UNSW smart sensing showcase: advanced manufacturing
The UNSW Smart Sensing Showcase: Advanced Manufacturing event took place on 29 November 2019 at UNSW Sydney. Hosted by the NSW Government, NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) and UNSW the event aimed to inform the small to medium-sized enterprises within the advanced manufacturing sector on the research partnership opportunities available at UNSW.
The showcase included smart sensing technology displays such as tactile sensing technology for dexterous robotic manipulation, temperature sensors based on liquid phase transition, wearable and stretchable sensors for human health monitoring and the Inventia Life Science Rastrum 3D bioprinter.
The award-winning Rastrum 3D bioprinter that can print replicas of tumours was co-designed by two leading UNSW medical and science researchers, Professor Justin Gooding and Professor Maria Kavallaris. Professor Gooding is co-director at the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN).
The 3D printer gives biomedical researchers and tissue engineers a fast way to create 3D cell structures, proteins and tumour models. “Cancer research is dominated – and in many ways limited – by two-dimensional in vitro cell culture techniques,” said UNSW Scientia and NSSN Co-Director Professor Gooding.
“But three-dimensional printing of cell cultures is much more realistic, revealing important features such as the resistance of cells and tumours to treatment. This bioprinter allows cancer researchers to rapidly produce 3D cultures and build more complex in vitro cancer models than ever before.”
UNSW consistently ranks in the forward pack of world universities with a firm commitment to research and innovation that transforms the lives of people and communities.
UNSW boasts excellence across a broad range of relevant research fields including biomedical, environmental and material sciences as well as ICT. The research infrastructure at UNSW is unparalleled in NSW and includes 11 network labs and the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre.
The UNSW Smart Sensing Showcase: Advanced Manufacturing event provided an opportunity for the attendees to hear from other industry partners who have benefited from partnerships with UNSW and learn about UNSW research capabilities. The event delivered real examples of successful commercialised partnerships with UNSW, presentations on three case studies and a business-oriented panel discussion.
The NSSN is a consortium of the nine leading universities across NSW and ACT including the UNSW. The NSSN brings academia together with industry and government partners to develop solutions for complicated challenges. Working with the NSSN simplifies the process of engaging with universities by creating a single point-of-contact for the leading research-intensive universities in NSW & ACT.
Did you miss the event? Contact NSSN Research Theme Leader Dr Tomonori Hu to find out about partnership opportunities with UNSW.