Deakin University's Waurn Ponds campus and ManuFutures precinct position Geelong as advanced manufacturing hub

Deakin University's Institute for Frontier Materials and its manufacturing innovation precinct at Waurn Ponds have positioned Geelong as a national centre for advanced materials science and its application in manufacturing. The university's research in carbon fibre, composites, textiles and related materials has commercial relevance across the defence, aerospace, sporting goods and construction industries.

ManuFutures, the advanced manufacturing and innovation hub at Deakin's Waurn Ponds campus, provides a physical environment for industry-university collaboration and for early-stage manufacturing ventures to access equipment and expertise that would be prohibitively expensive to acquire independently. The hub has attracted companies that are testing and developing manufacturing processes, providing them with a bridge between laboratory-scale innovation and commercial-scale production.

The defence manufacturing activity in Geelong, centred on the Australian Naval Infrastructure facility and the supply chain businesses that have grown around it, provides Deakin with an industry partner of national strategic significance. Research collaborations and graduate placements within the defence manufacturing sector create connections that strengthen both the university's applied research relevance and the sector's access to cutting-edge materials science.

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