School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
Never Stand Still
Faculty of Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering
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Contents Head of School Foreword.................................... 2 School Statistics.................................................. 3 Research Funding................................................ 4 Teaching & Learning Report............................... 7 Undergraduate Highlights & Achievements...... 8 University Medallists...................................................8 Undergraduate Student Awards and Prizes ..............8 Dean’s Awards ..........................................................9 Honours Poster Presentation Day..............................10 First Year Camp..........................................................11 Women in Engineering......................................... 12 Women in Engineering Afternoon Tea........................12 2012 Women in Engineering Awards.........................12 Professor Judy Raper Award ....................................12 Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos Award.....13 Co-op Program ................................................... 14 Research Graduates .......................................... 16 Research Centres and Groups .......................... 18 Australian Centre for NanoMedicine..........................18 The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)..........................................................20 Food Science and Technology Research Group.........................................................................26 Particle and Catalyst Research Group.......................34 Process Control Group...............................................38 Supercritical Fluids Research Group.........................41 UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology.................................................................43 Vanadium Redox Flow Battery...................................45 Chemical Engineering Publications................... 46 Staff list 2012........................................................ 51 Academic Staff List:...................................................51 Professional Staff List.................................................51
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Head of School Foreword Dear colleagues, alumni and friends of the School, Last year I wrote an optimistic letter, indicating that despite the GFC, our profession in the widest sense remains engaged in solving long term global problems, whether it be in the provision of adequate and safe food, identifying new forms of energy, or making a new generation of drugs via nano strategies. It may come as no surprise to learn that the School of Chemical Engineering had a great 2012 for many reasons, but they broadly align with the same long term challenges that we have sought to solve before and will continue to face in the future. Our great functional nanotechnology team has fully assimilated into the Tyree Energy Technology building after moving in February and are further enhancing their reputation in energy. We are now a global player in hydrogen storage with great facilities, reflected in the Faculty of Engineering Research Award to Francois Aguey and 1st prize to PhD student Meganne Christian in the Hydrogen Storage Conference in Kyoto. Our international reach is impressive: conferences in Nanomedicine, membership of the PRC Qian Ren 1000 Talents Professorship (Neil Foster), and an Australia-india Fellowship (Jayashree Arcott) are just a few examples. Our Taiwanese global ranking for Chemical Engineering of 6-8 based on research output is another indicator. At home we have many other esteem indicators: the Exxon Mobil Award to Rose Amal as well as fellowship of ATSE, and the Chemeca Medal by Barry Welch. Our team led by Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and Jie Bao were impressive project leaders in the CSIRO aluminium flagship program, and Cyrille Boyer was the Scopus Young Engineer winner, and he gained several other awards. We continued to have a strong ARC Discovery Grant record and attracted several outstanding new postdoctoral colleagues via DECRA and V-C Schemes. Dianne Wiley was appointed to the Coal Innovation NSW Advisory Board. We are well represented on key research committees with Martina Stenzel joining the ARC PCE committee. We are recruiting staff of great quality such as Patrick Spicer from Procter and Gamble in the US to join our team. We are fortunate in retaining staff but two long standing colleagues have left: Philip Crisp has retired and Soji Adesina has departed to the US, both after 20 plus years of service.
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Research is not the only thing we do. We launched the first Women in Engineering event attended by the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Professor Mary O’Kane. We completed the School History book, highlighting our first 60 years. Peer review of teaching has continued and the student experience appears to improve. We had six academic staff promotions (all successful) with three new Professors (Jie Bao, Greg Leslie and Per Zetterlund). I hope you will agree that we’ve had a top 2012. Professor Robert P Burford Head of School of Chemical Engineering
School Statistics
2012 Statistics First year enrolments Undergraduate
103 (Local) / 58 (international)
Postgraduate Coursework
4 (Local) / 30 (international)
Postgraduate Research (PhD)
8 (Local) / 12 (International)
Total Enrolments
(Semester 1)
(Semester 2)
Undergraduate
626
622
Postgraduate Coursework
90
73
Postgraduate Research (PhD)
104
98
Graduations Undergraduate
134
Postgraduate Coursework
46
Postgraduate Research (PhD)
30
Research Masters
7
Staff Academic and Research
60
General Staff
31
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Research Funding 2012
Chief Investigator
Project Title
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence~Chen, Vicki
Development of innovative spent wash treatment systems and resource recovery options for distillery applications
Funding Body / Grant Name
Funding
Duration
$280,000 Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education / AustraliaIndia Strategic Research Fund Australian Research Council / $692,068 Multimodal Polymeric Nanocarriers Designed for the Future Fellowship Controlled and Site Specific Delivery of Nitric Oxide Membrane Integrity Sensor Gippsland Water Factory $15,782 Commissioning Alliance / Contract Research
2012 2015
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence
Adelaide Desalination Project (ADP) – D&C
$10,680
2012 2013
Arcot, Jayashree
Australian Academy of Research collaboration, networking and lectureship in Science / Australia-India the area of nutrient absorption Senior Visiting Fellowships using in vitro cell culture techniques
$8,500
2012 2013
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence
Orica GTP EPA Audit
LCF & Associates Pty Limited / $9,579 Contract Research
2012
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence~Antony, Alice Arul
Real time detection and management of biofouling conditioning films in seawater reverse osmosis Optimising Low-Pressure Membrane Pretreatment for Desalination Development of dense gas technology platforms for the formulation of oral vaccines
National Centre of Excellence $78,000 in Desalination / Funding Rounds
2012 2013
National Centre of Excellence $310,300 in Desalination / Funding Rounds Australian Research Council / $330,000 Linkage Project
2012 2014
Foster, Neil Russell
Development of dense gas technology platforms for the formulation of oral vaccines
Prima BioMed / ARC Linkage Project Industry Partner Contribution
$300,000
2012 2015
Chen, Vicki
A Fundamental Study of Milk Ultrafiltration
University of Melbourne / ARC $135,000 Linkage Project Shared Grant
2012 2015
Le Clech, Pierre
Assisted forward osmosis as a Novel Concept for energy savings in RO desalination
National Centre of Excellence $197,500 in Desalination / Funding Rounds
2012 2015
Boyer, Cyrille Andre
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence
Le Clech, Pierre~Chen, Vicki~Henderson, Rita Kay Foster, Neil Russell
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McConnell Dowell Abigroup ADP JV / Contract Research
2012 2016
2012
2012 2015
Chief Investigator
Project Title
Funding Body / Grant Name
Funding
Duration
Aguey-Zinsou,KondoFrancois~Chen, Vicki~Amal, Rose
A comprehensive gas/ vapour sorption facility for the fast advancement of decarbonised energy technologies A comprehensive gas/ vapour sorption facility for the fast advancement of decarbonised energy technologies A comprehensive gas/ vapour sorption facility for the fast advancement of decarbonised energy technologies A comprehensive gas/ vapour sorption facility for the fast advancement of decarbonised energy technologies Advanced Macromolecular Engineering: Novel Approaches to Self-Directed Assembly and Vesicle Formation Vesicles stabilized by compressed carbon dioxide as nanoreactors and templates for radical polymerization Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Water into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Chemicals Novel smart materials: Development of positively thermo responsive polymers for biomedical applications Development of Curcuma Xanthorrhiza (Temulawak) Products using Dense Gas Technology Platforms (project component)
Australian Research Council / LIEF
$230,000
2012
University of Sydney / ARC LIEF Contribution
$60,000
2012
University of Wollongong / ARC LIEF Contribution
$20,000
2012
University of New South Wales / ARC LIEF Central Contribution
$174,000
2012
Australian Research Council / Future Fellowship
$904,568
2012 2015
Australian Research Council / Future Fellowship
$753,856
2012 2015
Australian Research Council / Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
$375,000
2012 2015
Australian Research Council / Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
$375,000
2012 -2015
PT SOHO Global Health
$208,000
2012 2013
Aguey-Zinsou,KondoFrancois~Chen, Vicki~Amal, Rose
Aguey-Zinsou,KondoFrancois~Chen, Vicki~Amal, Rose
Aguey-Zinsou,KondoFrancois~Chen, Vicki~Amal, Rose
Lowe, Andrew
Setterlund, Per
Jiang, Yijiao
Roth, Peter Johannes
Foster, Neil Russell
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Chief Investigator
Project Title
Funding Body / Grant Name
Funding
Duration
Bao, Jie~Bickert, Goetz
Advanced Dynamic Control for Paste Thickeners – First stage for control of complete CHPP's UNSW Metadata Stores Project
Australian Coal Research Limited
$131,285
2012 2013
Australian National Data Service / EIF Super Science Program PT SOHO Global Health
$225,000
2012 2013
$159,000
2012 2013
CRC for Polymers
$98,260
2012 2014
CRC for Polymers
$98,260
2012 2014
University of New South Wales / CRC for Polymers Contribution University of New South Wales / Major Equipment & Infrastructure Scheme
$375,000
2012 2017
$150,000
2012
University of New South UNSW Nanofibre Spinning Wales / Major Equipment & Facility: Centrifugal Spinning for Environmental Applications Infrastructure Scheme
$122,000
2012
Australian Water Recycling Reclaimed Water is viewed Centre of Excellence / as an acceptable alternative water for augmenting drinking Research Project water supplies
$150,010
2012 2014
Leslie, Gregory Lawrence~Cox, Shane Joseph Foster, Neil Russell
Chen, Vicki~Burford, Robert~Mansouri, Jaleh Burford, Robert~Chen, Vicki~Mansouri, Jaleh
Chen, Vicki~Burford, Robert~Mansouri, Jaleh Setterlund,Per~Lim, May Tien Nong~Davis, Thomas Paul~Amal, Rose~Lucien, Frank~Boyer, Cyrille Andre~Stenzel, Martina~Granville, Anthony~Lee, Nan Ju Alice~Scott, Jason Anthony~Foster, Neil Russell~Gooding, Justin Chen, Vicki~Le Clech, Pierre~Leslie, Gregory Lawrence~Amal, Rose~Burford, Robert~Stenzel, Martina~Dong, Guangxi~Li, Hongyu~Ye, Yun~Mansouri, Jaleh Leslie, Gregory Lawrence
Development of Curcuma Xanthorrhiza (Temulawak) Products using Dense Gas Technology Platforms (consultancy component) 3.2 - A manufacturing process for producing flexible-based dye sensitised solar cells 3.3 Polymer film-based encapsulants for use in steel roof integrated polymer solar cells CRC for Polymers Central Contribution Equipment for Real-time Monitoring of Nanoparticle Properties and Interactions
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Teaching & Learning Report Two major projects were undertaken to improve teaching in 2012. The new version of the chemical engineering laboratory course, CEIC3003, was implemented for the first time, and the management of final year thesis and postgraduate coursework projects was moved onto the Moodle platform. A number of smaller adjustments were also made to improve teaching outcomes or the administrative process related to teaching. Some of these include revised guidelines for student Industrial Training reports – which now require students to draw explicit links between their industrial training experiences and the Engineers Australia stage one competencies, and a school addendum to the UNSW procedure for reassessment of student work which should improve process validity and reliability. The chemical engineering curriculum from 2006 included the chemical engineering laboratory, with many of its traditional experiments, combined with instrumental analysis into the course CEIC2003 Chemical Engineering Laboratory. The course received poor student feedback for a number of years, primarily in relation to being overassessed and there being little discernible relationship between the final exam and what students had spent most of the semester doing in the laboratory. A decision was made in 2010 to completely overhaul the laboratory course and move it from second year to third year, which in itself solved several other problems in relation to program structure. The redesign by May Lim focussed on fewer laboratory reports that were more integrative of a range of laboratory skills and on providing much more timely and useful feedback to students. The new course, CEIC3003, was run for the first time in 2012 and received very positive CATEI feedback, particularly in relation to the quality of feedback provided.
The School of Chemical Engineering had faced several issues with the administration of 4th Year Research Thesis in previous years as well as with projects for coursework students. These problems were solved by setting up a Moodle course to take care of everything to do with the thesis project including, administration, supervision arrangements, OH&S, advice and guidelines in relation to projects, and thesis archiving. This system is easily transportable and is now being used by several other schools across the Faculty of Engineering. Dr Graeme Bushell Director of Teaching & Learning Undergraduate Research Coordinator & Senior Lecturer, UNSW School of Chemical Engineering
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Undergraduate Highlights & Achievements University Medallists The University Medal is recognition by the University for outstanding academic achievement at the undergraduate level. The bronze medal carries on its face an engraving of the Arms of the University and on the reverse, within a wreath of laurels, is engraved the name of the recipient. Congratulations to the following 2012 University Medalists: Tze Hao Tan (pictured right) (Chemical Engineering) Elizabeth Killen (Industrial Chemistry) Alice Wei Du (pictured left) (Industrial Chemistry)
Student Awards and Prizes Student Name
Prize Name
Kylie Sheree Day
The DuPont Nutrition and Health Prize
April Ho Yuet Chan Caitlin Joanne Bills (pictured bottom left) Katherine Anne Hyland Lee Nicole Atkinson Elizabeth Killen
Peter Alexander Woodfield Divan Gradwell
Linda Teresa Nappa
Ellen Meredith King
Tze Hao Tan Sophia Viglione Nicholas John Gouvernet Caitlin Joanne Bills Peter John Ellersdorfer
Awarded for
Best product developed by students enrolled in FOOD3901 Food Product Development The DuPont Nutrition and Health Prize Best product developed by students enrolled in FOOD3901 Food Product Development The DuPont Nutrition and Health Prize Best product developed by students enrolled in FOOD3901 Food Product Development The DuPont Nutrition and Health Prize Best product developed by students enrolled in FOOD3901 Food Product Development The DuPont Nutrition and Health Prize Best product developed by students enrolled in FOOD3901 Food Product Development The Era Polymers Prize in Industrial Best performance of an Industrial Chemistry Chemistry student in CEIC4003 Thesis B/CEIC4006 Advanced Thesis The Era Polymers Prize in Year 3 Best performance in INDC3001 Chemical Industrial Chemistry Applications. The Fuel Technology Staff Prize Best performance in CEIC6005 Fuel and Energy (Chemical Engineering or Industrial Chemistry student) The Harold Tindale Award - 1 Best overall performance of a Chemical Engineering or Industrial Chemistry student in 4th year Professional Elective The Harold Tindale Award - 2 Best overall performance of a Chemical Engineering or Industrial Chemistry student in 4th year Process Design Project The Norman Prize in Chemical Best project in CEIC4003 Thesis B or CEIC4006 Engineering Advanced Thesis The Samos Polymers Prize in Best performance in the Year 4 elective Advanced Polymers CEIC6004 Advanced Polymers The Samos Polymers Prize in Industrial Best performance in Year 2 Industrial Chemistry Chemistry The Techstaff Achievement Award Best performance in Third Year Food Science (3060) Program The Techstaff Prize Best performance in Third Year Industrial Chemistry (3100) program
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Dean’s Awards Congratulations to all students across the Faculty who were recognised at the eleventh annual Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Awards held on Monday, March 25th 2013 in Leighton Hall. We are very proud to be one of the top awarded School’s, having 23 students from our School awarded this year. Head of School of Chemical Engineering, Professor Robert Burford took great pride in dubbing a few of the School’s high-achievers as ‘repeat offenders’, including two of the School’s masterminds Doug Dunn and his twin brother Alex Dunn (pictured), who were recognised for their third and second Dean’s Awards, respectively.
School of Chemical Engineering Dean’s Awards Recipients Varensya Djunaidi, Stage 1 Laura Jeffress, Stage 1 Ern Liew, Stage 1 Andrew Muljono, Stage 1 Molly Rowe, Stage 1 Gui Siek, Stage 1 Adrian Suyanto, Stage 1 Jessica Thomson, Stage 1 Milton Chai, Stage 2 Amanda Denny, Stage 2 She Ho, Stage 2 Pingshun Huang, Stage 2 Cynthia Suhamdi, Stage 2
Dianaty Young, Stage 2 Douglas Dunn, Stage 3 Alexander Dunn, Stage 3 Elline Camilet, Stage 3 Jialing Chua, Stage 3 Arjun Shukla, Stage 3 Edward Stephens, Stage 3 Adam Teusner, Stage 3 Cong Yap, Stage 3 Belinda Luu, Stage 4
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Honours Poster Presentation Day The 2012 Honours Poster Presentation was held at the Mathews Pavilions at UNSW on 19th of October 2012. At this event fourth year students across all disciplines in the School of Chemical Engineering (undertaking Thesis B CEIC 4003 or Advanced Thesis CEIC 4005 and 4006) present their Thesis topic in a poster form as part of their Thesis project. The presenting students and industry associates of the School are invited to attend, along with academics who are tasked to mark the posters on the day.
