IFM staff

Aprof Bronwyn Fox

Research interests:

Associate Professor Bronwyn Fox leads the carbon fibre and composite research team in the Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation. Her research interests include carbon fibre manufacture, surface treatment of fibres, three dimensional preforms for complex composite components, out-of-autoclave cure of composites, structure-property relationships in polymers, nanocomposites and natural fibre composites.

Qualifications:

• PhD Aerospace Composites, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2001)
• BSc. Chemistry (Hons), University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1993)

Relevant employment history:

2011-Present: Associate Professor, Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

2006 - 2010: Senior Lecturer, Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

2002 - 2006: Lecturer, Engineering, Deakin University

2001 - 2002: Research Fellow, Engineering, Deakin University

2000 - 2001: Associate Lecturer, Engineering, The Australian National University

A list of the ten most significant relevant publications for the last five years:

1. M.L. Herring, B.L. Fox (2011) The effect of a rapid curing process on the surface finish of a carbon fibre epoxy composite, Composites Part B, Article first published online: 30 MAR 2011, DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.03.014: Engineering [ERA ranking A, IF= 1.704, Citations = 0]
2. Abdullah A. Kafi, Kevin Magniez and Bronwyn L. Fox (2011) "A Surface-Property Relationship of Atmospheric Plasma Treated Jute Composites", Composites Science and Technology Date of revision submitted: 14/04/2011 [ERA ranking A*, IF= 2.90, Citations = 0]
3. Abdullah A. Kafi, Kevin Magniez, and Bronwyn L. Fox (2011) "Effect of manufacturing process on the Flexural, Mode-I and Thermo-mechanical properties of Bio-Composites", Composites Part A-Applied Science And Manufacturing (in press) [ERA ranking A, IF= 2.41, Citations = 0]
4. K. Magniez, C. De Lavigne, B.L. Fox (2010) The effects of molecular weight and polymorphism on the fracture and thermo-mechanical properties of a carbon-fibre composite modified by electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes Polymer, Volume 51, Issue 12, Pages 2585-2596. [ERA ranking A, IF= 3.573, Citations = 0]
5. B. P. Adamson, and B. L. Fox (2010) An evaluation of the performance of advanced melded composite joints, Composite structures, vol. 92, no. 9, pp. 2071-2076, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, England [ERA ranking A, IF= 2.006, Citations = 1]
6. Agius, S. L., Magniez, K. J. C. and B. L. Fox (2009) Fracture behaviour of a rapidly cured polyethersulfone toughened carbon fibre/epoxy composite, Composite structures, vol. 92, no. 9, pp. 2119-2127, Elsevier, Kidlington, England [ERA ranking A, IF= 2.006, Citations = 0]
7. Awaja, Firas, Gilbert, Michael, Kelly, Georgina, B. L. Fox and Pigram, Paul J. (2009) Adhesion of polymers, Progress in polymer science, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 948-968, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [ERA ranking A*, IF= 25.75, Citations = 7]
8. Zhang, Jin, Guo, Qipeng and Fox, Bronwyn (2009) Study on thermoplastic-modified multifunctional epoxies : influence of heating rate on cure behaviour and phase separation, Composites science and technology, vol. 69, no. 7-8, pp. 1172-1179, Pergamon, Oxford, England [ERA ranking A* IF= 2.901, Citations = 1]
9. Corbett, Tim, Forrest, Mark, Le Gac, Pierre and Fox, Bronwyn (2007) Characterization of melded carbon fibre/epoxy laminates, Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1860-1871, Pergamon, United Kingdom [ERA ranking A IF=2.410, Citations = 3]
10. Silcock, Michael D., Garschke, Claudia, Hall, Wayne and Fox, Bronwyn (2007) Rapid composite tube manufacture utilizing the Quickstep? process, Journal of composite materials, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 965-978, Sage Science Press (UK), Lancaster, Pa.[ERA ranking B IF=0.806, Citations = 1]

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