2002–2003 doctorates in chemical engineering at icheme-accredited universities worldwide

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2002–2003 DOCTORATES IN CHEMICALENGINEERING AT ICHEME-ACCREDITED

UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE

The following is a list of authors and titles of PhD theses (with names of research supervisors) in chemicalengineering accepted in Universities with courses accredited by the IChemE during the academic year2002–2003. From 1993 the list was extended to cover universities worldwide in addition to information forthe United Kingdom and Ireland which has been published in the journal since 1981. The list is compiledeach 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 fromLearned Information Ltd, Besselsleigh Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Many of these are held by theBritish Library, Boston Spa, Yorkshire and can be made available to registered users of this library.

AUSTRALIA

The University of Adelaide

Dr A. Kosminski. Reactions between sodium and silicon mineralsduring gasification of low-rank coal. (Professor J. Agnew/DrA. Manzoori)

Dr D. Sowana. Effects of turbulent shear stress on plant cellsuspension cultures. (Dr D. Williams/Associate Professor B.O’Neill/Dr B. Dally)

Curtin University

Dr H. Jia. Pretreatment of wastewater containing fats and oilsusing 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 furnacerefractories. (Associate Professor D. Swinbourne)

Dr I. Ivanov. Molecular structure and rheology of polypropylene inblown film processing. (Professor S. Bhattacharya)

Dr R. McCallum. Production of brown coal-based adsorbents withspecific 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 ofpolyethylene. (Professor S. Bhattacharya)

Dr H. Zhou. Decision support tool for drinking water qualitymanagement in distribution systems. (Associate Professor L.Doukas)

University of Melbourne

Dr D. J. Baer. The production of TiO2 from titaniferous ores. (DrT. K. Pong/Professor D. G. Wood)

Dr S. A. Clayton. The importance of rheology in paste filloperations. (Professor D. V. Boger)

Dr A. Daehler. Development of functional nanoporous silicaadsorbents. (Dr A. O’Connor/Professor G. W. Stevens)

Dr D. P. Debrincat. Disintegration of powder agglomerates in aflash furnace shaft. (Dr C. Solnordal/Professor J. van Deventer)

Dr H. Golias. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation ofcellulose to ethanol using recombinant bacteria. (Dr N. B.Pamment/Dr G. Stanley)

Dr W. K.-W. Lee. Solid-gel interactions in geopolymers. (ProfessorJ. van Deventer)

Dr D. R. Lester. Colloidal suspension dewatering analysis. (DrM. Rudman/Dr P. J. Scales)

Dr M. G.-H. Nah. An aqueous process for the removal of fluoridefrom spent potlining waste with leachant regeneration. (DrR. Adrien/Professor T. O’Donnell/Professor D. G. Wood)

Dr S. A. Nespolo. Direct measurement of forces at deformableinterfaces and in complex fluids. (Dr F. Grieser/Professor G. W.Stevens)

Dr A. Stella. Hydrodynamics and mass transfer performance inKarr 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 ofacetaldehyde in environmentally stressed microorganisms. (DrN. 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 containingcopper(II) and ammonia. (Dr M. Jeffrey)

Dr B. H. E. Quah. The importance of radical desorption incatalytic conversion of natural gas at short contact time. (DrC.-Z. Li)

Dr P. J. Sanderson. Experimental verification of the simplifiedscaling 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 eucalyptfibres in relation to single fibre contact angles and sizingperformance. (Associate Professor I. H. Parker)

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University of Newcastle

Dr G. J. Browning. Measurement and prediction of the viscosity ofslag from coal ash. (Professor T. F. Wall)

Dr C. J. Fung. Intensification of biological fixed-film processesusing a fluidized-bed bioreactor: Mass transfer and processperspectives. (Professor G. Jameson)

Dr C. Meesri. A fundamental study on combustion characteristicsof pulverized coal/softwood blends. (Dr B. Moghtaderi)

Dr J. Yu. A mechanistic study of coal swelling and char structureevolution during pyrolysis—experiments and model predictions.(Professor T. F. Wall)

University of New South WalesSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences

Dr R. Boominathan. Study of heavy metal tolerance, accumulationand recovery in hyperaccumulator plant species. (AssociateProfessor P. Doran)

Dr P. Charoenchai. Heavy metal resistance and vector constructionin Lactococcus lactis. (Professor N. Dunn)

Dr B. H.-Y. Ng. Studies of the chemistry of carotenoid synthesisand kinetics in the thermophilic eubacterium Meiothermusruber. (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 inlactococci. (Dr W. Bridge)

