Experience

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  New Touch Industries Pty Ltd

  • Bayswater, Victoria, Australia

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Bayswater, Victoria, Australia

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  Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University

  • Australia
  • Higher Education
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Research Assistant

    • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  • Research Collaborator

    • Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

    Novel research into chemically reversible cross-linking polymer made from sulfur and canola oil has been shown to be reprocessed for up to ten generations without mechanical degradation. Such polymers have also shown an ability to extract mercury from artisanal gold mining water streams common to low socio-economic countries, and also offer flame retardancy when incorporated with wool. Unfortunately, these cross-linking polymers have poor mechanical properties (namely low stiffness, compressive and flexural strength) which severely limits their uptake in common engineering problems. Recent research incorporating recycled carbon fibre has upcycled the material performance to that similar to Class 4 cork and low-density polyethylene (LDPE). However new sustainable streams of fibrous materials including flax, cotton, Ramie,Coir and jute fibres may offer a more environmentally sustainable yet recyclable means of producing reversible cross-linking polymer composites. This project will specifically look into the effects of adding reinforcing fibres (Ramie, flax, Coir, jute and cotton) into cross-linking polymer made from sulfur and canola oil and testing their mechanical performance under tension, compression and flex.

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  McDonald's

  • Nunawadding Victoria Australia

  • Customer Service Representative

    • Oct 2017 - Nov 2018
    • Nunawadding Victoria Australia