STAFF PROFILE
Professor Robert Shanks
Position:
Emeritus Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Email:
robert.shanks@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
- Upcycling solutions for hazardous claddings and co-mingled waste. Funded by: Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) - Sebastian from (2020 to 2024)
- The Synthesis and Evaluation of White Nano Particles. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects via other University Grant pre-2014 from (2004 to 2006)
- Application and Evaluation of New Phase Change Materials in Textiles for Minimisation of Heat Stress in Elite Athletes.. Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects 2003 Round 2 from (2003 to 2006)
- Characterization facilities for new macromolecular architectures. Funded by: ARC LIEF 2003 from (2003 to 2003)
- Computer-aided Design of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers (VPAC 2001). Funded by: VPAC Expertise Grant pre-2014 from (2002 to 2003)
31 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
Investigation of the chemical structure and microstructure of polymers and polymer blends and how this affects physical, thermal and mechanical properties.
- Lee, K.,Baum, T.,Shanks, R.,Daver, F. (2021). Graphene–polyamide-6 composite for additive manufacture of multifunctional electromagnetic interference shielding components In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 138, 1 - 11
- Houshyar, S.,Kumar, G.,Padhye, R.,Shanks, R.,Bhattacharyya, A. (2021). Polyamide-nanodiamond filament In: Materials Letters, 285, 1 - 3
- Nassar, N.,Whitehead, F.,Istivan, T.,Shanks, R.,Kasapis, S. (2021). Manipulation of the glass transition properties of a high-solid system made of acrylic acid-n,n'-methylenebisacrylamide copolymer grafted on hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 1 - 15
- Lee, K.,Baum, T.,Shanks, R.,Daver, F. (2021). Electromagnetic interference shielding of 3D-printed graphene–polyamide-6 composites with 3D-printed morphology In: Additive Manufacturing, 43, 1 - 12
- Nayak, R.,Houshyar, S.,Patnaik, A.,Nguyen, L.,Shanks, R.,Padhye, R.,Fergusson, M. (2020). Sustainable reuse of fashion waste as flame-retardant mattress filing with ecofriendly chemicals In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 251, 1 - 9
- Houshyar, S.,Sarker, A.,Jadhav, A.,Kumar, G.,Bhattacharyya, A.,Nayak, R.,Shanks, R.,Saha, T.,Rifai, A.,Padhye, R.,Fox, K. (2020). Polypropylene-nanodiamond composite for hernia mesh In: Materials Science and Engineering C, 111, 1 - 10
- Mustapa, I.,Daud, N.,Shanks, R. (2020). Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of plasticized poly(Lactic-acid) nanocomposites In: Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 12, 701 - 708
- Lee, K.,Brandt, M.,Shanks, R.,Daver, F. (2020). Rheology and 3D Printability of Percolated Graphene–Polyamide-6 Composites In: Polymers, 12, 1 - 15
- Bhuiyan, M.,Wang, L.,Shanks, R.,Ara, Z.,Saha, T. (2020). Electrospun polyacrylonitrile–silica aerogel coating on viscose nonwoven fabric for versatile protection and thermal comfort In: Cellulose, 27, 10501 - 10517
- Houshyar, S.,Pillai, M.,Saha, T.,Kumar, G.,Dekiwadia, C.,Sarker, S.,Sivasubramanian, R.,Shanks, R.,Bhattacharyya, A. (2020). Three-dimensional directional nerve guide conduits fabricated by dopamine-functionalized conductive carbon nanofibre-based nanocomposite ink printing In: RSC Advances, 10, 40351 - 40364