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First Year Camp
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Women in Engineering
Women in Engineering Afternoon Tea
2012 Women in Engineering Awards
The School of Chemical Engineering are proud of the achievements of our current and past female engineering students and are determined to foster a supportive learning and research environment to encourage more females to consider the School of Chemical Engineering as a place to begin their tertiary education.
The 2012 Women in Engineering Awards were held at the Tyree Energy Technologies Building at UNSW during Australian Engineering Week on the 8th of August.
Female high school students are attracted to our school because of the range of career options available to chemical engineers and industrial chemists. However, it is possible to be spoiled for choice so deciding what to do after graduation can be a challenge; even for students with well-defined career goals. To help students successfully negotiate the transition from university to a rewarding career, the School arranges small sessions for female undergraduates in 3rd and 4th year with former students who have been working for five or more years. These gatherings afford the undergraduates to listen to stories and experiences of successful young women who have used their degrees to build interesting careers. The students quickly realise that the first job after graduation is often a stepping-stone and that through planning, hard work and occasionally luck it is possible to forge a rewarding career. The former students who recently participated in the School’s Women in Engineering programme have each achieved success in different fields; Jemma Hartog (Nee McKenzine) BE 2007 is a senior metallurgist with New Gold Inc in Cobar NSW; Ellen Gursanscky BE 2008 is a Senior Consultant at Booz & Company; Laura Hose BE 2005 is the Procurement Manager for LionCo; and, Sarah Herbert BE 2001 is a Patent Attorney with Shelston IP. In all cases their careers are marked by travel, most often overseas, and transitions within and in some cases between industries and professions. These anecdotes provided valuable information to our local and international students. It is impossible to distil these experiences into presentations or case studies; the message needs to be delivered in person. The School appreciates the support of New Gold Inc, Lion Co, Booze and Company and Shelston IP for allowing their staff to inspire the next group of female graduates from UNSW School of Chemical Engineering. page 12 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
At this special event UNSW School of Chemical Engineering celebrated the achievements of two of its top female alumni, Professor Judy Raper, and Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas Kazacos. The School is proud of its rich history of leading Australia in producing the highest number of female graduates in Chemical Engineering. In addition, we have a high number of females in academia and research positions. In recognition of this, the School was pleased to announce the following awards, presented by Professor Mary O’Kane, NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer.
Professor Judy Raper Award Awarded to a female graduate of UNSW School Chemical Engineering who has shown leadership in the Engineering discipline either in academia or industry. Professor Judy Raper was founding Director of the Centre for Particle & Catalyst Technologies (now incorporated into the ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials) at UNSW. Professor Raper has an impressive research background in chemical engineering and is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards (including the Sheddon Pacific Award for the most outstanding young chemical engineer in Australia in 1992 and the Professional Engineer of the Year in 1998) In 2003 her contribution to the engineering profession in Australia was recognised by election to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in Australia and as an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Professor Raper Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering (Honours) UNSW, 1976 PhD UNSW, 1980
Finalist in the UNSW NSi Inventor of the Year in 2009 for this work. Maria continues to make an excellent contribution to the School and Engineering/Science community and it is a great pleasure for the School to honour Maria with this award. Emeritus Professor Skyllas-Kazacos Bachelor Science [Hons] in Chemical Technology (University Medal) UNSW, 1974 PhD Chemical Technology UNSW, 1978
2012 recipient - Dr Vivien Chapman, UNSW
2012 recipient - Scientia Professor Rose Amal, UNSW Scientia Professor Rose Amal is the leader of the Particles and Catalysis Research Group at UNSW. She is also the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials. Professor Amal has worked in the area of particle technology for over 20 years on fine particle aggregation, photocatalysis, nanoparticle synthesis and their applications. More recently, her research focus is on the design of photocatalysts and engineering systems for solar induced processes, using the sun’s energy as a clean fuel source. Over the last 10 years, Professor Amal has secured over $15 million in grant funding. She published extensively in major science and engineering journals, and has strong links with various industry members and public sectors. Scientia Professor Amal Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering UNSW, 1988 PhD Chemical Engineering, UNSW, 1991
Dr Vivien Chapman completed High School at Brigidine College in Randwick, where she was awarded Dux of School. Vivien completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Industrial Chemistry at UNSW. Her thesis was “Inert anodes for aluminium production” and was funded by CSIRO supervised by Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas Kazacos. In 2011 Vivien started working with the School Chemical Engineering at UNSW as a postdoctoral research fellow working on Electrodes for alternative aluminium production processes as part of the CSIRO’s breakthrough technology for aluminium smelting cluster. Vivien presented research findings to the CSIRO light metals flagship as well as at a number of other Australian conferences. Her research has been very well received by her peers at UNSW and that of the CSIRO flagship and is undoubtedly a worthy recipient of this award. Dr Chapman Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Chemistry (Honours 1), UNSW PhD Industrial Chemistry UNSW, 2011
Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos Award Awarded to a female graduate of the School Chemical Engineering in recognition of impact and contribution in either academia or industry in the early stage of their career. Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos was the pioneer of the Vanadium Redox Battery which was developed at the University of New South Wales during the late 1980s and 1990s and is now being commercialised around the world in a wide range of energy storage applications.
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Co-op Program The Co-op Program attracts students with strong academic abilities and leadership skills. Successful candidates receive an industry-sponsored scholarship for the duration of 5 years. They also gain valuable experience through participation in four industrial training (IT) placements. Two new scholarships were received this year bringing the total number of Co-op Scholars to 26. We welcome to the School the following 2012 Co-op Scholars:
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Alice Du Cameron Fletcher Alexander Cant David Stephen Myles Ka Wai Fan
Tracey Lloyd Tom Perfrement
Anna Gould Sadaya Marathe Linda Nappa Alice To Amy Vayro
Industrial Chemistry
We take this opportunity to wish them every success in their future careers. We would also like to express our appreciation for the continued support of our Co-op Sponsors. Dr Tony Granville (pictured below left) and Dr Frank Lucien (below right) In April, a Co-op Seminar was held in which Final Year Scholars were asked to deliver a 10 minute oral presentation about their industrial training projects and to provide some personal reflections on the whole Co-op experience. Representatives from the various Co-op Sponsors also attended the Seminar and the evening concluded with a light supper. Another highlight for the year was the Annual Co-op Dinner held in September. This event is organised each year to provide an enjoyable and informal atmosphere in which to promote contact between Scholars and Sponsors. The dinner was held at “Renato’s Italian Restaurant” in Coogee and was attended by around 50 Scholars and Sponsors. We also farewelled the outgoing Scholars:
Sponsors
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Co-op Coordinators, UNSW School of Chemical Engineering
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Research Graduates 2012
Name
Supervisor
Degree
Thesis Title
Nguyen Vo
Adesina
PhD
Bawadi Abdullah
Adesina
PhD
Essam Al Zaini
Adesina
PhD
Say Hei Foo
Adesina
PhD
Nicholas Bell
Amal
MSc
Kunlanan Kiatkittipong Amal
PhD
Charlene Jin Wei Ng
Amal
PhD
Yarong Li
Amal
PhD
Jung Ho Yun
Amal
PhD
Shiyun Esther Kok
Amal
PhD
Roslyn Tedja
Amal
PhD
Ridwan Setiawan
Bao
PhD
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over various promoted semiconductor oxide supported Mo carbide catalysts The performance of a gas-inducing stirred tank reactor for fischertrospch synthesis: Electrical process tomography analysis and computational fluid dynamics studies Biodiesel symthesis from spent frying vegetable oils over heterogeneous inorganic catalysts Oxidative dry reforming of methane over alumina-supporting Co-Ni catalyst systems On the design and synthesis of titanium dioxide-graphene nanocomposites for enhanced photovoltaic and photocatalytic performance Synthesis of titania/titanate nanostructures for photocatalytic applications Synthesis of tungsten oxide for soloar energy conversion and water splitting applications Speciation and microbial transformation of chromiumn, arsenic and mercury in municipal landfill leachate Well-order 1D TiO2 nanotube (TNT) based solar energy conversion applications The influence of alumina supported cobalt catalysts on synthetic fuel production The impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on human lung cell lines in vitro Plantwide dynamic operability analysis from network perspective
Lin Sun
Chen
ME
Polyphenols concentration from black tea by nanofiltration
Nashida Subhi
Chen
PhD
Amir Razmjou Chaharmahali
Chen
PhD
Hao Wu
Chen
ME
Alex Soeriyadi
Davis
PhD
Anh Linh Nguyen
Fleet
PhD
Wen Hui Teoh
Foster
PhD
Eriyanto Yusnawan
Lee
PhD
Detailed characterisations of membrane-foulant interactions in lowpressure membrane filtration systems The effect of nanoparticles (synthesized by sol-gel technology and functionalized) on the flux and fouling performance of filtration membranes. Improving the anti-fouling and fouling-release of PVDF UF membrane by chemically modified sio2 nanoparticles Recent development and application of catalytic chain transfer polymerization Contribution of intrinsic factors to heat resistance of ascospores of byssochlamys Fundamental solubility study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in subcritical water and ethanol mixtures Development of rapid antibody-based phenotyping tests for peanut allergens and application to genotype variation study
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Name
Supervisor
Degree
Thesis Title
Muhammad Zahid
Lee
MSc
Ebrahim Negaresh
Leslie
PhD
Development of an Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) for the Detection of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Residues in Chicken Liver, Prawn and Milk Reclamation of paper mill effluent using membrane
Vivien Singleton
SkyllasKazacos SkyllasKazacos
PhD
Nickel-iron-based inert anodes for aluminium electrowinning
PhD
Ali Al Zarouni
Pimpinan Somsong
Srzednicki
PhD
Incorporating quality control and industrial engineering principles to work practices and process operations for minimising emissions in aluminium smelting cells. Potential health properties of selected commercially grown native Australia herbs and fruits Changes of anthocyanin profile in dried blueberries
Warangkana Srichamnong Wathukan laopongsit
Srzednicki
PhD
Effects of postharvest treatment on macadamia quality
Srzednicki
PhD
Early detection of insert infestation in stored grain
Wenfang Gu
Stenzel
PhD
Synthesis of hollow particles for drug delivery
Yoseop Kim
Stenzel
PhD
Mohd Firdaus Yhaya
Stenzel
PhD
Vien Huynh
Stenzel
PhD
Core-shell drug delivery system for Albendazole to treat ovarian cancer: From RAFT polymer synthesis to cellular uptake Development of micellar noval drug carries utilizing temperaturesensitive block copolymers containing cyclodextin moieties Novel polymeric micelles via RAFT polymerization for platinum drug delivery Polymerization of various shaped aggregates for drug delivery
Karunrat Sakulnarmrat Srzedmicki
PhD
Teddy Chang
Stenzel
ME
Yi Guo
Zetterlund
PhD
Radical polymerization in miniemulsion based on in situ surfactant formation
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Australian Centre for NanoMedicine
The Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN) was established by UNSW in July 2010 as a unique multidisciplinary model with researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Chemistry and Medicine working together to target hard to treat diseases. UNSW School of Chemical Engineering plays a major role in ACN’s activities with one of the three ACN Directors, Professor Tom Davis, co-leading the group along with colleagues Professor Maria Kavallaris (Medicine) and Professor Justin Gooding (Science). ACN’s model starts with hard to treat diseases and puts together a team of multi-disciplinary researchers using a range of tools including theranostics (diagnostics and therapy); Drug and Gene Delivery; and Nanomaterials and Bioimaging. Diseases tackled by ACN in the two years since establishment includes: • Neuroblastoma is a common yet difficult to treat cancer diagnosed in children under one year old. At the time of diagnosis, the cancer is already at the advanced stage, and despite intensive therapy including chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation, the survival rate is low. Added to this, due to the toxic chemotherapy currently used as part of the treatment, the limited numbers of long-term survivors often have lifelong health issues. • Lung Cancer is the most lethal of human cancers taking the lives of nearly 1.5 million annually, with around 9,000 Australian’s annually diagnosed. Predominantly there are two major types of lung cancer, small-cell lung carcinoma and non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 80 percent of lung cancer patients who can face the secondary problem that the tumours can become resistant to conventional drug therapy.
ACN Directors (LtoR) Prof Justin Gooding (Science), Prof Tom Davis (Engineering) and Prof Maria Kavallaris (Medicine)
• Liver Fibrosis is the build-up of tough, fibrous scar tissue in the liver. Scar tissue formation can be a normal bodily response to injury from factors including hepatitis B or C, alcohol abuse, toxins, trauma or obesity, but in the case of fibrosis, this healing process goes askew. When liver cells are injured the immune system is activated and inflammatory immune cells are stimulated to release cytokines. In an unhealthy liver, fibrosis may occur when excessive scar tissue builds up faster than it can be broken down and removed from the liver. Dr Stuart Lowe works in the emerging field of theranostics page 18 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
ACNs Dr Hien Duong and Dr Cyrille Boyer work on funding better drug delivery options for Liver Fibrosis • Uveitis is a group of diseases characterised by inflammation of the uvea, the middle vascular part of the eye comprising the iris, ciliary body and choroid. It is the most common form of inflammatory eye disease but the prognosis for a patient with idiopathic uveitis is good if properly and promptly treated with mydriatics and corticosteroids. If untreated, there is a high risk of cataracts, glaucoma, band keratopathy, macular edema and permanent vision loss. ACN’s team of 50 researchers, including three 2013 Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellows, utilise five UNSW laboratories thus ensuring access to leading equipment, testing and techniques.
Key highlights in the last twelve months include: • ACN hosts the largest annual southern hemisphere international nanomedicine conference attracting hundreds to the Harbour city to present, learn and network. Attendees represent clinicians, scientists and engineers working in the themes of Target Delivery; Sensing; Diagnostics; Regenerative Medicine; Imaging; Translational Medicine and NanoSafety. • ACN hosted Professor Alan Trounson as our 2012 Visiting Professor. Professor Trounson is the President California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. In 2013 ACN will be joined by Professor Samuel Stupp (Northwestern) and in 2014 Professor Mark E Davis (Caltech). • Dr Cyrille Boyer (above) wins the Scopus Young Research Award in the category of Engineering and Technology.
http://www.acn.unsw.edu.au/
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The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) focuses on the synthesis of polymers for advanced applications. The research area encompasses the development of new polymerisation techniques to create smart materials for health, energy and the environment. CAMD comprises several academic staff Professor Tom Davis, Professor Martina Stenzel, Professor Per Zetterlund, Professor Andrew Lowe, Professor Robert Burford, A/ Professor Frank Lucien, Dr Cyrille Boyer, Dr Anthony Granville, Dr Peter Roth and Dr Stuart Thickett assisted by Research Manager Dr Michael Whittaker and Centre Manager Dr Steve Jacenyik. CAMD currently has 10 postdoctoral fellows and 25 PhD students. In addition, the centre hosts on average 5 international visitors from all corners of the world.
