Past Honours Projects

2006 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
F. Arya	Kinetics of Coke Reduction of MnO in Slag	Haiping Sun
M. Chen	Dissolution of Carbon from Waste Plastics into Liquid Iron	Veena Sahajwalla
J. Chung	Polyurethane Nanocomposites	Alan Crosky
A. Davies	Ceramic-Metal Brazing for Biomedical Applications	Chris Sorrell/ Cochlear
D. Hanaor	Oxygen Dependence of Figure of Merit in High-Z Thermoelectric Materials for Power Regeneration	Sean Li
R. Hilton	The Origin of Abnormal Subgrain Growth During Annealing	Michael Ferry
R. P. Hoo	Finite Element Modelling of Human Tooth	Mark Hoffman
R. James	Biodegradable Composites	Alan Crosky
J. Kirk	Hydroxyapatite Ceramics	Owen Standard
J. Lee	Reactions of Plastics with Liquid Steel	Veena Sahajwalla
A. Leung	Synthesis and Characterisation of Nanopolymers	Sri Bandyopadhyay
W. Lin	Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites	Alan Crosky
T.K. Lu	Titanium Matrix Composites Reinforced with Nanometric Particulates	Sammy Chan
M. Lum	Wear of Rubber (WARMAN)	Mark Hoffman
D. Musgrove	Directed Fibre Placement in Composites	Alan Crosky
A. Phan	Polymers	Anne Simmons (GSBME)
A. Roberts	Si-Doped Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) Coatings for Bio-tribological Applications	Mark Hoffman
F. Sing	Phase Development and Characterisation for Pb-free Bi-Based Piezoceramics	Valanoor Nagarajan
B. Smith	Development of Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistant Aluminium Alloys	Alan Crosky
A. Taouk	Study of the Effect of Ternary Additions on the Defect Behaviour of FeAl	Paul Munroe
L. Thompson	Carbon Anodes in the Hall-Heroult Process for Producing Aluminium	Veena Sahajwalla
R. Weerackoon	Rate of Reaction between Fe-C Droplet and Slag Containing FeO	Haiping Sun
S. Wicks	Polarisation Relaxation Kinetics in Ferroelectric Thin Films	Valanoor Nagarajan
I. Wijoyo	Carbothermal Reduction of Alumina	Oleg Ostrovski
B. Xu	Bulk Density of Coal	Aibing Yu

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
D. Berger	Fragmentation Mechanisms of Protein and Amino Acids	Lamb/Russell (Chem)
J. Chen	Extending PDMS FET Stamps to Low Temperature and Conventional Semiconductors	Hamilton/ Micolich (Phys)
H. L. Chen	Synthesis of Inorganic Materials for Random Laser	Li (Mats)
T.C-J Chen	Production of Microdevices via Nanoforming of BMGs	Ferry (Mats)
M. Choucair	New Routes to Nanostructures	Stride (Chem)
K. Chow	High Performance Nanostructured Nickel Electrodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Nickel Batteries	Chan (Mats)
K. Chuang	Thin Film Nickel Hydroxide Electrode for Rechargeable Miniature Batteries	Chan (Mats)
T. Ellis	Novel Routes to New Materials	Stride (Chem)
L.G.Y. Fai	Sol-Gel Nanotubes	Moran (Chem)
D. Goldstein	Synthesis of Novel Anti-Microbial Surfaces	Kumar (Chem)
M. Hambe	Development of Functional Scanned Probe Microscope	Nagarajan (Mats)
L. Hall	Surface Structure of Hydroxyapatite	Russell (Chem)
L.M. H. Lai	Porous Silicon Transducers for Highly Sensitive Biosensors	Gooding (Chem)
P. Lelliot	Cryptophyte Light Harvesting Proteins	Curmi/ Wilk (Phys)
P.S.Y. Leung	The Potential Impact of Nanomaterials on Environment - The Behaviour of Nanoparticles and Nanotubes Adsorbed	Lamb/ Zhang (Chem)
C.Y.W. Lin	Fabrication of Advanced Aluminium Matrix Composites Using Reciprocating Extrusion	Chan (Mats)
A. Ng	Photovoltaics Go Ballistic TiO2-Single-Wall-Carbon-Nanotube (SWCNT)-Ruthenium Dye Devices	Singh (Chem)
J. Sokolova	Development of Air-Gap PDMS Stamps for Organic Semiconductors Devices	Hamilton/ Micolich (Phys)
K. Wong	Nanoparticles from Photocatalytic Reactions -  Experimental and Simulation Studies	Yu (Chem)
J. J. Yang	Development of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors for Spin Transistors	Li (Mats)
J. Younger	High Efficiency Self-Cleaning Titania Photocatalysts	Singh (Chem)

