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Biography

Professor Brooks is a Professor in the School of Engineering. Since completing his PhD in 1994, Professor Brooks has been an Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong (1993-2000), an Associate Professor at McMaster University (2000-2004), a Senior Princpal Research Scientist at CSIRO (2004-2006) and a Professor at Swinburne since 2006.

Since joining Swinburne, Professor Brooks has been the Associate Dean of Research, Head of Mathematics at Swinburne and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Future Manufacturing). He currenty co-ordinates research for Extra Terrestrial processing at the University and a Program Leader in the ARC Steel Innovation Hub. He has also been active in recent years working with Physicists on Dark Matter detection research. Professor Brooks has published over 250 papers on fundamental aspects of steelmaking, aluminium production and materials processing in general. He has won significant international awards from the TMS, AIST, ASM and IOM3 for his contribution to metallurgical processing. Professor Brooks is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK).

Research interests

Engineering mathematics; Steelmaking; Aluminium production; Magnesium production; Sustainable mineral/ metals; High temperature processes; Green processing; Extractive metallurgy

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.

Fields of Research

Materials Engineering - 401600

Awards

2018, International, Distinguished Lecture Award for Extraction and Processing, TMS
2015, International, METSOC Best Paper Award, The Metallurgical and Materials Society of CIM
2015, International, Marcus Grossman Award for Best Paper in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, American Society of Materials
2013, International, Science Award for Extraction and Processing Division, TMS
2013, International, Elliott Lectureship Award, Association of Iron and Steel Technology

Publications
Recent research grants awarded
Recent media

Publications

Also published as: Brooks, Geoffrey; Brooks, G.; Brooks, G. A.; Brooks, Geoff; Brooks, Geoff A.; Brooks, Geoff Alan; Brooks, Geoffrey A.; Brooks, Geoffrey Alan
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Recent research grants awarded

