Dr Kate Dunn | UNSW Research

My Expertise

3D Printing

Sustainable Material Development

Robotics

Design

Design Education and Student Experience

Keywords

3d printing

creative robotics

sustainable design

Fields of Research (FoR)

Design, Manufacturing robotics, Construction materials

SEO tags

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing

Biography

Dr. Kate Dunn B.A. Visual Arts (USyd), Hons (SCU), PhD Architecture (USyd), Research Fellow UNSW Art, Design, Architecture

Kate’s research investigates experimental 3D Printing, Digital Fabrication and Robotics with a focus on the development of new and sustainable materials for digital fabrication. Kate’s research builds on traditional material processes and integrates them into emerging digital technologies for a range of industries including the Built Environment, Medicine, and Multi-Modal Data Visualisation. Kate convenes and teaches Design courses at UNSW Built Environment and has over 15 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience in Australia’s leading Universities.

My Grants

1) Grant Name: revisiting Shoei Yoh: digital preservation and architectural archiving

Funding agency: DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE - AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION GRANTS PROGRAM

2) Grant Name: designing bio-shelters

Funding agency: URBANGROWTH NSW - STATE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

3) Grant Name: Designing Bio-Shelters - phase 2

Funding agency: INFRASTRUCTURE NSW - STATE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

4) Grant Name: cobuilt 4.0 - investigating the potential of collaborative robotics for subject matter experts

Funding agency: LANDCOM - STATE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

5) Grant Name: in-situ melt pool monitoring system for metal additive manufacturing

Funding agency: UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME (RIS)

6) Grant Name: cfip - intelligent spatial dynamics server (isds)

Funding agency: UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME (RIS)

My Qualifications

A PhD in Architecture from the University of Sydney
BA Visual Arts, Honours Southern Cross University
BA Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts Majoring in ceramics

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Robots in Architecture

3D printing Fabrication and Material innovation

Sustainability

Design and Data Visualisation

Currently supervising

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate: Vaughan Wozniak-Oconnor

Jointly Supervised: with Dr Astrid Lorange

Program: 1292 – PhD Art, Design and Media

Topic: Media Arts

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate: Emily Parsons-Lord,

Jointly Supervised: with Dr Lindsay Kelley,

Program: 1292 – PhD Art, Design and Media

Topic: A creative research project that explores the conditions, encounters, and environments in which air derives significant cultural meanings.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate: Chunnan Zheng

Jointly Supervised: with Professor Tomasz Bednarz

Program: 1292 – PhD Art, Design and Media

Topic: Multi-modal visualisation and Computational Design for Physical and Virtual Worlds

Master of the Built Environment (NNF) Candidate: Charlotte Firth, Program 2240 – Built Environment

Jointly Supervised: with Associate Professor M. Hank Haeusler

Topic: Robotic Fabrication and Soft Robotic End Effectors for the construction industry. Exploring the ways soft robots can be used to design universal end effectors.

Master of Fine Arts (MQF) Candidate: Gabrielle Chaloner,

Jointly supervised: with Professor Marie Sierra:

Program: 2245 – Fine Arts

Topic: A practice-based investigation of haptic interaction with kinetic objects.

Master of Fine Arts (MQF) Candidate: Shiling Wu

Jointly supervised: with Associate Professor Caleb Kelly

Program: 2245 – Fine Arts

Topic: Sound and technology in ceramics

Postgraduate Supervision Completions:

Master of Fine Arts (MQF) Candidate: Elizabeth Morrell, Completed 2019

Master of Fine Arts (MQF)Candidate:: Alexandra Standen, Completed 2018