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Yu (Roger) Dong PhD

An Excellent Academic Expert with Outstanding Teaching and Research Performance

Dr. Yu (Roger) Dong is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University which he joined in July 2008. Prior to that position, he worked as a research associate at Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), the University of Auckland in 2003-2004.

Dr. Dong has been dedicated to the fabrication, material characterisation and numerical modelling of polymer nanocomposites including well dispersed nanoparticles such as nanoclays, carbon nanotubes, nanofibres/whiskers in the last six years. His presented research paper entitled “characterisation and object-oriented finite element modelling of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites” was selected for the Best Paper Silver Award at the 5th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-5) held in Hong Kong, 2006. In 2007, he was also nominated for “MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World” and for MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards, Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST), New Zealand. He is actively affiliated to several global engineering professional bodies as members of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), USA, Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), UK and Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) as well as a key researcher for the ATN-ISTA Australia-China NanoNetwork and Australian Research Network for Advanced Materials (ARNAM). He serves as a selected reviewer for Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of composite materials, Journal of Composites Part B, Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Engineering and Journal of Nanomaterials. He is a Member of Editorial Boards for International Journal of Polymers and Technologies, Journal of Modern Applied Science and Journal of Applied Physics Research. To recognise his contribution in polymer nanocomposite area, he has also been appointed as a Member of Organising Committee for the Nineteenth International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XIX), Auckland, New Zealand, January 14-17, 2011. More recently, he was invited as the sole editor for new technical book entitled “Nanostructures: Properties, Production Methods and Applications” by Nova Science Publishers (to appear in 2012). For research publications in 2010 alone, He has fruitfully authored (most of them being the first author) seven scholar-reviewed journal papers and three fully referred conference papers (1 keynote address), which led to the awarded Prize for Highest RPI Points for Publication for an Early Career Researcher (ECR) at Curtin Faculty of Science and Engineering in November 2011.

His current research work has focused on electrospun PLA / PCL biodegradable polymer nanofibers/nanocomposites and the micro/nano particulate effects on the reinforcement efficiency and multifunctional properties of bio-nanocomposites. The initiative of such new research directions has led to his award of Curtin Internal Research Grant (IRG) 2010 for the project of “Electrospinning multifunctional poly(L-lactic acid) (PLA)/ halloysite tubular clay nanocomposites” and the promising 2011 ARC Discovery grant proposal entitled “Functionalised needleless electrospun ceramic nanofibre membrane for water filtration application”.

His research collaboration networks have been progressively developed with Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), The University of Auckland, New Zealand, University of Southern Queensland, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA, North Dakota State University at Fargo and University of New Orleans. On the other hand, Dr. Dong has greatly promoted the flexible and blended student learning scheme at Curtin by conducting two Curtin funded T & L projects of e-quiz and e-review programs for Engineering Mechanics 100, which, to a great extent, enhances the learning outcome of large class units. He acted as a technical mentor for the Curtin BHP Billiton Award Winning team in Sustainable Design and Appropriate Technology Theme in 2009 Engineers Without Border (EWB) Challenges, Australia.

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2008; ME (1st Class honours), The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2003; BE, Wuhan University of Science & Technology, 2000

Career Highlights

01/12-present   Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia;
 
07/08-12/11      Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

02/03-09/04      Research Associate, Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

2002-2006         Teaching/Lab Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Awards

Honours

• 2009: Excellent Technical Mentorship to Curtin Engineering Foundation Year (EFY)
Student Winning Team for BHP Billiton Award for Sustainable Design and
Appropriate Technology in 2009 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenges,
Australia.

• 2007: Selected Candidate in the Special 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of “MARQUIS
Who’s Who in the World” (http://www.marquiswhoswho.com).

• 2007: Selected Stage Two Nominee for 2007 MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the
Year Awards, Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST),
New Zealand.

Awards

• 2011: Prize Recipient for Highest RPI Points for Publication for an Early Career Researcher (ECR), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University.

• 2006: Best Paper Silver Award Presented at the 5th Asian-Australasian Conference on
Composite Materials (ACCM-5), Hong Kong, P.R.China.

• 2006: Best Poster Award of Mechanical Engineering Department, Beca Engineering
Postgraduate Poster Competition, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland.

• 2005: Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship (Tertiary Education Commission,
New Zealand).

• 2004: University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship.

• 2003: University of Auckland International Doctoral Fee Bursary.

• 2002: M.E. Postgraduate Student Research Stipend of the Faculty of Engineering, The
University of Auckland.

