Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Learning Stable Koopman Models for Identification and Control of Dynamical Systems
Published 2023Learning models of dynamical systems from data is a widely-studied problem in control theory and machine learning. One recent approach for modelling nonlinear systems considers the class of Koopman models, which embeds the ...Open AccessThesis -
Unsettling (white) Pride: Gay Liberation Day on unceded Yuggera Ugarapul and Turrbal country
Published 2023With grassroots trans/queer organisers/activists having disrupted LGBTQIA+ Pride events in various cities around the world, Pride has emerged as a key site of political contestation within trans/queer communities. In the ...Open AccessThesis -
Expressions of Dislocation in the Settler Colony of Australia; The Australian Gothic
Published 2023The settler colony of Australia has historically been perceived as the “weird” antipodean underbelly of Europe, its society predominantly built on the uncanny manifestations of displaced European value systems, art forms ...Open AccessThesis -
Crosspollinating cities: Growing ecological literacy in the urban garden
Published 2023Invertebrate conservation involves biophysical and human dimensions. Cities act as refuges for insect pollinators by offering year-round floral resources and a matrix of habitable greenspace. Greenspaces, gardening and ...Open AccessThesis -
Kinetics of Hydrocarbon Oxidation on Noble Metal – Ceria Catalysts
Published 2022This work focuses on the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons on ceria-supported noble metal catalysts: Pt/CeO2 and Pd/CeO2. The study aims to understand three key aspects: i) the synthesis methods and characteristics of ...Open AccessThesis