Begin your Australian study journey with RMIT

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And I'm Gemma.

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And where both second-year textile design students.

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And today, we're going to give you a guided tour of our

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beautiful RMIT Brunswick campus.

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Come on [laughing].

Quad

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Brunswick is home to our School of Fashion and Textiles as well

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as other design courses like industrial and graphic design.

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So, we are a pretty creative bunch of people.

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The quad often holds events like concerts, stalls and free student

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union lunches.

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So, we get to intermingle amongst students and really build a sense

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of community.

RMIT Connect

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Here we are at RMIT Connect, which is the place to go for

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current students looking for advice on timetabling or enrolment.

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The friendly staff can also help with any tech support in foreign

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global experiences and University exchange programs.

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Plus, a lot more.

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Library

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The library is my favourite place to study, because it's nice and

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quiet and there's lots of natural light.

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And there are loads of other places to study around campus,

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whether it be outside or in any of the other buildings.

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Print Room

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This is one of my favourite spots on campus.

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It's the print room where textile designers get to

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spend most of their time.

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It's where we get to see all our designs come to life.

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Fashion Hub

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We're now in RMIT's flagship Fashion Hub, which is a

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world-class facility.

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This is the exhibition space where third and final fashion and

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design students get to show off their glorious creations.

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And this is one of the specialist machine rooms in the Fashion Hub.

Workshop Maker

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This is one of our fabulous workshop and maker spaces.

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The multidisciplinary workshop allows for fashion and takes

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product, graphic and industrial design students to come together

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and think around.

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They’re equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printing technology,

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hand machinery and a lot more.

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So, let's take a look.

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Location

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Brunswick is only 6 kilometres out of the city.

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And the Uni itself is a stone's throw away from busy Sydney Road.

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Coming from Sydney myself, I reckon it's one of the

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best spots in town.

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There's tons of places to grab a quick bite to eat in between classes.

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And loads of local designers and makers have also set up shop here too.

Outro

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Thank you for joining us on this tour of the beautiful Brunswick campus.

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We hope this has inspired you to join our creative community.

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And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our

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friendly staff at Study at RMIT.

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And if you ever see Eliza and I on campus, come and say hi to us.

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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.