University of New South WalesSchool of Chemical Engineering and IndustrialChemistry

Dr K. Bezanehtak. Vapour-liquid phase equilibrium and modellingfor binary and ternary mixtures at high pressure. (ProfessorN. Foster)

Dr R. Chan. Fouling mechanisms in the membrane filtration ofsingle and binary protein solutions. (Associate ProfessorV. 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 chemicaladditive on the photocatalytic remediation of cyanidationwastes. (Associate Professor T. Tran)

Dr D. Cho. Treatment of high strength wastewater using membranebioreactors. (Professor A. G. Fane)

Dr G. Combes. The effect of dense CO2 on the kinetics of anasymmetric, homogeneous, catalytic hydrogenation in methanol.(Professor N. Foster)

Dr N. Kausar. Studies of V(IV) and V(V) species in vanadium cellelectrolyte. (Professor M. Skallas-Kazacos)

Dr V. K. Pareek. Application of computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in design and simulation of three-phase photocatalyticreactors. (Associate Professor A. Adesina)

Dr J. F. Quinn. Synthetic and kinetic studies of reversible additionfragmentation chain transfer polymerization. (Professor T. P.Davis)

Dr G. E. Roberts. A selective investigation of free-radical catalyticchain transfer polymerization. (Professor T. P. Davis)

Dr J. Schwinge. Experimental and simulation studies of fluid flowin spacer-filled channels in spiral wound modules. (ProfessorA. G. Fane)

Dr T. Sukkar. Membrane studies for vanadium redox flow cellapplications. (Professor M. Skallas-Kazacos)

Dr A. J. Whittle. The optimization of rubber modified poly(vinylchloride) pipes for pressure applications. (Professor R. Burford)

University of QueenslandDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Dr N. Altmann. Effects of filler content and coatings on the cure ofhighly 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 metabolicpathway manipulation. (Dr L. Nielsen)

Dr T. Hurse. Sulfide removal from wastewater. (Associate ProfessorJ. Keller)

Dr S. Ismadji. Studies of adsorption and supercritical desorption ofthe flavour ester on activated carbon. (Professor S. Bhatia)

Dr J. Lennox. Multivariate subspaces for fault detection anddiagnosis: Applications to biological wastewater treatment.(Associate Professor P. Lant)

Dr Q. Li. Flow through packed beds of particles deformed bystress. (Associate Professor V. Rudolph)

Dr P. Massarotto. 4-D coal permeability under true-triaxial stressand constant volume conditions. (Associate Professor V.Rudolph)

Dr A. Prasetya. Mechanistic modelling for product quality controlin 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 granulesduring 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 hybridprocesses. (Associate Professor I. Cameron)

Dr R. Zeng. The role of intracellular stored products in biologicalnutrient removal. (Associate Professor J. Keller)

Dr Z. Zhu. Fundamental studies on NOx-carbon reaction for theremoval of soot and NOx from diesel exhaust. (Professor G. Q.Max Lu)

University of QueenslandDivision of Mining and Minerals Process Engineering

Dr B. A. Eadie. A framework for modelling fragmentation in blockcaving. (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 cavingmines. (Dr R. Trueman)

Dr M. Ng. Electrical characterization of titanium minerals. (DrP. N. Holtham)

Dr V. Subramanian. Measuring medium segregation in the densemedium cyclone using gamma-ray tomography. (Dr P. N.Holtham)

Dr M. A. Vera. A touch of froth: How bubble-particle aggregatestake the strain. (Dr E. Manlapig)

University of Sydney

Dr J. Aubin. Mixing capabilities of a down and up pumping axialflow impeller in single phase and gas liquid systems. (AdjunctAssociate Professor D. Fletcher)

Dr N. Haque. Modelling of solar kilns and development of anoptimized schedule for drying hardwood timber. (AssociateProfessor T. A. G. Langrish)

Dr P. Holt. Electrocoagulation: Unravelling and synthesizing themechanisms behind a water treatment process. (AssociateProfessor G. Barton)

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Dr M. Jazbec. Kinetics and modelling of low temperature leancombustion systems. (Professor B. Haynes)

Dr J. Kavanagh. Studies in the optimization of recombinantEscherichia coli. (Associate Professor G. Barton)

Dr P. Tang. Relationships between floc fractal dimensions andsettling velocities in pollution control processes. (ProfessorJ. Raper)

Dr C. H. Wong. Integrated design of biological nutrient removalsystems. (Associate Professor G. Barton)

