Photo: CHEMMAT PhD candidate, Mohamed Dabbour   Mohamed Dabbour was nominated as representative for the University of Auckland for the ‘IChemE Postgraduate Researcher of the Year.’ Mohamed’s research entails integrating reservoir simulation with process modeling to allow for the creation of digital twins of geothermal fields. This has allowed for optimisation in the running of…

When CHEMMAT’s Dr Amar Auckaili and Prof Mohammed Farid were looking for a talented student engineer to work on their novel thermal storage heat exchanger, they were fortunate that Omar Mustafa was assigned to the project. Omar who had already proved his excellent academic ability with his undergraduate coursework, was now able to apply his…

Photo from the left: Professor Anthony Phillips from Biological Sciences, CHEMMAT’s Dr Michael Hodgson, CHEMMAT PhD candidate Yixuan (Jennifer) Wang, CHEMMAT’s Professor Wei Gao Yixuan (Jennifer) Wang Thesis title: Electrospun silicon oxycarbide fibre mats and its composites: Fabrication and properties Supervisors: Professor Wei Gao, Dr Filicia Wicaksana       Xiaoyu Yue Thesis title: Titanium…

PhD student: Yixuan (Jenifer) Wang, Supervisors: Wei Gao & Filicia Wicaksana Electrospun Silicon Oxycarbide (SiOC) Fibre Mats and Its Composites Abstract: This work presents the preparation of ultrafine SiOC fibre mats through the electrospinning/sol-gel method, where specific concern has been laid on the elimination of the spinning-aid, compositional control, porosity control, and surface functionalization of…

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Dr Andrea Kolb, Professional Teaching Fellow   The Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) team project is part of an elective for our Part III students and discusses the energy sector’s future. The project spans the entire semester and requires the students to work in teams on one out of six topics. Each topic has…

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Adjunct Professor Rob Kirkpatrick   Read the full article