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2002–2003 DOCTORATES IN CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING AT ICHEME-ACCREDITED
UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE
The following is a list of authors and titles of PhD theses (with names of research supervisors) in chemical
engineering accepted in Universities with courses accredited by the IChemE during the academic year
2002–2003. From 1993 the list was extended to cover universities worldwide in addition to information for
the United Kingdom and Ireland which has been published in the journal since 1981. The list is compiled
each year from information supplied directly by the Heads of Departments of Chemical Engineering.
Some information about earlier years is available in ‘‘Index to Theses . . .’’ obtainable from ASLIB,
Information House, 26=27 Boswell Street, London WC1N 3JZ in printed form, or on magnetic tape from
Learned Information Ltd, Besselsleigh Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Many of these are held by the
British Library, Boston Spa, Yorkshire and can be made available to registered users of this library.

AUSTRALIA Dr A. Daehler. Development of functional nanoporous silica

The University of Adelaide
Dr A. Kosminski. Reactions between sodium and silicon minerals
during gasification of low-rank coal. (Professor J. Agnew/Dr
A. Manzoori)
Dr D. Sowana. Effects of turbulent shear stress on plant cell
suspension cultures. (Dr D. Williams/Associate Professor B.
O’Neill/Dr B. Dally)
Curtin University
Dr H. Jia. Pretreatment of wastewater containing fats and oils
using an immobilized enzyme. (Associate Professor M. Ang)
Dr H. Mulyadi. Determination of residual gas saturation and gas/
water relative permeability in water-driven gas reservoirs.
(Professor R. Amin)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Dr N. Fahey. Interaction of calcium ferrite slags with furnace
refractories. (Associate Professor D. Swinbourne)
Dr I. Ivanov. Molecular structure and rheology of polypropylene in
blown film processing. (Professor S. Bhattacharya)
Dr R. McCallum. Production of brown coal-based adsorbents with
specific adsorption properties. (Professor F. Roddick)
Dr S. Muke. Rheology of polypropylene in blown film processing.
(Professor S. Bhattacharya)
Dr S. Sangari. Devulcanization of elastomers. (Dr N. Kao)
Dr J. Thomson. Combinations of UV, VUV and H2O2 treatments
facilitating the biological removal of NOM from drinking water.
(Professor F. Roddick)
Dr M. Welsh. Extensional viscosity and extensional properties of
polyethylene. (Professor S. Bhattacharya)
Dr H. Zhou. Decision support tool for drinking water quality
management in distribution systems. (Associate Professor L.
Doukas)
University of Melbourne
Dr D. J. Baer. The production of TiO2 from titaniferous ores. (Dr
T. K. Pong/Professor D. G. Wood)
Dr S. A. Clayton. The importance of rheology in paste fill
operations. (Professor D. V. Boger)
adsorbents. (Dr A. O’Connor/Professor G. W. Stevens)
Dr D. P. Debrincat. Disintegration of powder agglomerates in a
flash furnace shaft. (Dr C. Solnordal/Professor J. van Deventer)
Dr H. Golias. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of
cellulose to ethanol using recombinant bacteria. (Dr N. B.
Pamment/Dr G. Stanley)
Dr W. K.-W. Lee. Solid-gel interactions in geopolymers. (Professor
J. van Deventer)
Dr D. R. Lester. Colloidal suspension dewatering analysis. (Dr
M. Rudman/Dr P. J. Scales)
Dr M. G.-H. Nah. An aqueous process for the removal of fluoride
from spent potlining waste with leachant regeneration. (Dr
R. Adrien/Professor T. O’Donnell/Professor D. G. Wood)
Dr S. A. Nespolo. Direct measurement of forces at deformable
interfaces and in complex fluids. (Dr F. Grieser/Professor G. W.
Stevens)
Dr A. Stella. Hydrodynamics and mass transfer performance in
Karr reciprocating extraction columns. (Professor G. W.
Stevens)
Dr S. Usher. Suspension dewatering: Characterization and opti-
mization. (Professor D. V. Boger/Professor T. Healy/Dr P. J.
Scales)
Dr F. Vriesekoop. Investigation into the stimulatory effect of
acetaldehyde in environmentally stressed microorganisms. (Dr
N. B. Pamment)
Dr Y. Xiao. The removal of solvent vapours from air by a GAC-
biofilter. (Dr M. Connor)
Monash University
Dr P. L. Breuer. Gold leaching in thiosulphate solutions containing
copper(II) and ammonia. (Dr M. Jeffrey)
Dr B. H. E. Quah. The importance of radical desorption in
catalytic conversion of natural gas at short contact time. (Dr
C.-Z. Li)
Dr P. J. Sanderson. Experimental verification of the simplified
scaling laws for bubbling fluidized beds at large scales.
(Professor M. J. Rhodes)
Dr I. Sidorenko. Pressure effects on fluidized bed behaviour.
(Professor M. J. Rhodes)
Dr B. Y. Truong. Adsorption of alkyl ketene dimer on eucalypt
fibres in relation to single fibre contact angles and sizing
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University of Newcastle
Dr G. J. Browning. Measurement and prediction of the viscosity of
slag from coal ash. (Professor T. F. Wall)
Dr C. J. Fung. Intensification of biological fixed-film processes
using a fluidized-bed bioreactor: Mass transfer and process
perspectives. (Professor G. Jameson)
Dr C. Meesri. A fundamental study on combustion characteristics
of pulverized coal/softwood blends. (Dr B. Moghtaderi)
Dr J. Yu. A mechanistic study of coal swelling and char structure
evolution during pyrolysis—experiments and model predictions.
(Professor T. F. Wall)
University of New South Wales
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Dr R. Boominathan. Study of heavy metal tolerance, accumulation
and recovery in hyperaccumulator plant species. (Associate
Professor P. Doran)
Dr P. Charoenchai. Heavy metal resistance and vector construction
in Lactococcus lactis. (Professor N. Dunn)
Dr B. H.-Y. Ng. Studies of the chemistry of carotenoid synthesis
and kinetics in the thermophilic eubacterium Meiothermus
ruber. (Dr D. Glenn)
Dr V. M. Sandford. Enzymatic bioprocess development for R-PAC:
An intermediate for ephedrine/pseudoephedrine production.
(Professor P. Rogers)
Dr J. H. Welch. Lactate inhibition and metabolic studies in
lactococci. (Dr W. Bridge)
University of New South Wales
School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial
Chemistry
Dr K. Bezanehtak. Vapour-liquid phase equilibrium and modelling
for binary and ternary mixtures at high pressure. (Professor
N. Foster)
Dr R. Chan. Fouling mechanisms in the membrane filtration of
single and binary protein solutions. (Associate Professor
V. Chen)
Dr D. A. Chia. Fluid catalytic cracking catalyst deactivation—
impact on selectivity for complex feeds. (Professor D. L. Trimm)
Dr K. K. Chiang. Effect of catalyst modification and chemical
additive on the photocatalytic remediation of cyanidation
wastes. (Associate Professor T. Tran)
Dr D. Cho. Treatment of high strength wastewater using membrane
bioreactors. (Professor A. G. Fane)
Dr G. Combes. The effect of dense CO2 on the kinetics of an
asymmetric, homogeneous, catalytic hydrogenation in methanol.
