Professor Mark Easton
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College: Research & Innovation Portfolio
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Department: Research & Innovation Portfolio
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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mark.easton@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
About
Prof Easton is passionate about seeing research and teaching being used in the real world. He has worked in research and management roles across academia and industry for over 25 years.
Professor Easton is currently the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) and a Professor of Engineering. Previously he was the Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct at RMIT which brought together three facilities: Micro Nano Research Facility, Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility and the Digital Manufacturing Facility. The precinct is able to fabricate, manufacture and characterise materials, devices and components from the nano-scale to the metre scale. Prior to this he was the Associate Dean for Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics within the School of Engineering.
He is very interested in the intersection between industry and universities. Most of his career has been spent at either side of the intersection, working with industry focused research centres, industry which partners with universities or within universities that partner with industry. This fits very well with RMIT's culture of producing work ready graduates and translational research.
He has also been the Diversity and Inclusion advocate for the School of Engineering. He realises that his is very fortunate to be given the opportunities that he has had in his career and life and thinks it is important for others to have similar opportunities. One of the attractive attributes of RMIT is its focus on these issues.
Awards:
2023:
International Magnesium Award for Special Contribution on Innovation of the Year
2022-2024:
Mercator Fellow, German Research Foundation
2021:
Light Metals Luncheon speaker at the TMS Annual Meeting
2020:
Create the Future. Honourable Mention in Manufacturing/Robotics/Automation category.
2018:
-TMS Light Metals Division Magnesium Technology best student paper award (supporting author)
-Outstanding Referee for Acta Materialia
2017:
-TMS Extraction and Processing Division Technology Award
(https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/EPD_Technology_Award.aspx)
-Gifkins Lecture
2015:
Outstanding Referee for Acta Materialia
2012:
-TMS Light Metals subject award – Warren Peterson Cast shop for Aluminium Production for the paper “Chemical additions to reduce hot tearing in the casthouse”.
(https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/Light_Metals_Subject_Award_Warren_Peterson_Cast_Shop_for_Aluminum_Production.aspx)
-Best Paper of the Billet Process and Equipment Track at the conference Extrusion Technology 2012, “The Influence of Iron Content on the Tensile Properties and Anodizing Response of AA6060 Extrusions” (ET ’12).
2011:
Outstanding Referee for Acta Materialia
2010:
CAST commercialisation award: for his role in the commercialisation/licensing of Laser Assisted Joining
2009:
GKSS Magnesium Research Award for ‘important contributions to the understanding of the relationship between nuclei and grain refinement for magnesium alloys’
(https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/702546)
CAST commercialisation award: for his role in the commercialisation/licensing of AM-EX1
2008:
Honorable mention from the B-HERT awards and 50th Anniversary Vice Chancellor’s award for excellence in research from Monash University for magnesium alloy development work
2007:
Edgerton Award
2006:
Henry Marion Howe award: best paper in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
CAST commercialisation award: for his role in the commercialisation/licensing of AM-HP2
2003:
Madhu Nilmani award for best paper at the Eight Australasian Conference on Casthouse Technology
Gordon Dunlop Award for Scientific Excellence leading to a Commercial Application
CAST commercialisation award: for his role in the commercialisation/licensing of AM-lite
CAST commercialisation award: for his role in the commercialisation/licensing of AM-SC1
Public and media engagements:
Media release for Adding copper strengthens 3D-printed titanium, study finds
(https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/dec/3dprinting-titanium-copper)
AIME-TMS Anniversary Keynote Presentation. Near Net Manufacturing of Light Metal Alloys.
