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Design Centre
Manager
S. Huxley
Swinburne School of Design 214 6909
The Design Centre provides equivalent industry based learning
professional design practice for postgraduate students to
qualify for a conversion to the award of Bachelor of Design
degree, working on professional commercial projects for
industry and governments and selected non-commercial
projects for community groups.
The Centre, which is fund generating, operates under the
management of a lecturer who is assisted by other staff on a
project needs basis.
Energy Systems Engineering
Director
Associate Professor Yos Morsi
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering, 214 8458
Established in 1989, the Centre aims to provide a focus for
research and teaching in every related matter for the power,
mineral and chemical process industries.
In meeting its obligations, the centre is developing two 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 prdcesses and analytical models and
development of 'leading edge' physical modelling
diagnostic tools. In this area the centre is committed to
the continuing development of its IaserIDoppler
velocimeter as a non-intrusive technique for two-phase
flow measurement and flow born particle sizing.
Centre for Housing and
Planning
Director
Professor L.A. Kilmartin, 214 8146
Enquiries: 214 8825,214 8837
The Centre was established in 1991 in order to undertake
independent research and education in the fields of housing
and planning. The objectives of the Centre are:
to undertake research on housing and strategic
planning issues with a view to improving the
effectiveness and affordability of the public and private
housing sectors and urban development;
to develop a housing information system to improve
decision making in the public and private housing
sectors and to enable more effective policy
development and marketing;
to develop an export education program targeted at
third world countries:
to provide a mechanism to bring together public and
~rivate sector decision makers in order to allow
information exchanges and debate in a 'neutral'
setting;
to develop a 'clearing house' for housing and strategic
planning information research;
to provide a focus for state and national cooperation
and liaison around housing issues;
to develop links with other higher education institutes;
evolve a coordinated approach to the provision of
housing information and teaching.
Centre for Industrial
Democracy
Chair
J. Morieson
School of International and Political Studies,
214 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 videotaped and
printed training materials are all part of the Centre's work.
The Centre is also involved with ongoing contact with current
cooperative developments in Spain and Italy.
Laboratory for Concurrent
Computing Systems
(Hawthorn campus)
Contact
Associate Professor D. Grant
School of Computer Science and Engineering
The Laboratory for Concurrent Computing Systems was
established in 1990 to foster research into concurrent
computing systems, including supercomputers, and their
applications.
The Laboratory's Charter is to:
maintain high quality research into computational
models and architectures applicable to parallel and
supercomputing systems, and through this research
maintain stronq links with other maior international
research group;
establish, maintain and contribute to a directory of
parallel programming tools and algorithms
identify applications which would benefit from the
results of its research and the research of others, with
particular emphasis on applications of national or
commercial importance
develop selected applications which are within the
capacity of the laboratory, and where appropriate seek
partners for their further development and transfer to
industry or government bodies
provide educational programs for industry and
government
provide a direct consulting service to industry and
government on specific applications or issues