(Professor N. Foster)
Dr N. Kausar. Studies of V(IV) and V(V) species in vanadium cell
electrolyte. (Professor M. Skallas-Kazacos)
Dr V. K. Pareek. Application of computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) in design and simulation of three-phase photocatalytic
reactors. (Associate Professor A. Adesina)
Dr J. F. Quinn. Synthetic and kinetic studies of reversible addition
fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. (Professor T. P.
Davis)
Dr G. E. Roberts. A selective investigation of free-radical catalytic
chain transfer polymerization. (Professor T. P. Davis)
Dr J. Schwinge. Experimental and simulation studies of fluid flow
in spacer-filled channels in spiral wound modules. (Professor
A. G. Fane)
Dr T. Sukkar. Membrane studies for vanadium redox flow cell
applications. (Professor M. Skallas-Kazacos)
Dr A. J. Whittle. The optimization of rubber modified poly(vinyl
chloride) pipes for pressure applications. (Professor R. Burford)
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University of Queensland
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr N. Altmann. Effects of filler content and coatings on the cure of
highly filled model epoxies used in microelectronic encapsula-
tion. (Dr P. Halley)
Dr L. Blank. Metabolic engineering of hyaluronic acid production.
(Dr L. Nielsen)
Dr L. Ding. Multicomponent adsorption in heterogeneous micro-
porous solids. (Professor S. Bhatia)
Dr B. Fong Chong. Hyaluronic acid overproduction by metabolic
pathway manipulation. (Dr L. Nielsen)
Dr T. Hurse. Sulfide removal from wastewater. (Associate Professor
J. Keller)
Dr S. Ismadji. Studies of adsorption and supercritical desorption of
the flavour ester on activated carbon. (Professor S. Bhatia)
Dr J. Lennox. Multivariate subspaces for fault detection and
diagnosis: Applications to biological wastewater treatment.
(Associate Professor P. Lant)
Dr Q. Li. Flow through packed beds of particles deformed by
stress. (Associate Professor V. Rudolph)
Dr P. Massarotto. 4-D coal permeability under true-triaxial stress
and constant volume conditions. (Associate Professor V.
Rudolph)
Dr A. Prasetya. Mechanistic modelling for product quality control
in polymerization processes. (Professor J. Litster)
Dr S. Wijeratne. Liquid drop flow behaviour in unsaturated non-
wetting packed bed. (Professor J. Litster)
Dr H. Wildeboer. Deformation, bonding and growth of granules
during wet granulation processes. (Professor J. Litster)
Dr A. Williams. NOx formation in a pulverized coal fired boiler.
(Professor J. Pohl)
Dr R. Williams. The design of optimal control strategies for hybrid
processes. (Associate Professor I. Cameron)
Dr R. Zeng. The role of intracellular stored products in biological
nutrient removal. (Associate Professor J. Keller)
Dr Z. Zhu. Fundamental studies on NOx-carbon reaction for the
removal of soot and NOx from diesel exhaust. (Professor G. Q.
Max Lu)
University of Queensland
Division of Mining and Minerals Process Engineering
Dr B. A. Eadie. A framework for modelling fragmentation in block
caving. (Professor E. T. Brown)
Dr A. Majumder. Modelling of flow film concentrators. (Dr G. J.
Lyman)
Dr C. Mawdesley. Predicting rock mass cavability in block caving
mines. (Dr R. Trueman)
Dr M. Ng. Electrical characterization of titanium minerals. (Dr
P. N. Holtham)
Dr V. Subramanian. Measuring medium segregation in the dense
medium cyclone using gamma-ray tomography. (Dr P. N.
Holtham)
Dr M. A. Vera. A touch of froth: How bubble-particle aggregates
take the strain. (Dr E. Manlapig)
University of Sydney
Dr J. Aubin. Mixing capabilities of a down and up pumping axial
flow impeller in single phase and gas liquid systems. (Adjunct
Associate Professor D. Fletcher)
Dr N. Haque. Modelling of solar kilns and development of an
optimized schedule for drying hardwood timber. (Associate
Professor T. A. G. Langrish)
Dr P. Holt. Electrocoagulation: Unravelling and synthesizing the
mechanisms behind a water treatment process. (Associate
Professor G. Barton)
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Dr M. Jazbec. Kinetics and modelling of low temperature lean Dr M. Pierre-Brice. Relations propriétés-structure-composition-
combustion systems. (Professor B. Haynes) distribution de mélanges n-aires de normal-alcanes synthétiques
Dr J. Kavanagh. Studies in the optimization of recombinant et industriels. (Professor M. Dirand)
Escherichia coli. (Associate Professor G. Barton) Dr C. Provin. Microstéréolithographie de céramiques. (Dr S.
Dr P. Tang. Relationships between floc fractal dimensions and Corbel)
settling velocities in pollution control processes. (Professor Dr F. Salvatori. Les procédés de précipitation polyphasique: De
J. Raper) l’étude des mécanismes fondamentaux à la modélization.
Dr C. H. Wong. Integrated design of biological nutrient removal (Professor E. Plasari)
systems. (Associate Professor G. Barton) Dr S. Semra. Dispersion réactive en milieu poreux hétérogène.
(Professor M. Sardin)
Dr S. Touchal. Synthèse de nouveaux matériaux hydrosolubles.
FRANCE Application à la préparation de films pour la séparation de
mélanges de solvants organiques polaires de type alcool/éther
École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques par pervaporation. Relations structure/propriétés de transport.
de Nancy (Dr D. Roizard)
Dr J. Allouche. Développement de nouvelles méthodologies pour Dr V. Ventenat. Contribution à la modélization de la teinture par
l’élaboration d’émulsions multiples e/H/E. (Professor L. épuisement en colorants réactifs du coton sur autoclave.