FRANCE

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Industries Chimiquesde Nancy

Dr J. Allouche. Developpement de nouvelles methodologies pourl’elaboration d’emulsions multiples e/H/E. (Professor L.Choplin)

Dr K. Bonnot. Propogation de fronts de matiere et de chaleur dansune colonne d’adsorption modulee en pression pour la separa-tion de gaz. (Dr D. Tondeur)

Dr D. Borremans. Operation periodique des reacteurs catalytiquesa lit fixe arrose. Etude experimentale de la conductivite thermi-que radiale et de la maldistribution de l’ecoulement liquide. (DrG. Wild)

Dr A. J. Briard. Caracterizations thermodynamique et structuralede melanges multiparaffiniques synthetiques et reels. Aspects deleur cristallization. (Professor M. Dirand)

Dr S. Daniel. Contribution a l’elaboration d’un outil de simulationdes fours tournants employes en traitement de catalyseurs useset de dechets pour des operations de combustion ou de pyrolysegazeification. (Professor J. L. Houzelot)

Dr A. Fall. Etude de dispositifs de mise au contact originaux parfluorescence induite par laser. (Dr R. David)

Dr G. Felix. Ecoulements de milieux granulaires en tambourtournant etude de quelques transitions de regime, applicationa la segregation. (Professor M. Sardin)

Dr E. Fournier. Modelization et simulation des ecoulements reactifsturbulents: Validation et evaluation de la resolution de l’equa-tion de transport de la fonction de densite de probabilite (PDF)dans un reacteur de precipitation de type Taylor-Couette. (DrL. Falk)

Dr O. Furling. Procedes d’elaboration et rheologie de suspensionsconcentrees de Kaolin. (Professor L. Choplin)

Dr C. Maruejouls. Evaluation de moyens de mitigation innovantsdu risque hydrogene dans les reacteurs de fusion thermo-nucleaire. (Professor A. Laurent)

Dr M. Mercier. Etude experimentale et modelization d’un proceded’elaboration par extrusion reactive de melanges de polymerescomptabilises. (Professor F. Pla)

Dr F. Mikusek. Materiaux polyurethanes comportant des betacyclodextrines: Synthese et modelization du transfert de matiered’isomeres terpeniques. (Dr D. Sacco)

Dr I. Monzie. Echange d’ions pour la production d’eau tres pure.Etude des limitations cinetiques par la methode des micro-colonnes. Extension a l’electrodeionization. (Dr G. Grevillot)

Dr C. Nouvel. Synthese controlee de copolymeres adaptatifs,dextrane-g-polylactide: De leur utilization comme surfactifsbiodegradables a la mise en œuvre de systemes de vectorizationparticulaires. (Professor E. Dellacherie)

Dr F. Ounaies. Etude et mise au point d’un bioreacteur amembranes denses pour l’epuration biologique d’eaux resi-duaires par aeration sans bulles. (Professor E. Favre)

Dr A. M. Paulaime. Taille et agglomeration des cristaux d’unezeolithe au cours de la synthese: Effets des parametres experi-mentaux et modelization. (Dr R. David)

Dr O. Piernot. Etude d’un procede de devolatilization de tracesd’anhydride maleique au sein d’une matrice polypropylene al’aide d’une extrudeuse bivis. (Professor F. Pla)

Dr M. Pierre-Brice. Relations proprietes-structure-composition-distribution de melanges n-aires de normal-alcanes synthetiqueset industriels. (Professor M. Dirand)

Dr C. Provin. Microstereolithographie de ceramiques. (Dr S.Corbel)

Dr F. Salvatori. Les procedes de precipitation polyphasique: Del’etude des mecanismes fondamentaux a la modelization.(Professor E. Plasari)

Dr S. Semra. Dispersion reactive en milieu poreux heterogene.(Professor M. Sardin)

Dr S. Touchal. Synthese de nouveaux materiaux hydrosolubles.Application a la preparation de films pour la separation demelanges de solvants organiques polaires de type alcool/etherpar pervaporation. Relations structure/proprietes de transport.(Dr D. Roizard)

Dr V. Ventenat. Contribution a la modelization de la teinture parepuisement en colorants reactifs du coton sur autoclave.(Professor J. L. Houzelot)

Dr F. Yu. Adsorption de composes organiques volatils sur unmonolithe de charbon actif avec regeneration thermique pareffet Joule. (Dr G. Grevillot)

Universite de Compiegne

Dr C. Affolter. Influence des additives sur la croissance des selshygroscopiques. (L. Komunjer)