• 2001: International Tuition Fee Waiver of Mechanical Engineering Department, The
University of Auckland.

• 2000: Excellent Prize of Hubei Province University Student Oral English Competition,
Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.R.China.

• 1996-2000 Consecutive Four-year Scholarships in the School of Mechanical Engineering
& Automation, Wuhan University of Science & Technology, P.R. China.

Books

Book Chapters

1) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Holistic approach and development on polypropylene (PP)/clay nanocomposites from processing, material characterisation to numerical modelling”, book chapter in Nanostructures: Properties, Production Methods and Applications, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, 2012, in preparation.

2) Y. Dong, T. Lucey and G. Leadbeater, “e-Review program: An alternative online learning interaction for first-year Engineering Mechanics 100 using a virtual classroom”, book chapter submitted for eScholar program 2011, Centre for e-Learning, Curtin University.

3) Y. Dong, “Fillers”, book chapter in The Wiley Encyclopedia of Composites, Wiley, New Jersey, USA, 2012, in press.

Important Articles

Journal Papers

1) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Investigation on the competing effects of clay dispersion and matrix plasticisation for polypropylene/clay nanocomposites. Part II: Crystalline structure and thermo-mechanical behaviour”, under review in Journal of Materials Science.

2) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Investigation on the competing effects of clay dispersion and matrix plasticisation for polypropylene/clay nanocomposites. Part I: Morphology and mechanical properties”, under review in Journal of Materials Science.

3) H. J. Haroosh, D. S. Chaudhary and Y. Dong, “Electrospun PLA/PCL fibers with tubular nanoclay: morphological and structural analysis", in press, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (DOI: 10.1002/app.35448).

4) Y. Dong and R. A. Mathew, “The reinforcement role of nanoclays on the mechanical properties and material characterisation of epoxy composites”International Journal of Polymers and Technologies, 3 (2011) 45-49.

5) Y. Dong, D. Chaudhary, C. Ploumis and K. T. Lau, “Correlation of mechanical performance and the morphological structures of epoxy micro/nanoparticulate composites”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42 (2011) 1483-1492.

6) Y. Dong, D. Chaudhary, H. Haroosh and T. Bickford, “Development and characterisation of novel electrospun polylactic acid/tubular clay nanocomposites”, Journal of Materials Science, 46 (2011) 6148-6153.

7) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Morphological-image analysis based numerical modelling of organoclay filled nanocomposites”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 17 (2010) 534-541.

8) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “A simple micromechanical approach to predict mechanical behaviour of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites based on representative volume element (RVE)”, Journal of Computational Materials Science, 49 (2010) 1-8.

9) D. Chaudhary, Y. Dong and K. K. Kar, “Hydrophilic plasticized biopolymers: Morphological influence on physical properties”, Materials Letters, 64 (2010) 872-875.

10) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Mapping the real micro/nanostructures for the prediction of elastic moduli of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”, Polymer, 51 (2010) 816-824.

11) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Dual role of maleated polypropylene in processing and material characterisation of polypropylene /clay nanocomposites”, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (2010) 1617-1622.

12) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, Effect of matrix plasticisation on the characterisation of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites. World Journal of Engineering 7 (2010) 198-201.

13) D. Chaudhary and Y. Dong, A statistical analysis of interaction between crystallinity and elongation in plasticized biopolymer. World Journal of Engineering 7 (2010) 10-12.

14) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. J. Hunter, “Experimental characterisation and object-oriented finite element modelling of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites”, Composites Science and Technology, 68 (2008) 2864-2875.

15) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, “Effects of clay type, clay/compatibiliser content and matrix viscosity on the mechanical properties of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 39 (2008) 1177-1191.

16) D. Bhattacharyya, Y. Dong, P. J. Hunter, “Formulation, processing and numerical modelling of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”, World Journal of Engineering, 4 (2007) 83-84.

17) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. J. Hunter, “Characterisation and object-oriented finite element modelling of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites,” Key Engineering Materials (Special Issue-“Advances in Composite materials and Structures”), 334-335 (2007) 841-844.

18) Y. Dong, R. J.T. Lin and D. Bhattacharyya, “Finite element simulation on thermoforming acrylic sheets using dynamic explicit method”, Polymers & Polymer Composites, 14 (2006) 307-328.

19) Y. Dong, R. J.T. Lin and D. Bhattacharyya, “Determination of critical material parameters for numerical simulation of acrylic sheet forming,” Journal of Materials Science, 40 (2005) 399-410.


