Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (IMM) Research...
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Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (IMM) Research Theme
24 June, 2009
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The “Big Climate”• The ‘going it alone’ approach is less likely to succeed • Both domestic policy settings and international trends favour:
– collaborative research proposals– partnership approaches– use of less competitive funding processes– thematic research initiatives– multi-objective project– cross-disciplinary research
• Stable Environment Funding policy II (SEF2)• FRST to greatly reduce funding available for competitive bids
over the next several years
40% Environmental research
40%RfI
30%NERF
Max % of total appropriation available for negotiationOutput expense
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A snapshot of the new budget• Marsden Fund increased by $9 mpa to $46 mpa• $1 mpa allocated for Prime Minister’s Science Prizes• $190 m allocation over 4 years for the Primary Growth
Partnership in the primary sector.
New Materials, Technologies and Services (mainly for re-biding)
• New Economy Research Fund (NERF)– Future Human Technologies (FHT):- $2.7m– Creating Opportunities Through New Physical Technologies
(NPT):- $3.0m• Research for Industry (RFI)
– High Value Manufacturing Processes, Products and Materials (MAN):- $4.2m
– Building Knowledge Intensive Service Industries (SER):-$0.9m
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University Thematic Research Initiatives
• BioPharma sector development– host: School of Biological Science
• Auckland: a sustainable city– host: National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries
• Indigenous knowledge, peoples and national identity– host: Faculty of Arts
• Manufacturing and materials technology– host: Faculty of Engineering
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The “Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (IMM)” Research Theme
• Dual functions: – Maintain growth in existing areas of strength
– Nurture and develop new initiatives
• Increase of research income
• PBRF improvement
• Research mentoring of early-career researchers
• Increase of postgraduates
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What does the IMM Research Theme encompass?
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IMM organizational behaviours
• Cross-department/faculty/university - Dimensionless
• Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary initiatives- Heterogeneous
• Project-centred/Funding-driven - Outcome-based
• A flexible but focused entity- Inclusive
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IMM functional goals
• External funding
• Industry engagement
• Collaborations (Other Faculties, universities, IRLs, overseas research bodies, etc.)
• Supporting researchers at all career stages
• Identifying promising, new and emerging researchers
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IMM capabilities
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), CNC machine tools, Injection moulding machines, Kuka Robot, 3D (MVT) Laser Colour Scanner, Pro/E Wildfire™, Pro/E Structure&Thermo™, Pro/E Fatigue Advisor™, Pro/NC™, SolidWorks™, ANSYS™, LSDYNA™, PAM-FORM™, PAMcrash™, ABAQUS™, MATLAB™, HyperWorks™, MasterCAM™, Xpress-MP Suite …
Equipment and Software Tools
•Intelligent Mechatronics•Machine vision
technologies•Smart sensors, actuators
and bio-sensors•Industrial Informatics
•Multi-disciplinary Product Development
•Innovative New Product Development
•Product life cycle analysis
•Internet-based product development systems
•Combinatorial optimization
•Integer programming•Optimisation methods•Industrial process
optimal control•Vision-based inspection
and control
•Materials characterisation and analysis
•Advanced coating and surface technologies
•Wear, corrosive wear, protection technologies
•Rapid solidification and amorphous alloys
•Nano-structured materials and coatings
•Multi-axis computer numerical control
•Near net-shape manufacturing
•Solid freeform fabrication (SFF)
•Rapid prototyping•STEP-based data
exchange•Condition
monitoring •Statistical analyses in
manufacturing
Engineering SystemsInnovative ProductsOperational Research/ Industrial Engineering
MaterialsManufacturing
Research Expertise
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Some embryonic IMM initiatives• Materials manufacturability• Near net-shape manufacturing technologies• Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF)• Laser-based manufacturing• Rapid tooling• Universal Manufacturing Platform• Heterogeneous modelling and their products• Bio-materials and their applications• Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) and their applications• Self-healing materials and their applications• Phase-changing materials and their applications• ……
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Final words
• Live your research dreams
• Think “large”; think ahead; think out of square
• Walk out of “silos”
• Theme-related projects
• No thought too trivial
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Let’s get the ball rolling …
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