AUEA Ardmore Fund undergraduate scholarship
The Ardmore Fund was established by students from the Auckland University School of Engineering at Ardmore, class of 1957-59 The awards are made to students who have excelled academically and who exemplify the camaraderie, school spirit and values...
Nominee for the ‘IChemE Postgraduate Researcher of the Year’ – CHEMMAT’s Mohamed Dabbour
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...
Winter graduation
The 2021 Winter Graduation Ceremony was held at Spark Arena on Tuesday, 1 June. University administration, lecturers, students and their families attended the event. The department would like to congratulate all new graduates on their significant and well-deserved...
CHEMMAT Finalist: ENZ ‘Student Engineer of the Year’ – Omar Mustafa
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...
Congratulations to our CHEMMAT PhD candidates who have recently passed their exams or graduated
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...
CMESA Sponsorship Proposal
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CHEMMAT PhD Student Update: Completed Theses
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,...
CHEMMAT’s Part-3 Team Project: The Alternative Fuel Vehicle
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...
New CHEMMAT staff: Nadeen Papali’i, Professional Teaching Fellow
Photo: CHEMMAT’s new Professional Teaching Fellow, Nadeen Papali’i Welcome to CHEMMAT, Nadeen! Thanks for writing such a wonderful, inspiring introduction: “Tālofa my name is Nadeen Lanuola Papali’i and I have joined the CHEMMAT department as...
CHEMMAT’s Adjunct Professor Rob Kirkpatrick’s article in “The Chemical Engineer”
Photo: CHEMMAT’s Adjunct Professor Rob Kirkpatrick Read the full...
Excellent Part-4 Research Output during the Pandemic
Photo from left: CHEMMAT’s Part 4 team – Swashna Lal, Tharushi Wijesinha, Dr Amar Auckaili, Michelle Lu, and Omar Mustafa Regardless of restrictions from COVID-19 in 2020, our Part-4 students would have been able to adapt their projects accordingly...
Collaboration with the Māori Community of East Cape
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...
New Master of Engineering Studies – Sustainable Resource Recovery
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...
CHEMMAT’s first webinar guest: Prof Amanda Ellis, University of Melbourne
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...