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A suite of three electron microscopes, including one of the highest resolution microscopes in the world, now calls Monash home, helping scientists push the frontiers in materials science to solve complex worldwide challenges.
The cutting-edge instruments, worth more than a combined $20 million, were unveiled today by Dr Carina Garland MP, Member for Chisholm, at the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) at the University’s Clayton campus.
(L-R) Jacek Jasieniak, Carina Garland MP, Joanne Etheridge.
The technology underpins the development of vital materials needed for high-speed computer chips, better batteries, more efficient solar panels, biodegradable plastics, communication devices, lighter, stronger metals for energy-efficient aircraft alloys, and green technologies, such as cleaner mineral extraction.
“Almost everything we use in our daily lives – from toothpaste and cars, to mobile phones – is made from materials engineered with the help of electron microscopes,” said Science Director of MCEM and Australian Laureate Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, Professor Joanne Etheridge.
The new instruments have already revealed how next generation, high-efficiency solar cell materials degrade at the atomic scale in order to develop solutions that last much longer, and the origin of the ultra-high-strength properties of a new titanium alloy designed for additive manufacturing.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure), Professor Jacek Jasieniak, said MCEM is a leading research facility, renowned worldwide.
“These are revolutionary instruments and a powerful new addition to our world-class Monash research platforms. We look forward to the new scientific discoveries they will enable,” Professor Jasieniak said.
“The MCEM fosters innovation, bringing world-leading scientists and engineers, industry and government to the heart of the Monash Technology Precinct to co-develop solutions with positive and lasting impact.”
In a keynote address, special guest, distinguished scientist and CEO of the Diamond Light Source (the UK Synchrotron), Professor Gianluigi Botton FRSC, highlighted the international significance of this research capability for solving key global challenges.
About the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy
The MCEM is a leading international research centre in electron microscopy that combines cutting-edge technology with specialist expertise in the development of methods to determine atomic structures. The MCEM is a node of Microscopy Australia funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme (NCRIS).
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Monash University (AU) is an Australian public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1958, it is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. Monash is a member of Australia’s Group of Eight and the ASAIHL, and is the only Australian member of the influential M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. Monash is one of two Australian universities to be ranked in The École des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech) ranking on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies. Monash is in the top 20% in teaching, top 10% in international outlook, top 20% in industry income and top 10% in research in the world.
Monash enrolls approximately 47,000 undergraduate and 20,000 graduate students. It also has more applicants than any university in the state of Victoria.
Monash is home to major research facilities, including the Australian Synchrotron, the Monash Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), the Australian Stem Cell Centre, 100 research centres and 17 co-operative research centres. Monash total research revenue is over $2.1 billion, with external research income around $282 million.
The university has a number of centres, five of which are in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, and Parkville), one in Malaysia. Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato, Italy, a graduate research school in Mumbai, India and a graduate school in Jiangsu Province, China. Since December 2011, Monash has had a global alliance with The University of Warwick (UK). Monash University courses are also delivered at other locations, including South Africa.
The Clayton campus contains the Robert Blackwood Hall, named after the university’s founding Chancellor Sir Robert Blackwood and designed by Sir Roy Grounds.
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