Photo: CHEMMAT’s Dr Shanghai Wei MBIE Smart Ideas  Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine and aquaculture industries aim to grow to a $3Billion industry by 2030. These industries are also aiming to minimize their carbon footprint. Efficient storage of marine renewable energy (MRE) is essential for meeting the energy needs of the growing marine and aquaculture sectors….

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Associate Professor Saeid Baroutian “Materials World” April 2022 Turning non-recyclable personal protective equipment into water and vinegar could be the game-changing solution the world needs to stop tonnes of PPE being dumped daily into landfills and oceans. This miracle-sounding process has been developed at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering, Department of…

Photo: Professor Wei Gao and Dr Bo Li   “Advanced Materials” May 2022 Accurately Localizing Multiple Nanoparticles in a Multishelled Matrix Through Shell-to-Core Evolution for Maximizing Energy-Storage Capability A battery anode material research article from Professor Wei Gao’s group has been published in “Advanced Materials.” To accelerate the adoption of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles,…

Photo: Professor Ashvin Thambyah   Head of Department, Professor Ashvin Thambyah’s Inaugural Lecture On 8 June CHEMMAT’s Head of Department, Professor Ashvin Thambyah, delivered his inaugural lecture. Ashvin described his academic journey and we celebrated his achievements to date.   Writing for Publication Bootcamp CHEMMAT’s Department Research Committee organised a Writing Bootcamp for our postgraduate…

Above photo: Merv Jones conducting experiments on gas absorption for his PhD, ca 1971 This page is dedicated to the first batch of C&M graduates who completed their final year studies nominally at the end of 1969 Part A Brief biographies of the 1969 Final Year class members (capped nominally in May 1970) – coordinated…

Photo: Graphical abstract – “Reference point indentation for the detection of early osteoarthritis”   We congratulate CHEMMAT’s Dr Josh Workman, Dr Thomas Loho and Prof Ashvin Thambyah for having their abstract shortlisted as one of the 34 finalists out of 263 abstracts reviewed for the Outstanding Abstract Award. This will be awarded at The 11th…

Photo: 40 CMESA members on the Tip Top tour CMESA – Chemical & Materials Engineering Students’ Association Tours 40 members got to tour Tip Top in Semester One. The feedback was positive and the students really enjoyed the opportunity! Thank you to Abi, Yasmin and Hussein for supervising. Unfortunately, the DB Breweries Tour lined up…

Tarek Kollmetz – awarded a place on the Dean’s List Tarek’s name has been placed on the Dean of Graduate Studies List (Dean’s List), in recognition of excellence achieved with his PhD thesis. This award is made to only a few recipients each year from the large number of doctoral students completing their theses. Since…