Research Overview

The APT Research Centre works in five main research areas. These are Production Technology, Product Design & Sustainability, Micro and Nano Systems Technology, Advanced Materials Engineering and APT Bio.

Production Technology

Large scale research projects within Production Technology have included those related to:

Laser processing
EBM: Electro discharge machining
Machine automation
Additive manufacturing

Operations research
Supply chain value analysis
Lean manufacturing
Near Net Shape forming

Product Design & Sustainabality

Extensive research projects within Product Design & Sustainable have included those related to:

Efficient production: laser processing; 3DP/AM
Efficient products: submersible pumps: Long-life stent design; Long-life rock drills
Fabrication of functional, crack-free, multilayer integrated circuits for industrial components
High magnetostrictive part fabrication; Solar cells; superstrate texturing & Si QD
Energy sensing and Renewable energy

Advanced Materials Engineering

Significant research projects undertaken within Advanced Materials Engineering have included: those related to:

Aerospace and automotive
Biomedical devices and implants
Sports products: polymer, metal, structure
Photocurable polymers for 3DP
Metal powders for additive manufacturing

Nonoallays & nanoorganics
Chemical & bio-sensing, functionalisation, catalytic, drug delivery
Heat exchange
Heat Exchange under product design and sustainability.

Micro/Nano Systems Technology

Comprehensive research projects within Micro/Nano Systems Technology have included those related to:

Micro-Total Analysis Systems (μTAS) chip/monolith/sensing design & fabrication
Multi-modal separations; biological and chemical species: nanoalloy tag agents – target isolation, separation, and identification
Laser modification for defined functionality; transmission/absorption, shape, phase structure
Laser ablation for nanoparticle production.

APT Bio

Diverse research projects within the APT Bio focus area have included those related to:

Microbial bioprocessing process development
Biomass probe development
Nanoparticle generation for bio-sensing
Biomaterial product testing and development

Tissue Engineering
Healthy living systems
Biomechanics analysis for injury reduction/optimised rehabilitation