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Engineering and Built Environment Project Conference 2015 Toowoomba, Australia 21-25 September 2015 Book of Abstracts Final Year Student Research Project Presentations Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Qld 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au/ © University of Southern Queensland 2015.2 Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission. Heads of Schools Welcome A very warm welcome to the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus for the 2015 Engineering and Built Environment Project Conference. The annual Project Conference held on campus in Toowoomba forms the culminating point of your studies in engineering, spatial science and construction. Engineers Australia and other professional bodies have highly praised the Conference for being cross disciplinary and for the quality of your research presentations. An important dimension of this Project Conference is the interaction that it generates between our graduating students and students who are within the penultimate stage of their studies. The interactions help provide those students with a sense of what will be expected of them in their final year. The Conference is also an opportunity for you to showcase your skills, knowledge and achievements, and to interact with and learn from your peers. Please make the most of this week – share your knowledge and experiences with your colleagues, network with staff and other students and take the time to reflect on how far you have come in your learning journey and career. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the efforts of the many academic and professional staff that have been instrumental in making this Project Conference a success. In particular, we would like to thank Dr Alexander Kist and Ms Carolyn Saffron for their outstanding work in organising the project conference and activities. We also recognise the efforts of the project examiners, Mr Chris Snook and Professor Karu Karunasena, and your project supervisors in providing guidance during your project year. On behalf of all the academic and professional staff we wish you an enjoyable and rewarding Project Conference. Professor Kevin McDougall Associate Professor Tony Ahfock Head, School of Civil Engineering Head, School of Mechanical and Surveying and Electrical Engineering Examiner’s Welcome On behalf of the course examiners, I would like to welcome you to the Engineering and Built Environment Conference 2015. The Project Conference, inaugurated in 1998, is being attended by all penultimate and final year engineering and surveying students. This year there are more than 570 students attending this multi-disciplinary conference. These proceedings include extended abstracts of the verbal presentations that are delivered at the project conference. The work reported at the conference is the research undertaken by students in meeting the requirements of courses ENG4111/ENG4112 Research Project for undergraduate or ENG8411/ENG8412 Research Project and Dissertation for postgraduate students. The research is generally pursued over the full final year and will be nearing completion at the time of the conference. The event also permits penultimate year students, who will undertake their research project in the following year, to experience the technical conference environment, gain appreciation of the standard and breadth of projects that may be pursued, and the presentation standards that will be expected of them. As for any major event, success requires the effort of many individuals. I would like to thank the Assistant Examiners Dr Ian Brodie, Mr Andreas Helwig, Dr Ray Malpress and Dr Badri Basnet for their contributions. Academics chairing sessions and critiquing the presentations also play an important role and we thank them for taking time out of their busy schedules to assist with these tasks. A special thanks to the professional support teams led by Ms Carolyn Saffron and Mr Terry Byrne. Without their help we would not be able to run this event. Last but not least we would also like to thank all attendees for discussing their work, engaging with their peers and providing valuable feedback during the presentations. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to share ideas and discuss your work with your peers and faculty staff. Dr Alexander A. Kist Examiner ENG3902 & ENG4903 Toowoomba, September 2015 Index of Extended Abstracts A Sohail Abdul Khaliq Masters in Engineering Science (Electrical/Electronic) Benchmarking Asset Management for Electrical Power Distribution Organizations Robert Accendere Bachelor of Engineering (Power) An Investigation into the Testing and Commissioning Requirements of IEC 61850 Station Bus Substations Stavroula Agoritsas Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) (Surveying) Investigating the Accuracy of Terrestrial Laser Scanning within a Rail Environment Faisal Alajmi Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Study on tribological performance of mild steel under bio lubricant conditions Rashed Alajmi Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) Study on the sisal fibres as insulator in building materials. Siva Kumar Alapati Masters of Engineering Science (Power) Non price factors for contractor hiring in Australian Energy Resources Josh Anderson Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechatronic) Feasibility Assessment of Low Cost Stereo Computer Vision in Clay Target Shooting Coaching Robert Ashford Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) Analysis of gait whilst carrying an eccentric load Muhammed Athar Aqueel Ashgar Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) Evaluation of strength characteristics of recycled bituminous pavement materials Dharani Kumar Attaluri Masters of Engineering Science (Mechanical) Investigation on suitability and benefits of using UHMWPE spouts to transfer grain in storage facilities Amirahmad Attarnejad Masters of Engineering Science (Civil) Study of shear behaviour of geo-polymer concrete beam reinforced with GFRP reinforcement B Alireza Sherbaf Bataghva Masters of Engineering Science (Civil) Finite Element Modelling of Sustainable Hybrid Sandwich Panel under Bending Ramya Reddy Banda Masters of Engineering Science (Electrical & Electronic PV Inverter – Voltage Control by Reactive Power Sandy Behrens Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 3D Printing in Construction: embryonic fad or industry gamechanger? Vincent Bein Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) (Surveying) Effect of Time Interval Variations on RTK Derived Distances Heidi Belbin Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) (Surveying) The use of low-cost photogrammetry techniques to create an accurate model of a human skull. Andrew Bellars Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Vehicle Energy Systems Amy Bernier Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) Use of Fibre-Optic (FBG) Sensors in Structural Health Monitoring – High Grade Reinforced Concrete Beams Amy Beutel Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) An investigation on the properties of Epoxy-based Polymer Concrete Richard Boylan Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) (Surveying) Evaluation of the performance of two different global satellite navigation systems, Trimble’s CenterPoint RTX and a conventional RTK system Ashleigh Braden Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) The Effect of Fibres on the Properties of Concrete with Oil Contaminated Sand Michael Browne Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Recycled Rubber Access Cover Riser Nathan Brown Bachelor of Construction (Honours) (Management) The Impact of the Construction Management Process on Lifecycle Asset Management Amy Brumpton Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) Design and Refinement of a Mechanical Lift System for a Two-Wheeled Tractor Ryan Burtenshaw Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Computer Systems) Designing and Building a Quest-Based User Interface for Remotely Accessible Experiments for Science Education in Schools Victor Burtenshaw Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) Road Safety Barrier Treatment Selection Michael Butler Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil) Asset Management Framework for NSW Local Government C Steven Carlin Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical) An Analysis of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems and their potential for contemporary Internal Combustion Engine powered vehicles Jing Chen Masters of Engineering Science (Structural) Stability of Square and Rectangular Tunnel in Undrained Clay Sajeel Cherakadavath Masters of Engineering Science (Civil) Comparison of Concrete Pavement With Asphalt Pavement Using Finite Element Method Shane Collier Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Finite Element Analysis of a Newly Developed Hybrid natural Fibre Sandwich Wall Panel Loaded with In-Plane Shear Loading David Connell Bachelor of Spatial Science (Honours) (Surveying) Production of semi-real time media – GIS contents of natural disasters using MODIS satellite data Daniel Constantini Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Computer Systems) Green IT - Dynamic Network Topologies Garth Cook Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Onsite Detention & the Cummulative Effects David Cooper Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechatronic) Sensor Platform for Monitoring Conveyor Belt Rollers James Coppock Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronic) Development of a Raspberry Pi Based SDI-12 Sensor Environmental Data