Referred Conference Papers

1) Y. Dong, R. A. Mathew, D. S. Chaudhary, T. Bickford and H. Haroosh, “Flexural properties and morphological structures of epoxy composites reinforced with platelet and tubular nanoclays” CHEMECA 2011 “Engineering A Better World” conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, September 18-21, 2011.

2) H. Haroosh, D. S. Chaudhary and Y. Dong, “Effect of solution parameters on electrospun PLA/PCL fibers”, CHEMECA 2011 “Engineering A Better World” conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, September 18-21, 2011.

3) Y. Dong, D. S. Chaudhary, H. Haroosh, V. Sharma and T. Bickford, “Functionally electrospun PLA/tubular clay nanocomposites for the potential application of drug delivery”, The Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XIX conference (PFAM-19), Auckland, New Zealand, 14-17 January, 2011.

4) H. Haroosh, D. S. Chaudhary, Y. Dong and B. Hawkins, “Electrospun PLA : PCL/ halloysite nanotube nanocomposites fibers for drug delivery”, The Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XIX conference (PFAM-19), Auckland, New Zealand, 14-17 January, 2011.
5) Y. Dong, D. Chaudhary and C. Ploumis, “Investigation on the mechanical performance of micro/nanoparticulate composite materials via direct mixing”, The Seventh Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-7), Taipei, Taiwan, November 15-18, 2010.

6) D. Chaudhary, H. Bradley and Y. Dong, “Paramagnetic bionanocomposites from polyvinyl alcohol biopolymers”, The Seventh Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-7), Taipei, Taiwan, November 15-18, 2010.

7) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Representative volume element and morphological-image based analyses of polypropylene/nanoclay composites”, [Keynote Paper#] for the 3rd International Conference on Multi-Functional Materials and Structures (MFMS 2010), Jeonju, Korea, September 14-18, 2010.

8) D. S. Chaudhary and Y. Dong “A statistical analysis of interaction between crystallinity and elongation in plasticized biopolymer”, The Seventeenth International Conference on COMPOSITES/NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE -17), Hawaii, USA, July 26-August 1, 2009.

9) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Effects of matrix plasticisation on the characterisation of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”, The Seventeenth International Conference on COMPOSITES/NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE -17), Hawaii, USA, July 26-August 1, 2009.

10) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “A comprehensive study of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites: preparation, material characterisation and numerical simulation”, [Invited Paper#] for The First International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM-2009), Kottayam, Kerala, India, April 6-8, 2009.

11) D. Bhattacharyya and Y. Dong, “Optimisation of manufacturing parameters and morphology-based numerical analysis of nanocomposites”, [Invited Paper# AI-007] for the Seventeenth International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XVII), India Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, December 15-17, 2008. Conference Proceedings of “Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials-XVII”, edited by N. Bhatnagar, T. S. Srivatsan, pp. 559-579, I. K. International, New Delhi, India (2009).

12) Y. Dong and D. Bhattacharyya, “Morphological-image analysis based numerical modelling of organoclay filled nanocomposites”, International Conference on Multiscale Modelling and Simulation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, January 2-4, 2008.

13) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. J. Hunter, “A novel numerical approach based on morphological image analysis to predict mechanical properties of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”, Paper No. NM-7, the Sixth Canadian-International Composites Conference (CANCOM 2007),Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 14-17 August, 2007.

14) D. Bhattacharyya, Y. Dong, P. J. Hunter, “Formulation, processing and numerical modelling of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”, [Keynote Paper#] presented at The Fifteenth International Conference on COMPOSITES/NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE -15), Haikou, Hainan Island, China, 15-21 July, 2007.

15) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. J. Hunter, “Optimisation of property enhancement of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites”, Paper No. GE219830, 16th International Conference on Composite Materials, Kyoto, Japan, 8-13 July, 2007.

16) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. Hunter, “Numerical modelling of mechanical behaviour of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites using representative volume element (RVE)”, Paper No. OA-9-OR32, Symposium O: Frontiers in Computational Materials Science, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2007 (ICMAT 2007), Singapore, 1-6 July, 2007.
 
17) Y. Dong, D. Bhattacharyya, P. J. Hunter, “Characterisation and object-oriented finite element modelling of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites,” Paper No. 442-N, 5th Asia-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-5), Hong Kong, P. R. China, 27 -30 November, 2006.

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