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Prof

George Franks

Professor
Chemical Engineering
Ceramics
Minerals
Materials
Flocculation
Fotation
3D printing
Ultra high temperature ceramics
science & technology
technology
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Prof

George Franks

 
Division
Engineering and IT
 
Primary Interest
Materials
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Prof

George Franks

 

Scholarly Works

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2015

CRC Award for Excellence in Innovation 2015, Light weight boron carbide personal armour, (Franks was part of a team)

CRC Association

2014

National Industry Innovation Award of Land Defence Australia, Light weight boron carbide personal armour, (Franks was part of a team)

Land Defence Australia

1991

R & D 100 Award (1991) for developing zirconia-silicon nitride composite with tailored coefficient of thermal expansion for electronic packaging appli

R&D Magazine

1990

H. Kent Bowen Extra Mile Award (1990) for ;going the extra mile; in performing my responsibilities as a development engineer at Ceramic Process System

Ceramic Process Systems Inc

1985

Kathlyn Langford Wolfe Award (1985) for excellence in combining research in Materials Science with Humanities. The Massachusetts Institute of Technolo

MIT

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Awards

Credentials

Positions


Professor

Chemical Engineering

Ececutive Editor And Advisory Board

Advanced Powder Technology

Member

Society of Rheology, USA

Member

International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists

Education


Doctor of Philosophy (Materials Engineering)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Bachelor of Science (Materials Science and Engineering)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

International Linkages


University of California - Santa Barbara

United States

Okayama University

Japan