Dr O. Akoum. Etude de la filtration dynamique par systeme vibrantVSEP: Application a l’industrie laitiere. (L. Ding/M. Jaffrin)

Dr J. R. Avendo Gomez. Study by differential scanning calorimetryof the composition ripening in a mixed emulsion 0102/water andin a multiple emulsion 01/water/02. (D. Clausse)

Dr V. Blasin-Aube. Utilization de catalyseurs de type perovskitepour le traitment des composes organiques volatils (COV).Etude de l’influence de la composition de l’affluent de laformulation du catalyseur. (L. Monceaux)

Dr A. Brou. Extraction et concentration d’exopolysaccharidesproduits par fermentation par un systeme de filtration dynami-que a disque rotatif. (L. Ding)

Dr R. Dumitrascu. Application des mousses a la cristallization et al’agglomeration des substances en phase aqueuse. (O. Bals)

Dr A. Fofana. Traitement pyrolitique de la biomasse. (M. Hazi)Dr B. Fouconnier. Etude par calorimetrie de la formation h’ydrates

de trichlorofluoromethane en emulsion. (D. Clausse)Dr J. P. Herin. Elaboration d’un revetement polyurethane: Mise au

point d’un nouveaux procede d’auto-demoulage en genie civil.(D. Couturier)

Dr V. Le Mignot. Oxydation photochimique de molecules organi-ques modeles biorecalcitrantes et d’effluent industriels. (A.Pauss)

Dr T. Mouroko-Mitoulou. Filtration de suspensions minerales avecformation d’un gateau liquefiable: Cas d’une suspension decarbonate de calcium. (E. Vorobiev)

Dr M. Sebas. Influence d’un silicone sue les proprietes demouillage d’un film de latex poreux. (L. Komunjer)

Dr K. Tabet. Elaboration de charbons actifs vegetaux pour lavalorization des dechets agro-industriels. (G. Antonini)

HONG KONG

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dr M. H. T. Lee. Sequence-specific electrochemical DNA detectionand its implementation in integrated PCR-electrochemicalmicrodevices. (Professor I-Ming Hsing)


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HUNGARY

University of Veszprem

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 methanotrophicculture in a membrane biofilm. (Dr B. Glennon/Dr E. Casey)

MALAYSIA

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dr Taslim. Transport phenomena in oscillatory flow in a baffledcolumn. (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 aqueoussolutions of diethenolamine (DEA), methyldiethanolamine andtheir mixtures. (Professor M. Z. Sulaiman/Associate ProfessorM. K. Aroua)

THE NETHERLANDS

University of Amsterdam

Dr S. A. Auer. Quantitative prediction of crystal nucleation ratesfor 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. Jerome)

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 modelsfor solution crystallization processes. (Professor Ir J. Grievink)

Dr R. M. Guijt van Duijn. Development of a TAS for real-timemonitoring of fermentation. (Professor Dr Ir G. W. K. vanDedem)

Dr C. van Gulijk. Rational design of a robust diesel particulatefilter. (Professor Dr J. A. Moulijn/Dr Ir M. Makkee)

Dr J. Houwing. Separation of proteins by simulated moving bedchromatography. (Professor Dr Ir L. A. M. van der Wielen)

Dr T. B. Jensen. Gradient SMB chromatography. (Professor Dr IrL. A. M. van der Wielen)

Dr S. Kaart. Controlling chaotic bubbles. (Professor Ir C. M. vanden Bleek/Professor Dr Ir J. C. Schouten)

Dr F. M. Meeuse. On the design of chemical processes withimproved 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)

Dr H. Roubos. Bioprocess modelling and optimization. (ProfessorDr 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 reductionof NOx in lean burn engine exhaust gas. (Professor Ir C. M. vanden 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 IrH. J. M. Kramer)

Dr W. A. van Winden. 13C-labelling technique for metabolicnetwork and flux analysis. (Professor Dr Ir J. J. Heijnen/DrP. J. T. Verheijen)

Dr G. J. Zijlma. Effect of air staging and limestone addition onemissions 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 andsilver 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 themicrostructure of BPSCCO tapes. (Professor W. Gao)

Dr N. K. Hamadi. Industrial adsorbents from scrap tyres used forwastewater treatment. (Professor X. D. Chen/Associate Profes-sor M. M. Farid)

Dr J. P. Hindmarsh. Fundamentals of spray crystallization of foodsolutions. (Professor X. D. Chen)

Dr K. Murton. An investigation into the fibre separation anddevelopment mechanisms of pinus radiata thermomechanicalpulping. (Professor G. G. Duffy)

