| |
Dr Eddie McCarthy
PhD Student
Graduated 2007 |
The production of polymer nanocomposites using
intensified modules
EPSRC CASE [Protensive]
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo |
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| |
Dr
Ryan McGlen
PhD Student
Graduated 2007 |
Advanced Thermal Management Techniques for High
Power Electronic Devices
EPSRC CASE [Thermacore]
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Claire McLeod
PhD Student
Graduated 2008 |
Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Youssef Jammoal
PhD Student
Graduated 2009 |
Rotating Pack Bed Solvent Extraction
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Mohammed Ellob
PhD Student
Graduated 2009 |
Catalytic Plate Reactors for Ethylene Production
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Graham Lewis
PhD Student |
Heat Transfer on Spinning Disc Reactors
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Dussadee Rattanaphra
Visiting PhD Student
(Returned to Thailand 2009) |
High Temperature Solid Acid Catalysts for
Biodiesel Production
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Chris Dobie
PhD Student |
Surfactant-free Emulsion Polymerisation
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo |
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| |
Dr Yilong Ren
Research Associate |
Project:
Adaptive Processing of Natural Feedstocks
EPSRC
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Rabitah Zakaria
PhD Student
Graduated 2010 |
Reactive Extraction of Biodiesel
Malaysian Government
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Craig Cartwright
PhD Student
Graduated 2010 |
Increasing the Oxygen Mass Transfer in
Bioprocess Systems
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
Dr Jarka Glassey |
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| |
Dr
Claudia Tröger
PhD Student
Graduated 2011 |
Oscillatory Flow Bioreactors
EU
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jarka Glassey |
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| |
Jose Renato de Oliveira Lima
Visitor |
Project:
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Anh Phan |
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| |
Dr
Din Wan Yussof
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
Novel Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel
Production
Malaysian Government
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Salah Al-Hengari
PhD Student |
Mixing Characteristics in a Spinning Disc
Reactor
Petroleum Research Centre, Tripoli, Libya
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
Prof Ian Metcalfe |
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| |
Dr Vindhya Salwatura
Research Associate (2012) |
Project:
Design of a novel biosensor for organic matter
detection in wastewater
Working With:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta |
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| |
Dr
Elizabeth Eterigho
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
Thermocatalytic Cracking of Natural Feedstocks
in Microchannel
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Foarizul Kazim
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
Project:
Intensification
of Jatropha Biodiesel Production
Malaysian Government
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Eyitayo Afolabi
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
CFD Simulation of Hydrocyclones for use in Oil
Wells
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
Dr Tham |
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| |
Joel Lim
Visiting Student |
Project:
Microbial Fuel Cell Biosensors
Supervisors:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta |
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| |
Sebastien Koch
Visiting Student |
Project:
Potential of biofuel production from mixed
microalgae cultures
Supervisors:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta |
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| |
Dr
Tiri Handayani
Graduated 2012 |
Project:
