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Hi everyone and welcome to the RMIT engineering facility tour.
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I'm Evangeline and today I'm going to give you a quick tour of
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some of RMIT's amazing engineering facilities.
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With 11 different study areas on offer, you are bound to find a
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field of engineering that suits you.
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But if you're not sure if you want to study for robots or race cars,
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RMIT offers a flexible first-year where you can explore
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different fields and find out what you like.
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Now, let's start our tour with one of my favourites,
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the advanced manufacturing precinct.
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Advanced Manufacturing
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So, advanced manufacturing involves the design of new and
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innovative products.
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And it's transforming industries like the energy sector and
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biomedical manufacturing.
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It also involves a lot of specialised 3-D printing.
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In fact, the first Australian custom made spinal implant
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was made right here.
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And students have access to polymer 3-D printers, just like these.
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The AMP brings together engineering and design.
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And the precinct houses some of the most cutting-edge
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technologies available.
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Researchers here have worked with companies like Boeing, Ford,
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Siemens and many more.
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Automation
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So, the electrical engineering labs include the automation,
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power electronics and machines labs.
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So, here we are in our automations lab where we have our
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Programmable Logic Controllers or PLCs, which are powerful
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computers used in industrial automation.
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These controllers can automate a specific process, machine function
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or even an entire production line, like we see here.
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So, this is our machines lab, which is equipped with an
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electrical plant for power systems, microgrids and renewable
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energy studies.
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So, we know that the sun converts nuclear energy into heat and
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light energy.
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This is known as energy conversion.
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In the power electronics lab, we convert electrical energy into
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different forms using rectifiers and inverters.
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Like the one we have here.
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Now, let's go find out what a photon is.
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Photonics powers our Internet.
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And last year, right in this lab, we broke the world record for
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fastest Internet on a single optical chip with a speed of
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around 44 terabits per second.
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To put that into perspective, at that speed you could download
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1000 high definition movies in about a second.
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So, the surface mount devices lab laboratory is a new facility in
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the School of Engineering.
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Here, students can produce functional electronic prototypes
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to really bring their designs to life.
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Plus, it's got some pretty cool equipment, including a thermal
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imaging camera, 3-D microscope, as well as plenty of testing
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equipment and assembly workspaces.
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civil environmental
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So, we're now in the civil and environmental engineering lab.
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This lab has some specimens from major rock and mineral types.
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Students can learn about these samples, how they were formed,
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and about their engineering properties.
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This is a model which demonstrates the movement of
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water below the earth through different materials.
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The lab is also a hub for hydrogeology research projects,
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as well as visits to industry partner sites.
chemical engineering
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This is the chemical engineering lab where students can turn raw
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materials into products like pharmaceuticals, plastic,
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petrol and even food.
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They also find ways to make the processing industries more
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environmentally sustainable.
wind tunnel
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This is the second largest wind tunnel in the southern hemisphere
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used for research and education.
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It can mimic wind speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour.
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It's used to assess wind drag on a range of small-scale aircraft,
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cars, trucks and trains.
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And it can even be used to affect the position of an athlete on
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their aerodynamic drag.
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This is our heavy structures lab, where our civil engineers spend
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a lot of their time.
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This lab experiments with technologies like robotics and
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3-D printing for use in construction.
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As well as developing smart materials for use in extreme or
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harsh conditions, such as a fire, an explosion or under severe pressure.
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They also aim to increase the use of sustainable and recyclable
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materials in construction.
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Here we are in our thermal fluids lab, another one of our
thermal fluids lab
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mechanical workshops.
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This is used for research and testing by students, professors
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and industry partners.
outro
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I hope you enjoyed this tour of RMIT's impressive
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engineering facilities.
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And remember, if you have any more questions, you can reach out
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to the friendly team at Study at RMIT.
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And we hope to see you soon.
