Research
Our research has received consistent national and international recognition for its high quality and its breadth of focus. For detailed information about individual staff members' research and publications, follow the links to our full staff profiles.
Departmental research
- Biotreatment
- Biofilms (Peter Gostomski)
- Biofiltration, biotrickle beds (Peter Gostomski)
- Biological waste treatment processes (Peter Gostomski)
- Bioreactor engineering (Peter Gostomski, Carlo Carere)
- Extremophiles (Carlo Carere)
- High-value natural products (ag-, aqua- and microbial) (Ken Morison, Peter Gostomski, Carlo Carere)
- Microbial dynamics and control (Peter Gostomski)
- Microbial fuel cells (Peter Gostomski, Aaron Marshall)
- Food and food by-product processing (Ken Morison, Carlo Carere)
- Catalysis (Aaron Marshall, Alex Yip)
- Fischer-Tropsch (Chris Williamson, Matt Watson)
- Fuel cells, water electrolysis and redox flow batteries (Aaron Marshall)
- Gasification and pyrolysis (Shusheng Pang)
- Hydrogen production (Aaron Marshall)
- Microbial fuel cells (Peter Gostomski, Aaron Marshall)
- Techno-economic analysis for renewable energy systems (Shusheng Pang)
- Sustainability analysis (LCA, exergy) (Shusheng Pang)
- Drying (Shusheng Pang)
- High temperature separations (Matt Watson)
- Biological water treatment processes (Peter Gostomski)
- Electrocatalysis (Aaron Marshall)
- Environmental issues in wood processing (Shusheng Pang)
- Heterogeneous catalysis (Aaron Marshall, Alex Yip, Matt Watson)
- Sustainability analysis (LCA, exergy) (Shusheng Pang)
- Water treatment (Peter Gostomski, Aaron Marshall, Alex Yip)
- Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of unit operations (Matt Watson, Conan Fee)
- Biofiltration, biotrickle beds (Peter Gostomski)
- Catalyst design (Aaron Marshall, Alex Yip, Matt Watson)
- Diary process and evaporator design (Ken Morison)
- Drying (Shusheng Pang)
- Formulation of fertilisers (Daniel Holland)
- High-temperature separations (Matt Watson)
- Membrane gas separation (Alex Yip)
- Membrane separations in food processing (Ken Morison)
- Processing and crystallisation of concentrated sugar solutions (Ken Morison)
- Processing of engineered wood products and composites (Shusheng Pang)
- Electrochemical sensors (Aaron Marshall)
- NMR and MRI in chemical engineering (Daniel Holland)
- Physical properties of foods (Ken Morison)
- Computational fluid dynamics for granular and multiphase flow (Daniel Holland)
- Modelling and control of diary processes (Ken Morison)
- Numerical modelling of chemical reactors (Matt Watson)
Postgraduate project topics
Our postgraduate students are working with us on a range of projects covering our diverse fields of interest. Find out more about possible postgraduate research topics.
Research centres and collaborations
Chemical and Process Engineering researchers are active within both UC and external research groups, centres and collaborations. Find out more about some of our partnerships and affiliations.
Full details of our research and publications
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