Ali Abbas

Senior Lecturer

+61 2 9351 3002

Crystallisation

• In-situ and in-line laser and image based particle characterisation.
• Ultrasound mediated particle design Bioreactor systems engineering
• Particle engineering via spray drying

Geoff Barton

Professor

+61 2 9351 3780

Wastewater treatment 

• Production of silica optical fibre,
• Production of microstructured optical polymer fibre,
• Optimising bioreactor productivity for therapeutic immune cells

Hans Coster

Professor

+61 2 9351 2256

Biophysics and Bioengineering

Fariba Dehghani

Associate Professor

+61 2 9351 4794

Biotechnology

• Biomaterials,
• Nano/Micronisation,
• Drug Delivery,
• Extraction,
• Fractination,
• Biocatalyst 

David Fletcher

Adjunct Professor

+61 2 9351 4147

Computational Fluid Dynamics 

• Multiphase flow of solids, gases and liquids applied to minerals and
  process applications,
• Combustion modelling,
• Mixing in agitated vessels,
• Flow and heat transfer in microchannels,
• Biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

Vincent Gomes

Associate Professor

+61 2 9351 4868

Polymer Technology 

• Polymer Reaction Engineering: Modelling,
• Optimisation and Control in Emulsion Polymerisation,
• Reactor modelling and scale-up,
• Coagulum formation in emulsion polymerisation,
• Integrated waste to product synthesis,
• Synthesis / characterisation of adsorbents and pressure swing
  adsorption (PSA) process,
• Multifunctional Reactor System for Sustainable Energy Generation via
  PSR and SERP,
• Respiratory system responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia as a
  diagnostic tool

Andrew Harris

Senior Lecturer

+61 2 9351 2926

Eco-technology and Sustainability 

My research is based around the concept of eco-technology, i.e. creating products and processes that maximise resource and energy utilisation and have minimum environmental impact. Many of these technologies make use of advanced fluidised bed reactors. There are ongoing research projects in renewable energy, zero emission process design and advanced materials

Brian Haynes

Professor

+61 2 9351 3435

Combustion

• Combustion chemistry, especially regarding pollutant formation and
  behaviour,
• Reaction kinetics and detailed kinetic modelling of homogeneous and
  heterogeneous catalytic reations,
• Biomass processing under hydrothermal (hot compressed and supercritical water) conditions,
• Fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels, especially multiphase
  (gas-liquid) flow,
• Highly compact heat exchangers,
• Process intensification - miniaturised chemical plant for scaleable and
  distributed manufacture

John Kavanagh

Lecturer

+61 2 9066 9643

Fermentation 

• Optimisation of Fermentations.
• State Estimation of Fermentations.

Alejandro Montoya

Lecturer

+61 2 9351 2040

Combustion and Catalysts 

• Microkinetic Modeling of Gas-Solid catalysed reactions,
• Thermodynamic Analysis of phase equilibrium,
• Coal combustion and gasification,
• Structure-Reactivity relationships of chemical systems.

Jim Petrie

Emeritus Professor

Complex Systems and Sustainability

• Engineering for Sustainability
• Life cycle analysis

Rolf Prince

Emeritus Professor

+61 2 9351 2354

Industrial Relations and MIPPS

• Statistics as a Tool Box for Process Industries Engineers
• Process Optimisation
• Advanced Separation Processes
• Energy Management  Methodology.
  

Howard See

Asssociate Professor

+61 2 9351 3832

Micro-structured Fluids and Rheology 

• Rheology and microstructure in colloidal suspensions (Smart fluids)
• Electro-rheological fluids and magneto-rheological suspensions
• Flow and microstructure

Marjorie Valix

Associate Professor

+61 2 9351 4995

Mineral Processing 

• Hydrometallurgical and Pyrometallurgical Processing of Low Grade Oxide
  Ores,
• Biological Leaching of Low Grade Oxide Ores,
• Application of Synchrotron Radiation in Mineral Processing

Tony Vassallo

Professor

+61 2 9351 6740

Power and Energy 

• The value of distributed storage in an electricity network
• The effect of distributed generation and storage on network wide losses
  and emissions
• The use of distributed resources to improve network power quality

Don White

Adjunct Associate Professor

+61 2 9351 6743

Risk Management and Assessment

• Professional Engineering-focused courses for Third and Fourth Year students
• Design projects for Final-Year students
• Application of sustainable technology
• Industrial relations
• Consultation and advisory work

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