2008 Project Allocation

Surname, First Name

Program

Major

Mode

Topic Number

 

Topic

 

Supervisor

 

Mendis,Marina

BENG

ELECT

EXT

OWN

Functional Observer for Glucose Regulation

Paul Wen

Fraser,Mark

BENG

AGRI

ONC

08-046

Further development and design of a small seed drill

Guangnan Chen

Watt,Andrew

BENG

AGRL

ONC

OWN

Validation and/or development of a cooling grid model and testing of alternatives

Joseph Foley/David Buttsworth

Adams,Nicholas

BENG

CIVL

ONC

08-060

Pedestrianisation of Inner City Toowoomba

Trevor Drysdale

Alanne,Glen

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

Developing a Model to Predict Water main Breaks

Vasantha Aravinthan

Arnold,Matthew

BENG

CIVL

ONC

OWN

Ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundation located near slopes - an experimental study

Jim Shiau

Boskovic,Selina

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

Bioretention Basin Best Practice Design Guidelines'

Ian Brodie

Brown,Jacob

BENG

CIVL

ONC

OWN

A process for identification of the performance characteristics required for non timber structural components in timber bridges,

Santhi Santhikumar

Drysdale,Dirk

BENG

CIVL

ONC

OWN

To investigate the application of Composite Fibre Bridge Pylons regarding cross section area and the affect this has on resonance and downstream turbulence

Mark Porter/Joseph Foley

Gibson,Duane

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

14m High reinforced earth structure incorporating recycled concrete (demolished buildings from within the site)

Jim Shiau

Goodall,Joshua

BENG

CIVL

EXT

08-050

The 50kph speed limit in Residential Toowoomba

Trevor Drysdale

Hardy,Glen

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

Investigation into the performance of first flush systems for diesel engine based pollution on roof runoff

Vasantha Aravinthan/Ian Brodie

Huston,Thomas

BENG

CIVL

ONC

08-055

Investigation on Adequacy of disinfection in Toowoomba's water supply network

Vasantha Aravinthan

Jesshope,Ashlee

BENG

CIVL

ONC

08-059

Bike Tour Plan

Ron Ayers

Kikkos,Christos

BENG

CIVL

EXT

08-087

Effect of FRP debonding on the flexural behaviour of FRP - strengthened concrete

Karu Karunasena

Rohde,Craig

BENG

CIVL

ONC

Own

Water Balance Model of Farm Property under different land use

Mark Porter

Shann,Blaise

BENG

CIVL

EXT

Own

Performance and Optimisation of variable rate bitumen spraying in road construction and maintenance

  Ron Ayers

Walters,Kieren

BENG

CIVL

ONC

08-152

Volume Changes in Reactive Soil Subgrades

Ron Ayers

Wong,Kam-Ming

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

Drainage system in Civil construction work

Ian Brodie/Vasantha Aravinthan

Yu,Yu-Wah

BENG

CIVL

EXT

OWN

Pile driving analysis via dynamic loading test

Jim Shiau

Watson,Joshua

BEBS

CIVMAT

ONC

OWN

Bearing capacity of footings located near slopes

Jim Shiau

Hugo,David

BEBT

CSEACS

EXT

07-174

Speech Compression System for student feedback

Mark Phythian

Clemence,Andrew

BENG

CSYS

ONC

08-005

Investigation of IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Broadband Wireless Metropolitian Network

Wei Xiang

Crawford-Ross,Michael

BENG

CSYS

EXT

OWN

Control of Accumulator in a Continuous Processing Line

Paul Wen

Springall,Glenn

BEBS

EEECHE

ONC

08-081

Remote Testing of Power Transformers

Tony Ahfock

Maher,John

BEBB

EEEMKT

ONC

OWN

Construction of a digital wall mapper for application in mapping of caves,mineshafts etc

Sam Cubero

Campbell,Nathan

BENG

ELEC

EXT

08-066

Future Domestic Kighting - CFLs or LEDs?

David Parsons

Gardner,Craig

BENG

ELEC

EXT

OWN

Carbon Nanotubes as potentially a more effective material for photovoltaic converters and a material for renewable energy storage capacitors.