Choplin) (Professor J. L. Houzelot)
Dr K. Bonnot. Propogation de fronts de matière et de chaleur dans Dr F. Yu. Adsorption de composés organiques volatils sur un
une colonne d’adsorption modulée en pression pour la sépara- monolithe de charbon actif avec régénération thermique par
tion de gaz. (Dr D. Tondeur) effet Joule. (Dr G. Grevillot)
Dr D. Borremans. Opération périodique des réacteurs catalytiques
à lit fixe arrose. Etude expérimentale de la conductivité thermi-
que radiale et de la maldistribution de l’écoulement liquide. (Dr
G. Wild)
Dr A. J. Briard. Caractérizations thermodynamique et structurale Université de Compiegne
de mélanges multiparaffiniques synthétiques et réels. Aspects de
Dr C. Affolter. Influence des additives sur la croissance des sels
leur cristallization. (Professor M. Dirand)
hygroscopiques. (L. Komunjer)
Dr S. Daniel. Contribution à l’élaboration d’un outil de simulation
Dr O. Akoum. Etude de la filtration dynamique par système vibrant
des fours tournants employés en traitement de catalyseurs usés
VSEP: Application à l’industrie laitière. (L. Ding/M. Jaffrin)
et de déchets pour des opérations de combustion ou de pyrolyse
Dr J. R. Avendo Gomez. Study by differential scanning calorimetry
gazéification. (Professor J. L. Houzelot)
of the composition ripening in a mixed emulsion 0102/water and
Dr A. Fall. Etude de dispositifs de mise au contact originaux par
in a multiple emulsion 01/water/02. (D. Clausse)
fluorescence induite par laser. (Dr R. David)
Dr V. Blasin-Aube. Utilization de catalyseurs de type perovskite
Dr G. Felix. Ecoulements de milieux granulaires en tambour
pour le traitment des composés organiques volatils (COV).
tournant étude de quelques transitions de régime, application
Etude de l’influence de la composition de l’affluent de la
à la ségrégation. (Professor M. Sardin)
formulation du catalyseur. (L. Monceaux)
Dr E. Fournier. Modélization et simulation des écoulements réactifs
Dr A. Brou. Extraction et concentration d’exopolysaccharides
turbulents: Validation et évaluation de la résolution de l’équa-
produits par fermentation par un système de filtration dynami-
tion de transport de la fonction de densité de probabilité (PDF)
que à disque rotatif. (L. Ding)
dans un réacteur de précipitation de type Taylor-Couette. (Dr
Dr R. Dumitrascu. Application des mousses à la cristallization et à
L. Falk)
l’agglomération des substances en phase aqueuse. (O. Bals)
Dr O. Furling. Procédés d’élaboration et rhéologie de suspensions
Dr A. Fofana. Traitement pyrolitique de la biomasse. (M. Hazi)
concentrées de Kaolin. (Professor L. Choplin)
Dr B. Fouconnier. Etude par calorimétrie de la formation h’ydrates
Dr C. Maruejouls. Evaluation de moyens de mitigation innovants
de trichlorofluorométhane en emulsion. (D. Clausse)
du risqué hydrogène dans les réacteurs de fusion thermo-
Dr J. P. Herin. Elaboration d’un revêtement polyuréthane: Mise au
nucléaire. (Professor A. Laurent)
point d’un nouveaux procédé d’auto-démoulage en génie civil.
Dr M. Mercier. Etude expérimentale et modélization d’un procédé
(D. Couturier)
d’élaboration par extrusion réactive de mélanges de polymères
Dr V. Le Mignot. Oxydation photochimique de molécules organi-
comptabilisés. (Professor F. Pla)
ques modèles biorécalcitrantes et d’effluent industriels. (A.
Dr F. Mikusek. Matériaux polyuréthanes comportant des beta
Pauss)
cyclodextrines: Synthèse et modélization du transfert de matière
Dr T. Mouroko-Mitoulou. Filtration de suspensions minérales avec
d’isomères terpeniques. (Dr D. Sacco)
formation d’un gâteau liquéfiable: Cas d’une suspension de
Dr I. Monzie. Echange d’ions pour la production d’eau très pure.
carbonate de calcium. (E. Vorobiev)
Etude des limitations cinétiques par la méthode des micro-
Dr M. Sebas. Influence d’un silicone sue les propriétés de
colonnes. Extension à l’électrodéionization. (Dr G. Grevillot)
mouillage d’un film de latex poreux. (L. Komunjer)
Dr C. Nouvel. Synthèse contrôlée de copolyméres adaptatifs,
Dr K. Tabet. Elaboration de charbons actifs végétaux pour la
dextrane-g-polylactide: De leur utilization comme surfactifs
valorization des déchets agro-industriels. (G. Antonini)
biodégradables à la mise en œuvre de systèmes de vectorization
particulaires. (Professor E. Dellacherie)
Dr F. Ounaies. Etude et mise au point d’un bioréacteur à
membranes denses pour l’épuration biologique d’eaux rési-
duaires par aération sans bulles. (Professor E. Favre)
Dr A. M. Paulaime. Taille et agglomération des cristaux d’une HONG KONG
zéolithe au cours de la synthèse: Effets des paramètres expéri- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
mentaux et modélization. (Dr R. David)
Dr O. Piernot. Etude d’un procédé de dévolatilization de traces Dr M. H. T. Lee. Sequence-specific electrochemical DNA detection
d’anhydride maléique au sein d’une matrice polypropylène à and its implementation in integrated PCR-electrochemical
l’aide d’une extrudeuse bivis. (Professor F. Pla) microdevices. (Professor I-Ming Hsing)

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HUNGARY
University of Veszprém
Dr B. Bodor. Examination of up-to-date crystallization processes.
Dr Zs. Ulbert. Modelling and simulation of dynamic processes of
crystallizers. (Professor B. Lakatos)
IRELAND
University College Dublin
Dr S. Rishell. Scale up studies using a mixed methanotrophic
culture in a membrane biofilm. (Dr B. Glennon/Dr E. Casey)
MALAYSIA
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Dr Taslim. Transport phenomena in oscillatory flow in a baffled
column. (Associate Professor Dr M. S. Takriff)
University of Malaya
Dr S. A. S. Al-Zuhair. Kinetics of hydrolysis of palm oil by lipase.
(Professor K. B. Ramachandran/Professor M. Hasan)
Dr A. B. Benamor. Kinetics of CO2 absorption into aqueous
solutions of diethenolamine (DEA), methyldiethanolamine and
their mixtures. (Professor M. Z. Sulaiman/Associate Professor
M. K. Aroua)
THE NETHERLANDS
University of Amsterdam
Dr S. A. Auer. Quantitative prediction of crystal nucleation rates
for spherical colloids: A computational study. (Professor Dr.
D. Frenkel)
Dr E. Cecchetto. Molecular dynamics in thin glassy films. (Profes-
sor Dr D. Frenkel/Dr B. Jérôme)
Dr E. Chmela. A chip system for hydrodynamic chromatography.
(Professor Dr Ir R Tijssen/Professor Dr Ir A. van den Berg)
Dr R. M. Koster. Solid acid catalysed conversions of olechemicals.
(Professor Dr Ir A. Bliek)
Dr T. S. Van Erp. Solvent effects on chemistry with alcohols.
