Dilieka is studying for a PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering and is the recipient of a doctoral scholarship awarded by Fonterra Cooperative Limited. Dilieka previously completed a Bachelor of Science at Uva Wellassa University in Sri Lanka, and a Masters in...

Bryan completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science Conjoint and is now involved in research that leads to global decarbonisation. Bryan came to the University from China to study a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science Conjoint,...

On the evening of Thursday, 20 April 2023 CHEMMAT held an event for the Auckland chapter of IChemE. Feedback has been positive, with the members enjoying the lab tours and presentations from staff about the research that goes in in the Department. We had a good...

Last summer, Kathy Pu performed her summer research scholarship under supervision of  CHEMMAT’s Dr Vonne van Heeswijk. Her research project was focused on characterising the microstructure of ovine facet joint cartilage. A poster of this research was exhibited...

CHEMMAT’s Professor Brent Young, guest lecturer Michael Taube, and alumnus Dr Isuru Udugama have recently had a text book published by Wiley entitled “A Real-time Approach to Distillation Control”.    Written substantially over lock down, “A Real-Time Approach to...

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Professor Mohammed Farid at his Exaugural Lecture on Thursday, 17 November Professor Mohammed Farid Congratulations Mohammed on an amazing career and we wish you all the best for your retirement!       Staff Awards – 2022 On 9th...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...