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Dr Tuquabo Tesfamichael
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Dr Tuquabo Tesfamichael is a Senior Lecturer at the school of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering (MMPE), Faculty of Engineering at QUT. He obtained his Ph.D. from Uppsala University (Sweden) in 2000 following by a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at QUT (Australia). Dr. Tesfamichael's activities are focused on teaching, research and leadership including service to the community. He is the Subject Area Coordinator for undergraduate Mechanical Engineering (EN01) and Course Coordinator for postgraduate Advanced Materials (EN54). Dr Tesfamichael has gained extensive teaching and research experiences, supervising HDR students, and has secured a number of competitive research grants successfully. He is a member of the Centre for Materials Science and Centre for Biomedical Technologies.Key research interests in science and engineering include:
- Thin film technology,
- Nanostructured materials and nanotechnology,
- Metal oxide thin film gas sensors,
- Perovskite solar cells,
- Nanostuctured metallic glasses thin films for biomedical applications.
Some of his selected grants and awards are from:
- Defense Science Technology - DST (2021-22)
- National and International Research Alliances Program (Smart Futures Fund)- NIRAP (2010-12).
- AINSE Research Grants (2003-2013)
- ARC Discovery Grant (2006-08)
- Japanese Sociality for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (2007, 2013)
- Country Energy (OCS) Temperature Increases in Water Pipes (2007)
- Sustainable Technologies Australia Limited (2005)
- Dyesol Pty Ltd (2005)
- QUT ARC Linkage - Projects Incentive Scheme (2004)
- QUT Strategic Collaborative Program Grant Scheme (2003)
- QUT Research Encouragement Award Scheme (2003)
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Keywords
Thin Film Materials, Nanotechnology, Metal Oxide Gas Sensors, Pervoskite Solar Cells, Metallic Glass for Biomedicals
Research field
Materials engineering, Nanotechnology, Condensed matter physics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Dr. Solid State Physics (Uppsala University)
Professional memberships and associations
Materials Australia
Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPSAAA)
Teaching
Teaching areas
- Engineering materials
- Materials and manufacturing
- Advanced materials
- Engineering Mechanics
Units currently teaching
- Fundamentals of Engineering Science - EGB102 (first year undergraduate unit)
- Materials and Manufacturing - EGB214 (second year undergraduate unit)
- Advanced materials - EGB414 (elective undergraduate unit)
- Advanced materials - ENN414 (elective postgraduate unit)
Experience
External collaborations
Industrial
University (International)
- Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Japan.
- Uppsala University, Department of Engineering Sciences, Sweden.
Publications
- Imihami Mudiyanselage, C., Singh, S., Afara, I., Wolff, A., Tesfamichael, T., Ostrikov, K. & Oloyede, A. (2017). Bactericidal effects of natural nanotopography of dragonfly wing on Escherichia coli. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(8), 6746–6760. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103297
- Roknuzzaman, M., Ostrikov, K., Wang, H., Du, A. & Tesfamichael, T. (2017). Towards lead-free perovskite photovoltaics and optoelectronics by ab-initio simulations. Scientific Reports, 7, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112406
- Ali, F., Pham, N., Fan, L., Tiong, V., Ostrikov, K., Bell, J., Wang, H. & Tesfamichael, T. (2019). Low hysteresis perovskite solar cells using e-beam evaporated WO3-x thin film as electron transport layer. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(8), 5456–5464. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131046
- Shahali, H., Hasan, J., Mathew, A., Wang, H., Yan, C., Tesfamichael, T. & Yarlagadda, P. (2019). Multi-biofunctional properties of three species of cicada wings and biomimetic fabrication of nanopatterned titanium pillars. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(8), 1300–1310. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127161
- Jaggessar, A., Mathew, A., Wang, H., Tesfamichael, T., Yan, C. & Yarlagadda, P. (2018). Mechanical, bactericidal and osteogenic behaviours of hydrothermally synthesised TiO2 nanowire arrays. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 80, 311–319. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116177
- Imran, M., Rashid, S., Sabri, Y., Motta, N., Tesfamichael, T., Sonar, P. & Shafiei, M. (2019). Template based sintering of WO3 nanoparticles into porous tungsten oxide nanofibers for acetone sensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(10), 2961–2970. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125875
- Onyeagba, C., Valashani, M., Wang, H., Brown, C., Yarlagadda, P. & Tesfamichael, T. (2023). Nanomechanical surface properties of co-sputtered thin film polymorphic metallic glasses based on Ti-Fe-Cu, Zr-Fe-Al, and Zr-W-Cu. Surfaces and Interfaces, 40. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/241931
- Tesfamichael, T., Ponzoni, A., Ahsan, M. & Faglia, G. (2012). Gas sensing characteristics of Fe-doped tungsten oxide thin films. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 168, 345–353. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50309
- Onyeagba, C., Will, G., Barclay, M., Brown, C., Wang, H. & Tesfamichael, T. (2024). Polymorphous nanostructured metallic glass coatings for corrosion protection of medical grade Ti substrate. Intermetallics, 165. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245487
- Madani, S., Tesfamichael, T., Wang, H. & Motta, N. (2022). Study of Pb-based and Pb-free perovskite solar cells using Cu-doped Ni1-xO thin films as hole transport material. Ceramics International, 48(11), 15207–15217. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229106
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