Staff and Students
Staff members
Professor Zhan Chen
BE, ME, Ph.D (The University of Auckland) 1990
Research interests: Selective laser melting and electron beam melting, welding (and friction stir welding), machinability, physical metallurgy and mechanical behaviours of materials
Associate Professor Timotius Pasang
BE, ME, Ph.D (Monash University) 2001
Research interests: Welding technologies and welding metallurgy, machinability, failure analysis, mechanical behaviours of materials
Dr. Maziar Ramezani
BSc, MSc, Ph.D (University of Science, Malaysia) 2010
Research interests: Tribology, computer modelling, additive manufacturing, metal forming, impact mechanics, fracture mechanics and failure analysis
PhD students
| Name | Project | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Kourosh Darvish | Effects of laser power on structure formation during selective laser melting and fatigue crack behaviours of the Co-29Cr-6Mo alloy | 2014-2017 |
| Mana Aziziderouei | Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti Alloys processed by Electron Beam Melting (EBM) | 2014-2018 |
| Mahros Darsin | Drill-ability of Titanium Alloy 6246 | 2014-2017 |
| Doddy Parningotan | Production of discontinuity free Al-to-Cu plates that last by friction stir lap welding (study on thermomechanical, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects) | 2014-2018 |
| Mohammadreza Arjmandi | Mechanical and tribological evaluation of a novel three-dimentional woven composite for minimally invasive joint implant | 2015-2018 |
| Khashayar Khanlari | Mechanical and tribological characterisation of Nitinol60 parts manufactured by different powder metallurgy processes | 2015-2018 |
| Minh Phan | Metallurgical study of electron beam melting of a Co-Cr-Ni-W alloy | 2016-2018 |
| Mehdi Saeidi | Development of a novel natural articular motion implant for knee osteoarthritis | 2016-2019 |
| Muhammad Asif | Mechanical characterisation, analysis and optimisation of a new photopolymer extrusion 3D printing technique | 2016-2019 |
| Udhaya Kumar Aruchamy | Investigation of passivation on corrosion resistance of New Zealand Steel products | 2016-2019 |
| Steve Ales | Studies on fatigue behaviour of dissimilar Al to Ti friction stir lap welds | 2017-2019 |