VIC | TAS Branch - Borland Forum 2026

Materials Australia VIC & TAS Branch presents the

2026 Borland Forum

to be held at

Swinburne University, Hawthorn

Thursday 15 October 2026

5:30pm – Refreshments and networking

6:00pm – Presentations start

The Borland Forum honours the memory of Dr Doug Borland who made a significant contribution to the study and teaching of metallurgy and materials engineering during his long and distinguished career.

The Borland Forum showcases high calibre postgraduate students nominated by their tertiary institution. The students each make a short presentation on their materials-related research project, and the top presenter will receive the Borland Forum Award and a cash prize.

One postgraduate is selected from each of our five premier institutions and talks are 10 minutes in duration allowing a further 5 minutes for questions.

All are welcome and refreshments will be provided prior to the presentations.

Presenters and Titles:

Swinburne University of Technology – Juan Delmastro “On the additive manufacturing of NiTi structures: Insight into the effects of process parameters on quality and microstructures”

Monash University – Jianwen Liu “Printing 1.7 GPa Strength into Titanium”

Deakin University – Nilupuli Charunika “Spray to Align: Engineering MXene for High-Performance Composites” 

RMIT University – Ethan Haberl  “Data-efficient machine learning design of lattice metamaterials with enhanced strength'

University of Melbourne – Ishaaq Nazeem “Containing the Hazard: Magnesium Silicate Hydrate Cement for Waste Encapsulation'

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