Australia on pole position for new lightweight components
Cutting edge research centre shows how industry is transitioning from local manufacturingAustralia’s first advanced training centre for new state-of-the-art lightweight materials and manufacturing for the automotive industry has been launched at RMIT University in Melbourne.
Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson officiated for the announcement of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) ATLAS Training Centre in Lightweight Automotive Structures which has the ultimate aim of creating export opportunities for new lightweight automotive products and engineering skills.
This is a further example of how our automotive sector is transitioning from local manufacturing
The ATLAS training centre is partnered by the Ford Motor Company, the CSIRO and 11 local and international organisations with the aim of accelerating the transition of Australia’s automotive industry to a technology leader with an emphasis on future sustainability.
According to ARC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Sue Thomas: “This new research training centre brings together world-leading scientists and industrial engineers from 16 organisations from Australia, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States of America, and will provide an outstanding collaborative network to mentor, train and develop Australia’s next generation of researchers in an industry-focused research training environment.
“Working with industry partnering organisations, the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Lightweight Automotive Structures will accelerate the transformation of Australia’s automotive industry through new research capabilities and commercialisation of new processes and products.”
Ford’s Programs Director Asia Pacific Dave French said: “We are incredibly proud of our relationship with RMIT and together we believe that ATLAS will be the basis for an even more integrated local Australian research activity.”
The new centre, which will take on 13 PhD candidates and five postdoctoral research fellows, is an initiative aimed at positioning Australia at the pointy end of future automotive research and development.
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