Graduate research
Research degrees
Students with a Bachelor (or Master) of Engineering from the University of Melbourne or other institutions may apply to undertake research Masters and PhD programs.
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- Course information
- Entry requirements
- Scholarships
- How to apply
Master of Philosophy (Engineering and IT)
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering and IT)
Finding a supervisor
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Research projects recruiting students
Electron microscopy visualisation of the developing heart at single-cell resolution
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Industry-sponsored PhD position in microfluidics for drug screening applications
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Multi-scale cardiac mechanobiology and systems biology
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
The powerhouse of the cell: defining the governing laws of mitochondrial motion
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Advancing biofabrication technology through the development of improved bioinks
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
Advancing stem cell manufacturing and tissue engineering using decellularised materials
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor
Biophysics of cell adhesion: discovering how nanoscale features impact the cell response
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Ray Dagastine
Creating next-generation coatings for biomedical devices that lead to improved healing
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
Closed loop brain–machine interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel algorithms for brain computer interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel electrodes for brain computer interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel neural stimulation technologies
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode Brain Machine Interfaces: decoding movement and movement intent using a stentrode
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode stimulation: feasibility of an endovascular stimulation for monitoring excitability of brain networks
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode stimulation: long term safety and efficacy of stentrode stimulation of the brain
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Brain mapping with MRI: brain atlases with multiple topographic features
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Machine learning prediction of biological ageing of the brain and body
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Network communication in the brain
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Structure-function coupling in the connectome
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for depression
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Robin Cash
Microscopy image segmentation using machine and deep learning
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Computational systems biology and mechanobiology of heart growth
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Can we use marine based sulphated polysaccharides to create new biomimetic material technologies
Team: Brooke Farrugia
Exploring the interaction between extracellular matrix molecules that modulate tissue turnover
Team: Brooke Farrugia
Acoustic engineering: microfabrication of acoustic waveguides for non-contact microscale assembly
Team: David Collins
AI solving the mysteries in the microbial world
Team: Saman Halgamuge