Use of Organic Rankine Cycles in Waste Heat
Usage
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Prof David Reay |
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| |
Dr
Diena Ghiasy
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
Modelling and Control of a Rotating Disk
Contactor
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
Dr Tham |
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| |
Dr
Joseph Ikwebe
PhD Student
Graduated 2012 |
Intensification of Bioethanol Production
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jarka Glassey |
 |
| |
Dr
Hilary Redden
PhD Student
Graduated 2013 |
Assessment of Macro Algae as a Source of
Bioenergy
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
Dr Caldwell (Marine) |
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| |
Dr
Nasratun Masngut
PhD Student
Graduated 2013 |
Intensification of Biobutanol Production
Malaysian Government
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Anh Phan |
 |
| |
Dr MookTzeng Lim
Research Associate (2014) |
Supergen
EPSRC
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Fatimah Mohd Rasdi
PhD Student
Graduated 2014 |
Dynamic screening using mesoscale oscillatory
baffled reactor
Malaysian Rubber Board
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Anh Phan |
 |
| |
Lorenzo Turetta
Visiting MSc Student
(2014-2015) |
Project:
Spinning disc reactor micromixing
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo |
 |
| |
Dr Pier-Paolo Greco
Research Associate
(2014-2015) |
Sustainable Polymerisation
EPSRC
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey |
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| |
Dr Somaieh Mohammadi
PhD Student: 2010-2014
Research Associate: 2014-2015 |
PhD/RA Project:
A study of TiO2 and Adipic acid Crystallization
on Spinning Disc Reactors
Supervisors/Working With:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo |
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| |
Dr Jeet Varia
Research Associate |
Project:
IN-GROUND: Inexpensive monitoring of Groundwater
pollution in Urban African Districts
Working With:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta
|
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| |
Dr Kejun Wu
Research Associate
(2015-2016) |
Project:
Rotating Packed Bed
Working With:
Dr Jon Lee |
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| |
Dr
Kamoru Salam
PhD Student
Graduated 2015 |
Water-tolerant Extraction of Algal Biofuels
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey |
 |
| |
Dr
Matthew Abbot
EngD Student
Graduated 2015 |
Bioprocesses in Oscillatory Baffled Reactors
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey |
 |
| |
Richard Abernethy
Student (2012-2016) |
Project:
Crystallisation using mesoscale oscillatory
baffled reactors
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Anh Phan |
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| |
Dr
Abdullah Al-Abduly
PhD Student
Graduated 2016 |
Ozone application in chemical processing using
OBR
Supervisors:
Prof Paul Christensen
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Kui Zhang |
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| |
Dr
Antony Prince
PhD Student
Graduated 2016 |
Design and development anti-fouling membranes
with nano-structured materials and its
application in water filtration technology
Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo |
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| |
Dr Nasir Al-Lagtah
Lecturer (Singapore
Campus)
|
Research Areas:
Further Utilisation of Lignin
Biodiesel Production
Removal of Heavy-Metals and Dyes from Wastewater
via Adsoprtion |
 |
| |
Dr Takafumi Horie
Visiting Researcher
(2016) |
Project:
Intensification of Membranes
Working With: Prof Harvey |
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| |
Dr
Xenia Christodoulou
PhD Student
Graduated 2017 |
Bioelectrical systems to produce energy and
chemicals
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Valesquez-Orta
Prof Head (CEGS) |
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| |
Dr Haoyu Wang
