2018 Keynote Speakers
Prof. Graham Schaffer
Symposium - Additive & Advanced manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
University of Melbourne
Graham Schaffer is Professor of Materials and Design in the School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He was previously Executive Dean
for Engineering, Architecture and IT at The University of Queensland and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Science, Health and Engineering at La Trobe University.
The alloys he has designed are in service in automotive engines and the nanomaterials processing methods he has pioneered are used to produce the active
ingredient in commercial sunscreens. He has more than 200 publications with 5 patents and 133 refereed journal papers, including a paper in Science.
Professor Schaffer has BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Birmingham. He is a Chartered Professional
Engineer and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Institution of Engineers Australia and the American
Powder Metallurgy Institute International.
Abstract: Heuristics for the design of new materials
Prof. Baohua Jia
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
Swinburne Univeristy
Professor Baohua Jia is a research leader at Swinburne’s Centre for Micro-Photonics and Program Leader for Swinburne’s Manufacturing Futures Research
Institute.
Her research is focused on a range of areas includes laser nanofabrication of novel photonic nanostructures, investigation of functionality and nonlinear
effects inside 3D photonic nanostructures, development of active photonic devices facilitated with nanoemitters and development of novel nanoplasmonic
devices with laser nanofabrication. She also examines the employment of nanostructures and nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting and storage research,
and has recently focused her research on laser interaction with two-dimensional materials and functional devices.
Professor Jia’s research findings on cutting-edge nanophotonics solar cells has been highlighted in the MIT Technology Review with more than 150 media
reports worldwide. From 2006-2012, Professor Jia served as a Project Manager/Project Leader for the Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical
Systems (CUDOS, an Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence) managing the key flagship projects ‘3D bandgap confinement' and 'Nanoplasmonic’.
Alongside her research and academic work, she is also the honorary treasurer of Australian Optical Society.
Abstract: Laser nanofabrication of 2D materials for functional optoelectronics applications
Distinguished Prof. Dietmar Hutmacher
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
Queensland University of Technology
Professor Hutmacher’s background is a strong combination of academic and industrial. His expertise
is in biomaterials, biomechanics, medical devices and tissue engineering. He is one of the few academics to take a holistic bone engineering concept
to clinical application. More than 400 patients have been treated with the FDA-approved bone engineering scaffolds developed by Prof Hutmacher’s Singapore-based
interdisciplinary research group
Over the last 4 years, Professor Hutmacher has developed an international track record in adult stem cell research related to regenerative medicine.
Abstract: 3D Printonomics – why we need to change the current paradigm by changing the question from “what can we do with this fabrication method?” to “how can we change this fabrication process to achieve what we need”
Dr. Martin Leary
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
RMIT
Martin Leary began his scholarly career as a postgraduate student within the Engineering Design Group at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the
University of Melbourne. As a member of the RMIT School of Aerospace Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, he proudly continues to engage with
industry and develop novel research outcomes within four research fields:
Engineering design and engineering education; Systems approaches and optimisation; Sustainable automotive system design; Renewable energy
Abstract: Bespoke Additive Manufacture: Low-Cost, High-Value Product Design.
Prof. Sally McArthur
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
CSIRO
Professor Sally McArthur is a CSIRO Research+ Science Leader in Biomedical Manufacturing and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. She is part of a
team at Swinburne exploring new ways to link industry and academia to create a new generation of entrepreneurial, innovative and internationally connected
graduates capable of driving the medical and manufacturing sectors forward in Australia and internationally.
Professor McArthur’s personal research couples materials, surface engineering, physical science, analytical chemistry and biochemistry. Using these
tools, she creates novel interfaces capable of eliciting specific physical and biological responses. Her CSIRO Research+ Science Leader role focuses
on the development of 3D tissue model systems as new in vitro test platforms for the biomaterials, pharmaceutical and medical/bio technologies sectors.
Professor McArthur leads the Australian National Fabrication Facility Victoria (ANFF-Vic) Biointerface Engineering Hub, an open access facility for
academic and industry researchers to gain expert support to connect biology with technology. As an engineering researcher Sally has obtained approximately
$20 million in funding from research councils, industry and government in the UK and Australia, including the $1.8 million ARC Industrial Transformational
Training Centre in Biodevices launched at Swinburne in 2015.
