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Geoffrey Brooks
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BornNovember 9, 1962
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationProfessor of Engineering

Geoffrey Brooks (born November 9, 1962) is a Professor of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Known for fundamentals of steelmaking and non-ferrous metallurgy. His research in these fields has earned him awards from organizations such as the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST),[1] the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS),[2] and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).[3][4]

Background

Brooks was born in Melbourne in 1962. He graduated with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from RMIT[5] in 1984, completed a Bachelor of Arts (HPS, Media) Swinburne University of Technology in 1989[6] and his PhD in Chemical [7][8][6][9] Engineering from the University of Melbourne[10] in 1994. Brooks was appointed as a Lecturer in Materials Engineering at the University of Wollongong in 1993, where he worked closely with prominent metallurgist Professor Howard Worner on the use of biomass as a reductant in Ironmaking and the fundamentals of Steelmaking with staff at the Port Kembla Steelworks.

Research

Brooks' key work includes modeling steelmaking, leading teams on jet-liquid interaction,[11] heat transfer,[12] and reaction kinetics[13] in steelmaking. Collaborating with McMaster and Swinburne University, he developed the Bloated Droplet Theory in Oxygen Steelmaking, correlating steelmaking kinetics with iron droplets' "bloating" in FeO rich slag. This bloating, debated in literature, significantly impacts steelmaking kinetics and heat movement. His recent research focuses on scrap melting limits in Oxygen Steelmaking and public education on steel decarbonisation.

Awards and Honors

  • John F. Elliott Lectureship Award [1]
  • Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Award[14]
  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Award[15]
  • EPD Science Award[16]
  • Bessemer Gold Medal [17]

References

  1. ^ a b International, Advanced Solutions. "John F. Elliott Lectureship Award Recipients". imis.aist.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award". TMS. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Professor Geoff Brooks wins Bessemer Gold Medal". Swinburne. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Adrian Normanton Medal". IOM3. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Geoffrey Brooks". The Conversation. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "2019: History of School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering (MMMB) - University of Wollongong – UOW". www.uow.edu.au. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "McMaster Steel Research Centre – Faculty of Engineering". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ^ Molloseau, C. L.; Fruehan, R. J. (2002). "The reaction behavior of Fe-C-S droplets in CaO-SiO2-MgO-FeO slags". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 33 (3): 335–344. doi:10.1007/s11663-002-0045-y. ISSN 1073-5615. S2CID 95542782.
  9. ^ "Professor Howard Worner (1913-2006), metallurgist | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Alam, Morshed; Naser, Jamal; Brooks, Geoffrey (2010). "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Supersonic Oxygen Jet Behavior at Steelmaking Temperature". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 41 (3): 636–645. doi:10.1007/s11663-010-9341-0. ISSN 1073-5615.
  12. ^ Madhavan, Nirmal; Brooks, G. A.; Rhamdhani, M. A.; Rout, B. K.; Overbosch, A.; Gu, K.; Kadrolkar, A.; Dogan, N. (2021). "Droplet Heat Transfer in Oxygen Steelmaking". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 52 (6): 4141–4156. doi:10.1007/s11663-021-02334-z. ISSN 1073-5615.
  13. ^ Rout, Bapin Kumar; Brooks, Geoff; Rhamdhani, M. Akbar; Li, Zushu; Schrama, Frank N. H.; Sun, Jianjun (2018). "Dynamic Model of Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Process Based on Multi-zone Reaction Kinetics: Model Derivation and Validation". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 49 (2): 537–557. doi:10.1007/s11663-017-1166-7. ISSN 1073-5615.
  14. ^ "EPD Distinguished Lecturer Award". TMS. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Williams Award". IOM3. 5 March 1929. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  16. ^ "EPD Science Award". TMS. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Bessemer Gold Medal". IOM3. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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