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

RMIT University The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...

. 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,

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, Ford, GKN,

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, RAeS,

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and

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Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre

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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
,

: Australian Division, Retrieved 28 September 2012 It consists of approximately 100,000 volumes, including: technical reports (from

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, 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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