Research Associate |
Project:
Intensified by Design (IbD)
Funding: Horizon 2020
Working With: Dr Boodhoo |
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|
Dr Ana Lopez
Research Associate |
Project:
Sustainable Polymers
Funding: EPSRC
Working With: Prof Harvey |
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| |
Dr Victoria Outram
EngD Student
Graduated 2018 |
In Situ Solvent Recovery
EPSRC/Green Biologics Ltd
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Lee |
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| |
Dr
Ruili Feng
PhD Student
Graduated 2018 |
Evaluation of Process Intensification in
Early Development or Retrofitting Existing
Processes for Green and Sustainability Benefits
Economic Development Board (Singapore) &
GSK
Supervisors:
Dr Boodhoo |
 |
| |
Dr Akeem Babatunde
PhD Student
Graduated 2018 |
Reactive Extraction for Biodiesel Production
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Lee |
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|
Dr Thea Ekins-Coward
Research Associate |
Project: Scalable
engineering approaches for exploiting a novel
biocomposite material applied to light-driven
CO2 absorption and utilization
BBSRC NIBB C1Net
Working With: Dr
Boodhoo and Dr Velasquez-Orta |
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|
|
Dr Victor Grisales Diaz
Research Associate |
Project:
A Practical Modelling
Approach for Prediction of Potential Fouling in
Ultrafiltration Membrane Treatment Plant
Funding: Newton Fund
Working With: Dr
Willis |
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|
|
Dr Ahmad Mustaffar
Research Associate |
Project:
Intensified by Design (IbD)
Funding: Horizon 2020
Working With: Dr Boodhoo |
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|
|
Dr Pierrot Attidekou
Research Associate |
Project:
Carbon Capture using Rotating
Packed Beds
Funding: Horizon 2020
Working With: Dr Lee |
 |
| |
Teuku Mukhriza
Student: 2012-2017 |
Integrated plasma reactors for catalytic
syngas conversion to fuels and chemicals
Ministry of Education and Culture of
Indonesia
Supervisors:
Dr Phan
Dr K Zhang |
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| |
Malik Musthofa
Student: 2012-2017 |
Catalytic Cracking of Triglycerides for
Biofuels Production
Ministry of Education and Culture of
Indonesia
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Lee |
 |
| |
Tobechi Okoroafor
PhD Student: 2014-2018 |
New pathways for producing chemicals from
CO2 using bioelectrochemical systems
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Dr Valesquez-Orta |
 |
| |
Dr Safaa Ahmed
PhD Student |
Scale-up of oscillatory helically-baffled
reactors
HECD
(Higher Education for Education Development
in Iraq)
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Phan |
 |
| |
Dr Muayad Al-Karawi
PhD Student |
Harvesting and converting to fuel of algal
biomass
HECD
(Higher Education for Education Development
in Iraq)
Supervisors:
Dr Lee
Dr Caldwell |
 |
| |
Dr Laura Diaz-Silvarrey
PhD Student |
Pyrolysis of municipal plastic waste into
fuel and chemicals
Self Funded
Supervisors:
Dr Phan
Dr K Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Jonathan Harris
PhD Student |
Investigating non-thermal plasma as a means
of upgrading Bio-oil model compounds
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Phan
Dr K Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Auwal Aliyu
PhD Student |
Catalytic Cracking of Algae for Biofuel
Production
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Lee |
 |
| |
Dr Steven Wang
Lecturer |
Research Areas:
Bubbly & Chaotic Flows, Inertial Particles
PM2.5, Particulate Flow, Materials
Leidenfrost, Levitation Physics
Food Processing, Mixing, PTV |
 |
|
|
Dr Valentine Eze
Research Associate |
Project:
Sustainable Polymers
Funding: EPSRC
Working With: Prof
Harvey |
 |
|
Dr Ahmed Al-Hatrooshi
PhD Student |
Marine Waste Biorfinery
Diwan Royal Court, Government of Oman
Supervisor:
Prof Harvey |
 |
| |
Dr Luma Al-Saadi
PhD Student
|
Investigation of new routes and conditions
for biodiesel production using mesoscale
