Colin Hall is an Industry Professor at the Future Industries Institute (University of South Australia), and is a key member of the Materials Engineering Group. Colin is interested in helping Australian manufacturing be globally competitive through the uptake of innovative research. Colin has worked in private industry for 9 years and academia for 19 years giving him a unique perspective for industry engaged research.
Colin completed his PhD in material science, in 2014. His approach to research is focused on identifying new materials or enhanced ways of using existing ones to solve problems. Specifically focusing on additive manufacturing and coatings for industry partners operating in space, automotive, mining, agriculture and... Read more
About me
Colin Hall is an Industry Professor at the Future Industries Institute (University of South Australia), and is a key member of the Materials Engineering Group. Colin is interested in helping Australian manufacturing be globally competitive through the uptake of innovative research. Colin has worked in private industry for 9 years and academia for 19 years giving him a unique perspective for industry engaged research.
Colin completed his PhD in material science, in 2014. His approach to research is focused on identifying new materials or enhanced ways of using existing ones to solve problems. Specifically focusing on additive manufacturing and coatings for industry partners operating in space, automotive, mining, agriculture and medical.
Currently Colin is focussed on two area, thin film coatings for optical systems and wear resistant structures & coatings for extreme conditions.
Colin leads an team looking at wear minimisation through cladding of mineral processing equipment, utilising Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) to create metal matrix composite coatings. With an extensive tribology lab the project will correlate lab based wear tests to real world wear and optimise coating composition. Colin is also the SA node lead in the ARC ITTC Surface Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing (SEAM) which works with partners LaserBond and Santos. This work looks at the control and optimisation of additive manufacturing.
Colin works closely with SMR (a tier 1 automotive supplier). The team continues to innovate in the area of decorative coatings and their integration into lighting and sensing applications. One output of the research was a safer method of manufacture for producing an equivalent to electroplated plastic. Colin also played a key role in the development of an automotive plastic mirror. The advantages of plastic exterior mirrors are that they are shatter proof, lightweight and offer design freedom. Over the 5 years of production over 1.8 million mirrors have been exported to the USA. For this work Colin was awarded the inaugural 2016 Prime Ministers Prize for New Innovators. This coating technology is finding its way onto high end cars in north america and europe.
Further work in the area of thin film coatings includes novel interference filters for space based sensors and laser systems. The universities capablity in thin film coatings is extensive and is open to contract coating work.
During his time at the University of South Australia he has also conducted research on conducting polymers, looking at their electrochromic properties, low cost heliostats for concentrated solar power and developing protective coatings for aeroplane windows. Colin is also collaborating with the University of Adelaide's School of Dentistry; this work is looking at bringing instrumented nanomechanical analysis to the study of tooth wear in erosive environments. In total Colin has published 61 journal articles, 2 book chapters, art work, presented at numerous conferences and is an inventor on 14 patents. Colin has been invited to speak at prestigious universities and conferences both on the material science aspect but also on how to successfully transition research to commercial outcomes.
Colin supports the materials community by his work as the South Australia branch president for Materials Australia.
