Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

Ahmed El-Hadad

Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science
The University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia
Email: a.el-hadad@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

Degree

PhD

Thesis title

Detecting and controlling termites and fungi in wooden structures

Supervisors

Dr Berhan Ahmed
Professor Peter Vinden
Dr Graham Brodie

Project outline

The objective of the project is to develop field located electronic/communication sensing network device to detect and locate termite/decay in/on timber-in-service, by sensing temperature, humidity, movement, smell, feeding and termite behavior.

 

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