Dr. Erin Brodie
Dr. Erin Brodie
Dr. Erin Brodie is the Research and Innovation Lead of the Woodside FutureLab at Monash University, Australia, and is passionate about research translation to industry and archaeology. She is a metallurgist at heart, with a background in additive manufacturing (AM) of biomedical devices, having worked on applications such as bone implants and degradable coronary stents. Currently, she leads the Woodside FutureLab, a materials development, data science and additive manufacturing lab and works closely with a team of undergraduate and PhD students, research fellows, academics and industry partners to provide innovative AM solutions for a range of industries. The current portfolio of the FutureLab covers a wide range of projects from the development of new alloys for LPBF, AM reactor design for new energy solutions, decommissioning solutions for oil and gas infrastructure, prototyping assistive biomedical devices to 3D reconstruction and analysis of archaeological artefacts.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy,(Ph.D), Materials Science and Engineering, Dr Marie-Faith Fiawoo Award, Monash University
- Bachelors of Materials Engineering,(Honours), Ian Polmear Prize for Highest Achieving Student in Materials Science and Engineering and Sir John Monash Medal, Monash University
- Bachelor of Arts (Archaeology/German), Best Overall Student Award, Monash University
Expertise
- Additive Manufacturing
- Metallurgy
- Archaeology
- Biomaterials