STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Everson Kandare
Research interests
A recipient of the esteemed 2012 Victoria Fellowship, Dr Kandare, is the Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow based in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. He is an integral member of the
His research interests include among other things: self-assembly synthesis of nanostructured and layered metal hydroxides, intercalation chemistry, thermal resistive materials, thermo-mechanical modeling and molecular dynamics simulation of multiphase nanocomposite systems. Dr Kandare has broad knowledge and research expertise in the field of fibre/polymer nanocomposites having previously held research positions in this area of research in the Institute for Materials Research and Innovation (University of Bolton, UK) and the Chemistry Department (Marquette University, US).
He has published over 80 scientific articles including journals papers, peer-reviewed conference papers and book chapters. Dr Kandare is a HDR supervisor in composite materials engineering and lectures in Solid Mechanics & Materials 1.
Awards
- Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship 2012-14
- 2012 SAMME Outstanding Contributions Award
- 2012 Victoria Fellowship
- 2012 Australian Academy of Science Travel Award
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Fellowship
- American Institute of Chemists’ Outstanding Researcher
- Haymaker Scholarship for Teaching Assistant of the Year
- Key Researcher:
- Member:
- Higher Degree Research Supervisor
- Lecturer: Solid Mechanics and Materials 1
- PhD (Polymer & Physical Chemistry), Marquette University, 2006
- BSc (Chemistry) (1st Class Honors), University of Zimbabwe, 2000
- Member of American Chemical Society
- CRC for Advanced Composite Structures
- Field, I.,Dixon, B.,Kandare, E.,Tian, J.,Barter, S. (2023). The relationship between surface roughness and fatigue crack growth rate in AA7050-T7451 subjected to periodic underloads In: International Journal of Fatigue, 167, 1 - 10
- Periasamy, K.,Kandare, E.,Das, R.,Darouie, M.,Afaghi Khatibi, A. (2023). Interfacial Engineering Methods in Thermoplastic Composites: An Overview In: Polymers, 15, 1 - 36
- Bagnato, T.,Ravindran, A.,Mirabedini, A.,Ladani, R.,Kandare, E.,Orifici, A.,Chang, P.,Wang, J.,Mouritz, A. (2023). Superior interfacial toughening of hybrid metal-composite structural joints using 3D printed pins In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 168, 1 - 16
- Chulikavit, N.,Huynh, T.,Wang, C.,Yuen, A.,Khatibi, A.,Mouritz, A.,Kandare, E. (2023). Engineering mycelium fungi into an effective char-forming thermal protection material via alkaline deacetylation In: Polymer Degradation and Stability, 212, 1 - 14
- Chulikavit, N.,Wang, C.,Huynh, T.,Yuen, A.,Afaghi Khatibi, A.,Kandare, E. (2023). Fireproofing flammable composites using mycelium: Investigating the effect of deacetylation on the thermal stability and fire reaction properties of mycelium In: Polymer Degradation and Stability, 215, 1 - 14
- Chattrairat, A.,Aimmanee, S.,Kandare, E.,Tran, P.,Das, R. (2023). Modelling and characterisation of the dynamic behaviours of silicone-based composite skin simulant with short polyethylene fibres and bioactive glass particles In: Mechanics of Materials, 184, 1 - 15
- Buddhacosa, N.,Afaghi Khatibi, A.,Das, R.,Giustozzi, F.,Galos, J.,Kandare, E. (2023). Crush behaviour and vibration damping properties of syntactic foam incorporating waste tyre-derived crumb rubber In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 26, 3214 - 3233
- Thevakumar, T.,Jayasinghe, J.,Kandare, E.,Robert, D.,Bandara, C.,Shi, L.,Setunge, S. (2023). Evaluating Fire Performance of Glass–Polyurethane Composite for Sustainable Cladding via Numerical and Empirical Simulation In: Polymers, 15, 1 - 20
- Chattrairat, A.,Kandare, E.,Aimmanee, S.,Tran, P.,Das, R. (2022). Development and characterisation of hybrid composite skin simulants based on short polyethylene fibre and bioactive glass particle-reinforced silicone In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 136, 1 - 14
- Ladani, R.,Kandare, E.,Ravindran, A.,Inverarity, S.,Mirabedini, A.,Orifici, A.,Mouritz, A. (2022). Additively manufactured pinning technology for titanium-to-composite joints In: AIAC 2021: 19th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 29 November 2021 to 2 December 2021
10 PhD Current Supervisions4 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
- Development of high content recycled glass building material technology. Funded by: CRC-P Cooperative Research Centre Project (Livefield) from (2021 to 2023)
- Re-qualifying cardboard waste to develop light-weight precast concrete structures. Funded by: Sustainability Victoria - Recycling Victoria Research & Development Fund from (2021 to 2024)
- Adhesion enhancement of metal-composite hybrid joints using through-the-thickness micro pins (Candidate: Tiana Bagnato). Funded by: Defence Science Institute (DSI) Grant for Scholarships from (2021 to 2024)
- Propagation of Small Cracks due to Transient Loading in Metallic Materials (Student - Isaac Field s3829601).. Funded by: Defence Science Institute - Scholarship from (2020 to 2023)
- Lightweight Composite Structures for Fire-safe Marine applications. Funded by: Defence Science Institute - Scholarship from (2020 to 2023)