Dr P. R. Tehrani. Inter-relating aluminium smelting carbon cathodeformulations to cell operations and wear mechanisms. (DrM. M. Hyland)

Dr H. Xin. A study of the mechanism of chemical cleaning of milkprotein 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/ProfessorN. 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 polymerblends consisting of particulate acid and amphiphilic matrix.(Dr L. Hong)

Dr W. Chen. A comprehensive model for non-spherical bubbleformation. (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 microporesof carbon molecular sieves. (Associate Professor S. Farooq/Associate Professor I. A. Karimi)

Dr L. Ji. Surface modification of organic and inorganic substrateswith 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)



Dr S. Liu. Development of mixed conducting ceramic hollow fibermembranes for methane coupling reactions. (Dr K. Li/Dr L.Hong)

Dr S. Liu. Phase transitions in polyimide, poly(amide imide)s andpolyamide 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 biodegradablepolymeric matrix. (Associate Professor C. H. Wang)

Dr X. Wang. Statistical thermodynamics of complex fluids: Chainmolecules, polyelectrolytes and hydrophobic effects. (ProfessorY. C. Chiew/Dr S. B. Chen)

Dr Y. Wu. Computational fluid dynamics study of high perfor-mance liquid chromatography. (Professor C. B. Ching/AssociateProfessor 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 polyimidesvia graft copolymerization and functionalization. (ProfessorE. T. Kang/Professor K. G. Neoh)

Dr R. Zhang. Tin oxide based anode materials for rechargeableLi-ion batteries. (Professor J. Y. Lee)

Dr W. Zhang. Bubble formation and weeping at a submergedorifice. (Associate Professor R. B. H. Tan)

Dr B. Zhao. Enhancement of electrical stability of polyaniline inaqueous media. (Professor K. G. Neoh/Professor E. T. Kang)

Dr K. Zhu. Pneumatic conveying of granular solids. (AssociateProfessor C. H. Wang)

SOUTH AFRICA

University of Cape Town

Dr B. Mehlomakulu. Partial oxidation of ethanol over vanadiumiron antimonate catalysts. (Professor E. van Steen)

University of Natal

Dr P. Gianadda. The development and application of combinedwater and materials pinch analysis to a chlor-alkali plant.(Professor C. A. Buckley)

Dr K. Moodley. High-pressure vapour-liquid equilibrium at lowtemperatures. (Professor D. Ramjugernath)

University of Potchefstroom

Dr E. du Toit. Development of a new integrated mechanical servicedesign regime in leisure centres. (Professor R. C. Everson)

Dr S. Marx. Application of percaporation to the separation ofmethanol from tertiary amyl methyl ether. (Professor R. C.Everson)

University of Stellenbosch

Dr E. M. Goliath. Adsorptive separations in the production ofneutral wine alcohol. (Professor F. L. D. Cloete)

Dr J. F. Gorgens. Quantitative yeast physiology and nitrogenmetabolism during heterologous protein production. (ProfessorJ. 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 technologicalinnovation. (Professor V. E. Ross/Professor L. Lorenzen)

Dr P. G. R. de Villiers. The use of ion-exchange resins for therecovery of valuable species from slurries of sparingly solublesolids. (Professor L. Lorenzen/Professor J. S. J. van Deventer)

University of the Witwatersrand

Dr T. Gluck. A fundamental investigation of the hydrothermaldissolution and oxidation of manganese metal. (Professor A. W.Bryson)

Dr B. P. Hausberger. Process synthesis—developing a toolbox forthe process synthesis engineer. (Professor D. Hildebrandt/Professor D. Glasser)

SPAIN

Universidad de Valladolid

Dr M. Cruz Garcıa Gonzalez. Caracterizacion de las comunidadesmicrobianas y de la microfauna en sistemas para le eliminacionsimultanea de carbono y nutrientes en aguas residuales. (DrP. Garcıa Encina/Dr E. Becares Mantecon)

Dr S. Lucas Yague. Estudio de la adsorcion/desorcion sobrecarbon activo con CO2 supercrıtico. Aplicacion a la recupera-cion de aromas de cafe. (Dr M. J. Cocero Alonso)

University of West Indies

Dr I. Ramroop. Water pollution modelling—Pt Isas industrialestate. (Dr H. Farabi/Professor W. Mellowes)

UK

Aston University

Dr C. L. Burrows. Development and applications of the combineduse 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 oilreservoirs: 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 wholeskin 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 recoveryfrom 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 andfine chemical molecules. (Professor T. R. A. Magee/Dr W. A. M.McMinn)

