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Emeritus Professor Maria Kazacos

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering, Electrochemistry, Process Control and Simulation

Maria Skyllas-Kazacos is a Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering. Her research and professional interests include:

Dr May Lim

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Chemical Engineering, Water Treatment Processes, Synthesis of Materials, Synthesis of Materials, Composite Materials, Composite and Hybrid Materials, Functional Materials, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Chemical Characterisation of Materials
Keywords:

electromagnetic induction

magnetic properties

tio2 photocatalytic reaction

competency-based education

I am a Chemical Engineer who specialises in the design of advanced materials that exhibited useful properties at the nano-length scale.

Dr Emmanuel Alejandro Flores Johnson

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Composite and hybrid materials, Metals and alloy materials, Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation, Modelling and simulation

Dr Emmanuel A Flores-Johnson is a Senior Structural Modeller at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Mechanical and Man

Professor Ingvars Birznieks

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurobiology, Sensory Systems, Neurosciences, Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance, Peripheral Nervous System, Biomedical Engineering
SEO tags:

Nervous System and Disorders

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Keywords:

Dr Ingvars Birznieks is a sensory neurophysiologist interested in sensory information encoding mechanisms.

Professor Richard Buckland

Faculty: Division of VC & President
Fields of Research (FoR): Computer System Security, Computer System Security, Data Security, Crime Policy, Risk Engineering (excl. Earthquake Engineering), Risk theory, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators, Teacher Education: Higher Education, Teacher Education: Primary, Teacher Education: Secondary, Professional Development of Teachers not elsewhere
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National Security

Communication Networks and Services

Professor Richard Buckland is the Director of First Year Experience of UNSW.

Emeritus Professor Ian Acworth

Faculty: Engineering

Emeritus Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Robert Frank Care

Faculty: Engineering

Professor of Practice in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mr Peng Di

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Programming Languages, Software Engineering

Dr Peng Di is an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNSW. His personal home page: https://pengd.github.io

Dr Ali Kashani

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Construction Materials, Construction Engineering
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Construction Materials Performance and Processes

Environmentally Sustainable Construction

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Keywords:

alkali-activated geopolymer concrete

automation

carbon capture and storage

Dr Igor Shikhov

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering
SEO tags:

Oil and Gas Extraction

Oil and Gas Exploration

Dr Juan Pablo Escobedo-Diaz

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Condensed Matter Physics - Structural Properties, Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation, Mechanical Engineering
SEO tags:

Materials performance and processes

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Associate Professor Edward Obbard

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Nuclear Engineering (incl. Fuel Enrichment and Waste Processing and Storage), Metals and Alloy Materials, Mineralogy and Crystallography, Condensed Matter Physics, Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques, Radiation and Matter, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Performance Evaluation; Testing and Simulation of Reliability, Virtual Reality and Related Simulation, Design Innovation
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Nuclear Energy

Materials performance and processes

Energy

Workplace Safety

Technological and Organisational Innovation

I am a nuclear materials engineer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney.

Professor Paul J Hazell

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Materials, Composite Materials, Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation, Condensed Matter Physics

Paul Hazell is a professor of impact dynamics in the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) at UNSW Canberra. Paul is also the Director of the Impact Dynamics Research Group (IDRG) a

Assistant Professor Marion Anne Burgess

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Environmental Engineering, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Acoustics and Noise Control (excl. Architectural Acoustics)
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Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Management of Noise and Vibration from Transport Activities

Professor Neeraj Sharma

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Solid State Chemistry, Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering
SEO tags:

Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences

Keywords:

in-situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction

sodium ion batteries

lithium ion batteries

all solid state lithium batteries

lithium sulfur batteries

recycling

Professor Per Zetterlund

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Polymers, Polymers and Plastics, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Composite and Hybrid Materials, Chemical Engineering
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Polymeric Materials (e.g. Paints)

Paints

Organic Industrial Chemicals (excl. Resins, Rubber and Plastics)

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Associate Professor Warren Ferrers Smith

Faculty: UNSW Canberra

Memberships FRINA, MSNAME Research Interests

Mr Ian Ross Coghlan

Faculty: Engineering

Senior Project Engineer at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Water Research Laboratory (WRL)

Associate Professor Pierre Le Clech

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Membrane and Separation Technologies, Chemical Engineering, Water Treatment Processes, Wastewater Treatment Processes
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Water Recycling Services (incl. Sewage and Greywater)

Dr Pierre Le-Clech is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and is a member of the

Dr Yincai Zhou

Faculty: Engineering

Professional Officer in Surveying & Geospatial Engineering School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW SYDNEY Chief Remote Pilot, UNSW SYDNEY

Dr Jia Guo

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Operations research, Optimisation, Modelling and simulation, Machine learning, Rail transportation and freight services, Air transportation and freight services, Stochastic analysis and modelling

Dr Jia Guo is a research associate at the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation

Associate Professor Mohit Naresh Shivdasani

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomedical Engineering, Animal Physiology - Systems, Neurosciences, Opthalmology and Vision Science, Sensory Systems, Biomedical Instrumentation
Keywords:

neural prostheses

neuromodulation

retina

retinal prosthesis modelling

cochlear implant

electrophysiology

blind and/or vision impaired

inflammatory bowel diseases

Dr Mohit Shivdasani arrived in Australia from India to pursue a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Associate Professor Wei Wen

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Radiology and Organ Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

Dr Wei Wen is a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist

Professor Cyrille Andre Boyer

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Nanomedicine, Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering, Synthesis of Macromolecules, Characterisation of Macromolecules

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Fuel stratification to enable higher load operation in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines

The project will contribute fundamental knowledge towards the development of the clean and highly efficient homogeneous charge compression ignition engine concept.