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Robotic Engineers photographed in the robotics lab in Building 18 on campus.

L to R: Dr Shadi Abpeikar, Dr Essam Debie, Dr Phi (Vu) Tran, Mr Ammar Mahdi (PhD Candidate), Dr Asanka Perera,

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra is a national leader in research and innovation, supporting defence and security capabilities. Whether you’re a university researcher, collaborator, or partner, we have the infrastructure, equipment and data resources to accelerate your research. We house Australia’s first engineering design facility, and boast special collections that host rare books, manuscripts and digital media. 

Explore the facilities and resources that make discovery and research impact possible at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra. 

The Academy Library building

Academy Library

The Academy Library houses exceptional print and electronic scholarly resources that support teaching, learning and research at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra.

polymer research team

American autoclave

The Advanced Composite Research Unit (ACRU) Composites Laboratory houses an American autoclave, which is used for manufacturing high-quality polymer matrix composite components.

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Space Australian National Concurrent Design Facility (ANCDF)

Australian National Concurrent Design Facility (ANCDF)

The centrepiece of ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Space is Australia’s first space mission concurrent engineering design facility.

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra cyber security facility

Australian Cyber Security Centre laboratories

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Institute for Cyber Security is home to a number of laboratories used for simulating and addressing cyber attack scenarios.

Aviation Safety Studio

Aviation Safety Studio

The Aviation Safety Studio is a space dedicated to flight simulation for teaching concepts such as aviation safety, aircraft performance, aircraft design, and flight stability and control.

Two satellites in space

Cleanroom

A speck of dust has the potential to cause major issues for spacecraft. Our Class 10,000 cleanroom provides a pristine environment for the development, integration and build of our satellites and various subsystems.

Blue binary disappearing into the distance

Digital Forensics Laboratory

The Digital Forensics Lab at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra is a dynamically configurable space that can be used to simulate and conduct different digital forensic investigation scenarios.  

SQC Dilution Refrigerator with people

Dilution refrigerator

°Õ³ó±ðÌý3He4- He dilution refrigerator has base temperatures of 5 mK and is used as a low-temperature platform.

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Electron spin resonance spectrometers

We have a suite of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometers employed for conventional, pulsed and electronically detected ESR. 

Falcon Telescope

Falcon telescope

We play a vital role in the US Air Force Academy’s worldwide Falcon Telescope Network, housing one of the 12 telescopes. Working in collaboration with institutions from across the globe, the ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra provides the infrastructure needed to support the Canberra node. 

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Cyber Security Faraday Cage

Faraday cage with VPN access

During 2020, the need to reach students normally studying face-to-face on wireless security was prioritised and a strategy enacted to allow ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra to create our VPN Wireless Range.

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Hot press

The Advanced Composite Research Unit (ACRU) Composites Laboratory houses a hot press, which is used to manufacture thermoplastic composite parts and specimens.

Officer Cadet Todd Baldwin (left) and Spike (Dr. Michael Barlow - right) playfully brainstorm alternate, gesture-based control schemes for the robots picture in the foreground; within the Machine Learning & Developmental Robotics (MLDR) lab.School of Engineering and Information Technology (SIET) Machine Learning & Developmental Robotics (MLDR).

Indoor Robotics Flight Test Facility

The Indoor Robotics Flight Test Facility is a large netted area (10m x 10m x 4m) used for testing robots indoors. The laboratory is equipped with a 20-camera motion capture system that tracks the position and orientation of multiple robots at speeds up to 200 times per second.

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Innovation Lab for cyber security and machine learning

The Innovation Lab seeks to apply creativity, high-performance computing and advanced machine learning to a range of emerging challenges in cyber security, space, signals processing, and modelling.