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School Executive

  • Professor Ross McAree

    Head of School & Head of School & Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies

    Professor Lydia Kavanagh

    Office of the Vice-Chancellor
    President of the Academic Board

    Associate Professor Ruth Knibbe

    Deputy Head of School, Research Leader in Electrochemical Energy Systems, Coordinator, Equity and Diversity
    ARC Future Fellow & Deputy Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    ARC COE for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    Affiliate of Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
    Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
    Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
    Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

    Dr Michael Heitzmann

    Director - Research - School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Tyson Phillips

    Director - Teaching and Learning - School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr David Gildfind

    Director - Higher Degree Research

Academic staff

  • Associate Professor Zhongwei Chen

    Research Leader in Geological Storage of Hydrogen

    Professor Matthew Dargusch

    Acting Associate Dean (Research)
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

    Dr David Gildfind

    Director - Higher Degree Research

    Associate Professor Rowan Gollan

    Associate Professor & Associate Professor & Director of HDR Students of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Centre for Hypersonics
    Centre for Hypersonics

    Dr Michael Heitzmann

    Director - Research - School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Azadeh Jafari

    Lecturer
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Professor Lydia Kavanagh

    Office of the Vice-Chancellor
    President of the Academic Board

    Dr Alexander Klimenko

    FCI, D.Eng, Centre Director

    Associate Professor Ruth Knibbe

    Deputy Head of School, Research Leader in Electrochemical Energy Systems, Coordinator, Equity and Diversity
    ARC Future Fellow & Deputy Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    ARC COE for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    Affiliate of Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
    Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
    Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
    Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

    Dr Christopher Leonardi

    Director of Teaching and Learning, Research Leader in NG and Transition to Hydrogen
    Associate Professor & Director of Teaching and Learning of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
    Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

    Dr Yuanshen Lu

    Centre Deputy Director

    Professor Ross McAree

    Head of School & Head of School & Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies

    Professor Paul Meehan

    Director of Research
    Affiliate of Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
    Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
    Director of Research of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Travis Mitchell

    Centre Coordinator

    Dr Tyson Phillips

    Director - Teaching and Learning - School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Professor Anand Veeraragavan

    Chair, Research Committee
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

Research staff

Professional staff

Technical staff

  • Mr Daniel Graham

    Senior Technical Officer
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

Emeritus, Honorary and Adjunct Staff

Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Multiscale Energy Systems

  • Emeritus Professor Andrej Atrens

    Research Leader in Hydrogen Embrittlement
    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Emeritus Professor Klaus Bremhorst

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Associate Professor Zhongwei Chen

    Research Leader in Geological Storage of Hydrogen

    Dr Alexander Klimenko

    FCI, D.Eng, Centre Director

    Dr Matthew Kratzer

    Post Doctoral Research Fellow
    School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

    Emeritus Professor Hal Gurgenci

    Research Leader in Power-Generation Cycles
    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Emeritus Professor Michael Hood

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Azadeh Jafari

    Lecturer
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Associate Professor Ruth Knibbe

    Deputy Head of School, Research Leader in Electrochemical Energy Systems, Coordinator, Equity and Diversity
    ARC Future Fellow & Deputy Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    ARC COE for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide
    Affiliate of Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
    Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
    Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
    Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

    Dr Christopher Leonardi

    Director of Teaching and Learning, Research Leader in NG and Transition to Hydrogen
    Associate Professor & Director of Teaching and Learning of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
    Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems

    Adjunct Professor Bruce Leslie

    Adjunct Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Yuanshen Lu

    Centre Deputy Director

    Emeritus Professor Pra Murthy

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Travis Mitchell

    Centre Coordinator

    Mr Prashant Parulekar

    Adjunct Lecturer
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Mr Jyothikrishna Perambadur

    Industry Fellow
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

    Dr Yuanshen Lu

    Centre Deputy Director

Future Autonomous Systems and Technology

Hypersonics

School Executive

Academic staff

Research staff

Professional staff

Technical staff

Emeritus, Honorary and Adjunct Staff

Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Multiscale Energy Systems

Future Autonomous Systems and Technology

Hypersonics