X-ray micro-tomography facility

这一建议确定了研究从肌肉到金属涂层等各种材料的功能和结构的一个新的重要领域--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特洛布大学的现有设施结合起来，这些设施允许对界面上的化学成分进行分析。计划中的研究项目将使社区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造心脏瓣膜的组织工程等应用领域受益。这种广泛的应用确保了与该设施接触的学生有一个真正的多学科培训环境。

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.