The Chemmat Knit – Newsletter November 2019   The year is coming to an end, and this will be the last newsletter for 2019. It has been a busy last few months and we have quite a bit to report. While you do check out this edition, I would draw your attention to the 4th year…

Photo (from left), Chemmat’s Head of Department Assoc Prof Ashvin Thambyah, Final Year Undergraduate students Michael Kim and Victoria Pickett, Chemmat’s Senior Lecturer Dr Saeid Baroutian   Last year the Society of Materials NZ (SMNZI) and IChemE reviewed the Final Year Projects Reports provided by the finalists for the 2019 SMNZI and IChemE prizes for…

Photo: Chemmat’s Lecturer, Dr Shan Yi (Shan is standing in the centre, wearing a pink top)   Dr Shan Yi is our new Lecturer who joined Chemmat last November. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biochemical engineering, she got her PhD degree and became a scientist in Environmental Engineering. Prior to the New Year,…

Photo: Water and Wastewater Treatment Symposium speakers and participants   On November 11 2019, our department successfully held our first Water Symposium, with the theme “Water and Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Processing and Membrane Technologies.” The symposium was organized by Chemmat’s Drs Filicia Wicaksana, Saeid Baroutian and Prof Brent Young. Important issues and current techniques relating…

At the end of last year, Chemmat’s Prof Wei Gao was invited to attend the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of P R China. We love the photo, Wei!

Chemmat congratulates Professor Wei Gao for receiving the award of “Innovation for a Better World” from the University of Auckland and Auckland UniServices, November 2019 in Hangzhou. Wei was also awarded a Standard Marsden 2020 project “Controlled magnetic heterogeneity” (AI) and a 2020 NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme project “Emerging Security Challenges Division Science…

The 2nd International Workshop on ‘Resource Recovery from Biobased Production Processes’ was held in the Newmarket Campus on 12 November 2019. The workshop was jointly organised by Dr Saeid Baroutian, Prof Brent Young and together with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The workshop specifically covered new technological, process engineering, economic and decision making tools…

Chemmat staff and students gathered late last year for our Annual Beer Tasting for Students vs Staff. The competition was won by Chemmat Staff. Congratulations to our Senior Technicians Ray Hoffman and Peter Martin, whose names have been added to the “Chemmat Shield.” It was such an enjoyable evening, and we are all looking forward…

Photo (from left): Drs Kiri Dell (Ngāti Porou) – Faculty of Business & Economics, Chemmat’s Saeid Baroutian   Chemmat’s Dr Saeid Baroutian was invited to present his research on “Hydrothermal Deconstruction: Busting Waste with Water” and his new food additive products “Manuka and Kanuka Smoke Flavour” at Ideas to Life Conference – Innovation For A…

Photo: Team members (from the left): Chemmat’s Professor Mohammed Farid, PhD Candidates – Gohar Gholami, Misagh Ebrahimpour Over 140 teams participated in the Callaghan C-Prize competition and our team (SES: Smart Energy Storage) was amongst the 10 finalist teams to receive a prize package valued in excess of $35,000, which included: $10,000 contribution towards the…