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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Praino | Associate Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| Professor David Lewis | Professor | @AuManufacturing (16 Aug 2022), @AuManufacturing (27 Jul 2022) |
| Marco Aliberti | Visiting Researcher | @AuManufacturing |
| Jonathan Campbell | Associate Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| John Spoehr | Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Impact) | @AuManufacturing |
| Joel Lisk | Research Associate in Space Law | Defence Connect |
| Dr Saeed Rehman | Researcher | @AuManufacturing |
| David Glynn | Professor | @AuManufacturing |
| Associate Professor Jonathan Campbell | Associate Professor | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Flinders University. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Eight university- and company-led Australian quantum projects share $12.7 million in stage-two Critical Technologies Challenge Program grants, funding prototypes for data-centre cooling, medical imaging and rare-earth detection.
Flinders University and start-up VAWT-X Energy will trial a 6kW next-generation vertical-axis turbine near Adelaide, hoping their design fixes aerodynamic flaws that held back earlier Darrieus-type machines.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing briefs: Provaris bids for a hydrogen tank production cell, Lithium Australia wraps a share purchase plan, QEM launches a rights issue, and Laronix hires a speech pathologist.
Two South Australian space companies, Safety from Space and AICRAFT, each received $100,000 from the state's new Space Collaboration and Innovation Fund for lunar rescue beacons and AI-powered radar payload projects with international partners.
Also @AuManufacturing
Manufacturing sector roundup: Whyalla steelworks resumes production, Maggie Beer Holdings' chief executive to depart, ReNu Energy secures hydrogen funding, Defence names grant recipients, Orthocell gains Canadian approval, and AEA appoints its advisory board.
The Defence Innovation Partnership opens applications for a $2.4 million Activator Fund grant round, and recalls Acacia Systems leading a $1.6 million government-funded undersea surveillance project for the Navy, announced in January.
Australia and the US have signed a Technology Safeguards Agreement easing American rocket launches from local spaceports, while Gilmour has banked an extra $55 million ahead of the debut flight of its Eris rocket.
Sparc Hydrogen has selected a site near Adelaide for a pilot plant proving its solar-driven hydrogen process, after on-sun trials at CSIRO's Newcastle facility, with the project backed by two grant programs.
Redflow banks extra placement money atop its August raise; Flinders University plans a space-cyber forum; VEX Robotics partners with a robotics peak body; a munitions venture wins an award; DXN lands a cable contract.
Australian precision fermentation startup Nourish Ingredients secures government funding and grants, recalls its Series A, and outlines plans to launch its first animal-like fat in late 2024.
Also AgFunderNews
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: EMVision collects grant money, Anduril completes a large Series E, Adherium receives a tax incentive payment, Tindo Solar's sales double, and Glaciem wins a New York clean energy program place.
Also Forbes Australia
Techboard's monthly roundup tallies October 2022 startup funding at $661m across 99 deals, listing megadeals such as Airwallex, acquisitions, Square Peg's $861m fund close and government grants to program operators.
Also @AuManufacturing
Four defence and space research projects in South Australia, including one by Adelaide startup Safety from Space, have received grants through the Defence Innovation Partnership's Collaborative Research Fund.
Henkel's venture arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Australian recycled-timber company 3RT, whose founders include Flinders University academics. 3RT also recently received an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre commercialisation grant.
Also @AuManufacturing
Profile of South Australian agtech GoMicro, whose low-cost phone microscope and AI app assess produce ripeness, showcased at a Queensland forum, building on earlier competition wins with Bayer and a food waste accelerator.
Peak Medical's acceptance into the Medical Device Partnering Program is announced, alongside MTPConnect launching a government-funded medtech commercialisation program with partners including Flinders University and Cicada Innovations.
Five South Australian defence research projects led by Flinders, UniSA and the University of Adelaide with industry partners receive the latest Collaborative Research Fund grants from the Defence Innovation Partnership.