Abstract: 4D Cell Culture Systems – Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Wyman Zhang
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
DTSG
Abstract: Fatigue Performance of Additive Manufactured Alloys: Challenges and Opportunities for Aerospace Applications
Associate Prof. Gwenaelle Proust
Symposium - Advances in Materials Characterisation
University of Sydney
Associate Professor Gwénaëlle Proust was an undergraduate in La Rochelle and Nantes in France where she received
an Engineering Degree in Materials in 1999. She then moved to Philadelphia in the USA to attend grad school at Drexel University in the department
of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2002, she obtained a Masters degree by completing a thesis about adhesion between aluminum surfaces and polyurethane
films. In 2002, Associate Professor Proust joined Dr. Surya Kalidindi's group to work on his microstructure sensitive design project. She had a side
project in collaboration with Dr. Roger Doherty and Dr. Surya Kalidindi on characterization of aluminum, copper and titanium elastic and plastic anisotropy
using nanoindentation and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). She obtained her PhD degree in April 2005. Abstract: Effects of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment on the Microstructure and Properties of Alloys
Dr. Ross Marceau
Symposium - Advances in Materials Characterisation
Deakin University
Dr Ross Marceau is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University. He is also the Director of Advanced
Characterisation at IFM and technical manager of the LEAP 4000 HR atom probe instrument within the Advanced Characterisation Facility. He holds a Bachelor
of Engineering (Materials) obtained from The University of New South Wales in 2004, together with a PhD from The University of Sydney at the Australian
Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis. After completion of his PhD in 2008, Dr Marceau became a research associate of the Australian Research Council
Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals at The University of Sydney (2008 - 2011), and following this he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt
Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research) in Düsseldorf, Germany,
prior to starting at Deakin University in July 2013.
Abstract: APT Studies of Carbon-related Materials
A/Prof. Philip Nakashima
Symposium - Advances in Materials Characterisation
Monash University
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering & ARC Future Fellow
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract: Measuring Chemical Bonding around Defects and Nanostructures in Metals and Alloys using Quantitative Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
Dr. Ruth Knibbe
Symposium - Advances in Materials Characterisation
University of Queensland
My research interests are in materials for energy generation and storage with specific interest in electrochemistry and electron microscopy.
I received my PhD from UQ in Chemical Engineering in 2007. Since completing my PhD I spent 4 years at DTU-Energy (Danish Technical University) and
subsequently 5 years at the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington.
My interests are concerned with: in-situ methods for characterising fuel cell and battery materials, the application of machine learning in new material
design, development of new materials for Li-S battery systems and understanding degradation mechanisms in fuel cell and battery systems.
Abstract: Development of in-situ TEM techniques
Prof. Xinhua Wu
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
Monash University
Professor Xinhua Wu is a Fellow of Australia Academy of Technology and Engineering(ATSE), Fellow of IoM3, UK, world-leading expert in aeroengine and
aircraft materials and their manufacturing, in particular 3D printing. In 2014 she 3D printed the world’s first full size jet engine and in 2016 achieved
international aerospace qualification for 3D printed Ti components for civil aircrafts C919. She is also the founder Director for Monash Centre for
Additive Manufacturing (MCAM) since 2012 and Director for ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub(ITRH) for high value additive manufacturing since
2014. She is also the Director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals since 2011. This Centre was consisted of more than 100 researchers
and academics from six universities with its research activities focused on Al, Mg and Ti alloys. She worked extensively with aerospace industry. She
was a key member of Rolls-Royce Materials’ UTP for 15 years, also had a decade long term collaboration with Safran Power Units, Airbus, Bombardier,
Messier-Dowty, DSTL UK , BAE Systems, European Space Agency, Timet , AWE, COMAC etc. and involved in 13 European Framework Projects.
Prof. Koji Kakehi
Symposium - Additive & Advanced Manufacturing (Future Manufacturing, Processes and Products)
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Prof. Koji Kakehi is a Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dept. of Mechanical Systems Engineering
2017- Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
2006-2017 Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
2002-2006 Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering,Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology.
