Gorkin III, Robert A.

Research Overview

Robert is an Engineer and Entrepreneur who has worked on five continents with world-class institutes and companies varying from international corporations to entrepreneurial startups and non-for-profits. His track record includes contributing to over 100 publications/proceedings (2000+ citations), international grants awarded from both academic and commercial positions ($2M+ in 2017), and direct involvement in disruptive startups leading to investment, products, sales, and community benefits. Robert supports new education and business initiatives around the nexus of emerging technologies including Internet of Things - IoT, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Smart Materials, Robotics/Automation, and 3D/4D Printing. At UOW Robert is co-hosted between the Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, where he leads the team behind a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project developing new condoms, and iAccelerate, Wollongong’s premier incubator where he helps link entrepreneurial researchers and dynamic companies, as well as supports new Impact Investing fund raising as the first “Researcher in Residence”. Robert is also the co-founder of the leading Australian Graphene solutions company, Imagine Intelligent Materials Ltd., with origins at UOW, where he manages Research Engagement with multiple Australian and overseas partners.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A simple technique for development of fibres with programmable microsphere concentration gradients for local protein delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 7 Pages 556 - 565 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2017	3D printing and the third mission: The university in the materialization of intellectual capital Published In Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 123 Pages 240 - 249 ISSN 0040-1625 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of tough hydrogel composites with spatially varying materials properties Published In Additive Manufacturing Volume 14 Pages 24 - 30 Altmetric
2017	4D printing of reversible shape morphing hydrogel structures Published In Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Volume 302 Pages 1600212-1 - 1600212-9 ISSN 1438-7492 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2017	New strategies for stationary phase integration within centrifugal microfluidic platforms for applications in sample preparation and pre-concentration Published In Analytical Methods: advancing methods and applications Volume 9 Pages 1998 - 2006 ISSN 1759-9660 Altmetric
2016	3D/4D Printing Hydrogel Composites: A Pathway to Functional Devices Published In MRS Advances Volume 1 Pages 521 - 526 Altmetric
2016	Brain on a bench top Published In Materials Today Volume 19 Pages 124 - 125 ISSN 1369-7021 Altmetric
2016	Cell compatible encapsulation of filaments into 3D hydrogels Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 025013-1 - 025013-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	The adoption process and impact of additive manufacturing on manufacturing systems Published In Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management Volume 27 Pages 969 - 989 ISSN 1741-038X Altmetric
2015	3D printing of layered brain-like structures using peptide modified gellan gum substrates Published In Biomaterials Volume 67 Pages 264 - 273 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric
2015	4D printing with mechanically robust, thermally actuating hydrogels Published In Macromolecular Rapid Communications Volume 36 Pages 1211 - 1217 ISSN 1022-1336 Altmetric
2015	A bio-friendly, green route to processable, biocompatible graphene/polymer composites Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 5 Pages 45284 - 45290 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2015	An integrated centrifugo-opto-microfluidic platform for arraying, analysis, identification and manipulation of individual cells Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 15 Pages 378 - 381 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2015	An overview of the suitability of hydrogel-forming polymers for extrusion-based 3D-printing Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 3 Pages 4105 - 4117 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2015	Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Dextran sulfate (PEDOT: DS) - A highly processable conductive organic biopolymer Published In Acta Biomaterialia Volume 14 Pages 33 - 42 ISSN 1742-7061 Altmetric
2014	Capacitive behavior of latex/single-wall carbon nanotube stretchable electrodes Published In Electrochimica Acta Volume 137 Pages 372 - 380 ISSN 0013-4686 Altmetric
2014	Centrifugal automation of a triglyceride bioassay on a low-cost hybrid paper-polymer device Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 16 Pages 895 - 905 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric
2014	Electrical conductivity, impedance, and percolation behavior of carbon nanofiber and carbon nanotube containing gellan gum hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 52 Pages 864 - 871 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2014	Graphene oxide dispersions: tuning rheology to enable fabrication Published In Materials Horizons Volume 1 Pages 326 - 331 Altmetric
2014	Printed ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels from carrageenan and an epoxy amine Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 4 Pages 38088 - 38092 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2014	Three dimensional (3D) printed electrodes for interdigitated supercapacitors Published In Electrochemistry Communications Volume 41 Pages 20 - 23 ISSN 1388-2481 Altmetric
2014	Three-dimensional printing fiber reinforced hydrogel composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 15998 - 16006 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2013	A violent debate: could guns be made at home by 3D printers? Published In The Conversation Volume 18 January Pages 1 - 4
2013	Comprehensive integration of homogeneous bioassays via centrifugo-pneumatic cascading Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 13 Pages 685 - 694 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2013	Fluidic automation of nitrate and nitrite bioassays in whole blood by dissolvable-film based centrifugo-pneumatic actuation Published In Sensors Volume 13 Pages 11336 - 11349 ISSN 1424-8239 Altmetric
2013	Geometry effects on blood separation rate on a rotating disc Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 178 Pages 648 - 655 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2013	The ultimate iron chef – when 3D printers invade the kitchen Published In The Conversation Volume 15 October Pages 1 - 4
2012	Centrifugal microfluidics for cell analysis Published In Current Opinion in Chemical Biology Volume 16 Pages 409 - 414 ISSN 1367-5931 Altmetric
2012	Centrifugo-pneumatic valving utilizing dissolvable films Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 2894 - 2902 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Design and fabrication of a COP-based microfluidic chip: Chronoamperometric detection of Troponin T Published In Electrophoresis Volume 33 Pages 3187 - 3194 ISSN 0173-0835 Altmetric
2012	Fabricating electrodes for amperometric detection in hybrid paper/polymer lab-on-a-chip devices Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 3281 - 3284 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Optical sensing system based on wireless paired emitter detector diode device and ionogels for lab-on-a-disc water quality analysis Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 5069 - 5078 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Suction-enhanced siphon valves for centrifugal microfluidic platforms Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 12 Pages 345 - 354 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric
2011	Infrared controlled waxes for liquid handling and storage on a CD-microfluidic platform Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 11 Pages 723 - 726 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2011	Thermo-pneumatic pumping in centrifugal microfluidic platforms Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 11 Pages 643 - 652 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	3D Printing – To print or not to print? Aspects to consider before adoption – A supply chain perspective Published In 22nd EurOMA Conference
2014	Near field electroprinted hydrogel arrays for electrochemical sensing Published In 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014 Pages 2164 - 2166
2014	Strong tough gels for 3D tissue constructs Published In MRS Proceedings, 1622 Pages 1 - 5 Altmetric
2013	A novel spiropyran-conducting polymer biosensor chip with electrochemical and photochemical sensing properties Published In 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013 Pages 889 - 891

Featured In

Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Journal

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018	"Sharkeye" -- Real-Time Smart App Alerting through Aerial Surveillance Awarded by: NSW Government Department of Industry Funding Scheme: Annual Competitive Grants Program
2018	Co-created True Accessibility Mapping with Wheelchair Users in Wollongong Awarded by: Northcott Funding Scheme: FundAbility
2014 - 2018	Durable and Sensitive Tough Hydrogel Condoms: Project Geldom Awarded by: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funding Scheme: Grand Challenges Round 12

Impact Story

"Life Happens" : a tool to engage young people in conversations about sexual health
Summary
<p>Educators, Health workers, youth workers and parents often struggle to find a safe and engaging way to talk to young people about sexuality, sexual decision making and relationships. Based on more than ten years of sexual health research with young people and the development of an innovative and youth-friendly methods, the Life Happens game provides this opportunity. Life Happens was created in collaboration with the HIV and related programs unit (NSW health) in 2016 and since that time more than fifty copies of the resource have been purchased by schools and other youth focussed organisations, across Australia and internationally. on the basis of the success of this resource we have been asked to adapt Life Happens to explore other issues which are important to young people. Life Happens has becomes the basis for an anti-smoking intervention with young Indigenous people (in collaboration with Grand Pacific Health) and a tool to explore young women's experiences of domestic violence (with the Illawarra Women's Health Centre). It is also a central component to explore contraceptive uses and preference as part of the Gates funded Geldom project and will be trialled in Kenya and Uganda. The life Happens team was awarded a staff encouragement prizes in the 2016 UOW Pitch and the 2017 Vice Chancellor's Award for excellence in community engagement. An important new direction in 2017, which arose through on-going consultation with our community partners, has been the development of a new resource which utilizes the Life Happens methodology; Life Happens Junior.</p>

