Bernard Rolfe is currently a Professor (Advanced Manufacturing) at the School of Engineering. He was the Associate Head of School (Research) from 2014 to 2018, and during his leadership the school tripled its quality journal outputs, and doubled income and PhD numbers. He is on the Academic Advisory Board for the International Federation of Automotive Engineering. Bernard's current research focus is the design and forming of lightweight structures. Bernard has received four Vice Chancellor awards and has been part of over 15 successful nationally competitive large research grants, totaling over AUD 24 million in awarded funds. He has published over 170 refereed articles.