Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation
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Matt Dingle will be keeping an eye on more than his old crew mate James Tompkins at the Beijing Olympics...
Audio of the ABC radio interview with Matt Dingle on The Morning Show - (2MB MP3)
Robyn Williams interviewed Professor Xungai Wang and PhD student Minoo Naebe on "Revolutionary fibres using nanotechnology" on the ABC Science Show - 19th July, 2008. View the transcript or listen to the a recording of the program on the Science Show website.
Deakin University’s talented young research leader Dr Bronwyn Fox is part of a team of international experts on composites awarded a million dollar grant.
On May 9, 2008, The New Inventors from ABC Television visited the Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation. They came to film the research being carried out by the BioMetals group at the GTP and interviewed Professor Peter Hodgson and Dr. Cui'e Wen. They were particularly interested in the artificial bone materials developed by the group.
Deakin is the only Australian university selected for Ford's global challenge!
On Friday 4th of April 2008, highly-respected Professor Zhuangqi Hu from IMR (Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) visited the CMFI and presented a seminar on Amorphous Alloys & Processings. Professor Hu and Dr Matthew R. Barnett, Professor Andrew Parratt, and Director of Research Services, Alison Hadfield introduced research and exchanged collaborative research ideas and interests.
Professor Hu is a Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Asian Pacific Academy of Materials. He has worked in the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the last 50 years, and was the head of the Department of Superalloys and Special Casting, director of the State Key Laboratory of Rapidly Solidification and Nonequilibrium Alloys and chairman of the Academic Committee of the Institute. Prof. Hu is now the honorary professor of Northeast University and concurrent professor of nine famous universities in China. He was a visiting professor in MIT in the 1970’s.
Prof Hu’s research areas are in nonequilibrium solidification, directional solidification and rapid solidification processing, and using different solidification techniques to develop new materials with novel properties, including superalloys, directionally solidified and single crystals, intermetallic compounds and nonequilibrium alloys. He is one of the world leaders in the research field of high temperature alloys. He has received 11 awards for his significant achievements in science and technology, including First Prize and Second Prize of National Award of Scientific and Technological Progress. He has published and translated nine books. He has published 352 papers in leading international journals and 511 papers in Chinese journals. He has supervised 78 PhD students, 22 master students, and 16 postdoctoral researchers
On 20 August 2007, over 60 CMFI researchers moved into the expanded Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP) building. This major undertaking was carried out in a well co-ordinated manner with minimum disruption to the Centre's busy research activities. The majority of CMFI research students are now on the new mezzanine floor of the GTP building, and most research fellows are now together in the pod areas underneath. Also, researchers from BioDeakin are now located in this area, extending the multidisciplinary nature of the team. This move will significantly enhance the research as well as social interactions amongst the CMFI and other researchers.
