Swinburne University of Technology has launched its $140 million advanced manufacturing teaching and research facility in Melbourne.

 

The Advanced Technologies Centre (ACT), co-funded through the Federal Government’s Education Investment Fund, will strengthen Swinburne’s focus on advanced materials and manufacturing.

 

"This centre will expand the university's capacity to produce job-ready graduates for the forefront of advanced manufacturing technologies," former Federal Minister for Innovation Senator Kim Carr said.

 

The ATC will facilitate leading research into manufacturing, high temperature processing, neurosciences, nano- and micro-fabrication, nanophotonics, product design engineering, robotics and mechatronics, microscopy and biotechnology.

 

“The ATC is the first stage of the university’s $250 million investment in new research infrastructure, continuing Swinburne’s long-standing commitment to the current and emerging technology needs of industry and society,” Swinburne’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Linda Kristjanson said.

 

The ATC was built with assistance from the federal government, via a $7.6 million grant under the Education Investment Fund. Swinburne has since received a further $40 million in funding through the EIF, to go towards construction of a $100 million Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC). The AMC, to be completed in 2013, will be built alongside the ATC.