Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Engineering

Assoc Prof Bernard Rolfe
  Phone   +61 3 522 72417
Email   bernard.rolfe@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Professor
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   3D (Dynamic Deakin Design)

Bernard has completed a combined BEc/BEng(hons) and a PhD (Engineering) at the ANU.

Bernard has been a faculty member of the School of Engineering since 2005, where he lectures in
Mechanical Engineering.

Bernard's research focusses on the forming of advanced materials into lightweight structures. He

has been a part of over ten successful competitive large research grants, totalling over $5 million.

Bernard has some PhD scholarships available, please contact him regarding your interest.

Research interests

  1. Advanced material modelling
  2. Cold forming
  3. Design of lightweight structures


Career

Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering, Deakin (2012 - ongoing)
Senior Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering, Deakin (2007 - 2011)
Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering, Deakin (2005 - 2006)
Research Fellow - Engineering, Deakin (2002 - 2004)
Sessional Lecturer - Engineering, ANU (2001)

Key publications

M.P. Pereira, W. Yan, B.F. Rolfe (2010) Sliding distance, contact pressure and wear in sheet metal stamping Wear accepted manuscript, available on-line,

M. Pereira, J.L. Duncan, W. Yan, B.F. Rolfe (2009) Contact Pressure Evolution at the Die Radius in Sheet Metal Stamping Journal Materials Processing Technology Vol. 209, No. 7, pp. 3532-3541

S.A. Asgari, P.D. Hodgson, C.H. Yang, B.F. Rolfe (2009) Modeling of Advanced High Strength Steels with the realistic microstructure-strength relationships Computational Materials Science Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 860-866

T. de Souza, B.F. Rolfe (2008) Multi-variate modelling of variability in sheet metal forming Journal of Materials Processing Technology Vol 203, No.1-3 , pp. 1-12

S.A. Asgari, P.D. Hodgson, V. Lemiale, C. Yang, B.F. Rolfe (2008) Multiscale Particle-in-cell modelling for Advanced High Strength Steels Advanced Materials Research Vol. 32, pp. 285-288

View entire list of audited publications

Professional activities

Member of Engineers Australia
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member of Association for Manufacturing Excellence

Related links

Bernard is Group Leader for IFM Modelling Group
www.deakin.edu.au/itri/cmfi/re search/areas/modelling.php

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr. Tim de SouzaLightweight Design - AutoCRC Dr. Michael PereiraReducing tool wear through novel surface treatments and improved lubrication - ARC Linkage Dr. Matthias WeissDesign Strategy for Cold Roll Formed Products - ARC Linkage Dr. Erik PavlinaTooling life prediction - AutoCRC  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Mr. Paul OkonkwoReducing tool wear through novel surface treatments and improved lubrication - ARC Linkage Mr. Akbar AbvabiUnderstanding the effects of residual stress on roll forming Mr. Klaus FiedlerExtending structural performance optimisation Mr. Amir AbdollahpoorCrash performance and hot stamping Mr. Jason JiaoReducing web-warping in flexible roll forming Mr. Akbar MostaaniModelling fundamental wear mechanisms  

 

Teaching areas

Engineering Design
Product Development
Computer Aided Engineering


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8th February 2013