On Wednesday, at the new BECA building near the Wynyard Quarter,  Adjunct Professor Robert Kirkpatrick of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering  was invited by the New Zealand chapter of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to present this year’s Kennedy-Wunsch flagship lecture. The annual lecture series recognises the role that Miles Kennedy and…

A common difficulty students experience is a lack of understanding of how real process and their underpinning theory work in a real-world setting. The CHEMMAT 306 Methanex visit provides an excellent opportunity for students to not only bridge this knowledge gap but also develop a design mindset, which is critical for final-year projects. Throughout CHEMMAT…

“On April 10th and 11th, 2025, researchers from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, and GNS Science in New Zealand joined collaborators from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) for a two-day collaboration of presentations and discussions in Livermore, CA. Supported by the NZ–US Catalyst Seeding: General…