Griffith University will play a key role in education and research in the newly funded Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), which was awarded $58 million of Federal funding through Round 25 of the CRC grants.
The Additive Manufacturing CRC brings together a $213 million partnership (cash and in-kind) from 101 organisations across Australia.
The shared aim of the CRC is to establish a world-class additive manufacturing ecosystem for Australia.
Griffith’s team within the CRC will lead major additive manufacturing projects for Queensland through its cutting-edge Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute, led by Professor Stefanie Feih.
Industry leaders and small to medium enterprises will benefit from the comprehensive educational program supporting PhD students, vocational training and industry workshops designed to create a workforce for the future of manufacturing.
Griffith Business School’s Professor Jennifer Loy said the innovative industry taskforce element of the CRC would ensure more than 70 industry partners would not only share in results relevant to their industry but shape the provision of training suited to their needs.
“Developing a sustainable ecosystem in additive manufacturing for Australia is about high-quality engineering research to address the challenges we face in maximising the technology, but also prioritising building supply chains, capacity and capability systematically to ensure as a country we can meet the challenges and opportunities in advanced manufacturing at this time,” Professor Loy said.
The Additive Manufacturing CRC will provide solutions through four interconnected research programs:
- Sustainable Manufacturing
- Application & Materials Development
- Technology & Processes development
- Surface Technologies & Post Processing
This technology is increasingly recognised as critical across industries, including aerospace, medtech, automotive, construction, and defence, and aligns with the Federal Government’s National Reconstruction and Science priority areas.
Over the next seven years, the industry driven research and workforce development AMCRC will provide Australia with a strong additive manufacturing position as the foundation for production in a digital era.
