Dr Gul Ozcan-Taskin

BEng, Diplome d’lng, DEA, PhD, CEng, FIChemE

  • Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

Background:

Prior to joining Loughborough University as a Senior Lecturer, Gül worked in industry for 20 years setting up, managing and actively contributing to several R&D and consultancy projects (Senior Consultant at BHR Group 1995-2015). Most of these were large multi-partner projects and industrial consortia: Fluid Mixing Processes (FMP) Consortium (40+ industrial member companies, budget- over £600K per annum), Dispersion of Micro and Nanoparticles in Liquids (DOMINO) consortium (7 industrial members, budget- £120K per annum), PROFORM (EC project nb. 505654; 3.5 M euros budget): Transforming nano-particles into consumer care products through advanced product and process formulation; AddNano (EC Contract nb 229284; 12 M euros budget): Scale up and formulation of new lubricants with improved tribological properties. Consultancy projects were for single clients and confidential. She has extensively lectured in the field of mixing and dispersion processes, during the annually organised Improved Mixing Processes (1996 onwards) and Dispersion of Nanomaterials in Liquids (2008 onwards) or courses held at clients’ site. She co-supervised PhD students during her time at BHR Group.

Gül worked as a Senior Research Fellow (1993-95) at the University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineer on a project titled Development of an improved impeller design (sponsored by SERC, DTI and APV Baker Ltd.). She co-supervised undergraduate and MSc students for their design and research projects. Gül also worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering (1992) on oscillatory flow reactors.

Qualifications:

  • 1988- 93 - University of Birmingham, School of Chemical Engineering PhD On the effects of viscoelasticity in stirred tanks
  • 1985- 87 - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, Bioconversions, Biotechnology (DEA (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies - Master's degree Effects of viscosity on power consumption in agitated, aerated vessels
  • 1984- 86 - ENSIA- France “Diplome d’Ingenieure” Food Process Engineering - specialisation in biotechnology
  • 1979-83 - University of Hacettepe, Dept. of Food Engineering- Ankara. MEng (Honours).

Key awards:

  • Chartered Engineer
  • Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers