STEM College | School of Engineering
Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre
Centre for Additive Manufacturing
Email: adrian.orifici@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 39925 6092
Campus: Bundoora
STEM College | School of Engineering
Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre
Centre for Additive Manufacturing
Email: adrian.orifici@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 39925 6092
Campus: Bundoora
Dr Orifici is an academic within the Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Discipline in the School of Engineering. He is responsible for teaching in aerospace structures and design, where he has received numerous awards for outstanding teaching and been recognised for his leadership in engineering education.
Dr Orifici’s research covers aerospace structures, fibre-reinforced composite materials and armour applications. A focus of his research is detailed study of damage mechanisms in materials and structures, and linking these to high fidelity computational models. In aerospace structures his work has led to innovations in analysing postbuckling structures and aircraft repair, and bio-inspired concepts for novel composite laminates and metal-composite joints. In defence materials he supervises research projects developing new understanding and advanced material models for ballistic and blast applications.
Dr Orifici has worked extensively with industry and in collaborative research projects, and has been seconded at several leading research institutions around the world including NASA and the German Aerospace Center. He is responsible for the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research students, and has over 100 publications that can be found at Google Scholar and the RMIT Research Repository.
2009-current, Academic, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Dr Orifici’s research covers aerospace structures, fibre-reinforced composite materials and armour applications. A focus of his research is detailed study of damage mechanisms in materials and structures, and linking these to high fidelity computational models. In aerospace structures his work has led to innovations in analysing postbuckling structures and aircraft repair, and bio-inspired concepts for novel composite laminates and metal-composite joints. In defence materials he supervises research projects developing new understanding and advanced material models for ballistic and blast applications.
Composite Materials, Aerospace Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Material Characterisation, Defence Materials
Publications
HDR completions
Grants
Current HDR project supervisions
Completed HDR project supervisions
Composite Structures, vol. 282, 115018
Ascione, A., Gherlone, M., Orifici, A.C. (2022).
Composites: Part A, vol. 143, 106206
Loh, T.W., Ladani, R.B., Orifici, A., Kandare, E. (2021).
Composite Communications, vol. 22, 100465
Loh, T.W., Tran, P., Das, R., Ladani, R.B., Orifici, A.C (2020).
DST
DMTC
DMTC
Award date: 2014
Recipients: Adrian Orifici
Award date: 2008
Recipients: Adrian Orifici
Recognised for outstanding achievement based on student surveys on course content and teaching quality
Award date: every year from 2009-2021
Recipients: Adrian Orifici
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.