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Dr Harry Ku

Name :	Dr Harry Ku
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Manufacturing Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Office :	Z416
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2919
Extension :	2919
E-mail :
Qualifications :	AP(HK) HongKongPoly PGCertEd, MScEng Hong Kong PhD SwinburneUT

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/ku
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Professional Memberships

Corporate Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Research Interests

Characterization of composite materials

Microwave processing of materials;

Engineering education

Manufacturing processes

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Ku, H, Contrasts joints of glass fibre with carbon fibre reinforced low density polyethylene composite bonded by microwave irradiation, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2008, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 69-84.

Ku, H, Rogers, D, Davey, R, Cardona, F and Trada, M, Fracture Toughness of Phenol Formaldehyde Composites: Pilot Study, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2008, Vol 17, No. 1, pp.85-90.

Goh, S, Ku, H and Ang, S L, Prediction of Crushing Stress in Composite Materials, Journal of Composite Materials, 2008, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp.467-484. .

Ku, H and Yusaf, T, Processing of composites using variable and fixed frequency microwave facilities, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, 2008, Vol. 5, pp. 185-205.

Munoz, J-C, Ku, H, Cardona, F and Rogers, D, Effects of catalysts and post-curing conditions in the network of epoxy and phenolic resins: Preliminary results, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2008, Vol. 202, pp. 486-492.

H Ku, F Cardona, D Rogers and A Vandenbroucke, Effects of EPON on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Epoxy Resins, Advanced Materials Research, 2008, Vols. 47-50, pp.536-539.

Most notable :
HKIE best paper prize in 2001.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ENG 4004, Engineering Project and Operations Mangement
MEC 3204, Production Engineering
MEC 2202, Manufacturing Processes
MEC 1201, Engineering Materials
MEC 3903, Mech Prac 3

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 24 years
Other : 9 years