1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

COTAR promoted and facilitates technology transfer to the
object-orientated paradigm and serves as a focal point for
local researchers, international visitors and industry
partners. COTAR is also a member of the Object
Management Group.
Specifically, COTAR offers the following benefits to its
industry partners.
immediate access to modern ideas on software
development
advice on migrating to OT
advice on object-orientated language choice
networking to other companies adopting OT for similar
projects
priority access to in-house and public professional
development courses
hands-on access to a wide range of object-oriented CASE
tools, language compilers and support tools for
evaluation
access to research students providing collaborative input
to appropriate projects.
Design Centre
Director Graphic Design
Stephen Huxley
Telephone: 9214 6909
Director Industrial Design
Barry Quantrell
Telephone: 921 4 6973
The aim of the Swinburne Design Centre is to provide a
professional design consultancy within an educational
environment for postgraduate students completing a
Bachelor of Design (honours) program.
The Centre's focus on design research and professional
design consultancy enables design projects for industry,
government instrumentalities and selected community-based
clients to be undertaken. The Centre also facilitates the
application of new technologies including Interactive
Multimedia and CAD to generate innovative visual
communication solutions in graphic, product and exhibition
design.
Energy Systems Engineering Centre
Director
Associate Professor Yos Morsi
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Telephone: 9214 8646 Fax: 9214 8678
Established in 1989, the Centre aims to provide a focus for
research and teaching for the power generation, mineral and
chemical process industries.
In meeting its obligations, the Centre is developing three major
thrusts:
development and application of numerical models such
as manufacturing process models, finite element and
finite difference models of thermo-fluid and material
deformation processes and analytical models;
development of 'leading edge' physical modelling
diagnostic tools. In this area the centre is committed to
the continuing development of its laser/Doppler
velocimeter as a non-intrusive technique for two-phase
flow measurement and flow borne particle sizing;
production and process modelling at micro and macro
levels of aggregation.
Centre for Industrial Democracy
Chair
John Morieson
School of International and Political Studies
Telephone: 9214 8540
The Centre was established in 1982 to provide an advisory
and referral service to manufacturers, government
departments and unions who intend to incorporate aspects
of industrial democracy, employee participation and
cooperative management.
Consulting, the writing of occasional papers, organising
workshops and seminars, preparation of video-taped and
printed t;aining material-sire-all part of the ~en&e's work.
The Centre is also involved with ongoing contact with
current cooperative developments in Spain and Italy.
IRIS - Industrial Research Institute
Swinburne (incorporating the CIM Centre)
Director
Professor W. Thompson
Telephone: 92 14 8600 Fax: 92 14 5050
Secretary
Ms F! Manor
Coordinator
Mr R. MacMahon
Telephone: 9214 8280
Internet:hitp://www.swin.edu.au/iris
Swinburne's first research institute was formed in 1995. The
Institute focuses on applied research in collaboration with
industry. It incorporates the CIM Centre and other
research groups. Major research interests are advanced
materials and materials processing, robotics and
automation, management and inchtrial engineering, CIM/
CAD/CAM. simulation and modelling; -- numerical
engineering, mechatronics; control systems, polymer
processing, rapid prototyping, vision and non-contact
inspection, artificial intelligence and expert systems and
other related specialisations.
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