Core Research Facility Tours

Discover the University of Sydney’s Core Research Facilities during APICAM 2023. Visit our facilities, meet our experts and find out about the capabilities and services we offer to researchers and industry. Multiple tours and times available for:

• Sydney Manufacturing Hub
• Nanofabrication @ Research and Prototype Foundry
• Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis
• Stress Engineering @ Sydney Analytical
• X-ray & Vibrational Spectroscopy @ Sydney Analytical
• [Info session] Research Data Services @ Sydney Informatics Hub

Details and registration below.

Sydney Manufacturing Hub

Visit the University of Sydney's flagship additive manufacturing and materials processing facility.

Sydney Manufacturing Hub offers world-class capability in additive manufacturing using advanced metals, ceramics and polymers, with a research focus. View our facilities and hear from our experts about current and upcoming capabilities, including:

• 3D printing with a variety of materials
• materials processing and testing
• concept-to-production journeys across a range of industries and applications
• R&D for new materials, manufacturing processes and integration

For safety purposes, all attendees must wear closed shoes. Long trousers also recommended. Access via stairs.

Tour times
June 20 (Tue), 2:00pm - 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm
June 21-23 (Wed – Fri), 12:45pm – 1:30pm
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Nanofabrication @ Research and Prototype Foundry

Visit the Research and Prototype Foundry, the University of Sydney's state-of-the-art facility for micro and nano fabrication.

The Research and Prototype Foundry’s world-class equipment and expert process engineers support fabrication at the micro and nano scale. We enable the development of a wide range of research material and devices, including optical chips, electronic devices and new quantum science and technology via outstanding lithography, etching, deposition, and metrology capabilities. Meet our experts and visit our facilities, embedded in the Sydney Nanoscience Hub.

Tour times
June 20 (Tue), 2:00pm - 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis

Visit Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis, the University of Sydney's dedicated facility for analysis at a micro scale.

Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis offers access to specialist staff and instruments for analysing physical and biological structures across a variety of lengths and timescales. SMM’s capabilities provide insights into how materials work at the scale of living cells, crystals, molecules and even atoms. Tour a selection of our microscopy facilities and talk to our experts in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, and X-ray Microscopy (uCT).

Tour times
June 20 (Tue), 2:00pm - 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm
June 21-23 (Wed – Fri), 12:45pm – 1:30pm
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Stress Engineering @ Sydney Analytical

See the stress engineering arm of Sydney Analytical, the University of Sydney's facility for analysing material structure & composition.

Sydney Analytical provides instruments and services dedicated to materials, chemical and biological analysis. It is home to the new Australian Stress Engineering Facility, which offers a range of techniques for determining residual stress in materials and components.

The following techniques are available:

• stress analysis by X-ray diffraction
• ICHD
• slotting and slitting techniques
• ultrasonic residual stress analysis
• 3D optical scanning

These provide a range of probes to residual stress including destructive, non-destructive, pre- and post-cutting and -deformation analysis to a range of sample depths. The entire complement is also designed to be portable, so residual stress measurements can be performed in the field as well as in laboratory settings. Tour the facility and speak with our experts.

Tour times
June 20 (Tue), 2:00pm - 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm
June 21-23 (Wed – Fri), 12:45pm – 1:30pm
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X-ray and Vibrational Spectroscopy @ Sydney Analytical

See the x-ray and spectroscopy arm of Sydney Analytical, the University of Sydney's facility for analysing material structure & composition.

Sydney Analytical provides instruments and services dedicated to materials, chemical and biological analysis, under four principal clusters: vibrational spectroscopy, x-ray techniques, magnetic resonance and drug discovery. Our capabilities have applications in life sciences, engineering, materials science, geoscience and beyond. Tour our Vibrational Spectroscopy and X-Ray facilities, and talk to experts in these techniques.

Tour times
June 20 (Tue), 2:00pm - 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm
June 21-23 (Wed – Fri), 12:45pm – 1:30pm
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Info Session: Research Data Services @ Sydney Informatics Hub

Find out about the comprehensive research data services offered by Sydney Informatics Hub, home to the University of Sydney’s data experts.

Sydney Informatics Hub supports research through a comprehensive offering of research data services. Expertise and capabilities include:

• high-performance computing
• data analytics
• bioinformatics
• research data management
• statistics and strategy

Hear from Informatics Team Lead Dr Gordon McDonald about what we offer and how to work with us.

Time and venue
June 22 (Thu), 1:00pm – 1:30pm
Room 2080, off APICAM conference foyer
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