The day will showcase innovations in medical bionics, 3D printing and the super material graphene at the university's ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).

Visitors will be invited to inspect cutting-edge "smart" fabrics that react to heat and moisture, and 3D printing equipment that makes implantable devices to help regrow damaged nerves and muscles inside the body.

ACES director Professor Gordon Wallace said it was important the centre's occupants share their work with the public.

"A lot of what we're doing, particularly in the medical bionics area, will require community acceptance for it to progress, so we're keen to keep people involved in what we're doing, and also show that we're working feverishly on their behalf to treat untreatable diseases like epilepsy," he said.

"We're all conscious as scientists that these are the people we're actually working for, so every now and again it's good to open our doors to let people have a look at what we're doing."

Bookings for the tours are here. Phone 4221 3239 for information.