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Glasshouses
The State Government has provided funding to establish PC2 Glasshouses at a DPI site in the Redlands. Part of this funding will be spent at QUT to refurbish PC2 Plant Growth Rooms in Q Block, GP.
Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA)
In Round 4 (2004/2005) of the Smart State Research Facilities Grants, QUT and CSIRO successfully applied for funding to establish a R&D facility which focussed on the development of technology which would allow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be used for a variety of applications in Queensland, e.g. electricity grid monitoring in remote areas, coastal surveillance.
Mackay Biorefinery Pilot Plant
QUT together with Mackay Sugar Cooperative Association and Sugar Research Limited received funding in Round 5 (2005/2006) of the Smart State Innovation Building Fund to establish a biorefinery pilot plant near Racecourse sugar mill in Mackay. The pilot plant is designed to facilitate the commercialisation of a range of biocommodities derived from sugar cane.
Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF)
The State Government has provided funding to establish a Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF) on land at Prince Charles Hospital. The proposed facility will allow researchers to take novel concepts in orthopaedics, artificial organs and medical imaging through basic research to clinical implementation. Collaborators include: QUT, Prince Charles Hospital (Queensland Health), Stryker Australia Pty Ltd, Medtronic Sofamor Danek Australia Pty Ltd
Microgravity Facility
Construction of a Microgravity Testing Tower (28 metres high) at Carseldine Campus is underway to allow experiments to be carried out in a simulated zero gravity environment. The facility will support research and consulting activity in the microgravity field, and will include nanomaterials, combustion and fire safety, fluid dynamics solidification and materials processing, biomedical science.
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