
My primary research foci is on the development of advanced materials for environmental and biomedical applications and in the development of novel refractories for ferrous and non-ferrous metals industries, mineral processing, and the transformation of ceramic and polymeric waste materials for economical and industrially-viable high-performance applications. This makes me unique in possessing the capabilities to work on any type of material, particularly for industrial applications, through a systematic understanding of the their behaviour on a structural and functional level. I have co-authored >130 publications and have two international patents of the concept of completely percolated single-crystal mullite microstructures with unique high-temperature capabilities. My teaching capabilities are well documented as being the only staff in the School to win the Australian Citation award, the Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence award and the Vice Chancellor's Excellence Teaching Awards.
Current
Source | Topic | Year |
ACARP | Corrosion behaviour of blended cokes | 2020 - Present |
ARC LP (Vecor) | Development of Stabilised Zirconia | 2020 - Present |
Vecor Technologies (Industry) | Development of Novel Products from Fly Ash | 2009 - Present |
ANSTO (Organisation) | Ion Implantation for Producing Doped Materials | 2015 - Present |
ANSTO (Organisation) | Designing Wasteforms for Nuclear Waste Storage | 2018 - Present |
ANSTO (Organisation) | Radiation Damage in Materials | 2018 - Present |
CSIRO (Organisation) | Characterisation of Functional Materials | 2018 - Present |
Brickworks (Industry) | Optimisation of Raw Materials in Brickmaking | 2019 - Present |
Allegra Orthopaedics (Industry) | Optimisation of Biomedical Product Characteristics | 2019 - Present |
Hytec (Industry) | Assessment of Raw Material Quality | 2020 - Present |
BHP (Industry) | Designing Coke Characteristics for Sustainable Steelmaking | 2020 - Present |
POSCO (Industry) | Assessment of Coal Resource Quality for Steelmaking | 2020 - Present |
Map-to-Mine (Industry) | Assessment of Mineral Quality for Industries | 2021 - Present |
MCM (Industry) | Investigation of Protection Mechanisms in Concrete | 2021 - Present |
Past
Source | Topic | Year |
ACARP | High Temperature Properties of Blended Cokes | 2019-2021 |
ARC LP (Topfibre) | Mullite-Based Composites from Topaz | 2017-2020 |
ARC DP | Photocatalytic Bioceramic Nanoparticles | 2017-2020 |
ARC LP (Vecor) | Waste Material Utilisation | 2015-2018 |
POSCO (Industry) | High-Temperature Coke Properties and Performance | 2017 |
Aurecon (Industry) | Refractory Failure Analysis | 2016 |
ACARP (Industry) | High-Temperature Coke Strength Testing | 2015-2018 |
Cook Medical (Industry) | Air Purification Unit Design | 2015-2016 |
Angloamerican (Industry) | Analysis of Steel Plate and Bolt Failure | 2016 |
POSCO (Industry) | Value added products from coal tar | 2015 |
Faculty of Science | Utilisation of Fly Ash for Value Added Products | 2009-2010 |
Personal
Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence | UNSW | 2019 |
Australian Citation Award for Teaching Excellence | Australian Govt | 2017 |
Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence | UNSW | 2016 |
Faculty of Science Award for Teaching Excellence | UNSW | 2015 |
Endeavour International Post-Graduate Research Scholarship | UNSW | 2006-2008 |
1st Rank: Masters Degree (Materials Science and Technology) | NIT-C, India | 2004 |
1st Rank & University Medal: Bachelor Degree (Mechanical Engineering) | University of Kerala, India | 2002 |
Students
Bernadette Pudadera | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering / Master in Biomedical Engineering | 2021 |
Jiachen Jiang | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering | 2021 |
Edward Whitelock | 2nd Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia Oct 2021, Sydney | 2021 |
Vienna Wong | 4th Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia Oct 2021, Sydney | 2021 |
Joel Luke Abraham | AINSE Residential Student Scholarship | PhD Scholarship Topup | 2021 |
Thibault de Villenoisy | 1st Prize: Presentation | Materials Engineering Section: Faculty of Science Thesis Presentation | 2021 |
Madi Moar | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering / Master in Biomedical Engineering | 2020 |
Joel Luke Abraham | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering | 2020 |
Bernadette Pudadera | 1st Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia 7 Nov 2020, Sydney | 2020 |
Aurpa Bhuiyan | 3rd Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia 7 Nov 2020, Sydney | 2020 |
Vicki Zhong | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering / Master in Biomedical Engineering | 2019 |
Alan Cen | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering / Master in Biomedical Engineering | 2019 |
Keenan Burrough | University Medal | Bachelor in Materials Engineering | 2019 |
Sophie E. Armstrong | 1st Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia 23 Oct 2019, Sydney | 2019 |
Michelle Yeoh | 1st Prize: Poster Presentation | ANSTO Young Researchers Forum 8 September 2019, Sydney | 2019 |
Sajjad S. Mofarah | 1st Prize: Best Presentation | Intl. Conference of Nanomaterials and Biomaterials, 10-12 December 2018, Barcelona, Spain | 2018 |
Hangjuan Ren | 1st Prize: Best Presentation | ACS Fall Conference, 19-23 August, Boston, MA, USA – Materials for Energy Session | 2018 |
Kochurani K. Johnson | 1st Prize: Poster Presentation | CAMS2018, 26-29 November, Wollongong | 2018 |
Michelle Yeoh | 1st Prize: Poster Presentation | Materials Australia, 5 December 2018, Sydney | 2018 |
Benjamin Fishburn | 2nd Prize: Student Presentation | Materials Australia 6 Dec 2017, Sydney | 2017 |
Zhao Liu | 3rd Prize: Poster Presentation | Materials Postgraduate Society Poster Competition, UNSW | 2016 |
Sultan Albarakati | 1st Prize: Poster Presentation | Materials Postgraduate Society Poster Competition, UNSW | 2015 |
Zhao Liu | 3rd Prize: Poster Presentation | Materials Postgraduate Society Poster Competition, UNSW | 2015 |
Wen-Fan Chen | 3rd Prize: Poster Presentation | Materials Postgraduate Society Poster Competition, UNSW | 2014 |
Hao Qiu & Wai-Ling Kwong | Best Paper: Nanotechnology | 10th Eco-Energy and Materials Science and Engineering (EMSES2012) 5-8 December 2012, Ubon-Ratchathani, Thailand | 2012 |
Hsin Chen | 2nd Prize: Presentation | 10th Eco-Energy and Materials Science and Engineering (EMSES2012), 5-8 December 2012, Ubon-Ratchathani, Thailand | 2012 |
Current Research Fields
My Research Supervision
PhD / Masters
Masters Coursework
Honours
Past Higher Degree Students
Past Honours
Past Masters
My Teaching