School of Chemical Engineering

Project Titles

Modelling of molecular energy deactivation by nuclear dynamics calculation
Supervisor: Dr Zeyad Alwahabi

Modelling of energy transfer in C2H2 molecules using Matlab
Supervisor: Dr Zeyad Alwahabi

Spectra simulation of key combustion chemicals
Supervisor: Dr Zeyad Alwahabi

Analysis of the whole of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale microalgae production
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman and Dr David Lewis

Biomass to liquids (BTL) - a techno-economic assessment
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman, Dr David Lewis and Mr Stephen Pahl

Co-firing of biomass and coal in a circulating fluidised-bed gasifier
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman, Dr Philip Kwong, Dr Peter Mullinger (Hybrid Energy) and Mr Philip van Eyk

Direct use of geothermal energy - opportunities for SA
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman and Professor Gus Nathan

Economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman, Professor Gus Nathan and Mr David Battye

Online resources for a blended-learning approach to an introductory engineering course
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman

Utilisation of algal biomass - a techno-economic assessment
Supervisors: Dr Peter Ashman and Dr David Lewis

Aggregation and dissociation of macromolecular proteins in the chaperone-assistant condition
Supervisor: Dr Jingxiu Bi

Primary cell culture in microcarrier to produce therapeutic products
Supervisor: Dr Jingxiu Bi and Dr Hu Zhang

First principles prediction of vibrational spectra of substituted polyaromatic hydrocarbons
Supervisor: Professor Mark Biggs

Molecular dynamics study of the rheology of nanofluids
Supervisor: Professor Mark Biggs

Population balance modelling for liquid-liquid flows
Supervisor: Professor Mark Biggs

Switching in homopeptides at solid surfaces
Supervisor: Professor Mark Biggs

Water transport in carbon nanotubes - anomalous or not?
Supervisor: Professor Mark Biggs

Small scale solar-thermal absorption cooling system using nano-porous materials
Supervisor: Dr Philip Kwong

Dewatering microalgae biomass slurry for biodiesl fuel production
Supervisors: Dr David Lewis, Dr Peter Ashman and Mr Andrew Lee

Review of energy storage technology using batteries
Supervisor: Associate Professor Brian O’Neill

Small scale solar driven water desalination process by thermal distillation
Supervisor: Associate Professor Brian O’Neill

Thermochemical production of hydrogen from solar and nuclear energy
Supervisor: Associate Professor Brian O’Neill

Employing a miniature bioreactor to grow plant cells
Supervisor: Dr Hu Zhang

Separate useful bio-products from an industry wastestream
Supervisor: Dr Hu Zhang

3D Cell Culture
Supervisors: Dr Hu Zhang and Dr Sheng Dai