Professor Bernard Rolfe is the Associate Dean, Research for the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment (SEBE). SEBE has over 350 academic staff, 640 PhD students, and more than $24M per annum in external research income. Bernard aims to improve research quality and capacity, while also overseeing research policy and procedures. He aspires to make the faculty a great place to do research.
Bernard is an innovator in materials and manufacturing and an influencer in mobility engineering. He is a Director on the Board of the Society of Automotive Engineers – Australasia. Bernard’s substantive position is as a Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the School of Engineering at Deakin University. Bernard’s research group has spent the past two decades working on the use of advanced metals in sheet forming primarily for the automotive sector.
His current research focus is the design and forming of lightweight structures. He is also investigating design techniques for production and repairing of parts using additive manufacturing. Bernard has received four Vice Chancellor awards and has been part of over fifteen successful nationally competitive large research grants, totalling over AUD $30 million in awarded funds. He has published over 190 refereed research articles.