Dr P. M. McShane. Optimization of the morphological, mechanicaland rheological properties of novel polypropylene/ethylene-octene copolymer blends for automotive fuel line protectionapplications. (Mr G. McNally/Professor W. R. Murphy)



Dr G. Taylor. Enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis and simultaneousproduct separation in a membrane bioreactor with electricalbackpulsing. (Professor S. J. Allen/Dr Q. Gan)

University of Birmingham

Dr F. A. Abdul Majid. The fidelity and reproducibility of largescale animal cell culture: Impact of bcl-2 over expressions onproduct 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 ofstirred 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 topredict 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-2proliferation, 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 celldisruption and fluidized bed adsorption. (Professor A. Lyddiatt)

Dr R. F. Jarman-Smith. Modulation of apoptosis and cell cycle forthe improvement of productivity of insect cells. (Professor M.Al-Rubeai)

Dr M. S. Jolly. The investigation of mixer design for chocolateprocessing. (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 forgene therapy applications: Critical comparison of solventextraction and adsorption-based. (Professor A. Lydiatt)

Dr K. Pinschower. Direct measurement of the contraction ofchocolate 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 partitionsystems 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 forgene therapy applications. (Professor M. Al-Rubeai)

Dr S. L. Williams. Adsorptive recovery of nanoparticulate proteinproducts: Physical and biochemical characterization of candi-date solid phases. (Professor A. Lydiatt)

University of Cambridge

Dr P. M. Barata. Rodrigues. Development and studies of templatedporous carbons. (Dr G. D. Moggridge)

Dr A. M. Buswell. Protein renaturation and aggregation duringdilution refolding. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)

Dr T. W. C. Chen. The modified barrier method for large scalenonlinear steady state and dynamic optimization. (Dr V. S.Vassiliadis)

Dr M. M. Chow. The effects of natural convection on the mixing ofdischarges into the ocean. (Dr S. S. S. Cardoso)

Dr F. E. Dias. Studies in synthesis structure function relationshipsin oxide supported platinum catalysts. (Professor L. F. Gladden)

Dr A. Fitzgerald. Crystallization and deposition behaviour of palmoil fractions. (Dr D. I. Wilson)

Dr J. G. S. Ho. An investigation of protein-protein interactionsduring renaturation. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)

Dr B. O. Kalejaiye. The flow of miscible and immiscible fluids inthe earth’s subsurface. (Dr S. S. S. Cardoso)

Dr W. B. Lai. Purification and refolding of recombinant viralprotein expressed in Escherichia coli. (Dr A. P. J. Middelberg)

Dr C. K. Lee. Studies of adsorption and reaction of FCC catalystusing 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 plasticwastes. (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. (ProfessorL. F. Gladden)

Dr S. Sonwai. The effect of shear on the crystallization of cocoabutter. (Professor M. R. Mackley)

Dr B. L. Tay. Forces on pipe bends due to intermittent gas-liquidflow. (Dr R. P. Thorpe)

Dr M. Y. M. Yasin. Flow and segregation in moving beds ofparticulate 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 oftransport and reaction in packed beds. (Dr L. F. Gladden)

Heriot-Watt University

Dr A. M. Burja. Metabolic engineering of marine microbes—thepotential of lyngbya majuscula as a natural products cellfactory. (Professor P. Wright)

Dr A. W. Fitch. Characterization of flow in an oscillatory baffledcolumn using digital particle image volocimetry and laserfluorescence. (Professor X.-W. Ni)

Dr H. Jian. Understanding unsteadiness and turbulence in twochemical engineering systems. (Professor R. Ocone/ProfessorX.-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 transfercatalysis 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 thepurpose of treating acid mine-drainage. (Mr K. Murray)

Imperial College, London

Dr P. A. P. de Aguiar. Modelling studies of solid oxide fuel cellswith internal methane steam reforming. (Professor L. S.Kershenbaum/Professor D. Chadwick)

Dr N. Babbra. A study of a dual catalyst system in a one-stagesynthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. (Professor D.Chadwick)

Dr A. M. L. Cheung. Systematic prediction of activity coefficientsusing molecular mechanics and global optimization techniques.(Dr C. S. Adjiman)

Dr N. L. Dale. Bulk and morphological properties of recyclableheat shrinkable polymer blends. (Professor Dame J. S. Higgins)