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Detail of Impact
My ethnographic work with young women to explore their understanding of their relationships and their sexual health began in 2005 in the remote Indigenous community of Ngukurr in South East Arnhem Land. This was in response to community concerns about early initiation of sexual activity and high levels of teen pregnancy in the community. On the basis of my paper (with Richard Chenhall) Walkin' about at night, I was asked by the Centre for Communicable diseases (NT Health) to be the CI on an ARC Linkage project to explore how young people in communities across the NT, WA and SA understood and made decisions about their sexual health and their relationships. During the course of this research, an innovative visual methodology of scenario based body mapping to explore embodied experiences was developed and refined. This method elicited very rich and detailed responses from young people allowing a very rare insight into their lives, which was then fed back to service providers such as NT Health and youth focussed organisations such as HEADSPACE as well as relevant Government Ministers. On taking up my position with UOW in 2014, I began work with local sexual health organisations, in particular the HIV and related programs Unit. I delivered a series of workshops for them about my research and the methods I used to engage with young people. On the basis of their enthusiasm for the project, we worked to translate the method into an educational resource. To do this we worked with a range of youth focussed organisations to test and refine the concepts that would be included in the resource and engaged design students from UOW to design the look of the resource and its components.
Field of Research
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Beneficiaries

Beneficiary Quantification Description
External Partners
Evidence of Impact

Evidence Description
UOW Centres / Programs
UOW Researchers / Collaborators
4D printing
Summary
We demonstrated the potential of 4D printing and showcased UOW research to the wider community

Detail View

Detail View Summary View
Detail of Impact
Showcasing UOW research to the wider communicate and engagement with media
Field of Research
Countries / Regions
Beneficiaries

Beneficiary Quantification Description
External Partners
Evidence of Impact

Evidence Description
UOW Centres / Programs
UOW Researchers / Collaborators

Education And Training

B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, University of Pittsburgh
M.B.A., Sydney Business School
M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Keywords

Advanced Manufacturing, Microfabricaton/Nanofabrication, 3D/4D Printing, Bioprinting, Emerging Materials, Lab-on-a-Chip, Centrifugal Microfluidics

