Stuart Bateman

Professor Stuart Bateman is the Boeing Professor of Aerospace and Director of the ARC Training Centre in Lightweight Automotive Structures.

Professor Bateman is an active researcher in the area of high performance and functional polymeric materials and coatings. He has a focus on solving applied research problems which underpin competitive advantage to partners and longer term impact. Prior to joining RMIT in 2015, he spent 17 years with CSIRO as a researcher and research leader. Key roles included being the Theme Leader of CSIRO Sustainable Polymeric Materials (50 staff, $18M research portfolio) from 2005 to 2011, and the Deputy Director of the Future Manufacturing Research Flagship from 2011 to 2014 (a 300 staff, $100M research portfolio).

Professor Bateman has partnered extensively with the aerospace, automotive, energy and building and construction industries. This includes a 15 year collaboration with Boeing in areas of coating technologies, fire resistant materials, and high performance composites and nanocomposites. He has also led research and development in related fields with the likes of General Electric, Vestas Wind Systems, ORICA, Petronas and the Reserve Bank of Australia, in all over $20M in externally funded research. Professor Bateman focuses on the development of intellectual property and is the inventor of 20 patent families and 75 major confidential reports to industry and government.

Outcomes from Professor Bateman’s research contributions have been recognised through:

Boeing Technical Replication Award (2012)
Leader’s Choice - Boeing Supplier of the Year - Academia (2011): Chief Investigator of the exemplar project used by CSIRO
CSIRO Medal for Outstanding Research Achievement (2011)
Boeing Special Invention Award (2009)
CSIRO Medal for Outstanding Business Achievement (2009)
ORICA Innovation Award (2005)
Professor Bateman is a Williamson Fellow (Leadership Victoria) since 2013 and completed CSIRO’s “Leading the Research Enterprise’ Program in association with the Australian Graduate School of Management in 2009.

Industry Experience:
Selected patents resulting from Professor Bateman’s research include:
Activation Method, US14/710,550, 2015
Ice Adhesion Reducing polymers, WO/2015/01789903
Ice Adhesion Reducing Polymers and Pre-polymers, WO/2015/0179902
Self-Healing Polymer Compositions, WO/2014/017899
Low Toxicity Pro-Degradant Additives For Polyolefin, WO/2013/043040
Coating System, WO/2013/086571
Light Triggered Cure On Demand Sealants, WO/2013/090988
Self-Healing Polymeric Material, WO/2012/103578
Conductive Element, WO/2008/006166
Activation Method Using Modification Agent, WO/2006/086828
Fire Resistant Material, WO/2004/039916