oscillatory baffled reactors
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Eze |
 |
| |
Dr Orlando Lopes do
Nascimento
PhD Student |
Hydrodynamic study of micro circulating
fluidised bed
EPSRC
Supervisors:
Dr Zivkovic
Prof Reay |
 |
| |
Dr Mohamad Gunam Resul
PhD Student |
Intensification of terpene epoxidation using
meso-scale oscillatory baffled reactors
Malaysian Government
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr EZE |
 |
| |
Dr Abdul Rehman
PhD Student |
Intensification of cyclic carbonate
synthesis from CO2 and terpene based epoxides
University of Engineering and Technology,
Lahore, Pakistan
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Eze |
 |
| |
Dr Faisal Saleem
PhD Student |
Treatment of biomass gasification tars with
non-thermal plasmas
UET, Lahore, Pakistan
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr K Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Abbas Umar
PhD Student |
Ciliates removal in
microalgae culture using foam column separation
technique
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Dr Lee
Dr Caldwell |
 |
| |
Wissam Muhsin
PhD Student |
Multi-objective optimisation using bootstrap
aggregated neural networks
Supervisor:
Dr J Zhang |
 |
| |
David Okot
PhD Student |
Pyrolysis of waste biomass for energy and
bio-char for soil amendment
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Supervisors:
Dr Phan
Dr Bilsborrow |
 |
| |
Dr Sahr Sana
PhD Student |
Crystallization in the Spinning Disc Reactor
CEAM
Supervisors:
Dr Boodhoo
Dr Zivkovic |
 |
| |
Dr Salihu Musa
PhD Student |
Cost Effective Biodiesel Production by
Reactive Extraction in a Foam Column
PTDF, Nigeria (PhD Sponsor)
EPSRC, SuperGen Bioenergy Hub
(Project Sponsor)
Supervisor:
Dr Lee |
 |
| |
Dr Chukwuma Anyigor
PhD Student
|
Utilization of stranded natural gas:
investigating options for applications of
process intensification
Ebonyi State Scholarship Scheme, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Dr Lee
Prof Reay |
 |
| |
Dr Aumber Abbas
PhD Student |
Conversion of bio-waste into innovative
advanced materials
Newcastle-Singapore Studentship (NSS)
Supervisors:
Dr Phan
Dr Russo Abegao |
 |
| |
Dr Warm In-Na
PhD Student |
Carbon Capture and Conversion using
Engineered Solar-Powered Biocomposite Foams
CEAM IPS Scholarship
Supervisors:
Dr Lee
Dr Caldwell |
 |
|
|
Prof Tinuade Afolabi
Visitor |
Project:
Molecular
Characterisation of Crude Oil and Application of
Heat Integration Methodologies on some Refinery
Units in Nigeria
Funding:
Commonwealth Scholarship Commissions UK
Working With:
Dr
J Zhang |
 |
|
|
Ben Dannatt
KTP Associate (Durham
Filtration Ltd) |
Project:
Biomass flue gas filtration optimisation
Working With:
Dr
Willis |
 |
| |
Dr Yi Zhang
PhD Student |
CFD simulation of a miniaturized bioreactor
Supervisors:
Dr Zivkovic
Dr Yuen Ling Ng (Singapore Campus)
Dr Kheng-Lim Goh (Singapore Campus) |
 |
|
|
Dr Toluanimi Kolawole
Research Associate (and PhD Student from
2013-2018) |
Project:
Carbon Capture using Rotating
Packed Beds
Funding: Horizon 2020
Working With:
Dr Lee |
 |
| |
Dr Chris Dixon
PhD Student
|
A Novel,
Semi-Automatic method for the Identification of
Reaction Networks
School Scholarship
Supervisors:
Dr Willis
Dr O'Malley |
 |
|
|
Paulius Rasiukas
PhD Student |
Parameter identification of large-scale
hybrid semi-parametric models
Supervisor:
Dr Willis |
 |
| |
Dr Shurooq Al-Humairi
Visiting Post-Doctoral
Researcher (2019-2021) |
Combined reactive extraction and reactive
coupling for biodiesel production and process
development
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey,
Dr Jon Lee and Ibrahim Mohammed |
 |
|
|
Dr Farah Al-Sudani
Visiting Post-Doctoral
Researcher (2019-2021) |
CO2 Conversion to Fuels and
Value-Added Chemicals by the Integration of
Non-Thermal Plasma Catalysis and Process
Intensification
Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey,
Dr Anh Phan and
Dr Kui Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Jeremiah Corrigan
PhD Student
|
Data-driven modelling
and monitoring of industrial processes with
