Our team
Meet the team behind the Space Technology and Industry Institute.
The Space Technology and Industry Institute team brings together expertise in astronomy, aerospace, aviation and applications of technology for space – from developing new materials that are lighter and stronger, tailoring surface coatings for multifunctional purposes, ‘super-resolving’ artificial intelligence to improve satellite images, and even creating novel new engineering processes to support the exploration of our solar system.
Associate members
Extraterrestrial Resource Processing
Program leader: Professor Geoffrey Brooks
Astrophysics and Space Science
Extractive Metallurgy and Solar Thermal Research
Materials Recycling and Refining
Minerals Automation (CSIRO Minerals)
Minerals Characterisation (CSIRO Minerals)
Minerals Geology (CSIRO Minerals)
Product Design and Materials Recycling
Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Robotics and Automation
Solidification and Processing of Metals
Materials and Coatings for Space
Program leader: Dr Andrew Ang
Microgravity Experimentation
Program leader: Dr Rebecca Allen
Space Medicine and Health
Biotech Applications
Smart Experiment Platform
Cross-institute program
Swinburne Youth Space Innovation Challenge
Space Manufacturing
Program leader: Jason Miller
Large Area Construction
Radioactive Hardening
Cross-institute program
Thermal Management
Cross-institute program
Contact the Space Technology and Industry Institute
If your organisation would like to collaborate with us to solve a complex problem, or you simply want to contact our team, get in touch by calling +61 3 9214 5177 or emailing spaceinstitute@swinburne.edu.au.