Surfaces and Particle Engineering Lab


Welcome		Led by Dr. Daryl Williams and Dr. Jerry Heng, SPEL is one of the research groups within the Department of Chemical Engineering Imperial College London. SPEL first found life in Spring 2007. SPEL specialises in characterising solid state particulate materials, such as powders, fibres films and aggregates. With our world class characterisation and solids preparation facilities, we study pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and complex organic solids with a specific interest in understanding the fundamental relationship between particle properties and their performance/manufacture. Using direct experimental physicochemical approaches we seek to advance frontiers in particle, materials and surface science in conjunction with our international industrial partners.

Crystal under Optical Microscope

Announcements

Congratulations to Dr. Daryl Williams for his promotion to Reader in Chemical Engineering (March 2012).
Congratulations to Sharmila Devi for winning the Thomas Jennings award at the 5th International Conference Lyophyilization & Freeze Drying for her outstanding poster titled ‘Porosity of Lyophilised Cakes: Effects of Vial-Shelf Contact Area' (March 2012).
Congratulations to Umang Shah for winning the Burkett Scholarship for outstanding research from Imperial College London. And also congratulations to Tomer Lapidot for winning the Bansal Scholarship for being the top undergraduate staying on with Imperial College Chemical Engineering for postgraduate study. (February 2012)
New PhD Student - Tomer Lapidot joins SPEL (Oct 2011).
New PhD Student - Niklas Jahn joins SPEL (July 2011).
Congratulations to Umang Shah for winning the ICUr Poster Prize for his outstanding poster titled “Nucleation and Crystallisation of Proteins ” at the International School on Biological Crystallisation -2011 (ISBC), Granada, Spain. And also for being awarded the ICUr Accommodation Grant which funded his trip to this conference. (May 2011).

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