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
- Loh, T.,Kandare, E.,Nguyen, K. (2022). The effect of thickness on the compression failure of composite laminates in fire In: Composite Structures, 286, 1 - 12
- Field, I.,Kandare, E.,Dixon, B.,Tian, J.,Barter, S. (2022). Effect of underloads in small fatigue crack growth In: International Journal of Fatigue, 157, 1 - 12
- Sun, D.,Kandare, E.,Maniam, S.,Zhou, A.,Robert, D.,Buddhacosa, N.,Giustozzi, F. (2022). Thermal-based experimental method and kinetic model for predicting the composition of crumb rubber derived from end-of-life vehicle tyres In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 357, 1 - 11
- Field, I.,Kandare, E.,Tian, J.,Barter, S. (2022). Use of the helium ion microscope in small crack fractography In: Engineering Failure Analysis, 139, 1 - 11
- Chulikavit, N.,Huynh, T.,Dekiwadia, C.,Afaghi Khatibi, A.,Mouritz, A.,Kandare, E. (2022). Influence of growth rates, microstructural properties and biochemical composition on the thermal stability of mycelia fungi In: Scientific reports, 12, 1 - 14
- Mouritz, A.,Galos, J.,Linklater, D.,Ladani, R.,Kandare, E.,Crawford, R.,Ivanova, E. (2021). Towards antiviral polymer composites to combat COVID-19 transmission In: Nano Select, 2, 1 - 11
- Loh, T.,Ladani, R.,Ravindran, A.,Das, R.,Kandare, E.,Mouritz, A. (2021). Z-Pinned composites with combined delamination toughness and delamination Self-Repair properties In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 149, 1 - 12
- 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
- Loh, T.,Ladani, R.,Orifici, A.,Kandare, E. (2020). Ultra-tough and in-situ repairable carbon/epoxy composite with EMAA In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 143, 1 - 10
- Mahendrarajah, G.,Kandare, E.,Afaghi Khatibi, A. (2020). Fabrication of fibre metal laminates with multiscale toughening mechanisms In: Key Engineering Materials, 847, 22 - 27
4 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
- 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: Tania Bagnato). Funded by: Defence Science Institute (DSI) Grant for Scholarships from (2021 to 2024)
- Lightweight Composite Structures for Fire-safe Marine applications. Funded by: Defence Science Institute - Scholarship from (2020 to 2023)
- 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)