Our team
Meet the people behind the Manufacturing Futures Research Platform.
The Manufacturing Futures Research Platform brings together expertise in manufacturing, nanomaterials, nanofabrication, Industry 4.0 and cutting-edge industrial design.
Research associates
Industry 4.0
Program leader:
Industrial IoT
Cyber-physical machines, processes, humans and products (cyber twins)
Manufacturing solution development and optimisation (DevelOpt)
Find out more about the Industry 4.0 research program
Digital design
Program leader:
Design-driven product and manufacturing innovation
Mixed-reality design and manufacturing
Find out more about the digital design research program
Intelligent robotics
Program leader:
Field robotics
(stream leader)
— construction robotics
Dr Gergana Rusenova
Artificial intelligence and autonomy
Associate Professor Chris McCarthy (stream leader)
— multi-agent systems and cloud robotics
Human-robot interaction
(stream leader)
Assistive robotics
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— brain machine interfaces
— biomechanics modelling and control
Find out more about the intelligent robotics research program
Next generation materials
Program leader: Professor Baohua Jia
Composites
Nano materials and device
Professor Baohua Jia (stream leader)
Dr Han Lin
Smart materials and structure
(stream leader)
Dr Hongjian Du
Energy harvesting and storage materials
(stream leader)
Professor Baohua Jia
Find out more about the next generation materials research program
Resilient processes
Program leader:
Materials processing and inspection technology
(stream leader)
Professor Syed Masood
Wealth from waste
(stream leader)
Associate Professor Igor Sbarski
Carbon reduction in manufacturing
(stream leader)
Dr Terence Grant
Associate Professor Maria Zhang
Find out more about the resilient processes research program
Contact the Manufacturing Futures Research Platform
If your organisation would like to collaborate with us to solve a complex problem, or you simply want to contact our team, get in touch by calling +61 3 9214 5177 or emailing MFRP@swinburne.edu.au.