STAFF: LECTURER
Name: Dr Liberty Chipise
Designation: Lecturer
Department: Metallurgical Engineering
Contact Details: chipisel@gmail.com
Qualifications.
Bsc Hons (Metallurgical. Eng.),
MPhil. (Eng.), PhD Candidate (Metallurgical and Materials Eng.)Honours Degree
Diploma in Cooperative Management, Kushinga Phikelele Technical College
Research interests:
Mineral beneficiation, Phase equilibria and cemented carbides.
PUBLICATIONS
L. Chipise, L.A. Cornish, P.K. Jain, J. Mwabora, Co-Pd Binary Phase Diagram Evaluation, in MSI Eureka, Effenberg, G. (Ed.), MSI, Materials Science International, Stuttgart (2017), Document ID: 20.32756.1.8 (Crys. Structure, Phase Diagram, Phase Relations, Assessment, 109).
L. Chipise, P.K. Jain and L.A. Cornish, Influence of Ru on the Hardness and Fracture Toughness of WC-VC-Co alloys, International Journal for Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 77 (2018) 54-60.
L. Chipise, P.K. Jain and L.A. Cornish, Magnetic and Microstructural Aspects of WC-VC-Co-Ru Alloys, International Journal for Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 76 (2018) 49-56.
L. Chipise, B.O. Odera, P.K. Jain, S.H. Coetzee, N.R. Batane, M.P. Motsamai, and L.A. Cornish, Experimental Liquidus Surface Projection of the Ni-Ru-Zr System, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 37(6) 2016 702-717.
Ongoing Research:
Estimating Flotation Kinetic Parameters of a PGM Scavenger Bank Using the Graphical Method as an Alternative Approach
Influence of Ru Additions on the Corrosion Resistance of WC-VC-Co Alloys in Acidic Media
Sliding Wear of WC-Co-VC-Ru Alloys
Hardness characteristics of Ni-Ru-Zr alloys
Conferences Attended
40th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa (MSSA), Bela-Bela, South Africa (2010).
1st African Materials Science and Engineering Network (AMSEN) Workshop, Windhoek, Namibia (2010).
41st Microscopy Society of Southern Africa (MSSA), Pretoria, South Africa (2011).
6th African Materials Research Society (AMRS) Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (2011).
2nd African Materials Science and Engineering Network (AMSEN) Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya (2012).
3rd African Materials Science and Engineering Network (AMSEN) Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa (2015).
8th African Materials Research Society (AMRS) Conference, Accra, Ghana (2015).
46th Microscopy Society of Southern Africa (MSSA), Pretoria, South Africa (2016).
4th African Materials Science and Engineering Network (AMSEN) Workshop, Accra, Ghana (2017).
Research Awards
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand (1st Runner Up) (2015).
LASEC Prize – Best Experimental Design Award (2015).
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (2017).