RWTH-Aachen Joint PhD Group Conference

Register now to attend the RWTH Aachen-Melbourne Joint PhD Group's first conference

The conference will consist of a four-day program of social activities in Melbourne, and hybrid presentations from graduate researchers and supervisors engaged with the RWTH Aachen-University of Melbourne (RUM) Joint PhD Group. The event will provide a forum for both parties to exchange experiences and ideas in their individual research areas. The program includes panel discussions, workshops and networking activities. The full presentation schedule is available below. Guests are welcome.

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Monday 13 February 2023

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

  • 10:00-13:00 Graduate Researcher Forum

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14

    Session chairs: Praddeep Gobinath & Weiqi Sun

    10:00-11:30 - Panel discussion on career opportunities after the PhD

    • Mitchell Nothling, Trainee Patent Attorney, Griffith Hack
    • Gijo Sebastian, Control System Engineer, AVT Australia
    • Obafemi Adio, Quality and Completions Manager, ACCIONA Geotech

    11:00-13:00 - Writing a paper for publication

    • Ha Nguyen, Academic Learning Unit, Student and Scholarly Services
  • 10:00-13:00 Supervisor Forum
  • 13:00-15:00 Lunch and icebreaker games
  • 15:00-16:00 Keynote address

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14

    Hydrogen in Australia

    David Norman, CEO Future Fuels CRC Ltd

  • 16:00-16:30 Keynote address

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14

    Process engineering as a key for a sustainable bioeconomy

    Prof Andreas Jupke, Chair of Process Fluid Engineering, RWTH Aachen

  • 17:00-19:00 Graduate Researcher Presentations

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14
    Virtual attendance via zoom (register above to receive meeting link)

    Session chairs: Dr Eirini Goudeli & Prof Rob Crawford

    17:00-17:30 Effects of horizontal connection pipes in geothermal bore fields under different climatic conditions
    Graduate Researcher: Stephan Düber
    Supervisors: A/Prof Guillermo Narsilio (UoM) & Prof Raul Fuentes (RWTH Aachen)

    17:30-18:00 Magnetism losses due to lattice defects in ferromagnetic iron
    Graduate Researcher: Tianyi Zhang
    Supervisors: Dr Christian Brandl (UoM) & Prof Sandra Korte-Kerzel (RWTH Aachen)

    18:00-18:30 Energy piles: short- and long-term response. From laboratory, and field scale to numerical modelling
    Graduate Researcher: Luis Villegas Negrette
    Supervisors: A/Prof Guillermo Narsilio (UoM) & Prof Raul Fuentes (RWTH Aachen)

    18:30-19:00 Membrane research in Melbourne and Aachen
    Graduate Researcher: Sawan Karambaiah
    Supervisors: Prof Sandra Kentish (UoM) & Dr Christian Linnartz (RWTH Aachen)

  • 19:00-19:30 Keynote address

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14
    Virtual attendance via zoom (register above to receive meeting link)

    (ADELE) German Australian Joint Laboratory for Advanced ELEctrochemical Processes

    Prof Matthias Wessling, Chair of Chemical Process Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Vice-Rector for Research and Structure at the RWTH Aachen University, and DWI Scientific Board member.

Wednesday 15 February 2023

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

  • Morning laboratory tours

    Location: University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus

    Tour hosted by Dr Eirini Goudeli & Dr Christian Brandl

  • 12:00-13:00 Keynote address

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14

    Eva Druk, Genesis Delivery Manager, East Coast Australia

  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00-15:30 Graduate Researcher Presentations

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14
    Virtual attendance via zoom (register above to receive meeting link)

    Session chairs: Dr Eirini Goudeli & Prof Rob Crawford

    14:00-14:30 The search for superconductivity using the functional renormalization group
    Graduate Researchers: Jacob Beyer & Matthew Bunney
    Supervisors: Prof Stephan Rachel (UoM) & Dr Carsten Honerkamp (RWTH Aachen)

    14:30-15:00 Harnessing low-enthalpy geothermal energy from decommissioned open-pit mines: A techno-economic Assessment
    Graduate Researcher: Mauricio Carcamo
    Supervisors: A/Prof Guillermo Narsilio (UoM) & Prof Raul Fuentes (RWTH Aachen)

    15:00-15:30 Turbulent boundary layer embedded with streamwise vortices
    Graduate Researcher: Weiqi Sun
    Supervisors: Prof Joseph Klewicki (UoM) & Prof Wolfgang Schroeder (RWTH Aachen)

  • 15:30 – 15:45 Break
  • 15:45-17:45 Graduate Researcher Presentations

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14
    Virtual attendance via zoom (register above to receive meeting link)

    Session chairs: Dr Eirini Goudeli & Prof Rob Crawford

    15:45-16:15 Circularity in life cycle sustainability assessment – developing a framework for integration
    Graduate Researcher: Anna Luthin
    Supervisors: Prof Robert Crawford (UoM) & Prof Marzia Traverso (RWTH Aachen)

    16:15-16:45 Life cycle sustainability assessment of smart HVAC control systems
    Graduate Researcher: Praddeep Gobinath
    Supervisors: A/Prof Guillermo Narsilio (UoM) & Prof Raul Fuentes (RWTH Aachen)

    16:45-17:15 Studying Reaction Paths of Incipient Soot Formation with Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Graduate Researcher: Felix Schmalz
    Supervisors: Dr Eirini Goudeli (UoM) & Prof Kai Leonhard (RWTH Aachen)

    17:15-17:45 Considering prosumers' preferences in the allocation of Dynamic Operating Envelopes
    Graduate Researcher: Ali Zoghi
    Supervisors: Prof Pierluigi Mancarella (UoM) & Prof Antonelli Monti (RWTH Aachen)

  • 17:45-18:15 Closing remarks

    Location: MelbourneConnect Superfloor meeting rooms M13+M14

    Prof Sandra Kentish, Academic Lead, RWTH Aachen-Melbourne joint PhD

First published on 16 December 2022.


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