Research Research projects Discover the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics through our projects, ranging from deep-space communication systems to groundbreaking adaptive optics. Explore our diverse, ongoing research initiatives shaping the future of space science. Keywords Academic - Any -Associate Professor Christian WolfAssociate Professor Emily WisnioskiAssociate Professor Francis BennetAssociate Professor François RigautAssociate Professor Luca CasagrandeAssociate Professor Tony TravouillonDr Amit SetaDr Andrew BattistiDr Bradley TuckerDr Cameron Van EckDr Craig AndersonDr Doris GrosseDr Hiep NguyenDr Israel VaughnDr Jesse CranneyDr Joice MathewDr Kathryn GrashaDr Marc WhiteDr Melissa NessDr Michael CopelandDr Noelia Martinez ReyDr Roland CrockerDr Sven BuderDr Thomas NordlanderDr Trevor Mendel Elisa JagerMr David BrodrickProfessor Anna MooreProfessor Brian SchmidtProfessor Céline d'OrgevilleProfessor Chris LidmanProfessor Christoph FederrathProfessor Helmut JerjenProfessor Ken FreemanProfessor Mark KrumholzProfessor Matthew CollessProfessor Michael IrelandProfessor Naomi McClure-GriffithsProfessor Paul FrancisProfessor Robert SharpProfessor Stuart Wyithe Yuxiang Qin Advanced search Project type - Any - Not open for students Open for students Status - Any - Potential Current Completed Study level - Any - Bachelor Graduate certificate Honours Master MPhil PhD Research theme - Any - Black hole phenomena Galactic archaeology Instrumentation Stellar and planetary astronomy Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Displaying 31 - 45 of 51 project(s). Investigating Spatial Light Modulators and Pyramid Wavefront Sensing This project aims to address the potential of Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) as highly nonlinear optical elements, including their potential use in pyramid wavefront sensing. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Read more Investigating Spatial Light Modulators and Pyramid Wavefront Sensing This project aims to address the potential of Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs) as highly nonlinear optical elements, including their potential use in pyramid wavefront sensing. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Read more Laser Communications Site Testing and Analysis The successful applicant will join the ANU team and will assist with the development of instrumentation for the optical communication team Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Read more Laser Communications Site Testing and Analysis The successful applicant will join the ANU team and will assist with the development of instrumentation for the optical communication team Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Read more Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for deep space optical communications: The Moon and beyond. This project aims to demonstrate the advantages of LGS-AO for deep space optical communications. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Read more LLMs for systems engineering This project aims to utilize LLMs (Large Language Models) to enhance the usability of systems engineering documentation, including system requirement documents and flowdowns, interface documents, design documents, and reliability assessments. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Ioana Ciuca, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Mr David Brodrick, Supervisor Read more LLMs for systems engineering This project aims to utilize LLMs (Large Language Models) to enhance the usability of systems engineering documentation, including system requirement documents and flowdowns, interface documents, design documents, and reliability assessments. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Ioana Ciuca, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Mr David Brodrick, Supervisor Read more LLMs for systems engineering This project aims to utilize LLMs (Large Language Models) to enhance the usability of systems engineering documentation, including system requirement documents and flowdowns, interface documents, design documents, and reliability assessments. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Ioana Ciuca, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Mr David Brodrick, Supervisor Read more Measuring the masses of black holes in distant galaxies With this project we will be using the newly automated ANU 2.3m telescope and the powerful WiFeS optical spectrograph to perform a time-series measurement of luminous active galaxies (AGN) using the technique of Quasar Reverberation Mapping. Theme Black hole phenomenaInstrumentationStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Professor Robert Sharp, Supervisor Read more Meta-surface lenslet arrays for adaptive optics A student undertaking this project will investigate the potential customisations of lenslet arrays afforded by optical meta-surfaces, and propose designs to be fabricated in the Research School of Physics at ANU. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Israel Vaughn, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Prof Dragomir NeshevDr Josephine Munro Read more Meta-surface lenslet arrays for adaptive optics A student undertaking this project will investigate the potential customisations of lenslet arrays afforded by optical meta-surfaces, and propose designs to be fabricated in the Research School of Physics at ANU. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Israel Vaughn, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Prof Dragomir NeshevDr Josephine Munro Read more Meta-surface lenslet arrays for adaptive optics A student undertaking this project will investigate the potential customisations of lenslet arrays afforded by optical meta-surfaces, and propose designs to be fabricated in the Research School of Physics at ANU. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Israel Vaughn, Supervisor Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Noelia Martinez Rey, Supervisor Prof Dragomir NeshevDr Josephine Munro Read more Opening the dynamic infrared sky with DREAMS The successful applicant will work on one of several software related projects for the DREAMS infrared surveyor Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Jamie Soon, Supervisor Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Read more Opening the dynamic infrared sky with DREAMS The successful applicant will work on one of several software related projects for the DREAMS infrared surveyor Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Jamie Soon, Supervisor Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Read more Precision astrometric reference source for optical calibration This project aims to research and potentially develop the design of calibration light sources for use in the MAVIS instrument (currently being designed for the ESO VLT). Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Mr Gaston Gausachs, Supervisor Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last »