Prof. Arie Van Riessen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Arie van Riessen trained as a physicist and directed his research to materials science and microstructural analysis. A significant part of Arie’s career has focussed on the establishment and management of the Electron Microscopy Facility and the X-ray Laboratory at Curtin (now the Microanalysis and Microstructure Facility within the John de Laeter Centre).
Arie has worked with CSIRO, the Parker Centre, Rio Tinto Centre for Materials & Sensors in Mining and many more groups. Much of the work involved materials characterisation at the microstructural level using electron microscopy, laboratory x-ray diffraction and synchrotron radiation. Research includes investigation of leaching behaviour of nickel laterite ores and developing a model for understanding the cause of “wet and sticky” ore.
Arie has been an active researcher in the field of Geopolymers. He was Leader of the Geopolymer Research program concurrently with the position of Director of the Centre for Materials Research at Curtin. The geopolymer research resulted in collaboration with the Mongolian Academy of Science, Bologna University and the Korean Institute for Geoscience and Mineral Resources.
Previously Arie held the positions of Dean of Research and Development for the Division of Engineering, Science and Computing and Head of the Department of Applied Physics.
Arie has worked with CSIRO, the Parker Centre, Rio Tinto Centre for Materials & Sensors in Mining and many more groups. Much of the work involved materials characterisation at the microstructural level using electron microscopy, laboratory x-ray diffraction and synchrotron radiation. Research includes investigation of leaching behaviour of nickel laterite ores and developing a model for understanding the cause of “wet and sticky” ore.
Arie has been an active researcher in the field of Geopolymers. He was Leader of the Geopolymer Research program concurrently with the position of Director of the Centre for Materials Research at Curtin. The geopolymer research resulted in collaboration with the Mongolian Academy of Science, Bologna University and the Korean Institute for Geoscience and Mineral Resources.
Previously Arie held the positions of Dean of Research and Development for the Division of Engineering, Science and Computing and Head of the Department of Applied Physics.
