Projects
Battery Orchestration Platform for Grid Support
Developing an AI-driven battery orchestration platform to intelligently coordinate distributed battery storage systems, relieve electricity network congestion, and increase hosting capacity for renewable energy integration across Australia's distribution networks.
Impact: Strengthens electricity networks and supports Australia’s net-zero transition.
Waste Cooking Oil to High‑Performance Biolubricants
Developing a high‑surface‑area mixed metal oxide catalyst to convert low‑value waste cooking oils into renewable polyol ester biolubricants with reliable, ASTM‑compliant performance. By moving from lab chemistry to bench‑scale (TRL3–TRL4) and benchmarking against commercial products, the project enables a scalable circular‑economy pathway for upgrading waste oils into high‑value, sustainable lubricants.
Impact: Enables circular use of waste cooking oil, reduces reliance on fossil‑derived lubricants, and delivers a technically validated, scalable route to premium biolubricants for industrial and transport applications.
Biomass to Hydrogen
Producing clean hydrogen fuel from biomass using advanced catalytic processes.
Impact: Enables zero-emission energy solutions and reduces fossil fuel dependency.
Pyrolysis Tyre Waste (EOLT) Char to Polymer Composites
Upcycling end-of-life tyres into high-performance additives for polymer composites, reducing landfill and supporting sustainable manufacturing.
Impact: Reduces landfill, cuts emissions, and supports sustainable manufacturing.
E-Waste Circularity
Recovering valuable metals and minerals from discarded electronics to build new supply chains and support Australia’s critical mineral security.
Impact: Builds new supply chains and boosts Australia’s mineral security.
Safer Solid-State Battery Electrolytes
Using a hybrid physics–machine learning framework to rapidly identify, synthesise, and validate solid-state electrolyte materials that enable safer, higher-performance lithium-ion batteries.
Impact: Shortens the discovery-to-prototype cycle for next-generation solid-state batteries, reduces safety risks from flammable liquid electrolytes, and positions Australia for pilot-scale solid-state battery manufacturing.
Roof Tiles from Non-Recyclable Waste
Transforming non-recyclable materials into durable, fire-resistant roof tiles, creating sustainable products and reducing construction sector emissions.
Impact: Reduces unrecyclable waste and lowers emissions in the built environment.
Solar Panel Waste into Value Added Materials.
Australia’s rapid uptake of PV solar panels could create 1.5 M tonnes of waste by 2050. A new Victorian plant will upcycle panels into cement materials by fully recovering glass, with CRC-P support for commercialisation.
Impact: Upcycling PV panels reduces waste, recovers glass, and supports both sustainability and new economic opportunities.
