Research Specialties

RMIT’S School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a well established track record in applied research. Areas of research strength within the School include photonic devices and systems, RF and microwave engineering, planar antennas, digital signal processing, wireless technologies, teletraffic engineering and network modelling, biomedical engineering, biomolecular electronics, sensor technology, microelectronics, high performance computing, software systems, renewable energy, industrial automation and control. These research areas are currently in strong demand by industry and government.

This research is supported by 53 academic staff members, of which 13 are research only staff, and approximately 120 postgraduate research students, with two thirds doing PhD studies.

School Research Centres

The majority of the School’s research is undertaken in the School’s two Research Centres.

• Microelectronics and Materials Technology Centre (MMTC)
• Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)
  This National Research Centre is a virtual centre managed from RMIT University. Research partners are RMIT University, Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and the Telstra Research Laboratories.

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering also participates in the Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre.

Research Groups

Postgraduate Research

• Information for Future Students
• Information for Current Students
• Scholarships @ SECE
• Scholarships @ RMIT

Research Publications

• 2005 Research Publications
• 2006 Research Publications

Research Seminars

• SECE Seminars