Photonics Catalyst Program

IPAS Minerals and Energy Sector Workshop

Wednesday 29 April 2015, 3:00-5:30pm University of Adelaide

The Braggs Building, Level 2 Room 214 Agenda 1445 Arrival, registration and networking

1500 Hon Kyam Maher, Member of the Legislative Council, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation arrives

1510 Welcome – building links between local industry and universities: Prof. Andre Luiten, IPAS Director

1520 Hon Kyam Maher

1530 Series of 3-minute talks:

Industry Case Studies 1. Optical fibre ultra high temperature sensing in the Nystar Metal and Mineral Processing Facility

Stephen Richter, Managing Director, SJ Cheesman 2. Measuring the water content in iron ore to minimise impact on vessel transportation

Andrew Harris, Operations Manager, Scantech International Sensing

3. Photonic magnetometry - advanced defence technology with applications in mineral detection Prof Andre Luiten, IPAS Director - (Funded by Defence Science Technology Organisation)

4. Luminescence detection of minerals Adj Prof Nigel Spooner, IPAS (Funded by Scantech and the Photonics Catalyst Program)

5. Using fibre Bragg gratings for multi-parameter distributed sensing Prof John Arkwright, Flinders University

6. Detecting methane from aircraft and how this can be used in pipeline leak detection and gas exploration- Mr Myles Clark / Dr Dave Ottaway, IPAS (Australian Research Council Linkage Grant)

7. Detecting gold during exploratory drilling operations by on rig analysis of drilling fluid Dr Agnieszka Zuber / A/Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem (Funded by The Deep Exploration Technologies Co-operative Research Centre)

8. Using mid-infrared lasers for mine face mineralization analysis Prof David Lancaster, UniSA

9. Copper detection in minerals and ores using microwave-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy A/Prof Zeyad Alwahabi, Institute for Minerals and Energy Resources

10. Analysing LPG for contaminants in pipelines using laser combs Dr James Anstie, IPAS (Funded by Chevron Texaco)

Advanced materials

11. 3D Metal Printing for rapid prototyping and replacement parts: Mr Luis Lima-Marques, IPAS Laboratory Manager

Photonics Catalyst Program 12. Program overview – Mr Piers Lincoln – IPAS Institute Manager – PCP Program Manager

1610 Tours of The Braggs

1655 Drinks, refreshments and networking

1730 Close