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

TEACHING EXPERTISE

My academic role is 100% research and I constantly supervise between 5 and 10 students which is the foundation for a dynamic research environment. 

 

My supervision philiosophy is through inclusion, team work and building the next generation of independent researcher.

 

Please feel free to reach out if you aspire to joining my research group.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Alloy development and design for the Additive Friction Stir Deposition process.
    Merris Corinne Wells - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Additive manufacturing of titanium aluminides
    Hongyi Ma - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Enhancing Recyclability and Performance of Impurity Rich Al-Alloy through optimization of Intermetallic Nature, Morphology, and Distribution
    Patryk Adam Szmuc - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Nanomaterial-aluminium metal matrix composites by additive friction stir deposition
    Juan Pablo Caclamanis - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Precipitates and Micro-plasticity in Mg-7.3Sn-3.4Zn-0.04Na Alloy Studied by Synchrotron X-rays
    Ehsan Bahrami Motlagh - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Strip Casting of Advanced High Strength Steel
    Raudhah Othman - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Effect of Molybdenum on Precipitation Behaviour in Low-Carbon Strip-Cast Steels Containing Niobium
    Jiang Lu - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Effect of Strip-Cast Induced Micro-Segregations on Phase Transformations in Nano-Bainitic Steels
    Jerome Daniel Cornu - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Precipitation mechanisms in an Aluminium-Copper-Lithium alloy with Scandium and Zirconium modification
    Katrin Mester - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Study of Precipitation Kinetics and Strengthening in Mg-Zn Alloys
    Yi Yang - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding the role of impurities in the precipitation kinetics in Al-Sc-Zr alloys
    Alexandru Techeres - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Characterisation of the Precipitation Behaviour of Titanium-Molybdenum Microalloyed Steels
    Baoqi Dong - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2026
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Effect of Scandium on the Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect and the Surface Quality of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys
    Folarin Olarewaju Bakare - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Microstructure development and strengthening mechanisms in novel Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloys
    Ian Amedeo - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development of 5xxx Aluminium Alloys for Additive Friction Stir Deposition
    Maureen Puybras - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2025
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Rapidly Solidified Novel Biodegradable Zinc Alloys
    Corey Phillips - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2026
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Understanding the Impact of Precipitate Distribution on the PortevinLe Chatelier Effect in an AluminiumMagnesium Alloy Containing Scandium
    Shanker Shashank Didugu Lalitha Kumari - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2026