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Honours projects available for study in 2008
Completing an Honours degree develops your ability to design and complete a research project relatively independently within a given time frame. Students considering honours or postgraduate studies are encouraged to make an appointment with the one of the Schools Research Degrees Coordinator, to discuss the potential research topic, and the availability of suitable supervisors.
The Faculty of Science, Health and Education currently has the following research projects on offer for both internal and external students.
School of Science and Education
| Principal supervisor |
Projects |
| Associate Professor Abigail Elizur |
- Aquaculture biotechnology – application of molecular tools to understanding biological process in commercial contexts
- The molecular basis of brain plasticity in goldfish
- The regulation of puberty in zebrafish: Promoter analysis
- Reproduction and genetics in tuna and kingfish
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| Dr Christian Jones |
- Monitoring visitor behaviour on Fraser Island using in-car interactive GPS information systems to better manage visitation numbers for environmental and economic sustainability
- Supporting child safety using online multimedia environment
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| Associate Professor Kathy Lynch |
- Virtuality in today’s education: Guidelines for tomorrow
- An investigation into pedagogies for the web: Webagogy
- The immersive nature of educational 3D simulations
- The affect of interactive displays and online resources on user behaviour: The exHMAS Brisbane Marine Park
|
| Dean McCullum |
- Quality of herbs and spices
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| Dr David McKay |
- Cloning genes in the classroom: Development of a biotechnology learning and teaching resource
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| Associate Professor Ron Neller |
- Evolution of the Mary River floodplain
- Channel (and/or sedimentary) characteristics of urban channels in subtropical settings
- Swamp dynamics on Fraser Island
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| Wayne Robinson |
- The relationship between invasive ants and depauperate spider assemblages
- The invertebrate fauna in patterned fens in the Great Sandy National Park
- Monitoring Maroochy River Recovery Program
- Invertebrate bioassessment
- Fraser Island fauna ecology
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| Dr Thomas Schlacher |
- Perceived ecological risk of recreational activities on sandy beaches
- Effects of human trampling on faunal assemblages (2 projects)
- Quantifying faunal mortalities caused by off-road vehicles on sandy beaches
- Community-wide changes of macrobenthos caused by intense 4WD traffic on sandy beaches
- Drivers of faunal zonation on sandy beaches: Anthropogenic influences versus natural factors?
- Habitat use characteristics by ghost crabs
- Bottom-up control of sandy beach organisms
- Impacts of beach grooming on sandy beach fauna
- Predator-prey dynamics on sandy beaches
- Activity patterns of Ghost Crabs
- Effects of beach camping on Ghost Crab populations
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| Dr Alison Shapcott |
- Conservation genetics and ecology of the vulnerable Macadamia Ternifolia
- Modelling the environmental habitat of vulnerable Romnalda Strobilaceae within the Sunshine Coast
- Mapping environmental weeds on Fraser Island
- Allocasuarina Emuina genetics and ecology projects
- Population ecology and species viability of endangered species Graptophyllum Reticulatum from the Maroochy Shire
- Effects of climate change on the reproduction of Romnalda species – will it lead to increased hybridisation?
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| Dr Neil Tindale |
- Atmospheric nutrient inputs to Pumicestone Passage (funding available) (field and modelling-based)
- Study of bore waters (funding available) (field-based)
- Climate and environment (computer modelling-based)
- Remote sensing and environmental modelling (mainly computer lab-based with some field validation)
- Catchments and water quality (field and analytical lab-based)
- Sustainable campus at USC (field-based)
|
| Dr Stephen Trueman |
- Developing food and habitat trees for urban koalas
- Propagation of plantation eucalypts
- Propagation of Chinese happy tree to produce the anti-cancer drug, camptothecin
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For more information please contact the School of Science and Education Research Degrees Coordinator, Dr Aaron Wiegand.
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School of Health and Sport Sciences
Principal supervisor |
Projects |
| Dr Chris Askew |
- The relationship between muscle fatigue and capillary supply in patients with peripheral arterial disease: The effect of exercise therapy.
|
| Dr Lesley Brooker |
- A scanning electron microscopic study of the shell aesthetes and ocelli in chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)
- Ultrastructure and mineral content of the radula of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)
- Molecular basis of biomineralisation in the chiton radula
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| Associate Professor Brendan Burkett, Dr Mark Sayers and Dr Rebecca Mellifont |
- Balance and stability
- Stability in the aged population
- Functional gait analysis as a screening tool for the prediction of soft tissue injury in high performance rugby players
- Sports coaching and performance enhancement
- Skill and technique development
- Defensive agility skills in rugby union
- Technological applications and development
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| Dr Fiona Burnell |
- External medical research projects in Brisbane
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| Lisa Fraser, Dr Fiona Pelly and Dr Chris Askew |
- Dietary intake, body composition and physiological health status of long-term unemployed males. Impact of a pilot health program
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| Dr Mark Holmes and Dr Fiona Pelly |
- Resting energy expenditure and body composition assessment in male athletes with cerebral palsy
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| Dr Mohammad Katouli |
- Genetic relatedness of E. coli strains isolated from patients with and without urinary tract infection
- Molecular mechanism of translocation of enterococci and their phagocytic survival
- Population structure of E. coli strains isolated from different host sources and the environment
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| Dr Fraser Russell |
- Role of calcineurin in muscle atrophy and reduced exercise tolerance in patients with peripheral arterial disease
- Regulation of Urotensin II in skeletal muscle of patients with peripheral arterial disease
- Effects of Shiga toxin 1 on renal epithelial calcineurin expression and activity
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For more information please contact the School of Health and Sport Sciences Research Degrees Coordinator, Dr Mohammad Katouli.
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