Rate My Professor Craig Garlick

Craig Garlick is a CIMR Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Metallurgy (Honors 1) and a Master of Engineering from the University of Newcastle. His career spans over 40 years in metallurgical operations and research, beginning as a Metallurgy Trainee at BHP Steel Newcastle Steelworks in 1979. He advanced to Research Officer at BHP Billiton Research Labs (1983-1989), where he conducted pyrometallurgical research on slag/metal reactions and completed his Master's on the vaporisation of lead sulfide from zinc concentrates. From 1990 to 1994, he served as Steel Technology Manager at BHP New Zealand Steel, optimizing processes including electric arc furnace melting of direct reduced iron, vanadium recovery, KOBM steelmaking, ladle metallurgy, and slab casting. Subsequent roles included Principal Research Officer at BHP Billiton Research Labs (1994-2000), Development Manager at OneSteel (2000-2012) focusing on inclusion engineering and process improvements, Process Engineer at Rio Tinto Coal Australia Warkworth CHPP (2012-2016), and Process Engineer at Yancoal Australia Mount Thorley (2016-2021). Since June 2021, he has been at the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research, investigating material behavior in new iron and steelmaking processes and process modeling for heat and mass balance.