Dr C. J. Duffy. Protein foaming: An investigation of proteinenrichment, selective separation and consequences for proteinactivity. (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. (ProfessorJ. P. M. Trusler/Professor Dame J. S. Higgins)

Dr A. W. Hodgson. Solid-state nuclear resonance studies of apolymer 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. (ProfessorG. F. Hewitt/Professor C. J. Lawrence)

Dr P. Phanapavudhikul. Design and performance of magneticcomposite particles for the separation of heavy metals fromwater. (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 processnetworks. (Professor E. N. Pistikopoulos)

University College LondonDepartment 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-currentchromatography for the fractionation and recovery of polyketideantibiotics. (Dr G. Pye/Professor P. Dunnill)

Dr D. Cooke. Modified Eschericia coli nuclease expressing strainsfor the production of recombinant biotherapeutics. (Dr Y. Zhou)

Dr A. F. Day. The use of ultra-scale down for the fast processcharacterization of plasmid DNA processes for gene therapy.(Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)

Dr R. Harris. Proteomic approaches for optional production andisolation of recombinant proteins.

Dr D. Kendall. Novel approaches to the purification of plasmidDNA for therapeutic allocation. (Dr G. Lye/Dr S. Levy)

Dr K. S. Lander. In-situ product recovery from a Baeyer-Villigermonooxygenase catalysed bioconversion. (Dr G. Lye/ProfessorJ. M. Woodley)

Dr F. J. Meacle. An experimental and computational fluid dynamicsstudy of the influence of fluid mixing and fluid stress on DNApurification. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)

Dr S. H. Ngiam. Graphical frameworks for facilitating the study ofchromatographic separations. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker/Dr Y. Zhou)

Dr L. H. Pampel. A scale-down study of process sequences for therecovery of pharmaceutical proteins from the milk of transgenicanimals. (Professor N. Titchener-Hooker)

Dr M. Ushio. A metabolic engineering approach to examinepolyketide production by Saccharopolyspora erythraea. (DrF. Baganz/Professor J. Ward)

Dr N. A. Willoughby. Expanded bed absorption: A study of bedbehaviour during the recovery of a typical bioproduct. (Profes-sor N. Titchener-Hooker)

University College LondonDepartment 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)

University of Leeds

Dr C. Bielarz. Free surface thin film flows over topography. (DrS. Kalliadasis)

Dr R. Garcia-Flores. A multi-agent system for chemical supplychain simulation and management support. (Dr X. Z. Wang)

Dr R. Li. Advanced process monitoring and control using principaland independent component analysis. (Dr X. Z. Wang)

Dr D. Pawson. The bisorption of polluting heavy metal ions withdealginated seaweed. (Dr K. H. Javed)

Dr P. Phornnarit. The evaluation of operation and control strategiesof chemical processes—A case study. (Dr X. Z. Wang)

Dr K. Ranson. Dispersion and flame stability of flammable gasreleases at sonic velocities. (Dr M. Fairweather)

Dr J. Yang. Wave propagation and fingering instabilities inheterogeneous media. (Dr S. Kalliadasis/Dr S. K. Scott)

Dr B. Yuan. Process data mining using neural networks andinductive learning. (Dr X. Z. Wang)

Loughborough University

Dr B. Ali. Finite element modelling of free-surface visco-elasticflow-theory and sample case studies. (Professor V. Nassehi)

Dr A. A. Al-Musa. Partial oxidation of propene using solid stateelectrolyte 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 impactof airborne releases. (Dr D. W. Edwards/Professor R. J. Wake-man)

Dr I. O. A. Hodgson. Removal of lead, copper and cadmium ionsfrom 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 aconfined plunging jet. (Professor C. D. Rielly)

Dr N. L. R. Newton. Preparation and properties of granular ferrichydroxide 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 concentrationprofiles in flow domains with porous walls. (Professor V.Nassehi)

Dr S. L. Williamson. Relationship between food structure anddrying 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 dispersedmaterials. (Professor V. M. Starov)

University of ManchesterInstitute 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 andseparation 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 fermentedfoods with potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria. (Dr S.Pandiella)

Dr N. L. Chin. Bread dough aeration and rheology during mixing.(Dr G. M. Campbell)



Dr F. Foroughi. The development of acetobacterium woodii as abiocatalyst for the asymmetric hydrogenation of C-C doublebonds. (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 coastalenvironment. (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 duringprimary fermentation and to facilitate drying of fragile yeastcells. (Professor C. Webb)

Dr K. C. Namkung. Experimental and modelling study of Fentonreaction systems. (Professor P. N. Sharratt)

