DrBehnam Akhavan
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering
- Honorary Senior LecturerFaculty of Engineering
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy
Associations
- Materials Australia (Certified Materials Professional Member)
- Australian Nanotechnology Network
- American Chemical Society
- International Desalination Association
- Engineers Without Borders
Awards and Honours
2020 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
2020 Most Innovative Engineers Award; Engineers Australia
2017 The Royal Society Science Conference Award (Selected by the Royal Society as one of eight Early Career Researchers representing Australia at the prestigious Commonwealth Science Conference)
2017 Coatings Award; MDPI
2015 Featured as one of UniSA's Enterprising Faces, University of South Australia (http://www.unisa.edu.au/25-birthday/UniSAs-Enterprising-Faces/)
2014 1st Prize, Best Pitching Session, ANN ECR Entrepreneurship Workshop, Griffith University
2014 Royal Society Poster Prize, 10th Int. Nanotechnology Symposium (NanoFair 2014), Dresden, Germany
2013 1st Prize Poster Competition, Division of ITEE, University of South Australia
2013 1st Prize 5 Minutes Thesis Competition, Division of ITEE, University of South Australia
2012 1st Prize Presentation Competition, School of Eng. Research Day, University of South Australia
2012 2nd Prize Poster Competition, School of Engineering Research Day, University of South Australia
2011 Best Poster Award, School of Mechanical Engineering Research Day, University of South Australia
In the Media
The Conversation: "The world might run out of a crucial ingredient of touch screens. But don’t worry, we’ve invented an alternative", 20 July 2021
Advanced Science News: “Hybrid hydrogel paves the way for viable tissue engineering”, 4 August 2020
EurekAlert (AAAS): “Hydrogel for biomedical breakthrough”, 3 August 2020
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uos-hpw080320.php
Science Daily: “Plasma technology could improve viability of implants”, 3 August 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200803160500.htm
Window of opportunity, Keep it Clever, Universities Australia, 23 October 2019 http://keepitclever.com.au/window-of-opportunity/
“Accelerator technique useful for biomedical engineering” ANSTO NEWS, 9th October 2019 https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/accelerator-technique-useful-for-biomedical-engineering
“Hopes for bone implant coating to improve outcomes”, Engineers Australia News, 18th September 2019 https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/News/hopes-bone-implant-coating-improve-outcomes
Interview with Nine News aired on Australian National TV- Channel 9;15 August 2019 (IMPLANT REVOLUTION)
http://www.mediaportal.com/mp/playnow.aspx?u=136780&p=1208069712&key=102211164240150142213135208247102662482504829
https://twitter.com/9NewsSyd/status/1161919108192976896?s=20
The University of Sydney News: Plasma coating developed to decrease bone implant rejections, 15 August 2019
https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/08/15/plasma-coating-developed-to-decrease-bone-implant-rejections.html
Interview with SBS Persian Radio: “Plasma coating developed to decrease bone implant rejections”, 24 August 2019 https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/plasma-coating-developed-to-decrease-bone-implant-rejections
Interview with Create Magazine: New energy-efficient coating goes from light to dark in a snap, August issue, 2019 https://www.createdigital.org.au/new-energy-efficient-coating-goes-from-light-dark/
Med-Tech Innovation: Researchers develop new plasma coating for bone implants, August 2019
https://www.med-technews.com/news/researchers-develop-new-plasma-coating-for-bone-implants/
Create Digital: Plasma coatings show promise for decreasing infection and rejection rates for bone implants, 27 Aug 2019 https://www.createdigital.org.au/plasma-coatings-decreasing-infection-and-rejection-rates-bone-implants/
Interview with SBS Persian Radio: “New plasma technology creates 'smart' windows”, 9 April 2018 https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/node/1575900?language=aii
The University of Sydney News: “New plasma technology creates 'smart' windows”, 1 April 2019 https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/04/01/new-plasma-technology-creates--smart--windows.html
Mirage News: “University team develops antibacterial surfaces for bone implants”, 28 Sep. 2018 https://www.miragenews.com/university-team-develops-antibacterial-surfaces-for-bone-implants/
GEN: “Synthetic Peptides Open Door to New Class of Implantable Medical Devices”, 25 Jan. 2018 https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/synthetic-peptides-open-door-to-new-class-of-implantable-medical-devices/81255418
Science Daily: “Implantable medical devices bolstered by next-gen surface modification”, 24 Jan. 2018 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180124111239.htm
Sensors On-line: “Novel Medical Implants May Integrate Easier, Reduce Infection Risks”, 24 Jan. 2018 https://www.sensorsmag.com/components/novel-medical-implants-may-integrate-easier-reduce-infection-risks
The Engineer: “Synthetic peptides and electric fields combine to improve integration of implants”, 24 Jan. 2018 https://www.theengineer.co.uk/synthetic-peptides-integration-implants
Medindia: “Novel Technique may Reduce Implant-rejection and Infection”, 24 Jan. 2018 http://www.medindia.net/news/novel-technique-may-reduce-implant-rejection-and-infection-176471-1.htm
Scicasts: Synthetic “Peptides Integrate Seamlessly With Host Tissue in New Study”, 24 Jan. 2018 https://scicasts.com/channels/bioengineering/1892-synthetic-biology/13181-study-suggests-synthetic-peptides-could-integrate-seamlessly-with-host-tissue/
Scope Science Show aired on Australian National TV - Channel TEN: Season 2, Episode 165: “What’s New”, 17October 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1WZgN2IvJE
National Centre of Excellence in Desalination News: “Water-purifying Oil Magnets Developed by PhD Scholarship Winner”, 26 Jun 2013
Silica water filter research, University of South Australia News. October 2013
University of South Australia Research Edge Newsletter: “Engineering Pure Water”, Issue 06, October 2013http://w3.unisa.edu.au/researchstudents/researchedge/archive/October2013/
University of South Australia News: “Environmental Bridge over Troubled Waters”, 8 May 2013