Available projects in a sub-area
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Applications are now open for the scholarships listed in the tables below.
| Learning autonomous endoscope control strategy in surgical robotics | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3955 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Elahe Abdi Email: elahe.abdi@monash.edu Research profile: Dr Elahe Abdi |
| Prerequisites Desirable skills and experience:
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| Additional details Applicants may be required to attend an interview. |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Machine learned models of skin-friction under variation in pressure gradient development | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3956 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr. Callum Atkinson Email: callum.atkinson@monash.edu Research profile: Dr. Callum Atkinson |
| Prerequisites By the start of the project, applicants should have completed 2nd and 3rd year units in Fluid/Aerodynamics and 3rd units on Numerial Methods/Machine Learning |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Numerical Study of Edge Repair Using Laser-Directed Energy Deposition | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3957 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Prof Wenyi Yan Email: wenyi.yan@monash.edu Research profile: Prof Wenyi Yan |
| Prerequisites MMA4001 or MEC4426 Students undertaking this project should have a sound knowledge of thermodynamics and solid mechanics, as well as an interest in computational simulation. |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Wavepacket scaling laws for supersonic jets | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3959 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Daniel Edgington-Mitchell Email: daniel.mitchell@monash.edu Research profile: Dr Daniel Edgington-Mitchell |
| Prerequisites MAE2402 or equivalent. |
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| Additional details Interview required if student is not already engaged with Shock Lab. |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Characterisation of Dissimilar Metal Weldments | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3961 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Professor Mahmoud Mostafavi Email: mahmoud.mostafavi@monash.edu Research profile: Professor Mahmoud Mostafavi |
| Prerequisites N/A |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Mean flow modification and resonance processes | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3963 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr. Soudeh Mazharmanesh Email: soudeh.mazharmanesh@monash.edu Research profile: Dr. Soudeh Mazharmanesh |
| Prerequisites Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Thermal-Barrier Design for Titanium Cranial Implants | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3964 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Yuman Zhu; Prof. Aijun Huang Email: yuman.zhu@monash.edu Research profile: Dr Yuman Zhu; Prof. Aijun Huang |
| Prerequisites Mechanical, materials, biomedical, mechatronics or related engineering; heat-transfer/materials fundamentals. CAD/FEA and MATLAB/Python are desirable, not essential. Training provided. |
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| Additional details Applicants may be interviewed. This is a non-clinical engineering project. Laboratory work requires local OHS inductions and approved materials. |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Lidar-assisted drone stabilisation in GPS-denied environments | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3965 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Hoam Chung Email: hoam.chung@monash.edu Research profile: Dr Hoam Chung |
| Prerequisites No prerequisites |
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| Additional details Applicants may be required to attend an interview. Applicants with previous experiences with ROS2 and/or Gazebo simulator (or any other physics-based simulators such as Isaac Sim) will be preferred. |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| How Bacteria Swim in Droplets: AI-Assisted Single-Cell Motility Phenotyping | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3972 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Professor Adrian Neild; Dr Mohammad Reza Raveshi Email: Mahraz.Raveshi@monash.edu Research profile: Professor Adrian Neild; Dr Mohammad Reza Raveshi |
| Prerequisites An interest in coding, image analysis or microfluidics is desirable. Experience with MATLAB, Python or ImageJ/Fiji is helpful but not essential; training will be provided. |
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| Additional details Applicants may be required to attend an interview. |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Aerodynamic flow control of flow separation on the NASA hump | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3973 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Professor Julio Soria Email: julio.soria@monash.edu Research profile: Professor Julio Soria |
| Prerequisites Suitable for Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering students who have completed fluid mechanics and are interested in experimental work, flow visualisation, PIV/PLIF and MATLAB, Python or Julia analysis. |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Intuitive Teleoperation and Generalized Motion Mapping for Robotic Manipulators | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3974 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Keenan Granland Email: keenan.granland@monash.edu Research profile: Dr Keenan Granland |
| Prerequisites Mechatronics Student, Robotics and Programming Experience |
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| Additional details N/A |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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| Refining a cardiac blood loop | |||
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| Code | Start date | Value | Contact |
| 3975 | 23 November 2026 | $6000 ($600 x 10 weeks) |
Dr Josie Carberry Email: josie.carberry@monash.edu |
| Prerequisites Level 2 fluid mechanics (MEC2404, CHE2161, MMA2003), CAD proficiency |
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| Applications The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 August 2026 (5pm) |
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