Research Facilities
Hydraulics Laboratory/Sustainable Urban Water Systems
Swinburne University of Technology is undergoing rapid growth, particularly in the area of engineering education and research. In the past Swinburne University of Technology has been involved with several outstanding practical and theoretical research projects in the fields of Water, Environmental and Coastal Engineering. In particular a major success was associated with the development and commercialization of an innovative stormwater treatment device. The Humegard Gross Pollutant Trap is widely used across Australia for stormwater treatment and was developed at Swinburne Hydraulics Laboratory. Several research collaborations have been formed with industries such as South East Water and Yarra Valley Water to continue investigations on a new sewer overflow screening device.
The hydraulic test facility supports Swinburne's Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure and provides a regional and national focus for developing and testing stormwater and/or sewer treatment devices.
In addition to this laboratory facility, the following state-of-the-art commercial computer softwares are used for postgraduate research and teaching:
- MIKE11
- MapInfo
- XP-RAFTS & XP-SWMM
- DRAINS
- MUSIC
By the end of 2009, at least 6 postgraduate students will be working with the hydraulic laboratory facility or using some of the above mentioned analytical modelling tools. This will bring significant benefits to industry and government in developing sustainable and innovative solutions to complex problems.
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