(Professor Dr B. Smit/Dr E. J. Meijer)
Delft University of Technology
Dr S. K. Bermingham. A design procedure and predictive models
for solution crystallization processes. (Professor Ir J. Grievink)
Dr R. M. Guijt van Duijn. Development of a TAS for real-time
monitoring of fermentation. (Professor Dr Ir G. W. K. van
Dedem)
Dr C. van Gulijk. Rational design of a robust diesel particulate
filter. (Professor Dr J. A. Moulijn/Dr Ir M. Makkee)
Dr J. Houwing. Separation of proteins by simulated moving bed
chromatography. (Professor Dr Ir L. A. M. van der Wielen)
Dr T. B. Jensen. Gradient SMB chromatography. (Professor Dr Ir
L. A. M. van der Wielen)
Dr S. Kaart. Controlling chaotic bubbles. (Professor Ir C. M. van
den Bleek/Professor Dr Ir J. C. Schouten)
Dr F. M. Meeuse. On the design of chemical processes with
improved controllability characteristics. (Professor Ir J. Grie-
vink)
Dr J. Perez Ramirez. Catalysed N2O activation promising (new)
catalysts for abatement and utilization. (Professor Dr F.
Kapteijn/Professor Dr J. A. Moulijn)
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Dr H. Roubos. Bioprocess modelling and optimization. (Professor
Dr Ir J. J. Heijnen)
Dr J. van der Schaaf. Dynamics of gas-solids fluidized beds.
(Professor Ir C. M. van den Bleek/Professor Dr Ir J. C.
Schouten/Professor F. Takens)
Dr G. B. F. Seijger. Cerium-ferrierite catalyst systems for reduction
of NOx in lean burn engine exhaust gas. (Professor Ir C. M. van
den Bleek/Professor Dr Ir H. van Bekkum)
Dr G. M. Westhoff. Design and analysis of suspension crystal-
lizers. (Professor Dr Ir P. J. Jansens/Professor Ir J. Grievink/Dr Ir
H. J. M. Kramer)
Dr W. A. van Winden. 13C-labelling technique for metabolic
network and flux analysis. (Professor Dr Ir J. J. Heijnen/Dr
P. J. T. Verheijen)
Dr G. J. Zijlma. Effect of air staging and limestone addition on
emissions of SO2 and NOx in circulating fluidized bed combus-
tion. (Professor Ir C. M. van den Bleek/Dr Ir A. W. Gerritsen)
Dr A. Zwijnenburg. Propene epoxidation over gold/titania and
silver catalysts. (Professor Dr J. A. Moulijn/Dr Ir M. Makkee)
NEW ZEALAND
University of Auckland
Dr H. Cooper. The effects of various pressing techniques on the
microstructure of BPSCCO tapes. (Professor W. Gao)
Dr N. K. Hamadi. Industrial adsorbents from scrap tyres used for
wastewater treatment. (Professor X. D. Chen/Associate Profes-
sor M. M. Farid)
Dr J. P. Hindmarsh. Fundamentals of spray crystallization of food
solutions. (Professor X. D. Chen)
Dr K. Murton. An investigation into the fibre separation and
development mechanisms of pinus radiata thermomechanical
pulping. (Professor G. G. Duffy)
Dr P. R. Tehrani. Inter-relating aluminium smelting carbon cathode
formulations to cell operations and wear mechanisms. (Dr
M. M. Hyland)
Dr H. Xin. A study of the mechanism of chemical cleaning of milk
protein fouling using a model material (whey protein concen-
trate gel). (Professor X. D. Chen)
SINGAPORE
National University of Singapore
Dr S. S. Chan. Fundamental study and characterization of poly-
imide membranes for gas separation. (Dr R. Wang/Professor
N. T. S. Chung)
Dr L. Chen. The exploratory chemometric studies of the homo-
geneous rhodium catalysed hydroformylation of isoprene.
(Associate Professor M. V. Garland)
Dr N. Chen. A study on proton conducting behaviours in polymer
blends consisting of particulate acid and amphiphilic matrix.
(Dr L. Hong)
Dr W. Chen. A comprehensive model for non-spherical bubble
formation. (Associate Professor R. B. H. Tan)
Dr Y. Chen. Polyaniline, its surface modification and applications.
(Professor E. T. Kang/Professor K. G. Neoh)
Dr A. Geng. Band-spreading in perfusion chromatography—
experimental and network analyses. (Associate Professor K.
C. Loh)
Dr Q. Huang. Multicomponent diffusion of gases in the micropores
of carbon molecular sieves. (Associate Professor S. Farooq/
Associate Professor I. A. Karimi)
Dr L. Ji. Surface modification of organic and inorganic substrates
with polyaniline via graft coploymerization and/or silanization.
(Professor E. T. Kang/Professor K. G. Neoh)
Dr B. T. Koh. Mathematical modelling of tryptophan operon.
(Associate Professor R. B. H. Tan/Professor M. G. S. Yap)
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Dr S. Liu. Development of mixed conducting ceramic hollow fiber
membranes for methane coupling reactions. (Dr K. Li/Dr L.
Hong)
Dr S. Liu. Phase transitions in polyimide, poly(amide imide)s and
polyamide derived from 1,3-BIS (4-[40 -aminophenoxy culmyl])
benzene. (Professor N. T. S. Chung)
Dr W. Qu. Dielectric properties and surface study of copolyimides.
(Dr T. M. Ko/Professor N. T. S. Chung)
Dr J. Wang. Controlled release of drugs from biodegradable
polymeric matrix. (Associate Professor C. H. Wang)
Dr X. Wang. Statistical thermodynamics of complex fluids: Chain
molecules, polyelectrolytes and hydrophobic effects. (Professor
Y. C. Chiew/Dr S. B. Chen)
Dr Y. Wu. Computational fluid dynamics study of high perfor-
mance liquid chromatography. (Professor C. B. Ching/Associate
Professor K. Hidajat)
Dr H. Yu. Preparative counter-current chromatographic enantio-
separation of a chiral drug. (Professor C. B. Ching)
Dr Z. Yu. Surface modification of fluoropolymers and polyimides
via graft copolymerization and functionalization. (Professor
E. T. Kang/Professor K. G. Neoh)
Dr R. Zhang. Tin oxide based anode materials for rechargeable
Li-ion batteries. (Professor J. Y. Lee)
Dr W. Zhang. Bubble formation and weeping at a submerged
orifice. (Associate Professor R. B. H. Tan)
Dr B. Zhao. Enhancement of electrical stability of polyaniline in
aqueous media. (Professor K. G. Neoh/Professor E. T. Kang)
Dr K. Zhu. Pneumatic conveying of granular solids. (Associate
Professor C. H. Wang)
SOUTH AFRICA
University of Cape Town
Dr B. Mehlomakulu. Partial oxidation of ethanol over vanadium
iron antimonate catalysts. (Professor E. van Steen)
University of Natal
Dr P. Gianadda. The development and application of combined
water and materials pinch analysis to a chlor-alkali plant.
