Researchers in CMFI and CISR are members of the CAST Cooperative Research Centre. These teams are developing solutions for improved metals processing and control. The research involves a combination of metallurgy and intelligent systems. Members of CAST can be found in the School of Engineering, the IFM metals group and the CISR control team.
| Researcher | Position in the CAST CRC |
| Bruce Gunn | Research Program Manager |
| Professor Matthew Barnett | |
| Dr Aiden Beer | Postgraduate Coordinator |
| Nigel Ross | Postgraduate researcher |
| Shuo (Peter) Zhu | Postgraduate researcher |