A/Prof. Pio Iovenitti   Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise and Research

• CAD/CAM/CAE
• MEMS and Microfluidic CAD design tools and applications
• Measurement and inspection.

Dr. Pio Iovenitti has 14 years industry experience in the appliance industry where he was involved in design, project management, and R&D. He joined Swinburne University of Technology in 1987, and has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students CAD/CAM/CAE and advanced technology. He has conducted research in MEMS and Microfluidics since 1999, and was project leader of the microfluidics project in the CRC for Microtechnology. He has been involved industry–based research since 1989, three CRCs since 1995, and awarded 13 ARC and industry funded research grants. He has supervised 15 Masters and PhD students by research to completion, over 100 coursework Masters students and undergraduate final year student projects. Published 92 journal, conference and articles, and contributed to three patents, and is a member of the SPIE since 1995.

Past research:

• Microstructures for improved passive mixing in microfluidic devices;
• Caliper for measuring thickness of marine engine propeller blades;
• Polymeric building blocks from recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic;
• Intelligent flexible mandrel for box forming;
• Improving efficiency of sorting techniques for separating recycled plastics;
• Optimising part orientation in FDM rapid prototyping process;
• Regenerative electromagnetic suspension system for energy recovery and storage;
• Inspection system for detecting defects in packaging and seals;
• Optimised layout of obstacles for enhanced mixing in microchannels;
• CAD/CAM software for excimer laser micromachining microstructures on polymers.
• Development of instrument for optimum tunnel location and drilling for ACL surgery;
• Ultrasonic inspection of sub–surface defects in die–castings.

Current research:

• Facial impact protection for cyclists;
• Design and fabrication of a microphone using MEMS technology;
• Design and fabrication of a nanospray device for ESI–MS;
• Capacitive and ultrasonic fuel level sensors development in automotive applications;

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Timothy Waterman
	PhD		-0001	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Sanga Monthatipkul	PhD	Faculty	2005	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Norizan Mohamad	PhD	Faculty	2006	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Edin Terzic	PhD	IRIS	2007	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Mohammad Tarikul Mazumder	PhD	Faculty	2009	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne

Previously Supervised higher degree by research (HDR) students

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Status	Role	Institution
Sana Malahat	PhD	Faculty	Completed	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Jenny Terzic	PhD	IRIS	Completed	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne

Topics for Prospective Ph.D Students - View ALL topics for A/Prof. Pio Iovenitti

Object Recognition in Industrial Environments


Ultrasonic Sensor Based Defect Detection & Characterisation of Composite Structures

