Class of ’89! On 5th September, the department hosted a gathering and tour for some keen alumni of the 1989 cohort. The afternoon started with tea and nibbles where alumni, staff and students had a chance to catch-up, be introduced and re-introduced, and chat. Following that, the entire group settled into a seminar room,…
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Enthusiastic visitors participated in materials-end products matching game. We received more than 650 responses. Congratulations to Lucy Jane English, Rowena Chin, Ella Lin who each won a subscription to KiwiCo. Photo: Popcorn maker – representing a fluidized-bed reactor Flow control systems are easily explained with 3-D printed demos! As usual, the department had great support…
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The Annual PG symposium has become a regular event in the C&M Calendar, and this year it ran for the 4th time at the City campus on Monday, 9 September. The event is designed for PhD students to showcase their research to the wider community through different media. All PhD students in the department are…
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On 8 May 2019, the Chemical and Materials Engineering Student Association (CMESA) hosted a student internship evening. They reported a great turnout, with both Part 2 and 3 students. The evening consisted of Part 3 and 4 students that spoke about their experiences applying for and interning at a range of companies. For more information…
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The Chemmat Knit – Newsletter August 2019 Dear Colleagues This August issue reports on several items but importantly features a brief write up on the retirement event for Professor John Chen. John has been as much Chemmat as Chemmat has been John Chen. I am always amazed at how well known he is among…
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May 2019 – Dr Saeid Baroutian and Professor Brent Young together with the Technical University of Denmark Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Prof Krist Gernaey, Dr Seyed Soheil Mansouri and Dr Isuru Udugama) successfully held the 1st intercontinental workshop on Resource Recovery from Bio-based Production Processes in Copenhagen, Denmark. The workshop focused on process engineering tools;…
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Photo From Left: Chemmat’s Dr Saeid Baroutian, PhD Candidate Subhasree Bhasker, Des Mataga and Alan Routley from AUEA, Head of Chemmat, Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah About the Awardee: Subhasree Bhaskar is a Doctoral Candidate at Chemmat. Subhasree obtained her BTech in Pharmaceutical Engineering (West Bengal University of Technology, India, 2013) and MEng in Advanced…
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Photo: Chemmat PhD Candidate, Misagh Ebrahimpour Each year, the Velocity Innovation Challenge is held to encourage the University’s staff and students to share venture ideas to solve problems. The Faculty of Engineering is well represented in 2019’s list of 40 $1,000 prizewinners, with over 15 groups ranging from undergraduate students to academic staff across our…
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Food comes in all shapes, sizes and textures. And now you can print your own food. Chemmat has recently obtained a Foodini 3D Food Printer. The Foodini works on the principle of food paste extrusion and has the capability to print five different food materials within a single print. This allows composite food structures to…
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