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Associate ProfessorChristopher Hurren

Associate Professor, Fibre Science and Technology

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

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  • Associate Professor, Fibre Science and Technology
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 72374 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AFFILIATION
    Textile Institute
  • AFFILIATION
    Fibre Society
  • AFFILIATION
    Society of Automotive Engineers
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    the 21st Century design challenge
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Vice Chancellors award for the most outstanding contribution to 2009
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    to delivering effective partnerships and the Vice Chancellors award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Winner of the Bennett Family Award for Textile Excellence 2001
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Winner of the Kempe International Award for best technology project 2001
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Vice Chancellors award for outstanding contribution for outstanding 2003
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    contribution to another area of the strategic plan (Formula SAE)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Contributor in a successful Strategic Teaching and Learning Grant 2004
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Contributor in the successful submission for the Ford Model-T of 2008
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    for outstanding contribution through innovation (Ford T2 project)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Winner of the Smart Geelong Network Research Awards in the 2010
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    category of Save the Planet
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2011 - present: Research Fellow, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2001 - 2010: Technical Services Manager, Institute for Technology Research and Innovation, Deakin University
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    1998 - 2001: Scouring, Dyeing and Finishing Technician, International Fibre Centre
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    1996 - 1998: Textile Engineer, Australian Dyeing Company
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    1993 - 1996: Production Supervisor (Dyehouse), Woolshed Yarns