train Control Technologies
  Rapid advancements in train control technologies provide opportunities for rail operators to improve efficiency and enhance operations. However new technologies are a significant form of risk. Neglect of human factors…

Institute for Health and Social Science ResearchView all our Projects

• Identifying the characteristics required by clinical leaders in mental health nursing and how they are developed
  There is significant evidence to support the value of leadership in nursing. In particular its positive impact on retention and recruitment rates and on the quality of patient outcomes. However…

Institute for Resource Industries and SustainabilityView all our Projects

• The responses of grazed woodlands of Central Queensland to sustained disturbance
  The current study aims to test the following hypotheses in context of mixed Corymbia and Eucalyptus species open woodland community in coastal central Queensland : Typical of savannahs worldwide the…

School of Medical and Applied SciencesView all our Projects

• Mechanisms Linking Sedentary Behaviour to Cardiometabolic and Cancer Risks
  Rapidly increasing evidence suggests that sedentary behaviour is associated with increase health risks. However most of the studies in sedentary behaviour do not provide insight on the mechanisms that may…

Appleton InstituteView all our Projects

• Behavioural development in a unique Australian mammal: The dingo (Canis dingo)
  This project will be the first to investigate the development of behaviour in dingoes. The study a collaboration with US wolf researchers aims to establish the time-line of development of…

School of Engineering and TechnologyView all our Projects

• A Novel Hybrid Method for Solar Power Prediction
  Solar energy is judged as potential power producing resource because of its accessibility and geographical benefits in local power productions. Still a negative aspect to solar choice is its intermittent…