Available Research Projects
STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy offers a variety of Honours, Masters, PhD and Summer Research projects for students interested in joining the research groups of Prof. Joanne Etheridge, Prof. Laure Bourgeois, A/Prof. Matthew Weyland or Dr Tim Petersen.
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| Atomic-scale mechanisms of precipitation in alloys This project aims to better understand how solute atoms in aluminium alloys gather to nucleate and grow precipitates. This is important for the optimisation and design of aluminium alloys with higher performance and greater sustainability. The project will focus on determining atomic-scale mechanisms through a combination of transmission electron microscopy and computational modelling.  | Dr Nikhil Medhekar, Computational Materials Laboratory |
Effect of microalloying additions on the stability and evolution of voids in aluminium This project will look at the relationship between the void surface structure and chemistry and how voids grow under different heating or mechanical conditions. The project will involve a variety of transmission electron microscopy techniques (imaging, diffraction, spectroscopies, in situ) and processing of aluminium alloys.
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| Electronic structure of voids and solid-state precipitates in alloys | |
Plasmonics of designer anti-nanostructures This project will look at designing and building nanochannel configurations in thin TEM specimens of aluminium and characterising their plasmonic response through electron energy loss spectroscopy.
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| Quantitative Electron Tomography | A/Prof. Matthew Weyland |
| Quantitative Spectroscopy at the Atomic Scale | A/Prof. Matthew Weyland |
| Revealing the atoms that control performance in photoactive perovskites | Prof. Joanne Etheridge |
Further details on these projects can be found at the Faculty of Engineering Research Project Directory.
Any interested candidate is strongly encouraged to consult the Monash Graduate Research website.