Queensland University of Technology

1. Queensland University of Technology

2. Kelvin Grove campus Brisbane central business district Gardens Point campus

3. In the top 10 universities in Australia (Melbourne Univ. and ERA ranking) • 40,000 students (Over 6,000 international students) • 30,000 Undergraduates • 10,000 Postgraduates • Higher degree research students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths disciplines: approximately 1000. • Brisbane • Capital city of Queensland • 32C in summer and 18C in winter • Relaxed, outdoor lifestyle • Population Brisbane : 1.8 million • Cultural Diversity • 26% born overseas • Over 15% speak another language

4. Put global ambition in perspective • QUT is the only university in Queensland to be awarded 5 Stars for ‘Getting a job’ in the 2011 Good Universities Guide. • QUT has a ranking of world standard or above in more than three quarters of its research assessed under the Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia assessment framework • QUT won more teaching awards than any other individual Australian university in the 2010 round of the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching. • QUT is the first business school in Australia to secure the prestigious ‘triple crown’ of international accreditation – US-based AACSB International, European-based EQUIS and UK-based Association of MBAs (AMBA).

5. Built Environment & Engineering The Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering is one of the largest at QUT, representing over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate masters, research and corporate education students across 17 design, engineering and urban development disciplines.

6. Undergraduate programs Built Environment & Engineering Undergraduate Study Choices Engineering: ● Aerospace avionics ● Medical ● Software ● Mechatronics ● Mechanical - automotive, engineering management ● Electrical - computer systems, control and manufacturing, power, signal processing, telecommunications ● Civil - civil & construction, civil & environmental, structural, transport, civil infrastructure Urban Development: ● Construction management ● Quantity surveying ● Property economics ● Spatial science ● Urban and regional planning Design: ● Architectural studies ● Industrial design ● Interior design ● Landscape architecture

7. Engineering Course Structure Specialisation Second Study Area (8 Units) (16 Units) Common First Year (8 Foundation Units) Major Engineering Extension (Discipline Specific) Aerospace Avionics Civil and Environmental Infomechatronics Medical Engineering Software and Computer Systems 8 Unit Engineering Extension (Related to Specialisation) Civil Civil and Construction or Either Electrical 4 Unit Engineering Extension Minor Studies in Other Area Mechanical

8. Study choices Coursework Master Programs • Master of • Architecture • Project Management • Infrastructure Management • Design (Urban Design) • Urban Development • (Urban and Regional Planning) • Engineering Management • Engineering (Systems)

9. CostsLiving Costs – approximately $A18 000 per yearApproximate Bachelor Tuition Fees $A10 600 – $14 100 per semesterApproximate Masters Tuition Fees $A10 700 – $18 300 per semesterPhD $11 000 - $13 700 per semester

10. Facilities and Labs Flexible delivery laboratories Student experimental laboratory Student engagement zone Civil materials testing laboratory Concrete, soils and civil materials Preparation laboratory Faculty workshops Motorsport laboratory High speed engine laboratory Spatial sciences laboratory Materials testing laboratory Experimental materials laboratory Materials preparation laboratory Instrument laboratory Rapid prototyping laboratory Medical engineering laboratory Tissue culture laboratory Robot laboratory Research laboratories

11. We have research strengths at present in underpinning technologies and processes in: • medical engineering techniques • speaker and video identification technology • condition monitoring • aerial robots and their control systems • simulation and modelling techniques • power distribution systems • renewable energy • project management • building information modelling • human centred design

12. Built Environment and Engineering • The Project Management Academy • Co-operative Research Centres (CRC) for Railway Technologies • CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management • Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre • QLD Sustainable Energy Industry Development Group • Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) • Information Security Institute (ISI) • Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation (iCi) • Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) • Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) • http://www.bee.qut.edu.au/research/themes/collab/ • Research Strengths: • Through the application of research across engineering, design and urban development disciplines, we focus on five key areas of particular global excellence in our work: • Aviation and airports • Complex urban systems design • Energy • Orthopaedics and trauma • Transport

13. New research centres The Faculty is currently in the process of establishing the following research centres as part of its research strategy and to consolidate our current strengths in these areas by strategic positioning, creating and leading research partnerships delivering high quality research output and research training: • Centre for Airports and Aviation Innovation • Centre for Future Energy Systems • Centre for Smart Transport • Centre for Complex Urban System Design

14. Brisbane Airport Corporation Partnership • Decade long collaborative research partnership • >30 projects with a total cash value of >$9M • Research projects to-date range from aviation security, process modelling and business continuity, stakeholder engagement, passenger facilitation, energy and water conservation, air and water quality and airport planning • Supports a Professorial Chair • Projects undertaken support >30 PhD students • Establishment of national and international research networks

15. A national research centre based at QUT • Industry, government and research partners together over 15 years • Delivers applied research and industry outreach across 3 integrated themes • http://www.sbenrc.com.au/

16. ARCAAAustralian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation ARCAA is a collaboration of QUT (Airborne Avionics Research Group) and the CSIRO ICT Centre and is funded by the Queensland Smart State research facility fund. The ARCAA Mobile Operation Centre (MOC) is a mobile unit designed to facilitate sustained field testing and operations at remote test sites.

17. IHBIInstitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation IHBI based at QUT’s Kelvin Grove Campus is a collaboration between QUT, Atlantic Philanthropies and the Queensland State Government to develop a $70 million dollar research institute and facilities devoted to improving the health of individuals through research innovation.

18. IHBI Research Enhancing health and well-being through research excellence centred around Prevention, Mind and Body Health, and Recovery

20. MERFMedical Engineering Research Facility(Prince Charles Hospital) MERF is designed to meet Australia’s emerging needs in orthopaedic and artificial organs research by providing a comprehensive suite of research and training facilities at the one location. Anatomical and Surgical Skills Laboratory

21. SERFSamford Ecological Research Facility SERF is located in the southeast of the Samford Valley about 12km south of the Samford Village and approx. 25km north west of QUT Gardens Point Campus Bequeathed to QUT by Dr Elizabeth Nesta Marks for ‘ecological purposes’

22. Investing in STEM Teaching and Research • QUT's planned AUD$230 million Science and Technology Precinct and • Community Hub at the Gardens Point campus will bring together teaching and research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in a world-leading model. • The Precinct, with a theme of sustainable and secure • infrastructure, is due for completion in 2012 and will produce • multiple research and graduate outcomes in key areas of • national interest such as: • Climate change • Infrastructure • Food, water and energy security • The precinct will also have shared facilities such as a 50m pool, 1000sq gymnasium, student bar, bike storage, cafes and function areas • Take a tour of the new precinct: www.qut.edu.au/scitechprecinct/

23. Spatial sciences laboratory • Materials testing laboratory • Experimental materials laboratory • Materials preparation laboratory • Instrument laboratory • Rapid prototyping laboratory • Medical engineering laboratory • Tissue culture laboratory • Robot laboratory • Research laboratories

24. Early Works Project Gardens Point

25. Problem Based Learning Room

26. Early Works Project Gardens Point O Block First Floor Flexible Delivery Lab

27. Early Works Project Gardens Point O Block First Floor Flexible Delivery Lab

28. Early Works Project Gardens Point O Block Second Floor Research and Flexible Teaching Space

29. A collaboration between the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering and the Faculty of Business to deliver international executive education programs and research University of Texas Project Management Academy • Client organisations • Royal Dutch SHELL – oil and gas • Queensland Rail – transport • Ausenco Ltd – Mining Services • Queensland Health – Healthcare

30. Core disciplines – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths • Aerospace avionics • Medical engineering • Computer and Software engineering • Mechatronics / Robotics • Mechanical engineering - automotive, engineering management • Electrical engineering - computer systems, control and manufacturing, power, signal processing, telecommunications • Civil engineering - civil & construction • Civil & environmental engineering, structural, transport, civil infrastructure • Physics • Mathematics • Information systems • Computer science • Chemistry • Cell & molecular biosciences • Biogeoscience • Construction management • Quantity surveying • Property economics • Spatial science • Urban and regional planning

31. Key Research Areas Aviation and airports Complex urban systems design Energy Food Environment Information Security Orthopaedics and Trauma Transport

32. Aviation and airports Queensland has become a hub for aviation technological and policy research and development. QUT research in airports and aviation aims to address a range of issues confronting environmental, spatial, infrastructural, political, and design challenges on the ground. QUT conducts leading-edge and innovative research in the field of robotics, systems automation and the underlying smart technologies. Our researchers are experts in the areas of smart sensing, electronics, embedded systems, real-time computational intelligence, control systems, manufacturing automation, decision support systems, communication systems, navigation, and uninhabited airborne systems (UAV). Projects QUT leads two of the largest airport and aviation research projects in Australia – Airports of the Future and The Airport Metropolis. These two projects are investigating best practice for the integration of smart technologies and processes into airport operations, and a study on master planning, governance, economic development and infrastructure management at airports.