Tony Ahfock

Kruger,Damien

BENG

ELEC

EXT

OWN

Modelling and Analysing the Quilpie Duplex SWER system

Tony Ahfock

Menetrier,Paul

BENG

ELEC

EXT

OWN

Machine vision based traffic monitoring

John Billingsley

Muorwel,Reec

BENG

ELEC

ONC

OWN

Remotely Controlled Material handling conveyor Belt

Tony Ahfock

Parry,Aaron

BENG

ELEC

ONC

OWN

Remote Aerial Data Acquisition and Capture Project (RADAC)

Alexander Kist

Pijpers,Louis

BENG

ELEC

ONC

OWN

Design, build and testing of an automatic microprocessor - controlled BMX stargate.

Mark Phythian

Scoines,Barry

BENG

ELEC

EXT

OWN

Electric Drive Conversion

Ron Sharma

Sippel,Brendon

BENG

ELEC

ONC

08-180

Impact of replacing large numbers of incandescence lamps by Compact Fluorescent Lamps on the quality of conventional power supply

Ron Sharma

Smith,Wayne

BENG

ELEC

ONC

08-093

The Development of a General-purpose AVR controller

Sam Cubero

Steffensen,Lane

BENG

ELEC

ONC

OWN

Bluetooth Communication System "Mansell Neonatal Retrieval System"

John Leis

Vel,Colin Ralph

BENG

ELEC

EXT

08-075

Real-time control system based on unreliable network links

Paul Wen

Donohue,Rachael

BENG

ENVR

ONC

08-109

High precision dam water depth monitoring using a "Bubbler" arrangement

Joseph Foley

Francis,Andrew

BENG

ENVR

EXT

08-114

Management of low volume roads

David Thorpe

Mead,Nicola

BEBB

ENVR

ONC

08-056

Study of domestic water end use using smart metering system

Vasantha Aravinthan/Mark Porter

Carpenter,Daniel

BENG

MECH

EXT

OWN

A Program for Aerodynamic Analysis of Subsonic Aircraft 

Chris Snook

Cecil,Travis

BENG

MECH

ONC

08-127

Investigate the best percentage by weight of glass powder, as fillers, in phenolic resins using tensile tests

Harry Ku

Cleary,Edward

BENG

MECH

ONC

08-102

Pulsed Liquid Jet for Rock Fracture

David Buttsworth

Corsan,Scott

BENG

MECH

ONC

08-033

Engine performance

Chris Snook

Emerson,John

BENG

MECH

EXT

08-128

The effect of the compression ratio on the engine performance using LPG gasoline fuel for SI engine

Talal Yusaf

Kitto,Craig

BENG

MECH

ONC

OWN

Finite element analysis of welded joints

Chris Snook

Kliese,Joshua

BENG

MECH

ONC

08-136

Coal mill rejects system design review

Bob Fulcher

Lamari,Alfio

BENG

MECH

EXT

OWN

Rolling stock bearing condition monitoring

Bob Fulcher

Mun,Wing

BENG

MECH

ONC

OWN

Prolems that occur in carbide product manufacturing especially in grinding and wire EDM process

Harry Ku

Padda,Ranjit

BENG

MECH

ONC

OWN

Wind Force on double layer screen, as different porosities and spacings

Ahmad Sharifian

Steinhardt,Daniel

BENG

MECH

ONC

08-175

Design of variable speek gearbox with in-built clutch mechanism

Guangnan Chen

Wong,Sze Kwan Steve

BENG

MECH

EXT

OWN

Nitrocarburising in Salt Bath Nitrocarburising process with SUM24L Raw material parts

Harry Ku

Yavu,Isei

BENG

MECH

EXT

OWN

Fracture toughness of sawdust reinforced phenolic composites

Harry Ku

Yeung,WaiMing

BENG

MECH

EXT

OWN

Confirmation Program of Safety Inspection (CPSI) for lifts

Bob Fulcher

Zhong,Xiao Liang

BENG

MECH

ONC

OWN

The fractured surface analysis of phenolic composites using optical microscope

Harry Ku

Zong,Xuejin

BENG

MECH

ONC

OWN

Investigate the best percentage by weight of glass powder as fillers in phenolic resins using flexural tests.

