The Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub is bringing together industry and research to deliver innovation in aerostructures. Combining expertise from across Swinburne University of Technology, the AIR Hub team is driving research in areas including digitalisation, advanced manufacturing processes, multi-functional materials, clean propulsion systems and advanced air operations.  

Leadership team

Research Fellows

Madeline Van Dongen
mvandongen@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Sadegh Ghanei
sghanei@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Andreas Hendlmeier
ahendlmeier@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Boon Xian Chai
bchai@swinburne.edu.au

Research Engineers

Stephen Hardiman
shardiman@swinburne.edu.au

Alex Cardew-Hall
acardewhall@swinburne.edu.au

Brandon Piening
bpiening@swinburne.edu.au

Jacob Smalley
jsmalley@swinburne.edu.au

PhD and Masters Candidates

Abad Alrahman Almardini
aalmardini@swinburne.edu.au

Andrew Che
ache@swinburne.edu.au

Demeke Abay Ashebir
dabay@swinburne.edu.au

Dongye Gao
dgao@swinburne.edu.au

George Miris
gmiris@swinburne.edu.au

Jinze Wang
jinzewang@swinburne.edu.au

Maheshi Gunaratne
mgunaratne@swinburne.edu.au

May Smith
maysmith@swinburne.edu.au

Michael Jurdana
mjurdana@swinburne.edu.au

Muzaffar Chumroo
mchumroo@swinburne.edu.au

Sean Gong
jgong@swinburne.edu.au

Srikar Dandangi
sdandangi@swinburne.edu.au

Tharun Dharmawickrema
tdharmawickrema@swinburne.edu.au

Thomas Luke
tluke@swinburne.edu.au

Varnith Diwakar
vdiwakar@swinburne.edu.au

Venkatesh Gangipamula
vgangipamula@swinburne.edu.au

Zahra Khajehsaeidimahabadi
zkhajehsaeidimahabad@swinburne.edu.au

Swinburne ecosystem

Professor Virginia Kilborn
Chief Scientist
vkilborn@swinburne.edu.au

Distinguished Professor Guoxing Lu
Associate Dean Research
glu@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Suresh Palanisamy
Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Platform
spalanisamy@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dong Ruan
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
druan@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Yvonne Durandet
Associate Professor, Advanced Manufacturing
ydurandet@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Saulius Juodkazis
Head of the Nanotechnology Research Facility
sjuodkazis@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Anita Kocsis
Director, Design Factory Melbourne
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Zheng Lei
Department Chair, Aviation
zlei@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Professor, Computer Science
dgeorgakopoulos@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Research Director, Industry 4.0 Testlab; Program Leader, Digital Design
beisenbart@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Justin Leontini
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
jleontini@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Jiong Jin
Associate Professor
jiongjin@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Jamal Naser
Associate Professor
jnaser@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Mostafa Nikzad
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
mnikzad@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Nisa Salim
Senior Lecturer
nsalim@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Mehran Motamed Ektesabi
Associate Professor
mektesabi@swinburne.edu.au

Contact the AIR Hub

Are you from industry and want to get involved? Are you a member of the community and want to know more? Perhaps you are a student interested in a scholarship? Whatever your query, get in touch with us at airhub@swinburne.edu.au.

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