Overview
The School boasts a diverse range of state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories spanning the full spectrum of material classes, including dedicated facilities for materials processing, characterisation, testing, and analysis. Most of our laboratories are housed in the UNSW Hilmer building, serving as a central hub for cutting-edge materials research and innovation.
These facilities are available to School and university researchers, supporting a wide range of projects in materials science and engineering and other disciplines. Additionally, many of our laboratories are open to external collaborators, fostering partnerships with industry, government, and academic institutions to drive advancements in materials research.
Alphabetical List of Laboratories
- Biochar Research Laboratory
- Biomaterials Laboratories
- Casting Laboratory
- Ceramics Research Laboratory
- Electrochemical Research Laboratories
- Electromechanics Laboratory
- Electronic Materials Characterisation Laboratory
- Energy Conversion Devices Laboratory
- First Year Experience Laboratory
- General Teaching Laboratories
- Gleeble Thermomechanical Processing Laboratory
- Granular Materials Laboratory
- High Bay Heavy Processing Laboratory
- High Temperature Materials Laboratory
- Interface Characterisation Laboratory
- Magnetic Materials Laboratory
- Magnetron Sputtering Laboratory
- Metallographic Preparation Laboratories
- Metallographic Analysis Laboratories
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Multipurpose Furnace Laboratories
- Nanionics Laboratory
- Nanodevice Characterisation Laboratory
- Nanomaterials Laboratory
- Nanomechanics Testing Laboratories
- Optical Measurements Laboratories
- Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory
- Physical Metallurgy Laboratories
- Piezoelectric Property Characterization Laboratory
- Polymer Synthesis Laboratories
- Powder Synthesis Laboratory
- Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory
- Pyrometallurgy Laboratories
- Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy Laboratory
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratories
- Scanning Tunnelling Micoscopy Laboratory
- SMaRT 3D Printing Laboratory
- SMaRT Graphene Chemistry Laboratory
- SMaRT High Temperature Microscopy Laboratory
- SMaRT Processing Laboratories
- SMaRT MicroFactories
- Thermal Analysis Laboratories
- Thermoelectric Analysis Laboratory
- Thin Film Characterisation Laboratory
- Thin Film Lithography Manufacturing Laboratory
- VECOR LaboratorIes
- Wear Testing Laboratories
- Wet Chemistry Laboratories