About me
Australian Institute of Physics, Australian Vacuum Society, American Vacuum Society, Society of Vacuum Coaters, Materials Australia
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Physics University of South Australia
Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Physics University of South Australia
Thin Films for optical and protective applications.,
Chemical and physical vacuum deposition techniques.,
Design and Construction of vacuum equipment.,
Microwave PECVD,
Conducting polymers for electrochromic applications,
Nanomechanical analysis of materials
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Coating and Repair of Additive Manufactured Components, ARC - Industrial Transformation Training Centres, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
IND - Coating and Repair of Additive Manufactured Components, LaserBond Limited, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
IND - Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Santos Ltd, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Unknown, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025
Fabrication of Spin Torque oscillator: Stages 1 and 2 Feasibility, Defence Science and Technology Group, 01/06/2023 - 30/12/2023
IMCRC: Energy absorbing traffic lights (EATL), Innovative Manufacturing CRC Limited, 01/10/2021 - 30/10/2022
AAS - Portable Healthcare: High-Value Micro/Nano-Scale Structures and Coating for Mass Production of Biomedical Devices, Australian Academy of Science, 01/11/2017 - 28/02/2022
Gov - Active Beta-voltaic device demonstration, DISER-Innovation Connections Grant, 09/09/2020 - 08/03/2021
Tribological study of hardface coatings for ground-engaging tools, Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation, 13/11/2018 - 30/09/2019
3-203 Next Generation Automotive Coatings, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 01/08/2012 - 31/12/2017
FIA001 Ind Ptnr - Development of a manufacturing process for the metallization for functional glass fibres, Trajan Scientific Australia Pty Ltd, 01/01/2017 - 30/11/2017
3-205 Coating for Commercial Application, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 16/02/2017 - 30/07/2017
Laser cladding for wear minimisation in drilling industry tools, LaserBond Limited, 27/06/2016 - 30/06/2017
ASTRI - P11 Helisostat cost down project, Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative, 27/06/2014 - 31/12/2016
3-111 - lightweight plastic glazing for the automotive industry, CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 28/03/2013 - 31/01/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2016 |
Open access
9
9
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Year | Output |
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2019 |
2
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2012 |
Open access
6
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
2
1
3
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2023 |
Open access
2
|
2023 |
Open access
2
|
2022 |
7
7
1
|
2022 |
15
7
1
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2022 |
7
2
2
|
2022 |
16
8
2
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2022 |
6
2
1
|
2022 |
Open access
5
6
1
|
2021 |
Open access
2
1
4
|
2021 |
Open access
1
|
2021 |
Open access
98
81
5
|
2021 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
33
29
1
|
2021 |
3
2
2
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2021 |
Open access
25
20
2
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2020 |
Open access
5
5
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2020 |
Open access
9
8
3
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2020 |
Open access
5
2
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2020 |
Open access
7
7
1
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2020 |
Open access
29
26
1
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2019 |
Open access
17
13
3
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2019 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2019 |
Open access
136
123
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2018 |
Open access
22
18
2
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2017 |
Open access
29
24
10
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2017 |
4
2
12
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2017 |
17
13
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2017 |
Open access
2
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2017 |
Open access
7
8
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2017 |
57
60
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2017 |
8
8
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2016 |
Open access
9
8
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2016 |
Open access
9
9
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2016 |
Open access
4
6
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2016 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
11
9
7
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2015 |
Open access
5
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2015 |
Open access
10
10
22
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2015 |
Open access
3
2
1
|
2015 |
Open access
125
112
4
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2014 |
3
|
2014 |
Open access
7
1
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2014 |
11
11
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2014 |
6
6
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2014 |
7
6
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2014 |
21
21
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2014 |
23
20
73
|
2013 |
Open access
14
14
1
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2013 |
Open access
224
184
3
|
2013 |
Open access
5
5
|
2012 |
9
9
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2012 |
9
9
|
2012 |
Open access
9
10
|
2012 |
Open access
10
10
|
2011 |
35
31
|
2011 |
14
14
|
2010 |
38
38
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2009 |
95
86
|
2008 |
27
25
|
2008 |
Open access
18
16
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2008 |
71
66
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2008 |
83
77
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
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2021 |
Open access
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2017 |
Open access
3
3
1
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2016 |
Open access
3
2
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2010 |
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Year | Output |