Refereed Journal Papers

1. Malahat, S., Iovenitti, P.G. and Sbarski, I., “Parameters affecting electrospray performance of hot embossed open channel polymer microfluidic chips”, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, Vol. 9, Mar. 9, 2010.
2. Malahat, S., Iovenitti, P.G., and Sbarski, I., “Electrospray from hot–embossed polymer microfluidic chips formed using laser machined and electro–formed tools”, SPIE Smart Materials, Nano+Micro–Smart Systems 2008, Vol. 7269, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2008.
3. Mohamad, N., Iovenitti, P. and Vinay, T., “Effective diaphragm area of spring–supported capacitive MEMS microphone designs”, SPIE Smart Materials, Nano+Micro–Smart Systems 2008, Vol. 7268, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2008.
4. Mohamad, N., Iovenitti, P. and Vinay, T., “High Sensitivity Capacitive MEMS Microphone with Spring Supported Diaphragm”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 6800, Canberra, Australia, Dec. 2007.
5. Malahat, S., Iovenitti, P.G., and Sbarski, I., “Design and fabrication of polymer microfluidic chip for ESI–MS”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 6799, Canberra, Australia, Dec. 2007.
6. Hume R.G., Hayes J.P. and Iovenitti, P.G, “A user–friendly simulation tool to facilitate writing of complex part programs for laser micromachining”, Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics 2006, April 2006, Melbourne, Australia.
7. Palanisamy, S., Nagarajah, C.R and Iovenitti, P.G.,“A study on ultrasonic flaw detection of aluminium die castings”, Eighth International Conference on Manufacturing & Management. December 2004 – Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 61–68.
8. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Hayes, J., “A 3D–CAM system for automating NC part programming for excimer laser micromachining”, Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Montreux, Switzerland, May 2004, pp. 156–160.
9. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Hayes, J., “A novel CAD/CAM tool for excimer laser ablation machining process”, Proceedings of the First Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics, Melbourne, April 2004.
10. Suriyage, N.U., Ghantasala, M.K., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E.C., “Fabrication, measurement and modeling of electroosmotic flow in micromachined polymer microchannels”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 5275, Perth, Australia, Dec. 2003, pp. 149–160.
11. Iovenitti, P.G., Whitfield. T.W.A., Ford, D.M. and Siores, E., “Education for Innovation in Product Design,” LeanTech 2000 Conference, Bandung, POLMAN, Bandung Polytechnic for Manufacturing, May 2000, pp. VII–1 – VII–5.
12. Bahri, M, Masood, S.H., Harianton, I. and Iovenitti, P., “FDM Based Reverse Engineering of a Turbine Blade”, LeanTech 2000 Conference, Bandung, POLMAN, Bandung Polytechnic for Manufacturing, May 2000, pp. III–1 – III–7.
13. Masood, S.H., Bahri, M., Iovenitti, P. and Harianton, I., “FDM Based Spray Metal Tooling for Injection Moulding”, LeanTech 2000 Conference, Bandung, POLMAN, Bandung Polytechnic for Manufacturing, May 2000, pp. II–1 – II–9.
14. Iovenitti, P., “Non–contact inspection techniques,” LEANTECH‘99 Symposium, POLMAN, Bandung, Indonesia, 19–20 July 1999, pp. VI–1 – VI–18.
15. Bonilla, W., Masood, S. and Iovenitti, P., “Computer Aided Tool Design for Investment Casting,” PDAM99/MgtTech99 Symposia, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Hong, June 1999, pp. A–42 – A–47.
16. Iovenitti, P.G., Whitfield. T.W.A., Ford, D.M. and Siores, E., “Teaching Product Design Innovation at Postgraduate Level,” PDAM99/MgtTech99 Symposia, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Hong, June 1999, pp. A–10 – A19.
17. Graves, K.E., Iovenitti, P.G. and Toncich, D., “Cost Function Analysis for Regenerative Vehicle Suspension,” Society of Automotive Engineers – Australia, 1999 Young Engineers Conference, Melbourne, October 1999.
18. Graves, K.E., Toncich, D. and Iovenitti, P.G., “Regenerative Vehicle Suspension,” International Symposium on Technology and Automation, Vienna, June 1999.
19. Masood, S.H., Rattanawong, W. and Iovenitti, P., “Minimisation of volumetric error in part orientations in rapid prototyping,” International Conference of Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing,“ Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July, 1998.
20. Shi, W., Iovenitti, P. and Nagarajah, R., “Expert System For Multi–Diameter Drill Selection,” World Congress on Manufacturing – 1997, Cairns, Australia, 1997.
21. Jolic, K.I., Nagarajah, C.R. and Iovenitti, P., “Method for detecting misformed clips in packaging”, Journal of Measurement Science Technology, Vol. 12, 2001, pp. 1865–1874.
22. Masood, S.H., Rattanawong, W. and Iovenitti, P., “Minimisation of volumetric error for part build orientations in rapid prototyping,” International Journal of Agile Manufacturing, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2000, pp. 19–32.
23. Jolic, K I, Nagarajah, C R and Iovenitti, P, “A non–destructive technique for detecting pinholes in hermetically sealed flexible packaging”, J. of Measurement Science Technology, V11, N 9, 2000, pp. 1396–1402.
24. Graves, K.E., Toncich, D. and Iovenitti, P.G., “Electromagnetic damping in vehicle suspension systems,” International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 24, Nos 2/3, 2000, pp 182–197.
25. Graves, K.E., Toncich, D. and Iovenitti, P.G., “Theoretical comparison of motional and transformer EMF device damping efficiency,” Int. J. of Sound and Vibration, Academic Press, V. 233, No. 3, 2000, pp. 441–453.
26. Masood, S.H., Rattanawong, W. and Iovenitti, P., “Part build orientations based on volumetric error in Fused Deposition Modelling,” Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 16, 2000, pp. 162–168.
27. Douglas, P, Nagarajah, C.R. and Iovenitti, P., “Design and Error Analysis of a Surface Reflector for a Laser Tracking Measurement System,” Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Elsevier, Vol. 26, 1999, pp. 167–178.
28. Shi, W., Iovenitti, P. and Nagarajah, R., “Expert System For Multi–Diameter Drill Selection: An Embedded Knowledge Base Approach,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer–Verlag, Vol. 15, 1999, pp.1–6.
29. Iovenitti,P., “The accuracy of three–dimensional measurement using a single image”, Optical Engineering, The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE, Vol. 36, No. 1, 1997, pp. 47–55.
30. Iovenitti, P., Thompson, W. and Singh, M, “Three–dimensional measurement using a single image”, Optical Engineering, The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE, Vol. 35, No. 5, 1996, pp. 1496–1502.

