ANFF-SA Microengineering School 2024

ANFF-SA’s FREE four-day Microengineering School provides students, researchers, academics and industry with a fascinating introduction to the design and fabrication of microfluidic/electronic, MEMS, optical and sensing chips.

8 x lectures | 8 x practical sessions | 8 x Insight sessions

The FREE FOUR DAY PROGRAM is ideal for people studying sciences and/or engineering and are interested in designing and fabricating microscopic devices used in new world technologies.

Delivered onsite at the University of South Australia's Future Industries Institute, in Mawson Lakes, ANFF-SA's Microengineering School includes presentations and practicals delivered by industry leaders and technical experts who introduce design, fabrication and testing processes including photolithography, design for photolithography, etching, PDMS devices, microelectrodes, characterisation techniques, simulation and electrical integration and 3D printing.

Onsite participants can enjoy hands-on practicals using cutting-edge equipment housed in world-class cleanroom facilities, while lectures and insight sessions provide opportunities to engage with industry leaders for useful career insights.

Together with ANFF-SA's team of highly skilled technicians, ANFF-SA Microengineering School is proud to present a stellar line up industry experts and special guests including:

• Prof Craig Priest - ANFF-SA Director, Future Industries Institute, UniSA
• Prof Michael Breadmore - ARC Future Fellow, University of Tasmania (to be confirmed)
• Dr Scott Foster, DSTG (to be confirmed)
• Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem - Deputy Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
• Dr Srihari (Hari) Rajgopal, NASA Glenn SiC Technology (to be confirmed)
• Dr Sruthi Choppali, DSTG
• Stephen Blakeney, MDPP, Flinders University
• Dr Thorsten Matthias - EV Group
• Dr Ben Johnston and Alex Stokes - ANFF OptoFAB

Confirmed practical sessions include:

• Photolithography (in Cleanroom) - presented by Dr Jing-Hong (Mike) Pai, ANFF-SA
• Etching (in Cleanroom) - presented by Mohamed Amen, ANFF-SA
• CAD modelling and FEA analysis - presented by Mark Cherrill and Sudhakar Sajja,ANFF-SA
• PDMS devices - presented by Dr Mona Tarek, Tekcyte and Dr Sophia Su, ANFF-SA
• 3D Printing - presented by Daniel Williams and Billy Michalatos, ANFF-SA
• Characterisation techniques - presented by Dr Jason Gascooke, ANFF-SA and Flinders University
• Microelectrodes - presented by Igor Switala and Dr Maryam Khaksar, DSTG

Industry tours:

• Rapier Electronics
• Tindo Solar (to be confirmed)

ANFF-SA is a $22 million investment in cutting-edge advanced manufacturing equipment and technical expertise available to all Australian’s, as part of Australia’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

ANFF-SA offers industry rapid prototyping of new technologies right here in South Australia, and has become a catalyst for international collaboration with global companies, start-ups, and universities.

Open to industry, researchers and academics, ANFF-SA is committed to delivering technical excellence in the design, fabrication and testing of micro-sized devices, and also available for teaching these techniques to optimise opportunities for micro and nanofabrication manufacturing in Australia.

The facility’s strengths include lab-on-a-chip technology, micro/nanofluidics, advanced sensing, functional coatings, and separation science and it is one of eight nodes of ANFF across Australia, which combined, are filled with over $200 million of investment in tooling, infrastructure and people.

For more information please email Belinda Turner at [email protected]

Host or Publisher ANFF-SA