About Us

The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) is one of seven institutes at the University of Wollongong. The Institute comprises of approximately 38 personnel (full-time research staff and students) and is located in purpose built laboratories on the University of Wollongong campus. IPRI is recognised internationally as a pioneer in Intelligent Polymer Research. The Institute has strategic links and alliances with other research institutions in the USA, Japan, Korea, Italy, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

2005

The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute is also the leading partner and main administrative centre for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science. The Centre was formally opened in February 2006 and is a collaborative partnership between IPRI, Monash University, The Bionic Ear Institute, and St Vincents Health in Melbourne.  The work program of the Centre of Excellence expands on research conducted under the previous ARC Centre for Nanostructured Electromaterials. The main aim of the centre is still to explore the science of nanomaterials having an electron or charge transfer functionality: to prepare such nanomaterials, study and develop theories for their behaviour, and exploit these new behaviours in useful applications. An ethical dimension is also included to monitor the impact of such developments on the community as a whole.