Focus Group and Laboratory Tours Information
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Focus Group Tour Options: (Afternoon tea provided. Tours departs at 1.30 pm (location TBC), returning at approximately 5.00 pm.)
- Clean Water – Sydney Water
Visit to major water utility ‘Sydney Water’ in West Ryde, which has water treatment plants around Sydney and a high quality water testing laboratory. - Energy Efficiency – PLUS ES
Visit to High Power Testing station, which serves customers in Australia and South East Asia. - Medical Metrology – Cochlear
Visit to Cochlear, a global leader in implantable hearing solutions. - Food Safety – UNSW
Visit to the University of New South Wales food allergen and food composition laboratory, including the newly established Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre.
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Laboratory Tour Options:
- NMIA North Ryde Only
Visit to NMIA North Ryde includes chemical reference materials; chemical reference values; forensic drug testing and ultra trace laboratory. - NMIA Lindfield Only
Visit to Lindfield includes temperature; photometry & radiometry; acoustics, ultrasonics & vibration; force; mass & density; gas flow; impedance; high voltage; low frequency; time & frequency; nanometrology and pattern approval laboratory.
- NMIA North Ryde and Lindfield
Visit to NMIA North Ryde and Lindfield includes bioanalysis; reference gas mixtures; chemical reference materials; chemical reference values; forensic drug testing; ultra trace laboratory.
- ANSTO Lucas Heights (Ionising Radiation)
Visit to ANSTO includes the Radioactivity Standards laboratory, OPAL research reactor and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering. - NMIA Londonderry (Liquid Flow)
Visit to NMIA’s liquid flow test facility, which will include two liquid volume proving loops.
Friday, 6 December 2019
Laboratory Tour:
- NMIA North Ryde and Lindfield