Suresh Palanisamy is the Director of the Manufacturing
Futures Research Platform and Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, leading
research in Metal Additive Manufacturing. He has been the Deputy Chair of the Department
of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering in the School of Engineering for 3
years. He is the founding Director of the Transport Innovation Centre,
working closely with the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics, and IoT Institute and
industry for 3+ years. Alongside this role, he has also led a USD 26 million Air
Platforms Program in the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) for 7 years
and served as project leader on some key research projects. His work involves
research activities in advanced manufacturing technologies, including additive
and subtractive manufacturing and laser ultrasonic non-destructive testing at
Swinburne. In his work, he has played a
key role in engaging with more than 70 industry and 20 research partners across
Australia and internationally. He has also led some key benchmarking and supply
chain development activities with local manufacturing SMEs. He holds a PhD in
the area of die casting and ultrasonic non-destructive testing, gained while working
with Ford Motor Company of Australia and Nissan Casting Plant Australia, a Master's
in Engineering (computer-integrated manufacturing), and a Graduate Certificate
in Higher Education Learning and Teaching from Swinburne.
Paul Stoddart is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology. His research interests include applied optics and
biophotonics, with projects in fiber-optic sensors, Raman spectroscopy, and
laser nerve stimulation. He undertakes this research within the Bioengineering Group, working closely with colleagues in the Optical Sciences Centre. The biomedical field offers exciting opportunities to apply optical and photonics
principles, as biological systems respond well to a ‘light touch’. His research has led to a successful spinout company, H3D, which uses artificial intelligence to automate the production of custom-fit audio and dental devices. A second spin out company, Nirtek, is currently developing an optical guidewire to prevent heart attacks and save lives.
Saulius Juodkazis received his doctorate in experimental physics and material science jointly from Vilnius University (Lithuania) and Lyon-I University (France) in 1997. From then, he held previous faculty positions at the Universities of Tokushima (lecturer and assistant professor) and
Hokkaido (associate professor) in Japan. He has contributed to the development of a three-dimensional femtosecond laser micro-fabrication for optofluidic, optical memory, and photonic crystal applications. His current research is focused on applying principles of plasmonic light-field enhancement and its
spectral control for applications in sensing, solid-state lighting, and solar energy conversion. He is a Fellow of OSA and SPIE. He organized a series of Australian/Japanese student research conferences, promoted domestic and international student research projects, and initiated the first Australian joint SPIE-OSA student chapter in 2013.
