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Episode 5
Innovative Research
Season 1- Episode 5
Connect and Innovate with UOW
In Episode 5 of Wollongong Let’s Get Salty, Zahra Shahbazian explains why the University of Wollongong (UOW) is like an ecosystem, shining a light on global innovation and research and translating this into opportunities to work with regional businesses to find commercial solutions.
In her role as Senior Business Initiatives Manager, she is a connector between the university and business, and large business and their supply chains. Fostering advanced manufacturing and the circular economy principles, to make our region more sustainable, aware, and connected to each other.
A lot of focus from either the New South Wales Government or Federal Government is on ‘translational research’, which means finding the pathways for the research to be accessible to our industry partners, so we can make an impact. Zahra Shahbazian, Senior Business Initiatives Manager, UOW.
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Thanks to Blend ESQ our Gold Episode Sponsor. Environment, Safety and Quality consulting to transform your business.
Your Next Salty Steps
Draw some inspiration from our actionable takeaways.
- Find your innovation pathway with UOW technology and research expertise – Innovation and Commercial Research.
- Draw inspiration from UOW success stories – like ‘Builtquik’s’ low-cost cyclone-proof housing kicking goals in remote communities or ‘Manufacturing Metal Solutions’ idea to turn recycled glass into concrete products.
- Learn more about sustainable living and stay at the Illawarra Flame House, Innovation Campus, UOW (Solar Decathlon Entry)
Resources & Links
We’ve gathered together some useful resources and links related to Episode 5.
University of Wollongong, LinkedIn
Advantage SME, UOW
Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (ACCESS), UOW
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), UOW
Australian Power, Quality and Reliability Centre (APQRC), UOW
Facility for Intelligent Fabrication (FIF), UOW
History of Wollongong Campus Landscape, UOW
iAccelerate, UOW Innovation Campus
Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), NSW Government, EnergyCo NSW
Rapid Applied Research Translation Initiative, Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care
SMART Infrastructure Facility, UOW
Sodium-Ion Batteries, University of Wollongong, UOW
Sustainable Building Research Centre (SBRC), UOW
Translational Research Initiative for Cellular Engineering and Printing (TRICEP)
UOW Welcomes commitment to fund Energy Futures Skills Centre, UOW
Imagery thanks to Zahra Shahbazian, Blend ESQ and Pixabay (Peter H).
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