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INDUSTRY UPDATE

 January 2021

McIlvaine Company

University of Adelaide Offers Advanced Technologies Facilities

The University of Adelaide and technology company Silanna are set to open two new facilitates to house advanced materials research and development.

The University of Adelaide’s Advanced Materials Facility and Australian technology company Silanna’s QuFab facility have been established to support advanced materials research, design, and fabrication.

The facilitates, located on thew University of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus, will house the modification and creation of more energy efficient and environmentally friendly materials used for the construction of homes, and the production of vehicles and gadgets.

“Today’s undergraduates and postgraduates will undertake their studies in the Advanced Materials Facility at the same time as having the unparalleled opportunity to tap into the minds of the experts working at QuFab,” the University of Adelaide’s head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Professor David Lewis, said.

“Our students will have access to a diverse range of facilities in which they will discover the world of advanced materials through engineering research, educational teaching and training activities, with a strong focus on new materials for energy, catalysis and semiconductors.

“These labs are where the future minds of the advanced materials industry will be trained.

Professor Lewis added, “In the same way that the brightest minds will be attracted to study here,


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