Located In Facility

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute

Scopus Id

35571178900

Research Overview

Robert is an Engineer and Entrepreneur who has worked on five continents with world-class institutes and companies varying from international corporations to entrepreneurial startups and non-for-profits. His track record includes contributing to over 100 publications/proceedings (2000+ citations), international grants awarded from both academic and commercial positions ($2M+ in 2017), and direct involvement in disruptive startups leading to investment, products, sales, and community benefits. Robert supports new education and business initiatives around the nexus of emerging technologies including Internet of Things - IoT, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Smart Materials, Robotics/Automation, and 3D/4D Printing. At UOW Robert is co-hosted between the Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, where he leads the team behind a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project developing new condoms, and iAccelerate, Wollongong’s premier incubator where he helps link entrepreneurial researchers and dynamic companies, as well as supports new Impact Investing fund raising as the first “Researcher in Residence”. Robert is also the co-founder of the leading Australian Graphene solutions company, Imagine Intelligent Materials Ltd., with origins at UOW, where he manages Research Engagement with multiple Australian and overseas partners.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	A simple technique for development of fibres with programmable microsphere concentration gradients for local protein delivery Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 7 Pages 556 - 565 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2017	3D printing and the third mission: The university in the materialization of intellectual capital Published In Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 123 Pages 240 - 249 ISSN 0040-1625 Altmetric
2017	3D printing of tough hydrogel composites with spatially varying materials properties Published In Additive Manufacturing Volume 14 Pages 24 - 30 Altmetric
2017	4D printing of reversible shape morphing hydrogel structures Published In Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Volume 302 Pages 1600212-1 - 1600212-9 ISSN 1438-7492 Altmetric
2017	In vivo biocompatibility of porous and non-porous polypyrrole based trilayered actuators Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Volume 28 Pages 172-1 - 172-10 ISSN 0957-4530 Altmetric
2017	New strategies for stationary phase integration within centrifugal microfluidic platforms for applications in sample preparation and pre-concentration Published In Analytical Methods: advancing methods and applications Volume 9 Pages 1998 - 2006 ISSN 1759-9660 Altmetric
2016	3D/4D Printing Hydrogel Composites: A Pathway to Functional Devices Published In MRS Advances Volume 1 Pages 521 - 526 Altmetric
2016	Brain on a bench top Published In Materials Today Volume 19 Pages 124 - 125 ISSN 1369-7021 Altmetric
2016	Cell compatible encapsulation of filaments into 3D hydrogels Published In Biofabrication Volume 8 Pages 025013-1 - 025013-13 ISSN 1758-5082 Altmetric
2016	The adoption process and impact of additive manufacturing on manufacturing systems Published In Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management Volume 27 Pages 969 - 989 ISSN 1741-038X Altmetric
2015	3D printing of layered brain-like structures using peptide modified gellan gum substrates Published In Biomaterials Volume 67 Pages 264 - 273 ISSN 0142-9612 Altmetric
2015	4D printing with mechanically robust, thermally actuating hydrogels Published In Macromolecular Rapid Communications Volume 36 Pages 1211 - 1217 ISSN 1022-1336 Altmetric
2015	A bio-friendly, green route to processable, biocompatible graphene/polymer composites Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 5 Pages 45284 - 45290 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2015	An integrated centrifugo-opto-microfluidic platform for arraying, analysis, identification and manipulation of individual cells Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 15 Pages 378 - 381 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2015	An overview of the suitability of hydrogel-forming polymers for extrusion-based 3D-printing Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry B Volume 3 Pages 4105 - 4117 ISSN 2050-750X Altmetric
2015	Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Dextran sulfate (PEDOT: DS) - A highly processable conductive organic biopolymer Published In Acta Biomaterialia Volume 14 Pages 33 - 42 ISSN 1742-7061 Altmetric
2014	Capacitive behavior of latex/single-wall carbon nanotube stretchable electrodes Published In Electrochimica Acta Volume 137 Pages 372 - 380 ISSN 0013-4686 Altmetric
2014	Centrifugal automation of a triglyceride bioassay on a low-cost hybrid paper-polymer device Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 16 Pages 895 - 905 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric
2014	Electrical conductivity, impedance, and percolation behavior of carbon nanofiber and carbon nanotube containing gellan gum hydrogels Published In Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Volume 52 Pages 864 - 871 ISSN 0887-6266 Altmetric
2014	Graphene oxide dispersions: tuning rheology to enable fabrication Published In Materials Horizons Volume 1 Pages 326 - 331 Altmetric
2014	Printed ionic-covalent entanglement hydrogels from carrageenan and an epoxy amine Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 4 Pages 38088 - 38092 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2014	Three dimensional (3D) printed electrodes for interdigitated supercapacitors Published In Electrochemistry Communications Volume 41 Pages 20 - 23 ISSN 1388-2481 Altmetric
2014	Three-dimensional printing fiber reinforced hydrogel composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 6 Pages 15998 - 16006 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2013	A violent debate: could guns be made at home by 3D printers? Published In The Conversation Volume 18 January Pages 1 - 4
2013	Comprehensive integration of homogeneous bioassays via centrifugo-pneumatic cascading Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 13 Pages 685 - 694 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2013	Fluidic automation of nitrate and nitrite bioassays in whole blood by dissolvable-film based centrifugo-pneumatic actuation Published In Sensors Volume 13 Pages 11336 - 11349 ISSN 1424-8239 Altmetric
2013	Geometry effects on blood separation rate on a rotating disc Published In Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers Volume 178 Pages 648 - 655 ISSN 0925-4005 Altmetric
2013	The ultimate iron chef – when 3D printers invade the kitchen Published In The Conversation Volume 15 October Pages 1 - 4
2012	Centrifugal microfluidics for cell analysis Published In Current Opinion in Chemical Biology Volume 16 Pages 409 - 414 ISSN 1367-5931 Altmetric
2012	Centrifugo-pneumatic valving utilizing dissolvable films Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 2894 - 2902 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Design and fabrication of a COP-based microfluidic chip: Chronoamperometric detection of Troponin T Published In Electrophoresis Volume 33 Pages 3187 - 3194 ISSN 0173-0835 Altmetric
2012	Fabricating electrodes for amperometric detection in hybrid paper/polymer lab-on-a-chip devices Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 3281 - 3284 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Optical sensing system based on wireless paired emitter detector diode device and ionogels for lab-on-a-disc water quality analysis Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 12 Pages 5069 - 5078 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2012	Suction-enhanced siphon valves for centrifugal microfluidic platforms Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 12 Pages 345 - 354 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric
2011	Infrared controlled waxes for liquid handling and storage on a CD-microfluidic platform Published In Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Volume 11 Pages 723 - 726 ISSN 1473-0197 Altmetric
2011	Thermo-pneumatic pumping in centrifugal microfluidic platforms Published In Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Volume 11 Pages 643 - 652 ISSN 1613-4982 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	3D Printing – To print or not to print? Aspects to consider before adoption – A supply chain perspective Published In 22nd EurOMA Conference
2014	Near field electroprinted hydrogel arrays for electrochemical sensing Published In 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014 Pages 2164 - 2166
2014	Strong tough gels for 3D tissue constructs Published In MRS Proceedings, 1622 Pages 1 - 5 Altmetric
2013	A novel spiropyran-conducting polymer biosensor chip with electrochemical and photochemical sensing properties Published In 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2013 Pages 889 - 891

Featured In

Lab on a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology, materials science and bioengineering Journal

