Dr Olga Zinovieva

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: I am a Lecturer (equivalent to the rank of assistant professor in North America) in Mechanical Engineering and a Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) at UNSW Canberra. Before coming to UNSW in 2022, I worked at the Airbus Endowed Chair for Integrative Simulation and Engineering of Materials and Processes (University of Bremen, DE). My previous experience also includes work at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and Tomsk State University (RU), and visiting positions at UNSW Canberra, University of Bremen, Sao Paulo State University (BR), and Centre of Materials Mines ParisTech (FR).

Editorial: I am a Junior Editorial Board Member in Journal of Materials Informatics and Digital Manufacturing Technology and a Topical Advisory Panel Member in Metals. In 2023, I served as a Guest Editor in Metals, Special Issue 'Microstructure and Properties of Metallic Materials Produced by Additive Manufacturing').
Professional Membership: SME (formerly the Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Australian Materials Research Society; Women in High Performance Computing; International Association of Advanced Materials; Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy; Associate Fellow); Materials Australia (Certified Materials Professional). I am an ACT representative on the National Awards Committee of Materials Australia.

*** UNSW Canberra offers faculty scholarships of up to $35,000 per annum for PhD students who hold or are close to completion of a First-Class Honours or equivalent undergraduate degree and/or have completed a Masters by Research. In addition, you must meet the UNSW English language requirements. 

 Several types of scholarships are available. For more information, please refer to the following links on how and when to apply for a research degree.

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.