Refereed Conference Papers

1. Monthatipkul, S., Iovenitti, P. and Sbarski, I., “Development of face surrogate for impact protection design for cyclist”, ICAMME Conference, Bangkok, 25–27 Dec. 2009.
2. Malahat, S., Iovenitti, P.G., and Sbarski, I., “Electrospray from hot–embossed polymer microfluidic chips formed using laser machined and electro–formed tools”, SPIE Smart Materials, Nano+Micro–Smart Systems 2008, Vol. 7269, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2008.
3. Mohamad, N., Iovenitti, P. and Vinay, T., “Effective diaphragm area of spring–supported capacitive MEMS microphone designs”, SPIE Smart Materials, Nano+Micro–Smart Systems 2008, Vol. 7268, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2008.
4. Mohamad, N., Iovenitti, P. and Vinay, T., “High Sensitivity Capacitive MEMS Microphone with Spring Supported Diaphragm”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 6800, Canberra, Australia, Dec. 2007.
5. Malahat, S., Iovenitti, P.G., and Sbarski, I., “Design and fabrication of polymer microfluidic chip for ESI–MS”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 6799, Canberra, Australia, Dec. 2007.
6. Hume R.G., Hayes J.P. and Iovenitti P.G, “A user–friendly simulation tool to facilitate writing of complex part programs for laser micromachining”, Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics 2006, April 2006, Melbourne, Australia.
7. Palanisamy, S., Nagarajah, C.R and Iovenitti, P.G.,“A study on ultrasonic flaw detection of aluminium die castings”, Eighth International Conference on Manufacturing & Management. December 2004 – Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 61–68.
8. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Hayes, J., “A 3D–CAM system for automating NC part programming for excimer laser micromachining”, Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Montreux, Switzerland, May 2004, pp. 156–160.
9. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Hayes, J., “A novel CAD/CAM tool for excimer laser ablation machining process”, Proceedings of the First Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics, Melbourne, April 2004.
10. Suriyage, N.U., Ghantasala, M.K., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E.C., “Fabrication, measurement and modeling of electroosmotic flow in micromachined polymer microchannels”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 5275, Perth, Australia, Dec. 2003, pp. 149–160.
11. Liu, T., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E., “Development of surface connectors for microfluidic systems”, SPIE's Int. Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS, and Nanotechnology, Vol. 5276, Perth, Australia, Dec. 2003, pp. 498–506.
12. Palanisamy, S., Nagarajah, C.R and. Iovenitti, P.G., “Automated classification of defects in Ultrasonic inspection of porosity in in Aluminium die–castings”, submitted to North American Die–Casting Association Conference, Indianapolis, USA, 2003.
13. Wang, H., Iovenitti, P., Harvey, E. and Masood, S., “Passive mixing in microchannels by applying geometric variations”, SPIE International Symposium, Micromachining and Microfabrication, Microfluidics: Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems, SPIE Vol. 4982 San Jose, USA, January 2003, pp. 282–289.
14. Hume, R.G., Iovenitti, P.G., Hayes, J.P. and Harvey, E., “Simulation of Excimer Laser Micromachined 3D Surface using a CAD Solid Modelling Package”, SPIE's Symposium on Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems, Vol. 4935, Melbourne, Australia, December 2002, pp. 436–444.
15. Wang, H., Iovenitti, P., Harvey, E. and Masood, S., “Mixing of two fluids streams in a microchannel using the Taylor–Aris dispersion effect”, accepted for SPIE's Symposium on Biomedical Applications of Micro– and Nanoengineering, Vol. 4937, Melbourne, Australia, December 2002, pp. 158–163.
16. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Hayes, J., “Automated generation of NC part programs for excimer laser ablation micromachining from known 3D models”, accepted for SPIE's Symposium on Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems, Vol. 4935, Melbourne, Australia, December 2002, pp. 445–453.
