Meet the Department
Read interviews with our current academics and profiles of our Chemical Engineers both past and present to discover more about the heritage and diversity of the Department.
Get to know your Academics – Megan Jobson
Meet the Department 5th March 2019
In this post, Megan Jobson shares what first inspired her to become an engineer.
Get to know your Academics – Anton Kiss
Meet the Department 20th February 2019
“My industrial background has given me a very pragmatic and realistic approach to research,” says Anton Kiss. Find out more about him here.
Get to know your Academics – Heinrich Badenhorst
Meet the Department 13th February 2019
Heinrich Badenhorst helps us get to grips with carbon – and explains why Jurassic Park is his favourite movie.
Get to know your Academics – James Winterburn
Meet the Department 13th December 2018
James Winterburn tells us what sparked his interest in industrial biotechnology and fermentation processes.
Get to know your Academics – Arthur Garforth
Meet the Department 26th November 2018
Arthur Garforth explains what inspired him to become a chemical engineer.
#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 9 – Professor Chris Hardacre
Meet the Department 30th August 2018
Our heterogeneous catalysis research is based on sold materials, either in a gaseous environment or a liquid environment. And these are used for emission control, for example in a car exhaust. Or to make fine chemicals or to make clean, sustainable energy.
#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 14 – Dr Philip Martin
Meet the Department 24th February 2017
And on top of that there’s the MECD project, where we’re bringing the engineering schools together. It’s really quite an exciting period in the development of the University and I’m really looking forward to being involved and working in that building.
#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 13 – Prof Kostas Theodoropoulos
Meet the Department 27th January 2017
It’s a place of global interest, it attracts the best people from all over the world, and that’s the first thing you need to drive your research forward. So, it’s very important.
#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 12 – Dr Rosa Cuellar Franca
Meet the Department 21st December 2016
Well nowadays consumers are more aware of the sustainability impacts of their activities, what we call the environmental footprint. So through my research I’m contributing towards making our consumption habits more sustainable. And also, informing the public how small changes can make a big impact, a big difference, to the whole environment.
#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 11 – Dr Vahid Niasar
Meet the Department 15th November 2016
If I was going to be really honest I’d say that, from childhood, I was inspired by my uncle. My uncle is a civil engineer. He’s working in different disciplines but the major discipline is in the hydro powers and electricity, these types of thing. But by education he was a civil engineer.