Dr Martin Castillo

This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
BackgroundDr. Martin Castillo has recently joined QUT (March 2009) as an academic and researcher. Prior to QUT, Dr. Castillo was a contract researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Castillo closely worked with the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the synthesis of materials in microgravity, combustion of gases in microgravity, and liquid Oxygen and liquid Methane fuel mixtures to be used in JAXA's new GX rocket engines.
Dr. Castillo’s teaching involvement at QUT includes coursework in thermodynamics, taught throughout 3 courses at QUT. Dr. Castillo major teaching load includes teaching thermodynamic course (ENB130) to be delivered to over 2,500 first year students. This includes coursework, laboratory classes, and assessment in conjunction with managing teaching assistants.
Further coursework involvement includes teaching to masters students that currently work in the power generation industry. This is a master’s program designed for students currently working in industry and implemented into a degree program across 3 universities (QUT, UQ, and Central Queens University).
Dr. Castillo has recently started teaching strengths of materials to second year engineering students. This course involves the background of statics with the incorporation of material properties which gives rise to the performance of materials.
Recently, Dr. Castillo has successfully received funding for an novel technique to synthesize ZBLAN Glass in microgravity. This research will be launched aboard a United States Air Force satellite in 2013.
Personal details
Discipline
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD in Materials Science (The Colorado School of Mines)
Professional memberships and associations
Dr. Martin Castillo has recently joined QUT (March 2009) as an academic and researcher. Prior to QUT, Dr. Castillo was a contract researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Castillo closely worked with the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the synthesis of materials in microgravity, combustion of gases in microgravity, and liquid Oxygen and liquid Methane fuel mixtures to be used in JAXA's new GX rocket engines.
Dr. Castillo’s teaching involvement at QUT includes coursework in thermodynamics, taught throughout 3 courses at QUT. Dr. Castillo major teaching load includes teaching thermodynamic course (ENB130) to be delivered to over 2,500 first year students. This includes coursework, laboratory classes, and assessment in conjunction with managing teaching assistants. Further coursework involvement includes teaching to masters students that currently work in the power generation industry. This is a master’s program designed for students currently working in industry and implemented into a degree program across 3 universities (QUT, UQ, and Central Queens University).
Dr. Castillo has recently started teaching strengths of materials to second year engineering students. This course involves the background of statics with the incorporation of material properties which gives rise to the performance of materials.
Recently, Dr. Castillo has successfully received funding for an novel technique to synthesize ZBLAN Glass in microgravity. This research will be launched aboard a United States Air Force satellite in 2013.
Teaching
Courses that Dr. Castillo unit coordinates and Teaches into:
Undergraduate Courses
- ENB130 Mechanical and Thermal Energy
- ENB212 Strengths of Materials
- ENB456 Energy
Power Generation Corporate Awards Masters Program
- EPG001 Introduction to Power Plant
- EPG005 Project Delivery
- EPG006 Applied Thermodynamics
- PG011 Industrial Electrical Power Distribution
- EPG015 Industrial Electrical Power Systems
Experience
Publications
X. Zhang, M. Castillo, F.D. Schowengerdt, R.A. Ayers, H.C. Yi, J.Y. Guigné, J.J. Moore, Effect Of Gravity On The Combustion Synthesis Of Engineered Porous Composite Materials For Biomedical Applications, Euromat 2000, Sorrento, 2000.
M. Castillo, R.A. Ayers, X. Zhang, F.D. Schowengerdt, J.J. Moore, Combustion Synthesis Of Porous Glasses And Ceramics For Bone Repair, Biomed. Sci. Instrum, 37, 469-474, 2001.
X. Zhang, M. Castillo, R.A. Ayers, F.D. Schowengerdt, J.J. Moore, Effect Of Gravity On The Combustion Synthesis Of Engineered Porous Composite Materials, Sixth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop, Cleveland, May, 2001.
F.D. Schowengerdt, X. Zhang, M. Castillo, J.Y. Guigné, J.J. Moore, Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Materials, Japan-U.S. Science, Technology and Space Applications Program Workshop, Hilo, November, 2000.
M. Castillo, R.A. Ayers, J.J. Moore, Combustion Synthesis used to Produce Highly Porous Tricalcium Phosphate, Materials Congress 2002, London, England, April, 2002.
M. Castillo, X. Zhang, J.J. Moore, F.D. Schowengerdt, R.A. Ayers, The Effect of Gravity on the Combustion Synthesis of Porous Biomaterials, AMPET, Huntsville, September, 2002.
