School of Mechanical & Mining Engineering

Dr Mitch Dunn

Research Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
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Researcher biography

Mitch Dunn is a Research Fellow within the UQ Composites group, in the school of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. He has interest in a wide range of material research activities, including functional composite materials, non-destructive evaluation, novel material systems, high-temperature applications, instrumentation, and novel RF/antenna applications in Defence.

Mitch has worked within the UQ Composites group since 2010 on a diverse set of projects, from exploring the use of novel natural-fibres in composites, modelling of ultrasonic wave propagation, advanced manufacturing processes, product development and innovation, nondestructive testing and development of hybrid composite materials systems. Mitch 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 administered through DMTC, including in the role of project leader and program leader (Enabling Technologies and High Temperature Sub-Assemblies).

Publications

Journal Articles (2)
Conference Papers (3)
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 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

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