Manufacturing a better tomorrow
From 3D printing to robotics, technology is rapidly transforming the manufacturing industry. Advances in manufacturing enable the economy to continuously improve as new technologies and innovations increase productivity, enable new products and create entirely new industries.
ADaPTing to the future
Bringing together an interdisciplinary array of researchers and industry partners on a range of innovative projects, Griffith’s Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies (ADaPT) facility is an Australian-first ‘one-stop shop’ for advanced design, prototyping and manufacturing.
Set within the growing Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, ADaPT allows University partners and start-ups to co-locate alongside Griffith scientists as they work together to spur technological and economic growth at a regional and federal level.
An innate silo-buster, ADaPT’s areas of expertise spans fields as diverse as micro- and nanoscience, complex imaging, 3D digital scanning, bioengineering, industrial design, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing process design.
Blurring the lines between academic lab and commercial hub, ADaPT represents Griffith's commitment to Australia's modern manufacturing future.
Lead researchers: Professor Robert Sang, and Mr Derek Smith
Griffith institute: Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADaPT)
Griffith researchers team with Gilmour Space Technologies on satellite design
In a flagship project for ADaPT, Griffith University is supporting Gold Coast aerospace innovator Gilmour Space Technologies in prototyping and developing the G-Sat, Australia’s largest low Earth orbit satellite.
Set to launch from Queensland in 2023, the G-class satellite draws on our expertise in material sciences, electronics, physics, mechanical engineering and information and communications technology.
Through ADaPT, researchers have access to the instruments, technology, and materials to enable critical breakthroughs in technology, materials and engineering to help define the next era of space endeavour.
The Gilmour-Griffith collaboration will continue at Gilmour’s new space vehicle manufacturing and test hub soon to the built in South East Queensland and funded by a $52 million grant from the Australian Government.
Lead researcher: Professor Paulo de Souza
Project: Griffith Aerospace
Peak sports bodies support Griffith’s breakthrough Digital Athlete technologies
Griffith University biomechanical researchers have produced what might be the ultimate coaching tool for elite sport, partnering with film industry visual effects practitioners to create a next generation ‘Digital Athlete’ that replicates an individual’s anatomy, both inside and out.
With support from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS), the prototype has been developed as a precise visualisation tool to enable coaches and athletes to design highly personalised training, prevent injuries and customise rehabilitation.
By accurately ‘twinning’ each competitor’s unique physiology, this never-before-seen technology allows coaches to analyse and refine an athlete’s movements as well as mitigate injury risk.
Lead researchers: David Lloyd
Project: Australian Centre for Precision Health and Technology
Artificial heart developers BiVACOR become Griffith neighbours and research collaborators
A trio of leading tech companies have based themselves in the growing Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct (GCHKP), home to Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus.
BiVACOR, a company behind the world’s first rotary artificial heart, Precise Light Surgical, a US operator developing novel surgical laser technology, and Netherlands-founded blockchain technology company TYMLEZ, have each establish a presence in GCHKP.
BiVACOR was founded in Brisbane by biomedical engineer Daniel Timms and headquartered in Texas, with its international office and software, electronic hardware, and blood compatibility R&D conducted at GCHKP, often in collaboration with Griffith’s world-class Mechanobiology Research Laboratory
The three new tenants join a growing GCHKP cluster of medical, health and digital technology businesses, ideally co-located to enable similar research collaboration opportunities with Griffith University.
Lead researchers: Prof Michael Simmonds and Geoff Tansley
Project: Disability and Rehabilitation
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