2012 Highlights News in 2012 includes the continuation of the research strengths from previous years: The highly research active centre published more than 40 papers in 2012 in all areas of polymer design and applications. CAMD was also successful in attracting external funding, securing two ARC Discovery Grants among other funding. The centre was rewarded with a 5-star ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia) ranking. Other highlights in 2012 include the promotion of Per Zetterlund to full Professor. Professor Martina Stenzel received the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Polymer Citation award, and was appointed to editorial boards of several prestigious journals including Biomacromolecules and Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2012 was a very successful year for Dr Cyrille Boyer. Not only was he promoted to Senior lecturer, he also received an ARC Future Fellowship and was the Winner of the 2012 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year award. CAMD also hosted several international visitors. PhD and Master students from Germany (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Mainz University and Marburg University, Fraunhofer Institute, University of Hamburg), Denmark (Aalborg University) and Canada (University of Quebec at Montreal) visited CAMD to conduct research as part of collaborative programs. CAMD also welcomed international speakers as part of the CAMD seminar series. Most notable was the visit by the former CAMD member Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik who is now heading a research centre in Germany, and Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, one of the world-wide page 20 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
most cited chemists, who gave a seminar as part of the Solomon lecture series organised by RACI.
2012 Research In 2012, CAMD members went from strength to strength. The main research areas saw exciting new developments.
Advanced Polymer Synthesis All CAMD members are highly active in this research field, which spans from the synthesis of various polymer architectures using a range of polymerization techniques (eg RAFT) to post-modification of polymers using different click chemistries (Figure 1). The group of Professor Stenzel focused on combining novel polymerisation techniques with natural polymers and building blocks such as sugars, cyclodextrins and peptides. Professor Zetterlund and his team started a new collaboration with Professor O’Reilly (University of Warwick, UK) on biomimetic synthesis of well-defined polymers by exploitation of templating and the concept of nanoreactors, resulting in a publication in Nature Chemistry in 2012. Professor Lowe further expanded his research interest into polymers prepared by ringopening metathesis polymerisation and their further post-functionalisation, as well as continuing his work in the general area of stimulus-responsive (co)polymers and initiated a new research thrust in the area of dispersion polymerisation for the preparation of soft nanoparticles/ self-assemblies. In a collaborative effort, Professor Figure 1: Summary of the research activities in CAMD in the area of polymer design
New polymerization techniques in solution and dispersion
Combination of polymers with inorganic material such as metal-nanoparticles and metal-complexes
Combination of polymers with nature’s building blocks such as sugars, cyclodextrins, polysaccarides, peptides and proteins
Lowe and Dr Roth explored a facile synthetic access to biocompatible poly(ethylene glycol) based materials exploiting active ester chemistry. Dr Granville expanded his work on the polydopamine self-polymerisation system and begun developing novel monomers and polymers capable of green chemistry synthesis technique.
Nano-Structured Advanced Materials and Nanoparticles A major research focus in CAMD is the use of polymers to create nano-structured materials and nanoparticles. The group of Professor Stenzel continues to use the selfassembly of block copolymer into micelles and cylindrical vesicles to create novel nano-sized drug delivery carriers. Furthermore, hybrid materials based on polymer and metal complexes were developed. Professor Zetterlund extended his research on miniemulsion polymerization to include synthesis of aqueous polyethylene latexes using CO2-induced techniques (collaboration with Associate Professor Lucien and Professor Claverie (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada). Further activities in the team of Professor Zetterlund (with Dr. Thickett and Dr Whittaker) includes synthesis of nanocomposite materials based on polymer and graphene (oxide), relying on the ability of graphene oxide nanosheets to act as surfactants and stabilize oil/water emulsions.
Polymers for Health The major research activity of the group of Professor Stenzel focuses on the design of nanoparticles for drug delivery purposes she has established strong collaborations with the St George Hospital and the Ingham Institute to tackle the challenges in delivering anti-cancer drugs targeted towards specific tumours. The research activity has a strong focus on metal-based drugs such as cisplatin, but new areas emerging embark upon the delivery of protein drugs. To fill the gap between clinical research and polymer synthesis CAMD now has access to its own state-of the art PC2 lab. This allows CAMD researchers to establish a research program that investigates the interaction of nanoparticles with tumour cells (Figure 2). Dr Thickett has developed a new research project with Dr Margaret Sunde (University of Sydney) on the creation of hybrid polymer nanoparticles consisting of a polymer ‘core’ and a silica (silicon dioxide) ‘shell’ for adsorption of hydrophobins, a specific class of rod-like proteins with unusual physico-chemical properties, to create proteincoated polymer nanocarriers with applications in drug delivery..
Figure 2. Illustration of the uptake and exocytosis of micelles into tumours.
Polymer Surface Science and Modifications The research activities of Dr Granville and his group deal with polymer coatings and their interactions with their surroundings. Through use of the highly efficient and facile dopamine self-polymerisation reaction, his research has focussed on polymeric coatings to synthesize chemo and bio-sensor materials with highly reactive surface functional groups. This work has seen his group initiate collaborations with Professor Sebastien Perrier (University of Sydney) as well as Dr Penny Martens (UNSW Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering). His expertise in polymer brush interactions has also fostered continued collaborations with Dr Martens and Professor Laura Poole-Warren into research for hybrid thin film materials for bioelectrode synthesis.
Polymers for Energy/Environment Applications Dr Cyrille Boyer, in collaboration with Dr Francois AgueyZinsou (UNSW MERLIN group), have developed new hybrid organic inorganic nanoparticles for hydrogen storage. New magnesium nanoparticles are coated with different polymers allowing enhancement of their stability against oxidation. The hydrogen performance of these polymer coated magnesium nanomaterials has improved. For example, bulk magnesium desorbs hydrogen at 400°C, while PST coated magnesium nanoparticles can desorb at 250°C and can contain 4.5% of hydrogen in weight. Dr Whittaker is involved in a project on Predesigned Polymers for Application in Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF). The use of rising air micro-bubbles to remove toxic algae page 21 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
cells from drinking water reservoirs is a cost effective process used in water purification However, air micro-bubbles exhibit the same negative surface charge as the target algae cells, and therefore charge repulsion minimises cell and micro-bubble interactions, thus reducing DAF effectiveness. One strategy to overcome this is to use specifically designed polymers which can coat the surface of the air micro-bubble and result in charge inversion. CAMD researchers in collaboration with the Water Research Centre are currently field testing novel hydrophobically modified cationic polymers to increase DAF effectiveness. Dr Stuart Thickett, in collaboration with Dr Chiara Neto (University of Sydney) and Professor Andrew Harris (University of Sydney), has continued to develop an exciting approach for the micropatterning of polymer films resulting in surface coatings that collect water from the atmosphere, which has numerous applications in areas of minimal ground water.
Future of CAMD
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We would like to bid farewell to Professor Tom Davis, who established CAMD in 2000 and has been its director since. Professor Davis and Dr Whittaker will leave UNSW to move to Monash University in 2013. We wish them all the best in their new roles. We wish to acknowledge the great contribution that Professor Tom Davis has made in establishing and leading CAMD to great effect over many years. Professor Stenzel and Professor Zetterlund will take on the roles of new co-directors to lead CAMD into an exciting future.
http://www.camd.unsw.edu.au/
CRC for Green House Gas Technologies
The CO2CRC@UNSW team led by Professor Dianne Wiley (pictured) comprises of over six researchers in the Economic teams and three researchers in the Membrane team. The team, as part of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) evaluates the economics and feasibility of implementing carbon capture and storage technologies. We would like to welcome into our team Mr Anggit Raksajati (left) who will be undertaking his PhD under the supervision of Professor Wiley. His research will examine the costs of implementing solvent absorption technologies at power plants. 2012 was a very busy and fruitful year for us. In October, we successfully hosted a series of public lectures on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies. The event ‘2012 CCS Week @ UNSW’ coincided with the National CCS Conference held in Perth. The event was an opportunity for the team to educate UNSW students, staff and the wider public on CCS. We also successfully ran a student competition, with over 14 entries proposing diverse and innovative solutions in addressing Australia’s hydrocarbon future. Our poster displays in the Tyree foyer showcasing our research was well received with may many of people stopping to look at our work and providing us with great feedback. 2012 was also the year in which the leading conference for our research area, the 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies was held. Our team was well represented at the Kyoto conference with over five papers accepted. Professor Wiley and Dr Minh Ho both presented on the different pathways for CCS implementation in the Australian energy market. Dr Gustavo Fimbres-Weihs also attended the Third International Forum on the Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline where he gave a lecture on CCS network optimisation.
2012 C02CRC Research Symposium We would like to congratulate all our final Chemical Engineering Honours students, post-graduate research students and the researchers for their outstanding contributions to CCS research.
2012 Research highlights CCS and energy systems • Exploring technical and economic opportunities for flexible capture in the Australian NEM. The concept of load-shifting was investigated for a NSW generator which showed that by sharing the generation load across multiple power plants, the amount of CO2 that can be captured in maximised. • Examining the combined benefit of biomass power generation and CCS. A techno- economic model for biomass/coal co-firing with and without CO2 capture has been developed. An assessment of different fuel blends on the performance and economics shows that combining biomass cofiring with CCS can result in ‘negative’ emissions to the atmosphere. The cost of this technology can be competitive with other mitigation options.
The team also presented at the annual CO2CRC Research Symposium held in the Sunshine Coast where presentations and posters were given by all team members. The symposium is attended by over 200 researchers and industry representatives from over 20 different companies.
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CRC for Green House Gas Technologies
• Reducing the cost of capture using solvent absorption technologies. We have expanded our techno-economic model of CCS systems (ICCSEM) to incorporate new and novel solvent technologies. The model will be used to investigate the opportunities to reduce the capture cost through the solvent technology development and improvement.
CCS networks
• CCS pipeline networks.
• Developing a GIS-based integrated CCS transport
A study was undertaken estimates of the costs of pipeline transportation of CO2 to storage locations for possible CCS projects in New South Wales. It was found that, for NSW emissions, the cost of independent transport is significantly higher than that of network transport; on average around A$10 per tonne or 65 % higher. The difference in costs is larger for basins that are located further away from the emission sources.
network for south-eastern Queensland. We have investigated the effects of topography features and anticipated increasing flow rates on the economics of CO2 pipeline planning. The research shows that topography features play an important part in determining the different routes for CCS pipelines but do not have a significant effect on the overall projects costs. • Impact of impurities on transport cost. A study evaluating the impact of typical impurities and the effect of fracture propagation control requirements on CO2 transport costs was carried out by modelling their effect on the physical properties. The results show that common impurities increase transport costs by around 10 % to 20 % with fracture propagation control typically contributing 5 % to 15 % of these costs. This data will be useful for optimisation of the integrated CCS chain and minimisation of total chain costs. page 24 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
An interactive Google Earth map of CO2 emission sources and potential sinks was generated. This map provides a visual 3-dimensional presentation of the location, type of emissions and the respective emissions rates for the top 200 CO2 emitters in Australia. The map will help provide a coherent and consistent view of where the main CO2 emission sources are located, and can assist future infrastructure planning studies.
http://www.co2crc.unsw.edu.au/
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Food Science and Technology Research Group
Food Science and Technology Research Group The Food Science and Technology (FS&T) research group comprises of seven academic staff and one Senior Research Fellow; Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot, Associate Professor Patrick Spicer, Dr Robert Driscoll, Dr Janet Paterson, Dr Alice Lee, Dr Jian Zhao, Dr Francisco Trujillo and Dr George Srzednicki. Food Science and Technology being multidisciplinary houses staff with expertise in Food Processing and Engineering, Microbiology, Nutrition, Food Chemistry and Food Rheology areas and a variety of research projects were undertaken through externally funded projects and through honours and PhD students.
Research Collaborations/Funding (including In-kind) A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the School of Chemical Engineering (Food Science and Technology group) and National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Korea on 18th May 2012. A ceremony was held at the TETB building where the DVC (Research), Professor Les Field, and the Director General of NIAS, Dr Won Kyong Chang, signed the MOU to further promote research collaboration and staff exchange between the two institutes (See photo). The Food
2012 FS&T Highlights
Science and Technology Research Show Case was
Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot was awarded the
building to provide an opportunity to showcase
held after the MOU signing ceremony in the TETB
Australia-India Senior Visiting Fellowship (2012-2013)
the ChE and FS&T group research activities to the
by the Australian Academy of Science to visit Anna
NIAS delegates and to discuss future research
University in Chennai, India for research collaboration in
collaboration. This led to the joint-submission of the
the area of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition.
international collaborative research application to the RDA in mid-December 2012.
21 PhD students were supported by scholarships from Australian Postgraduate Awards; CSIRO Flagship Scholarship; Grain Research and Development Corporation, AUSAID; the Bruce Veness Award; Endeavour Scholarships, Thai Civil Servant’s Commission Scholarship, Rachamangala University,
• Australian Academy of Science (2012-2013, $8500) • Macadamia Processing Co Limited, Alphadale via Lismore NSW • Mushrooms: Li-Sun Exotic Mushrooms, Bowral NSW
Isan and Lanna, Thailand; Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia FS&T research group produced 27 publications The group’s newest staff member, Associate Professor Patrick Spicer joined in December 2012
Student Awards Two PhD students received awards of achievement: Lydia Yalambing received the 2013 Prime Ministers
• Australian Native Food Industry Ltd., Woodbridge TAS • National Agricultural Research Institute, Papua New Guinea • Ministry of Health, Malaysia • Procter and Gamble • GRDC – Off-flavour in peanuts (Lee and Wright, $315,000, 2010-2013) • CSIRO flagship project – Immunosensors for aquatic
Pacific-Australia Award for her sustained academic
environments ($767,000 (Gooding and Lee, UNSW
achievement, contribution to community and university
share, 2010-2012)
activities, demonstrated leadership capacity, and the relevance of her proposed work placement to her academic studies, future employment, and the development of her home country. Wathukan Laopongsit received the Watermarks best Food Science Research seminar award for 2011; Van Ho was awarded the first prize in the poster competition (200 entries) in the 2012 Food Microbiology Conference held in Turkey in 2012. page 26 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
• RDA-NIAS international collaborative project (Lee, US$90,000) • RIRDC (Arcot, $252,836, 2011-2012) Total funding: ~$1.4 million
2012 Research Food Quality, Safety and Functionality (Dr Alice Lee, Dr George Srzednicki, Dr Jian Zhao, Dr Janet Paterson, Dr Robert Driscoll and Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot) Biofortification of phytochemical bioactives in peanuts (Dr Alice Lee) Biofortification through plant breeding could increase the naturally-occurring levels of functional food traits in primary foods, for more effective delivery of health benefits to consumers. However, lack of knowledge on antioxidants in Australian peanut cultivars has slowed the breeding progress. An industry supported project investigating the peanut antioxidants saw fruitful outcomes in 2012. The project established for the first time the significance of matrix bound antioxidants in peanuts and their potential bioaccessibility. The characterisation of antioxidant capacity and antioxidant profiles in diverse peanut phenotypes also indicated significant genetic control. The stability of the functional food trait through studies of genotype-by-environment (G × E) interaction was also established. The project outcomes thus formed a key step towards breeding for high antioxidant peanut cultivars. Miss Kim-Yen Pham Thien successfully completed her PhD degree at the end of 2012, with a thesis title “Development of New Functional Food Traits in Peanuts”. The key comments from her examiners were “one of the best theses ever examined”.
Towards developing immunosensors for small molecular contaminants (Dr Alice Lee) The development of immunosensors for monitoring small molecular contaminants such as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), with high sensitivity and specificity, has been a challenge. The goal of the CSIRO funded project, in collaboration with Professor Justin Gooding of the School of Chemistry, was to design and develop a unique immunosensor platform suitable for detection of small molecular contaminants in aquatic environments. In addition to the successful development of the biorecognition molecules with specific affinity for several EDCs, functionalisation of gold nanoparticles with a small molecular analyte led to the demonstration of the diverse interaction between a protein (e.g., specific antibody) and an organic compound on the nanoparticle surface. This work was also the first to demonstrate competition and displacement between nanoparticle and an antibody in an immunoassay format. These findings will assist better
design and fabrication of a biosensor for detection of small molecular contaminants.
Developing rapid immunodiagnostic tests for offflavour volatiles (Dr Alice Lee) Some of the secondary metabolites of microorganisms, such as 2-MIB and geosmin, can impart off-flavour in agricultural commodities and food products, leading to consumer rejection and significant economic losses. The same compounds can also affect the taste and odour of drinking water. Current analytical techniques do not allow rapid detection at receival bays or allow for field portability. This project, funded by GRDC, aims to develop rapid immunodiagnostic tests for these off favour volatiles with field portability. Using the new haptens successfully synthesised and specific antibodies generated for these off-flavour volatiles, the assays developed and optimised so far gave at least sixty times higher sensitivity than previously reported assays. Further improvement in sensitivity, however, is necessary in order to meet the analytical requirements for the agrifood industry as well as water industry.
