The outstanding research equipment and facilities at Monash Engineering are among the best in Australia. Here are just some examples.
We boast a huge wind tunnel, in fact the largest in the southern hemisphere. This affords amazing opportunities for our students, and has recently been used to:
test concept car and yacht designs
test Olympic skier aerodynamics
investigate the behaviour of air masses that might one day whirl around high-rise buildings planned for cities throughout Asia.
Our world-class 80-metre wave tank can simulate the action of any large body of water. We use it to test a range of different vessels, as well as offshore and coastal engineering structures.
Microscopy and microanalysis equipment worth more than $8 million. It includes:
a three-dimensional atom probe
one of only a few such instruments in the world
which images individual atoms
a suite of atomic-force microscopes, indispensable in nano and biotechnology.
Our 150-node parallel cluster has been designed to integrate seamlessly with the Victorian high performance clusters (VPAC) and the Australian national facility clusters (APAC) for computer-intensive scientific and engineering problems.
State-of-the-art communications test equipment for digital signal generation and capture to 40 billion sample/s ( one million times faster than MP3 players)
Our specialist laboratories include:
robotics and vision laboratories, with high speed cameras
accident research
large-scale structural testing
fire research
high-voltage to 500kV
biomedical engineering clean-rooms
printing
We have easy access (it’s next door to our Clayton campus) to Australia’s new $206 million synchrotron, which is helping researchers develop new computer chips and design new drugs.
We're committed to supporting our students in every way, so we also boast:
State-of-the-art computer laboratories, specifically geared towards the printing, scanning and software needs of the engineer-in-the-making
A recently refurbished and expanded library and resource centre, specially designed for Engineering studies