2003
M. Castillo, J.J. Moore, F.D. Schowengerdt, R.A. Ayers, X. Zhang, M. Umakoshi, H.C. Yi, J.Y. Guigné, Effects of Gravity on Combustion Synthesis of Functionally Graded Biomaterials, Advances in Space Research, 32(2), 265-270, 2003.
M. Castillo, X. Zhang, H.C. Yi, R.A. Ayers, J.Y. Guigné, J.J. Moore, F.D. Schowengerdt, Effects of Gravity on the Combustion Synthesis of Engineered Porous Biomaterials, AIAA 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January, 2003. (Presentation only).
M. Castillo, J.J. Moore, F.D. Schowengerdt, R.A. Ayers, Effect of Gravity on Porous Tricalcium Phosphate and Nonstoichiometric Titanium Carbide Produced via Combustion Synthesis, 7th International Workshop on Microgravity Combustion and Chemically Reacting Systems, Cleveland, June 3-6 2003.
2005
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Effect of microgravity and magnetic field on metallurgical and crystalline structure of magnetstictive SmFe2 synthesized by unidirectional solidification, Proceeding for Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena in Microgravity and Space Sciences IV, 3, 15-25, 2005.
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Effect of Microgravity and Magnetic Field on Metallurgical and Crystalline Structure of Magnetostrictive SmFe2 Synthesized by Unidirectional Solidification, Santorini, Greece, Bulletin of the European Low Gravity Research Association, 24, 281, 2005.
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、Castillo Martin、奥谷 猛、短時間微小重力環境下で生じる急峻な熱勾配を持つ過冷却融液からの結晶成長,第35回結晶成長国内会議,広島大学、2005/08/18. (Translation below)
Mikito Mamiya, Hedeaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Crystal growth from undercooling melts under strong gradients of temperatures generating in short-duration microgravity(NCCG-35), The Japanese Association for Crystal Growth (JACG) 32, 3, 116, 2005/8/18 (Japanese).
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Unidirectional Solidification of Magnetostrictive Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe1.9 in Microgravity and Magnetic Field, The 12th International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials, Cheju, Korea, 2005/08/25.
Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Splat-solidification of Homogeneous Si-based Alloy by Using Drop Tube Experiment, The 12th International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials, Cheju, Cheju, 2005/08/25.
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Rapid Growth of Semiconductor Crystals in Short-duration Microgravity by Unidirectional Cooling Method, The 12th International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials, Cheju, Korea, 2005/08/25.
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Synthesis of Metallurgical and Crystalline Aligned Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe1.9 by Unidirectional Solidification in Microgravity and Magnetic Field, Euromat 2005, Prague, Czech, 2005/09/05.
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、Martin Castillo、奥谷 猛、無対流過冷却融液からの1方向凝固法によるCdTe結晶成長に及ぼす温度勾配変化、第66回応用物理学会学術講演会、徳島、2005/09/09. (Translation below)
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Unidirectional solidification crystal growth of CdTe from a convectionless supercooled liquid phase subjected to a thermal gradient, 66th Applied Physics Meeting and Science Lecture, Tokushima, Japan 2005/09/09 (Japanese).
Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamita, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Effect of Thermal Convection on the Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Molten Bi and Sn by the Hot-Disk Method, Procedings of the Sixth Japan/China Workshop on Microgravity Sciences, Takeo Onsen, Saga, Japan, 2005/10/24, pp89-90.
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Unidirectional Solidification of Sm-2Fe Alloy in Microgravity, Procedings of the Sixth Japan/China Workshop on Microgravity Sciences, Takeo Onsen, Saga, Japan, 2005/10/24, pp107-108.
Martin Castillo, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito mamiya, Takeshi Okutani, Preliminary Findings of the Gas Levitation Synthesis of ZBLAN Glass, Procedings of the Sixth Japan/China Workshop on Microgravity Science, Takeo Onsen, Saga, Japan, 2005/10/25, pp 144-145.
Mikito Mamiya, Hedeaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The Growth Analysis of Semiconductor Crystals by Unidirectional Cooling Method in Short-Duration Microgravity, Proceedings of Sixth Japan/China Workshop on Microgravity Sciences, Takeo Onsen, Saga, Japan, 2005/10/25, pp135-136.
