Sep 28
Info session on Sustainable Resource Recovery
On 16 September we recorded our online information session on Sustainable Resource Recovery. Here are the links to the recording and the web page: The recording Web page
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Sep 28
$12.5m project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions using ‘digital twin’ technology
Chemmat researchers Dr Wei Yu and Prof Brent Young are key researchers of a multi-disciplinary team from Auckland, Massey and Waikato Universities and industry collaborators that were recently awarded $12.5 million over 7 years to develop an Advanced Energy Technology Platform called Ahuora. Ahuora is an adaptive digital twin technology platform to assist in solving…
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Sep 28
Apr 16
Steve Strover
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…
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Apr 16
Life on Zoom
Staff-Student Consultative Committee Meeting – 3 April 2020 Friday drinks with the technicians!
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Apr 16
February message – Head of Department
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…
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Apr 15
AAEE summer school
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),…
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Apr 15
CMESA on Instagram
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/
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Apr 15
Chemmat’s Industry Advisory Board seeks new Members
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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Apr 2
The Roof of the Future
F-Wave LLC has introduced its REVIA Hybrid solar roof tiles. F-Wave’s new tiles harvest both photovoltaic and thermal energy. The company’s Hybrid tiles are up to 40% efficient, doubling the efficiency of traditional glass solar panels. The energy generated mirrors the energy demand of typical homes across the US, which require one-third electrical and two-thirds…
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