STAFF PROFILE
Professor Martin Leary
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
Phone:
99256177
Email:
martin.leary@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Martin Leary began his scholarly career as a postgraduate student within the Engineering Design Group at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Melbourne. As a member of the RMIT School of Aerospace Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, he proudly continues to engage with industry and develop novel research outcomes within four research fields:
- Engineering design and engineering education
- Systems approaches and optimisation
- Sustainable automotive system design
- Renewable energy
Honours and awards
- 2009 – International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED)
Reviewers Favourite prize - 2005 – Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association (ARTSA)
Annual scholarship prize - 2004 – National Transport Commission (NTC)
Research scholarship - 2002 – Australian Forging Group (AFG) annual awards
Honourable mention – Light alloy forging design - 1999 – Advanced Engineering Centre for Manufacturing (AECM) scholarship
Collaboration between University of Melbourne and National Forge Limited
Teaching activities
- Mechanical Design 1 (MIET2136)
- Management of Design (MIET1199)
- Mechanical Design 3 (MIET2004)
- Offshore teaching (Singapore Institute of Commerce)
- Management of Design
- Renewable Energy Systems
- 2000-2005 – PhD: "Mass reduction of Fatigue-Limited, Safety-Critical (FLSC), ferrous metal automotive components by forged light alloy substitution". Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne.
- 1996-2000 – B.Sc., University of Melbourne.
- 1995-1999 – BEng. Mech. (Hons.), University of Melbourne.
Professional association and committee involvement
- Co-editor of the International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies (ICSAT). The inaugural conference was held in 2008 in Melbourne. Due to the conference success, ICSAT now alternates annually between Australia, Germany and the United States. The conference proceedings have been adopted by Springer-Verlag for publication.
- Member of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) and has acted on the International Review panel since assisting with the ICED’05 in Melbourne.
- Member of the Design Society
- Tino, R.,Leary, M.,Yeo, A.,Kyriakou, E.,Kron, T.,Brandt, M. (2020). Additive manufacturing in radiation oncology: a review of clinical practice, emerging trends and research opportunities In: International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, , 1 - 22
- Sun, Y.,Lu, S.,Gulizia, S.,Oh, C.,Fraser, D.,Leary, M.,Ma, Q. (2020). Fatigue Performance of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V: Surface Condition vs. Internal Defects In: JOM, 72, 1022 - 1030
- Downing, D.,Leary, M.,McMillan, M.,Alghamdi, A.,Brandt, M. (2020). Heat transfer in lattice structures during metal additive manufacturing: numerical exploration of temperature field evolution In: Rapid Prototyping Journal, 26, 911 - 928
- Tee, Y.,Peng, C.,Pille, P.,Leary, M.,Tran, J. (2020). PolyJet 3D Printing of Composite Materials: Experimental and Modelling Approach In: JOM, 72, 1 - 13
- Lozanovski, B.,Downing, D.,Tran, J.,Shidid, D.,Ma, M.,Choong, P.,Brandt, M.,Leary, M. (2020). A Monte Carlo simulation-based approach to realistic modelling of additively manufactured lattice structures In: Additive Manufacturing, 32, 1 - 21
- Hill, D.,Williamson, T.,Lai, C.,Leary, M.,Brandt, M. (2020). Robots and tools for remodeling bone In: IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 13, 184 - 198
- Maconachie, T.,Tino, R.,Lozanovski, B.,Watson, M.,Jones, A.,Pandelidi, C.,Alghamdi, A.,Almalki, A.,Downing, D.,Brandt, M.,Leary, M. (2020). The compressive behaviour of ABS gyroid lattice structures manufactured by fused deposition modelling In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 107, 4449 - 4467
- Maconachie, T.,Leary, M.,Zhang, J.,Medvedev, A.,Sarker, A.,Ruan, D.,Lu, G.,Faruque, O.,Brandt, M. (2020). Effect of build orientation on the quasi-static and dynamic response of SLM AlSi10Mg In: Materials Science and Engineering A, 788, 1 - 20
- Alghamdi, A.,Maconachie, T.,Downing, D.,Brandt, M.,Ma, M.,Leary, M. (2020). Effect of additive manufactured lattice defects on mechanical properties: an automated method for the enhancement of lattice geometry In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 108, 957 - 971
- Fordyce, I.,Annasamy, M.,Sun, S.,Fabijanic, D.,Corujeira Gallo, S.,Leary, M.,Easton, M.,Brandt, M. (2020). The effect of heat treatment on the abrasive and erosive wear behaviour of laser metal deposited Fe�28Cr�2.7C alloy In: Wear, 458-459, 1 - 12
- Additive Manufactured Lightweight Ballistic Protection Materials. Funded by: Defence Science and Technology Group - Contract from (2019 to 2021)
- Responsive Access to Space (CRC-P 5000038). Funded by: Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) - DefendTex from (2018 to 2021)
- Lightweight IP Cockpit System. Funded by: Ford Motor Company - Grant 2018 from (2018 to 2021)
- ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Lightweight Automotive Structures (ATLAS umbrella record). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres Grant 2015 from (2017 to 2022)
- Just-In-Time Patient-Specific Tumour Implants (Stryker Project). Funded by: Innovative Manufacturing CRC from (2017 to 2022)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
12 PhD Current Supervisions8 PhD Completions
Design for Additive Manufacture, Topology and shape optimisation, Medical Implant Design, Material Selection