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DoctorLeela Kempton

UOW PERL Fellowship

School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering

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  • UOW PERL Fellowship
    School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering

BIO

Leela is a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Sydney in 2004 then worked as an industrial process engineer for a number of years before moving into ironmaking research. She completed her PhD from the University of NSW in 2014 whilst working at BlueScope Steel, with research focusing on numerical modelling of particle deformation within the blast furnace.
Leela joined the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) in 2017 and has worked on various projects involving asbestos containment, mould remediation in social housing, life cycle assessment of buildings and thermal modelling of wall assemblies.

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG APPOINTMENTS

  • UOW PERL Fellowship
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, Wollongong, Australia2022 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Materials Science and Engineering2008 - 2015
  • B.E. Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
    University of Sydney, Chemical Engineering2001 - 2004

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (FOR)