Contact: Dr. Juraj Sibik, Chemical Engineering   Complex mixtures are widespread in many industries, ranging from food production (for example chocolate spread), to cosmetics to laundry products to heavy petroleum oils which often form as waxes. In many of these it is important to be able to … [Read more...] about Monitoring the phase behaviour of complex systems – in food, cosmetics, oil and more

Contact: Dr. Paolo Bombelli, Biochemistry & Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Baky Ltd. Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most common plastics used. The annual global production is approximately 80 million tonnes. A large fraction of these 80 million tonnes is then destined to … [Read more...] about Commercialising a process to biodegrade polyethylene

Contact: Dr David lea Smith and Prof Chris Howe, Biochemistry Mentor: Adrian Swinburne   The research team led by Prof Chris Howe has developed a solution to the high cost and energy requirement of processing algal biomass. While microalgae are used widely in a range of applications in … [Read more...] about Finding the best market for low cost, efficient disruption of biomass