2001-2002 Visiting Research Scholar in Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge University
1986-2002 Research Associate in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1999 - Ph. D., Nagoya University
Abstract: Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ni-base superalloys fabricated by selective laser meltings
Dr. Matthew Barnett
Symposium - Light Metals Design
Deakin University
Director - Institute of Frontier Materials
Dr Barnett is designing the microstructure of new metal alloys
to give enhanced properties. He is particularly interested in manipulating the microstructure to give improved ductility. This requires control over
features spanning size scales from small clusters of atoms to meso-crystallographic features up to 1 mm in length. Metals with optimized ductility
are more readily manufactured, resist fracture and last longer under mechanical loading. His main strengths are in sheet steels and magnesium alloys.
He is also carrying out research into metal particle composites and nano-crystalline electrodeposits.
Abstract: Some challenges in measuring and simulating strength due to twinning in Mg alloys
Prof. Dmitri Golberg
Symposium - Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces
Queensland University of Technology
Dmitri is a Professor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and an Australian Laureate Fellow.
He joined QUT in 2017 after more than 20 years of his career in Japan, where he held the positions of Nanotube Unit Director of the National Institute
for Materials Science (NIMS), and Professor of University of Tsukuba. He was also a visiting researcher at Max-Planck-Institute fuer Eisenforschung
in Duesseldorf, Germany, and at the National Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan. In Japan Dmitri secured the prestigious Tsukuba Prize (2005), Thomson
Reuters Research Front Award (2012), “Seto” Prize by Japan Microscopy Society (2016), and NIMS President Award (2017). He was also nominated as a Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science by Thomson Reuters during consecutive years 2014-2017. Dmitri is author of more than 650original papers in peer-reviewed
International journals which yielded more than 35,000 citations (H-factor-100, Scopus). He also registered more than 120Japanese
and International patents, authored numerous book chapters, and delivered more than 150invited, keynote and plenary lectures. Currently, Dmitri
is placed within top 250 most-cited world materials scientists on the Web of Science.
Abstract: New Possibilities of Transmission Electron Microscopy: in situ Studies
Prof. Simon Ringer
Symposium - Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces
University of Sydney
Professor Ringer works as the University of Sydney's Director of Core Research Facilities where he provides University-wide leadership of major research
infrastructure strategy, planning and operations. Sydney's Core Research Facilities presently cover biomedical imaging, mass spectrometry, microscopy,
informatics, nanofabrication, cytometry and high performance analytical capabilities. Sydney is building an enterprise of world-class research facilities
that will support our researchers to tackle the frontier questions of their fields.
Professor Ringer's personal research is in atomic-scale materials design. He uses a materials science and engineering approach to learn how small groups
of atoms in special architectures atomic clusters—can create materials with remarkable properties. Applications include semiconductors, catalyst
nanoparticles, and new ultra-strong lightweight alloys. He has lived and worked in Sweden, Japan, the USA and Australia, holds patents in the design
of materials, and has published extensively.
Abstract: Atom Probe Crystallography Enabling Interface Engineering
Prof. Setsuo Takaki
Symposium - Advances in Steel Technology
Kyushu University
Professor Takaki’s research interests are the microstructure control and the strengthening mechanism in steel. He has published 400 papers in journals
and conference proceedings. Professor Takaki was awarded 5 times the Best Paper of the year in “the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ)” until
now, Academic Achievement Contribution Prize in ISIJ, and the Distinguished Award in THERMEC-2013, Las Vegas, USA etc. for his distinguished contribution
to the development of Materials Science, especially in the field of steel. Professor Takaki has been playing important roles in ISIJ and held the position
of Vice-president of ISIJ from 1014 to 2016.
Professor Takaki has held appointments in Kyushu University, Japan; Vice-Dean of Faculty of Engineering from 2006 to 2008 and Councilor of University
from 2008 to 2015. In 2005, Professor Takaki established “the Research Center for Steel” in Kyushu University and has made a significant contribution
as Director to developing industry partnerships with Japanese steel making companies. Professor Takaki retired in March, 2018 but is currently Specially
Appointed Professor in the Research Center for Steel in Kyushu University.
