International Technical Advisory Committee
	Professor David StJohn
		•	B.Sc. 1971, B.Sc. (Hons) 1972, The University of Queensland
		•	PhD in Physical Metallurgy 1976, The University of Queensland
		•	GAICD (Graduate Company Directors Course)
	Chair
		CEO, CAST Cooperative Research Centre Division of Materials, School of Engineering The University of Queensland St Lucia, Queensland, 4072
		Phone: +61 7 3365 3574 Fax: +61 7 3346 9373 Email: d.stjohn@cast.org.au
	Biography
	Professor David StJohn is a graduate of the University of Queensland where he received both a BSc(Hons) and PhD in Physical Metallurgy. From 1994 he has held a Chair in Solidification Technology at the University of Queensland and was also Research Program Leader for the Cooperative Research Centre for Cast Metals Manufacturing (CAST). He was appointed CEO of CAST in August 2002 and in 2005 the CAST Cooperative Research Centre won a third round of funding under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Programme. He recently successfully led a bid for the first Defence Future Capability Technology Centre (modelled on the CRC Programme) in the area of materials science. He is also President of Materials Australia.
	Prof StJohn has an international reputation for research on light alloys. He and colleagues were awarded the American Society of Metals 2006 Henry Marion Howe Medal for the best paper published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. He has authored and co-authored over 250 publications and is currently on the editorial committee of the International Journal of Cast Metals Research. He has a long track record of successfully working with industry on collaborative research programs. Prof StJohn has a strong personal and strategic desire to pursue new scientific knowledge that underpins future technology developments thereby assisting industry to be, or remain, competitive in today’s challenging global environment.
	Research Record
	An internationally recognised leader within the research fields of light metals and phase transformations having a reputation for excellence in a broad range of materials science and engineering topics. Over 280 papers published in Journals and Conference Proceedings. This research has had a significant impact on the scientific community with many research outcomes being translated into industrial applications with substantial commercial benefits.
	Research areas include:
	•	Solidification and casting of light alloys covering a broad range of casting processes such as high pressure, low pressure and gravity die casting, sand casting, rapid solidification and semisolid casting
	•	The science of peritectic and eutectic solidification
	•	The metallurgical factors controlling the development of casting defects
	•	Mechanisms of hot tearing of aluminium alloys
	•	Nucleation and refinement of grains in a range of alloys
	•	Mechanisms of the reduction of iron oxides
	•	Metal-molten metal interactions
	•	Heat treatment of aluminium alloys, steels and partially stabilised zirconia ceramics
	•	Corrosion of magnesium alloys
	•	Assessment and alloy design of wear resistant cast irons and polymeric materials
	•	Surface modification by ion implantation
	•	Creep resistance of magnesium alloys
	Board Memberships
	Executive Director, CAST CRC Limited, CAST Consult Pty Ltd, CASTvac Pty Ltd, CASTcoat Pty Ltd and CAST Centre Pty Ltd. President and Chair, Institute of Materials Engineering Australia, and Director DMTC Limited.
	Association Memberships
	Member of the Institute of Materials Engineering Australia (IMEA), the Australian Die Casting Association (ADCA), the Australian Foundry Institute (AFI), The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
	Currently, National President of the Institute of Materials Engineering Australia, member of the TMS Magnesium Technology Committee TMS and the TMS Ad-Hoc International Advisory Committee.
	Awards
	•	The American Society of Metals Henry Marion Howe Medal awarded in 2006.
	•	The Magnesium Technology Award for outstanding contribution to the development of magnesium technology presented by TMS in 2003.
	Advisory roles
	•	Current member of the advisory boards of LKR (Austria) (2001 -2007) and the Light Metals Research Centre (New Zealand).
	•	Participated in the Federal Government’s Light Metals Action Agenda committee (2003-2004).
	•	External reviewer at the CSIRO CMIT Science Review (10-14 October 2005).
	•	Panel member of the independent review of the CRC for Construction Innovation (24-28 October 2005).
	•	TMS ad hoc International Advisory Committee (from 2008).
	•	Deakin University Engineering Academic Advisory Board (from July 2007).
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