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...
November Message – Head of Department
The Chemmat Knit – Newsletter November 2019 The year is coming to an end, and this will be the last newsletter for 2019. It has been a busy last few months and we have quite a bit to report. While you do check out this edition, I would draw your attention to...
IChemE Project Winners
Photo (from left), Chemmat’s Head of Department Assoc Prof Ashvin Thambyah, Final Year Undergraduate students Michael Kim and Victoria Pickett, Chemmat’s Senior Lecturer Dr Saeid Baroutian Last year the Society of Materials NZ (SMNZI) and IChemE...
Dr Shan Yi’s Trip To China
Photo: Chemmat’s Lecturer, Dr Shan Yi (Shan is standing in the centre, wearing a pink top) Dr Shan Yi is our new Lecturer who joined Chemmat last November. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biochemical engineering, she got her PhD degree...
Water & Wastewater Treatment Symposium
Photo: Water and Wastewater Treatment Symposium speakers and participants On November 11 2019, our department successfully held our first Water Symposium, with the theme “Water and Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Processing and Membrane...
The 70th Anniversary of P R China
At the end of last year, Chemmat’s Prof Wei Gao was invited to attend the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of P R China. We love the photo, Wei!
Prof Wei Gao’s Recent Achievements
Chemmat congratulates Professor Wei Gao for receiving the award of “Innovation for a Better World” from the University of Auckland and Auckland UniServices, November 2019 in Hangzhou. Wei was also awarded a Standard Marsden 2020 project “Controlled magnetic...
Resource Recovery Workshop
The 2nd International Workshop on ‘Resource Recovery from Biobased Production Processes’ was held in the Newmarket Campus on 12 November 2019. The workshop was jointly organised by Dr Saeid Baroutian, Prof Brent Young and together with the Technical...
Chemmat Beer Tasting
Chemmat staff and students gathered late last year for our Annual Beer Tasting for Students vs Staff. The competition was won by Chemmat Staff. Congratulations to our Senior Technicians Ray Hoffman and Peter Martin, whose names have been added to the “Chemmat...
Dr Saeid Baroutian’s Trip To China
Photo (from left): Drs Kiri Dell (Ngāti Porou) – Faculty of Business & Economics, Chemmat’s Saeid Baroutian Chemmat’s Dr Saeid Baroutian was invited to present his research on “Hydrothermal Deconstruction: Busting Waste with...
Finalist For Callaghan C-Prize
Photo: Team members (from the left): Chemmat’s Professor Mohammed Farid, PhD Candidates – Gohar Gholami, Misagh Ebrahimpour Over 140 teams participated in the Callaghan C-Prize competition and our team (SES: Smart Energy Storage) was amongst the 10...
Young Executive Of The Year Finalist
Congratulations Amelia Rentzios, Chemmat alumni of 2005, who was one of the three finalists for the Young Executive of the Year award at the Deloitte Business Awards, announced in December 2019. She was the only finalist from Taranaki and one of a handful from...
Chemmat student attends Student Energy Summit in London
Photo: Claire West and Axel Sinhuber, also from UoA (Engineering Dept, MEnergy) The following is a report from Claire West, who won a bursary to attend the Student Energy Summit (SES) at the Imperial College in London. The Student Energy Summit (SES) is a...
Chemmat Final Year Presentation
Another memorable Final Year presentations were held in the City Campus on Wednesday 30th October. Over 80 students and staff took part in the event and 28 departmental and 6 cross-departmental interesting presentations were held. There was an amazing diversity of...