Our research disciplines
Themes and areas
Each of our departments and schools hosts a number of broad thematic areas of research.
- Computing and information systems
Artificial intelligence - Biomedical engineering
Biomaterials and tissue engineering - Biomedical engineering
Biomechanics and mechanobiology - Biomedical engineering
Biomedical imaging - Mechanical
Biomotion - Biomedical
Neural engineering - Chemical
Bioprocessing and food engineering - Electrical
Communication and networks - Computing and information systems
Computer science - Electrical
Control and signal processing - Electrical
Electronic and photonic systems - Infrastructure
Engineering management - Infrastructure
Environmental hydrology and water resources - Mechanical
Fluid mechanics - Infrastructure
Geomatics - Infrastructure
Geotechnical engineering - Computing and information systems
Human-computer interaction - Computing and information systems
Information systems - Mechanical
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering - Mechanical
Manufacturing and Industrial Systems Engineering - Chemical
Materials design and multiscale modelling - Infrastructure
Measurement science and 3D modelling - Chemical
Nano-medicine and biotechnology - Infrastructure
Ocean engineering - Electrical
Power and energy systems - Mechanical
Robotics - Infrastructure
Spatial information science - Infrastructure
Structural engineering - Chemical
Sustainable technologies, processing and remediation - Biomedical
Systems and synthetic biology - Mechanical
Thermodynamics - Infrastructure
Transport
People
View the research interests, biographies and publications of our individual researchers.
Projects
View the lists of current research projects for each discipline.
Groups and labs
Explore our specialised research labs.
- Infrastructure
Advanced Protective Technologies for Engineering Structures - Chemical
Advanced Separation Technologies - Mechanical
Aerodynamics - Chemical
Aerosol Particle Technology - Computing and information systems
AI and Autonomy - Computing and information systems
AI Assurance - Chemical
Algal Processing - Mechanical
Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics - Biomedical
Biomechanics - Chemical
Caruso Nanoengineering Group - Biomedical
Cell Structure and Mechanobiology - Chemical
Ceramics and Minerals Processing - Chemical
Clean Energy - Computing and information systems
Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems - Chemical
Complex Fluids - Chemical
Dagastine Group - Computing and information systems
Digital Health - Infrastructure
Ecohydraulics - Chemical
Ellis Group - Infrastructure
Engineering Project Management - Infrastructure
Environmental Sensing and Modelling - Infrastructure
Geopolymer and Mineral Processing - Chemical
Gras Group - Mechanical
Human Robotics - Infrastructure
Hydrological Processes - Infrastructure
Hydrology and Water Resources - Infrastructure
Impact Engineering - Infrastructure
Indoor Air Quality - Biomedical
Integrative Cartilage - Infrastructure
Infrastructure Asset Protection and Management - Biomedical
John NeuroBionics Lab - Infrastructure
Managing Variability and Change - Computing and information systems
Melbourne eResearch Group - Biomedical
Microtechnology and microfluidics engineering - Chemical
Multiphysics Fluid Dynamics - Biomedical
NeuroEngineering - Infrastructure
Offshore Geomechanics - Chemical
Polymer Science - Infrastructure
Porous Media - Infrastructure
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Chemical
Scholes Group - Infrastructure
Simulation-guided Complex Systems Engineering - Infrastructure
Structural Impact Engineering - Infrastructure
Structures and Materials - Infrastructure
Sustainable Production Management and Systems Engineering - Biomedical
Systems Biology - Biomedical
Systems Lab - Biomedical
Tissue Engineering - Infrastructure
Urban Water Infrastructure - Infrastructure
Unconventional Gas Recovery