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Welcome to the Mawson Institute
The Mawson Institute's focus is on the basic science and engineering that underpins "next generation" manufacturing, providing technology platforms based upon research, expertise and innovation that can be readily integrated into new products and processes.
With state-of-the-art, purpose-built laboratories the Mawson Institute, housed within the award winning Building V at UniSA's Mawson Lakes campus, supports the innovation cycle from conception to creation, meeting the research and development needs of advanced manufacturers.
Designed with the fundamental principles of environmental sustainability in mind, Building V was created with an $18m co-investment from the Government of South Australia and the University of South Australia.
Research Intensity:
Since 2007, researchers at the Mawson
Institute have won 12 Australian Research
Councils grants (leading 9), 2 National
Health and Medical Research Council grants,
2 International Science Linkages (DSIIR),
and 4 major State Government Grants.
We are significant partners in two
Co-operative Research Centres-AutoCRC and
Wound Management Innovation CRC - and
researchers at the Mawson Institute
currently hold 12 CRC projects.
In 2012 the MI will spend over $5M on basic and applied research.
The MI is a significant partner along with the Ian Wark Research Institute in the $73M Materials and Minerals Research and Teaching Hub.
Quality Outputs:
Since 2007, approximately 70% of the papers
with researchers from the Mawson Institute
as corresponding author have been in A* or A
ERA rated journals. These correspond
to the top 5% and next 20% journals
according to the
Australian
Research Council.
Knowledge Creation:
In 2011 researchers from the MI filed 3
provisional patents, including a method
describing synthesis of the highest
conductivity air-stable polymer reported to
date over 3500 S.cm -1.
On 5 July 2011 UniSA
researchers, together with their
industry partners, have been
recognised as one of the top three
entries in a national automotive
awards competition.
The Silver Award in the Society of
Automotive Engineers Australasia's
Automotive Engineering Excellence
Awards, was presented to UniSA and
SMR for developing a new car mirror
that is much lighter than
conventional glass mirrors.
The new mirrors were developed by
UniSA's Mawson Institute and the Ian
Wark Research Institute in
collaboration with SMR Automotive
and the Cooperative Research Centre
for Advanced Automotive
Manufacturing.
UniSA's research team played a key
role in the development of the new
mirror by pioneering an innovative
coating system and process for
plastic surfaces.
Associate Director of the Mawson
Institute, Associate Professor Peter
Murphy, accepted the award at the
awards dinner earlier this month,
along with Colin Hall from the Ian
Wark Research Institute and Scott
Edwards from SMR.
The Society of Automotive Engineers
Australasia's annual awards
recognise excellence in automotive
engineering, manufacturing, design
and quality to help raise the
standards and public perception of
the Australasian automotive and
related industries.