applications in the nuclear waste processing
industry
EPSRC & Sellafield Ltd
Collaborators:
Sellafield Ltd
Supervisor:
Dr J Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Guanqi Wang
PhD Student |
Study of PM capture
mechanism by trees and development of an
intensified approach for solving emission
problems
China Scholarship
Council (CSC) & Postgraduate Research Group
Supervisors:
Dr Zivkovic
Dr McDonough |
 |
| |
Dr Hafsat Ibrahim
PhD Student |
Ozone Pre-Treatment
of Biomass to Biofuel
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisor:
Dr Anh Phan |
 |
| |
Dr Ibrahim Mohammed
Research Associate |
Project: Carbon Dioxide Reactions in
Non-Thermal Plasmas
Working With:
Prof Harvey
&
Dr Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Marv Khala
Research Associate |
Project: Precise deposition of complex
particles for structured functional products
Funding: EPSRC
Working With:
Dr Hare |
 |
| |
Dr Phuet Prasertcharoensuk
Research Associate |
Project: Gasification
of waste products
Working With:
Dr Phan |
 |
| |
John Dalton
Lecturer |
Research Areas:
Integrated Modelling Environment
Knowledge Management
Traceability
Multi-Criteria Decision Techniques
Object Oriented Modelling
Programming |
 |
| |
Dr Akmal Bin Abdul Rahim
PhD Student |
Intensification of Epoxidation of Vegetable
Oil
Malaysian Rubber Board
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Phan |
 |
| |
Dr Zakariah Adu Adejoh
PhD Student |
Particulate emissions
from biomass boilers and their mitigation
NEEDS Assessment/Academic Staff Training
and Development, University of Abuja, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr K Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Kazeem Alli
PhD Student |
Batch-to-Batch
On-Line Optimization Control with Extreme
Learning Machine Model and Integrated System
Optimization & Parameter Estimation (ISOPE)
PTDF
Supervisor:
Dr J Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Usman Dahiru
PhD Student |
Decomposition of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) using non-thermal plasma
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr K Zhang |
 |
| |
Dr Liam Desmond
PhD Student |
Polymer-quantum dot hybrid Nanotheranostics
for Glioblastoma Multiforme treatment
EPSRC
Prof Phan
Dr Gentile |
 |
| |
Dr Abubakar Halidu
PhD Student |
Production of
Bio-Hydrogen from Agricultural Residual (Spelt
Husk) using Gasification Process
PTDF, Nigeria
Supervisors:
Prof Phan
Dr Bilsborrow |
 |
| |
Dr Hannah Kargbo
PhD Student |
Production of biofuel from biomass wastes
and residues
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission UK
Supervisors:
Prof Phan
Dr Ng |
 |
|
|
Dr Zongyuan Zhu
Research Associate |
Project:
BioSPRINT: Biorefining of Sugars via PRocess
INTensification
Funding: Horizon
2020
Working With:
Dr Russo Abegao and
Prof Boodhoo |
 |
| |
Dr Kirstie Pemberton
EngD Student |
Characterisation of Lentiviral vector
production from HEK293T cell lines
EPSRC
Collaborators:
Oxford BioMedica (UK) Ltd
Kent University
Supervisors:
Prof Mark Smales (Kent University)
Dr Carol Knevelman (Oxford BioMedica)
Dr Chris O'Malley
Prof Gary Montague (CPI) |
 |
| |
Dr Ruosen Qi
PhD Student |
Fault Prognosis and Fault Magnitude Estimation
Based on Hybrid Computational Intelligence and
Data Analysis Techniques for Industrial
Processes
Self-Funded
Supervisor:
Dr J Zhang
Dr O'Malley |
 |
| |
Dr Ryo Toyoda
PhD Student |
Assessing Employees Through Games
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions; ETN-CHARMING
Supervisors:
Prof Glassey
Dr
Russo Abegao
Dr Sue Gill |
 |
| |
Dr Chioma Udeozor
PhD Student |
Evaluation of Chemical Engineering Students
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions; ETN-CHARMING
Supervisors:
Prof Glassey
Dr
Russo Abegao |
 |
| |
Dr Shengkai Wang
PhD Student |
Intelligent Process Fault Diagnosis Using
Feature Extraction and Neural Network Techniques
Supervisor:
Dr J Zhang |
 |
|
|
Dr Kui Zhang
Research Associate |
Numerous projects in
Non-Thermal Plasmas
Working With:
Prof Harvey |
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