ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals

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The Centre combines outstanding skills in alloy design, structural and process modeling, thermomechanical processing and advanced materials characterisation, with leading-edge capability in materials design, modeling and advanced materials manufacturing.

The Centre has major Research Programs in:

Program A

Alloy Design and Processing: design of Al and Mg alloys, thermal stability and particle-assisted microstructure control, tailored anisotropy, superplastic alloys

Program B

Titanium: powder characterisation, direct forming of Ti powders, powder forging, alloy design and development, multifunctional alloys

Program C

Hybrid Materials: multi-scale composite structures, dispersed phase nanocomposites, micro-truss structures, controlled microsegmentation, sandwich structures

Program D

Surface Engineering: surface properties and durability of Mg alloys, corrosion mitigation, surface coatings and cladding, cold spray, interfacial segregation and embrittlement.

Program E

Linkages: this program captures all non-Centre funded activities (e.g. industrial research contracts, research collaborations, other ARC grants, etc.)

View an overview of our portfolio of core Programs and Projects