Dr B. D. Phan. Atmospheric pressure plasma surface treatment ofceramic filter materials. (Dr T. Roberts)

Dr Z. Pokusevski. Experimental study and numerical modelling ofa 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 structureusing low melting point alloy (LMPA) intrusion. (ProfessorR. Mann)

Dr M. Sellers. Solid phase synthesis of chemical and intermediatecompounds. (Professor P. J. Heggs)

Dr K. Skoteiniotis. Computational micro-hydrodynamics ofmembrane filtration. (Dr A. James)

Dr W. Xie. Coalescence in dynamic foam systems: Measurementand prediction. (Dr J. Cilliers)

University of Newcastle

Dr M. Al-Samhan. Process intensification: Ethylene gas phasecatalytic polymerization using spinning disc reactor technology.(Professor C. Ramshaw)

Dr J. Chen. The effects of specimen geometry on the susceptibilityto stress corrosion cracking steels. (Dr E. A. Charles)

Dr S. M. S. I. Dulal. The electrochemical and physical propertiesof nanostructured magnetic multilayers. (Dr S. Roy/Dr E. A.Charles)

Dr N. T. W. Ellwood. Factors influencing phosphatase of mosses inupland streams. (Dr S. M. Haile)

Dr D. W. Hall. Benzyl alcohol oxidation in a phase-transfercatalytic microporous membrane reactor. (Professor K. Scott)

Dr A. Henderson. An investigation into aspects of the ecology ofaquatic microfauna of two man-made lakes in North EastEngland. (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-corrugatedcompact 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 ofNi/Cu nano-structures multilayers from citrate solutions. (DrS. Roy)

Dr I. H. Nasir. Multivariable inferential estimation. (Dr M. T.Tham)

Dr M. A. Porter. Evolving inferential fermentation models usingsymbolic 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. (DrT. 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 processindustries. (Professor E. B. Martin)

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 platematerials and lead dioxide anodic deposits. (Dr I. S. Lowndes)

Dr R. A. Boyle. The use of poloxamer surfactants in soils washingfor the remediation of former gasworks sites. (Professor N. J.Miles)

Dr M. Castro Diaz. Universal characterization of coke structureand 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 ofWestern Australia. (Professor B. Denby)

Dr O. Kuras. The capacitive resistivity technique for electricalimaging of the shallow subsurface. (Dr B. P. Atkin)

Dr M. Munakata. Catalytic removal of carbon monoxide in thepresence of hydrogen. (Dr M. Cloke)

Dr L. T. Platt. The cumulative environmental impacts from surfacemining operations. (Dr J. S. Edwards)

Dr G. E. Rice. The characterization and recycling of incineratedtyres. (Dr B. P. Atkin)

Dr S. A. Silvester. The integration of CFD and VR methods toassist 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 basedmuds. (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 temperatureanalogy of an aircraft engine standard fire test. (Dr P. T. Ireland)

Dr W. Colella. Combined heat and power fuel cell systems. (DrC. R. Stone)

Dr T. Mitchell. The ballistics of microparticles into the mucosa andskin. (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 byslug flow. (Professor Z. F. Cui)

Dr T. Taha. CFD modelling of slug flow enhanced membranefiltration. (Professor Z. F. Cui)

Dr L. Wyszynski. Combustion in direct injection spark ignitionengines. (Dr C. R. Stone)

Dr X. Xu. A study of mass transfer in cryopreservation of livingtissues. (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 theemergency relief requirements of chemical reactions. (Dr M. J.Pitt)

Dr S. Gan. Formation and removal of dioxins/furans in MSWincinerators. (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 catalysttesting reactor. (Professor R. W. K. Allen)



Dr D. Savas. Computer aided geometrical modelling and gridgeneration 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 upflowanaerobic 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 coolingwaters. (Professor C. D. Grant)

Dr S. C. Vant. Investigation of fluid properties at non-ambientconditions. (Dr C. J. Schaschke)

University of Surrey

Dr H. Fotuhi. Investigation of repeated batch propagation strategy.(Dr D. Farady/Dr N. Kirkby)

Dr A. Helalizadeh. Mixed salt crystallization fouling. (ProfessorJ. M. Smith)

Dr J. Moghadasi. Particle movement and scale formation in porousmedia. (Dr A. Sharif)

Dr R. Moreno. Computer simulation of impact behaviour ofspherical agglomerates using distinct element method. (DrA. Sharif)

Dr L. Smith. Statistical and visual probing of evolving granularassemblies. (Professor U. Tuzun)



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