Advanced manufacturing
Manufacturing is the state’s third largest employer, with the industry directly contributing over $20 billion to our economy in 2014–15. Advanced manufacturing and design research aims to improve sustainability and technology.
Queensland’s advanced manufacturing competitive strengths include: aerospace; automotive and transport; biomedical and life sciences; defence; food and beverage processing; industrial biotechnology and bioproducts; mining equipment, technology and services; precision agriculture; and renewable energy.
The Queensland Government recognises that advanced manufacturing and design makes a vital contribution to the state’s economy, culture and lifestyle and is developing a 10-year Advanced Manufacturing Road Map and Action Plan to maximise the benefits from the sector.
Queensland has nine universities including three of Australia’s largest. Details of 200 plus research centres in Queensland are available by searching the Queensland science capability directory.
Most Queensland universities manage advanced manufacture and design research programs in dedicated research institutes and centres.
Leading advanced manufacturing and design
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Advanced manufacturing and design research centres
Queensland has more than 70 institutes, facilities, precincts, laboratories and other organisations are undertaking research in the advanced manufacturing and design sector including:
- Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADAPT)
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food Business Unit (AF)
- ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing of Medical Devices (AMMD Hub)
- ARC Training Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation (CBI)
- Aus-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ACCTERM)
- Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE)
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre (AID)
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
- Australian National Fabrication Facility - Griffith University Node (ANFF-Q)
- Australian National Fabrication Facility - UQ Node (ANFF-Q)
- Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre (BAO-JRDC)
- Cancer and Ageing Research Program (CARP)
- Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF)
- Central Queensland University - Brisbane (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Bundaberg (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Cairns (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Gladstone (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Mackay (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Rockhampton (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Townsville (CQUniversity)
- Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE)
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (CABEN)
- Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers (CCFB)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)
- QUT Centre for Robotics (QCR)
- Centre for Future Materials (CFM)
- Centre for Hypersonics (CFH)
- Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development (QIMR-CIVD)
- Centre for Materials Science (CMS)
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM)
- Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology - GU (CQC2T)
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology - UQ (CQC2T)
- Centre for Quantum Dynamics (CQD)
- Centre for Railway Engineering (CRE)
- Clem Jones Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CJRCRM)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- The CSIRO BioFoundry
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF)
- Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation (Dow Centre)
- Engage Research Lab
- Forest Industries Research Centre (FIRC-USC)
- Forest Research Institute (FRI)
- Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
- Griffith University - Gold Coast (GU)
- Griffith University - Nathan (GU)
- Health and Food Sciences Precinct
- Herston Biofabrication Institute (HBI)
- Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (IAESS)
- Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems (IIIS)
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)
- James Cook University - Cairns (JCU)
- James Cook University - Townsville (JCU)
- Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI)
- Max Planck Queensland Centre
- Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF)
- Nanomaterials Centre (Nanomac)
- National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Nihon Superior Centre for the Manufacture of Electronic Materials (NS CMEM)
- Northern Fisheries Centre (NFC)
- Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE)
- Protein Expression Facility (PEF)
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
- Queensland Bioscience Precinct (QBP)
- Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT)
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC)
- Queensland University of Technology - Gardens Point (QUT)
- Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove (QUT)
- Research Computing Centre (RCC)
- Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding
- Salisbury Research Facility
- Sugar Research Institute (SRI)
- Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)
- Translational Polymer Research Group (TPRG)
- Translational Research Institute (TRI)
- Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (TAS-DCRC)
- The University of Queensland - Gatton (UQ)
- The University of Queensland - Herston (UQ)
- The University of Queensland - St Lucia (UQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Ipswich (USQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Springfield (USQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Toowoomba (USQ)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Fraser Coast (USC)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Gympie (USC)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Moreton Bay (USC)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Sunshine Coast (USC)
- Visualisation and Interactive Solutions for Engagement and Research (VISER)