Polymer Processing Research - Alumni

This page lists the projects and work carried out by former postgraduate, postdoctoral and visiting researchers of the Polymer Processing Research group and the former Polymer Fluids Group.

Postgraduates

• Sina Bonyardi
  Plastic micro- and nano- porous membranes

• Kathryn Yearsley
  Carbon Nanotubes.

• Ben Taylor
  The development of an algal oscillatory flow bioreactor.

• Dora Medina
  The Development of Microcapillary Films and Microcapillary Monolith Structures to produce controlled capillary diameters and voidage.

• Anson Ma
  The Rheology, Microstructure and Film Processing of Carbon Nanotube Suspensions.

• James Waldmeyer
  Emulsification of Edible Oil in a Aqueous Solution.

• Gabriela Hernández Fernández del Castillo
  The effect of flow on polymer melt crystallisation.

• Mingzhi Zheng
  Oscillatory Flow Mixing (OFM) within a meso-reactor.

• Yu Wen Chen
  Cold extrusion of flexible chocolate.

• Kris Coventry
  Extensional Flow of Polymers.

• Karene Odic
  Rheological-Microstructural Properties of Ice Cream.

• Dawn Arda
  Postpone polymer processing instabilities (3Pi).

• Rachel Cooke
  The rheology, microstructure and processing of complex fluids.

• Mark Collis
  Microscale Polymer Processing (muPP).

• Sopark Sonwai
  The effect of shear on the crystallisation of cocoa butter.

• Piyachat Yimsiri
  The rheology and processing of light emmitting polymer (LEP) solutions.

• Yi-kuang Chen
  The colour change of flowing paint when subject to shear.

• Jan Engmann
  The micromechanics of chocolate cold extrusion.

• Karen Lee
  The rheology and processing of molten polyethylene.

• Sirilak Wannaborworn
  The Microstructure and Rheology of Flowing Polymer Dispersion.

• Nitin Nowjee
  Melt Processing and Foaming of Starch. 

Postdoctoral

• Sonia Melendi-Espina
  Carbon Nanotube functionalisation

• Damien Vadillo
  The Rheology of Ink Jet Fluids.

• Tim Lord
  Two-phase polymer flow.

• Christian Hornung
  Microcapillary reactors.

• Lino Scelsi
  Flow-Induced Crystallisation of Polymer Melts.

• David Hassell
  Microscale polymer processing.

• Tri Tuladhar
  Next generation ink jet technology and Polymer Foaming.

• Moisés García-Morales
  2-Phase polymer flow.

• Trond Bustnes
  Biomass filtration Biodiesel production.

• Adam Harvey
  Oscillatory flow mixing.

• Rudy Valette
  Polymer processing instabilities.

Visitors

• Prof. "Paco" Chinestra
  ENSAM, Paris, France

• Prof. Francis Gadala-Maria
  Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, USA

• Prof. Robert Hesketh
  Chemical Engineering, Rowan Univeristy, USA

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