• Personal Details
• Reseach Areas
• Education
• Recent Appointments
• Professional Societies
• Membership of Editorial Boards
• Membership of Technical Commities
• Membership of Government Panels
• Journal Referee
• Grant Referee
• Grants
• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Selected Pubblications
• Supervisions
• Consulting
• Major Consultancies
  

Charles Chris SORRELL

Prof. Charles Chris Sorrell

University of New South Wales

Professor of Ceramic Engineering
School of Materials Science and Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Tel +61 2 9385 4421
Fax +61 2 9385 5956

Email:

c.sorrell@unsw.edu.au

cerex@sialon.com.au

Research Areas

• Processing of Ceramics
• Structural Clay Products
• Ceramic Raw Materials
• Glass
• Technical Ceramics
• Phase Equilibria
• Microwave Heating of Ceramics
• Electronic, Semiconducting, and Superconducting Ceramics
• Gas Sensors
• Materials for Energy Conversion
• Conservation

Education

• 1977 B.Sc. Ceramic Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla
• Thesis: Subsolidus Equilibria and Metastable Phase Development in the System ZrO2-Al2O3-SiO2
• 1980 B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla
• 1980 M.Sc. Ceramic Science, Pennsylvania State University
• Thesis: The Directional Solidification and Properties of the ZrC-ZrB2 and the ZrC-TiB2 Eutectics
• 1984 Diploma Gemmology, Gemmological Association of Australia
• 1987 Ph.D. Ceramic Engineering, University of New South Wales
• Thesis: Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Relationships in the Systems Zr-Si-N and Zr-Si-O-N
• 1992 Certificate Diamond Grading, Gemmological Association of Australia
• 1993 Diploma Diamond Technology, Gemmological Association of Australia

Recent Appointments

• 1987-89 Lecturer, Ceramic Engineering, University of New South Wales
• 1989-91 Senior Lecturer, Ceramic Engineering, University of New South Wales
• 1992-96 Associate Professor, Ceramic Engineering, University of New South Wales
• 1997- Professor, Ceramic Engineering, University of New South Wales

Professional Societies

• 1981- Member, Australasian Ceramic Society
  • Executive Committee Member, NSW Branch, 1981-
  • President, NSW Branch, 1984-85
  • Treasurer, NSW Branch, 1985-96
  • Vice-President, NSW Branch, 1998-
  • Councillor, Federal Branch, 1992-96
  • Vice-President, Federal Branch, 1994-96
• 1982- Fellow, Gemmological Association of Australia
• 1995 Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia

Membership of Editorial Boards

• 1987-94 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the Australasian Ceramic Society
• 1988 Editor, Ceramic Developments: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of the International Ceramics Conference and Exhibition _ Austceram 88
• 1988- Contributing Editor, American Ceramic Society _ National Institute of Standards and Technology Phase Diagram Data Center
• 1994 Editor, Proceedings of the International Ceramics Conference and Exhibition - Austceram 94 [International Ceramic Monographs, Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2]
• 1994- Editor, Journal of the Australasian Ceramic Society
• 1996- Member, Editorial Board, Ceramics International
• 1997 Editor, Electrical Properties of Oxide Materials
• 1997 Editor, Proceedings of the Second Pacific Rim Meeting on Ceramics

Membership of Technical Committees

• 1991- Member, Technical Committee HT/3, Implants for Surgery - Orthopaedic Joint Prostheses, Standards Association of Australia
• 1993- Member, Australian Sub-Committee, Technical Committee 206 - Fine Ceramics, International Organization for Standardization

Membership of Government Panels

• 1999- Member, Australian Research Council;Engineering, Earth & Applied Sciences Discipline Panel; Civil, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Journal Referee

• 1987- Journal of the Australasian Ceramic Society
• 1991- Physica C
• 1992- Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• 1994- Ceramics International
• 1994- MaterialsForum
• 1995- Journal of Catalysis

Grant Referee

• 1987 Australia-China Education Program
• 1991 International Science and Technology Collaboration Program
• 1991- Australian Research Council
• 1992 Bilateral Science and Technology Program
• 1992- National Health and Medical Research Council
• 1996- National Science Foundation (USA)
• 1997- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

Grants

Over $5 million in research grants during the past 10 years, including grants in the areas of:

Bioceramics	Zirconia	Solar-Hydrogen
Superconductors	Phase Equilibria	Mullite Fibres from Topaz
Silicon Nitride	Gas Sensors	Forming of Ceramics
Oxynitride Glasses	Refractories	Microwave Heating of Ceramics
	Graphite	Gemstone Heat Treatment

 

Research Interests

Phase Equilibria	Powder Processing	Non-Oxide Ceramic Systems
Ceramic Forming and Methods	Bioceramics	Densification and Sintering
Gems and Gemmology	Glasses and Glass-Ceramics	Crystal Growth
Microwave Processing of Ceramics	High-Temperature Superconductors	Wear of Ceramics
Composites	X-Ray and Thermal Analyses

Teaching

Over 15 different technical subjects taught during the past 10 years, including:

Phase Equilibria	Chemistry of Ceramic Processes
Chemical Ceramics	Materials Seminar
Chemistry of the Solid State	Physical Ceramics
Materials Science	Refractories
Designing with Advanced Materials	Technical and Non-Technical Ceramics
Engineering Materials	Sintering of Ceramics
Materials Engineering	Thermal Properties of Ceramics
Introduction to the Materials Industry	Ceramic Raw Materials
Thermodynamics	Physico-Chemico Ceramics Laboratory

 

Selected Publications

Over 250 publications during the past 15 years

Supervision

Project and work supervision during the past 10 years has been provided for the following people:

• 40 Honours Students
• 40 Postgraduate Students
• 5 Postdoctoral Fellows
• 3 Sabbatical Visitors
• 10 Visiting Fellows

Consulting

Over 80 technical consultancies during the past 15 years, including work in the areas of:

Tiles and Terrazzo	Clays and Soils	Bricks
Concrete and Cement	Sanitaryware	Gypsum Plasterboard
Porcelain, Stoneware, and Earthenware	Architectural	Conservation
Brick and Castable Refractories	Medical Devices	Glass, Glazes, and Engobes Dust Diseases

Major Consultancies

Several in-depth consultancies during the past 5 years, including projects involving:

• Improvement of properties of gypsum plasterboard
• Characterisation and determination of cause of failure of acid-resisting bricks
• Development of raw materials for tile bodies
• Development of conservation methods for early building materials
• Determination of cause of failure of bricks
• Determination of cause of degradation of bricks
• Assessment of tunnel kiln damage and firing defects in bricks

For further information, please contact:

Prof. Charles C. Sorrell

Managing Director of Cerex Pty. Ltd.
Professor of Ceramic Engineering
School of Materials Science & Engineering.
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Tel. (+61-2) 9385-4421; Fax. (+61-2) 9385-5956

 

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