School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

Dr Mitch Dunn

Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow & Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Affiliate of Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
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Researcher biography

Mitch is an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow in the UQ Composites group within the Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM).

Mitch's research focuses on creating structures that have electromagnetically interesting properties, such as integrated antenna functionality, transparency to radiofrequency (RF) waves or shielding from electromagnetic interference. His Fellowship focuses on developing novel high-temperature antennas for hypersonic flight, in partnership with Hypersonix Launch Systems and DMTC Limited.

Mitch has interest in a wide range of material research activities, including:

  • multifunctional composite materials,
  • non-destructive evaluation,
  • novel material systems,
  • high-temperature and hypersonic applications,
  • novel RF/antenna applications for Defence and space.

He received his PhD from UQ in 2018 for his work on the detection of laminar damage in composite laminates using nonlinear ultrasonic techniques. Recently, he has worked extensively on industry technology development and innovation projects focused around multifunctional composite materials and conformal, load-bearing antenna structures.

Publications

Journal Articles (2)
Conference Papers (7)
Theses (2)

Journal Articles

Gomez, Calvin, Dunn, Mitchell, Veidt, Martin and Reiner, Johannes (2023). Finite Element Simulation of Fiber Reinforced Composites under Bi-Axial Loading. International Journal of Computational Methods, 21 (08) 2241004. doi: 10.1142/s0219876222410043
Veivers, Harry, Bermingham, Michael, Dunn, Mitchell and Veidt, Martin (2021). Layup optimisation of laminated composite tubular structures under thermomechanical loading conditions using PSO. Composite Structures, 276 114483, 114483. doi: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114483

Conference Papers

He, J., Serati, M., Veidt, M. and Dunn, M. (2025). Continuous Nonlinear Ultrasonic Monitoring of Rock: Advances in Experimental Setup and Data Acquisition. ARMA. doi: 10.56952/arma-2025-0096
Gomez, Calvin, Dunn, Mitch, Veidt, Martin and Reiner, Johannes (2024). Efficient finite element simulation of NCF Composites under biaxial loads. 11th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2024), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-9 February 2024. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Veivers, Harry, Bermingham, Michael, Dunn, Mitch and Veidt, Martin (2024). Layup optimisation and response of lightweight composite tubular structures under thermomechanical loading conditions using particle swarm optimisation. 11th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2024), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-9 February 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Veidt, Martin, Dunn, Mitch and Carcione, Alessandro (2024). Time-domain nonlinear ultrasonics for damage assessment and integrity evaluation of materials and structures. 11th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2024), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7-9 February 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Dunn, Mitch, Carcione, Alessandro, Khoury-Brooks, Mark, Yarrow, Sean and Veidt, Martin (2023). Mechanical and RF characterisation of SMA connections in functional composite laminates. 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), Belfast, United Kingdom, July 30 - August 4, 2023. Northern Ireland, United Kingdom: Queen's University Belfast.
Dunn, M., Carcione, A., Blanloeuil, P. and Veidt, M. (2017). Critical aspects of experimental damage detection methodologies using nonlinear vibro-ultrasonics. 6th Asia Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, APWSHM 2016, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 7 - 9 December 2016. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.466
Dunn, Mitchell, Veidt, Martin, Blanloeuil, Philippe, Gunnion, Andrew and Wang, Chun H. (2014). Detection of laminar damage in composite beams using nonlinear ultrasonic modulation techniques. ACAM 8: 8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 23-26 November, 2014. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.

Theses

Dunn, Mitchell (2018). Nonlinear vibro-ultrasonics for detection of damage and weak bonds in composites. PhD Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.209
Dunn, Mitchell (2011). Application of Wavelet Parameters for Damage Characterisation in Beams. B.Sc Thesis, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland.

Areas of research

Advanced materials processing and manufacturing