A seminar on innovation and commercialisation performance in the Australian defence industry will be held on 27 November 2009 at Swinburne University of Technology’s Hawthorn Campus.
The seminar is one of several being held by the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) as an initiative of its Education Program.
It will be presented by DMTC Research Fellow Mr Gregor Ferguson at 4pm in room EN715 in the Engineering building.
Mr Ferguson is conducting research for his PhD Thesis on ‘Factors affecting innovation and commercialisation performance in the Australian defence industry’.
For 10 years he was editor of Australian Defence Magazine (ADM), Australia’s leading monthly defence and industry title, directing and expanding its coverage of defence industry policy, acquisition and innovation. In 2004, he enrolled at the University of Adelaide’s Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) to undertake a PhD in Science & Technology Commercialisation, with a specific focus on defence-related innovation and commercialisation.
Mr Ferguson is DMTC’s first Fellow under the newly established DMTC Research Fellowship Program.
Posted by DMTC on November 18th, 2009 Dr Mark Hodge, CEO of the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) will showcase innovation in defence industry at the Australian Defence Magazine Congress on 24 February 2010.
DMTC develops new materials and manufacturing technologies across air platforms, maritime platforms, propulsion systems and armour applications to enhance the future operations, readiness and sustainment of the Australian Defence Force.
Dr Hodge’s presentation will be one of five case studies highlighting innovation in defence industry in a morning session to be held on day two of the Congress.
The annual Australian Defence Magazine Congress has evolved into a pivotal event in the Defence calendar, bringing together senior officials from all areas of the Australian Defence Force, Defence Materiel Organisation and defence industry.
Attracting over 250 delegates each year, ADM2010 will once more provide a valuable channel for communication between the players shaping the future of Australia’s defence and industry environment.
Key stakeholders will have the opportunity to meet, share views and experiences and develop strategies for better collaboration, for the benefit of those in the field.
The Australian Defence Magazine Congress will be held at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra from 23 to 24 February 2010.
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Posted by DMTC on November 16th, 2009 A seminar on studies of corrosion with synchrotron x-rays will be held tomorrow at Swinburne University of Technology’s Hawthorn Campus in Melbourne at 4pm.
The seminar will be presented by Dr Alison Davenport, who is a Reader in Corrosion Science at the School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK in room EN101 in the Engineering building (on Thursday, 12 November 2009).
It is part of a seminar series organised by the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) as an initiative of its Education Program.
Dr Davenport obtained a BA and PhD in Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Cambridge, and then went to Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, where she used synchrotron radiation techniques to study passive films in situ.
After a brief spell at the University of Manchester, she moved to Birmingham, where she pursues research in two main areas: the effect of microstructure on localised corrosion, with particular interest in aluminium alloys (including friction stir welding of aerospace and marine alloys), and synchrotron x-ray methods for the study of localised corrosion, including imaging (fast radiography and tomography), spectroscopy and diffraction, investigating stainless steel, aluminium and magnesium.
Posted by DMTC on November 11th, 2009 DMTC Core Participant BAE Systems has been selected to provide a range of Air Traffic Control operational maintenance services to the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, said that under the contract, BAE Systems will conduct operational maintenance for Air Traffic Control equipment and simulators at two ADF airfields – Oakey (Queensland) and East Sale (Victoria).
“This new contract rationalises operational maintenance services for the Air Traffic Control equipment into a single and flexible performance based arrangement,” said Mr Combet.
“This new contract model and arrangement will help simplify support arrangements and deliver efficiencies.”
The contract is a five-year performance based contract valued initially at AUD $6.4 million.
The new contract was signed at the Ground Telecommunications Equipment Systems Program Office at RAAF Williamtown and comes into effect in January 2010.
Posted by DMTC on November 11th, 2009