(Professor C. A. Buckley)
Dr K. Moodley. High-pressure vapour-liquid equilibrium at low
temperatures. (Professor D. Ramjugernath)
University of Potchefstroom
Dr E. du Toit. Development of a new integrated mechanical service
design regime in leisure centres. (Professor R. C. Everson)
Dr S. Marx. Application of percaporation to the separation of
methanol from tertiary amyl methyl ether. (Professor R. C.
Everson)
University of Stellenbosch
Dr E. M. Goliath. Adsorptive separations in the production of
neutral wine alcohol. (Professor F. L. D. Cloete)
Dr J. F. Görgens. Quantitative yeast physiology and nitrogen
metabolism during heterologous protein production. (Professor
J. H. Knoetze/Professor W. H. van Zyl)
Dr A. W. Kleingeld. Project radicalness and maturity: A contin-
gency model for the importance of enablers of technological
innovation. (Professor V. E. Ross/Professor L. Lorenzen)
Dr P. G. R. de Villiers. The use of ion-exchange resins for the
recovery of valuable species from slurries of sparingly soluble
solids. (Professor L. Lorenzen/Professor J. S. J. van Deventer)
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University of the Witwatersrand
Dr T. Gluck. A fundamental investigation of the hydrothermal
dissolution and oxidation of manganese metal. (Professor A. W.
Bryson)
Dr B. P. Hausberger. Process synthesis—developing a toolbox for
the process synthesis engineer. (Professor D. Hildebrandt/
Professor D. Glasser)
SPAIN
Universidad de Valladolid
Dr M. Cruz Garcı́a González. Caracterización de las comunidades
microbianas y de la microfauna en sistemas para le eliminación
simultánea de carbono y nutrientes en aguas residuales. (Dr
P. Garcı́a Encina/Dr E. Bécares Mantecón)
Dr S. Lucas Yagüe. Estudio de la adsorción/desorción sobre
carbon activo con CO2 supercrı́tico. Aplicación a la recupera-
ción de aromas de café. (Dr M. J. Cocero Alonso)
University of West Indies
Dr I. Ramroop. Water pollution modelling—Pt Isas industrial
estate. (Dr H. Farabi/Professor W. Mellowes)
UK
Aston University
Dr C. L. Burrows. Development and applications of the combined
use of NMR and ultrasound. (Professor J. Homer/Dr M. S.
Beevers)
Dr J. A. Burford. Title not available. (Dr A. J. Amass)
Dr G. R. Carlin. Title not available. (Dr A. J. Amass)
Dr G. M. Cartland-Glover. Title not available. (Dr S. C. Generalis)
Dr U. Daraz. Title not available. (Dr S. Al-Malaika)
Dr H. Gerhauser. CFD applied to the fast pyrolysis of biomass in
fluidized beds. (Dr S. C. Generalis)
Dr F. M. Gilchrist. Title not available. (Professor N. K. H. Slater/Dr
A. J. Sutherland)
Dr H. C. Peach. The tear film and contact lens wear. (Professor
B. J. Tighe)
University of Bath
Dr A. F. Bentaher. Air injection technique for IOR from light oil
reservoirs: Kinetics and simulation studies. (Professor M.
Greaves)
Dr D. I. Hicks. Design for decommissioning. (Professor B. D.
Crittenden)
Dr M. Jarman-Smith. Tissue engineering of a dermal and whole
skin replacement. (Dr J. B. Chaudhuri)
Dr F. Santori. Lectin affinity chromatography of monosaccharides.
(Dr J. Hubble)
Dr F. Y. Shnaib. Air injection technique for improved oil recovery
from light oil reservoirs—accerlating rate calorimetry studies.
(Professor M. Greaves/Dr R. R. Rathbone)
Queen’s University Belfast
Dr C. M. McLoughlin. Microwave drying of pharmaceutical and
fine chemical molecules. (Professor T. R. A. Magee/Dr W. A. M.
McMinn)
Dr P. M. McShane. Optimization of the morphological, mechanical
and rheological properties of novel polypropylene/ethylene-
octene copolymer blends for automotive fuel line protection
applications. (Mr G. McNally/Professor W. R. Murphy)
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Dr G. Taylor. Enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis and simultaneous
product separation in a membrane bioreactor with electrical
backpulsing. (Professor S. J. Allen/Dr Q. Gan)
University of Birmingham
Dr F. A. Abdul Majid. The fidelity and reproducibility of large
scale animal cell culture: Impact of bcl-2 over expressions on
product glycosylation. (Professor M. Al-Rubeai)
Dr A. J. Botten. Modelling single screw extrusion processes.
(Professor S. Blackburn)
Dr J. M. Bujalski. Computational fluid dynamic modelling of
stirred reactors: Power, baffle stresses, mixing times and semi-
batch precipitation. (Professor A. W. Nienow)
Dr J. C. Burt. Immobilized lipase hydrolysis of fats and triglycer-
ides: The effects of the bioreactor environment. (Dr B. Al-Duri)
Dr P. Campbell. The application of the three point bend test to
predict rock mechanics and breakage parameters. (Dr N. A.
Rowson/Dr A. J. Merchant)
Dr R. J. Huzzard. Aqueous injection moulding of ceramics.
(Professor S. Blackburn)
Dr V. Ifandi. Influence of over-expression of c-myc and bcl-2
proliferation, apoptosis and survival of CHO-K1 cells. (Profes-
sor M. Al-Rubeai)
Dr M. Jahanshahi. Integration and intensification of biosepara-
tions: A role for pellicular solid phases in combinatorial cell
disruption and fluidized bed adsorption. (Professor A. Lyddiatt)
Dr R. F. Jarman-Smith. Modulation of apoptosis and cell cycle for
the improvement of productivity of insect cells. (Professor M.
Al-Rubeai)
Dr M. S. Jolly. The investigation of mixer design for chocolate
processing. (Professor S. Blackburn)
Dr W. Jonglertjunya. Bioleaching of chalopyrite. (Dr N. A.
Rowson/Dr C. M. McFarlane)
Dr F. Luechau. Process considerations for the recovery of bio-
nanoparticulates in polymer-salt aqueous two-phase systems.
(Professor A. Lyddiatt)
Dr J. A. Negrete-Virgen. Manufacture of adenoviral vectors for
gene therapy applications: Critical comparison of solvent
extraction and adsorption-based. (Professor A. Lydiatt)
Dr K. Pinschower. Direct measurement of the contraction of
chocolate during solidification. (Professor P. J. Fryer)
Dr G. J. Saunders. Reactions of hydrocarbons in zirconia fuel cells.
