{"id":204,"date":"2016-07-29T12:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T11:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:07:21","slug":"chemengcatchup-episode-8-gbemi-oluleye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/ceasblog\/2016\/07\/29\/chemengcatchup-episode-8-gbemi-oluleye\/","title":{"rendered":"#ChemEngCatchUp Episode 8 – Gbemi Oluleye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello all \u2013 and welcome to Episode 8 of #ChemEngCatchUp<\/a>. After meeting with Teacher of the Year Tom Rodgers<\/a> last time around, it\u2019s now time to meet with one of our most impressive recent graduates.<\/p>\n

\"Gbemi
Gbemi at graduation!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gbemi Oluleye came highly recommended as an interviewee, and I was no disappointed. So without further ado, let\u2019s all get introduced:<\/p>\n

Hi Gbemi. And thanks for coming to visit us here in your old haunt, we\u2019re glad to have you back for a while. Could you start by telling us a bit about what you\u2019re up to now?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019m currently a Research Associate with the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London. I just started a month ago. My research is on energy systems, trying to decarbonise heat supply for domestic users using different technologies.<\/p>\n

Fantastic, thank you. Could you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

My research is about decarbonising energy supply. For example, in your houses, if you\u2019re cold, you turn on the heater to increase the air temperature. And if you\u2019re hot, you turn on the fan to reduce the temperature. It\u2019s the same thing that happens in the industry; there are chemical processes that need heating at different temperatures and there are chemical processes that need to be cooled down. So my research is to model the processes responsible for this heating and cooling and to also integrate them into a system and ensure that that system is efficient.<\/p>\n

So every time you\u2019re hot at home and you turn on the fan, it has to come on. And it has to be in a sustainable way, it has to be in a secure way, and it has to be in an efficient way. So that\u2019s what my research is on.<\/p>\n

So you definitely touched on this, but can you tell us a bit more about how your work can benefit the public?<\/strong><\/h3>\n