2005 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
R. Allan	Lead Free Ultra-High Piezoelectrics	Nagarajan Valanoor
M. Beric	Kinetics of Reaction between Fe-C-Si Droplet and Slag Containing FeO	Haiping Sun
J. Burg	Damage Evolution in the Focused Ion Beam Miller	Paul Munroe
M. Chen	The Hismelt Process - New Direct Smelting Process	Veena Sahajwalla
F. Collazo	Waste Plastics Utilisation in a Blast Furnace	Veena Sahajwalla
J. Dave	Fabrication of Fire-Rated Electrical Cables	Chris Sorrell
J. Dicker	Synthesis and Superplastic Deformation of Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs)	Michael Ferry
E. Fokkes	Yb-Stabilised Zirconia as a Thermal Barrier Coating Material	Mark Hoffman
J. Francisco	Sol-Gel Deposition of Al2O3 Coatings on CrCoMo Biomedical Alloy	Owen Standard
A. Holloway	Development of Nanocrystalline Alloys for Advanced Structural Applications	Michael Ferry
J. Holloway	Yb-Stabilised Zirconia as a Thermal Barrier Coating Material	Mark Hoffman
L. Kemal	Physical Properties of Metallurgical Slag	Haiping Sun
D. Kennington	The Hismelt Process - New Direct Smelting Process	Veena Sahajwalla
E. Lauer	Production of Microdevices via Nanoforming of BMGs	Michael Ferry
L. Ly	Bonding of Materials Using Geopolymers	Owen Standard
B. Pacitti	Imaging of Dislocations Using SEM-Based Technique	Paul Munroe
M. Pincott	Characterisation Analysis of Physical Ageing of Composites by AFM, TEM, Raman, DSC and TGA	Sri Bandyopadhyay
L. Queddeng	High Performance Ni-MH Batteries	Sammy Chan
D. Sampson	Sol-Gel Deposition of Al2O3 Coatings on CrCoMo Biomedical Alloys	Owen Standard
Y. Sarmast	Creation of Finite Element Model for Contact Stress in Teeth	Mark Hoffman
P. Slack	Creation of a Finite Element Model for Indentation and Wear of Multilayered Thin Films	Mark Hoffman
E. Tanaka	High Temperature Oxidation of Waste Plastic Materials	Veena Sahajwalla
J. Wu	Development of High-Z Thermoelectric Materials for Regenerative/ Self-Powered Electrical System	Sean Li