17. Wang, H., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E., “Application of fused deposition modeling rapid prototyping system to the development of microchannels”, Proc. of BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, SPIE Vol. 4590, Adelaide, Dec. 2001, pp. 213–220.
18. Wang, H., Iovenitti, P., Harvey, E., and Masood, S., “Mixing of liquids using obstacles in microchannels”, Proc. of BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, SPIE Vol. 4590, Adelaide, Dec. 2001, pp. 204–212.
19. Miller, P., Kosior, E., Sbarski, I., Masood, S., and Iovenitti, P., “Thermal analysis of blends of recycled HDPE and virgin polyolefins”, ANTEC 2001 Technical Conference, SPE, 2001, pp. 2704–2708.
20. Rossi, P., Kosior, E., Iovenitti, P., Masood, S., and Sbarski, I., “Polyester polyols for polyurethanes from recycled PET”, ANTEC 2001 Technical Conference, SPE, Orlando, USA, 2001, pp. 2723–2725.
21. Stefanovski, V., Kosior, E., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P.,.and Sbarski, I., “Development of high quality recycled polyethylene resins for the replacement of virgin resins”, ANTEC 2001 Technical Conference, SPE, 2001, pp. 2726–2730.
22. Wang, H., Iovenitti, P., Harvey, E. and Masood, S., “A simple approach for modelling flow in a microchannel”, Smart Materials and MEMS, SPIE Conf. December, Melbourne, Australia, 2000, pp. 99–106.
23. Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E., “A 3D visualization tool for Excimer laser micromachining”, Smart Materials and MEMS, SPIE Conf. December, Melbourne, Australia, 2000, pp. 230–241.
24. Dovorak, R., Kosior, E., Iovenitti, P. and Masood, S., “Factors influencing the sorting efficiency of commingled post–consumer bottles using an automated sorting system”, ANTEC 2000 Technical Conference, SPE, Orlando, May 2000, pp. 2941–2945.
25. Miller, P., Kosior, E., Masood, S. and Iovenitti, P., “Linearity and non–linearity of mechanical properties in blends of virgin and recycled HDPEs”, ANTEC 2000 Technical Conference, SPE, Orlando, May 2000, pp. 2893–2897.
26. Rattanawong, W., Masood, S.H., and Iovenitti, P., “Volumetric error computation for part orientation for complex parts”, 8th International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, ICME2000, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, August 2000, pp. 183–.
27. Rattanawong, W., Masood, S.H., and Iovenitti, P., “A Volumetric Approach to Part Build Orientations in Rapid Prototyping,” AMPT99 Conference, Dublin, 1999.
28. Bonilla, W., Masood, S. and Iovenitti, P., “Investigation on accuracy improvement in investment casting,” International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, 1999, pp. 508–513.
29. Rattanawong, W., Masood, S.H., and Iovenitti, P., “An intelligent part build orientation system for rapid prototying,” International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, December 1999, pp. 91–96.
30. Kosior, E., Dvorak, R., Iovenitti, P., and Masood, S.H., “Enhanced automatic sortation of post–consumer bottles,” ANTEC 99 Int. Conf., Society of Plastics Engineering, May 1999.
31. Kosior, E., Forrest, A., Masood, S.H. and Iovenitti, P., “Influence of polypropylene content on the properties of post recycled high density polyehtylene,” ANTEC 99 Int. Conf., Society of Plastics Engineering, May 1999, p.3206–10.
32. Rattanawong, W., Masood, S.H., and Iovenitti, P., “An intelligent part build orientation system for rapid prototying,” International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, December 1999, pp. 91–96.

Articles in other Publications

1. Hume. R., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E., “ CAD Simulator for Excimer Laser Micromachined 3D Surfaces”, mstnews, International newsletter on Microsystems and MEMS, VDI/VDE–Technologiezentrum Informationstechnik GmbH, April 2003, pp. 43–45.
2. Palanisamy, S., Nagarajah, C.R and Iovenitti, P.G., “Ultrasonic inspection of sub–surface defects in Aluminium die–castings”, Technical Article in Journal of Non–Destructive Testing – Australia, September/October 2002, pp. 130–132.
3. Hume. R., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E., “Simulation of Excimer Laser Micromachined Surfaces”, The Industrial Laser User newsletter, Association of Industrial Laser Users, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Issue 28, September 2002.