Adelaide University (AU) offers a comprehensive, industry-aligned capability spanning advanced manufacturing, materials engineering, digital technologies, and sustainable industrial systems. Their combined strengths integrate deep technical expertise, state-of-the-art facilities, and world-leading research in support of defence, aerospace, medical, transport, space and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Additive Manufacturing, Coatings & Materials Engineering

AU’s capability covers the full additive manufacturing lifecycle—from alloy design and structural modelling through to printing, post-processing, characterisation, and qualification. Expertise includes:

• • Laser & Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (L/EBM-PBF), Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), polymer and extruded metal printing, and specialised glass printing for sensing applications.
  • Advanced materials development for aerospace, defence, and medical devices (including biocompatible Ti-alloys, stainless steels, Ni-based alloys).
  • Integrated structural design, process optimisation, and detailed mechanical, chemical, and microstructural characterisation supported by advanced metallography, nano-characterisation, precision machining and ultrasonic/HSC milling.
  • Extensive Industry 4.0 testlab facilities, heat treatment systems, and coating technologies enabling rapid prototyping, industrial translation, and production-focused research.

Infrastructure, Testing & Certification

AU houses significant testing and evaluation capability, including:

• Full-scale structural testing of concrete and construction materials (static/repeated loads, creep, permeability, soil/rock triaxial testing).
• Advanced machining, microscopy, and mechanical analysis equipment
• End-to-end material and component verification to support certification, ESG compliance, and supply chain assurance.

Digital Technologies: AI, ML, AR/VR

Complementing manufacturing and materials expertise, AU contributes world-leading digital capability through:

• Industrial AI and machine learning for monitoring, optimisation, automation, and predictive modelling.
• Global partnerships with Siemens, BP, Yokogawa and more in autonomous systems and IoT solutions.
• Advanced AR/VR and human-centred computing research enabling simulation, visualisation, training, telepresence, and digital twins.

Sustainable & Resilient Supply Chains

AU’s Centre for Sustainable Operations and Resilient Supply Chains brings specialised expertise in:

• Supply chain modelling, optimisation and transformation.
• Life cycle assessment, sustainable procurement, certification and ESG strategy.
• Design of secure, trackable, localised and low-carbon supply chains.
• Industry-accredited sustainability training and global best-practice implementation.

Business & Innovation Systems

AU’s business research capability strengthens industry engagement with:

• Economic modelling, entrepreneurship, innovation systems, and policy translation.
• Strategies to help industry and government adapt to technological disruption and global change.

Overall Value to Industry

Adelaide University offers:

• Integrated technical, digital, structural, and business expertise.
• Full prototyping-to-production pathways for advanced materials and additive manufacturing.
• Robust testing, certification, sustainability and supply chain optimisation services.
• A strong track record of global industry partnerships and translational research.

This combined capability provides industry and government with an end-to-end innovation ecosystem capable of addressing complex manufacturing, sustainability, and digital transformation challenges.

Key contacts:
AMCRC Adelaide University Node Leader
Senior Industry Research Fellow Dr Kamil Zuber
kamil.zuber@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: (08) 8302 6319

Adelaide University Business Development Manager
Mr Atif Abdul Majeed
atif.abdulmajeed@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: (08) 8302 0782