Determination of volatiles in wheat grain infested by lesser grain borers (LGB) and rice weevils (RW) as a tool for monitoring grain quality in storage (Dr George Srzednicki and Dr Robert Driscoll) The aim of this research was to identify the compounds that can be used as the indicator of insect infestation in wheat grains by using solid phase micro extraction (SPME) combined with gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) which has higher potential for commercial application as it quicker and simpler than the dynamic headspace method (DH). Wheat was chosen as a sample in this research because it is a staple food for humans and animals with the second largest production in the world compared to other grains. Consequently, if this technique can be successfully used to detect insect infestation in grains, economic loss of wheat can be minimised and better quality wheat products will be obtained.
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Food Science and Technology Research Group Volatile compounds in fresh and dried oriental mushrooms (Dr George Srzednicki and Dr Robert Driscoll)
Food Composition and Food Analysis (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot, Dr Alice Lee and Dr Jian Zhao)
The aim of this research is to characterise the quality of oriental mushrooms on the basis of their aroma profile. Many mushroom species are poorly characterised and despite their high consumption, few studies are concerned with their aromas. As the volatile compounds are produced via metabolic and non-metabolic pathways, non-aggressive techniques are needed to investigate their chemical composition. A powerful extraction technique determines the yield as well as the quality of volatiles extracted from mushrooms where the volatile profile can be further used as quality control check useful for the industry. This research uses vacuum distillation operating at low pressure and at ambient temperature eliminating any thermal reaction which may affect the aroma profile.
Nutrient composition of Free-range and conventionally processed chicken meat (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot)
Microbial fermentation of cocoa and effect on flavour (Dr Jian Zhao and Emeritus Professor Graham Fleet) A highly innovative project on cocoa fermentation has produced a great deal of novel information on the contribution of different micro-organisms to chocolate flavour. This research not only has significantly improved our understanding of the roles played by different microorganisms, such as yeasts and lactic acid bacteria, in the formation of chocolate flavour, but also the novel approach used has provided a new paradigm for studying food fermentation in general.
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This project was fully funded by the Chicken Meat Program of the Rural Industries Research and development Corporation (2011-2012). A national study of commonly eaten chicken meat cuts in Australia (4 states x 2 major suppliers) for their gross composition and nutrient composition was conducted. The nutrients studied were both macro (protein, fat, fatty acids and amino acids) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). There was no significant difference in the nutrient composition between the two types of chicken meat. This study is the first extensive study to show that there are no differences between the free-range and conventional types of chicken.
Development of analytical techniques for accurate determination of folate in fortified foods and bioactives (polyphenols) in fruits and vegetables (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot) Quantification of folate vitamers in foods has always proven difficult given the small quantities that exist in foods. Since the introduction of the mandatory fortification of bread flour with folic acid in Australia since 2009, Food Standards Australia New Zealand has been keen to identify methods that would accurately measure the low levels of folic acid added to flour for compliance by food manufacturers. The need for accurate determination
saw the development and validation of an UPLC-MS/MS method for the different folate vitamers including folic acid. Maria Chandra- Hioe, a PhD student developed and validated such a method and published the method in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, an A* journal. This study led to the application of the method for many food matrices including infant and adult nutrition formulae which is now being considered for First Action Status by the AOAC as the official method of analysis for folate in infant and adult nutrition formulae. Another PhD student Normah Heron developed an LCMS/MS method for the accurate determination of phenols and flavonoids and assessed the antioxidant capacities of individual polyphenolic fractions for the first time. This data will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Can High Pressure Processing reduce whey protein allergenicity? (Dr Alice Lee) Cow’s milk allergy is one of the most prevalent food allergies in childhood, accounting for 1.6-2.5% of children. This project is funded by RDA Korea and aims to investigate the potential of hydrostatic high pressure processing in reducing cow’s milk allergy. The results show good prospects for utilization of high pressure processing in reducing milk allergy, resulting in >80% reduction in antigenicity of ß-lactoglobulin, a major whey protein allergen. Optimisation of the operating parameters is being conducted via the development of response surface models.
Food Science and Nutrition research (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot, Dr Jian Zhao, Dr Janet Paterson, Dr Alice Lee, Dr George Srzednicki) Genotype and Nutrient interactions in plants (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot) A major project supported by the National Agricultural Research Institute in Papua New Guinea since 2009 was completed recently. Aibika or Abelmoschus manihot is the most popular and commonly-consumed indigenous green leafy vegetable in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Many different varieties of aibika can be found in the country and the PNG National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is overseeing the collection and maintenance of these varieties in a field gene bank at Laloki, PNG. The accessions have only been morphologically characterised and there is no data on genetic differences between the accessions. It is known that micronutrients do vary within varieties of the same species and the identification of a nutrient rich variety or varieties would lead to its promotion
and consumption by the local communities. The genetic data from one accession showed differences in the ITS region and was submitted to the GENEBANK to obtain recognition of the sequence. The interactions between the genotype and nutrient composition were established. This project was supported by NARI, PNG.
Food functionality (Dr Jian Zhao, Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot) Dr. Zhao’s projects focus on bioactive food components including extraction, isolation, characterisation and application of these components. Current projects include isolation and chemical and health functional characterisation of Australian native plants and edible microalgae (seaweeds), and enzymatic hydrolysis of cereal bran and proteins to enhance their healthpromoting functions. A new research area in molecular encapsulation of flavonoids using cyclodextrins to improve their solubility, stability and antioxidant activity is being developed in last two years in collaboration with scientists in China and has already generated several research publications. Associate Professoressor Arcot’s focus on the bioactive components in fruits and vegetables including developing accurate methods for quantification, assessing antioxidant capacities for individual compounds.
Fortification of foods with micronutrients and their bioavailability (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot and Dr Janet Paterson) Micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent in both developed and developing countries. Associate Professor. Arcot has established a research program to identify strategies and food processing technologies for effective fortification of foods with micronutrients such as folate, iron and ß-carotene. In 2012, two PhD students completed their program in this area of research. Maria Chandra-Hioe studied the fortification of folic acid and 5MTHF in bread flour and established the stability during processing and assessed the bioavailability of folate using an ex-vivo technique using caco-2 cells. This work was published in Food Research International. Another project by Karrie Kam investigated the fortification of rice kernels with folic acid using an existing technology namely parboiling. A predictive model to fortify the kernel under parboiling was established and published in a major Food Engineering Journal (International Journal of Food Engineering) in collaboration with Professor Adesoji Adesina. In addition the bioaccessibility of the added folic acid from rice was also established using the ex-vivo caco-2 cell model. page 29 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
Food Science and Technology Research Group
Bioactive Materials in Australian and Thai Native Plants (Dr George Srzednicki) The aims of this project are to evaluate the ability of plant extracts to suppress the growth of colon, stomach and bladder cancer cells (MTT assay); to evaluate differential killing ability for colon and stomach cell model (MTT assay with noncancerous cells); to understand the mechanism of the growth suppression at a molecular level modulation of transcription factor NFkB suppression of pro-inflamatory proteins COX-2 and iNOS suppression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes To evaluate genomeprotective abilities of selected herbs and fruits (M. Fenech assay) and to evaluate bioavailability of compounds using Caco-2 cell model system.
Food and Nutrition Policy (Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot) Dietary surveys provide us with vital information on the dietary pattern of populations which enable us to identify nutrient deficiencies in diets and allow us to intervene and suggest policies at the national level for dealing with public health problems. Shamsul Zainal Badari, a PhD student received support from the Ministry of Health to develop a National Food and Nutrition Plan for lower income population groups in Malaysia. He conducted dietary surveys and identified nutrient deficiencies in this group and developed visual aids for appropriate recording of dietary intake data. His work was published in a reputed Nutrition journal namely Ecology of Food and Nutrition. A Food and Nutrition Plan was developed for Lower income households in Malaysia which is likely to be adopted as a sound Nutrition policy by the Malaysian Government.
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Food Engineering/Processing/Post-harvest technology (Dr Robert Driscoll, Dr George Srzednicki and Dr Francisco Trujillo, Associate Professor Patrick Spicer) Effects of drying and storage conditions on the quality of foods (Dr Robert Driscoll and Dr George Srzednicki) Improvement of quality of macadamia nut kernels through appropriate post-harvest treatments This project investigated the effects of postharvest treatments on fatty acids in macadamia nuts throughout the whole processing chain from harvesting to packaging; established the mechanism of oxidative and hydrolytic rancidity in macadamia nuts; determined the mechanism of formation of brown kernels; corrected the existing lack of knowledge of industrial practices during post-harvested treatment. The information obtained from this study will contribute to an understanding of rancidity so that preventive measures can be taken. The handling procedures were optimised to minimise loss of macadamia quality.
Solar drying of coffee beans Sun drying of de-pulped coffee beans is a widespread practice among smallholders in developing countries. Coffee is the major cash crop for Papua New Guinea. However, traditional sun drying is not always effective, and may result in coffee of substandard quality and price. A solar dryer has been developed for coffee bean drying for the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Solar energy is not as readily available, with mist and clouds reducing the available energy. For this reason a specific design was developed based on capturing and reusing the latent heat of evaporation. Since this is a significant departure from conventional aeration solar drying, extensive testing and simulation modelling was required. The current design captures ambient energy to raise the internal temperature to about 10 째C above ambient during the day, generating a single internal natural circulation cell which supersaturates as it comes in contact with the colder external surfaces. Trials are conducted with a small-scale model of greenhouse dryer to provide drying data of coffee beans to which a mathematical model will be fitted.
Ms Warangkana Srichamnong testing the hardness of various cultivars of macadamia shells and students placing coffee beans in a solar dryer
Non-thermal processing applications in the Food Industry (Ultrasonics) (Dr Francisco Trujillo)
Microstructured fluid materials and kinetic behaviour (Associate Professor Patrick Spicer)
Dr Trujillo works on modeling ultrasonic operations of importance for the food processing industry such as modeling the acoustic streaming generated by lowfrequency-high-power horn sonoreactors. He is working on achieving separation of particles and liquid droplets within emulsions via high frequency ultrasound, which can find several applications of importance for food, biological, pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical industries. For instance, a wide variety of food products such as milk and creams are oil-in-water emulsion in which an oil phase is dispersed into a continuous aqueous phase. In those cases the stability of the emulsion is desired to extend the shelf life of the product. However, in several other food processing applications the separation and recovery of the oil phase is highly desirable such as in the case of aqueous enzymatic extraction of vegetable oils.
Associate Professor Patrick Spicer’s research focuses on the design, characterisation, and development of microstructured fluid materials with an emphasis on understanding their kinetic behavior. His research interests include the understanding of particle shape effects on colloidal hydrodynamics and deposition, interactions of soft matter with biological surfaces, and scale-up of soft matter manufacturing processes when attributes other than composition control product quality. He is collaborating with Monash University and CSIRO scientists on a PhD project, sponsored by the Procter & Gamble Company, to develop novel delivery technologies using metastable self-assembly structures from surfactant-polymer hybrids. He is also working with Tufts University scientists on a fundamental study of new interfacial and internal structured emulsion droplets for improved stability and performance of food, cosmetic, and explosive emulsions.
Radio Frequency Electric Fields Research into the inactivation of vegetative microorganisms in foods by rupturing cellular membranes at subpasteurization temperatures is being pursued using radio frequency electric fields. This makes the technology a promising and effective method for the preservation of heat sensitive food products and liquid foods with enhanced organoleptic properties due to the treatment being conducted at lower temperature. Dr Trujillo is also working with Professor Vicki Chen developing a system that combines membranes with ultrasound to achieve concentrates containing higher concentration of particles as well as a more effective control of fouling for dairy applications.
http://www.food.unsw.edu.au/
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MERLin: Materials Energy Research Laboratory in nanoscale
MERLin is an energy research group focusing on the use of hydrogen as a clean energy vector. The group is part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, the Australian Energy Research Institute and the COST (European Cooperation in Science and technology) Nanostructured materials for solid-state hydrogen storage project. Members of the MERLin group include, Dr KondoFrancois Aguey-Zinsou from UNSW School of Chemical Engineering (Director), Meganne Christian, Wei Liu, Eki Setijadi, Lei Wang, Chaoqi Chen and Roong Jien Wong.
2012 Research highlights The past year has been an exciting time for MERLin. Since ‘energy transition’ has moved up in the political agenda the development of new energy stores and carriers has become even more important. The group has dedicated much of their energy on developing a new concept for storing hydrogen with sodium borohydride.
A breakthrough concept for hydrogen storage Researchers at MERLin have demonstrated a new concept to overcome these hurdles by showing, for the first time the possibility of reversibly storing hydrogen with sodium borohydride (NaBH4) (Christian M.L., Aguey-Zinsou K.F., ACS Nano, 6(9) 2012, 7739). NaBH4 melts and irreversibly decomposes into its elements at temperatures > 500 BC. Reducing NaBH4 particle sizes to the nanometric range allowed the tuning of kinetics and thermodynamics, and confining the particles within a nickel shell to contain the melt and products led to full reversibility at practical conditions of 350 BC and 40 bar. The work promises practical, high capacity hydrogen storage systems. The Australian Research Council (ARC) supported the hydrogen storage research undertaken by MERLin.
A common reducing agent at the forefront of energy storage Hydrogen has been long identified as the only element that could lead to sustainable energy systems. Hydrogen can be produced from water and, upon oxidation, release clean energy. However, the single challenge for the effective utilisation of hydrogen remains its storage in a high-density form. Among the many materials capable of delivering a practical solution, borohydrides offer the highest possible storage capacity. However, reversibility of the storage meets thermodynamic and kinetic barriers requiring extremely high pressures and temperatures.
Watch hydrogen storage video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6TOGiv6pi8
Media coverage of MERLin’s research includes: • Australian Research Council, 26 March 2013, “Hydrogen: a versatile fuel” (www.arc.gov.au/media/ feature_articles/March13_Hydrogen.htm) • ABC Science, 16 August 2012, “Hydrogen storage no longer up in the air” by Stuart Gary (www.abc.net.au/ science/articles/2012/08/16/3569478.htm)
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• Science Illustrated, 22 August 2012, “A step towards hydrogen with nanostructures” by Laura Boness (http://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/a-steptowards-hydrogen-energy-with-nanostructures/) • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), October 2012 issue “Nanomaterial Reversibly Stores Hydrogen” (www.aiche.org/sites/default/files/docs/ cep/ads/20121013.pdf)
Meganne Christian (winner for ‘best poster presentation’) and Eki at MH2012, Kyoto Japan.
Prizes received by MERLin researchers in 2012 for breakthrough work in hydrogen storage (sodium borohydride) • Meganne Christian was awarded 1st place for the ‘best poster presentation’ in the under 35-age category at the MH2012 Conference (International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems) held in Kyoto, Japan. The poster presentation was based on her innovative work on borohydrides for the practical storage of hydrogen. • Christian was also awarded 1st place at the 11th Young Researcher’s Conference: Materials Science and Engineering for ‘best oral presentation.’ This conference was the fist European early stage researchers conference on hydrogen storage, which ran in conjunction with the 2012 Australian Institute of Energy Conference. • At the Australian Institute of Energy Conference,
Meganne Christian at the 2012 Australian Institute of Energy National Conference
Christian was awarded the National Postgraduate Student Energy Award, ‘Energy in Society’. This had a multi-step application process – Christian was nominated by the NSW AIE branch (based on her abstract) by the NSW AIE branch to present her research at the national conference.
