Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (IMM) Research Theme

24 June, 2009

Innovation in Manufacturing and Materials (IMM) Research Theme 2

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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