Innovative Materials Production, Processing and Analysis Network

材料科学与工程无疑是跨学科的，涵盖了从生物学到建筑的不同研究领域，同样广泛的应用范围涵盖了所有制造业。澳大利亚在材料方面有明显的优势，但很难促进跨学科边界的充分互动，以充分利用这些优势。目前的网络主要通过以下方式关注全国范围内的跨学科材料互动：1)在年度研讨会上将材料界聚集在一起；2)让博士生和年轻研究人员接触跨学科研究计划和设施；3)确定共同的基础设施需求；4)与行业网络（如AMTN）以及国际社会建立联系。

Materials science and engineering is decidedly interdisciplinary, covering a diverse spectrum of research from biology to construction, with an equally broad applications span encompassing all manufacturing industry. Australia has distinct strengths in materials but it has been difficult to promote sufficient interaction across discipline boundaries to fully exploit such strengths. The current network focuses on interdisciplinary materials interactions nationally by: i) bringing the materials community together at an annual workshop, ii) exposing PhD students and young researchers to cross-disciplinary research initiatives and facilities, iii) identifying common infrastructure needs, iv) linking with industry networks, eg AMTN, and to the international community.