Our areas of expertise include: development of novel materials including polymers, biocomposites, composites, metals; characterisation of materials across length scales from the micro to macro-scale both experimentally and numerically; nondestructive evaluation, inspection and analysis of materials and components.
Key researchers
Professor Kim Pickering
Professor
Associate Professor Leandro Bolzoni
Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Fei Yang
Senior Lecturer
Dr Harish Devaraj
Lecturer
Dr Chanelle Gavin
Lecturer
Dr Ajit Pal Singh
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rachael Tighe
Lecturer
Dr Christopher Glasson
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Christian Gauss
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD researchers
- Tom Sunny - Processing of high performance plant fibre reinforced composites
- Maria Aparecida De Souza Oliveira - Natural fibre-reinforced polyethylene composites produced by rotational Moulding
- Lakshmi Priya - Next generation additive manufacturing of biomaterials- National Science Challenge SFTI
- Humair Siddiqui - Synthesis of hydroxyapatite - reduced graphite oxide nanocomposites for biomedical applications
- Moh'D Yousef Beqain - Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan Composite for Biomedical Applications
- Xutao Sun - Natural frequency-based crack detection: the use of the roving spring-mass system
- Shanquan Jia - Copper/diamond composites
- Ashok Kumar - Powder metallurgy high entropy alloys for electrocatalytic applications
- Ben Jackson - Direct metal fabrication of titanium composites and alloys by direct selective laser melting
- Yousef Alshammari - Development of an electro-active titanium based hybrid material via powder metallurgy
Masters researchers
- Ding Yi Huang - Thermographic inspection to provide quality assurance for reinforced 3D printer filaments
- Jingnan Ma - Copper/diamond composites
- Yutao Zhai - Turning waste into useful - recycling titanium swarf
- Nick Vishwanath - Sustainable roading
Honours year researchers
- Scott Hill - Artificial surf reefs in New Zealand
- Sam McCulloch - Cars vs. Clams
- Sam Hewlett and Sam Knox - Small scale PLA recycler and 3D printing filament fuser
- Ann Jayawardana - Low-cost powder metallurgy Ti-based alloys
- Bismarck Simeon - Design, processing and characterisation of new alloys