Facilities
The Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences offers a host of quality teaching, learning and research facilities, including cutting-edge test chambers, labs, workshops and equipment.
Ingkarni Wardli building
The Ingkarni Wardli building houses more than 11,000 m2 of world-class, purpose-built student facilities and amenities. Among these are: a café; computer labs; study areas; an exhibition space; and 24-hour, 7-days-a-week support resources.
The building’s Kaurna name means ‘place of learning or enquiry’, and recognises the University’s special relationship with the Kaurna people, the original custodians of the land on which the University is situated.
3D prototyping lab
Our 3D prototyping lab houses ‘Big Rep’, the largest 3D printer of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Big Rep can print using a carbon-filled PLA to produce stronger parts, and students can check their projects’ progress remotely.
Acoustic chambers
We have three high-quality reverberation chambers available for hire, facilitating reliable sound transmission loss, sound absorption and acoustic radiation testing.
Collaborative Design Facility
The Collaborative Design Facility is an industry-first tripartite agreement between Capgemini, the University of Adelaide and Dassault Systèmes implemented to accelerate design innovation through industry, academia and government collaboration.
Graphene Hub
The Graphene Hub's researchers utilise the Adelaide site’s specialised laboratories to transform graphene’s utility, applying it to such uses as fire-resistant coatings, biosensors, electronic and communication components, and specialised multi-use composites.
Impact Laboratory
The CASR Impact Laboratory is a purpose built facility used for conducting pedestrian sub-system testing. The laboratory is the official testing facility for the pedestrian component of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) and is the only facility of its kind in Australia.
Innovation Studios
With individual workshops including the Creation Studio, Fabrication Studio and Additive Studio (3D Prototyping Lab); the Innovation Studios feature a wide range of tools and equipment for students to use when working on projects.
Labs and workshops
ECMS has a number of shared labs and a workshop that support the Schools to deliver on their learning and teaching, research objectives, as well as for industry engagement.
Mercury Injection Porosimeter Laboratory
The Australian School of Petroleum manages a state-of-the-art Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) Porosimeter Laboratory that offers services for both university research and commercial work.
Phoenix High Performance Computing
The University's Phoenix High Performance Computing (HPC) service enables researchers to improve time frames for analysis and processing of big data, increase complexity in models and simulations, and produce the best of innovative and collaborative research.
Silanna picoFAB
The picoFAB is a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility within the University’s Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences (ECMS), focused on the generation and commercialisation of innovative semiconductor and microelectronic products.
Sports engineering facilities
We have a range of facilities and equipment suited to sports engineering research, including wind tunnels and motion capture systems.
Wind tunnels
Adelaide Wind Tunnel is the only industrial-scale wind tunnel in South Australia, and the second largest in Australia. It features three working sections, enabling specialist wind-engineering, aerodynamic closed-section and aerodynamic open-jet studies.