The RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (also known as SAMME) was an Australian

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school within the College of Science Engineering of

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. The School consisted of three major disciplines, Aerospace and Aviation Engineering, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering and Mechanical and Automotive Engineering.

Location

The Department was located in the adjoining Buildings 56 & 57 (Level 9) at the City campus and also on the Bundoora East campus.

Industry Partners

Partners of the school included:

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, ADF, BMW,

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GKN GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England. It is a long-running business known for many decades as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. It can trace its origins back to 1759 an ...

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RAeS The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest aeronautical society in the world. Members, Fellows ...

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and

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Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre

The Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre is a research centre created in conjunction with the

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. It is located in

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adjoining other Aerospace companies. The centre aims to "Create new intellectual property in partnership with industry, through research and design that addresses real world issues, for commercial use and development.". In 2004 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the centre and the Indian National Aerospace Laboratory. The MoU involved the centre undertaking design work for Indian aircraft. In 2007 it was successful in winning a $5 Billion tender from the Australian Department of Defence over 20 years to upgrade and replace the helicopter fleet.

National Aerospace Resource Centre

The National Aerospace Resource Centre is a research collection partnership between the

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's Australian Division and the RMIT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.National Aerospace Resource Centre
RMIT University, Retrieved 28 September 2012National Aerospace Resource Centre
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: Australian Division, Retrieved 28 September 2012 It consists of approximately 100,000 volumes, including: technical reports (from

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NACA The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958, the agency was dissolved and its assets ...

, AMRL and DSTO), conference proceedings, books, videos, aircraft manuals and journals, and is housed at RMIT's Bundoora West Library.

References

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