Research Activities of the School


 

The School takes seriously the role of its research as an essential adjunct to its teaching activities. In particular, it views research as the means by which knowledge is extended, while the teaching program is a means by which knowledge is imparted. It sees research, therefore, standing alongside teaching to create an environment in which both students and staff develop attitudes of critical and analytical thought, engage in creativity and discovery and pursue the application of knowledge. The School has a very real expectation, therefore, that its staff will involve themselves in research activities in their area of scholarship and, as a means of broadening the industrial context for this research, will also engage in external consulting activities. While recognising that research and consulting in the School must be motivated by the professional interests of the academic staff, the School is also committed to supporting Defence interests as and when they arise.

The principal research interests of staff and postgraduate students of the School are in video and image coding, systems and control theory, image processing and remote sensing, adaptive beamforming and array signal processing, robotics and flexible structures, motor drives, active noise control, antennas, electrical and optical properties of materials deposited in thin layers, display technology and laser applications. All of these areas have been well supported with research grant funding from both outside agencies, such as the Australian Research Council, and from within the College.

STAFF RESEARCH
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH


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