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018	"Sharkeye" -- Real-Time Smart App Alerting through Aerial Surveillance Awarded by: NSW Government Department of Industry Funding Scheme: Annual Competitive Grants Program
2018	Co-created True Accessibility Mapping with Wheelchair Users in Wollongong Awarded by: Northcott Funding Scheme: FundAbility
2014 - 2018	Durable and Sensitive Tough Hydrogel Condoms: Project Geldom Awarded by: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funding Scheme: Grand Challenges Round 12

Impact Story

"Life Happens" : a tool to engage young people in conversations about sexual health
Summary
<p>Educators, Health workers, youth workers and parents often struggle to find a safe and engaging way to talk to young people about sexuality, sexual decision making and relationships. Based on more than ten years of sexual health research with young people and the development of an innovative and youth-friendly methods, the Life Happens game provides this opportunity. Life Happens was created in collaboration with the HIV and related programs unit (NSW health) in 2016 and since that time more than fifty copies of the resource have been purchased by schools and other youth focussed organisations, across Australia and internationally. on the basis of the success of this resource we have been asked to adapt Life Happens to explore other issues which are important to young people. Life Happens has becomes the basis for an anti-smoking intervention with young Indigenous people (in collaboration with Grand Pacific Health) and a tool to explore young women's experiences of domestic violence (with the Illawarra Women's Health Centre). It is also a central component to explore contraceptive uses and preference as part of the Gates funded Geldom project and will be trialled in Kenya and Uganda. The life Happens team was awarded a staff encouragement prizes in the 2016 UOW Pitch and the 2017 Vice Chancellor's Award for excellence in community engagement. An important new direction in 2017, which arose through on-going consultation with our community partners, has been the development of a new resource which utilizes the Life Happens methodology; Life Happens Junior.</p>

Detail View

Detail View Summary View
Detail of Impact
My ethnographic work with young women to explore their understanding of their relationships and their sexual health began in 2005 in the remote Indigenous community of Ngukurr in South East Arnhem Land. This was in response to community concerns about early initiation of sexual activity and high levels of teen pregnancy in the community. On the basis of my paper (with Richard Chenhall) Walkin' about at night, I was asked by the Centre for Communicable diseases (NT Health) to be the CI on an ARC Linkage project to explore how young people in communities across the NT, WA and SA understood and made decisions about their sexual health and their relationships. During the course of this research, an innovative visual methodology of scenario based body mapping to explore embodied experiences was developed and refined. This method elicited very rich and detailed responses from young people allowing a very rare insight into their lives, which was then fed back to service providers such as NT Health and youth focussed organisations such as HEADSPACE as well as relevant Government Ministers. On taking up my position with UOW in 2014, I began work with local sexual health organisations, in particular the HIV and related programs Unit. I delivered a series of workshops for them about my research and the methods I used to engage with young people. On the basis of their enthusiasm for the project, we worked to translate the method into an educational resource. To do this we worked with a range of youth focussed organisations to test and refine the concepts that would be included in the resource and engaged design students from UOW to design the look of the resource and its components.
Field of Research
Countries / Regions
Beneficiaries

Beneficiary Quantification Description
External Partners
Evidence of Impact

Evidence Description
UOW Centres / Programs
UOW Researchers / Collaborators
4D printing
Summary
We demonstrated the potential of 4D printing and showcased UOW research to the wider community

Detail View

Detail View Summary View
Detail of Impact
Showcasing UOW research to the wider communicate and engagement with media
Field of Research
Countries / Regions
Beneficiaries

Beneficiary Quantification Description
External Partners
Evidence of Impact

Evidence Description
UOW Centres / Programs
UOW Researchers / Collaborators

Education And Training

B.Sc. in Engineering Physics, University of Pittsburgh
M.B.A., Sydney Business School
M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Keywords

Advanced Manufacturing, Microfabricaton/Nanofabrication, 3D/4D Printing, Bioprinting, Emerging Materials, Lab-on-a-Chip, Centrifugal Microfluidics

Located In Facility

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute

Scopus Id

35571178900

Overview

Research Overview

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Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Featured In

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Impact Story

"Life Happens" : a tool to engage young people in conversations about sexual health

4D printing

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Education And Training

Keywords

Contact

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Identity

Scopus Id

Overview

Research Overview

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Featured In

Funding

Investigator On

Impact

Impact Story

"Life Happens" : a tool to engage young people in conversations about sexual health

4D printing

Background

Education And Training

Keywords

Contact

Located In Facility

Identity

Scopus Id

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