(https://www.tms.org/portal/PUBLICATIONS/Proceedings___Other_Resources/Recorded_Presentations/AIME-TMS_Anniversary_Keynote_Presentations/portal/Publications/Proceedings___Other_Resources/Presentations/AIME-TMS_keynote_presentations.aspx?hkey=66bfdb7a-f9c8-4)
Research fields
- 401607 Metals and alloy materials
- 401401 Additive manufacturing
- 401408 Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles)
UN sustainable development goals
- 13 Climate Action
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Academic positions
- Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research Infrastructure)
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 2023 – Present
- Director, Advanced Manufacturing Precinct
- RMIT University
- STEM College
- Melbourne, Australia
- May 2021 – Jul 2023
- Associate Dean (Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics)
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 2016 – May 2021
- Deputy Head of School (Manufacturing & Materials)
- RMIT University
- School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Feb 2014 – Jun 2016
- Associate Professor
- Monash University
- Materials Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2010 – Dec 2013
- Senior Research Fellow
- Monash University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 2005 – Dec 2009
- Research Fellow
- Monash University
- Melbourne, Australia
- Feb 1999 – Dec 2004
- Research Assistant
- University of Queensland
- Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials
- Brisbane, Australia
- Sep 1998 – Jan 1999
Non-academic positions
- CEO
- CAST Co-operative Research Centre
- , Australia
- Jul 2012 – Dec 2013
- Cluster Manager
- Monash University
- John Monash Innovation Institute
- Melbourne, Australia
- Apr 2012 – Jul 2012
- Program Manager
- CAST Co-operative Research Centre
- , Australia
- 2005 – 2012
- Research Engineer
- Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen
- , Austria
- May 2004 – Dec 2004
- Research Engineer
- Comalco Research and Technical Support (now Rio Tinto Alumininum)
- , Australia
- Feb 1999 – Dec 1999
Supervisor projects
- Unravelling the Secrets of Laser Additive Manufacturing using Synchrotron Radiation
- 22 May 2024
- Investigating heterogeneous catalysis on bimetallic alloy nanostructures by SERS measurement
- 21 Jul 2023
- Wire arc additive manufacturing of light alloys for high-temperature applications
- 4 Jul 2023
- Material Characterisation of Al-Ce alloys
- 1 May 2023
- Modelling of high-entropy alloys
- 1 Apr 2023
- Design of titanium alloys with locally tailored properties by additive manufacturing lattice structures by selective laser melting
- 29 Mar 2023
- Manufacturing of Aluminum alloy powders for Additive Manufacturing
- 16 Feb 2023
- Aluminium alloys with high performance designed for Additive Manufacturing
- 23 Jan 2023
- Development of Al-Zr-Sc-Sr-Ti alloys for High Temperature Aerospace application.
- 9 Jan 2023
- The kinetics of phase transformations in pearlitic Ti-Cu based alloys
- 7 Nov 2022
- Repair of Magnesium Alloy Castings in Aircraft Structures using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
- 5 Aug 2022
- Ultrahigh strength titanium alloys by additive manufacturing
- 29 Jun 2022
- 3D Printing of Magnesium Alloys for Biomedical Applications
- 23 Feb 2022
- 3D printing of titanium alloys
- 2 Dec 2021
- Numerical modelling of additive manufacturing process-induced defects and their influence on fatigue and fracture properties
- 28 Apr 2021
- Manufacturing of a Hybrid Die for Aluminium Extrusion Using Additive Manufacturing From H13 Tool Steel
- 16 Feb 2021
- Developing a new class of high-performance, additively manufactured titanium-copper alloys for aerospace applications
- 21 Jan 2021
- Non-destructive Evaluation of Self-piercing Riveted Joints
- 4 Oct 2019
- Understanding Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Behaviour of AlSi10 Alloy: Insights from Powder Bed Fusion Laser Beam and High Pressure Die Casting Processes
- 30 Jul 2019
- Fatigue Characterisation of Additively Manufactured Aluminium Alloy
- 16 Apr 2019
- Design and Additive Manufacturing of TPMS-like Cellular Structures
- 13 Aug 2018
- Refinement of the Microstructure of Light Alloys using Ultrasonic and Laser Processing
- 1 May 2017
- Localised Laser Preheating for Residual Stress Mitigation During Laser Repair of Wear-Resistant Cast Iron Components
- 11 Apr 2017
- Additive Manufacturing and Repair of Crack-free High Chromium White Irons with Improved Wear Resistance
- 30 Mar 2017
- Solidification Behaviour and Microstructure Development of Mg-Al-RE (Ce and La) Alloys
- 20 Aug 2015
Teaching interests
-Additive manufacturing of metals
-Metals in the circular economy,
-Light metals, particularly aluminium and magnesium alloys
-Solidification processing, e.g. casting, welding; Lightweighting Technologies
Supervisor projects:
-Grain refinement of laser surface remelted Al-alloys
-Understanding the mechanism of cracking in additively manufactured and repaired ferrous alloys
-Additive Manufacturing of Gradient Lattice Structures
-Influence of Heat Treatment on the Bendability and Toughness of Additively Manufactured Al Alloys
-Non-Destructive Evaluation of Laser Beam Welded and Brazed Joints.
-Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Al-based alloys
-Wire arc additive manufacturing of Al-based alloys
Programs:
-Manufacturing
(https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/engineering)
Research interests
Research keywords:
Additive Manufacturing, Solidification Processing, Light Alloys, Lightweighting, Aluminium, Magnesium, Electron Microscopy