Harry Ku

Torr,Matthew

BEBB

MECHRM

ONC

OWN

Design of system to extract dam water below dead water level

Ahmad Sharifian

Carden,Scott

BENG

MECT

ONC

08-038

Design and build an Anti gravity arm support

Selvan Pather

Major,Bryce

BEBB

MECT

ONC

OWN

RFID tag readers (Dairy)

John Billingsley

Passier,Jaek

BENG

MECT

ONC

08-118

SAE Car electronic engine management

Chris Snook/John Leis

Prasser,Nathan

BENG

MECT

ONC

08-036

Design and Build a computer based system to assess and exercise the arm movements of stroke patients

Selvan Pather

Salomon,David

BENG

MECT

ONC

08-073

Position control using digital servo system

Paul Wen

Curran,Liam

BSPS

SURV

ONC

OWN

Productivity increases that can be achieved through the use of modern GNSS systems in post processed surveys

Peter Gibbings/Glenn Campbell

Day,Anthony

BSPS

SURV

EXT

OWN

The causes and implications of the surveyor skills shortage

Glenn Campbell/Shane Simmons

Dorahy,William

BSPS

SURV

ONC

OWN

A comparison of remotely sensed terrestrial spatial information

Frank Young/Xiaoye Liu

Heng,FookHai

BSPS

SURV

EXT

OWN

3D Terrestrial Laser Imaging

Frank Young/Xiaoye Liu

Hetherington,Christopher

BSPS

SURV

EXT

OWN

Effectiveness of
RTK GNSS

Peter Gibbings/Glenn Campbell

Kelman,Oliver

BSPS

SURV

ONC

OWN

Measuring and monitoring of silos using laser scanning and total stations

Kevin McDougall/Shane Simmons

Mayo,Benjamin Marc

BSPS

SURV

EXT

OWN

A review of a cadastral boundary adjustment software package

Glenn Campbell/Peter Gibbings

Maruping, Pako Omogolo BENG METC ONC 08-034 The Design and Construction of a Large scale- force feedback for the use in Physiotherapy Selvan Pather
Whiteford,Mark BENG CIVL   08-111 Relationship Contracting David Thorpe
Shekhar,Shashi BENG MECH   08-124 Flexural strength of sawdust reinforced phenolic composites Harry Ku
Baeti,Kabelo BEBB MECH&LOG  ONC OWN Remote Actuation of a valve Sam Cubero
Stevenson,Cameron BEBB SftEng&IT ONC OWN Improving Information management and Project Proposal Automation

David Ross (CEED)

Treloyn,Randall CRUG Elect EXT 08-001 Software modelling of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) 802.11 Wei Xiang
Georgiou,Peter CRUG Computer Systems EXT 08-171  Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Controller Mark Phythian
Strong,Simon BENG MECH EXT 08-166 Design of a small wind turbine Jayantha Epaarachchi
Jamie Black BSPS Surveying EXT OWN Validation of the Sydnet, Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) for use in GPS Surveying

