Lecturer
Dr Olga Zinovieva
UNSW Canberra
School of Engineering & IT
My expertise: My primary research interests are in modelling for additive manufacturing, multiscale methods, computational materials science, and computational mechanics. My current research focuses on processing-microstructure-property relationships in metal additive manufacturing. My research philosophy is to transfer knowledge to practice. I am always keen to collaborate with academics and industry professionals interested in additive manufacturing.
My bio: Since 2022 I have been a Lecturer (equivalent to the rank of assistant professor in North America) in Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT) at UNSW Canberra. Before coming to UNSW, I conducted postdoctoral research a the University of Bremen (DE) being a part of the Airbus Endowed Chair for Integrative Simulation and Engineering of Materials and Processes. My previous experience also includes work at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and Tomsk State University (RU), and being a visiting researcher at UNSW Canberra, University of Bremen, Sao Paulo State University (BR), and Centre of Materials Mines ParisTech (FR).
I am a Young Editorial Board Member in Digital Manufacturing Technology and a Certified Materials Professional (CMatP) within Materials Australia.
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I am keen to consider applications for projects on modelling for metal additive manufacturing, in particular on
- processing-microstructure-property relationships in metal additive manufacturing
- microstructure evolution during metal additive manufacturing
- mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured materials under different types of mechanical loading
The topics include model development and optimisation (in-house code, commercial finite-element software, open-source software, and programming from scratch).
If you are eligible and interested, please send me an email with
(1) a short motivation statement
(2) your academic CV
(3) your academic transcripts
(4) your main research interest and your research proposal (<150 words)
(5) links to your Google Scholar page, ResearchGate page, Scopus ID, etc.
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Location
Room 116, Building 26
UNSW Canberra
Northcott Drive, Campbell, ACT 2600
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I have been a holder of 12 grants (as a CI). Besides, I developed a German part of the international project proposal from the ground up and coordinated the development of the joint proposal with partners. The project was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
UNSW Start-up Grant, 2022-2023
'Towards predicting the mechanical properties of additively manufactured stainless steel under dynamic loading using an ICME-based modeling approach'
DFG-RFBR Project (DFG: PL 584/4-1; RFBR: 18-501-12020), 2017-2022
'Computational framework to evaluate the relationships between process parameters, grain structure, and mechanical properties of additive manufactured materials'
Project funded by the Central Research Development Fund of the University of Bremen, 2016-2018
'Microstructural evolution during the process chain of additive manufacturing'
2 Bremen Research Scholarship Grants funded by the University of Bremen, 2014, 2016
'Multiscale simulation of solidification and recrystallization by selective laser melting'
3 Tomsk State University Travel Grants, 2012-2014
2 RFBR Grant Awards for a popular science article, 2011, 2012
'Study a surface – you will understand what is inside. Mesomechanical analysis of surface roughness in loaded steel samples'
'If you coat a surface, you will get a new material. Peculiarities of deformation and fracture of coated materials'
3 RFBR Travel Grants, 2010-2012
My research strives to optimise and improve materials and parts created by additive and subtractive manufacturing, as well as the production process. So far, I have been concentrating on the process-structure-properties relationships in metal additive manufacturing, with the focus on modeling the microstructure evolution, and the mechanical behaviour of metals and alloys under loading, including surface roughening phenomenon in advanced structural materials as well as deformation and fracture of friction stir welded joints. I am excited about developing the knowledge-based capacity enabling the prediction of microstructure and mechanical properties with the aim to establish a means to engineer additively manufactured alloys for specific needs.
Membership
- 2022 - present, Certified Materials Professional, Materials Australia
- 2022 - present, Young Editorial Board Member in Digital Manufacturing Technology
My Teaching
ZEIT1501-Engineering Practice
ZEIT1504-Introduction to Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
ZEIT3501-Engineering Materials