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• Dr Aguey-Zinsou received the 2012 Research Staff Excellence Award given by the Faculty of Engineering, UNSW page 33 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
Particles and Catalyst Research Group The Particle and Catalyst Research Group, known as Partcat is a research group within the School of Chemical Engineering. The group was founded in 1991 and evolved from the Centre for Particle and Catalyst Technologies to become the current research group. Over the years, the group has established its reputation and became part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, reflecting the centre’s significant contribution to the early days of nanomaterials research in Australia. Lead by Scientia Professor Rose Amal, the Partcat group has been awarded more than $15 million AUD in research funding, mentored more than 100 honours, masters and PhD students. Today, Partcat comprises of 30 research staff and students working in the area of functional nanomaterials research focusing on energy, environmental and health-care applications.
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE) and received the inaugural Women in Engineering ‘Professor Judy Raper Award’ (open to female graduates of UNSW School of Chemical Engineering who have shown leadership in the Engineering discipline). Partcat researchers have also excelled with their publications; three papers from the group were selected to be included in the Special Issue Journal of Physical Chemistry on TiO2 Nanostructures. More than 740 papers were submitted for the issue and only 25 were selected. The following three papers were selected: • Progress in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis: From Classical Radical Chemistry to Engineering Nanomaterials and Solar Reactors, J.Phys. Chem. Lett.
The group’s members have received many awards and recognition for their achievements in 2012. Notable achievements for our researchers include: Professor Amal was named one of the 2012 Top 100 Most Influential Engineers by Engineers Australia for her innovation and expertise in the field of nanotechnology. She was also awarded the Exxon-Mobile Award 2012 (for significant publications over a number of years) by the Australia and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineering. In the same year, Professor Amal was elected as page 34 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
(2012), 3(5), 629-639 • To What Extent Do Graphene Scaffolds Improve the Photovoltaic and Photocatalytic Response of TiO2 Nanostructured Films? J.Phys. Chem. Lett. (2010) 1(15), 2222-2227
and heterogeneous catalytic systems by photocatalytic approach. Dr Yun Hau has authored more than 30 papers in internationally refereed journals, and his papers were highly cited by researchers working in the field. Throughout 2011 and 2012, two of his papers were highlighted as a ‘hot article’ or the ‘most cited papers’ (J. Phys. Chem.Lett. (2010), 1, 2222-2227 (cited 110 times); J. Phys.Chem.Lett.(2010),1,2607-2612 (cited 146 times). Due to his significant achievements, he was awarded the 2012 Postdoctoral Publishing Award (for most HERDC C1 publications) by the UNSW Postdoctoral Academy and recently was awarded the 9th Honda-Fujishima Professor Amal (middle) receiving the ‘Professor Judy Raper Award’ presented by NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, Professor Mary O’Kane (left) and Professor Judy Raper (right).
Prize by the Photoelectrochemistry, Research Group of the Electrochemical Society of Japan. Currently, he is a Chief Investigator of two ARC Discovery Projects on: Engineering nanostructured graphene-based
• Understanding the Enhancement in
semiconductor photocatalysis; and Non-precious fuel
Photoelectrochemical Properties of Photocatalytically
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J.Phy. Chem. C. (2011), 115(13), 6004-6009 Dr Yun Hau Ng has successfully supervised two PhD 2012 has been a successful year of research training and mentoring for Partcat. The group had six PhD students complete their studies (Dr Charlene Ng, Dr Esther Kok, Dr Kunlanan Kiatkittipong, Dr Yarong Li, Dr Jungho Yun and Dr Roslyn Tedja), and one Master student, Mr Nicholas Bell who graduated. Partcat was also delighted to host 13 undergraduate students who undertook their honours project in the group.
students and two Master by Research students through to
In the spotlight: Dr Yun Hau Ng
Dr Yun Hau Ng (right) with Professor Akira Fujishima (‘the Godfather’ of water splitting) during the Award ceremony in Japan
completion, and is currently supervising six PhD students. Due to his passion for teaching, Dr Ng is involved in teaching CEIC 2004 and CHEN 6703 subjects at UNSW School of Chemical Engineering. To find out more about Dr Ng’s research publications please visit https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-yunhau-ng/publications
Dr Yun Hau Ng was born in Malaysia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Industrial Chemistry from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia on a PTPTN scholarship offered by Malaysia Higher Education Fund Corporation, followed by a Master of Science in Chemistry (2003-2005) with the Malaysia National Science Fellowship at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Under the sponsorship of MONBUSHO fellowship provided by Ministry of Education Japan, he then continued pursuing his PhD in Chemistry in the Research Centre for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, Japan (2005-2009) under thes guidance of Professor Michio Matsumura. Dr Yunhau was working on a photocatalytic system that harvests solar light as an energy source for chemical energy conversion. He joined Partcat group in 2009 as postdoctoral research associate and his interest lies primarily in the area of delicate nanostructured material synthesis, photo-induced polymerisation processes page 35 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
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2012 Research Highlights Directing the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 based Catalysts by Engineering Surface Active Sites (Yijiao Jiang, Jason Scott and Rose Amal) Photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants over TiO2 is a promising technology that can be envisaged in practical applications. Much effect has been devoted to develop TiO2-based photocatalysts with enhanced efficiency. Certain correlations between structure and photoactivity have been proposed. Our publications in Applied Catal. B Environ. (2012, 126, 290-297; 2013, 138, 260-267) demonstrate for the first time that the level of terminal hydroxyl groups on the TiO2 surface is vital for defining its photocatalytic activity. Low terminal hydroxyl group content accounts for the high activity. Instead of necessitating additional acid treatment of the surface, our work has found that the photoactivity can be elevated simply by controlling the intrinsic distribution of native hydroxyl groups on the TiO2 surface. We apply this understanding to the synthesis of highly active bare and F-TiO2 photocatalysts with undetectably low content of terminal hydroxyl groups. Both materials exhibit 100% photodegradation rate and no deactivation was observed for a long term (8 days). This work shows the feasibility for the wide application of the cost-friendly TiO2 through rational active site engineering.
Transforming Anodized WO3 Films into Bi2WO6 Electrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting under Visible-Light Irradiation (Charlene Ng, Akihide Iwase, Yun Hau Ng, and Rose Amal) It was reported previously that the flower like-WO3.2H2O with layered structured thin films was successfully synthesised via an anodisation technique. Although anodisation is useful for the preparation of metal oxide films, simple oxides are usually produced. This study investigates the direct synthesis of complex oxide, Bi2WO6 films to be employed in the photoelectrochemical water splitting. A simple direct film route that involves hydrothermal treatment on anodized hydrated tungsten film was successfully developed. The Bi2WO6 generated an anodic photocurrent and produced hydrogen from the counter Pt electrode under visible light irradiation. The similar morphology and film thickness attained after the transformation to Bi2WO6 verified the proposed substitution process of the H2O molecules in the anodized film with the [Bi2O2]2+ layers during hydrothermal treatment. The importance of a layered structure in the formation of Bi2WO6 through a substitution process during hydrothermal treatment is confirmed by the absence of orthorhombic Bi2WO6 formation in porous amorphous WO3 and flower-structured monoclinic WO3. This understanding certainly provides a new platform into the development of complex ternary metal oxide photoelectrodes for solar energy conversion applications. Findings from this work is published in J.Phys. Chem. Letters. (2012), 3:913-918.
Study on the behaviour of Polyaluminum Chloride/ Chitosan Composite Coagulant for Water Treatment Process (Mega Ng, A Liana, S Liu, M Lim, C W K Chow, D Wang, M Drikas and R Amal) This project investigates the formulation of a novel polyaluminum chloride-chitosan composite coagulant to improve the removal process of natural organic matter (NOM), a precursor of disinfection by-products from water. The efficiency of the coagulants was tested using two different water sources (synthetic water spiked with 10 ppm of humic acid and water samples from Myponga reservoir) in a conventional jar test apparatus. The results showed that NOM in synthetic water was easier to remove by coagulation in comparison to natural water. This is because of the different sizes and differences in the organic functional groups that page 36 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
are present in the raw water samples (synthetic water contains high aromatic content and large molecular weight and natural contains higher aliphatic content and lower molecular weight). These differences thus lead to significant differences in the performance and removal efficiency of coagulation using the novel composite coagulant. Findings from this work is published in Water Research (2012), 46(15), 4614-4620. The project is supported by ARC Linkage and in collaboration with Australian Water Quality Centre, SA Water Corporation and SKLEAC, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Cytotoxicity Paradigms: Understanding Various Cellular Responses toward Different Classes of Nanomaterials (C Gunawan, W Y Teoh, C P Marquis and R Amal) Stimulations of numerous characteristics of cellular physiological responses are observed in response to different classes of nanomaterials, even a single source of nanoparticle may present multiple cytotoxic origins. This study seeks to improve the understanding of the complex nano-bio interactions corresponding to various commercially prominent nanomaterials, such as nanosilver (Ag and AgO NPs), copper oxide (CuO NPs) and zinc oxide (ZnO NPs), using a model micro-organism. From the study, it was found that cytotoxicity paradigms arising from complex nano-bio interactions include the cellular oxidative stress-induced lethal damage (see Figure 1) as well as the Trojan horse-type nanoparticle transport. Furthermore, it was also found that these cytotoxicity paradigms cannot be simulated by the equivalent metal salt, even at comparable nominal concentrations. The clarification on the mechanistic understanding on the cellular responses toward presence of nanomaterials is crucial for better assessment of their environmental and clinical impacts, and in turn the immediate governance of their usages. Findings from this work are published within: ACS Nano 2011, 5:72147225 and Part. Part. Syst. Charact. (2013) DOI: 10.1002/ ppsc.201200152
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Process Control Group
In 2012, the research activities of the Process Control Group focused on the following areas:
Plantwide control of chemical processes from a network perspective – a new process control paradigm (ARC Discovery Project DP1093045, 20102012) Professor Jie Bao, Dr Nicolas Hudon, Michael Tippet, Denny Hioe and Chaoxu Zheng; International collaborator: Professor B Erik Ydstie, Carnegie Mellon University. To achieve high economical efficiency, modern chemical plants are becoming increasingly complex, to an extent that cannot be effectively managed by existing process modelling and control techniques. By exploring the physical fundamentals in thermodynamics and their connections to control theory, this project develops a new modelling and control approach that can be applied to complicated nonlinear processes. In this
approach, processes over the entire plant are analysed and controlled from a network perspective using the dissipativity control theory. This research led to the following new control theory developments: • A supply-rate centric approach to plantwide distributed control based on dissipativity in the quadratic differential forms, which was extended to multi-rate control and systems with time delays. • A convex algorithm for designing a plant-wide control system is presented, that ensures plant-wide closed loop internal stability and performance in the form of weighted
norm bounds.
• A non-cooperative approach to plant-wide distributed model predictive control based on dissipativity conditions.
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Advanced dynamic control for paste thickeners (ACARP Project C21055, 2012-2013) Professor Jie Bao, Dr G Bickert (GBL Process Pty), Dr Ridwan Setiawan and Chee Keong Tan
properties. • Approaches to the analysis of the effects of interactions between nonlinear subprocesses on the stabilizability of plantwide systems based on (1) thermodynamic properties (2) internal dynamics. The above outcomes are reported in one book chapter, eight journal papers and 10 refereed conference papers (published or accepted in 2012) and led to a new ARC Discovery Project starting 2013.
Advanced Process Control of Aluminium Smelters (CSIRO Light Metal National Flagship Cluster Fund Project, 2009-2012) Professor Jie Bao, Professor Barry Welch, Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Dr Chris Menictas, Cheuk (Winnie) Yi Cheung and Yuchen Yao In collaboration with the Electro-chemistry group (Professor Skyllas-Kazacos and Welch) and supported by the CSIRO Light Metal flagship collaboration fund (Project 9B), the process control group has successfully completed a project on process monitoring for aluminium reduction. In recent years the changing cost structure for aluminium smelting has led to modified operating practices, causing more frequent abnormalities (eg, shorting, increased metal pad turbulence, Anode Effect) and loss of efficiency. In this project, we have investigated ways to improve automatic diagnosis of the occurrence of the root-cause for abnormal process conditions in the smelting cells that adversely impact energy and environmental efficiencies. Due to the promising results in 2011, an additional $52K funding was awarded from CSIRO to conduct further work. We have successfully developed the thermal models of smelting cells and an abnormal condition detection approach using individual anode current measurements. This includes a new data acquisition system that captures fast anode current dynamics and a hybrid time-domain and frequency domain signal analysis that detects the onset of anode effect events. The above research outcomes have led to a new industrial research grant ($528K) from a major aluminium company (DUBAL) awarded to the team for further development of this technology, starting from 2012.
Funded by the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), the objective of the project is to develop an online dynamic feedback control approach (model predictive control) to improve the operation of paste thickeners used in coal preparation. Paste thickeners start to gain popularity in Australian mining industry (eg, Xstrata and Rio Tinto Australia). However, due to the challenges in thickener operation, most of these paste thickeners are operated manually, often plagued by thickener bogging and waste of flocculant and water. We have developed a model-based dynamic feedback control (model predictive control) approach to attenuate the effects of uncertain variations in operating conditions (including feed flow rates and densities, coal types) by adjusting thickener operation variables in realtime. This is the first step towards advanced dynamic control for complete coal handling and preparation plants (CHPPs). The outcomes in 2012 include a dynamic control model based on first principle and plant data.
Feedback destabilizing control of electroosmotic flow for reducing fouling and enhancing productivity of membrane systems. (ARC Discovery Project DP110101643, 2011-2013) Professor Jie Bao, Professor Dianne E. Wiley, Dr Hua Ouyang, Dr Gustavo A Fimbres Weihs, Pesila Ratnayake and Yong Yeow Liang This project develops a novel control approach to reduce membrane fouling by using destabilizing electro-osmotic flow to enhance mixing. Fouling reduces throughput and productivity of membrane systems and as such increases operating costs and reduces profitability of water treatment industries. The significance of this project lies in linking feedback control of electro-osmotic effects with spacer design to maximize flow instabilities. This project involves the development for “destabilizing” control based on distributed parameter systems and modelling of fluid dynamics under electro-osmotic field. With over $9bn worth of membrane-based desalination plants in operation or being planned in Australia, the expected outcomes of this project will lead to significant social and economical benefit and provide greater water security. The outcomes in 2012 include: (1) a theoretical nonlinear optimal control algorithm that maximizes mixing in a membrane channel; (2) studies on the reliability and accuracy of the Helmholtz-Smoluchowski (HS) page 39 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
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approximation; (3) studies on the effect of Reynolds number on the perturbation velocity profile and mixing index.
results open a pathway towards online monitoring and analysis and potentially aid the implementation of effective process control and optimisation strategy.
Studies on collective dynamics of particulate systems Professor Jie Bao, Dr Nicolas Hudon, Javan D Tjakra and Associate Professor Runyu Yang
Dynamic modelling and control of Vanadium Redox batteries
Particulate systems are widely applied in industrial processes, such as mixing and milling applications. Most of these particle operations are high energy intensive, which leads to expensive operational cost. The fundamental mechanism of the complex particulate interaction which determines the overall system behaviors, also known as the collective dynamical features, is still not fully understood. Based on stochastic modelling (eg, Markov Chains models), the aim of this project is to develop a systematic approach to modelling and analysing the collective dynamical features of the particulate system. The outcomes in 2012 include approaches to collective dynamics modelling and analysis of particulate systems via Markov chains for monodisperse and polydisperse particulate systems under both steady and time-varying operating conditions. Reported in three journal papers and four conference papers (including accepted papers) in 2012, these
Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Professor Jie Bao, and Ao Tang In collaboration with Professor Skyllas-Kazacos, the Electro-chemistry group, the dynamic models for Vanadium Redox batteries were developed, the selfdischarge and thermal effects during operation of the VRB as well as shunt current processes were studied in 2012. These results will aid in the optimisation of flow battery design, control and operation. The results have been reported in two journal papers and one international conference paper.
New Research Grants Awarded in 2012 Title of project
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2013-2015
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Dubai Aluminium 2013-2015 Company (DUBAL)
$528,000
Dissipativity based Distributed Model Predictive Control for ARC Discovery Complex Industrial Processes (DP130103330) Projects Jie Bao (Category 1 grant) Anode current distribution monitoring and analysis Jie Bao, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and Barry J Welch
Awards
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Control Group, won a prestigious Endeavour Award
Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical
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Processes 2012, Singapore: Tjakra JD, Bao J, Hudon
University under his co-supervisor, Professor Erik
N and Yang RY (2012) Studies of Particulate System
Ydstie, for five months in 2013.