Peter Gibbings/Glenn Campbell

Thompson,Robert GDGS GIS EXT OWN Centreline Tools Upgrade Xiaoye Liu
Samuel Cech BSPS SURV EXT OWN Surveyor-General's Rules for Cadastral Survey 2008 Glenn Campbell/Shane Simmons
Brian Kenna BENG MECH EXT 08-086 Water leakage assessment - Ipswich City David Thorpe
Adam Jones BENG Computer Systems EXT 08-009 Face recognition based biometric security authentication systems Wei Xiang
Geoffrey Long GDGS GIS EXT 08-010 Land use/Lan cover mapping from SPOTS image Xiaoye Liu
Scott Taylor BSPS EXT OWN Direct I.P with the Promark 3 Kevin McDougall/Peter Gibbings
Peter Miller BENG ELECT EXT 08-173 Two wheeled balancing Robot Mark Phythian
Gavin Kellett BENG Computer Systems EXT 08-137 Production and Operations Management Bob Fulcher
Andrew Heine BENG MECH EXT OWN Investigation into developing and maintaining clean drift eliminators for natural draft counter flow cooling towers at Stanwell Power Station David Ross
Jason Steger BSPS SURV EXT OWN Deriving coordinate transfoundation parameters for survey coordinate systems in the ACT Kevin McDougall/Shane Simmons
Michael Shellshear BENG CIV ONC OWN Stormwater treatment using chitosan Ian Brodie
Nair Mahesh BENG ELECT EXT OWN Automatic ECG beat detection and classification based on time frequency analysis John Billingsley
Pesalili Fotuaikataane Tu'iano BENG CIV ONC 08-058 Behaviour and design of thin-walled concrete-filled steel filled tubular columns with local buckling effects Stephen Liang
Robert Nixon BENG MECH ONC 08-126 Investigate the best percentage by weight of glass powder as fillers in phenolic resin using 3 point bending test Harry Ku/Steven Goh
Scott Morrison BSPS SURV EXT OWN Mapping for Mountain Bike Trail Condition and Sustainability Frank Young/Armando Apan
Mike Sawchuk BENG MECH ONC Flexural strengths of SLG - reinforced phenolic composites used in microwaves Harry Ku
Ben Tart BSPS SURV EXT OWN Simulation of GPS data in satellite navigation equipment Kevin McDougall/Shane Simmons
Timothy Taylor BENG CIV EXT OWN Assessment of Operating speed along curvlinear road alignments Trevor Drysdale
Andrew McLean BSPS SURV EXT 08-137 Production and Operations Management Bob Fulcher
Zayne Ole BENG CIV ONC OWN Railway Track stability and buckling Ron Ayers
Simon Paech BENG/BSC ELECT EXT OWN Human Electromagnetic Radiation exposure David Parsons
Leigh Coaker BSPS EXT OWN How to spatial cadastral databases coordinates hold for re-establishment using GPS Kevin McDougall/Shane Simmons
Michael Bissett BSPS EXT OWN RTK GPS and its suitability to cadastral surveys using with conventional instruments software and data issues

Glenn Campbell

Tom Marais BSPS SURV EXT OWN VRS in South Africa Peter Gibbings/Glenn Campbell
Bruce Harris GDCS OWN South East Queensland Waterways - Land Use and Scope Analysis Badri Basnet
Richard Houghton BENG CIV EXT OWN Assess Impact of Tailings Subsidence on Rehabilitation Landform erosional stability Jim Shiau
Foster Lear BENG MECH EXT OWN Hoist system for small boat stacker David Ross
Brenton Stenning BSPS SURV EXT OWN Reflectorless Total Station Applications Zhenyu Zhang
David Waldock BENG CIV EXT OWN The maintenance of "movement continuity" within structural concrete beamsteps and points of possible  discontinuity Thiru Aravinthan
Paul Vincec BENG CIV EXT OWN Feasibility study: Into the design, effectiveness and limitations of installing raingardens within an inner urban environment Ian Brodie
YEO Wai Choy, Barney Sam Cubero
OON Jit Peng BENG ELEC EXT 08-135

The Different Roles of Engineers: A Comparative Review of Senior Managers, Middle Managers, Technical Specialists' Attributes

Steven Goh
Daniel Whitehouse BENG CIV ONC 08-053 USQ Travel Options Plan Trevor Drysdale
Josef Seiler BENG ENV EXT 08-110 Non-price factors in selection of contractors for engineering works David Thorpe
Damian Howard BSPS SURV EXT OWN The movement of Boundaries Shane Simmons
Kieren Davis BENG ENV EXT 07-040 GIS based model to predict the quality of urban runoff Ian Brodie

Pickford,Jeffrey

BSPS

SURV

ONC

OWN

How to establish map projections to facilitate the use of GPS on ground bases surveys

Peter Gibbings/Glenn Campbell