2004 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
Heidi Chu	Pressure Casting and Densification of PZT Ceramics	Owen Standard
S. Davies	Stress Corrosion Cracking of Steel Anchorbolts	Alan Crosky
M. Dobrovits	Use of Micro Raman Spectroscopy in the Detection of Fraud	Alan Crosky
Wes Easmam	Coke Reactivity with Slag	Veena Sahajwalla
Ben Gibbons	Effect of Annealing Treatment - Polyolefin Polymers	Sri Bandyopadhyay
James Hardie	Titanium	Oleg Ostrovski
I. Kemal	Ageing Characteristics of Al Composite Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes	Sammy Chan
Steve Kennedy	Segregation in Bioceramics	Chris Sorrell
Susan Lee	Improvement on the Self-Discharge Behaviour of Ni-MH Batteries	Sammy Chan
Julie Leung	Peel Testing of Adhesives for Sheet Steel	Mark Hoffman
L. Lumbewe	Wear of Superhard Nanocomposite Coatings	Mark Hoffman
Kurt Notlen-Read	Characterisation of Novel Graphite	Chris Sorrell
Dave Paton	Creation of a Finite Element Model for Indentation and Wear of Coatings	Mark Hoffman
Steve Pulic	Study of the Size-Dependence Properties of Ceria Nanoparticles	Sri Bandyopadhyay
Brenton Rodgers	Wettability of Refractories by Melts in New Casting Processes for Steel	Veena Sahajwalla
Karl Toppler	Structural Clay Ceramics	Owen Standard
B. Toth-Antal	Damage Evolution in the Focused Ion Beam Miller	Alan Crosky
Mok Wei	Development of Nanocrystalline Alloys - Structural Applications	Michael Ferry
Jacob Wood	Waste Plastic Utilisation in a Blast Furnace	Veena Sahajwalla

2003 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
Peter Brouwer	Characterisation of Oxide Nanoparticles	Sri Bandyopadhyay
Derek Cheng	Carbon-Slag Interactions	Veena Sahajwalla
Daniel Cole	Head Resistant Alloys to Resist Carbon	David Young
David Cole	Contact Fatigue of TiN on Steel	Mark Hoffman
Mark Dragar	Nanocrystalline Alloys	Paul Munroe
Rebekah Earnshaw	Sol-Gel Deposition of Al2O3 Coatings on CoCr	Owen Standard
Nicholas Hamilton	Al Alloys	Michael Ferry
Sebastian Henry	Direct Fibre Placement in Composites	Alan Crosky
Georgia Kiriakkopoulos	Mechanical Behaviour of Al2O3 Coatings on CoCr	Owen Standard
Ross Marceau	Superplastic Processing of Nanocrystalline Alloys	Michael Ferry
Namil Jang	Porous Bioceramics	Owen Standard
Timothy Nelson	Phase Equilibria of Ceramics	Chris Sorrell
Neil Shaddick	Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites	Alan Crosky
David Trinh	Superconducting Ceramics	Chris Sorrell
Suhendry Ui	Activated Carbon	Haiping Sun
Jami Walsh	Carbothermal Solid State Reduction of Titanium Ore in Hydrogen or Helium Atmosphere	Oleg Ostrovski

2002 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
Finn Hoile	Focused Ion Beam Induced Defect Production and Charging in Device Materials	Paul Munroe
Jo Hugman	Characterisation of Anti-Reflective Coatings for Solar Cells	Alan Crosky
Han Sol Kang	Bioceramic Coatings	Owen Standard
Kevin Laws	Strip Casting of Magnesium	Michael Ferry
Minh Le	Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites	Alan Crosky
Paul MacDonald	Transmission Electron Microscope Analysis of Nitrogen Implanted Titanium Alloys	Paul Munroe
Rhea Manalo	Consistency of Heat Treatment Process on Shearing Combs	Alan Crosky
Patricia Martyn	Heat and Mass Transfer in Blast Furnace Cohesive Zone	Aibing Yu
Warren McKenzie	Contact Fatigue of Nanocomposite Ceramics	Mark Hoffman
Edgar Mendez	Effect of Temperature Upon Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Behaviour of Modified and Unmodified PVC	Chris Sorrell
Maria Nowotny	Oxygen Conductivity of Ceramics	Owen Standard
Leigh Sheppard	Effect of Gas Phase on the Microwave Sintering, Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Undoped TiO2	Owen Standard
Gareth Watson	Microstructure Development of Thin SiO2 Layers Formed During Oxidation fo Si	Chris Sorrell/ Janusz Nowotny