Dynamics in Rotating Drums using Markov Chains. Proc. 8th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes. www.ceic.unsw.edu.au/processcontrol/
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Supercritical Fluids Research Group The Supercritical Fluids Research Group at UNSW was founded in 1986 with the appointment of Professor Neil Foster to what was then the School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry. Neil was recruited from the CSIRO where he had spent 8 years investigating reaction engineering aspects of high temperature supercritical fluid processes for the production of liquid fuels. Initial research at UNSW was undertaken by Honours students and progress accelerated when the first PhD student, Tony Wells, joined the group. The number of researchers increased rapidly, as did the diversity of projects that were undertaken. The initial focus of research was on fundamental properties of SCFs such as phase equilibria, solubility, and physical property measurement as it was evident that such information was lacking in the published literature. Subsequent research involved utilization of tailored SCF systems and co-solvent studies in solubility determinations as well as some environmentally related investigations. The application of the SCF technology was further explored and extended to various fields including biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, food processing, chemical synthesis and nanotechnology.
Current projects include: Generation of composites for drug delivery This project is conducted in collaboration with an Australian biotechnology company and aims to nanoengineer formulations for the oral delivery of protein drugs. The potential range of therapeutic applications is wide. This developing technology can transform current delivery strategies for protein drugs with important therapeutic and social impacts. Extraction / Fractionation from natural sources Extraction of valuable compounds from natural sources is a traditional application of the SCF technology. The SCF group has a sustained track record in SCF extraction. Results from our work on SCF extraction have been publicized in scientific publications and have been the basis for our fruitful collaboration with PT SOHO Global Health of Indonesia for the extraction of medicinal compounds from native Indonesian plants.
Particle Engineering of pharmaceutically active ingredients While researchers have long known that the reduction in the particle sizes of pharmaceutical compounds would bring about improvements in their products – from dissolution to convenience – the approach to micronization had not been refined. Conventional micronisation processes are often inadequate in capturing the potential of particle engineering in pharmaceutical applications. Two novel micronization technologies have been developed by the SCF research team: the ARISE process (Atomised Rapid Injection for Solvent Extraction) and micronization by Subcritical Water Technology. Both technologies are being successfully applied to the engineering of a range of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Continuous-flow microprocessing applications to gas expanded liquids and supercritical fluids Microchemical systems promise significant impact on chemical discovery, advances in process intensification, and the realisation of green chemistry processing. Practical application of these systems requires fundamental understanding and strategies for conversion to appropriate scale. The SCF research team has partnered with the Virginia Commonwealth University of Richmond (USA) to address the challenges in the development of microstructured continuousflow technology. Our fundamental work expands the capabilities of micromechanical systems to gas expanded liquids (GXLs) or supercritical fluid solvents (SCFs). Both GXLs and SCFs offer enhanced transport properties (low viscosity, high mass transfer) while maintaining favorable properties of liquid solvents such as high densities, solvent power, high heat capacity. The group has attracted financial support for the development of dense gas technology platforms for the formulation of oral vaccines. The project is co-founded by PrimaBioMed - a globally active biotech-company – and the Australian Research Council (ARC). The SCF group has also been granted support by the ARC for the application of continuous-flow microprocessing systems to supercritical fluids and gas expanded liquids systems. The support is the result of a competitive funding scheme. The collaboration with PT SOHO Global Health has been renewed and extended to the re-engineering of page 41 School of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2012
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The SCF group had a successful year in terms of publication output with the publication of two book chapters and 8 scientific papers on international journals.
Scientific collaboration with the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) resulted in a comparative study of antisolvent precipitation by GAS and ARISE techniques and in the investigation of phase transition and volume expansion in gas expanded liquids. Prof. Silvio A. B. Vieira de Melo has visited the UNSW SCF laboratories as part of this collaboration.
PhD student Grace Theo has graduated in 2012 with a work on the phase behaviour of organometallic compounds in SCFs and has moved on to the next stage of her career as an academic at the University of Malaya. A total of 29 PhD candidates have now graduated from the SCF Research Group. The SCF group welcomes PhD candidate Firman Kurniawansyah. Firman will be working on the development of inhalable composites for the targeted delivery of active pharmaceutical compounds.
The SCF research group has ongoing scientific collaboration with Beijing University of Chemical Technology. During 2012, the collaboration has been extended to the Institute of Advanced Materials in Changzhou (PRC) and Xiamen University (PRC). As part of such collaborative research efforts in the area of Process Intensification for Sustainable Chemical Industries, UNSW SCF laboratories host visiting academics from partner institutions.
biologically active extracts to improve bioavailability, develop novel delivery methods and enhance the safety and efficacy of indigenous medicines.
www.scf.unsw.edu.au
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2012 Research highlights for Membrane Centre UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology has five academic and over 20 researchers dedicated to membrane science and technology. The Centre has a strong profile and recognition factor internationally as one of the largest membrane groups and as a world leader in a wide range of research areas.
The Centre continues to expand its activities in the desalination and water treatment space. As the industry matures in Australia, new challenges arise in terms of sustainability and water quality. The Centre now works on a number of collaborative research projects funded by the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination
Much of the Centre’s reputation rests on our approach to wider generic problems from a fundamental engineering science approach incorporating skills from physical chemistry to high level computing, rather than solely from an application focus. Historically, it has been a University Centre for over 20 years and was previously supported as Commonwealth Special Research Centre for 9 years. In 2012, the Centre widened its activities related to water and gas separation into new and exciting areas in membrane research. In the highly topical area of CO2 capture, the Centre is researching the treatment of flue gas and natural gas in collaboration with the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC). Working with Delta Electricity and the Australian Low Emission Coal R&D organisation, Centre researchers are using polymeric additives to improve hollow fibre membranes to better separate CO2 from nitrogen. They are also studying their tolerance to contaminants in flue gas emissions and performance stability.
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Australia (NCEDA). They include management of old reverse osmosis membranes and optimisation of pretreatment options for desalination of sea and brackish waters, particularly in relations to the effect of algae. Four PhD students from the Centre have also received top-up scholarships from the NCEDA. In addition, several projects are focused on the treatment of hypersaline waters or brine effluent using membrane distillation and crystallisation in novel configurations. This technology provides a potential route to handle difficult feeds such as coal seam gas effluents and mineral recovery. In 2012, Associate Professor Pierre Le-Clech secured funding to investigate the impact of hydraulic pressure in forward osmosis (FO) as an alternative to conventional reverse osmosis. Although many international research groups focus their effort on this process, the effect of pressure on FO membranes, and its potential deformation still needs to be assessed, so to fully define the potential of FO technology in seawater applications. In the wastewater arena, sophisticated computational fluid dynamics modeling of two phase flow in membrane bioreactor systems was developed as part of an ARC Linkage project by Professor Greg Leslie and his researchers. This will reduce energy use and improve mitigation for fouling. To complement the improvement in water/wastewater treatment processes, new membrane materials are also being developed as a part of an ARC Discovery project. Functionalised silica particles were synthesised as additives to form low fouling microfiltration membranes. Superhydrophobic titania nanocomposite membranes were tailor-made for membrane distillation and gas-liquid contactors to increase resistance to wetting. Finally biocatalytic membranes that can degrade recalcitrant organic contaminants add another level of functionality to membrane filters.
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“electro spinning� To increase the capacity to fabricate novel membranes, the Centre’s new ForceSpinning Cyclone L-1000M/D has been installed for making nano-fibers from a wide range of materials. The force spinning unit replaces the electrical field used in electrospinning with centrifugal forces, that as a result eliminates the need for high electric fields and dielectric solutions. Thus the selection of materials that can be spun is not limited to conductive materials. The system can control spinner speed and temperature, and the process consists of depositing material either as a solution or as granular solids that are melted in the spinneret and then spun to make the nano-fibers. Nano-fibers can be used as filtration media themselves or as substrates for novel composite membranes.
www.membrane.unsw.edu.au
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
UNSW has been at the forefront of vanadium redox flow battery technology since the invention of the first allvanadium redox flow cell by Professor Skyllas-Kazacos and co-workers back in 1985. As the adoption of cyclic renewable energy generation sources such as wind and solar continues to increase, the demand for large scale energy storage technologies is rising. The UNSW Vanadium Redox Flow Battery technology is a proven, economically attractive and low-maintenance solution, with significant benefits over the obsolete lead-acid battery technology. In early 2012, the Tyree Energy Technologies Building located at UNSW’s Kensington campus was completed and many of its new occupants moved in. One of the building features included a purpose-built vanadium battery room on the Lower Ground Floor that has been designed to accommodate a 50 kW / 250 kWh Vanadium Redox Flow Battery that will be integrated into the building’s power grid to store energy from the roof-top PV array and off-set some of the building’s peak power consumption. With the announcement of a large grant from the Solar Flagships programme awarded to Professor Vassilios
Tyree Energy Technologies Building UNSW Agelidis, funds have now been allocated for the VRB procurement and installation. A number of VRB manufacturers in Europe, USA, China and Japan are already producing and marketing VRB units that would be able to meet the requirements of the project, so the VRB technology originally developed by the UNSW group in the School of Chemical Engineering will soon be showcased on campus as part of the Tyree Building design for local and international visitors. In addition to this large VRB unit, progress is also being made with the in-house fabrication of a 5-10 kW VRB with up to 4 hours of storage for integration into the College of Fine Art’s Environmental Research Initiative for Art (ERIA) studio at the UNSW Paddington campus. The project that is led by Allan Giddy from ERIA, involves the integration of the VRB with a PV array and wind-turbine that will allow the building to operate with no grid connection. The VRB unit has already been installed and will be integrated and tested during 2013. http://www.vrb.unsw.edu.au
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Chemical Engineering Publications
Book - Textbook Pham, QT, & Lucien, FP 2012, Handbook of Food Process Design, Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
Chapter Scholarly Research Bao, J, & Xu, S 2012, Plantwide Control via a Network of Autonomous Controllers, Plantwide Control (1, pp. 387- 416)., John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom. Chan, JW, & Lowe, A 2012, Thiolyne Chemistry in Polymer and Materials Sciences, Functional Polymers by Post-Polymerization Modification (1, pp. 87 - 118)., Wiley-VCH, Germany. Foster, NR, Mammucari, R, Luu, TD, & Teoh, WH 2012, Particle Engineering by Demse Gas Technologies Applied to Pharmaceuticals, Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide (1, pp. 199 - 226)., Wiley-Blackwell, UK. Huynh, V T, Scarano, W, & Stenzel, MH 2012, Drug Delivery Systems for Platinum Drugs, Nanopharmaceutics: The Potential Application of Nanomaterials (1, pp. 201 - 241)., World Scientific Publishing, Singapore. Luu, TD, Truong, P, Mammucari, R, Pu, Y, & et al, 2012, Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated by Heavy Metals, Metalloids, and Radioactive Materials Using Vetiver Grass, Chrysopogon zizanioides, Phytotechnologies Remediation of enironmental Contaminants (1, pp. 255 - 280)., CRC Press, USA. Pham, QT 2012, Mathematical Modelling Of Freezing Processes, Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging (2nd, pp. 147 - 184)., CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, USA. Pham, QT 2012, Thawing, Operations in Food Refrigeration (1st, pp. 332 - 352)., Taylor and Francis, New York.
Encyclopaedia Entries Roth, PJ, Wiss, KT, & Theato, P (ed) 2012, Post-Polymerization Modification, Comprehensive Polymer Science ()., Elsevier, BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Journal - Refereed & Scholarly Articles Adamiec, J, Borompichaichartkul, C, Srzednicki, GS, Panket, W, et al, 2012, ‘Microencapsulation of Kaffir Lime Oil and Its Functional Properties’, Drying Technology: An International Journal, 30, pp. 914 - 920. Adesina, AA 2012, ‘The role of CO 2 in hydrocarbon reforming catalysis: Friend or foe?’, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 1, pp. 272 - 280. Aguey-Zinsou, K, & Boyer, C 2012, ‘Synthesis and Stabilisation of MgH2 Nanoparticles by SelfAssembly’, ChemPlusChem, 77, pp. 423 - 426. Ajami, E, & Aguey-Zinsou, K 2012, ‘Calcium Phosphate Growth at Electropolished Titanium Surfaces’, Journal of functional biomaterials, 3, pp. 327 - 348. Ajami, E, & Aguey-Zinsou, K 2012, ‘Functionalization of electropolished titanium surfaces with silane-based self-assembled monolayers and their application in drug delivery’, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Antony, A, Subhi, N, Henderson, RK, Khan, SJ, et al, 2012, ‘Comparison of reverse osmosis membrane fouling profiles from Australian water recycling plants’, Journal of Membrane Science, 407 - 408, pp. 8 - 16. Antony, A, Bassandeh, M, Richardson, D, Aquilina, S, et al, 2012, ‘Diagnosis of dissolved organic matter removal by GAC treatment in biologically treated papermill effluents using advanced organic characterisation techniques’, Chemosphere, 86, pp. 829 - 836. Antony, A, Blackbeard, J, & Leslie, GL 2012, ‘Removal efficiency and integrity monitoring techniques for virus removal by membrane processes’, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 42, pp. 891 - 933. Ares-fernández, & Aguey-Zinsou, K 2012, ‘Superior MgH2 Kinetics with MgO Addition: A Tribological Effect’, Catalysts, 2, pp. 330 - 343. Badri, A, Whittaker, M, & Zetterlund, P 2012, ‘Modification of graphene/ graphene oxide with polymer brushes using controlled/living radical polymerization’, Journal of
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Polymer Science Part A - Polymer Chemistry, 50, pp. 2981 - 2992.
Purification Technology, 95, pp. 202 - 215.
Bai, Y, Yu, H, Li, Z, Amal, R, et al, 2012, ‘In situ growth of a ZnO nanowire network within a TiO 2 nanoparticle film for enhanced dyesensitized solar cell performance’, Advanced Materials, 24, pp. 5850 - 5856.
Campbell, JA, Deborniol, M, Mozer, AJ, Evans, PJ, et al, 2012, ‘Effects of atomic layer deposited thin films on dye sensitized solar cell performance’, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology Part A, 30, pp. Article number 01A157 - .
Beh, CC, Mammucari, R, & Foster, NR 2012, ‘Lipids-based drug carrier systems by dense gas technology: A review’, Chemical Engineering Journal, 188, pp. 1 - 14.
Che man, SH, Zetterlund, P, Thickett, S.C., & Whittaker, M 2012, ‘Synthesis of Polystyrene Nanoparticles “Armoured” with Nanodimensional Graphene Oxide Sheets by Miniemulsion Polymerization’, Journal of Polymer Science Part A - Polymer Chemistry, 51, pp. 47 - 58.
Beija, M, Salvayre, R, Lauth-de viguerie, N, & Marty, JD 2012, ‘Colloidal systems for drug delivery: From design to therapy’, Trends in Biotechnology, 30, pp. 485 - 496. Beija, M, Li, Y, Duong, HTT, Laurent, S, et al, 2012, ‘Polymer-gold nanohybrids with potential use in bimodal MRI/CT: Enhancing the relaxometric properties of Gd(III) complexes’, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, pp.21382 - 21386. Bertrand, A, Stenzel, MH, Fleury, E, & Bernard, J 2012, ‘Host-guest driven supramolecular assembly of reversible comb-shaped polymers in aqueous solution’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 377 - 383. Binauld, SDM, Scarano, W, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘PH-triggered release of platinum drugs conjugated to micelles via an acidcleavable linker’, Macromolecules, 45, pp. 6989 - 6999. Blunden, Bianca M., Thomas, DS, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Macromolecular ruthenium complexes as anti-cancer agents’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 2964 - 2975. Boyer, CA, Derveaux, A, Zetterlund, P, & Whittaker, M 2012, ‘Synthesis of multi-block copolymer stars using a simple iterative Cu(0)-mediated radical polymerization technique’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 117 - 123.
