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Carlos Horacio Cáceres

Reader in Casting Technology
email: c.caceres@uq.edu.au
Materials Engineering
School of Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
Telephone: +61 7 3365 4377  Fax: +61 7 3365 4799

Last updated: July 2012.


Education

Positions held

·     Reader in Casting Technology (tenured), The University of Queensland (current). (picture)

·     Visiting Professor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, RPC. 2007-2012 (see class photos 2009; 2010, 2011/2012 a, b, c, d).

·     Visiting Scholar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2007.

·     Visiting Researcher, Technological Institute of Iceland (Ice-Tec); 2005.(picture)

·     Visiting Scholar, Charles University, Prague, 2005.

·     Visiting Scholar, University of Windsor, Ont., 1998.

·     Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia, B.C., 2002.

·     Research Associate, McMaster University, Ont., 1988-1991. (picture)

·     Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenured), University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1984-1988.

·     Postdoctoral Fellow (Argentine Research Council), McMaster University, Ont., 19801983.

Publications

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List of Publications

 

 

Citation Index as of July 2012

 

Scopus database
104 documents, 1556 citations (Self citations of all authors excluded).

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Google Scholar

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2272 Citations

h-index = 28.

Editorial Work

  • Subject Editor (Casting, Heat treatment and Welding)  for the Journal of Materials Processing Technology

(JMPT)

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Awards/Invited Lectures/International Committees

  • 2010 School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering Teaching Award for “Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • Article featured as “Editors’ Choice” in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, December 2010 (text)
  • Article featured as Editors’ Choice in physica status solidi, vol 194, 2002 (with A. Blake).
  • Best Article Award, Int. J. of Cast Metals Research, 1998.
  • Best Research Paper Award, Argentine Society for Metals, 1988.
  • International Committee to the Int. Conf. on the Strength of Materials, ICSMA.
  • International Committee to the ICAMMP2010 and ICAMMP2011.
  • Invited lecture to ICAMMP2010, Shenzhen, RPCh, Nov 2010 (w/J Tailor and T Sivarupan)
  • Invited Lecture to ICAA-11 (Aachen, 2008) (with J Taylor).
  • Invited Lecture to ICMSMF, Brno, CR, June 27-29, 2007(with P Lukac and A Blake).
  • Invited lecture to ICAA-10 (Vancouver, 2006).
  • Invited Lecture to the 2nd Aluminum Casting Technology Symposium (ASM, 2002), Columbus, Oh.
  • Invited Lecture to the International Metallographic Society Meeting (IMS-ASM, 1999), Cincinnati, Oh.
  • Invited lecture to ICSMA-7 (Montreal, 1985) (with DS Wilkinson and X Wu).

Professional Societies

  • American Foundry Society (AFS)
  • ASM International
  • Australian Nuclear Association Queensland (ANAQ)
  • Institute of Materials Engineers Australasia (IMEA)
  • TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society)

Teaching/Service

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  • Materials Selection (MECH4301)
  • Science and Engineering of Metals (MECH3305) (with Ming Zhang since 2006)
  • Academic Adviser to Materials Engineering students (all years)

Research (see next page for more details)

  • Micromechanics of deformation and fracture of light (Mg and Al) alloys castings
  • Grain size hardening, twinning hardening, strain hardening in Mg alloys
  • Environmental effects of light alloy applications in transportation
  • Ductility issues in Al-Cu-Si-Mg-Fe alloys

Postdoctoral fellow/Postgraduate Students

  • Dr Bao Zhang
  • Ms Kun Vanna Yang (CSC-CoE)
  • Mr Tharmalingam Sivarupan, (CAST)
  • Mr Nagarajan Devarajan (UQ-COE)
  • Ms Saeideh Abaspour (UQ-CoE)

Research Funding

  • CI within the ARC Centre of Excellence Design in Light Metals.
  • CI within the Co-operative Research Centre for Cast Metals Manufacturing, CAST.

 

 

 

 

Authorised by: School Manager
author: c.caceres@uq.edu.au
Updated:  Jan 2009