2001 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
Sarah Boddington	Effect of Aluminium on Degassing of Incoloy	Peter Krauklis
Robin Campbell	WASM Exchange	David Young
Tharukshini Fernando	Reduction of Ilmenite by Methane-Containing Gas	Oleg Ostrovski
Elizabeth Kolos	Nucleation and Crystallisation of Glass Ceramics by Microwave Processing	Owen Standard
Jacqueline Lee	Coal Based Direct Reduction of Iron Ores	Veena Sahajwalla
Justin Lucas	Deformation of Thin Films	Paul Munroe
Cheng Chau Lum	Development of Bioceramics	Chris Sorrell
Craig Murray	Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites	Alan Crosky
Jo-Di Ng	Sustained Load Crack Growth in Aluminium Alloys	Alan Crosky
Marek Panasko	Microstructure and Properties of Metal Coated Polymers for Biomedical Applications	Peter Krauklis
Nathan Paoloni	Coating of Porous Structure with Ceramic Washcoats	Owen Standard
Gavin Parry	Alternative Technology for Processing Ti-Minerals: Titanium Nitridation	Oleg Ostrovski
James Pezzutti	Particle Percolation in a Packed Bed: Effect of Gas Flow	Aibing Yu
Rulianto Ranamaggala	In-Service Lifetime Predictions of Piezoelectric Ceramics, Particularly for Sonars	Mark Hoffman
Wilfred Sharp	TBA	Sri Bandyopadhyay
Alyssa Stewart	Metal/Slag/Carbon Interactions During Utilisation of Waste Materials	Veena Sahajwalla
Kate Suppel	Deformation Behaviour of Sapphire Implanted with Ni2+ and Au2+	Paul Munroe
Anthony Teo	Determination of Stresses in Functionally Graded Ceramic/Polymer Interfaces Using Raman Spectroscopy	Mark Hoffman
Andrew Zwaneveld	Recovery Kinetics in Cold Rolled Strip-Cast Steel	Michael Ferry

2000 Honours Projects

Student	Project Title	Supervisor
Brad Belcher	Flow Phenomena in a Blast Furnace with High Pulverised Coal Injection	Aibing Yu
Andrew Brown	Extrusion of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Piezoelectric Ceramics	Owen Standard
Jock Buchanan	Ceramic Matrix Composites	Chris Sorrell
Tristan Burg	A Study of the Effect of Prior Cold Work and Precipitation on the Recrystallisation Behaviour of a 2XXX Series Aluminium Metal Matrix Composites	Paul Munroe/Michael Ferry
Benjamin Cirulis	Multiple Internal Precipitation Reactions	David Young
David Cornell	Korea (Metal Matrix Composites)	Sri Bandyopadhyay
Brad Drinkwater	Focused Ion Beam Milling of Powders	Paul Munroe
Rowena Eadie	Abrasive Wear of Heat Treated Medium-Carbon Tool Steel	Peter Krauklis
Tran Ho	Korea (Metals)	Paul Munroe
Jacob Jonker	Recovery Kinetics in Cold Rolled Strip-Cast Steel	Michael Ferry
Adam Lane	Manganese Ore Reduction Using Methane Containing Gas	Oleg Ostrovski
Hengky Lie	Water-based Paints	Sri Bandyopadhyay
Raymond Longbottom	Solid State Titaniferous Reduction	Oleg Ostrovski
Michael Mercer	Development of Bioceramics	Chris Sorrell
Michael Osborne	Self-Lubrication and Protective Surface Layer Formation for Enhancement of Wear Resistance in Ceramics and Ceramics Composites	Mark Hoffman
Timothy Palmer	Determination of the Mechanical and Electrical Constants of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Piezoelectric Ceramics and Their Dependence Upon Microstructure	Owen Standard
Kylie Robb	Interaction of Hot Metal with Carbonaceous Materials in a Blast Furnace	Veena Sahajwalla
Andrea Rodrigues	Wettability of Refractories by Melts in the New Casting Processes for Steel	Veena Sahajwalla
Joseph Tjokrawinoto	Fracture of Conducting Polymer Films	Mark Hoffman
Emily Tran	Korea (Wet Corrosion, Hot Corrosion or Superalloys)	David Young