Burning characteristics of solid combustibles in fire investigation. Predictive fire models are increasingly being considered to analyse fire events. Nevertheless, the burning characteristics of solid combustibles relevant to household and industrial fires are yet to be thoroughly understood and described. This project focuses on the development of novel and innovative predictive fire models by incorporating a more comprehensive analysis of the combustion process of solid fuel, and directly link ....Burning characteristics of solid combustibles in fire investigation. Predictive fire models are increasingly being considered to analyse fire events. Nevertheless, the burning characteristics of solid combustibles relevant to household and industrial fires are yet to be thoroughly understood and described. This project focuses on the development of novel and innovative predictive fire models by incorporating a more comprehensive analysis of the combustion process of solid fuel, and directly linking the chemistry with particular volatiles emitted from the solid combustibles. These volatiles are regarded as being game-changing for fire engineering design assessments for a wide range of high temperature conditions in different settings and configurations.Read moreRead less
Characterization of Fast Propagating Fires in Green Buildings. This project aims to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of fast-propagating fires and to address the deficiency in current fire models in assessing the fire safety requirement of green buildings. Although there are many compelling advantages associated with green building designs, because they promote better natural ventilation they could pose a significant fire hazard to occupants due to the propensity of rapid fire and s ....Characterization of Fast Propagating Fires in Green Buildings. This project aims to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of fast-propagating fires and to address the deficiency in current fire models in assessing the fire safety requirement of green buildings. Although there are many compelling advantages associated with green building designs, because they promote better natural ventilation they could pose a significant fire hazard to occupants due to the propensity of rapid fire and smoke spread within the enclosed space. The new predictive fire model in this project is expected to promote a safer and sustainable building environment.Read moreRead less
Interaction of light with tissues: A hyper-spectral approach . This project aims to address an important problem of noncontact assessment of tissue including skin and cartilage. By using extremely wide spectrum – between the terahertz and the near infrared – the effects of scattering and absorption arising from the variation of tissue properties from macro- to nano-scale will be explored. Spatial variations of tissue properties will be addressed in model and experiment by combining spectroscopy ....Interaction of light with tissues: A hyper-spectral approach . This project aims to address an important problem of noncontact assessment of tissue including skin and cartilage. By using extremely wide spectrum – between the terahertz and the near infrared – the effects of scattering and absorption arising from the variation of tissue properties from macro- to nano-scale will be explored. Spatial variations of tissue properties will be addressed in model and experiment by combining spectroscopy with the novel terahertz and mid-infrared Scanning Near field Optical Microscopy. The outcomes will advance fundamental understanding of light interaction with multi-layered tissues. This will provide a tool for advancing bioengineering research, terahertz technology, and development in biomedical devices.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210101549
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$395,775.00
Summary
A virtual platform for animal–human inhalation toxicity extrapolation. This project aims to remove the long-lasting barrier in extrapolating data from animals to humans by developing an integrated virtual platform. This project expects to fully resolve inhalation exposure differences in nasal airways between commonly used animal surrogates and humans, which could lay scientific underpinnings in developing rigorous interspecies data conversion schemes. Expected outcomes include a versatile inhala ....A virtual platform for animal–human inhalation toxicity extrapolation. This project aims to remove the long-lasting barrier in extrapolating data from animals to humans by developing an integrated virtual platform. This project expects to fully resolve inhalation exposure differences in nasal airways between commonly used animal surrogates and humans, which could lay scientific underpinnings in developing rigorous interspecies data conversion schemes. Expected outcomes include a versatile inhalation exposure risk assessment tool that can be implemented for any airway compartment, enhanced reliability of animal tests, reduced number of animals for testing. This should provide significant benefits in improving occupational health and safety and promoting National/International regulatory changes. Read moreRead less
Particle segregation and dynamics in inertial microfluidics systems. This project aims to produce microfluidic devices suitable for high-throughput cell sorting and cellular therapy in the biopharmaceutical industry. This project will combine state-of-the-art experimental approaches with advanced modelling techniques to design and develop the new generation of filtration systems for the pharmaceutical industry. The knowledge and models developed in this project will assist design and development ....Particle segregation and dynamics in inertial microfluidics systems. This project aims to produce microfluidic devices suitable for high-throughput cell sorting and cellular therapy in the biopharmaceutical industry. This project will combine state-of-the-art experimental approaches with advanced modelling techniques to design and develop the new generation of filtration systems for the pharmaceutical industry. The knowledge and models developed in this project will assist design and development of a unique platform for scalable, high-throughput, low-cost and continuous cell separation.Read moreRead less
Complex Multiscale Systems: Modeling, Analysis and Scientific Computation. This project aims to develop and implement a systematic approach, both analytic and computational, to extract compact, accurate, system level models of complex physical and engineering systems. The wide ranging methodology is to construct computationally efficient "wrappers" around fine scale, microscopic, detailed descriptions of dynamical systems (particle or molecular simulation, or partial differential equations or la ....Complex Multiscale Systems: Modeling, Analysis and Scientific Computation. This project aims to develop and implement a systematic approach, both analytic and computational, to extract compact, accurate, system level models of complex physical and engineering systems. The wide ranging methodology is to construct computationally efficient "wrappers" around fine scale, microscopic, detailed descriptions of dynamical systems (particle or molecular simulation, or partial differential equations or lattice equations). Comprehensively accounting for multiscale interactions between subgrid processes among macroscale variations ensures stability and accuracy. Based on dynamical systems theory and analysis, this approach is expected to empower systematic analysis and understanding for optimal macroscopic simulation for forthcoming exascale computing.Read moreRead less
Accurate modelling of large multiscale dynamical systems for engineering and scientific simulation and analysis. In current modelling the underlying microscopic mechanisms are known, but the closures to translate microscale knowledge to a system level macroscopic description are rarely available. The project's computational methodologies will circumvent this stumbling block to radically change the modelling, exploration and understanding of complex systems.
Optimal discrete-valued control strategies: A new direction in nonlinear optimal control. The field of optimal control is concerned with finding ways to manipulate systems in the best possible manner. The latest research in optimal control focuses primarily on systems in which the input variables are continuous-valued, yet many real-world systems are controlled via discrete input variables that assume values from a finite set - such as "On/Off", "Open/Closed", "Gear 1/2/3". This project will rev ....Optimal discrete-valued control strategies: A new direction in nonlinear optimal control. The field of optimal control is concerned with finding ways to manipulate systems in the best possible manner. The latest research in optimal control focuses primarily on systems in which the input variables are continuous-valued, yet many real-world systems are controlled via discrete input variables that assume values from a finite set - such as "On/Off", "Open/Closed", "Gear 1/2/3". This project will revolutionise the field of optimal control through the development of new theory and computational tools for optimising discrete input variables in constrained nonlinear systems. The new results will be applied to solve critical problems in the areas of shale-gas extraction, chromatography, pipeline transportation, and micro-robots.Read moreRead less