Research
Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology at Imperial College London is the largest such Department in a U.K. University. Our research is consistently recognised as world-leading, the Department heading the ranking list in the last three Research Assessment Exercises, in 1996, 2001 and most recently 2008. Our excellent record in research is one we prize, and we work hard to maintain and improve it. We attribute our success to the wide range of skills and expertise of our academic staff and the strategies we use to deploy these in understanding and solving fundamental problems related to industrial processes, defined in the widest possible way. Our interests range from the microscopic - e.g. molecular organisation and interactions - to the megascale - e.g. design and optimisation of whole distribution networks. We have expertise in mathematical analysis and modelling as well as in experimental investigation and measurement. In all of these areas we deploy, and indeed often devise ourselves, the most up-to-date methods.
We work with the Chemicals, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals and Processing Industries in a variety of collaborations and interactions. Much of our research is collaborative - within the Department, with other Departments at Imperial College London, with other Universities, and with Industrial partners both in the UK and worldwide.
We are organised into six research themes, covering eleven research focus areas which encompass all our research activities, involve our academic staff (often in two or more focus areas) as well as our Research Associates and both doctoral and masters level students. We welcome interest in our research activities and trust that the following pages give enough basic information to encourage further contact through the addresses provided.
Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos
Director of Research
