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	School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials [CEAM] Newcastle University, UK [Click on photographs for biographies and research areas]

March 2012 News

1. Congratulations to (Dr) Hafizuddin Wan Yussof, who successfully defended his thesis on 8th March

2. PIN20: 20th Meeting of the Process Intensification Network Newcastle University, 2nd May 2012 in collaboration with the IChemE.

For details, please see http://www.icheme.org/events

Academic Staff

Dr Kamelia Boodhoo	Prof Adam Harvey	Dr Jon Lee	Prof David Reay	Dr Sharon Velasquez- Orta
Senior Lecturer	Professor of Process Intensification	Lecturer	Visiting Professor	Lecturer

Spinning Disc Reactors (SDRs)	Oscillatory Baffled Reactors (OBRs)	Rotating Packed Beds	Heat Pipes	Algal Biofuels
Polymerisation	Biofuel Processing	Heat Pipes	Thermal Management
Bio-intensification	Heterogeneous catalysis	Catalytic Plate Reactors
Micro-reactors	Particle Image Velocity	Spinning Disc Heat Transfer
Crystallization


Research Associates & Visitors

Thea Coward	Dr Anh Phan	Arthur Gough	Dr Marija Vicevic	Jose Renato de Oliveira Lima
Research Associate	Research Associate	Visitor	Visitor	Visitor
Industrial	EPSRC
Low Cost Algae Harvesting Technologies	Mesoscale Oscillatory Baffled Reactors	Catalytic Plate Reactors	Spinning Disc Reactors	Heterogeneous Catalysis
Working with:	Working with:	Working with:	Working with:	Working with:
Dr Lee	Prof Harvey	Dr Lee	Dr Boodhoo	Prof Harvey & Dr Phan



Dr Vindhya Salwatura
Research Associate

Design of a novel biosensor for organic matter detection in wastewater
Working with:
Dr Orta
Research Students

Richard Abernethy	Auwal Aliyu	Matthew Abbot	Eyitayo Afolabi	Salah Al-Hengari
Crystallisation using mesoscale oscillatory baffled reactors		Bioprocesses in Oscillatory Baffled Reactors	CFD simulation of Hydrocyclones for use in Oil Wells	Mixing characteristics on a Spinning Disc Reactor
1. Prof Harvey	Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey	1. Dr Lee	1. Dr Boodhoo
2. Dr Phan		2. Prof Theodorou (Durham)	2. Dr Tham	2. Prof Metcalfe
EPSRC		EPSRC/CPI	PTDF, Nigeria	Petroleum Research Centre- Tripoli, Libya



Elizabeth Eterigho	Valentine Eze	Dena Ghiasy	Tri Handayani	Farizul Kazim
Thermocatalytic Cracking of Natural Feedstocks in Microchannels	Screening Heterogeneous Biodiesel catalysts using Oscillatory Baffled Mesoreactors	Modelling and Control of a Rotating Disk Contactor	Use of Organic Rankine Cycles in Waste Heat Usage	Intensification of Jatropha Biodiesel Production
1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey	1. Dr Boodhoo	1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey
2. Dr Lee	2. Dr Phan	2. Dr Tham	2. Prof. Reay	2. Dr Lee
PTDF, Nigeria	PTDF, Nigeria	EPSRC	EPSRC	Malaysian Goverment



Joseph Ikwebe	Richard Law	Khairizal Mahat	Nasratun Masngut	Somaieh Mohammadi
Intensified Bioethanol Production	OPTITHERM: Optimisation of Thermal Processes	Technology for Reactive Extraction of Biodiesel	Intensification of Biobutanol Production	Crystallization on Spinning Disc Reactors
1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey	1. Dr Boodhoo
2. Dr Glassey	2. Prof Reay	2. Dr Lee	2. Dr Phan	2. Prof Harvey
PTDF, Nigeria	EPSRC	Malaysian Government	Malaysian Government	Teaching Scholar



Fatimah Mohd Rasdi	Hilary Redden	Kamoru Salam	Hafizuddin Wan Yussof
Dynamic screening using mesoscale osillatory baffled reactor	Assessment of Macro Algae as a Source of Bioenergy	Water-tolerant Extraction of Algal Biofuels	Novel Catalysts for Biodiesel
1. Dr Harvey	1. Dr Lee	1. Prof Harvey	1. Prof Harvey
2. Dr Phan	2. Dr Caldwell (Marine)	2. Dr Orta	2. Prof Metcalfe
Malaysian Rubber Board	EPSRC	PTDF, Nigeria	Malaysian Government

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