Postgraduate Research
For postgraduate student researchers we provide scholarships for important research within the automotive industry. Students involved in the program can expect to:
- work with some of the best researchers in the world
- connect with industry participants who are keen to assist them
- have professional development opportunities in a range of skills
- have technical development opportunities that are relevant to their field
- develop worldwide professional networks
- be an important part of the most innovative industry in the world
AutoCRC has over 70 postgraduate research projects being conducted.
Students are working on a broad range of interesting topics significant to the automotive industry in Australia.
See below for details of each individual project within the given research themes.
- Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing
- Powertrains, Fuels and Emissions
- Safety and Intelligent Vehicle Systems
- Virtual Design & Manufacturing
Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing
MaterialsC1-501: Stamp Forming of Lightweight, Recyclable Composite Materials
C1-502: Fatigue Behaviour of Magnesium and Titanium Alloys
C1-505: Development of Novel Crash Structures
C1-506: Metal Foam Core Sandwich/Tubular Structures for Automotive Applications
C1-507: Developing Lightweight Vehicle Structures
C1-508: Developing Lightweight Vehicle Structures 2
C1-509: Development of Gradient Index Optical Coatings by Plasma Polymerisation
C1-510: The Development of Advanced Adhesives based upon Nanoadditives
C1-512: Ultrastrong Polymer Nanocomposites for Future Automobiles
C1-514: Reliability-Based Optimization Design of Lightweight Composite Car Structure
Sustainable Manufacturing
C1-16: Functional Design Optimisation of a Powerfold Mechanism for Vehicle Side Mirror Actuation
C1-503: Combined Cold Expansion and Localized Severe Plastic Deformation on Fastener Holes
C1-513: Low Pressure Hydroforming of Advanced Steels
Powertrains, Fuels and Emissions
Electric VehiclesC2-25: Master Controller for an In Wheel Electric Vehicle
Alternative Fuels
C2-505: The Role of Porous Ceramics in Homogenization of High Pressure Diesel Fuel Spray Combustion
Other
C2-23: Lightweight Modular Vehicle Platform
C2-23: Lightweight Modular Vehicle Platform Structure Optimisation
C2-23: Lightweight Modular Vehicle Platform
C2-23: Surface Engineering of Hybrid Joints for Sub Assembly
C2-504: End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling
Safety and Intelligent Vehicle Systems
Human Factors and HMIC3-04: A Complete Real-time Speech Recognition System on a Single Low-cost FPGA
C3-23: Tactile and Combined Modality Displays for In-Vehicle Human Machine Interface Applications
C3-501: Smart Seat for Monitoring Drivers Attentive State and Detecting Early Sign of Fatigue
C3-502: Automatic Audio Visual Speech Recognition in Vehicles
ITS Wireless
C3-505: Reliable Wireless Ad-Hoc Network for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication
C3-506: Wireless Technology for Reliable In-Vehicle Communication
ITS Models
C3-509: Information Theoretical Analysis of Data Flow in Vehicular Networks
C3-514: Self-Organizing Ad-Hoc Information Overlays in Dynamic Situations
C3-516: Adaptive Service Oriented Architecture for Context-Aware Vehicle Systems
C3-517: Adaptive Context-Aware Automotive Software Systems
C3-806: Intelligent Vehicle System for Traffic Management
Virtual Design & Manufacturing
C4-03: Ontology-Based Representation and Integration of Engineering Design Processes and Artefacts
C4-04: Modelling of Fatigue Cracking in MIG-Welded Automotive Steel Structure
C4-501: Safe and Reliable Integration and Deployment Architectures for Automotive Software Systems
C4-502: Smart Explanatory and Advisory Functionality in KBS for Manufacturing Design
C4-503: Performance of Fluid-Structure Interaction based on Analytical and Computational Techniques
C4-508: Multicriterion Optimisation of an Automotive Seat Adjuster Mechanism
C4-509: Dependability Optimization on Architectural Level of System Design
C4-510: Fusion of the Voice and Face Biometrics for Automatic Driver Authentication & Identification