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Dr Tim Huber

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Department: School of Product Design

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694124

Office: West 319

Languages: English, German

About
Research / Creative works
Supervision
Projects
Methods & Equipment

Fields of Research

  • Biobased and sustainable materials (biopolymers, bio-based composites)
  • Bio-inspired design and engineering (Biomimetics, Bionics)
  • Material perception in the context of Product Design
  • Additive manufacturing/3D printing of biobased materials

Researcher Summary

I am lecturer in the School of Product Design teaching Material Science for Product Design.
My research interests include the development and 3D printing of biological and bio-based materials with a recent focus on hydrogels for separation processes and tissue scaffolding.
I am also interested in natural fibre reinforced plastics, especially bioplastics, with a strong focus on all-cellulose composites.
I have a background bio-inspired design and biomimetics using nature as inspiration for engineering solutions and am interested in exploring this area of research further.
My latest research interest is about the use of indigenous and native materials in product design and resulting material and product perception and resulting value associations.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Engineering and Technology: Materials; Mechanical; Natural Fibre & Bicomposites

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)
Journal Articles
  • Craupner N., Müssig J. and Huber T. (2022) Regenerated cellulose fibers - Great potential for sustainable and tough fiber-reinforced composites. Technische Textilien 65(3): 106-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.51202/0323-3243-2022-3-106.
  • Graupner N., Müssig J. and Huber T. (2022) Regenerated cellulose fibers - great potential for sustainable and tough fiber-reinforced composites. Chemical Fibers International 72(2): 71-74.
  • Manu T., Nazmi AR., Shahri B., Emerson N. and Huber T. (2022) Biocomposites: A review of materials and perception. Materials Today Communications 31 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103308.
  • Schmidt J., Huber T. and Müssig J. (2022) Improving Material Property Understanding with Virtual Experiments: A New Approach to Teach about Mechanical Testing of Materials Using an Interactive Desktop App. Journal of Chemical Education 99(2): 553-560. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01087.
  • Wunsch T., Kelch M., Röhl V., Wieland H., Labisch S., van den Oever M., Huber T. and Müssig J. (2022) Structure-property relationships in Japanese knotweed – The potential of using the stem for composite applications. Industrial Crops and Products 186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115191.
  • Feast S., Fee C., Huber T. and Clarke D. (2021) Printed monolith adsorption as an alternative to expanded bed adsorption for purifying M13 bacteriophage. Journal of Chromatography A 1652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462365.
  • Moleirinho MG., Feast S., Moreira AS., Silva RJS., Alves PM., Carrondo MJT., Huber T., Fee C. and Peixoto C. (2021) 3D-printed ordered bed structures for chromatographic purification of enveloped and non-enveloped viral particles. Separation and Purification Technology 254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117681.
  • Zadeh HN., Bowles D., Huber T. and Clucas D. (2021) A novel additive manufacturing method of cellulose gel. Materials 14(22) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14226988.
  • Huber T., Zadeh HN., Feast S., Roughan T. and Fee C. (2020) 3D printing of gelled and cross-linked cellulose solutions, an exploration of printing parameters and gel behaviour. Bioengineering 7(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020030.
  • Müssig J., Clark A., Hoermann S., Loporcaro G., Loporcaro C. and Huber T. (2020) Imparting materials science knowledge in the field of the crystal structure of metals in times of online teaching: A novel online laboratory teaching concept with an augmented reality application. Journal of Chemical Education 97(9): 2643-2650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00763.
  • Zadeh HN., Huber T., Nock V., Fee C. and Clucas D. (2020) Complex geometry cellulose hydrogels using a direct casting method. Bioengineering 7(2): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020058.
  • Huber T., Feast S., Dimartino S., Cen W. and Fee C. (2019) Analysis of the effect of processing conditions on physical properties of thermally set cellulose hydrogels. Materials 12(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12071066.
  • Huber T., Clucas DM., Vilmay M., Pupkes B., Stuart J., Dimartino S. and Fee C. (2018) 3D Printing Cellulose Hydrogels Using LASER Induced Thermal Gelation. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 2(3) 42: 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmmp2030042.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Manu T., Nazmi AR., Shahri B., Emerson N., Müssig J. and Huber T. (2022) A Preliminary Study to Understand the Effect of Natural Fibers on the Desirability and Distinguishability of Biocomposites. In Fiber Society 2022 Spring Conference - Fibers for a Greener Society: From Fundamentals to Advanced Applications: 39.
  • Ritchie J., Bontilao J., Kennelly S., Topliss J., Dunn J., Renaud A., Huber T., De Gast BW. and Piumsomboon T. (2021) COMFlex: An Adaptive Haptic Interface with Shape-Changing and Weight-Shifting Mechanism for Immersive Virtual Reality. In 5th Asian CHI Symposium 2021: 210-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3429360.3468214.
  • Zadeh HN., Huber T., Dixon F., Fee C. and Clucas D. (2020) Fabrication of Cellulose Hydrogel Objects Through 3D Printed Sacrificial Molds. In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering: 265-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29041-2_33.
  • Huber T., Fee C., Clucas D. and Feast S. (2019) Cellulose hydrogels with complex three dimensional structures and tuneable properties made by additive manufacturing. In.
  • Dimartino D., Fee CJ., Huber T., Clucas D., Nawada S., Gordon A., Dolamore F. and Rezanavaz R. (2017) 3D printing of chromatographic media: what impact will this produce in the separation sciences? In.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Emerson N., Huber T. and Nazmi A. (2020) Effect of CNC machining on sensory properties of native and non-native timbers. Auckland, NZ: MADE 2020, 7-8 Dec 2020.
  • Fee CJ., Gordon A., Huber T. and Dimartino S. (2017) Triply periodic minimal surface structures in 3D-printed chromatography columns. Philadelphia, PA, USA: 30th International Symposium on Preparative and Process Chromatography, 16-19 Jul 2017.
  • Huber T., Clucas, DM., Vilmay M., Pupkes B., Stuart J., Dimartino S. and Fee CJ. (2017) Developing a 3D printer for the manufacture of cellulose hydrogels. Auckland, New Zealand: Manufacturing and Design NZ, 10-11 May 2017.

Student Supervision

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    Current
  • PhD - Feast S: Purification of large biologicals using 3D printed chromatography columns.
  • PhD - Mohsin H: Bioelastomeric meshes - processing, structure and properties
  • PhD - Najaf Zadeh H: 3-Dimensional printing of high-resolution hydrogels by a high-speed process using negative templating (2020)
  • PhD - Tracy M: Pollination Systems and Neighbourhood Effects in Native, Invasive, and Agricultural Species
  • PhD - Trompers M: No Waste Design
  • Summer Student - Can S: Material selection and characterization for the use of 3D printing hydrogels (2015)
  • Summer Student - Roughan T: 3D-Printed Cellulose Ink Optimisation (2020)

Future Research

  • Bio-inspired product design
  • Structure-property relationships of native New Zealand fauna and flora
  • Biomaterial processing/3D printing
  • Perception of novel bio-based and sustainable materials

Key Methodologies

  • Processing-Structure-Porperty Relationships of Materials
  • Thermomechanical testing of materials
  • 3D printing and additive manufacturing
  • Biomimetic Design
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