On the 12th of July 2016, Dr. Leandro Bolzoni from the School of Engineering and WaiCAM (Waikato Centre for Advanced Materials) received, jointly with his former colleagues from Brunel University London Dr. Hari Babu Nadendla and Dr. Magdalena Nowak, a prestigious international award from IOM3, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. The Charles … Continue Reading >
Professor Wei Gao from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZOM) in yesterday’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his services to science and engineering. Professor Gao has had a long and distinguished career in Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include … Continue Reading >
Dr. Fei Yang’s research application for MBIE Smart Ideas funding has made through to the second round. Smart Ideas funding focuses on the connection between applied research and commercialisation. Dr Fei Yang’s research, Novel Heat Sink Technology and Materials, will enable industry to make an advanced heat sink (passive heat exchanger that transfers heat generated) from copper … Continue Reading >
SMNZI Final Year Student Award Prizes 2016 University of Auckland, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Co-winners First Prize (Student Presentations): Rakesh Arul Presentation: Ultrafast Laser Patterning of Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes. Jake Sun Presentation: Anodic Tungsten Oxides: Synthesis, Characterisation and Heterogeneous Photocatalysis University of Waikato, School of Engineering Excellence in Materials Engineering: 1st place: Patrick … Continue Reading >