Postgraduate Symposium 2022 Our Postgraduate Symposium 2022 was held on 30 August 2022. It was well attended and we were fortunate to have two alumni, Sinemobong Essien and Eldon Tate as guest speakers. Winners for best oral presentation, poster, microscopy image, nominated students were: Best Oral Presentations Materials: Judith Glasson (Crystallin Clear: Improving Bioengineered Corneal…
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Photo: Team 44.01 (James Woolner is the tallest at the back and Sulaiman Al Mani is to his left) James Woolner and Sulaiman Al Mani Two of our CHEMMAT alumni, James Woolner and Sulaiman Al Mani are a part of 44.01, a start-up that recently won the Earthshot Prize, probably the world’s most prestigious environmental award….
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Visit to AQUA-K – A new startup company dealing with wastewater treatment The teaching curriculum in the department has a strong emphasis on industrial waste management and sustainable processing. To this end we constantly seek out industries who would like to collaborate with us to not only provide opportunities for learning for our students, but…
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Professor Jim Metson, Pecha Kucha winner Judith Glasson and Professor Caroline Daley Congratulations Judith Glasson https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2022/10/19/sgs-research-showcase-winners-announced.html First place in the Pecha Kucha category went to Judith Glasson, who is working between the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Department of Ophthalmology on the improvement of artificial corneal technology. Judith’s research focus…
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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….
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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…
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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,…
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Figure 1: Game board of “Transport Trails” designed by Juli Aronson The Future of Energy: Transport Trails By Emma Johns, Juli Aronson, Clarissa Lim and Christina Pan The Future of Energy (CHEMMAT 304) is a Part III elective consisting of a semester-long, hands-on team project focused on developing transferable skills and applying a multidisciplinary mindset…
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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…
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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…
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