Primary Supervisor: Heon Park
Research Interests
- Biomedical materials
- Biodegradable materials
- Plastics and rubbers
- Renewable resources
- Material characterisation
- Sterilisation
- Supercritical fluid extraction
- Sustainability
Publications
- Lin L., Mirkin S., and Park HE. (2023) Biodegradable Composite Film of Brewers’ Spent Grain and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol). Processes 11, 2400. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082400.
- Lin L., Dang QA., and Park HE. (2023) Enhanced Degradability, Mechanical Properties, and Flame Retardation of Poly(Lactic Acid) Composite with New Zealand Jade (Pounamu) Particles. Polymers 15 3270. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15153270.
- Mazlan NA., Lin L., and Park HE. (2022) Microplastics in the New Zealand environment. Processes 10, 265. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10020265.
- Lin L., Lee Y., and Park HE. (2021) Recycling and rheology of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) to make foams using supercritical fluid. Physics of Fluids 33, 067119. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050649.
Presentations
- L. Lin, Q.A. Dang, and H.E. Park, “Enhanced Degradability and Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Plastic Composites with New Zealand Jade Waste” 6th International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management, ONLINE Webinar presentation, August 2023.
- L. Lin, S. Mirkin, and H.E. Park, “Biodegradable Composite Film of Brewer’s Spent Grain with Poly(vinyl alcohol) Binder” 6th International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management, ONLINE Webinar presentation, August 2023.
- L. Lin, Y. Lee, and H.E. Park, “Recycling and rheology of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) to make foams using supercritical fluid: Part 1: Effect of foaming direction” 2nd Online International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management, ONLINE Webinar presentation, July 2021.
- L. Lin, Y. Lee, and H.E. Park, “Recycling and rheology of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) to make foams using supercritical fluid: Part 2: Effect of temperature and pressure” 2nd Online International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management, ONLINE Webinar presentation, July 2021.
Academic History
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in Chemical and Process Engineering (minor in bioprocess engineering), University of Canterbury
- Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Taxation, University of Canterbury
Professional History
- Research Assistant in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury (Oct 2021 – May 2022)
Topic: Testing and analysing plastic and adhesive field technology materials
- Teaching Assistant in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury (Jan 2021 – Current)
- Research Assistant in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury (Mar 2020 – May 2021)
Topic: Scaling up the wet green lipped mussel oil extraction using supercritical fluids
- Research Assistant in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury (Mar 2020 – Nov 2020)
Topic: Meat sterilisation for exporting meat products economically
- Summer Research Student in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury (Nov 2019 – Feb 2020)
Topic: Mussel oil extraction from wet green lipped mussels using supercritical fluids
- Summer Intern at Tegel Foods Ltd. (Dec 2018 – Feb 2019)
