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PIG Alumni

 

  Dr Eddie McCarthy
PhD Student

Graduated 2007
The production of polymer nanocomposites using intensified modules
EPSRC CASE [Protensive]

Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
  Dr Ryan McGlen
PhD Student

Graduated 2007
Advanced Thermal Management Techniques for High Power Electronic Devices
EPSRC CASE [Thermacore]

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Claire McLeod
PhD Student

Graduated 2008
Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
  Dr Youssef Jammoal
PhD Student

Graduated 2009
Rotating Pack Bed Solvent Extraction

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Mohammed Ellob
PhD Student

Graduated 2009
Catalytic Plate Reactors for Ethylene Production

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Graham Lewis
PhD Student
Heat Transfer on Spinning Disc Reactors

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Dussadee Rattanaphra
Visiting PhD Student
(Returned to Thailand 2009)
High Temperature Solid Acid Catalysts for Biodiesel Production

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
  Dr Chris Dobie
PhD Student
Surfactant-free Emulsion Polymerisation

Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
  Dr Yilong Ren
Research Associate
Project:
Adaptive Processing of Natural Feedstocks
EPSRC

Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey
  Dr Rabitah Zakaria
PhD Student

Graduated 2010
Reactive Extraction of Biodiesel
Malaysian Government

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Craig Cartwright
PhD Student

Graduated 2010
Increasing the Oxygen Mass Transfer in Bioprocess Systems
EPSRC

Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
Dr Jarka Glassey
  Dr Claudia Tröger
PhD Student

Graduated 2011
Oscillatory Flow Bioreactors
EU

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jarka Glassey
  Jose Renato de Oliveira Lima
Visitor
Project:
Heterogeneous Catalysis

Working With:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Anh Phan
  Dr Din Wan Yussof
PhD Student

Graduated 2012
Novel Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production
Malaysian Government

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
  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
  Dr Vindhya Salwatura
Research Associate (2012)
Project:
Design of a novel biosensor for organic matter detection in wastewater

Working With:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta
  Dr Elizabeth Eterigho
PhD Student

Graduated 2012
Thermocatalytic Cracking of Natural Feedstocks in Microchannel
PTDF, Nigeria

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Foarizul Kazim
PhD Student

Graduated 2012
Project:
Intensification of Jatropha Biodiesel Production
Malaysian Government

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Dr Jon Lee
  Dr Eyitayo Afolabi
PhD Student

Graduated 2012
CFD Simulation of Hydrocyclones for use in Oil Wells
PTDF, Nigeria

Supervisors:
Dr Jon Lee
Dr Tham
  Joel Lim
Visiting Student
Project:
Microbial Fuel Cell Biosensors

Supervisors:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta
  Sebastien Koch
Visiting Student
Project:
Potential of biofuel production from mixed microalgae cultures

Supervisors:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta
  Dr Tiri Handayani

Graduated 2012
Project:
Use of Organic Rankine Cycles in Waste Heat Usage
EPSRC

Supervisors:
Prof Adam Harvey
Prof David Reay
  Dr Diena Ghiasy
PhD Student

Graduated 2012
Modelling and Control of a Rotating Disk Contactor
EPSRC

Supervisors:
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo
Dr Tham
  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)
  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
  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
  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
  Dr Jeet Varia
Research Associate
Project:

IN-GROUND: Inexpensive monitoring of Groundwater pollution in Urban African Districts


Working With:
Dr Sharon Valesquez-Orta
  Dr Kejun Wu
Research Associate (2015-2016)
Project:
Rotating Packed Bed

Working With:
Dr Jon Lee
Dr Kejun Wu
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Dr Xenia Christodoulou
PhD Student

Graduated 2017
Bioelectrical systems to produce energy and chemicals
EPSRC

Supervisors:
Dr Valesquez-Orta
Prof Head (CEGS)
  Dr Haoyu Wang
Research Associate
Project: Intensified by Design (IbD)
Funding: Horizon 2020

Working With: Dr Boodhoo
 
  Dr Ana Lopez
Research Associate
Project: Sustainable Polymers
Funding: EPSRC

Working With: Prof Harvey
  Dr Victoria Outram
EngD Student

Graduated 2018
In Situ Solvent Recovery
EPSRC/Green Biologics Ltd

Supervisors:
Prof Harvey
Dr Lee
  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
  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
  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
  Dr Ahmad Mustaffar
Research Associate
Project: Intensified by Design (IbD)
Funding: Horizon 2020

Working With: Dr Boodhoo
  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
  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
John Dalton  
  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
       

 

 

 

 

 Last modified: 09-Oct-2023