Christiane Schulz

Dr Christiane Schulz

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Christiane studied mechanical engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, focusing on material science and tribology related researches. In 2009 she started working for the RWTH Aachen University at the Surface Engineering Institute as a Project Engineer in the Thermal Spray group. At the same time, she did her doctorate in which she developed a material for arc spraying of offshore wind turbines that is more corrosion resistant than standard materials used today.  Subsequently, in 2014 Christiane took up a position as a Product Manager Coatings at the global company Castolin Eutectic where she was responsible for the Coatings Products, including feedstock materials, equipment and coating services.
Since 2017 she is employed as Research Fellow: Wear and Corrosion Resistant Materials in the Coatings Group within the Future Industries Institute at University of South Australia. She works there as a specialist for thick wear and corrosion resistant coatings, thermal spraying, laser cladding and weld overlays for applications in heavy industries like mining, steel, agriculture, energy, oil & gas.

CRCp-Extending wearlife of drilling equipment, 3 year, $8 mio project with industry partners LaserBond Ltd and Boart Longyear: development of wear resistant coatings using Laser Cladding and Thermal Spraying

Year Citation
2025 Ansari, M. J., Roccisano, A., Arcondoulis, E. J. G., Schulz, C., Schlafer, T., & Hall, C. (2025). Relationship between associated acoustic emission and crack position during directed energy deposition of a metal matrix composite. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 147, 177-190.
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2025 Ansari, M. J., Roccisano, A., Arcondoulis, E. J. G., Schulz, C., Schlafer, T., & Hall, C. (2025). Advancements in In-Situ Monitoring Technologies for Detecting Process-Induced Defects in the Directed Energy Deposition Process: a Comprehensive Review. Materials, 18(18, article no.4304), 1-45.
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2024 Ansari, M. J., Arcondoulis, E. J. G., Roccisano, A., Schulz, C., Schlaefer, T., & Hall, C. (2024). Optimized analytical approach for the detection of process-induced defects using acoustic emission during directed energy deposition process. Additive Manufacturing, 86(104218), 1-12.
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2023 Meghwal, A., Schulz, C., Hall, C., Vogli, E., Berndt, C. C., & Ang, A. S. M. (2023). Microstructural, mechanical and high-temperature tribological performance of Fe-based fully amorphous and amorphous/crystalline coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 475, 1-19.
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2022 Meghwal, A., Singh, S., Anupam, A., King, H. J., Schulz, C., Hall, C., . . . Ang, A. S. M. (2022). Nano- and micro-mechanical properties and corrosion performance of a HVOF sprayed AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coating. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 912, 1-16.
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2022 Meghwal, A., Pinches, S., King, H. J., Schulz, C., Stanford, N., Hall, C., . . . Ang, A. S. M. (2022). Fe-based amorphous coating for high-temperature wear, marine and low pH environments. Materialia, 25(101549), 1-18.
DOI Scopus19 WoS17
2022 Mai, N., Schulz, C., & Stanford, N. (2022). The effect of direct strip casting on the kinetics of phase transformation of a dual phase steel. Metals, 12(2, article no. 170), 1-16.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022 Meghwal, A., Anupam, A., Schulz, C., Hall, C., Murty, B. S., Kottada, R. S., . . . Ang, A. S. M. (2022). Tribological and corrosion performance of an atmospheric plasma sprayed AlCoCr0.5Ni high-entropy alloy coating. Wear, 506-507(204443), 1-15.
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2021 Meghwal, A., Berndt, C. C., Luzin, V., Schulz, C., Crowe, T., Gabel, H., & Ang, A. S. M. (2021). Mechanical performance and residual stress of WC-Co coatings manufactured by Kinetic Metallization™. Surface and Coatings Technology, 421(127359), 1-14.
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2021 Hatem, A., Schulz, C., Schlaefer, T., Boobhun, J. T., Stanford, N., & Hall, C. (2021). Influence of laser absorption by water- and gas-atomised powder feedstock on laser metal deposition of AISI 431 stainless steel. Additive Manufacturing, 47(102242), 1-10.
DOI Scopus12 WoS14
2021 Meghwal, A., Anupam, A., Luzin, V., Schulz, C., Hall, C., Murty, B. S., . . . Ang, A. S. M. (2021). Multiscale mechanical performance and corrosion behaviour of plasma sprayed AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coatings. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 854(157140), 1-20.
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2020 Schulz, C., Schlafer, T., Plowman, J., & Hall, C. (2020). Considering impact and corrosion resistance in the performance of heavy wear resistant coatings. JOM, 72(12), 4624-4631.
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2020 Schulz, C., Schlafer, T., Charrault, E., & Hall, C. (2020). Erosive wear testing of laser clad and HVOF coatings for drilling in mining. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 29(3), 520-529.
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2020 Guan, B., Hong, S. H., Schulz, C., & Stanford, N. (2020). The microstructure, antimicrobial properties, and corrosion resistance of Cu-bearing strip cast steel. Advanced Engineering Materials, 22(3, article no. 1901265), 1-8.
DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2019 Schulz, C. (2019). Wear and corrosion protection at University of South Australia. Corrosion and materials, 44(1), 42-43.
2016 Bobzin, V. K., Öte, M., Schulz, C., & Knoch, M. A. (2016). Thermally sprayed corrosion protection coatings, a complement to hot dip galvanization!. WOMag, 2016(7-8), 19-25.
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2015 Hopmann, C., Bobzin, K., Wunderle, J., Neuß, A., Ochotta, P., Schulz, C., & Liao, X. (2015). Influence of surface treatment on the bond strength of plastics/metal hybrids. Journal of plastics technology, 2015(4), 227-255.
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2015 Bobzin, K., Oete, M., Linke, T. F., & Schulz, C. (2015). Corrosion of wire arc sprayed ZnMgAl. Materials and corrosion, 66(6), 520-526.
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2014 Rolink, G., Weisheit, A., Biermann, T., Bobzin, K., Öte, M., Linke, T. F., . . . Kelbassa, I. (2014). Investigations of laser clad, thermal sprayed and laser remelted AlSi20-coatings on magnesium alloy AZ31B under constant and cycling thermal load. Surface and coatings technology, 259(C), 751-758.
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2013 Bobzin, K., Kopp, N., Warda, T., Schulz, C., Rolink, G., & Weisheit, A. (2013). Investigation of wear and corrosion protection of AlSi20 coatings produced by plasma spraying and laser cladding on AZ31B. Journal of thermal spray technology, 22(2-3), 207-212.
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2012 Bobzin, K., Kopp, N., Warda, T., Schulz, C., Klesen, C., Poller, B., & Ingendahl, T. (2012). Thermally sprayed anti-corrosion coatings based on zinc as a supplement to the galvanizing of components. Thermal spray bulletin, 64(1), 48-55.

