Brisbane, Sept 24: ARM Hub founder and CEO Professor Cori Stewart has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), joining 35 leading innovators recognised this year for “supercharging AI & advanced manufacturing.”
The Fellowship places Stewart among Australia’s foremost applied science and engineering leaders. ATSE, one of the nation’s four learned academies founded in 1975, convenes more than 900 experts to provide independent, evidence-based advice on using technology to tackle complex national challenges and drive sustainable prosperity.
Stewart’s election acknowledges her role in scaling advanced manufacturing and commercialising Australian R&D. Through ARM Hub, she has built practical pathways for AI and robotics adoption across hundreds of SMEs and strengthened connections between local innovators and global markets.
“I’m thrilled to be elected a Fellow of ATSE, standing alongside Australia’s greatest minds in science, engineering and technology,” Professor Stewart said. “It’s a privilege—and a responsibility—to bring my experience in scaling manufacturing, harnessing AI and commercialising R&D to the work ATSE does.”
Her impact spans sectors—from supporting Stratoship’s 11-hour stratospheric flights to backing ‘Fish Girl’ Umar Nguyen’s seafood-processing innovations and Microbio’s AI-enhanced sepsis detection. ARM Hub’s Propel-AIR program, billed as Australia’s first AI and robotics sprint, recently concluded with Melbourne’s Nexobot winning a month-long residency at Mass Robotics in Boston, linking local talent to global robotics centres while strengthening domestic capability.
ATSE President Dr Katherine Woodthorpe said the 2025 Fellows “are behind truly game-changing innovations – from augmented reality to green hydrogen production to the batteries of the future.”
Stewart’s Fellowship aligns with a national push to translate Australia’s world-class research into sovereign capability and economic value, addressing the gap between early-stage research investment and commercial uptake.
“Together, we can inspire evidence-based change that delivers a better, fairer, more productive and sustainable future for Australians,” Professor Stewart concluded.
The new Fellows will be formally welcomed at ATSE’s 2025 New Fellows Showcase in Adelaide in October, alongside the Academy’s National Awards.
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