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Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation

• Research Areas
• Biomaterials
  • Porous metals
  • Fibres and polymers
• Composites
• Fibres and Textiles
  • Natural and manufactured fibres
  • Functional textiles
  • Fibre to fabric processing and quality
• Metals
  • Automotive
  • Light metals
  • Steel
  • Surfaces
• Modelling
  • Atomistic modelling
  • Crash material modelling
  • Dynamic recrystallization
  • Modelling phase transformations and microstructural development
  • Multiscale modelling
  • Sheet forming
• Nanotechnology
  • Electrospun nanofibres
  • Nanocomposites
  • Nanoparticles
• Polymers
• Other research links
• Collaboration
• Funding
• Projects
• Scholarship and research positions

Research Funding

Research Grants

The Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation has been a major grant winner for the University. At present the group has projects worth over $10 million, funded by the Australian Research Council, Australian Wool Innovation, the International Fibre Centre, the State and Federal Governments under the STI and CRC grant schemes.

The group is also supported by a large number of industry partners in the metals, textiles, and automotive industries.

Major current grants

(August 2003-January 2009)
$4.98 Million grant for the China Australia Wool Innovation Network (CAWIN)

(August 2002-2005)
$5 Million grant for Victoria Centre of Advanced Materials Manufacturing (V-CAMM)

2nd V-CAMM Success

VCAMM website

ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals

CAST CRC

Deakin Research Performance 

 

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