Research Achievements at Swinburne

A water-soluble, biodegradable plastic for food packaging has been developed and produced in Australia by the CRC for International Food Manufacture & Packaging Science and Melbourne based start-up company Plantic Technologies. Cadbury is using the product for its Milk Tray range of boxed chocolates, and Swinburne’s Professor Greg Lonergan and Dr Ranjith Jayasekara are testing its biodegradability.

Swinburne is home to a supercomputer which breaks the 1 Teraflop barrier – one of two such machines in Australia and the only one in Victoria. Dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics, the Swinburne supercomputer is part of a project to design a US$1 billion global radio-telescope that will provide science with an unprecedented view of the early universe before stars shone.

Swinburne’s Dr Chris Fluke has designed and built a camera that films athletes in 3D scenarios that simulate real sport environments. The footage is used in training, skill development and strategy evaluation.