UV and fast cooling of milk
Watch the two video recordings that have recently been released for the UV and fast cooling of...
Key Auckland leadership in IChemE’s learned society digitalisation priority topic
https://ichemeblog.org/2020/07/28/climate-change-hazards-and-digitalisation/#more-12210 Digitalisation is one of the three priority topics for IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers UK) learned society. IChemE needs to understand how the development of digital...
New biosector careers profiles launched
A new collection of chemical engineering career profiles has been launched by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to inspire the next generation into a prosperous career in the bioeconomy. Showcasing how chemical engineers in this emerging sector are...
Chemmat Careers Evening
Chemmat’s Careers Evening was held on the evening of Thursday, 30 July at the Sir Owen Glenn building where past Chemmat graduates shared their rich experiences from their own journeys in their respective fields and presented on their career development after...
Prof Brent Young – “My graduation story”
1985 BE student My graduation story. A career that began with graduation during a recession. Brent Young I graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in the mid 1980’s from University, after years of depression, recession, and extremely high (double digit)...
Info session on Sustainable Resource Recovery
On 16 September we recorded our online information session on Sustainable Resource Recovery. Here are the links to the recording and the web page: The recording Web...
$12.5m project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions using ‘digital twin’ technology
Chemmat researchers Dr Wei Yu and Prof Brent Young are key researchers of a multi-disciplinary team from Auckland, Massey and Waikato Universities and industry collaborators that were recently awarded $12.5 million over 7 years to develop an Advanced Energy Technology...
Chemmat’s Adjunct Prof Rob Kirkpatrick’s webinar on Systems Engineering
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Steve Strover
With sadness we received the news on 9 April 2020 that a long-serving technician in our department, Steve Strover, passed away following a prolonged illness. Steve began his career with our department way back in 1986, bringing his skills in metallography, microscopy...
Life on Zoom
Staff-Student Consultative Committee Meeting – 3 April 2020 Friday drinks with the...
February message – Head of Department
February 2020 A brand new year, a brand new building – a brand new virus! Yikes! It’s been a start to 2020 with mixed feelings. The move to the new Engineering Building is complete, staff and students have been reinvigorated. Everyone’s...
AAEE summer school
Photo: Facilitators and participants in the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) 2020 summer school at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton. From left to right: Amar Auckaili (UoA), Andrea Kolb (UoA), Pablo German (UoA), Lorenzo Garcia...
CMESA on Instagram
CMESA (Chemical & Materials Engineering Students Association) has a new Instagram page for announcing their social events, including “Isolation Challenges.” Follow them or check out their page: https://www.instagram.com/cmesa.uoa/ ...
Chemmat’s Industry Advisory Board seeks new Members
We are currently seeking Expressions of Interest for new Members to join the Chemmat Industry Advisory Board. The role of the Board is to guide and support the Department to develop engineers that are: • Capable of dealing with complexity, diversity and change;...