X-ray micro-tomography facility

这一提议确定了一个重要的新领域，即研究肌肉和金属涂层等多种材料的功能和结构——量化物体物理结构的能力。研究人员可以进一步将这种能力与拉筹伯大学现有的设备结合起来，这些设备可以分析界面上的化学成分。计划中的研究项目将在航空航天的复合材料和轻质材料、汽车和工具制造的金属涂层以及人工心脏瓣膜的组织工程等领域的应用中受益。这种广泛的应用确保了学生接触该设施的真正多学科培训环境。

This proposal identifies a new area of importance in the investigation of the function and structure of materials as diverse as muscle and metal coatings - the ability to quantify the physical structure of an object. Researchers can further couple that ability with existing facilities at La Trobe University, which allow the chemical makeup on an interface to be analysed. The planned research projects will benefit the community in applications ranging from composite and light-weight materials for aerospace, metal coatings for automotive and tool manufacture and tissue engineering for artificial heart valves. This breadth of application ensures a truly multidisciplinary training environment for students in contact with the facility.