The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) provides eligible students with the opportunity to participate in a research project. If you're interested in research and thinking of pursuing a research degree the scheme is an opportunity to see if research is right for you. Further information about the scheme is available on HiQ.
QUT offers a diverse range of student topics for VRES. Search to find a topic that interests you.
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Humanoid robot: exploring materials for enhanced aesthetics and emotional connection
Humanoid robots are increasingly being developed for a variety of applications including healthcare, customer service, and industrial automation. However, their effectiveness depends not only on their artificial intelligence, technical capabilities, functionality and efficiency but also on the design and application of exterior materials for enhanced interaction with humans. This research aims to investigate how the application of colour, materials and finish (CMF) and other concepts of wearable fashion and innovative design can improve the perception and emotional connection and overall …
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- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
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- School of Design
- Research centre
- QUT Design Lab
Creative Careers in the Australian Music Industry: Women and Gender-Diverse Perspectives
This interdisciplinary research project explores the experiences and career aspirations of women and gender-diverse students in the Australian music industry across multiple creative roles. The project bridges creative arts, media studies, gender studies, and industry research, examining how educational experiences and industry engagement shape career trajectories in music production, music journalism, marketing, artist management, performance, videography, and graphic design. This interdisciplinary project combines creative arts practice, qualitative research methods, media production, and industry studies. The research builds upon our partnership …
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- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
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- School of Creative Arts
Detecting silent ecosystem destruction - can we detect invasive species impacts on vegetation using AI?
Invasive species represent one of the most severe threats to global biodiversity, threatening native species and causing billions of dollars in damage annually while quietly transforming entire ecosystems. Traditional vegetation monitoring requires countless hours of manual fieldwork, whereas remote sensing techniques operate at large spatial resolution and often miss subtle changes that occur between sampling periods at ground level.We need to develop systems that can detect the changes that invasive species cause to ecosystems across vast regions of Australia. Our …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Research centre
- Centre for Environment and Society
Dancing about Architecture: writing about music
Someone, nobody really knows who, once said that ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’, the idea behind the statement being that there’s something fundamentally untranslatable about the experience of music, so why try?Yet many writers, artists and academics can’t wait to get out on the floor and shake what they’ve got.This project is almost completely focussed on writing about music, in combination with other disciplines such as performance. It’s going to involve analysing data and assisting with the …
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- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
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- School of Creative Arts
Detecting materials at distance with laser light
In this project you will use QUT's Eye-Safe Raman and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) sensor system for detecting compounds. Set up optical experiments to test your ideas and gather data. Analyze the results through existing electromagnetic theories for understanding light transmission, as well as Raman and LIF spectroscopy.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Research centre
- Centre for Materials Science
Supply chain vulnerabilities and risks in major infrastructure projects: future proofing Australia's construction supply chain
The repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and the conflicts in the Middle East have continued to cause global supply chain disruption. Australia is particularly vulnerable to supply chain disruption due to its unique geographic location, construction environment and dwindling manufacturing base.Significant cost overruns, project delays, productivity decline and compromised quality products and facilities have become norm rather than exception. Australia has got significant surge in demand for major infrastructures, including those needed for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic. Future proofing …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
Risks and Opportunities of AI in Construction
AI has been impacting businesses and professionals in unprecedented ways. This project will investigate how AI is impacting the planning, management and execution of construction projects both in positive and negative ways and how Australian construction firms and professionals can better prepare themselves to ride with it.
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
Resilience of Queensland's housing stocks to natural hazards
With changing climate, rapid population growth/movement, aging population and economic disparity, our housing stocks are increasingly becoming more prone to natural hazards such as flooding, bushfires, extreme heat, and cyclones. We have been witnessing increased frequency of such events and their disproportional impact on housings, related infrastructure, environment, economy, and the livelihood of people.By leveraging UN disaster risk reduction frameworks and other national and Queensland specific frameworks, this research will assess the resilience and vulnerability of public and social housing …
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- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
Addressing Australia's affordable housing demand through industrialised construction
Australia is facing an intense housing crisis. Access to affordable housing has sharply declined. Moreover, the average rental vacancy is at historically low, at around 1% in major cities. The Australian government has unveiled ambitious plans to boost housing supply by building thousands and thousands of new homes within the next 10 years. However, the construction industry's capacity is severely constrained to build and supply such as the local industry relies mostly in traditional in-situ construction methods and techniques.This research …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
Data-Driven Approces for Assessing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Impact on Food Businesses
This research will provide valuable insights into how businesses align with ESG standards and expectations. The findings can help businesses measure their ESG impact, guide strategic decisions, strengthen theirbrand reputation, attract ESG-conscious investors or partners, and identify opportunities to reduce environmental impact, improve social responsibility, and enhance governance practices.
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- Faculty of Science
- School
- School of Computer Science
Development of foam concrete for fire resistant walling elements
The need for fire safe buildings has emerged due to the increased bushfire attacks in many parts of the world. The walls are considered important as they act as barriers to fire propagation. This project will investigate the fire resistant performance of blocks made of foam concrete to construct internal and external wall panels for buildings against standard fire and bushfire resistance. The performance will be summarised based on the elevated thermal properties of foam concrete at the material level …
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- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Research centre
- Centre for Materials Science
Bushfire building risk assessment using advanced technologies
Bushfires often have detrimental impacts on both the natural and built environments. Although current building standards are in place to reduce the influence bushfire has on new buildings, existing and older residential properties are more susceptible to bushfire ignition. Identifying and restoring the most vulnerable features in existing properties can assist in reducing the property damage caused by bushfires. Implementing new technology into these risk assessments of existing bushfire-prone properties can reduce the time required and lower costs. This study …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Research centre
- Centre for Environment and Society
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