Dougal McCulloch

Professor Dougal McCulloch

Director Microscopy & Microanalysis Fac

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

Supervisor projects

  • Investigating carbon and mineral phases within ureilite meteorites with optical and electron microscopy
  • 4 Dec 2024
  • Synthesising novel phases of carbon by shear-induced phase transformations
  • 27 Jun 2024
  • Investigating novel chromate-free coatings used forcorrosion protection of aerospace alloys
  • 23 Feb 2023
  • Repair of Magnesium Alloy Castings in Aircraft Structures using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
  • 5 Aug 2022
  • Diamond glass: an all-carbon technology for neural networks and biosensing
  • 7 May 2021
  • Light and tough: using extreme conditions to synthesise new materials based on boron, carbon and nitrogen.
  • 23 Dec 2019
  • The Formation of Carbon Materials under Extreme Conditions
  • 11 Dec 2019
  • Synthesis and Stability of CsSnBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals
  • 14 Sep 2018
  • Dynamics of the Decomposition of Benzene Based Pollutants by TiO 2 Photocatalysis Assessed by Time Resolved Laser Spectroscopy
  • 1 Jun 2018
  • Investigation of the Effects of Extreme Pressure and Temperature on Carbon Materials
  • 17 Mar 2017
  • Novel Amorphous Carbon Thin Films for Resistive Switching Applications
  • 1 Mar 2017

Teaching interests

Teaching responsibilities
• 3rd Year Applied Physics Coordinator
• 1st Year Life Science Service Physics
• Director of the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility

Supervisor interests
Microscopy and microanalysis, thin film coatings, carbonaceous solids.

Research interests

• Microscopy and microanalysis
• Advanced thin film coatings
• Advanced materials
• Electron energy loss spectroscopy
• Disordered solids
• Carbonaceous solids
• Electronic structure of solids

Research projects, consultancy and student project
• Properties and application of light element binary and ternary alloy coatings
• The structure of disordered porous carbonaceous solids
• The characterisation of novel, environmentally friendly, non-chromate based conversion coatings for aerospace aluminium alloys
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