Year Citation
2022 Schlaefer, T., Bathurst, T., Probets, B., Schulz, C., & Hall, C. (2022). Lifetime-extended steel mill rollers produced by laser cladding. In 2022 AISTech Conference Proceedings (pp. 1010-1019). US: Association for Iron & Steel Technology.
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2019 Schulz, C., Schlaefer, T., Gilois, B., & Hall, C. (2019). Laser cladding and thermal spraying for wear and corrosion protection of agricultural cutting blades. In Corrosion & Prevention 2019 (pp. 1-11). Australia: Australasian Corrosion Association.
2019 Schulz, C., & Goodwin, F. (2019). Improving corrosion performance of thermal sprayed coatings with a Zn-Mg-Al alloy. In 2019 IABSE Congress: the evolving metropolis Vol. unpublished accepted manuscript (pp. 915-920). US: IABSE.
2016 Bobzin, K., Öte, M., Schulz, C., & Knoch, M. A. (2016). Thermally sprayed corrosion protection coatings, a complement to hot-dip galvanization!. In Tagungsband zum 18. Werkstofftechnischen Kolloquium in Chemnitz (pp. 22-32). Germany: Chemnitz University of Technology.
2014 Bobzin, K., Öte, M., Linke, T. F., Schulz, C., Hopmann, C., & Wunderle, J. (2014). Integration of electrical functionality by transplantation of cold sprayed electrical conductive Cu tracks via injection moulding. In Thermal Spray 2014: Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference (pp. 215-220). Germany: DVS Media.
2013 Bobzin, K., Hopmann, C., Kopp, N., Linke, T. F., Schulz, C., & Wunderle, J. (2013). Investigation of transferring coatings using the in-mould metal spraying process. In K. D. Bouzakis, K. Bobzin, & B. Denkena (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference the "A" Coatings 2013 (pp. 205-214). Germany: Shaker Verlag GmbH.
2013 Caspers, F., Betz, M., Federmann, S., Taborelli, M., Bobzin, K., Schulz, C., & Wu, J. (2013). Application of atmospheric plasma-sprayed ferrite layers for particle accelerators. In IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference (pp. 3406-3408). Switzerland: JACoW.
2012 Rolink, G., Weisheit, A., Wissenbach, K., Schulz, C., Bobzin, K., Kopp, N., & Warda, T. (2012). Impact of different coating systems on corrosion and wear resistance generated by laser cladding. In W. J. Poole, & K. U. Kainer (Eds.), Mg2012: 9th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and their Applications: conference proceedings (pp. 520-526). Canada: University of British Columbia.
2011 Bobzin, K., Schläfer, T., Warda, T., & Schulz, C. (2011). Thermal spraying of advanced zinc alloys as an addition to hot-dip galvanizing. In Thermal Spray 2011: proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference (pp. 862-866). US: ASM International.

  • IND - Coating and Repair of Additive Manufactured Components, LaserBond Limited, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025

  • Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Unknown, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025

  • IND - Maintenance and Repair of Ageing Infrastructure in Remote Australian Locations, Santos Ltd, 01/01/2019 - 13/03/2025

  • Tribological study of hardface coatings for ground-engaging tools, Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation, 13/11/2018 - 30/09/2019

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