MCFP Sustainability Grant Awardees 2024
Celebrating our 2024 MCFP Sustainability Grants Awardees!
To mark 10 years of enabling research at the University of Melbourne, the Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (MCFP) pledged $10,000 to advance research on sustainability projects. We are thrilled to announce not only our awardees but also that due to the high-volume and quality of submissions we expanded the funding to include a further $2500 to support more projects. The overall success rate for the grants was 19%.
Please join us in celebrating our awardees!
Vithushanthini Arulkumar - $2500
FEIT - Dept. Infrastructure Engineering
Project: Developing the Next generation of Sustainable Concrete that significantly improves sustainability and circularity |  |
Alexander Corletto - $2500
FEIT - Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Project: Improve Efficiency and Reliability of Solar Cells |  |
Veera Koskue - $2500
FEIT – Dept. Chemical Engineering
Project: Recovering Nutrients from Human Urine for Sustainable Agriculture |  |
Genting Liu - $2500
Faculty of Science - School of Chemistry
Project: The Impact of Atmospheric Pollution on Insect Olfactory Function |  |
Aditya Ramani - $500
FEIT – Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Project: Drag-Reduction in the Aviation Industry to Impact Global Carbon Emissions |  |
Madhuwanthi Rupasinghe - $500
FEIT – Infrastructure Engineering
Project: Development of Biodegradable Cementitious Composite Material for Marine Environment |  |
Tuan Nguyen - $500
ALT-Leather (industry start-up)
Project: The development of 100% plant-based leather | |
Engin Akinoglu - $500
Faculty of Science – School of Chemistry
Project: Investigation of Meta-Surface Configurations for Effective Management of Radiative Thermal Energy | |
Jingqu Chen - $500
FEIT – Dept. Chemical Engineering
Project: Bioactive Nanoparticles for Next Generation Drug Delivery | |