The Academy joint PhD research projects are well defined and developed by a collaborative team of researchers at UQ and IITD. Selected PhD students working on a project will be supervised by a joint supervision team of UQ and IITD academics.
To apply, select a ’Position Open’ project. You can nominate up to two projects in your EOI form.
Employing polyfluorocarbons, this project will explore direct access to diverse organic architectures from multiple coupling partners in cascade style-reaction. The project will lead to new synthetic protocols for the reuse of waste fluorocarbons as low-cost resources in synthetic chemistry.
This project will investigate food environments in urban locations with a projected outcome to inform policy create a healthy sustainable food environment within these settings.
The project involves the design, synthesis, and characterization of new organic photocatalysts for application in developing new sustainable synthetic protocols, and understanding their catalytic mechanisms by experimental and theoretical investigations.
Accurate numerical modeling of structures under extreme loads is costly due to the detail needed for capturing localised failure modes. This project aims to develop a hybrid physics-informed ML-finite element approach for efficient and cost-effective analysis of large structures under extreme loads.
This study explores campus design at Indian and Australian technical institutes, analysing historical contexts, contemporary practices, and future frameworks to enhance liveability, sustainability, and imageability through case studies, empirical research, and stakeholder engagement
The project investigates the integration of techniques from agriculture, such as farming into the roof and wall constructions of buildings. It aims to demonstrate the environmental and financial benefits of improved building energy efficiency and food security in urban spaces.
In this project, we will develop a 3D interface-resolved CFD model of ultrasound and shock-driven cavitation in tissues. Our objective is to obtain insights into the microscopic details of the tissue ablation process during ultrasound-based non-invasive therapies through high-resolution simulations.
The project explores generative AI, particularly LLMs, to enhance telehealth in regional & remote areas of Australia and India. Focusing on cross-country learning, it addresses responsible implementation and ethical, privacy, and governance issues to ensure safe, effective, and equitable healthcare.
The project will assess intratumoral heterogeneity and the effectiveness of immunotherapy regimens on patient-derived 3D models in recurrent and metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, aiming to identify potential therapeutic targets and provide personalized cancer care to patients.
The proposed project will analyse key macro trends including shifts in regional energy systems, global commodity prices, supply and demand dynamics, and geopolitical shifts to understand how the Critical Minerals Investment Partnership between India and Australia is being operationalised.