Our team
Meet the people behind the Manufacturing Futures Research Platform.
The Manufacturing Futures Research Platform brings together expertise in manufacturing, nanomaterials, nanofabrication, Industry 4.0 and cutting-edge industrial design.
Research associates
Digital design
Program leader: Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Design-driven product and manufacturing innovation
Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Mixed-reality design and manufacturing
Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Find out more about the digital design research program
Industry 4.0
Program leader: Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Industrial IoT
Associate Professor Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Associate Professor Philip Branch
Cyber-physical machines, processes, humans and products (cyber twins)
Manufacturing solution development and optimisation (DevelOpt)
Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Find out more about the Industry 4.0 research program
Intelligent robotics
Program leader: Associate Professor Mats Isaksson
Field robotics
Associate Professor Jinchuan Zheng (stream leader)
Dr Daniel Prohasky — construction robotics
Dr Gergana Rusenova
Artificial intelligence and autonomy
Associate Professor Chris McCarthy (stream leader)
Associate Professor Jiong Jin — multi-agent systems and cloud robotics
Human-robot interaction
Professor Zhenwei Cao (stream leader)
Associate Professor Mats Isaksson
Assistive robotics
Professor Sonja Pedell (stream leader)
Dr Michelle Dunn — bio-sensing
Dr Rifai Chai — brain machine interfaces
Associate Professor John McCormick — biomechanics modelling and control
Find out more about the intelligent robotics research program
Net-zero carbon materials & processes
Program leader: Professor M Akbar Rhamdhani
Materials processing and inspection technology
Associate Professor Yvonne Durandet
Associate Professor Andrew Ang
Critical Minerals and Energy Transition Metals
Associate Professor Andrew Ang
Associate Professor Yvonne Durandet
Associate Professor Hadi Ghaderi
Associate Professor Ambarish Kulkarni
Mr Gordon Chakaodza
Find out more about the Energy Transition Metals research flagship
Carbon reduction in metals production and manufacturing
Associate Professor Jamal Naser
Mr Gordon Chakaodza
Composites
Wealth from waste
Associate Professor Francois Malherbe
Associate Professor Mostafa Nikzad
Nano materials and device
Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei
Smart materials and structure
Energy harvesting and storage materials
Associate Professor Chenghua Sun
Contact the Manufacturing Futures Research Platform
If your organisation would like to collaborate with us to solve a complex problem, or you simply want to contact our team, get in touch by calling +61 3 9214 5177 or emailing MFRP@swinburne.edu.au.