(Professor K. Kendall)
Dr P. Selvakumar. Characterization of aqueous two phase partition
systems by distribution analysis of radiolabel led analytes:
Applications to process definition and control in biorecovery.
(Professor A. Lyddiatt)
Dr J. N. Warnock. Optimization of retroviral production systems for
gene therapy applications. (Professor M. Al-Rubeai)
Dr S. L. Williams. Adsorptive recovery of nanoparticulate protein
products: Physical and biochemical characterization of candi-
date solid phases. (Professor A. Lydiatt)
University of Cambridge
Dr P. M. Barata. Rodrigues. Development and studies of templated
porous carbons. (Dr G. D. Moggridge)
Dr A. M. Buswell. Protein renaturation and aggregation during
dilution refolding. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)
Dr T. W. C. Chen. The modified barrier method for large scale
nonlinear steady state and dynamic optimization. (Dr V. S.
Vassiliadis)
Dr M. M. Chow. The effects of natural convection on the mixing of
discharges into the ocean. (Dr S. S. S. Cardoso)
Dr F. E. Dias. Studies in synthesis structure function relationships
in oxide supported platinum catalysts. (Professor L. F. Gladden)
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Dr A. Fitzgerald. Crystallization and deposition behaviour of palm
oil fractions. (Dr D. I. Wilson)
Dr J. G. S. Ho. An investigation of protein-protein interactions
during renaturation. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)
Dr B. O. Kalejaiye. The flow of miscible and immiscible fluids in
the earth’s subsurface. (Dr S. S. S. Cardoso)
Dr W. B. Lai. Purification and refolding of recombinant viral
protein expressed in Escherichia coli. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)
Dr C. K. Lee. Studies of adsorption and reaction of FCC catalyst
using an intertial microbalance. (Dr P. J. Barrie)
Dr S.-Y. Lim. Particle dynamics in rotating cylinders. (Dr D. M.
Scott)
Dr C. Ludlow-Palafox. Microwave induced pyrolysis of plastic
wastes. (Professor H. A. Chase)
Dr P. J. Martin. Mechanics of paste flow in radial screen extruders.
(Dr D. I. Wilson)
Dr M. C. Peck. Roller extrusion of pastes. (Dr D. I. Wilson)
Dr F. M. Sani. Aspects of LBGK development: Simulations of
hydrodynamics and mass transfer. (Professor L. F. Gladden)
Dr H. J. See. Optimization of water and wastewater treatment
processes. (Dr D. I. Wilson)
Dr G. Senthil. Characterization of adsorption and diffusion
phenomena in oxide-supported metal catalysts. (Professor
L. F. Gladden)
Dr S. Sonwai. The effect of shear on the crystallization of cocoa
butter. (Professor M. R. Mackley)
Dr B. L. Tay. Forces on pipe bends due to intermittent gas-liquid
flow. (Dr R. P. Thorpe)
Dr M. Y. M. Yasin. Flow and segregation in moving beds of
particulate solids. (Dr W. R. Paterson)
Dr P. Yimsiri. The processing of light emitting polymer solutions.
(Professor M. R. Mackley)
Dr E. H. L. Yuen. Aspects of nuclear magnetic resonance studies of
transport and reaction in packed beds. (Dr L. F. Gladden)
Heriot-Watt University
Dr A. M. Burja. Metabolic engineering of marine microbes—the
potential of lyngbya majuscula as a natural products cell
factory. (Professor P. Wright)
Dr A. W. Fitch. Characterization of flow in an oscillatory baffled
column using digital particle image volocimetry and laser
fluorescence. (Professor X.-W. Ni)
Dr H. Jian. Understanding unsteadiness and turbulence in two
chemical engineering systems. (Professor R. Ocone/Professor
X.-W. Ni)
Dr M. S. Neves De Freitas Oliveira. Characterization of a gas-
liquid oscillatory baffled column. (Professor X.-W. Ni)
Dr B. Wilson. An experimental investigation of phase transfer
catalysis in a batch oscillatory baffled reactor. (Professor X.-W.
Ni)
Dr T. A. Wood. Ferrous sulphate oxidation using ‘acidithiobacil-
lus’ ferrooxidans cell immobilized on quartz sand for the
purpose of treating acid mine-drainage. (Mr K. Murray)
Imperial College, London
Dr P. A. P. de Aguiar. Modelling studies of solid oxide fuel cells
with internal methane steam reforming. (Professor L. S.
Kershenbaum/Professor D. Chadwick)
Dr N. Babbra. A study of a dual catalyst system in a one-stage
synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. (Professor D.
Chadwick)
Dr A. M. L. Cheung. Systematic prediction of activity coefficients
using molecular mechanics and global optimization techniques.
(Dr C. S. Adjiman)
Dr N. L. Dale. Bulk and morphological properties of recyclable
heat shrinkable polymer blends. (Professor Dame J. S. Higgins)
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Dr C. J. Duffy. Protein foaming: An investigation of protein
enrichment, selective separation and consequences for protein
activity. (Dr J. Varley)
Dr K. Fukuda. Preheating of the coal charge prior to carboniza-
tion in a coke oven. (Professor R. Kandiyoti/Professor D. R.
Dugwell)
Dr V. Garcia-Sakai. Polymer solution thermodynamics. (Professor
J. P. M. Trusler/Professor Dame J. S. Higgins)
Dr A. W. Hodgson. Solid-state nuclear resonance studies of a
polymer blend. (Professor Dame J. S. Higgins/Dr R. Law)
Dr M.-T. Kong. Downstream oil products supply chain optimiza-
tion. (Professor N. Shah)
Dr T. S. Ng. Interfacial structure of stratified pipe flow. (Professor
G. F. Hewitt/Professor C. J. Lawrence)
Dr P. Phanapavudhikul. Design and performance of magnetic
composite particles for the separation of heavy metals from
water. (Dr E. S. Ortiz)
Dr W. Phoochinda. An appraisal into techniques of algal removal.
(Dr D. A. White/Professor B. J. Briscoe)
Dr S. Pipatmanomai. Investigation of coal behaviour under condi-
tions simulating injection into blast furnaces. (Professor D. R.
Dugwell/Professor R. Kandiyoti)
Dr J.-H. Ryu. Design and operation of enterprise-wide process
networks. (Professor E. N. Pistikopoulos)
University College London
Department of Biochemical Engineering
Dr P. Avenell. Downstream processing from Baeyer-Villiger mono-
oxygenase bioconversions. (Professor J. Woodley)
Dr A. J. Booth. Process design and scale-up of counter-current
chromatography for the fractionation and recovery of polyketide
antibiotics. (Dr G. Pye/Professor P. Dunnill)
Dr D. Cooke. Modified Eschericia coli nuclease expressing strains
for the production of recombinant biotherapeutics. (Dr Y. Zhou)
Dr A. F. Day. The use of ultra-scale down for the fast process
characterization of plasmid DNA processes for gene therapy.
(Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)
Dr R. Harris. Proteomic approaches for optional production and
isolation of recombinant proteins.
Dr D. Kendall. Novel approaches to the purification of plasmid
DNA for therapeutic allocation. (Dr G. Lye/Dr S. Levy)
Dr K. S. Lander. In-situ product recovery from a Baeyer-Villiger
monooxygenase catalysed bioconversion. (Dr G. Lye/Professor
J. M. Woodley)
Dr F. J. Meacle. An experimental and computational fluid dynamics
study of the influence of fluid mixing and fluid stress on DNA
purification. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)
Dr S. H. Ngiam. Graphical frameworks for facilitating the study of
chromatographic separations. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker/
Dr Y. Zhou)
Dr L. H. Pampel. A scale-down study of process sequences for the
recovery of pharmaceutical proteins from the milk of transgenic
animals. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)
Dr M. Ushio. A metabolic engineering approach to examine
polyketide production by Saccharopolyspora erythraea. (Dr
F. Baganz/Professor J. Ward)
Dr N. A. Willoughby. Expanded bed absorption: A study of bed
behaviour during the recovery of a typical bioproduct. (Profes-
sor N. Titchener-Hooker)
University College London
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr D. B. Johnson. Integrated design under uncertainty for phar-
maceutical processes. (Professor I. D. L. Bogle)
Dr S. Rigopoulos. Modelling of gas-liquid precipitation systems.
(Professor A. G. Jones)
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University of Leeds
Dr C. Bielarz. Free surface thin film flows over topography. (Dr
S. Kalliadasis)
Dr R. Garcia-Flores. A multi-agent system for chemical supply
chain simulation and management support. (Dr X. Z. Wang)
Dr R. Li. Advanced process monitoring and control using principal
and independent component analysis. (Dr X. Z. Wang)
Dr D. Pawson. The bisorption of polluting heavy metal ions with
dealginated seaweed. (Dr K. H. Javed)
Dr P. Phornnarit. The evaluation of operation and control strategies
of chemical processes—A case study. (Dr X. Z. Wang)
Dr K. Ranson. Dispersion and flame stability of flammable gas
releases at sonic velocities. (Dr M. Fairweather)
Dr J. Yang. Wave propagation and fingering instabilities in
heterogeneous media. (Dr S. Kalliadasis/Dr S. K. Scott)
Dr B. Yuan. Process data mining using neural networks and
inductive learning. (Dr X. Z. Wang)
Loughborough University
Dr B. Ali. Finite element modelling of free-surface visco-elastic
flow-theory and sample case studies. (Professor V. Nassehi)
Dr A. A. Al-Musa. Partial oxidation of propene using solid state
electrolyte membrane reactors. (Dr K. Hellgardt)
Dr A. J. Bromley. Slotted and circular pore surface microfiltration.
(Dr R. G. Holdich/Dr I. W. Cumming)
Dr M. Y. Gunasekera. Assessing the global environmental impact
of airborne releases. (Dr D. W. Edwards/Professor R. J. Wake-
man)
Dr I. O. A. Hodgson. Removal of lead, copper and cadmium ions
from aqueous streams using lecithin enhanced microfiltration.
(Professor R. J. Wakeman)
Dr G. Illing. Development and characterization of polyaniline-
based composite membranes for gas separation. (Dr K. Hell-
gardt)
Dr K. C. Low. Hydrodynamics and mass transfer studies of a
confined plunging jet. (Professor C. D. Rielly)
Dr N. L. R. Newton. Preparation and properties of granular ferric
hydroxide as an adsorbent in potable water treatment. (Profes-
sor M. Streat)
Dr S. Passone. A hybrid system for supporting estuary modelling.
(Professor V. Nassehi/Professor P. W. H. Chung)
Dr C. J. Richardson. Finite element modelling of concentration
profiles in flow domains with porous walls. (Professor V.
Nassehi)
Dr S. L. Williamson. Relationship between food structure and
drying processes. (Dr G. M. Hall)
Dr S. Zhdanov. Kinetics of spreading over porous substrates.
(Professor V. M. Starov)
Dr V. G. Zhdanov. Effective properties of porous and dispersed
materials. (Professor V. M. Starov)
University of Manchester
Institute of Science and Technology
Dr H. G. Alison. From molecular aggregation to product control:
Experimental evidence for pre-association in solution. (Profes-
sor R. Davey)
Dr A. Al-Shamrani. Destabilization of oil-water emulsions and
separation using dissolved air flotation. (Dr A. James)
Dr T. Baldeon. Study of electrically enhanced membrane processes.
(Dr A. James)
Dr D. Charalampopoulos. Development of cereal-based fermented
foods with potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria. (Dr S.
Pandiella)
Dr N. L. Chin. Bread dough aeration and rheology during mixing.
(Dr G. M. Campbell)
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Dr F. Foroughi. The development of acetobacterium woodii as a
biocatalyst for the asymmetric hydrogenation of C-C double
bonds. (Dr G. Stephens)
Dr B. Grieve. On-line electrical impedance tomography for indus-
trial batch processing. (Professor R. Mann)
Dr K. D. Harsham. Dispersion of industrial plumes in a coastal
environment. (Dr M. Bennett)
Dr S. Z. U. Hassan. Phase behaviour of novel sugar surfactants.
(Professor G. Tiddy)
Dr S. Longden. Cell immobilization to prevent cell release during
primary fermentation and to facilitate drying of fragile yeast
cells. (Professor C. Webb)
Dr K. C. Namkung. Experimental and modelling study of Fenton
reaction systems. (Professor P. N. Sharratt)
Dr B. D. Phan. Atmospheric pressure plasma surface treatment of
ceramic filter materials. (Dr T. Roberts)
Dr Z. Pokusevski. Experimental study and numerical modelling of
a lean gas-solid flow. (Professor T. Dyakowski)
Dr W. Rowe. Surfactant/lipid aggregates and protein crystalliza-
tion. (Professor G. Tiddy)
Dr L. Ruffino. Improved characterization of catalyst pore structure
using low melting point alloy (LMPA) intrusion. (Professor
R. Mann)
Dr M. Sellers. Solid phase synthesis of chemical and intermediate
compounds. (Professor P. J. Heggs)
Dr K. Skoteiniotis. Computational micro-hydrodynamics of
membrane filtration. (Dr A. James)
Dr W. Xie. Coalescence in dynamic foam systems: Measurement
and prediction. (Dr J. Cilliers)
University of Newcastle
Dr M. Al-Samhan. Process intensification: Ethylene gas phase
catalytic polymerization using spinning disc reactor technology.
