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Paul Hazell is a professor of impact dynamics in the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra.
His main research interests centre on the dynamic behaviour of materials and structures that have been subjected to impact / shock loading. He has also been actively involved in discovering methods for improving the performance of lightweight armour systems including ways of defending against attack from shaped-charge weapon systems and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Paul's teaching experience includes courses on armour systems design, military vehicle lethality & survivability, computational modelling techniques, shock and impact mechanics, impact dynamics, ballistics, firepower technologies, lethality and survivability and weapon technologies. He has won several awards for his 'motivated' lecturing style. In 2023 he won the UNSW Students' Choice Teaching Award for his 'inspirational nurturing skills' with HDR students.
Paul is the Director of the Impact Dynamics Research Group (IDRG) and Lab at UNSW Canberra, and has published extensively in the fields of shock, impact and ballistics. He is also on the Editorial Board for the journals International Journal of Impact Engineering (Elsevier), Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Biomimetics (MDPI), and Shock Waves (Springer) and wrote the book Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design (CRC Press, 2/e, 2022,), and a book on guns, entitled: 'The Story of the Gun: History, Science, and Impact on Society' (Springer, 1/e, 2021).