Chen, L, Lam, SW, Zeng, Q, Amal, R, & et al, 2012, ‘Effect of cation intercalation on the growth of hexagonal WO3 nanorods’, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, pp. 11722 - 11727. Cheng, S, Ting, SR, Lucien, FP, & Zetterlund, P 2012, ‘Size-tunable nanoparticle synthesis by RAFT polymerization in CO 2-induced miniemulsions’, Macromolecules, 45, pp. 1803 - 1810. Chesterfield, D, Rogers, PL, Al-Zaini, E, & Adesina, AA 2012, ‘Production of biodiesel via ethanolysis of waste cooking oil using immobilised lipase’, Chemical Engineering Journal, 207-208, pp. 701 - 710. Christian, M, & Aguey-Zinsou, K 2012, ‘Core-Shell strategy leading to high reversible hydrogen storage capacity for NaBH4’, ACS Nano, 6, pp. 7739 - 7751. Chua, GBH, Roth, PJ, Duong, Hien T.T., Davis, TP, & et al, 2012, ‘Synthesis and thermoresponsive solution properties of poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) (meth) acrylamide]s: Biocompatible PEG analogues’, Macromolecules, 45, pp. 1362 - 1374.
Bradford-hartke, ZF, Lant, PA, & Leslie, GL 2012, ‘Phosphorus recovery from centralised municipal water recycling plants’, Chemical Engineering Research and Design : Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 90, pp. 78 - 85.
Chuah, K, Lai, L.M.H, Goon, IY, Parker, SG, et al, 2012, ‘Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) using gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles as ‘dispersible electrodes’, Chemical Communications, 48, pp. 3503 3505.
Buetehorn, S, Brannock, M, LeClech, P, Leslie, GL, et al, 2012, ‘Limitations for transferring labscale microfiltration results to large-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) processes’, Separation and
Corcuera, S, & Skyllas-Kazacos, M 2012, ‘State-of-Charge Monitoring and Electrolyte Rebalancing Methods for the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery’, European Chemical Bulletin, 1, pp. 511 - 519.
Danh, L, Han, Triet, NDA, Zhao, J, et al, 2012, ‘Comparison of chemical Composition, antioxidant and Antimicrobi9al Activity of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia L.) Essential Oils Extracted by Supercritical Co2, Hexane and Hydrodistillation’, FOOD AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY, Article not assigned an Issue, pp. 1 - 9. Du, A, Sanvito, S, Li, Z, Wang, D, et al, 2012, ‘Hybrid graphene and graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposite: Gap opening, electron-hole puddle, interfacial charge transfer, and enhanced visible light response’, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, pp. 4393 - 4397. Duong, HTT, Hughes, F, Sagnella, SM, Kavallaris, M, et al, 2012, ‘Functionalizing Biodegradable Dextran Scaffolds Using Living Radical Polymerization: New Versatile Naoparticles for the Delivery of Theraupeutic Molecules’, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 9, pp. 3046 - 3061. Ee, K, Agboola, S, Rehman, A, & Zhao, J 2012, ‘In vitro antioxidant and bioactive properties of raw and roasted wattle (Acacia victoriae Bentham) seed extracts’, International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 47, pp. 2000 - 2008. Fimbres-Weihs, GA, & Wiley, DE 2012, ‘Steady-state design of CO2 pipeline networks for minimal cost per tonne of CO2 avoided’, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 8, pp. 150 - 168. Foo, SY, Cheng, CK, Nguyen, TH, & Adesina, AA 2012, ‘Syngas production from CH 4 dry reforming over Co-Ni/Al 2O 3 catalyst: Coupled reaction-deactivation kinetic analysis and the effect of O 2 co-feeding on H 2:CO ratio’, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37, pp. 17019 - 17026. Foster, O, Soeriyadi, AH, Whittaker, M.R., Davis, TP, & et al, 2012, ‘Synthesis of block copolymers via atom transfer radical polymerization and ‘click chemistry’ grafted from pre-functionalized polypropylene surfaces using gamma irradiation’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 2102 2111. Fuentes, M, Vivar, M, Scott, JA, Srithar, K, & et al, 2012, ‘Results from a first autonomous optically adapted photocatalyticphotovoltaic module for water purification’, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 100, pp. 216 - 225. Gregory, AM, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Complex polymer architectures via RAFT polymerization: From fundamental process to extending the scope using click chemistry and nature’s building blocks’, Progress in Polymer Science, 37, pp. 38 105.
Grierson, S, Strezov, VC, Bray, S, Mammucari, R, et al, 2012, ‘Assessment of bio-oil extraction from tetraselmis chui microalgae comparing supercritical CO2, solvent extraction, and thermal processing’, Energy and Fuels, 26, pp. 248 - 255. Guo, C, Zhang, W, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Robust output feedback H - control for networked control systems based on the occurrence probabilities of time delays’, International Journal of Systems Science, 43, pp. 259 - 271. Guo, Y, Teo, VL, Ting, SRS, & Zetterlund, P 2012, ‘Miniemulsion polymerization based on in situ surfactant formation without highenergy homogenization: Effects of organic acid and counter ion’, Polymer Journal, 44, pp. 375 - 381. Guo, Y, & Zetterlund, P 2012, ‘RateEnhanced Nitorxide-Mediated Miniemulsion Polymerization’, ACS Macro Letters, 1, pp. 748 - 752. Hajibabania, S, Antony, A, Leslie, GL, & Le-Clech, P 2012, ‘Relative impact of fouling and cleaning on PVDF membrane hydraulic performances’, Separation and Purification Technology, 90, pp. 204 - 212. Hernandez-Guerrero, M, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Honeycomb structured polymer films via breath figures’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 563 - 577. Huang, W, Zhang, X. L., Huang, F, Zhang, Z, et al, 2012, ‘An alternative flexible electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells’, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14, pp. 1 - 5. Hudson, N, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Dissipativity-based decentralized control of interconnected nonlinear chemical processes’, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 45, pp. 84 - 101. Huynh, V T, Binauld, SDM, De souza, P, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Acid Degradable Cross-Linked Micelles for the Delivery of Cisplatin: A Comparison with Nondegradable Cross-Linker’, Chemistry of materials, 24, pp. 3197 - 3211. Huynh, V T, Quek, JY, De Souza, PL, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Block copolymer micelles with pendant bifunctional chelator for platinum drugs: Effect of spacer length on the viability of tumor cells’, Biomacromolecules, 13, pp. 1010 - 1023. Jiang, Y, Buchel, R, Huang, J, Krumeich, F, et al, 2012, ‘Efficient solvent-free hydrogenation of ketones over flame-prepared bimetallic Pt-Pd/ZrO2 catalysts’, Chemsuschem, 5, pp. 1190 - 1194. Jiang, Y, Scott, JA, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Exploring the relationship between surface structure and photocatalytic activity of flame-made TiO 2-based catalysts’, Applied Catalysis B -
Environmental, 126, pp. 290 - 297. Kam, K, Murray, J, Arcot, J, & Ward, R 2012, ‘Fortification of parboiled rice with folic acid: Consumer acceptance and’, Food Research International, 49, pp. 354 - 363. Kam, K, Arcot, J, & Ward, R 2012, ‘Fortification of rice with folic acid using parboiling technique: Effect of parboiling’, Journal of Cereal Science, 56, pp. 587 - 594. Kemal, I, Whittle, AJ, Burford, RP, Vodenitcharova, T, & et al, 2012, ‘Toughening of unmodified polyvinylchloride through the addition of nanoparticulate calcium carbonate and titanate coupling agent’, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 127, pp. 2339 - 2353. Kim, JR,,, Aguey-Zinsou, K, et al, 2012, ‘Porous anodes with helical flow pathways in bioelectrochemical systems: The effects of fluid dynamics and operating regimes’, Journal of Power Sources, 213, pp. 382 - 390. Kim, Y, Liemmawal, E, Pourgholami, MH, Morris, DL, & et al, 2012, ‘Comparison of shell-cross-linked micelles with soft and glassy cores as a drug delivery vehicle for albendazole: Is there a difference in performance?’, Macromolecules, 45, pp. 5451 - 5462. Kim, Y, Pourgholami, MH, Morris, DL, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Effect of cross-linking on the performance of micelles as drug delivery carriers: a cell uptake study.’, Biomacromolecules, 13, pp. 814 - 825. Kim, Y, Binauld, SDM, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Zwitterionic guanidinebased oligomers mimicking cellpenetrating peptides as a nontoxic alternative to cationic polymers to enhance the cellular uptake of micelles’, Biomacromolecules, 13, pp. 3418 - 3426. Kola, A, Ye, Y, Ho, A, Le-Clech, P, & et al, 2012, ‘Application of low frequency transverse vibration on fouling limitation in submerged hollow fibre membranes’, Journal of Membrane Science, 409-410, pp. 54 - 65. Lai, L.M.H, Goon, IY, Chuah, K, Lim, M, et al, 2012, ‘The Biochemiresistor: An Ultrasensitive Biosensor for Small Organic Molecules’, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51, pp. 6456 - 6459.
reuse, recycling and disposal of used reverse osmosis membranes’, Desalination, 299, pp. 103 - 112. Lee, N and Lee, N.A. 2012, ‘Food Allergy, a Newly Emerging food Epidemic: Is the Current Regulation Adequate?’, Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety, 27, pp. 325 - 331. Li, Y, Beija, M, Laurent, S, Elst, LV, et al, 2012, ‘Macromolecular ligands for gadolinium MRI contrast agents’, Macromolecules, 45, pp. 4196 - 4204. Liu, B, Li, W, Nguyen, TA, & Zhao, J 2012, ‘Empirical, thermodynamic and quantumchemical investigations of inclusion complexation between flavanones and (2-hydroxypropyl)cyclodextrins’, Food Chemistry, 134, pp. 926 - 932. Liu, B, Li, W, Hu, L, & Zhao, J 2012, ‘Mild Alkaline Hydrolysis is an Efficient and Low-Cost Method for Improving the Free Phenolic Content and Health Benefit of Pomegranate Peel Extract’, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 1, pp. 1 - 7. Liu, B, Zhao, J, Liu, Y, Zhu, X, & et al, 2012, ‘Physiochemical Properties of the Inclusion Complex of Puerarin and Glucosyl-B-Cyclodextrin’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60, pp. 12501 - 12507. Liu, J, Duong, Hien T.T., Whittaker, MR, Davis, TP, & et al, 2012, ‘Synthesis of functional core, star polymers via RAFT polymerization for drug delivery applications’, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 33, pp. 760 - 766. Liu, M, Van hensbergen, J, Burford, RP, & Lowe, A 2012, ‘Thiol-Michael coupling chemistry: Facile access to a library of functional exo-7-oxanorbornenes and their ring-opening metathesis (co) polymerization’, Polymer Chemistry, 3, pp. 1647 - 1658. Liu, Y, Li, M, Wang, D, Yao, J, et al, 2012, ‘Polypegylation of protein using semitelechelic and mid-functional poly(pegma)s synthesized by raft polymerization’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64, pp. 1602 - 1610. Lord, MS, Jung, M, Teoh, WY, Gunawan, C, et al, 2012, ‘Cellular uptake and reactive oxygen species modulation of cerium oxide nanoparticles in human monocyte cell line U937’, Biomaterials, 33, pp. 7915 - 7924.
Lam, UT, Yoganathan, R, Carr, A, Mammucari, R, & et al, 2012, ‘Encapsulation of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles by the supercritical antisolvent process’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65, pp. 40 - 44.
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of lavender essential oil extracted by supercritical CO2’, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 70, pp. 27 - 34. M. Castellani, Pham, QT, & Pham, DT 2012, ‘Dynamic Optimisation by a Modified Bees Algorithm’, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 226, pp. 956 - 971. Mao, S, Srzednicki, GS, & Driscoll, RH 2012, ‘Modeling of Drying of Selected Varieties of Australian Peanuts’, Drying Technology: An International Journal, 30, pp. 1890 - 1895. McHale, R, Patterson, JP, Zetterlund, P, & O’Reilly, RK 2012, ‘Biomimetic radical polymerization via cooperative assembly of segregating templates’, Nature Chemistry, 4, pp. 491 - 497. Mcelroy, LP, Bao, J, Jayasundara, CT, Yang, R, & et al, 2012, ‘A softsensor approach to impact intensity prediction in stirred mills guided by DEM models’, Powder Technology, 219, pp. 151 - 157. Neale, P, Antony, A, Bartkow, M, Farre, M, et al, 2012, ‘Bioanalytical Assessment of the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts in a Drinking Water Treatment Plant’, Environmental Science and Technology, 46, pp. 10317 - 10325. Negaresh, E, Antony, A, Bassandeh, M, Richardson, D, & et al, 2012, ‘Selective separation of contaminants from paper mill effluent using nanofiltration’, Chemical Engineering Research and Design : Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering: Part A, 90, pp. 576 - 583. Ng, C, Iwase, A, Ng, YH, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Transforming anodized WO3 films into visible-light-active Bi2WO6 photoelectrodes by hydrothermal treatment’, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3, pp. 913 - 918. Ng, M, Liana, AE, Liu, S, Lim, M, et al, 2012, ‘Preparation and characterisation of newpolyaluminum chloride-chitosan composite coagulant’, Water Research, 46, pp. 4614 - 4620. Ng, YH, Ikeda, S, Matsumura, M, & Amal, R 2012, ‘A perspective on fabricating carbon-based nanomaterials by photocatalysis and their applications’, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 5,, pp. 9307 - 9318. Nguyen, TA, Liu, B, Zhao, J, Thomas, DS, & et al, 2012, ‘An investigation into the supramolecular structure, solubility, stability and antioxidant activity of rutin/ cyclodextrin inclusion complex’, Food Chemistry, 136, pp. 186 - 192. Pearson, S,, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Micelles based on goldglycopolymer complexes as new chemotherapy drug delivery
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Wang, W, Nie, Z, Chen, B, Chen, F, et al, 2012, ‘A new Fe/V redox flow battery using a sulfuric/chloric mixed-acid supporting electrolyte’, Advanced Energy Materials, 2, pp. 487 - 493. Ward, RB 2012, ‘More lives than a cat’, Global Journal of Engineering Education, 14, pp. 106 - 111. Wiogo, HT, Lim, M, Bulmus, V, Gutierrez, L, et al, 2012, ‘Insight into serum protein interactions with functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in biological media’, Langmuir, 28, pp. 4346 - 4356. Xu, S, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Distributed control of plant-wide chemical processes with uncertain timedelays’, Chemical Engineering Science, 84, pp. 512 - 532.
Teoh, WY, Scott, JA, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Progress in heterogeneous photocatalysis: From classical radical chemistry to engineering nanomaterials and solar reactors’, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3, pp. 629 - 639.
Yao, J, Wei, S, Shen, C, Zhang, P, & et al, 2012, ‘Improved Electrochemical Properties of LiV3 O8 by Chlorine Doping: Applications in Non-Aqueous and Aqueous LiIon Batteries’, Advanced Science Letters, 17, pp. 275 - 279.
Tong, L, Iwase, A, Nattestad, A, Bach, U, et al, 2012, ‘Sustained solar hydrogen generation using a dye-sensitised NiO photocathode/ BiVO 4 tandem photoelectrochemical device’, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 5,, pp. 9472 - 9475.
Yao, J, Nishimura, K,,, et al, 2012, ‘LiMn0.97Al0.03O2 Based Carbon Fiber Electrode Possessing High Rate Capabilities for Li-Ion Batteries’, ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 1, pp. A83 - A86.
Trinh, T, van den Akker, B, Coleman, H, Stuetz, RM, et al, 2012, ‘Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals and microbial indicators by a decentralised membrane bioreactor for water reuse’, Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2, pp. 67 - 73. Trinh, T, van den Akker, B, Stuetz, RM, Coleman, HM, et al, 2012, ‘Removal of trace organic chemical contaminants by a membrane bioreactor’, Water Science and Technology, 66, pp. 1856 - 1863. Utama, R, Guo, Y, Zetterlund, P, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Synthesis of hollow polymeric nanoparticles for protein delivery via inverse miniemulsion periphery RAFT polymerization’, Chemical Communications, 48, pp. 11103 11105.
