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Mr. Aaron Blicblau   Senior Lecturer (Materials Engineering)

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Areas:
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering and Science Education Research Group
Tissue Engineering
Office:
ATC840
Phone:
+61 3 9214 8531
Fax:
+61 3 9214 8264
E-Mail:
ablicblau@swin.edu.au
Campus:
Hawthorn
Faculty of Engineering & Industrial Sciences (H38)
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia

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Qualifications

  • BE(Hon) (Mon), MEngSc(UNSW)
  • MIEAust, CEng(IoMMM), CPEng

Major Research Interests

  • Mathematical modelling of engineering processes
  • Failure of engineering materials
  • Engineering education
    • Active Learning
    • Project based learning
    • Syllabus and curriculum development

Research Students

  • Livia Tonge, PhD, (Synthesis and Characterisation of Adhesive Resins) - Successfully completed
  • Nooshin Sadeghi Taheri, M.Eng Candidate, Finite element failure analysis of Dynamic Hip Screw

Teaching Areas

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Failure Analysis
  • Communication and Project Engineering

Selected Journal Publications

  1. Blicblau, A.S., Interactive Capstone Portfolios, International Journal of Engineering Education (2008), vol. 24, no. 6, pp1078-1083
  2. Blicblau, A.S., Singh, M., McConnell, E. and Pleaner, M. (2008), Stress analysis of a novice windsurfer sail by finite element analysis, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 47, Issues 11-12, June 2008, Pages 1108-1116.
  3. Blicblau, A.S., Singh, M., Strahan, B., and Torpy, C., Probabilistic modelling of automotive body joints, ANZIAM J. 47(EMAC2005) pp.C570--C584, 2007.
  4. Blicblau, A.S., Online delivery management for teaching and learning, European Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 237 - 246, 2006
  5. Blicblau, A.S., Integrating Basic Mathematical Tools within a Materials Course, Journal of Materials Education, Volume 28, Nrs. 3-6, 2006
  6. Blicblau, A.S., Singh, M., Strahan, B. and Torpy, C. (2007), Probabilistic modelling of automatice body joints, Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal 47 (EMAC(2005)) pp.C570-C578.
  7. McManus, K.J., Blicblau, A.S., Broadhurst, C.J. and Carter, A.M.S., Real-Time Detection of Unsealed Surfaces during Skidding, Transportation Research Record, Volume I, Issue 1819, pp. 237-243, 2003
  8. Elkatatny, I., Morsi, Y., Blicblau, A.S., Das, S. and Doyle,E.D., Numerical analysis and experimental validation of high pressure gas quenching, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp. 417-423, 2003
  9. Soesatyo, B., Siores, E. and Blicblau, A.S., Rapid determination of the optimum frequency band and temperature profile using fully computerised VFM oven, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Volume 118, Issue 1-3, 3, pp 138-142, 2001.
  10. Tonge, L.Y., Hodgkin, J. Blicblau, A.S., and Collins, P.J., Effects of initial phenol-formaldehyde (PF) reaction products on the curing properties of PF resin, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 64, Issue 2, , pp 721-730, 2001.
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