Tours

Conference facility tours

Lots of wires - microgrid panelNet Zero Tour

Be guided around the campus and learn about the technology and strategy Monash University is using to reach Net Zero by 2030. Notably, there is the microgrid to help inform construction of future smart cities. The BLTB forms part of the microgrid with a 1MWh battery on the top floor of the building.

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Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are for conference delegates only.

Australian SynchrotronAustralian Synchrotron

Explore the incredible Australian Synchrotron and find out about the inner workings of this facility. The light beam created by the synchrotron is a million times brighter than the sun and the electron beam travels just below the speed of light! There are many applications of this technology in various fields such as biomedical science, engineering and physics. See some of the medical and imaging highlights.

All participants will be required to be double vaccinated for COVID-19. Please note there is a 15 minute walk required to the facility.

Tour time options:

Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are only available for conference delegates. Please note the Friday session is running when workshop sessions are also running.

Woodside Building for Technology and Design - Engineering

Built to Passive house building standards with high quality facilities for engineering and IT students at Monash is the Woodside building at the Clayton Campus. The five-storey, smart-technology enabled building is one of the world’s most efficient and innovative teaching buildings of its type in the world. It houses more than 30 learning spaces, including an interactive tiered collaborative space accommodating 360 people. The teaching and learning spaces foster innovation and collaboration – allowing students to explore, design, construct and investigate new technologies required for a sustainable energy future.

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Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are only available for conference delegates.

CSIRO logoCSIRO research labs at Clayton

Tour the Clayton research facilities of CSIRO which are part of the Australian Manufacturing and Materials precinct. Check out Lab 22, Industrial Biotechnology labs and the Mixed Reality lab.

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Limited numbers are available for each session. Please note there is a 15 minute walk required to the facility. Tours are only available for conference delegates.

Centre for Human Anatomy Education Students-learning-anatomy

Learn from our 3D printing specialists and observe the scanning process used to create the Centre for Human Anatomy’s 3D printed learning resources from morbid specimens. Experience the Sectra table technology and virtually dissect any part of the human body. Tour the facility and learn about the world class formaldehyde detection system then experience the VR teaching tools used for learning anatomy. This facility is located in the BLTB.

Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are only available for conference delegates.

Civil Engineering facilities and New Horizons

Tour through the research labs at the New Horizons building. The New Horizons Research Centre is a collaborative research environment to create new multi-disciplinary research opportunities for industry, engineers, scientists, researchers and government. Officially opened in 2013, the building was co-funded by the Australian Federal Government, through the Education Investment Fund, Monash University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Come and check out what facilities Monash has for civil engineering. This includes structural engineering which has a large space incorporating all the facility needed for advanced research and teaching purposes. Boasting the largest strong floor in Australia at 1.5 meters thick and a wide range of facility for testing and analysis from nano-scale to large scale applications under various loading conditions including but not limited to high temperatures, impact, fatigue, cyclic loading and much more. The Structural Engineering Laboratory facilitates productive innovation and learning.

Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are only available for conference delegates.

Monash Micro Imaging Platform and FishCore

Monash Micro Imaging (MMI) provides world class optical imaging instrumentation and expertise. We have core facilities at the Clayton campus, the Monash Health Translation Precinct (MHTP) and the Alfred Research Alliance (ARA, formerly known as AMREP). Our technologies and expertise includes advanced light microscopy, fluorescence and confocal microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, super-resolution microscopy and lightsheet microscopy, supporting a diverse range of applications for morphological and functional characterisation in the biomedical and life sciences. The ARMI FishCore facility is the largest zebrafish facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere, consisting of 1000 quarantine tanks and 5200 main facility tanks (non quarantine). FishCore has the capacity to meet the needs of ARMI, Monash University and the external biomedical research community. It houses genetically modified and mutant strains of zebrafish that model a variety of human diseases and conditions.

Limited numbers are available for each session. Tours are only available for conference delegates.