Center for Environmental Management (CEM)
The Centre is well known for undertaking research and consultancies for large and small businesses and government organisations in all major areas related to environmental management, regional economics and social development.
Ecotoxicology & Industrial Waters
- Industrial water quality
- Investigation of algal bloom & toxin producing species
- Use of biomarkers for assessing environmental harm
Freshwater Ecology
- Monitoring of rivers health & water quality
- Assessment of biodiversity for macro-invertebrates, aquatic plant, fish and algae
- Assessment of aquatic weeds and spray regimes
Terrestrial, Marine & Coastal Ecology
- Testing of effluent and industrial discharge
- Seagrass, mangrove macro-invertebrate and fish assemblage assessment
- Fisheries research
- Coral reef mapping and health assessment
- Surveys and management of wildlife and conservation listed flora and fauna
- Industrial impact on terrestrial ecosystems
Environmental Economics & Sustainable Regional Development
Centre Plant and Water Science (CPWS)
The Centre is a recognised provider of expertise in the areas of:
- Bioengineering and treatment of drinking, rain and wastewaters
- Subsurface irrigation systems
- Quality food and integrated production systems
- Revegetation of industrial sites and landfills
- Biofuel production
- Sociology of food and agriculture
Centre for Railway Engineering (CRE)
The internationally recognised Centre has a broad expertise covering all major areas of needs of the railway industry:
- Train, wagon and bogie dynamics
- Finite Element Modelling of vehicle and track components
- Wheel/rail interface mechanics
- Derailment simulation
- Intelligent train control systems
- Engineering Materials Damage Analysis and Fatigue Life Assessment
- Dynamic analysis of rail track and civil infrastructure
- Soil erosion and drainage control on rail corridors
- Bush Fire Risk Management in railway corridors
The Centre has capabilities and expertise in the development of industrial and commercial ready products and technologies
Centre for Intelligent and Networked Systems (CINS)
Staff of the recently established Centre have extensive expertise in the development of ICT solutions for a variety of needs of the transportation, manufacturing and resource industry sectors:
- Automated control for manufacturing systems
- Robotics systems for industrial applications
- Supply chain management
- Transportation scheduling
- Automation of distributed power systems
- Development of simulation software for staff training
- Networked intelligent monitoring systems
Process Engineering and Light Metals Centre (PELM)
The Centre has a team of internationally respected research personnel, advanced analytical and experimental facilities and draws on the research strengths of academics throughout the university and partner organisations. The Centre directions include
- Industrial materials reliability including corrosion testing and fracture and fatigue analysis
- Engineering asset management including flow and process simulation, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, material flow characterisation, thermodynamics and sustainable energy technologies
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Industrial Processes
Power Engineering Research Group (PERG)
Research directions of the Power Engineering Research Group focus on future of electricity generation, transmission and distribution in its many forms such as:
Business Research Group
Specific areas of research of the Business Group are driven by industrial needs in securing access to adequate human and other resources, suppliers and new markets to remain competitive
- Regional Labour Markets, Workforce Development & Human Resource Management
- Regional Business Development
- Valuations including land and property
- Assessment of impacts of Emission Training Scheme