M. Castillo, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, T. Okutani, Synthesis of ZBLAN glass via gas levitation, 日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌(JASMA), 22, 4, 281, 2005. (Translation below)
M. Castillo, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, T. Okutani, “Synthesis of ZBLAN glass via gas levitation”, Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMA), 22, 4, 281, 2005.
M. Castillo, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, T. Okutani, Synthesis of ZBLAN glass via gas levitation, 第 21 回学術講演会(JASMAC-21), 北海度大学、北海度県札幌市、2005/11/28. (Translation below)
M. Castillo, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, T. Okutani, Synthesis of ZBLAN glass via gas levitation, 21st Science Lecture Meeting of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMAC-21), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2005/11/28.
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、カスティーヨ マイティン、奥谷 猛、短時間微小重力下での2成分系半導体融液からの粒成長と凝固形態変化、日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌(JASMA), 22, 4, 283, 2005. (Translation below)
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The observation of grain growth and solidification form change of binary semiconductors in short-duration microgravity, Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMA), 22, 4, 283, 2005.
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、Martin Castillo、奥谷 猛, 短時間微小重力下での2成分系半導体融液からの粒成長と凝固形態変化、第 21 回学術講演会(JASMAC-21), 北海度大学、北海度県札幌市、2005/11/28. (Translation below)
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The observation of grain growth and solidification form change of binary semiconductors in short-duration microgravity, 21st Science Lecture Meeting of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMAC-21), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2005/11/28.
奥谷 猛、永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、Martin Castillo、微小重力下の一方向凝固による結晶・構造制御SmFe2超磁歪材の合成、日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌(JASMA), 22, 4, 295, 2005. (Translation below)
T. Okutani, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, M. Castillo, Synthesis of magnetostrictive SmFe2 with structural and crystalline alignment by unidirectional solidification in microgravity, Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMA), 22, 4, 295, 2005.
奥谷 猛、永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、Martin Castillo、微小重力下の一方向凝固による結晶・構造制御SmFe2超磁歪材の合成、第 21 回学術講演会(JASMAC-21), 北海度大学、北海度県札幌市、2005/11/28. (Translation below)
T. Okutani, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, M. Castillo, Synthesis of magnetostrictive SmFe2 with structural and crystalline alignment by unidirectional solidification in microgravity, 21st Science Lecture Meeting of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMAC-21), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2005/11/28.
永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、カスティヨ マーティン、奥谷 猛、ホットディスク法による高温融液の熱伝導度測定に及ぼす測定条件の影響、日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌(JASMA), 22, 4, 319, 2005. (Translation below)
Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Influence of measurement conditions on the thermal conductivity measurement of molten metal by Hot-Disk method, Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMA), 22, 4, 319, 2005.
永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、カスティヨ マーティン、奥谷 猛、ホットディスク法による高温融液の熱伝導度測定に及ぼす測定条件の影響、第 21 回学術講演会(JASMAC-21), 北海度大学、北海度県札幌市、2005/11/29. (Translation below)
Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, Influence of measurement conditions on the thermal conductivity measurement of molten metal by Hot-Disk method, 21st Science Lecture Meeting of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMAC-21), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 2005/11/29.
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Effect of Microgravity and Magnetic Field on Metallic and Crystalline Structure of Magnetostrictive SmFe2 Synthesized by Unidirectional Solidification, Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena in Microgravity and Space Science Conference IV, Tomar, Protugal, p. 3-15 - 3-23, 2005/8.
奥谷 猛、永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、Martin Castillo、SmFe2超磁歪材の合成、セラミックス総合研究会、鹿児島、2005/11/12. (Translation below)
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki Nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Synthesis of ultra-magnetostrictive SmFe2, Ceramics Synthesis Research Meeting, 2005/11/12 (Japanese).
永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、Martin Castillo、奥谷 猛、化合物半導体融液の熱伝導度測定に向けたホットディスクセンサーの開発、第26回日シンポジウム、つくば、2005/11/1. (Translation below)
H. Nagai, M. Marniya, M. Castillo, T. Okutani, The development of the thermal conductivity measurement of liquid phase compound semiconductors with the Hot Disk Sensor, The 26th Japan Thermophysical Symposium, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 2005/11/1 (Japanese).
2006
奥谷 猛、永井 秀明、間宮 幹人、Martin Castillo、籾殻活性炭の表面特性,第44回セラミックス基礎科学討論会,北條純一(九州大学),高知市、2006/01/19. (Translation below)
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Activated carbon rice husk surface properties, The 44th Basic Science Ceramics Forum, Houjyuujyunnichi Kyushu University, Kochi City, Kochi, Japan, 2006/01/19 (Japanese).