Prof. Gangadhara Prusty
Symposium - Photonics, Sensors, Optoelectronics & Ferro Electrics
UNSW Sydney
Gangadhara Prusty is a Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Australia and is the Director of ARC funded Centre for Automated
Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC). He also leads the UNSW MECHENG School’s Advanced Structures and Materials research group and is the Deputy
Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research Technology (SMaRT). His research strengths are on the nano, micro and macro-mechanics of
fibre reinforced composites, embodied with experimental and finite element modelling techniques. His current research focus on the online monitoring
and processing of advanced composites using Automated Tape/Fibre Placement (ATP/AFP) procedure. Professor Prusty led number of major internationally
collaborative projects such as; Systems for Crashworthiness and Robust Optimisation for Imperfection Sensitive Composite Launcher Structures at UNSW
through external funding.
Abstract: Sensing in Polymer Composites using Fibre optics: Applications in Dental to Aerospace
Prof. Geoffrey Evans
Symposium - Metal Casting and Liquid Metal Processing
University of Newcastle
Professor Geoffrey Evans has been actively involved in fundamental and applied research into multiphase systems over the last 20 years. During that
time he has worked on a wide range of projects which have concentrated on free surface phenomena and phase interaction between bubbles, particles and
the liquid phase. Specifically, the research has focused on bubble formation and growth, bubble nucleation, bubble breakup and coalescence, two phase
flow, mixing and agitation, emulsions, and plunging and submerged jets. More recently, his research has included surface forces, particle-particle
and bubble-particle interactions, as applied to a number of particle technology applications. The research has involved a combination of experimental
measurement, theoretical modelling and computational fluid mechanics, and has been applied to a number of practical applications. Much of his current
research deals with the pyro-metallurgical processing, with particular applications in sintering, blast furnace, steelmaking and metallurgical coating
operations.
Abstract: Sintering and liquid metal processing in iron and steelmaking
Emeritus Prof. David StJohn
Symposium - Metal Casting & Liquid Metal Processing
University of Queensland
Professor StJohn’s main interests are the solidification and microstructure-property relationships of Al, Mg and Ti alloys and has published over 350
papers in journals and conference proceedings. He has held appointments in Canada, RMIT University and CRA-Advanced Technical Development in Perth
as well as a long association with UQ. Prof StJohn has made a significant contribution to developing research – industry partnerships. For example,
the CAST Cooperative Research Centre becoming CEO from August 2002 until 2008, the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) in 2008 and initiated
the Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM) at UQ in 2009. Current industry partners include Magontec, Cook Medical, Bluescope
Steel, Nihon Superior and Baosteel. Funding was also received from the Queensland State Government and the Australian Federal Government for the Advanced
Engineering Building (AEB) and he was Chair of the Project Control Group for the construction of the AEB, completed in 2013. He was awarded the John
Campbell Medal in 2014, the Materials Australia Silver Medal in 2011, the Amercian Society of Metals Henry Marion Howe Medal in 2006 and the TMS Magnesium
Technology Award in 2003. Prof StJohn is currently Emeritus Professor at The University of Queensland.
Abstract: The Formation of Eutectic Structures in Al-Si Alloys
Prof. Mingxing Zhang
Symposium - Surfaces Thin Films & Coatings
University of Queensland
Professor Mingxing Zhang’s research interests are in the application of crystallography to engineering and functional materials, surface engineering
of metals, grain refinement for cast metals and epitaxial growth.
Prof Zhang is a world leader in the area of crystallography of phase transformations and its applications in engineering materials, and is recognised
as one of the top researchers in the area of surface engineering. His research projects will develop novel surface treatment techniques for metallic
materials to improve their surface durability, and to develop new light weight alloys and processes.
Prof Zhang obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from the Inner Mongolian University of Science and Technology and Master of Engineering from Northwestern
Polytechnical University, China. In 1997 he was awarded his PhD degree by The University of Queensland. His research expertise and interests include
crystallography of phase transformations, grain refinement and alloy development of aluminum and magnesium alloys, surface modification and coatings,
bainitic transformation and bainitic steels.
Abstract: New Approach to Wear-resistant Coating through Metal 3D Printing