Fugen Daver

Associate Professor Fugen Daver

Associate Professor

Details

  • College: School of Engineering
  • Department: School of Engineering
  • Campus: Bundoora East Australia
  • fugen.daver@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Accomplishment/Awards

- Councillor, Society of Plastics Engineers, Australia New Zealand Section (SPE: A-NZ) 2009-2011
- Education Leader, (SPE: A-NZ) 2005-2007
- The Society of Plastics Engineering, Education Award (2007)
- RMIT University Teaching Award - Innovation in Curricula, Learning and Teaching (2007)
- Curriculum design for MEng (Manufacturing) by Coursework Program (2008)
- Text-book: 'Automotive Materials' (2008).
- Courseware development: 'Automotive Materials' (2008).
- Courseware development : 'Advanced Materials' (2004).

Supervisor projects

  • Biodegradable multiphase composite films for food packaging
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Development of smart biodegradable films for food packaging (RMIT-AcSIR cotutelle PhD program)
  • 18 Dec 2023
  • Biodegradable Seed Encapsulant for Aerial Reforestation using UAV’s
  • 9 Feb 2022
  • Nanocelluloses, Their Modification and Application to Reinforce Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Bioplastic
  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Development of Biodegradable Nanostructured Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Packaging Films
  • 1 Oct 2018
  • Graphene-Polyamide-6 Composite for Additive Manufacture of Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Components
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • Waste-derived Mycelium Materials for Non-structural and Semi-structural Applications
  • 22 Feb 2016
  • Modelling of Apparel Life Cycle for Achieving Sustainability
  • 25 Aug 2015

Teaching interests

Functional composites/nanocomposites; polymer surfaces; biomimetic materials; additive manufacturing; Materials Engineering; Advanced Materials; Automotive Materials

Research interests

Functional polymer matrix composites; Biomimetic materials; Additive manufacturing
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