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biography
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Role
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| 1999-2003 |
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London
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| 1999 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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| 1999 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
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| 1998-1999 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
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| 1994-1998 |
Director of Postgraduate Studies, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London
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| 1990- |
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London.
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| 1979-1989 |
Reader in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London.
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| 1970-1979 |
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Chemical engineering department, Imperial College London.
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| 1968-1969 |
Research Engineer, Dupont Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pnnsylvania, USA
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| 1965-1970 |
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, USA.
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| 1960-1964 |
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA, Thesis title: “Kinetics of the non-isothermal pyrolysis of propane”
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| 1963 |
MS Mathematics, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
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| 1961 |
MSE Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
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| 1956-1960 |
BChEE Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union, New York City, New York, USA.
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research interests
My main research interests are in the areas of applied catalysis (especially chemical reaction engineering) and process systems engineering (especially process control). The chemical reaction engineering work has focussed on catalytic reactors that are controlled by both physical and chemical processes. Examples include complex reaction systems such as fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), and novel multi-phase catalytic reactors. Recent work has been specifically concerned with multifunctional catalytic reactors – those which combine in a single unit, chemical reaction, energy integration, and physical separation in order to enhance overall performance; a specific example is the integrated (reforming plus oxidation) solid oxide fuel cell.
Work in the area of process control has included both experimental and modelling studies on the state estimation and control of reactors with reversible catalyst deactivation. Other experimental studies include the implementation of advanced control algorithms (model-predictive control, neural-network based-controllers, and robust Lyapunov-based controllers) on both laboratory and pilot-plant scale systems. Some of this has focussed on the use of the partially simulated exothermic (PARSEX) reactor configuration for experimental tests.
Links
ACRE Applied Catalysis and Reaction Engineering programme
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