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2018 |
Open access
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Cost down on mirror systems (Heliostats) for concentrated solar processes
Research
Thin Films for optical and protective applications.,
Chemical and physical vacuum deposition techniques.,
Design and Construction of vacuum equipment.,
Microwave PECVD,
Conducting polymers for electrochromic applications,
Nanomechanical analysis of materials
Research
Details | Registry | Status |
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Caruso, Dean; Hall, Colin James; Evans, Drew Raymond |
AU | Filed |
Chromium-based reflective coating Evans, Drew Raymond; Zuber, Kamil; Hall, Colin James; Field, Simon David |
CN | Granted |
Coated articles with a low-e coating and/or a hard coat Llusca Jane, Marta; Hall, Colin James; PajÄ…k, Aleksandra; Patil, Apurva; Switalska, Eliza; Luqman, Nulhakim Yunos; Reeks, Lachlan Barry; Zuber, Kamil |
Australia | Filed |
Evans, Drew Raymond; Zuber, Kamil; Hall, Colin James; Field, Simon David |
US | Filed |
Electromagnetic interference protection for radomes Caruso, Dean; Edwards, Scott; Symonds, Tim; Belcher, Simon; Fimeri, Gary Gordon Leslie; Field, Simon, David; Stoehr, Bastian; Hall, Colin |
Other | Filed |
Light efficiency methods for HTL systems Nicholson, James; Koehne, Shane; Evans, Drew Raymond; Hall, Colin James; Zuber, Kamil; Edwards, Scott; Belcher, Simon |
United States | Filed |
Light efficiency methods for vehicular HTL systems Nicholson, James; Koehne, Shane; Evans, Drew Raymond; Hall, Colin James; Zuber, Kamil; Edwards, Scott; Belcher, Simon; Chapman-Winter, Matthew |
United States | Granted |
Hall, Colin James; Field, Simon David; Zuber, Kamil |
EP | Filed |
Hall, Colin James; Field, Simon David; Zuber, Kamil |
US | Granted |
Hall, Colin James; Field, Simon David; Zuber, Kamil |
WO | Filed |
Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Edwards, Scott A; Fabretto, Rick; Hall, Colin; Innis, Charles Peter; Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Murphy, Peter J; Wallace, Gordon George; Zuber, Kamil |
AU | Granted |
Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott A; Murphy, Peter J; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Rick; Zuber, Kamil |
EP | Filed |
Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott A; Murphy, Peter J; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Rick; Zuber, Kamil |
US | Granted |
Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott; Murphy, Peter; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Manrico; Zuber, Kamil |
WO | Filed |
Reflector coatings and methods for production Evans, Drew Raymond; Hall, Colin; Bishop,Matthew; Murphy, Peter James |
WO | Filed |
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation | AUSTRALIA |
Botswana International University of Science and Technology | BOTSWANA |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
CSIRO Energy | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique | FRANCE |
Fiona Stanley Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Indian Institute of Technology | INDIA |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | INDIA |
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials | INDIA |
Laserbond | AUSTRALIA |
LaserBond | AUSTRALIA |
LaserBond Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Leybold Optics | GERMANY |
LM Group (United States) | UNITED STATES |
Lulea University of Technology | SWEDEN |
PlasmaSolve | CZECH REPUBLIC |
PMB Defence Engineering | AUSTRALIA |
PMB Defence Engineering, North Haven | AUSTRALIA |
Private Individual | AUSTRALIA |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Reutlingen University | GERMANY |
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
SMR Automotive Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Tshwane University of Technology | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
University of Bath | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Johannesburg | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Pittsburgh | UNITED STATES |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australiab | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Branch memberAmnesty International Australia |
2018 |
PresidentMaterials Australia |
2018 |
Branch memberAmnesty International Australia |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Institute of Physics (AIP) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Vacuum Society |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Vacuum Society (AVS) |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Vacuum Coaters |
2017 |
MemberMaterials Australia |
2017 |
Branch memberAmnesty International Australia |
2016 |
Inaugural Prize for New InnovatorsPrime Ministers Prizes for Science |
2016 |
Holden scholarship for the Governors Leadership Foundation programLeaders Institute of South Australia |
2015 |
Foster CarerRSPCA South Australia |
2014 |
Foster CarerRSPCA South Australia |
2013 |
Automotive Engineering Excellence Award, SilverSociety of Automotive Engineers, Australasia |
2011 |
Research Excellence AwardAutoCRC |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111167-Efficient computational model for synergistic metal additive manufacturing | Current |
Advancing Electron Beam Melting (EBM) manufacturing capability for space and defence applications | Current |
Anti-corrosion coatings for the hydrogen economy | Current |
Closed Loop Feedback Control to Optimize Real Time Processing of Laser Metal Deposition Process | Current |
Crashworthiness Of Surface Enhanced Thin Walled Tube With Bioinspired Hierarchical Fillings Under Axial Loading | Current |
Developing high-quality optical coatings for rare-earth doped fluoride glass waveguide lasers | Current |
Examining the role of copper in electrofusion couplings: implication for PE100 pipe durability | Current |
Study of a hybrid surface treatment for the enhancement of surface integrity and corrosion resistance of biodegradable magnesium alloys | Current |
Advancing capabilities of multi-kilowatt off-axis laser metal deposition process for additive manufacturing of stainless steel for industrial applications | Completed |
Fabrication of quantum dots and investigation of size and matrix material effects on optical properties of quantum dot nanocomposites | Completed |
Investigation of interactions between fingerprints, surfaces and cleaning implements | Completed |
Silicon-based thin-film anodes for lithium-ion batteries using physical vapour deposition | Completed |