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Martin Castillo, Synthesis of magnetostrictive SmFe2 with structural and crystalline alignment by unidirectional solidification in microgravity, The International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference in Asia 2006 (IUMRS-ICA-2006), Jeju, Korea, 2006/09/14.
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、Martin Castillo、奥谷 猛,10m落下塔を利用した無対流融液環境からの化合物半導体凝固過程観察,第22回学術講演会(JASMAC-22),東京都八王子市、2006/11/30. (Translation below)
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The analysis of solidification process of compound semiconductors without thermal convection melt in short-duration microgravity by using 10m drop tower, The 22nd Science Lecture Meeting of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMAC-22), Hachioji, Tokyo, 2006/11/30 (Japanese).
間宮 幹人、永井 秀明、Martin Castillo、奥谷 猛,10m落下塔を利用した無対流融液環境からの化合物半導体凝固過程観察,日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌(JASMA ), 23, 4, 287, 2006.
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The analysis of solidification process of compound semiconductors without thermal convection melt in short-duration microgravity by using 10m drop tower, Journal of the Japan Society of Microgravity Application (JASMA), 23, 4, 287, 2006.
Takeshi Okutani, Hideaki nagai, Mikito Mamiya, Masachika Shibuya, Martin Castillo, Effect of Microgravity and Magnetic Field on the Metallic and Crystalline Structure of Magnetostrictive SmFe2 Synthesized by Unidirectional Solidification, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1077 Interdisciplinary Transport Phenomena in The Space Sciences Pages xiii–xiv, 146–160, 2006/9.
H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, M. Castillo, T. Okutani, Development of a Hot-Disk Sensor for Molten Metal, and the Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Molten Bismuth and Tin using the Hot-Disk Method, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45, 8A, 6455-6461, 2006.
Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Martin Castillo, Takeshi Okutani, The analysis of CdTe solidification in absence of thermal convection via short-duration microgravity, Journal of Crystal Growth, 295, 2, 209-216, 2006.
T. Okutani, H. Nagai, M. Mamiya, M. Castillo, Synthesis of structure controlled magnetostrictive materials by use of microgravity and magnetic fields, Advances in Science and Technology, 45, 875-884, 2006.
2007
薄葉 州、角舘洋三、カスティヨ マーティン、三重野 哲、白谷 正治、微小重力下ガス中蒸発プロセスの特徴と炭素系ナノ粒子合成への利用、宇宙利用シンポジウム (第23回) プロシーディング、Space Utilization Research、23、47-50、2007. (Translation below)
Shu Usuba, Yozo Kakudate, Martin Catillo, Tetsu Mieno, Masaharu Shiratani, Characteristics of a gas evaporation synthesis under micro-gravity and it’s application to the production of carbon nano-particles, The 23rd Space Utilization Symposium Proceedings Space Utilization Research, ISAS/JAXA, 23, 47-50, 2007 (Japanese).
Toshihiro Hirotsu, Martin Castillo, Kazuo Nakayama, Shuichi Tsuruta, Hiroaki Suzuki, Surface wetting phenomena of plasma polymer-coated sheets of poly(l-lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate), Thin Solid Films, 515, 9, 4125–4129, 2007.
Martin Castillo, Shu Usuba, Dongjoon Kim, Yozo Kakudate, Mikito Mamiya, Hideaki Nagai, Effects of gravity on the ignition of hydrogen and air premixed gases via hot surface, Third International Symposium on Physical Sciences in Space (3rd ISPS 2007), Nara, Japan, 353-354, 2007/10/25.
2009
M. Castillo, N. Ward, D. Lynn, M. Hales, T. Steinberg, Queensland University of Technology Drop Tower Facility and Opportunities, ELGRA News, 26, 283, September 2009.
2010
Martin Castillo, Matthew Hales, David Lynn, Theodore Steinberg, Advancements in the quantification of the crystal structure of ZnS materials produced in variable gravity, 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and 9th Annual Drop Tower Days, Bremen Germany, 2010/7/21.
Martin Castillo, Ted Steinberg, Owen Plagens, David Lynn, Matthew Hales, Antoine Diana, Wayde Martens, Queensland University of Technology Reduced Gravity Drop Tower Facility and Research, 10th Australian Space Science Conference, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2010/9/30.
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
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