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...

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...

Photo: Graphical abstract – “Reference point indentation for the detection of early osteoarthritis”   We congratulate CHEMMAT’s Dr Josh Workman, Dr Thomas Loho and Prof Ashvin Thambyah for having their abstract shortlisted as one of the 34...

Our department research has been showcased in the IChemE Booklet –  Chemical Engineering Impact in Australia & New Zealand – see pages 12, 19, 22 and 29. This collection highlights the breadth and depth of our research and demonstrates how the discipline is...

Photo: 40 CMESA members on the Tip Top tour CMESA – Chemical & Materials Engineering Students’ Association Tours 40 members got to tour Tip Top in Semester One. The feedback was positive and the students really enjoyed the opportunity! Thank you to...

Tarek Kollmetz – awarded a place on the Dean’s List Tarek’s name has been placed on the Dean of Graduate Studies List (Dean’s List), in recognition of excellence achieved with his PhD thesis. This award is made to only a few recipients each year from...

Photo – left to right: Fanglei Tong (PhD student), Xize Chen (PhD student), Tony Wang (PhD student), Dr Shanghai Wei (PI, University of Auckland), Professor Wei Gao (University of Auckland), Kirill Panov (PhD student), Associate Professor Peng Cao (University of...

New Technical Manager – Dr Matthew Sidford We are delighted to announce that Dr Matthew Sidford has been appointed as Technical Manager for CHEMMAT. Matthew started his new role on 1st October. Although we are presently one technician short, the Technicians will...

Photo: CHEMMAT’s Dr Jenny Malmstrom with her research group. Jenny is seated, 3rd from the left 2021 Endeavour fund successful proposals We are delighted to announce that two of our colleagues in the department, Dr Jenny Malmstrom and Prof Brent Young, have been...

Morgan Morgan Dolfing, CHEMMAT student Screenshots of Morgan’s presentation during GT Murray Awards – Engineering New Zealand. He presented and answered questions very well. Written by Morgan Dolfing: “On 2nd December, I was invited to present at the G T Murray...

On 30 November, CHEMMAT student, L’Rey Renata, presented her research to Water NZ and Engineering NZ.   L’Rey Renata L’Rey is currently in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical and Material) degree at the University of Auckland....

Dr Gohar Gholamibozanjani   PhD Title: Improving the Thermal Efficiency of Buildings Using Phase Change Materials   Supervisor: Professor Mohammed Farid   Co-Supervisor: Associate Professor Saeid Baroutian   Dr Gohar Gholamibozanjani completed her PhD research on...

Staff: Ashvin, Saeid, Steve, and Mark. Student full names shown in the table below.   Outstanding performance by our final year students on their research projects were celebrated, online, with an awards ‘ceremony.’ There were a range of prizes awarding...

For our course, CHEMMAT 753 – Biomaterials and their applications, we regularly host guests from industry to help the students get a better idea of work environments which encompass the content of the course. This year, we hosted a lab dedicated to implant...