🎆Happy Holidays from UNSW Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering! We're taking a break and wish you all the best as we see out the year. See you in 2025 for more innovation and inspiration from our researchers, students and staff! Our social channels aren't being monitored for the shutdown period - we're back from January 6. Our Future Students team is available for special hours to answer your questions, more details at unsw.to/call
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🤝 We were honoured to welcome a delegation from the Department of Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University, led by Professor Ho-Young Kim and Professor Yang Jinkyu. The visit featured research pitches from both institutions, aiming to identify shared areas of interest for potential collaboration, as well as a tour of our laboratory facilities and the UNSW campus. The discussions set the stage for future collaborative projects and strengthened the academic partnership between our institutions.
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👏 Hoang-Phuong Phan is the second chief investigator on a project that has received a $1.1M National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant. Led by Thanh Nho Do from UNSW Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, the team will develop an innovative soft robotic technology for early detection and timely treatment of tubular cancers. The technology is designed to navigate hard-to-reach tubular structures within the body, such as those in the breast, lungs, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract, where many cancers originate. By enabling precise cancer detection and on-site tumour removal, the project targets early-stage cancers that often lack symptoms but are more treatable. A/Prof. Phan will lead a key part of the project in developing and integrating flexible and transparent multimodal robotic sensors for diagnosis and intervention.
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🗨️ Join the one-day course "Science Diplomacy: Case Studies of Nuclear Mindset in Action" in Canberra! Explore how nuclear science, engineering, and Science Diplomacy have shaped key global events through case studies, including: - The Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - The AUKUS trilateral partnership - Nuclear security at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant Hosted by the Australian Graduate School of Engineering at UNSW and the UNSW Nuclear Innovation Centre, this short course is perfect for professionals in international relations, foreign affairs, and national security. More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/g6zre6FC
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👏 A big congratulations to Con Doolan, who was elected a Fellow of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS)! Prof. Doolan was recognised for his outstanding contribution to flow induced noise research, engineering education and leadership. Fellowship of the AFMS is awarded to those whose sustained efforts have earned international recognition and elevated the field’s prestige in Australia and New Zealand.
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🏥 Revolutionary breakthroughs in wearable electrochemical sensors are transforming healthcare, enabling continuous, on-body detection of biomarkers, and launching a new era of personalised, real-time, and preventive care. A team of UNSW researchers - Haowei D., Shuhua Peng, Shuai He, Shiyang Tang, Chun H Wang, and Ming Li - along with collaborator Prof. Keisuke Goda from The University of Tokyo, provide an insightful overview of the latest innovations and critical challenges in wearable electrochemical systems. Their work highlights the profiling of key biomarkers (e.g., drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids) in biofluids, including interstitial fluid, sweat, wound exudate, saliva, and tears. Please read the paper: https://lnkd.in/gHYMRM2q
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🗨️ Advanced Image-Based Modeling for Coronary Atherosclerosis Risk Join Dr. Jolanda Wentzel, Associate Professor at ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, this Thursday as she shares insights into advanced image-based modeling and studies to investigate the role of multi-directional shear stress in plaque progression and plaque composition changes in coronary arteries of patients and in an animal model of atherosclerosis. Dr. Wentzel is hosted by Associate Professor Susann Beier, with the support of the Diversity in Visiting Academic Fund. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gGkcJQTS
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👏 Congratulations to Shiyang Tang, Liao (Leo) Wu, Patrick A. Burr and Dr. Victoria Timchenko on their successful ARC Discovery Projects! A/Prof. Tang received $684,181 to develop a world-first lab-in-the-pocket platform for rapid, low-cost, highly sensitive, and multiplex detection of single-nucleotide variations. Dr Wu was awarded $470,095 to develop novel methods to generate 3D stiffness maps of deformable surfaces within confined spaces, facilitating remote estimation of mechanical properties of delicate objects with limited accessibility. A/Prof. Burr is part of a project that will provide a knowledge base for the solutions required for safe use of metals and alloys in hydrogen-rich service environments. A/Prof. Timchenko is part of a team that seeks to push the envelope of the power to weight ratio of electric motors developed for transport electrification, aiming for over 5kW/kg using a novel Halbach magnet array with low rare-earth content and integrated stator cooling.
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Fracture behavior of NiNb and NiNbP bulk metallic glasses. Jay Kruzic, Bosong Li and Bernd Gludovatz have demonstrated that a NiNb bulk metallic glass, with ultra-high strength of ~3 GPa, exhibits good fracture toughness up to ~50 MPa√m. This gives this alloy a unique and attractive combination of mechanical properties compared to conventional alloys. Furthermore, phosphorous additions, which aid in processability, were shown to harden and embrittle the alloys. The next challenge will be to produce engineering scale components of NiNb(P) bulk metallic glasses, which may be achieved by additive manufacturing in the future. Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/gkS7fFAa
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👏 Congratulations to Jin Zhang, Xiaopeng Li, Shuhua Peng, and Liya Zhao, who have been awarded ARC Discovery Projects funding! A/Prof. Zhang is part of a project that will pioneer the design and development of solid polymer electrolytes to enable Li-metal batteries, utilising the high-capacity lithium metal anode, for enhanced battery safety and heightened energy density. A/Prof. Li's project aims to introduce machine learning and in-situ monitoring to develop a new approach to investigate the process-bonding structure-property relationships in additively manufactured aluminium alloys. Dr Peng and Dr Zhao are part of a project that aims to develop self-powered, interference-free wearable sensors that eliminate the need for bulky batteries, addressing key challenges in portability and miniaturisation.
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