DrOmid Zabihi

Research Fellow

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

  • Research Fellow
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Plastic waste recycling, circular materials systems, and sustainable manufacturing
  • Polymer processing, rheology, compounding, extrusion, and scale-up
  • Thermoset polymers, vitrimers, and recyclable epoxy systems
  • Carbon fibre reinforced composites and structural battery materials
  • Structure–property relationships and performance optimization
  • Green chemistry and lifecycle-oriented materials design

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Sustainable and Recyclable Carbon Fibre Composites
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP260104122 - $481,084.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Demtech: Upcycling of Polyurethane Waste into High Value Materials
    1 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Solving Plastic Waste CRC - $436,665.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Gale Pacific: Development of Sustainable Polypropylene Fibers and Films from Recycled Waste
    1 Jan 2025 - 3 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Naebe M,
    • Zabihi O,
    • Nasarczyk GPA,
    • Grigoriadis T
    Solving Plastic Waste CRC - 2.3.2 - $420,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Recycling Polypropylene Waste for High Value Added Application - Sustainability Vic
    15 Nov 2021 - 1 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Sustainability Victoria - $255,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Recycling Polypropylene Waste for High Value Added Application - Gale Pacific.
    3 Nov 2021 - 31 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Gale Pacific Limited - $83,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Catalyst Assisted Polyethylene (PE) Recycling
    1 Nov 2019 - 30 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Naebe M,
    • Moghaddam KS,
    • Zabihi O,
    • Fakhrhoseini S
    Sustainability Victoria - CONTR2020/00071 - $195,000.00