Dr. Raj Ladani
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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raj.ladani@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-8180-1015
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Awards and recognition:
2021, Victoria Fellowship, Physical Sciences, Victorian Government.
2020, STEM College Early Career Researcher Research Excellence Award, RMIT University.
2020, School of Engineering Early Career Researcher Award, RMIT University.
2019, RMIT Award for Impact and Collaboration Team Award, The Multifunctional Composites Research Group, RMIT University.
2019, Executive Dean’s Research Excellence Award, RMIT University.
2017, School of Engineering Award for Best PhD Thesis in Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University.
Industry Experience:
Industry collaboration-
Advanced Composite Structures Australia (ACS-A)
Boeing Australia
Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
QinetiQ
National Composites Centre (NCC)
Professional interests:
Technical Committee, International Conference on Composite Materials
Technical Committee, International Conference on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
2021, Victoria Fellowship, Physical Sciences, Victorian Government.
2020, STEM College Early Career Researcher Research Excellence Award, RMIT University.
2020, School of Engineering Early Career Researcher Award, RMIT University.
2019, RMIT Award for Impact and Collaboration Team Award, The Multifunctional Composites Research Group, RMIT University.
2019, Executive Dean’s Research Excellence Award, RMIT University.
2017, School of Engineering Award for Best PhD Thesis in Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University.
Industry Experience:
Industry collaboration-
Advanced Composite Structures Australia (ACS-A)
Boeing Australia
Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
QinetiQ
National Composites Centre (NCC)
Professional interests:
Technical Committee, International Conference on Composite Materials
Technical Committee, International Conference on Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2019 – Present
- Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- School of Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2016 – 2019
Supervisor projects
- 3D Reinforced Multifunctional Fibre Polymer Composites
- 2 May 2024
- 3D Reinforced Multifunctional Fibre Polymer Composites
- 1 Feb 2024
- Nano-reinforced Multifunctional Composites
- 27 Mar 2023
- Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapor Deposition Derived Carbon Nanotube Sheets: Optimization and Applications
- 22 Mar 2023
- Development and Studies of Isotropic Coal tar Pitch-based Carbon Fibers
- 10 Feb 2023
- Bio-inspired hybrid joints for aerospace applications
- 27 Apr 2022
- 3D Reinforced Multifunctional Fibre Polymer Composites
- 25 May 2021
- 3D printed continuous fibre reinforced polymer composites
- 19 Mar 2021
- Self-healing and self-sensing materials for transport infrastructures
- 15 Mar 2021
- 3D printed titanium through-the-thickness micro-pin damage tolerance improvement on hybrid titanium-CFRP joints
- 9 Mar 2021
- Residual Strength of Composites Subject to Environmental and Fatigue Loading
- 17 Mar 2020
- Bioinspired Suture Structures: Design and Optimization
- 6 Aug 2019
- Graphene Reinforced Aerospace Polymer Composites with Improved Toughness and Damage Tolerance
- 4 Apr 2019
- 3D Printed FDM Composites: Fabrication, Microstructure and Properties
- 30 Aug 2018
- Multi-Scale Interlaminar Toughening of Fibre-Polymer Composites
- 12 May 2017
- Three-Dimensional Multifunctional Woven Composites Containing Through-Thickness Metal Filaments
- 11 Jan 2017
Teaching interests
Composite materials and structures for aerospace, Automotive and civil structures; Fatigue and fracture mechanics; Nanocomposite
Research interests
Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology, Other Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Current research projects:
DSTG “Defence structures and materials experimentation collaborative program”
QinetiQ “Multi-Functional Shape Memory Alloy Tufted Composite Joints (MuST) Modelling Framework”
DSTG “Additively Manufactured Pinning Technology For Metal-to-Composite Hybrid Joints (APin-Joint) “
Supervision of PhD students, Masters students and undergraduate thesis projects
Previous projects have included:
DSTG “Bio-inspired toughening of transparent adhesives”
DSTG “Molecular Velcro Adhesives”
DSTG “Exploring the Interplay between composite degradation mechanisms in-service“
Freespace Solutions “Development of Giant Racing Drones”
Current research projects:
DSTG “Defence structures and materials experimentation collaborative program”
QinetiQ “Multi-Functional Shape Memory Alloy Tufted Composite Joints (MuST) Modelling Framework”
DSTG “Additively Manufactured Pinning Technology For Metal-to-Composite Hybrid Joints (APin-Joint) “
Supervision of PhD students, Masters students and undergraduate thesis projects
Previous projects have included:
DSTG “Bio-inspired toughening of transparent adhesives”
DSTG “Molecular Velcro Adhesives”
DSTG “Exploring the Interplay between composite degradation mechanisms in-service“
Freespace Solutions “Development of Giant Racing Drones”
