DrThomas Dorin

Associate Professor, Materials Characterisation

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

  • Associate Professor, Materials Characterisation
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 71481 (Work)
  • +61 421 383 491 (Mobile)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research interests include (this is a non-exhaustive list):

- Understanding the development of core-shell particles in Aluminium alloys using a combination of experiments and models.
- Understanding and predicting Microstructure development during additive friction stir deposition of aluminium alloys.
- Understanding impact of precipitates on strain localisation and plastic instabilities in Al-Mg alloys.
- Understanding the mechanisms controlling the quench sensitivity of Al-Mg-Si alloys and how to improve quench sensitivity of these alloys.
- Optimising the response of Al-Mg-Si alloys to brazing, particularly by adapting the homogenisation treatment to avoid incipient melting.

 

If you are interrested in any of thes research areas, please contact me with a short email detailing why you are passionate about research.

 

Please feel free to also contact me with your own research idea in the area of aluminium alloys and its physical mettalurgy.

 

I am looking forward to your email and the possibility of working with you in the near future.

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Optimising Al-Mg and Al-Mn-Mg Alloys for Sustainable Can Manufacturing
    18 Mar 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Baosteel Australia Joint Research & Development Centre (Uni of Qld) - $136,600.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    16 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Hysata Pty Ltd - $500,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    16 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    DooGood Australian - $300,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    16 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Bradken Pty Ltd - $625,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    16 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Bissalloy Steels Pty Ltd - $122,500.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    16 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Callidus Process Solutions Pty. Ltd. - $100,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres - IC240100027 - $4,988,139.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Optimizing Alu Fin Tube Performance: A Comprehensive Investigation into Microstructure, Corrosion, and Brazing Processes
    5 Apr 2024 - 5 Oct 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Air Radiators Pty Ltd - $61,649.00
  • GRANT
    Alloy development and additive manufacturing of novel titanium for high-temperature applications.
    15 Dec 2023 - 18 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Xu W,
    • Dorin T,
    • Shetty K
    Boeing India Private Limited - $132,195.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Impact of quench processing after solution heat treatment (quench entry temperature & quench rate) on Novelis s615 alloy metallurgical evolution and in-service performance.
    1 Oct 2023 - 30 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Novelis Inc - $108,152.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Scale up of Boron Nitride Nanotube manufacturing and validation of commercial applications.
    21 Sep 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    BNNT Technology Limited - $2,196,614.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Manufacturing of a new high strength AI-Mg-Sc Welding Wire.
    2 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    AML3D Limited - $35,000.00
  • GRANT
    STUDENT APPLICATION: Measurement of concurrent interphase precipitation and phase transformation in Ti-Mo steels by Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)
    1 Jul 2022 - 6 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    AINSE Grant - Postgraduate Research Award - $34,500.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding miniaturized additive friction stir deposition for off-Earth manufacturing
    30 Sep 2021 - 29 Sep 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research United States of America - $185,008.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing a new high strength / high conductivity alloy for overhead HV conductors - Phase 2.
    1 Jul 2021 - 14 May 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dorin T,
    • Ramajayam M
    Australian Mines Ltd - ICG001783 - $56,309.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing a new high strength / high conductivity alloy for overhead HV conductors - Phase 2.
    1 Jul 2021 - 14 May 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dorin T,
    • Ramajayam M
    Innovation Connections - $50,000.00
  • GRANT
    Materials Development and Design for Electrification and Automation
    24 Jun 2019 - 7 Jun 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    DIIS Automotive Engineering Graduate Program - ABN 74 599 608 295 - $409,506.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    New classes of aluminium-magnesium-silicon alloys via scandium additions
    20 Jun 2019 - 19 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - DE190100614 - $412,662.70
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing the next generation of Al alloys for manufacturing electric bus chassis
    20 Nov 2017 - 20 May 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Ltd - $300,000.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding the precipitation kinetics of the nanometre size Al3(Sc,Zr) particles with core/shell structure - Clean TeQ scholarship for Oceane Vidal
    1 Nov 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Clean TeQ - $70,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Characterisation of Microstructure Developed using Proprietary Heat Treatment Schedule
    24 Jul 2017 - 14 Aug 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Clean TeQ - $8,200.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding the co-precipitation mechanisms of Al3(Sc,Zr) with Li-containing phases in Al-Cu-Li model alloys
    1 Jul 2017 - 3 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    AINSE Grant - Postgraduate Research Award - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Understanding the repartition of Sc in Al-Si-Sc alloys with increased Si content
    4 May 2017 - 5 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Clean TeQ - $21,634.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Aluminium alloy development for aeronautical applications - 2017
    1 May 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Thomas Dorin
    Universal Alloy Corporation - $100,000.00
  • GRANT
    Development of novel high performance aluminium alloys containing scandium
    15 Nov 2016 - 14 Nov 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hodgson P,
    • Birbilis N,
    • Stanford N,
    • Dorin T,
    • Lamb UA
    ARC Linkage - Projects - LP160100104 - $416,631.71