With sadness we received the news on 9 April 2020 that a long-serving technician in our department, Steve Strover, passed away following a prolonged illness.  Steve began his career with our department way back in 1986, bringing his skills in metallography, microscopy and photography to our materials engineering teaching and research. In his job, he…

Staff-Student Consultative Committee Meeting – 3 April 2020       Friday drinks with the technicians!

February 2020   A brand new year, a brand new building – a brand new virus! Yikes! It’s been a start to 2020 with mixed feelings. The move to the new Engineering Building is complete, staff and students have been reinvigorated.  Everyone’s excited about the new labs that now enjoy first-rate, world class facilities and this includes…

Photo: Facilitators and participants in the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) 2020 summer school at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton. From left to right: Amar Auckaili (UoA), Andrea Kolb (UoA), Pablo German (UoA), Lorenzo Garcia (Auckland University of Technology), Anne Gardner, Alessandro Fascetti (University of Waikato, UoW), Chanelle Gavin (UoW), Rachael Tighe (UoW),…

CMESA (Chemical & Materials Engineering Students Association) has a new Instagram page for announcing their social events, including “Isolation Challenges.” Follow them or check out their page: https://www.instagram.com/cmesa.uoa/      

We are currently seeking Expressions of Interest for new Members to join the Chemmat Industry Advisory Board.   The role of the Board is to guide and support the Department to develop engineers that are: • Capable of dealing with complexity, diversity and change; • Have a broad knowledge of science, culture and society as…

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