Chemical Engineering

Postgraduate Research

Examples of recently awarded PhDs

  • Modelling and control of crystal purity, size and shape distributions in crystallization processes - supervised by Professor Zoltan Nagy
  • Modelling of Libyan Crude Oil Using Artificial Neural Network - supervised by V Nassehi and Professor Victor Starov
  • Separation of Oil Drops from Produced Water Using a Slotted Pore Membrane - supervised by Professor Richard Holdich and Professor Victor Starov
  • Boilover In Liquid Hydrocarbon Tank Fires - supervised byG Hankinson and Professor Chris Rielly
  • Sedimentation of suspensions exhibiting various regimes of settlement - supervised by Professor Richard Holdich and Professor Victor Starov
  • Inactivation of Clostridium Difficile Spores in the Healthcare Environment Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour - supervised by Professor Chris Rielly and Dr Danish Malik
  • The Effect of Low Melting Oils on the Crystallisation of Confectionery Fats - supervised by Dr Andy Stapley
  • Application of Microneedles to Enhance Delivery of Micro-Particles - supervised by Dr Diganta Das and Professor Chris Rielly
  • Production of Microparticles for Drug Delivery in Flow Focusing Microfluidic Devices - supervised by Goran Vladisavlijevic and Hemaka Badulasena
  • Production of Biodegradable Polymeric Microparticles for Drug Delivery using Microfluidic Emulsification and Solvent Evaporation - supervised by G. Vladisavlijevic
  • Comparison of porous medium permeability: experimental, analytical and numerical methods - supervised by Professor Richard Holdich and Professor Victor Starov
  • Production of Cocoa Butter Equivalents from High Oleic Sunflower Oil by Enzymatic Rearrangement - supervised by Dr Andy Stapley and Professor Zoltan Nagy 
  • Improving Continuous Crystillation Using Process Analytical Technologies: Design of a Novel Periodic Flow Process - supervised by Professor Chris Reilly and Professor Zoltan K. Nagy
  • Fires in Large Atmospheric Storage Tanks and their Effects on Adjacent Tanks - supervised by G Hankinson and Professor Victor Starov
  • Production of Porous Electrospun PCL Fibres by Phase Separation - supervised by Goran Vladisavlijevic and Dr Stella Georgiadou
  • Investigation into the Dominant Strains of Clostridium Difficile within Hospitals and Strategic Cleaning Regimes - supervised by Dr Danish Malik and Dr Gilbert Shama
  • Dynamic Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media and its Implications in Geological Carbon Sequestration - supervised by Professor Chris Rielly and Dr Diganta Das
  • Controlled particle production by membrane emulsification for mammalian cell culture and release - supervised by Professor Richard Holdich and Dr Gilbert Shama
  • Iterative Learning Control for Crystallisation Systems - supervised by Professor Zoltan Nagy and V Nassehi
  • Low Temperature Cell Pausing - supervised by Dr Karen Coopman
  • Low Temperature Cell Pausing: An Alternative Short-Term Preservation Method for Use in Cell Therapies - supervised by Dr Karen Coopman
  • Interaction of droplets and foams with solid/porous substrates - supervised by Professor Victor Starov
  • Electrospinning of Polyaniline (PANI) Fibres - supervised by Dr Stella Georgiadou and Dr Karen Coopman
  • Developing a Standardised Manufacturing Process for the Clinical-Scale Production of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells - supervised by Professor Chris Hewitt and Dr Karen Coopman
  • Electrospinning of PLA For Biomedical Applications: Analysis of Solution Properties and Process Parameters, Drug Encapsulation and Release  - supervised by: Noreen Thomas and Dr Stella Georgiadou
  • Emission Inventories from Kuwait Petroleum Refineries and Respective Ground level Concentration of Pollutants in the Neighbouring Residential Area - supervised by V. Nassehi and Dr Diganta Das
  • Microparticles for oral delivery and cell encapsulation using membrane emulsification - supervised by Dr Marijana Dragosavac
  • Computer Simulations of Evaporation of Sessile Liquid Droplets on Solid Substrates - supervised by: Professor Victor Starov and Dr Diganta Das
  • Production of Biodiesel From Used Cooking Oil (UCO) Using Ion Exchange Resins as Catalysts - supervised by G. Vladisavlijevic and Dr Danish Malik