Funded Research Projects

We have conducted many research projects which are/were financially supported by our industry partners (both domestic and overseas) and/or by the Australian Research Council. Some are/were even financially supported by funding bodies overseas. The following is a list of some selected projects. Hopefully, they can provide you with some information about the research capacity of our Laboratory.

  • Integrity prediction of ground precision surfaces
  • Surface quality improvement of rolled metal strips through rolling lubrication
  • Machining-induced damage mechanisms in KDP crystals
  • Heat conduction characterisation of buried insulation layers in silicon -on -insulator systems
  • Scaling microfluidics for cell manufacture
  • ARC Research Hub for Computational Particle Technology
  • ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC)
  • Plasma Focused Ion Beam for Nanoscale Characterisation of Materials
  • Control of lubrication in cold strip rolling of metals
  • A new roll surface treatment technology towards lower wear and higher fatigue life
  • Innovation for anchorage wedge manufacturing
  • Multi-scale fabrication facility for complex 3D surface generation from nano to macro dimensions
  • Dynamic phase behaviour  characterisation facility for nanostructured interfaces and solids
  • An innovative manufacturing technology enabling new generations of hip joint prostheses
  • Experimental study on hybrid-ECC materials and high-velocity impact response of hybrid-ECC panels
  • High velocity impact responses of engineered cementitious composite panels
  • Damage-free surfacing of large brittle wafers with on-machine flatness control
  • Mechanisms of mixed lubrication in rolling
  • Non-destructive characterisation of residual stresses for the silicon-on-sapphire technology
  • Novel cutting picks for mining industry and an australian standard
  • Transmission electron microscope-nanoindenter for nano-mechanical testing
  • Advanced processing and characterisation facility for functional polymers and polymer nanofibres
  • Developing a new technology: advanced surface hardening and grinding in a single operation
  • Towards new generations of lubricants using nanoparticles
  • A multiscale system for characterizing surface and subsurface properties of advanced materials
  • Effect of chemo-mechanical grinding of surface integrity of single crystal silicon substrates
  • Flexible manufacturing systems
  • Australian research network for advanced materials
  • Flow diagnostics facility for microstructured systems
  • Australian research network for multi-scale manufacturing and characterisation
  • Advanced computational techniques for micro/nano multiscale systems of NEMS/BioMEMS
  • Nanotribology of carbon nanotube reinforced composites: the processing-microstructure-property principles and technology
  • Surface polymorphism of hard brittle materials
  • Developing a micro polisher for small aspherical surfaces with magnetorheological & electrorheological fluids
  • High speed micro-machining for 3D micro parts
  • Mechanisms and novel technology for precision slicing of large monocrystalline silicon wafers
  • Surface integrity characterization of sapphire wafers for wireless and fibre optic semiconductor industry
  • A stress transfer principle for carbon nanotube reinforced materials under complex loading
  • Development of New Superabrasives Cutting Tool Technology
  • Integrated Precision Machining of Complex Profiles
  • High speed machining
  • Tribology of carbon nanotube reinforced composites
  • 3D optical surface profiling
  • Mechanical characterization of carbon nanotubes
  • Constitutive modelling of silicon
  • Developing a reliable eco-grinding technology using cold air
  • Damage-free polishing of silicon wafers
  • Large wafer flatness characterisation
  • Micro-tribology of advanced materials
  • Thermoforming mechanism for a cost-effective manufacturing of composite structures
  • Mechanics characterisation of monocrystalline silicon for MEMS
  • X-ray diffraction stress analysis
  • Mechanisms of nano-grinding silicon monocrystals
  • Precision Lapping & Polishing
  • A boiler tube erosion model for the sugar industry
  • Thermoforming of Fibre-Reinforced Sheets
  • Machining characteristics and material properties of plastic spectacle lenses
  • The machinability-processing-property relationships of fibre-reinforced composites
  • Practical causality modelling of grinding processes
  • Nano-cutting mechanisms of metallic and ceramic materials
  • Ductile-regime grinding of advanced ceramics
  • Mechanisms of sheet stamping by deformable forming tools
  • CNC precision grinding
  • Mechanism of residual stress in ground components and its inherent dependence upon grinding conditions
  • Micro-machining of brittle materials

 

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