33. Complex Urban Systems Design Complex urban systems design (CUSD) research at QUT aims to achieve zero carbon emission in cities by focusing on altering current climate change trends, with the assessment of ecological and urban capabilities, and the use of real-time technologies and sustainable systems such as digital networks. development and integration Focus is required not just on good urban design and amenities for the occupants of our cities, but on the development and integration of buildings, transport systems, energy and water supply systems which make these very complex entities function. • Current research areas • Addressing significant urban issues through good design • Digital design technologies • Modelling sustainable development • Urban modelling

34. Energy QUT is the top-ranked Australian university for power engineering by research income from the Australian Research Council (ARC), and is a leading institution in the field of energy research including 3rd generation photovoltaic devices, fuel cells, distribution systems and efficiency. We host a leading Australian group in research funding for building energy use and energy efficiency, and have received more than $11 million in energy-specific research funding in the past three years for individual and collaborative research with international institutions and industry partners to achieve high penetration of renewable energies for domestic and commercial use. • Current research areas: • Integrated energy systems and modelling • Energy Delivery • Renewable energy technologies • Power converters • Energy efficiency • Queensland Solar Institute • Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities - Biofuels • Hydrogen

35. Orthopaedics and Trauma Biomedical studies are conducted at state-of-the-art facilities including QUT’s $10.7 million Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the Prince Charles Hospital, the Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) at the QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and high-tech medical engineering laboratories at the QUT Gardens Point campus. Musculoskeletal and cardiovascular research at the one location The MERF facility supports the full cycle of research, validation, commercialisation and training necessary to develop medical devices and tissue engineering techniques. The facility meets emerging needs in musculoskeletal and cardiovascular research at the one location. Current research areas: • Orthopaedic surgery • Computational modelling • Medical devices • Trauma management • Bone biology and histology • Cartilage Regeneration • Regenerative medicine

36. Transport QUT is partnered with industry, government and academia in researching the latest applications of intelligent transport systems (ITS), using smart technologies and traffic modelling and simulation to deliver optimum traffic management. Other focus areas of research will include vehicle emission modelling and traffic noise mapping, monitoring of traffic safety and the effects of weather on driver behaviour, as well as the exploration of international traffic management models used in the Europe and Japan. • Current research areas • Intelligent transport systems • Network management • Simulation and modelling • Visualisation • Environment and climate change adaptation • Transit operational performance and quality of service • Transport infrastructure asset management

37. Food Biotechnology • Biofortification • Biofuels and Bioprocessing • Applied Microbiology Edible Oils for Improved Health Producing omega-3 fatty acids through fermentation of marine algae. Identifying the best strains of algae. Optimising their growing conditions in laboratory fermentors. Scale up to industrial levels ($6.5million pilot plant) • Biofortification of Bananas • Improving the nutritional value and disease resistance of bananas • Funding • Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($5million)

38. Bioprocessing and Biofuels Production of ethanol and diesel from agricultural waste products - sugarcane. Using patented gene activation technology. Highly efficient conversion of cellulose into fermentable sugars to produce bioethanol, leaving the sucrose untouched and available for the consumer sugar market.

39. Air Quality International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health Environmental Monitoring • World Health Organisation (WHO) accreditation • Particle physics concerned with indoor and outdoor emissions from laser printers, vehicles, infectious agents etc. Biodiversity Dr Susan Fuller Taxonomic studies of mammals, reptiles and frogs Geographic patterning of species diversity Professor Paul Roe Acoustic sensor network to monitor bird populations – sponsored by Microsoft Corporation

40. Water Quality Climate Change Environmental Monitoring: Monitoring greenhouse gases especially NO and developing ways of reducing their emissions from cotton farming. • Groundwater systems – hydrogeology, visualisation and modelling • Rainfall and climate modelling • Pollution monitoring especially organic contaminants, petrochemicals, agricultural chemicals • Microbial contamination – monitoring and tracking source • Water purification – filtration technologies using nanomaterials • Desalinisation • Engineering Professor Peter Grace

41. Information Security Institute (ISI) The largest research centre of its kind in Australia. Builds information security solutions for government, business and the community through research in technology, legal, policy and governance issues • Programs • Cryptology • E-Business and E-Government • Technology, Law and Policy • Speech, Audio, Image and Video Technologies • Trusted Systems and Network Security • Governance and Information Protection • Computer Intrusion, Forensics and Evidence • Risk and Crisis Management One of aims of the centre is to develop technology to combat cyber terrorism

42. Urban informatics is the study, design, and practice of urban experiences across different urban contexts that are created by new opportunities of real-time, ubiquitous technology and the augmentation that mediates the physical and digital layers of people networks and urban infrastructures. Integrated Open Data API for CitiesEnjoyable Public TransportDomestic Energy MonitoringUrban Planning and DesignCommunity EngagementFood & Human-Computer Interaction Associate Professor Marcus Fothm.foth@qut.edu.au