Photo: Kānuka forest Whareponga, East Cape CHEMMAT’s Associate Professor Saeid Baroutian, his family, CHEMMAT’s Dr Xing Xin, Dr Sinemobong Essien and a team from the Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor Māori (Mike Steedman- Kaiarataki), Uniservices (Dr Andy Shenk – CEO and Tui Kaumoana – Kaiarahi), Faculty of Business and Economics (Dr Kiri Dell, Prof Snejina Michailova –…

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Dr Sinemobong Essien   We are excited to announce our newest Master of Engineering Studies, Sustainable Resource Recovery has officially started. Resource limitation is a global problem and Sustainable Resource Recovery addresses this problem. This is the first programme of its kind in New Zealand and Asia-Pacific that focuses on the development of…

Photo: Prof Amanda Ellis, Head of Department for Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia   On  5 November 2020, CHEMMAT PhD students and staff connected remotely with Prof Amanda Ellis for our first lunchtime webinar. As well as giving us an overview of their current activities and programmes at Chemical Engineering at the…

   Jenny Purdie, CHEMMAT ca. 1986, PhD ca. 1993 BHP appoints new asset president for Olympic Dam mega-mine 4 February 2021 BHP said Dr Purdie: “has more than 30 years of global management and leadership experience spanning operational, business improvement and corporate roles in the mining, energy, heavy manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.” “Jennifer will bring…

Photo: Sina Sheikholeslami, CHEMMAT PhD student   We recently emailed Sina to see how he was doing in Canada. He kindly supplied us with the following article, which we found very interesting and also inspiring for our PhD students. Thank you, Sina and congratulations on your new job! “Corrosion of most materials is, unfortunately, inevitable….

December 2020   This is our fourth and final Quarterly Chemmat Knit issue for the year. There’s quite a lot to report and update and I encourage you to please get in touch with us to find out more about any of the items of interest. Please also forward this newsletter to your fellow alumni friends….

The Academic Career Advancement Programme (ACAP) gives mid-phase doctoral candidates a head-start in their academic future. The ACAP (formally DALI) presents a series of regular seminars over two semesters, with a focus on careers in academia, teaching, and research. The cost of this one-year programme is funded by Academic Career Exploration Award (ACEA), which is…

Congratulations Amanda and Matt on the recent arrival of your baby boy, Nathan Edward, in July.

To celebrate Recycling Week, Vanessa Young, Strategic Engagement Manager from The MacDiarmid Institute, explains the essential role of nano-recycling in making the most of the tiny-scale but potentially harmful waste from batteries, circuit boards and more. For most of us recycling means jars, bottles, tins (and the sprint to get the bin out as the…

Each year the department holds a Research Showcase where PhD students have the opportunity to disseminate their research, and showcase the breadth of research across all areas of chemical and materials engineering.  The showcase is a mixture of oral and poster presentations, and the winning presentation in the chemical engineering category is nominated for the…