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2013
13-15 February	8th Annual International Electromaterials Science Symposium, AIIM building, Innovation Campus, Wollongong. More than 150 leading Australian and international researchers converged on Wollongong (13-15 February) to share insights in to groundbreaking materials research as part of the 8th Annual International Electromaterials Science Symposium. The University of Wollongong’s Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, the lead node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, was host to the three-day symposium. Researchers presented and discussed their work on a range of electromaterials applications including solar and hydro-energy generation, printing 3D structures, building ultra-strong electrolyte gels and muscle regeneration through electrical stimulation of cells. Read a full wrap of the Symposium including photos and video highlights here.
14 February	ACES Fabrication Fellowship launched. South Australia-based SMR Technologies will be the first Australian manufacturing company to put its workforce at the heart of scientific innovation as part of an eight-week fellowship program at ACES in Wollongong.
15 February	Leon-Kane Maguire Address, AIIM building, Innovation Campus, Wollongong. “A giant in science and a giant in life”. With those words Professor Ray Baughman from the University of Texas at Dallas and Australian Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science collaborator summed up his long-time friend Leon Kane-Maguire.Professor Baughman, a leader in the research field of carbon nanotubes, delivered the Leon Kane-Maguire address in 2013. Dedication, hard work and talent have been recognised with University of Wollongong Cheminstry PhD student Nicole Pianegonda receiving the 2013 Leon Kane-Maguire prize.
19 February	Launch of ACES-AM CRC Alliance, AIIM building, Innovation Campus, Wollongong. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) joined forces with Advanced Manufacturing CRC (AM CRC) in an alliance that will embrace critical market insights for the manufacturing industry. The partnership will leverage a new, world-class Additive Biofabrication Facility built by the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) and ACES in Wollongong. Manufacturing has a vibrant and healthy future in the Illawarra through the development of next generation of technologies, delegates heard at the celebration of a double milestone for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).
3 May	Materials for AdBioFab, St Vincents Hospital Melbourne. The conference focused on how biomaterials research and additive fabrication are converging to deliver innovative solutions for new medical technologies.These will reduce technical development time and costs. The combination of nanomaterials science, high-speed data communications and additive manufacturing represent a potentially highly disruptive transformation of medical treatments and technologies.Transformation of this kind will bring both challenges and risks. It will lead to new businesses being created and new ways of thinking about medical treatment. Understanding policy will be critical and providing guidance to policy makers about how to adapt regulatory regimes will be extremely important. The conference goal was to accelerate early stage medical technology development and help researchers and entrepreneurs understand how to make them investment ready. Professors Gordon Wallace (ACES Director), Mark Cook (St Vincent's Chair of Medicine) and Peter Choong (St Vincent's Chair of Surgery/Orthopaedics Director) detailed for the media the complex research collaborations being undertaken at ACES and St Vincent's, as well as the future implications of their cutting-edge biomaterials research.

Last reviewed: 14 May, 2013