Dr Maciej Mazur

Research interests and areas of expertise

Design and optimisation for Additive Manufacture in the following application areas:

• Cellular materials
• Aerospace propulsion (hypersonic air-breathing and rocket propulsion)
• Tooling (injection moulding, die casting, extrusion)
• Fluid flow and heat exchange devices
• Chemical engineering
• Defence applications

Current and past industrial collaborative research partners include: Autodesk, Bioelektra, DefendTex, Romar Engineering, Sutton Tools, Capral Aluminium, Agilent Technologies, CSRIO, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

Teaching activities

• MANU2488 Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics
• MANU2455 Advanced Manufacturing and Design

• Hubesch, R.,Mazur, M.,Periasamy, S.,Foger, K.,Lee, A.,Wilson, K.,Bhargava, S. (2022). Endothermic catalytic cracking of liquid hydrocarbons for thermal management of high-speed flight vehicles In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 6, 1664 - 1686
• Malik, U.,Periasamy, S.,Mazur, M.,Li, Y.,Bhargava, S. (2022). Robocasting—Printing Ceramics into Functional Materials In: Additive Manufacturing for Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore, Gateway East, Singapore
• Priyambodo, M.,Mazur, M.,Patel, J.,Shah, M.,Sun, B.,Pareek, V.,Brandt, M.,Webley, P.,Bhatelia, T. (2022). Numerical evaluation of an additively manufactured uniform fractal flow mixer In: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 179, 1 - 17
• Wang, X.,Jowers, C.,Mazur, M.,Buddery, A.,Kent, D.,Bab-Hadiashar, A.,Easton, M. (2022). Automated quality control inspection of geometric tip defects in medical needle manufacturing In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 123, 2371 - 2384
• Periasamy, S.,Mazur, M.,Sun, X. (2022). Material Extrusion and Vat Photopolymerization—Principles, Opportunities and Challenges In: Additive Manufacturing : Primer to Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Springer, Singapore
• Benoit, M.,Mazur, M.,Easton, M.,Brandt, M. (2021). Effect of alloy composition and laser powder bed fusion parameters on the defect formation and mechanical properties of Inconel 625 In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 114, 915 - 927
• Hubesch, R.,Mazur, M.,Foger, K.,Periasamy, S.,Bhargava, S. (2021). Zeolites on 3D-printed open metal framework structure: metal migration into zeolite promoted catalytic cracking of endothermic fuels for flight vehicles In: Chemical Communications, 57, 9586 - 9589
• Mazur, M.,Benoit, M.,Easton, M.,Brandt, M. (2020). Selective laser melting of Inconel 625 alloy with reduced defect formation In: Journal of Laser Applications, 32, 1 - 13
• Mazur, M.,Bhatelia, T.,Kuan, B.,Patel, J.,Webley, P.,Brandt, M.,Pareek, V.,Utikar, R. (2019). Additively manufactured, highly-uniform flow distributor for process intensification In: Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 143, 1 - 14
• Yang, E.,Leary, M.,Lozanovski, B.,Downing, D.,Mazur, M.,Sarker, A.,Khorasani, A.,Jones, A.,Maconachie, T.,Bateman, S.,Easton, M.,Qian, M.,Choong, P.,Brandt, M. (2019). Effect of geometry on the mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V Gyroid structures fabricated via SLM: A numerical study In: Materials and Design, 184, 1 - 24

• Revolutionary upcycling of landfill waste into hydrogen, fuels & materials. Funded by: CRC-P Cooperative Research Centre Project (Bioelektra) from (2021 to 2023)
• Responsive Access to Space (CRC-P 5000038). Funded by: CRC-P Cooperative Research Centre Project (DefendTex) from (2018 to 2021)