(Professor C. Ramshaw)
Dr J. Chen. The effects of specimen geometry on the susceptibility
to stress corrosion cracking steels. (Dr E. A. Charles)
Dr S. M. S. I. Dulal. The electrochemical and physical properties
of nanostructured magnetic multilayers. (Dr S. Roy/Dr E. A.
Charles)
Dr N. T. W. Ellwood. Factors influencing phosphatase of mosses in
upland streams. (Dr S. M. Haile)
Dr D. W. Hall. Benzyl alcohol oxidation in a phase-transfer
catalytic microporous membrane reactor. (Professor K. Scott)
Dr A. Henderson. An investigation into aspects of the ecology of
aquatic microfauna of two man-made lakes in North East
England. (Dr S. M. Haile)
Dr M. J. Lieuw. Novel gold electrodeposition process for micro-
and-opto-electronics. (Dr S. Roy)
Dr L. Z. Maheswaran. Process intensification: Cross-corrugated
compact heat exchanger (PFCHE). (Dr R. J. J. Jachuck)
Dr X. Meng. Batch process monitoring using multiway techniques.
(Professor A. J. Morris)
Dr W. R. A. Meuleman. Electrodeposition and characterizations of
Ni/Cu nano-structures multilayers from citrate solutions. (Dr
S. Roy)
Dr I. H. Nasir. Multivariable inferential estimation. (Dr M. T.
Tham)
Dr M. A. Porter. Evolving inferential fermentation models using
symbolic annealing. (Dr M. J. Willis)
Dr D. P. Searson. Non-linear PLS using genetic programming.
(Professor G. A. Montague)
Dr J. Tinlin. Photoelectrocatalysis by TiO2 electrodes. (Dr
T. Egerton)
Dr I. R. Tooley. Surface characterization of TiO2 nano-particles.
(Dr T. Egerton)
Dr M. Weighell. The performance of adaptive multivariate statis-
tical process control schemes in the chemical and process
industries. (Professor E. B. Martin)
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University of Nottingham
Dr G. Baker. Separation and control of two-phase flows at a T-
junction. (Professor B. J. Azzopardi)
Dr P. J. Blood. Electrochemical studies of lead dioxide battery plate
materials and lead dioxide anodic deposits. (Dr I. S. Lowndes)
Dr R. A. Boyle. The use of poloxamer surfactants in soils washing
for the remediation of former gasworks sites. (Professor N. J.
Miles)
Dr M. Castro Diaz. Universal characterization of coke structure
and distribution for hydrocarbon conversion process catalysts.
(Professor C. E. Snape)
Dr K. G. E. Fowle. The use of computer graphics and visualization
(from reconstruction to training) for the resource sector of
Western Australia. (Professor B. Denby)
Dr O. Kuras. The capacitive resistivity technique for electrical
imaging of the shallow subsurface. (Dr B. P. Atkin)
Dr M. Munakata. Catalytic removal of carbon monoxide in the
presence of hydrogen. (Dr M. Cloke)
Dr L. T. Platt. The cumulative environmental impacts from surface
mining operations. (Dr J. S. Edwards)
Dr G. E. Rice. The characterization and recycling of incinerated
tyres. (Dr B. P. Atkin)
Dr S. A. Silvester. The integration of CFD and VR methods to
assist ventilation practice and training. (Dr I. S. Lowdnes)
Dr R. P. J. Swannell. Bioremediation of oil-contaminated shore-
lines. (Dr C. P. Nathanail)
Dr K. P. Turner. Bioremediation of drill cuttings from oil based
muds. (Mr M. D. Waller)
Dr A.-M. Vais. Side-boiled distillation columns. (Dr W. E. Jones)
University of Oxford
Dr A. Abu Talib. Detailed investigation of the low temperature
analogy of an aircraft engine standard fire test. (Dr P. T. Ireland)
Dr W. Colella. Combined heat and power fuel cell systems. (Dr
C. R. Stone)
Dr T. Mitchell. The ballistics of microparticles into the mucosa and
skin. (Dr M. Kendall/Professor B. J. Bellhouse)
Dr K. Saeed. Laminar burning velocity measurements. (Dr C. R.
Stone)
Dr S. R. Smith. Hollow fibre membrane ultrafiltration enhanced by
slug flow. (Professor Z. F. Cui)
Dr T. Taha. CFD modelling of slug flow enhanced membrane
filtration. (Professor Z. F. Cui)
Dr L. Wyszynski. Combustion in direct injection spark ignition
engines. (Dr C. R. Stone)
Dr X. Xu. A study of mass transfer in cryopreservation of living
tissues. (Professor Z. F. Cui)
University of Sheffield
Dr B. F. Chang. A non-wetting packed bed gas scrubber. (Dr V. N.
Sharifi)
Dr P. Fenwick. The use of small scale test methods in assessing the
emergency relief requirements of chemical reactions. (Dr M. J.
Pitt)
Dr S. Gan. Formation and removal of dioxins/furans in MSW
incinerators. (Dr V. N. Sharifi)
Dr J. Goodfellow. Lagrangian diagnostics in a hostile environment.
(Professor J. Swithenbank)
Dr M. Grammatika. Collision micro-processes and bubble forma-
tion in dissolved air flotation. (Dr W. B. J. Zimmerman)
Dr B. N. Hewakandamby. Interfacial dynamics driven by maran-
goni stresses on a slowly moving liquid film. (Dr W. B. J.
Zimmerman)
Dr Y. Y. Low. The development of a low Reynolds number no-
moving part fluidic valve for a high throughput parallel catalyst
testing reactor. (Professor R. W. K. Allen)
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Dr D. Savas. Computer aided geometrical modelling and grid University of Surrey

generation for CFD related studies. (Professor J. Swithenbank)
University of Strathclyde
Dr P. S. W. Ah Fat. Removal of chloroform from industrial waste-
water using Acetobacterium woodii. (Dr V. F. Larsen)
Dr M. C. Ekekwe. Biodegradation of chloroform in an upflow
anaerobic filter. (Dr V. F. Larsen)
Dr B. Gormandy. Fuzzy model predictive control. (Dr B. E.
Postlethwaite)
Dr M. S. Smith. The fouling characteristics of low quality cooling
waters. (Professor C. D. Grant)
Dr S. C. Vant. Investigation of fluid properties at non-ambient
conditions. (Dr C. J. Schaschke)
Dr H. Fotuhi. Investigation of repeated batch propagation strategy.
(Dr D. Farady/Dr N. Kirkby)
Dr A. Helalizadeh. Mixed salt crystallization fouling. (Professor
J. M. Smith)
Dr J. Moghadasi. Particle movement and scale formation in porous
media. (Dr A. Sharif)
Dr R. Moreno. Computer simulation of impact behaviour of
spherical agglomerates using distinct element method. (Dr
A. Sharif)
Dr L. Smith. Statistical and visual probing of evolving granular
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