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Dr Vincent Gomes

Associate Professor
Director, Learning & Teaching
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

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Education:

  • PhD (Chemical Engineering), McGill University, Canada (Dean’s Award).
  • MEng (Chemical Engineering), McGill University, Canada.
  • BTech (1st Class Hons), IIT, India.

Research Interests:

  • 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.

Postgraduate Openings:

  • Polymer Reaction Engineering: advanced modelling and control.
  • Integrated reaction / separation for process enhancement: Multifunctional Reactors and process intensification
  • Biomedical Engineering: Respiratory system modelling and analysis.

Current Research Grants:

  • Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant Project: An Integrated Framework for the Optimisation and Control of Key Polymer Properties in Emulsion Polymerisation.
  • Key Centre for Polymer Colloids: Polymerisation reactor scale-up and coagulum formation in emulsion polymerisation.
  • Australian Research Council Linkage Grant Project: Optimal Ethylene Oxide Manufacturing via Advanced Process Modelling and Control.

Honours/Distinctions/Professional Activities:

  • Keynote Lecture on polymers, 18 , Prague, 2006.
  • Invited Lecture on engineering education, University of Montreal, Canada, 2006.
  • John A Brodie Medal IChemE-IEAust, 2005.
  • Invited Lecture on control of reactors, Chemical Engineering Congress, IIT, India, 2005.
  • Co-chair, Technical, Organising Committee, Australasian Chem Eng Conf, Sydney, 2006.
  • Keynote Lecture on polymerization reactors, 18 , Prague, 2004.
  • Keynote lecture on pollution prevention, Chemical Engineering Congress, India, 2002.
  • Keynote lecture on engineering education (UICEE, UNESCO), Sydney, 1999.
  • Silver award, UICEE Conference, UNESCO, 1999.
  • Secretary, Organising Committee, Asian Drying Conference, Indonesia, 1996.
  • Member, Organising Committee, Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, Sydney, 1996.
  • Referee, international journals and grant proposals.
  • Editor, Drying - an international journal, special edition, M Dekker, NY.
  • International Exchange Scholarship, IAESTE, Europe.
  • Research Associate Fellowship, Canada.

Research Staff & Students:

  • Postgraduate Students pursuing PhD and Master’s degrees
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate
  • Senior Research Officer
  • Research Assistants
  • Laboratory Manager
  • Honours Thesis Students

Selected Publications:

  • Zeaiter, J., Gomes, V.G., Romagnoli, J. "On-line Multivariable Predictive Control of Molar Mass and Particle Size Distributions in Free-Radical Emulsion Polymerization", AIChE J, 52(5), 1770-1779, 2006.
  • Zeaiter, J., Gomes, V.G., Romagnoli, J. "Calorimetry for inferential conversion monitoring in emulsion copolymerization reactors", International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, vol4, A7: 1-9, 2006.
  • Gomes, V.G., "Material Transformation and Recycling of Automotive Shredder Residues: An Industrial Case Study", Dev Chem Eng Min Proc J, 14(1/2), 183-192, 2006.
  • Gomes, V.G., Hayashi, J. "Evaluation of New Adsorbents and Parametric Analysis for Determining Effectiveness in Sugar Decolourisation", Dev Chem Eng Min Proc J, 14(1/2), 239-248, 2006.
  • Elgebrandt, R., Romagnoli, J., Fletcher D., Gomes, V.G., Gilbert, R. "Analysis of shear-induced coagulation in an emulsion polymerisation reactor using computational fluid dynamics", Chem Eng Science, 60(7), 2005-2015, 2005.
  • Hayashi, J., Yamamoto, N., Muroyama, K., Gomes, V.G., "Preparation and characterisation of high specific-surface-area activated carbons", J Colloid Interface Sci. v281, 437-443, 2005.
  • Alhamad, B., J.A. Romagnoli, V.G. Gomes, "Advanced modelling and optimal operating strategy in emulsion copolymerization", Chem Eng Science, 60(10), 2789-2813, 2005.
  • Alhamad, B., J.A. Romagnoli, V.G. Gomes, "On-line multivariable predictive control of molar mass and particle size distributions", Chem Eng Science, 60(23), 6596-6606, 2005.
  • Gomes, V.G., Enhanced Propene Metathesis by Pressure and Vacuum Swing Reaction, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, v2, A19: 1-13, 2004.
  • Hutchinson, A., Gomes, V.G. "Engineering an anti-graffiti system: a study in industrial product design", Chem Eng Tech, Wiley, v27, 874-879, 2004.
  • Zeaiter, J., Romagnoli, J., Gomes, V.G., Reactor Operating Strategy and Secondary Nucleation in Emulsion Polymerization," International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol. 2, A2: 1-9, 2004.