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
- Flood, M.,Fennessy, L.,Lockrey, S.,Avendano Franco, A.,Glover, J.,Kandare, E.,Bhat, T. (2020). Glass Fines: A review of cleaning and up-cycling possibilities In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 267, 1 - 16
- Glover, J.,Pokrovsky, J.,Kandare, E.,Avendano Franco, A.,Lockrey, S.,Fennessy, L. (2020). Fireless Skin: Mycelium Biocomposites In: Life and Death for Melbourne Design Week Melbourne, Australia
- Mahendrarajah, G.,Kandare, E.,Afaghi Khatibi, A. (2019). Enhancing the Fracture Toughness Properties by Introducing Anchored Nano-Architectures at the Metal-FRP Composite Interface In: Journal of Composite Science, 3, 1 - 17
- Chulikavit, N.,Chattrairat, A.,Kandare, E.,Afaghi Khatibi, A. (2019). Mechanical and thermal properties of multifunctional composites fabricated by vacuum-assisted resin infusion In: AIAC 2018: 18th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Melbourne, 24-26 February 2019
- Lockrey, S.,Glover, J.,Avendano Franco, A.,Fennessy, L.,Kandare, E. (2019). Glass fines - Final Report In: Sustainability Victoria Melbourne, Australia
- Bhat, T.,Fortomaris, D.,Kandare, E.,Mouritz, A. (2018). Properties of thermally recycled basalt fibres and basalt fibre composites In: Journal of Materials Science, 53, 1933 - 1944
- Jones, M.,Bhat, T.,Huynh, T.,Kandare, E.,Yuen, R.,Wang, C.,John, S. (2018). Waste-derived low-cost mycelium composite construction materials with improved fire safety In: Fire and Materials, 42, 816 - 825
- Kandare, E.,Yoo, S.,Chevali, V.,Afaghi Khatibi, A. (2018). On the notch sensitivity of flax fibre metal laminates under static and fatigue loading In: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 41, 1691 - 1705
- Jones, M.,Bhat, T.,Kandare, E.,Thomas, A.,Joseph, P.,Dekiwadia, C.,Yuen, R.,John, S.,Ma, J.,Wang, C. (2018). Thermal Degradation and Fire Properties of Fungal Mycelium and Mycelium - Biomass Composite Materials In: Scientific Reports, 8, 1 - 10
- Bhat, T.,Kandare, E.,Gibson, G.,Di Modica, P.,Mouritz, A. (2017). Tensile properties of plant fibre-polymer composites in fire In: Fire and Materials, 41, 1040 - 1050
4 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions
- Lightweight Composite Structures for Fire-safe Marine applications. Funded by: Defence Science Institute - Scholarship from (2020 to 2023)
- Fire retardant composites (Project 10) (Administered by University of New South Wales). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre via other University Grant 2017 from (2018 to 2023)
- Innovative design of lightweight and structurally efficient composites incorporating crumb rubber (scholarship -N Buddhacosa). Funded by: Tyre Stewardship Australia Research Grant Round 2 2016 from (2018 to 2021)
- RMIT Glass Repurposing R&D Grant Project. Funded by: Sustainability Victoria - Competitive from (2017 to 2019)
- Bushfire-Resilient Civil Infrastructure: Saving Victorian Lives and Property. Funded by: Victoria Fellowship pre-2014 from (2013 to 2013)