2024: Sustainable Minerals Processing and Green Steel Joint Agreement *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2023: (Student) Oxygen Steelmaking with Alternate Iron Feed *; Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV
2023: Development of Heat Flow Monitoring System for the BOF *; ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2023: Hybrid hydrogen direct and plasma reduction of iron ore *; HILT CRC Limited Fund Scheme
2023: Prevention of Sticking in H2 fluidised bed DRI production *; University of Newcastle
2023: Testing of Australian Iron Ores in a Hydrogen Direct Flash Smelting Process *; HILT CRC Limited Fund Scheme
2022: (Student) Iron Production Using Ammonia as a Reductant *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2022: (Student) Study of foaming sensitivity against local cooling by endothermic reduction *; Umicore Group R & D
2022: Expert Analysis of ZESTY Developments *; Calix Ltd Fund Scheme
2022: Hydrogen Ironmaking: fluidised bed H2DRI with Australian focus *; HILT CRC Limited Fund Scheme
2022: Impact of Hydrogen DRI on Melting in an Electric Furnace *; HILT CRC Limited Fund Scheme
2022: Kinetics of Hydrogen Reduction of Iron Ore Fines *; Calix Ltd Fund Scheme
2022: Postgraduate Student Agreement between CSIRO and SUT/VH2 - Use of hydrogen in steelmaking, student Gopal Pandey *; CSIRO Post-Grad Scholarships
2022: Transportable high-power blue laser for processing of reflective materials *; ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Scheme
2021: (Student) Development of Lunar Based Metal Casting Technologies *; Lunar Resources Fund Scheme
2021: Australian Steel Innovation *; ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2021: Development of Sound Sensors for BOF *; ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2021: Development of Sound Sensors for Control of Ladle Metallurgys *; ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
2021: Investigation of the properties of icy lunar and Martian regolith simulants and their implicationson In-Situ Resource Utilisation *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2020: (Student) Mineral Processing of Lunar Regolith using Concentrated Solar Energy *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2020: End-of-life, Electrically-Enhanced Recycling Process for EoL Si PV-Cells *; Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
2020: Oxygen and Structural Materials Production from Lunar Regolith - Student *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2019: Direct Reduction of Lead Blast Furnace Slag using Alternative Carbon Sources *; Umicore Group R & D
2019: Sinter Mineralogy and Properties *; CSIRO Post-Grad Scholarships
2019: Sound and Vibration Sensors for Ladles *; Blue Scope Steel Limited
2017: Reduction Kinetics between co*ke and Slag in a Lead Blast Furnace *; Umicore Group R & D
2017: Research Services Agreement with Upala P/L *; Upala P/L
2015: Analysing Vibration Signals in Gas-Stirred Steel Ladles *; Tata Steel UK
2015: Development of Iron Oxide Composite Smelting Route *; Cartwheel Resources - Research Contract
2015: Validation of the Unipolar Electrolytic Hydrogen Generation Process *; Sustainable World Technologies Pty Ltd
2014: Bubble Nucleation in Aluminium Elexcrolysis (CSIRO Student Scholarship) *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2013: Describe the segregation behaviour of Pb, In, Ag, Sn & Cd from a ZnO rich mixture containing these elements as compounds *; Umicore Group R & D
2013: Development of Dephosphorisation Model with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Japan *; Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Corporation
2013: Enabling future technology by building light element analysis capability; a light element optimised ultra-high resolution electron microprobe *; ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Scheme
2013: Glass Fines Project *; Visy
2013: Modelling of Dephosphorisation in Oxygen Steelmaking *; Tata Steel UK
2012: Development of hybrid solar thermal reactors for materials processing *; Australian Solar Institute - Postgraduate Scholarship
2012: Investigating materials at the atomic scale using 3-dimensional tomography *; ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Scheme
2012: Literature Review and Study for Umicore *; Umicore Group R & D
2012: Study of WEEE behaviours in the TSL furnace *; Outotec Pty Ltd - Contract
2011: Cu fuming from zinc oxide products *; Umicore Group R & D
2010: CAST PhD Top-up Scholarship - Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Nickel and Vanadium inclusions Formation *; CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing (CAST CRC)
2010: Collaboration Agreement with Corus Technology *; Corus Technology B. V.
2010: Proposal for experimental investigation of splashing phenomenon in electric arc furnace steelmaking (student agreement) *; One Steel
2009: Cluster Management *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
2009: Control of bubble formation at anode interface in aluminium smelting furnaces *; CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Research Fund
2009: Develop technique(s) for removing/controlling impurities, in particular Ni and V, in Al melts (CAST CRC) *; CRC for CAST Metals Manufacturing
2009: Novel multistage high temperature aluminium production *; Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

* Chief Investigator

Recent media

2014-12-10: Manufacturing and design initiatives at Swinburne - Engineers Australia
2014-11-06: A conversation with Professor Geoffrey Brooks - University of Wollongong
2014-07-24: Metal matters: why companies must innovate or perish - Manufacturers Monthly
2013-02-12: Swinburne professor honoured for metallurgy - PACE Process and Control Engineering.
2012-08-21: Aussie steel-makers should look to former Nucor boss - Manufacturers Monthly
2012-08-21: Glimmers of hope in the steel industrys darkest hour - The Conversation
2012-05-25: Aluminium smeltdown - Radio National
2012-05-25: The trouble with aluminium - The Conversation
2012-05-15: Treasure your metal: why we need to respect embedded energy - The Conversation
2012-02-10: The solutions to Alcoas problems may lie in its backyard - The Conversation
2011-11-06: High temperature processing - 3RRR - Einstein A Go Go
2010-08-19: Lord of the bath - The Age
2010-02-08: Metallurgy sustainability conference - Process and Control Engineering
2010-01-06: Bid to keep aluminium shining - Science Alert
2008-07-14: Steel may reveal Earths formation - Economic Times
2008-06-10: Steel may reveal Earths beginnings - Science Alert

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