Yao, J, Wei, S, Zhang, P, Shen, C, et al, 2012, ‘Synthesis and properties of Li 3V 2-xCe x(PO 4) 3/C cathode materials for Li-ion batteries’, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 532, pp. 49 - 54. Yao, J, Zhang, P, Shen, C, AgueyZinsou, K, & et al, 2012, ‘Threedimensional macroporous SnAg thin film anode prepared by electro-less reduction method: effect of microstructure’, International Journal of Ionics, 19, pp. 295 - 300. Yap, R, Holmes, M, Peirson, WL, Whittaker, M, et al, 2012, ‘Optimising dissolved air flotation/filtration treatment of algae-laden lagoon effluent using surface charge: A Bolivar treatment plant case study’, Water Science and Technology, 66, pp. 1684 - 1690. Yee, K, Bao, J, & Wiley, DE 2012, ‘Dynamic operability analysis of an industrial membrane separation process’, Chemical Engineering Science, 71, pp. 85 - 96.
Yhaya, F, Binauld, SDM, Callari, M, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Onepot endgroup-modification of hydrophobic RAFT polymers with cyclodextrin by thiol-ene chemistry and the subsequent formation of dynamic coreshell nanoparticles using supramolecular hostguest chemistry’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65, pp. 1095 - 1103. Yhaya, F, Sutinah, A, Gregory, AM, Liang, M, & et al, 2012, ‘RAFT polymerization of vinyl methacrylate and subsequent conjugation via enzymatic thiol-ene chemistry’, Journal of Polymer Science Part A - Polymer Chemistry, 50, pp. 4085 - 4093. Yhaya, F, Binauld, SDM, Kim, Y, & Stenzel, MH 2012, ‘Shell crosslinking of cyclodextrin-based micelles via supramolecular chemistry for the delivery of drugs’, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 33, pp. 1868 1874. Yun, JH, Wong, RJ, Ng, YH, Du, A, & et al, 2012, ‘Combined electrophoretic depositionanodization method to fabricate reduced graphene oxide-TiO2 nanotube films’, RSC Advances, 2, pp. 8164 - 8171. Yusnawan, E, Marquis, CP, & Lee, NA 2012, ‘Purification and characterization of Ara h1 and Ara h3 from four peanut market types revealed higher order oligomeric structures’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60, pp. 10352 - 10358. Zainal badari, SA, Arcot, J, Haron, SA, Paim, LHJHJ, et al, 2012, ‘Food Variety and Dietary Diversity Scores to Understand the Food-Intake Pattern among Selected Malaysian Households’, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 51, pp. 265 - 299. Zhang, X. L., Zhang, Z, Huang, F, Bauerle, P, et al, 2012, ‘Charge transport in photocathodes based on the sensitization of NiO nanorods’, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, pp. 7005 - 7009. Zhang, X. L., Zhang, Z, Chen, D, Bauerle, P, et al, 2012, ‘Sensitization of nickel oxide: Improved carrier lifetime and charge collection by tuning nanoscale crystallinity’, Chemical Communications, 48, pp. 9885 - 9887. Zhou, L, Shang, C, Liu, Z, Huang, GL, & et al, 2012, ‘Selective adsorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solutions using the ionimprinted magnetic chitosan resins’, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 366, pp. 165 - 172.
Conference Full Paper Refereed Alenazey, FS, Elnashaie, SSEH, & Adesina, AA 2012, ‘Utilization of carbon dioxide as regenerative agent for deactivated Co-Ni steam reforming catalysts’, Carbon Management Technology Conference 2012, Orlando, FL. USA, 7 Feb 2012 to 9 Feb 2012, . Bao, J, Fimbres-Weihs, GA, & Wiley, DE 2012, ‘Optimal Feedback Design for Mixing Enhancement in Boundary Layers of Membrane Systems’, Australian Control Conference, Sydney, November 1516, 2012, . Chandra-hioe, M, Bucknall, MP, & Arcot, J 2012, ‘Ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/ MS): development, optimisation and validation of the method used for folate analysis in foods’, 12th Government Food analysts Conference (GFAC), Brisbane, 2224 February 2011, . Cheung, C, Menictas, C, Bao, J, Skyllas-Kazacos, M, & et al, 2012, ‘Impacts of anode set on the energy re-distribution of PB aluminum smelting cells’, Light Metals 2012 - TMS 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 11-15 March, 2012, . Chin, L.S., Renner, S, Lim, M, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Silica Hollow Sphere Nanoparticle Synthesis with SelfTemplate Method’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Chuah, K, Lai, L.M.H, Goon, IY, Amal, R, & et al, 2012, ‘Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA) using gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles as dispersible electrodes’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Gusberti, V, Severo, DS, Welch, B, & Skyllas-Kazacos, M 2012, ‘Modeling the mass and energy balance of different aluminium smelting cell technologies’, Light Metals 2012 - TMS 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 11-15 March, 2012, . Hioe, D, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Dissipativity-Based nonlinear control for plantwide stability’, 8th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, Singapore;, 10-13 July, 2012, . Hioe, D, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Geometric Control Analysis of Large-Scale Systems: Application to Process Conrol Network’, Australian Control Conference (AUCC), Sydney, Australia, 15-16/12/2012, .
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Hou, J, Dong, G, & Chen, V 2012, ‘Preparation bio-catalytic tio2 functionalized pres membrane and potential application for bpa removal’, Euromembrane Conference 2012, United Kingdom, 23-27 September 2012, . Hu, T, Dong, G, & Chen, V 2012, ‘Improving hollow fibre membranes CO2 separation performance with strategic additives’, Euromembrane Conference 2012, United Kingdom, 23-27 September 2012, . Hudon, N, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Dissipative Feedback Design for Nonlinear Systems with Structured Uncertainties’, MNTS 20th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 2012, Melbourne, 9-13 July 2012, . Hudon, N, Bao, J, & Ydstie, BE 2012, ‘Dissipativity-Based Nonlinear Decentralized Control Design’, Chemical Process Control VIII, Georgia, USA, 11-13 January 2012, . Hudon, N, Tippett, J, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Dissipativity-based Feedback Design for Interconnected Nonlinear Systems on Different Times Scales’, Australian Control Conference (AUCC), Sydney, Australia, 1516/12/2012, . Liana, AE, Lim, M, Marquis, C, Gooding, JJ, & et al, 2012, ‘Immobilization of T4 bacteriophages on modified magnetic nanoparticles surface’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Liu, S, Barraud, N, Lim, M, Rice, SA, & et al, 2012, ‘Zinc Oxidesilica coatings for the reduction of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Proliferation and Biofilm Formation’, Chemeca2012, Wellington, NZ, 2326 September 2012, . Liu, S, Barraud, N, Gunawan, C, Lim, M, et al, 2012, ‘Zinc oxidesilica coatings for the reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa proliferation and biofilm formation’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Ng, M, Liu, S, Lim, M, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Synthesis of Magnetic Photocatalyst for Organic Matter Removal via Adsorption Process’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Ouyang, H, & Xia, Y 2012, ‘Optimal control for mixing enhancement in boundary layers at membrane walls’, 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control, CONTROL 2012, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 3-5 September, 2012, .
Tang, A, Bao, J, & Skyllas-Kazacos, M 2012, ‘Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Thermal Effects on Electrolyte Temperature for the All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery’, The International Flow Battery Forum, Germany, 26 & 27 June 2012, . Tedja, R, Lim, M, Marquis, C, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Effects of Serum Protein Adsorption on the Uptake and Biological Impact of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Human Lung Cell Lines in vitro’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Tedja, R, Soeriyadi, Alexander H., Whittaker, M, Marquis, C, et al, 2012, ‘Reduction of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Cytotoxicity via Polymer Grafting’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Tippett, J, & Bao, J 2012, ‘A unified approach to plant-wide dissipative model predictive control’, 8th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, Singapore;, 10-13 July, 2012, . Tippett, J, & Bao, J 2012, ‘Distributed Control of Large-Scale Systems Based on Dissipativity with Quadrat5ic Different1’, MNTS 20th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 2012, Melbourne, 9-13 July 2012, . Tippett, J, Bao, J, & Liu, J 2012, ‘Plant-Wide Control of chemical Systems Exhibiting Time-Scale Separation’, Chemeca2012, Wellington, NZ, 23-26 September 2012, . Tjakra, JD, Hudon, N, Bao, J, & Yang, R 2012, ‘Dynamical Modeling of the collective dynamics of Particulate System Based on a DEM-Markov Chains Approach’, 5th Asian Particle Technology Symposium, Singapore, 2-5 July 2012, . Tjakra, JD, Bao, J, Hudon, N, & Yang, R 2012, ‘Modeling of Polydisperse Particulate systems Collective dynamics via a Stochastic Approach’, Chemeca2012, Wellington, NZ, 23-26 September 2012, . Tjakra, JD, Bao, J, Hudon, N, & Yang, R 2012, ‘Studies of particulate system dynamics in rotating drums using markov chains’, 8th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, Singapore;, 10-13 July, 2012, .
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Trinh, T, van den Akker, B, Coleman, H, Stuetz, RM, et al, 2012, ‘Fate of endocrine disrupting chemicals during wastewater treatment by a membrane bioreactor’, Ozwater, Sydney, 8-10 May 2012, . Wiogo, HT, Lim, M, Bulmus, V, Gutierrez, L, et al, 2012, ‘Insight into Serum Protein Interaction with Functionalised Magnetite Nanoparticles in Biological Media’, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Perth Western Australia, 5th-9th February 2012, . Wu, J, Mansouri, J, & Chen, V 2012, ‘Functionalized silica modified PVDF ultrafiltration membranes’, Euromembrane conference 2012, United Kingdom, 23-27 September 2012, . Yao, Y, Tippett, J, Bao, J, & Bickert, G 2012, ‘Dynamic Modeling of Industrial thickeners for Control Design’, Chemeca2012, Wellington, NZ, 23-26 September 2012, . Yap, R, Holmes, M, Peirson, WL, Whittaker, M, et al, 2012, ‘The selectivity of pH regulated alum coagulation in dissolved air flotation of algae laden stabilization pond effluent a case study’, OZwater’12, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, 8-10 May 2012, . Zhao, Y, Liang, M, Kim, Y, Tan, X, et al, 2012, ‘Development of core-crosslinked micelles for drug delivery system’, 2012 International Conference on Nanotechnology Technology and Advanced Materials, ICNTAM 2012, Hong Kong, 12-13 April, 2012, . van den Akker, B, Trinh, T, Coleman, H, Stuetz, RM, et al, 2012, ‘Validation of a full-scale membrane bioreactor for water recycling’, Ozwater, Sydney, 8-10 May 2012, .
Conference Full Paper, Not Refereed Fimbres-Weihs, GA, Ho, MT, Massoudi, A., & Wiley, DE 2012, ‘Simplifying the methods for optimising CCS pipeline networks’, The Third International Forum on the Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 20-21 June, 2012, . Ho, MT, Anderson, C, Hooper, B, Harkin, T, et al, 2012, ‘Developments in the CO2CRC UNO Mk 3 Process A Multi-Component Sovlent Process for Large Scale Capture’, 37th International Technical Conference on Clean Coal and Fuel Systems, Clearwater, 3/6/2012-7/6/2012, .
Yap, R, Whittaker, M, Peirson, WL, Jefferson, B, et al, 2012, ‘PolySurfactants as Micro-Bubble Surface Modifiers for the Flotation of Microcystis’, 6th International Conference on Flotation for Water and Wastewater Systems, New York City, USA, 29 October 1 November 2012, . Yap, R, Whittaker, M, Peirson, WL, Jefferson, B, et al, 2012, ‘The impact of Microcystis aeruginosa strain on cell removal using bubbles modified with poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride)’, 6th International Conference on Flotation for Water and Wastewater Systems, New York City, USA, 29 October 1 November 2012, .
Conference Abstract Only Coleman, H, Marquis, C, & Amal, R 2012, ‘Removal of Endotoxins in water using Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis’, International Water Association Leading Edge technology, Brisbane Australia, 3-7 June 2012, . Leslie, GL, Antony, A, & LeClech, P 2012, ‘Ageing of polymeric membranes in water and wastewater treatment’, Euromembrane, London, 23-27, September, . Leslie, GL, Antony, A, Chilcott, T, & Coster, H 2012, ‘Real Time, In-situ Monitoring of Surface and Structural Properties of Thin Film Polymeric Membranes Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy’, . Yap, R, Whittaker, M, Carruthers, J, S. Guillet, et al, 2012, ‘The use of cationic polymers at bubble interfaces for water reclamation’, 33rd Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, 1215 February 2012, . Zhang, Z, Wang, Y, Waite, TD, & Leslie, GL 2012, ‘Effect of Ferric Chloride Dosing on Phosphorus Removal and Membrane Fouling in Membrane Bioreactor’, the 7th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS7), Busan, Korea, July 4 - 6, .
Patents Mansouri, J 2012, Polyurethane block copolymer based on poly siloxone tenside for membranes. Polymers CRC Ltd., 15th September 2011. .
Staff list 2012 Academic Staff List: Dr Francois AGUEYZINSOU Senior Lecturer Scientia Professor Rose AMAL Particles and Catalysis Group Associate Professor Jayashree ARCOT Associate Professor Food Science and Technology Professor Jie BAO Process Control Associate Professor Cyrille BOYER CAMD Emeritus Professor Ken BUCKLE Food Science and Technology Professor Robert BURFORD Head of School Polymers Director of Teaching and Learning Dr Graeme BUSHELL Director of Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Research Coordinator Senior Lecturer Particles and Catalysis Group Professor Vicki CHEN Deputy Head of School UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology Dr Robert DRISCOLL Senior Lecturer Food Science and Technology
Dr Anthony GRANVILLE Lecturer CAMD
Professor Dianne WILEY CO2CRC
Associate Professor Pierre LE CLECH UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology
Professor Per ZETTERLUND CAMD Dr Jian ZHAO Senior Lecturer Professional Staff List
Dr Alice LEE Senior Lecturer Food Science and Technology Professor Greg LESLIE UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology Dr May LIM Lecturer Particles and Catalysis Group
Rahul BAJORIA Student Administrative Officer School Administration Paul BROCKBANK Technical Officer Technical Staff Robert CHAN Technical Coordinator Technical Staff
Professor Andrew LOWE CAMD
Hung (Andrew) CHAU Technical Officer Technical Staff Centre for Electrochemical and Minerals Processing
Associate Professor Frank LUCIEN CAMD
Van Bong DANG Professional Officer Technical Staff
Dr Janet PATERSON Lecturer Food Science and Technology
Christina DIMOVA Student Administrative Manager School Administration
Associate Professor Tuan PHAM Process Modelling Emeritus Professor Maria SKYLLASKAZACOS AM Centre for Electrochemical and Minerals Processing Associate Professor Patrick SPICER
Carla GERBO Manager ACN Ee Meen ILIFFE Computer Systems Officer School Administration Steve JACENYIK Senior Technical Officer Technical Staff CAMD Ik Ling LAU Postgraduate Research Administration School Administration
Professor Graham FLEET Food Science and Technology
Professor Martina STENZEL CAMD
Professor Neil FOSTER Supercritical Fluids Group
Research and contacts an be found on UNSW research
Richard (Xuan) LI Technical Officer Technical Staff Food Science & Technology Margaret MICALLEF Personal Assistant to Prof DE Wiley Administrative Assistant CO2CRC Vanessa MOORE Senior Administrative Manager School Administration Ann MOORE Administrative Assistant School Administration Anna PIORKOWSKA Finance Officer School Administration Helena SCIMONE Marketing Manager School Administration John STARLING Senior Professional Officer Technical Staff Particles & Catalysis Research Group Camillo TARABORRELLI Senior Technical Officer Technical Staff Food Science & Technology Phil THOMPSON Technical Officer Technical Staff Sandra TWOMEY Administrative Assistant School Administration Victor WONG Technical Staff Food Science & Technology Yun YE Technical Officer Technical Staff UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology
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