Winner of the best Zoom background and dress-up award…
… goes to Chemmat Professional Teaching Fellow, Dr Pablo German (on the left. On the right is Chemmat’s Head of Department Assoc Prof Ashvin Thambyah).
UV industry associations discourage the use of UV light on the human body to disinfect against the coronavirus
Please see below from Prof Mohd Farid, Member of the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) Download PDF of Press Release Chevy Chase, MD, USA (April 24, 2020) Recent reports suggest that ultraviolet (UV) light can be used on the human body...
Chemmat’s Industry Advisory Board meet on Zoom
Chaired by Adrian Dickison, Chemmat’s Industry Advisory Board meet quarterly. The board includes both Chemmat students and alumni who now work in the industry.
MBIE funding update – Prof Mohammed Farid
Chemmat’s Professor Mohammed Farid has three MBIE-funded projects. Listed below, the first two have already been contracted, and the third one should be contracted very soon. Title: Quality and safety assurance for high value cold-smoked or...
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...