HACK AND SEEK!

THE CHANGING APPROACH TO

RESEARCH

Paul .J Mignone ( @paulmignone)

PhD Candidate & Research Community Coordinator

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & ITS Research

The University of Melbourne

The Research Bazaar (www.3dprinting.edu.au)

RESEARCH BAZAAR?

Empowering

Researchers through:

1. Research apps in the

cloud

2. Data sharing

services

3. Parallel computing

4. Experimentation in

emerging

technologies (e.g. 3D

Printing)

RESEARCH FUNDING

The 2014 budget produced a ‘mixed bag’ of results:

• Proposed $20bn medical research future fund

• Proposed cuts to CSIRO, ANSTO, CRC’s etc.

Gradual reduction of government funding for universities

over the long term.

Researchers will need to:

• Consistently lobby the government and the public.

• Find more efficiencies in how we do our research.

LOOK TO THE HACKERSPACE

A community that works

together to do more with less.

HACKER SUCCESS STORY:

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

• Open-source software models

have resulted in savings of

$60 billion per year to

consumers worldwide1

• Significant learning curve, with

many researchers being self

taught.

• Specific communities for

researchers (e.g. software

carpentry) teach basic software

skills to researchers through

boot camps and repositories.

[1] http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/creating_wealth_free_software

Damien Irving, University of

Melbourne

HACKERS IN 3D

PRINTING

HACKERS IN 3D

PRINTING

HACKERS IN 3D

PRINTING

Engineering Workshop

Building 169

University of Melbourne

DIGITAL BLACKSMITH

COMMUNITY #DIGISMITH

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CAD

DIGITAL BLACKSMITH

COMMUNITY #DIGISMITH

CAD

Scanning

DIGITAL BLACKSMITH

COMMUNITY #DIGISMITH

CAD

Scanning Printing

Techniques

DIGITAL BLACKSMITH

COMMUNITY #DIGISMITH

CAD

Scanning Printing

Techniques

Materials &

Design

LAB EQUIPMENT

Paul Mignone, Bernard Meade and Ben Robotham, University of Melbourne

Saved $587

& 6 Weeks

Saved $3200 & 6 Weeks

MEDICAL

Mitch Finlayson

and Ben Kreunen,

University of

Melbourne

HISTORY & CULTURE

Simon Young and Fiona Tweedie, University of Melbourne

ENGINEERING Formula SAE, University of Melbourne

ENGINEERING Formula SAE, University of Melbourne

•60% cost saving

•1kg weight saving

•100 man hrs saved

•Improved overall design

NEW RESEARCH FRONTIERS

Paul Mignone, University of Melbourne

WHAT NEXT?

Extension of the Digital Blacksmith Community

• Upcoming training at UWS (November 2014)

• National repository for 3D printing training materials

Development of related communities in:

• Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

• 3D Image processing

• Numerical simulation techniques

Establishment of the 3D Printing Research Working Group

• Provide funds and expertise for research publications

THANK YOU

QUESTIONS?

STAY IN TOUCH!

#DIGISMITH, @ITS_RES