We concluded a busy and successful year by playing lawn bawls in Randwick. Michal L was killing it and Vitor did well too. Not sure about the others (saw someone making ball hope like a bunny)… We enjoyed lots of pub food and drinks after (hopefully) not getting sunburnt. Have a nice break everyone and […]

Our PhD and PostDoc alumnus Michael has been awarded the Dean’s award for outstanding PhD theses. This award is given to PhD graduates who have completed their PhD in a timely manner, produced a thesis that requires only minimal corrections, received outstanding and/or excellent levels of achievement for all examination criteria, and in the opinion […]

Our group (including all PhD students and PostDocs) travelled to hot Adelaide in South Australia to participate in the Materials Australia CAMS 2024 meeting. We presented around 10 talk and 3 posters, and met with some of our alumni (Arnab, Bernd and Nima). Ally took home the 3rd poster prize on an excellent poster summarising […]

Congratulations to our Honour’s student Stella for securing the 2nd poster prize in the 2024 Materials Australia NSW undergraduate presentation competition. This event was hosted by Western Sydney University on November 28. Stella presented a poster on her Honour’s project on thermo-mechanical processing induced surface failure in Low Nb grade Alloy 718 billets. Well done!