Professor Bushra Al-Duri
Professor in Sustainable Process Engineering
University of Birmingham staff profile for Professor Bushra Al-Duri.
Energy and Chemical Industries
Improving quality of life demands the supply of increasing amounts of energy and consumer chemicals, whilst at the same time global warming has become a major cause for concern. The Energy research theme addresses the challenges of introducing the hydrogen economy to replace the current reliance on carbon-based fuels.
Fuel cells, hydrogen generation, storage and use are being investigated. The production of chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, vitamins, personal and household products is the traditional business of the chemical industry, but new challenges are being addressed to manufacture such products more efficiently.
Novel production routes using catalysis or supercritical fluids, reduction of waste by-products, and control of product formulation are some of the key challenges which are being addressed within the Chemical Industries theme.
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Theme Staff
Professor Gary Leeke
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Staff profile for Professor Gary Leeke, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
Professor Paula M Mendes
Professor of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Staff profile for Professor Paula Mendes, School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
Professor Andrzej Pacek
Emeritus Professor in Multiphase Systems
Staff profile of Professor Andrzej Pacek, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens
Professor in Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Research
Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens staff profile
Professor Mark Simmons
Director of the EPSRC CDT in Formulation Engineering: Formulation for Net Zero
Staff profile for Professor Mark Simmons.
Professor Joe Wood
Professor in Chemical Reaction Engineering
Professor Joe Wood leads the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering research group in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
Professor Kevin Kendall
- Fluid mechanics, Multiphase flows, Rheology, Mixing, Computational Fluid Dynamics