December 9, 2018
ARC Discovery Project Awarded to Prof. Eric May, Dr Gang Li & Dr Gongkui Xiao – Gas Separation Technologies
Congratulations is extended to Centre Director, Professor Eric May and co-researchers Dr Gang Li and Dr Gongkui Xiao who have been awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Project to develop new gas separation technologies that combine novel materials and pressure swing adsorption cycles to deliver inexpensive industrial processes capable of both high recovery and high purity…
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December 6, 2018
New Linkage Grant with Chevron to Explore Shale Rock Characterisation
Congratulations is extended to Professor Michael Johns, Professor Eric May and Dr Scott Seltzer who were recently awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant with Chevron to better predict shale field developments through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance imaging. This technique will better inform the shale field’s economic and environmental impact.
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December 6, 2018
Dr Darren Rowland Awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Project
Congratulations to FSR Research Fellow Dr Darren Rowland and fellow team Professor Richard Sadus & Professor Billy Todd who were awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery project. This project will seek to find new insights into thermodynamic and transport properties of mixtures containing water. More specifically, it will model saline water mixtures containing carbon dioxide….
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November 6, 2018
UWA ARC Centre Directors elected to the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
Two Australian Research Council Directors, Professor Eric May and Professor Phillip Watson, have been elected to the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. This announcement bodes well for the Australian energy industry, as both Professors lead key energy portfolios that have deep industry relationships, significant scientific and technical capability and great impact. Professor Eric May…
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October 25, 2018
PhD Candidate, Xiong Xiao announced as winner of The Institution of Engineering and Technology Present Around the World (WA) Competition
We took the opportunity to interview Xiong Xiao to find out more about IET. “This competition has offered me priceless chances of networking with the other industrial people and young professionals” said Xiong Xiao. Xiong Xiao went on to explain what this competition means for him “I have gained presentation skills, competition experience, and most…
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August 16, 2018
2018 Western Australian Premier’s Science Award and ExxonMobil Student Scientist of the Year – Arman Siahvashi
It was a special gala night for the Western Australian Premier’s Science Awards and Exxon Student Scientist of the Year finalists but none more so than for PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi who was announced a winner in this category. Following the announcement, Arman said ” I would like to acknowledge the team and Professor Eric May. I…
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July 13, 2018
ACLNGF PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi awarded a 2018 Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award
PhD Candidate Arman Siahviashi on the move again through an award from UWA Convocation. Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Awards enable postgraduate research students to enhance and gain new perspectives on their work through travel in Australia or overseas. The Award supports the development of new relationships and helps maintain international collaborations by defraying travel expenses. Arman,…
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May 28, 2018
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi on being awarded a National Measurement Institute Award
PhD Candidate, Arman Siahvashi, from the Australian Research Council Centre for LNG Futures at The University of Western Australia has been awarded a National Measurement Institute Award for outstanding precision measurements and novelty. His work on low temperature measurements in hydrocarbons has promising applications in improving the distribution of some of the 37 million tonnes…
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November 16, 2017
Article nominated for award
The article “Microscale detection of hydrate blockage onset in high-pressure gas-water systems” by Eric May, Zach Aman, Masoumeh Akhfash, and collaborators at Colorado School of Mines has been nominated for Energy and Fuels Joint Award for Excellence in Publication in 2018. The article applies in-situ particle tracking probes to provide new insight into the evolution…
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November 14, 2017
Congratulations are in order!
Congratulations to PhD student Arman Siavashi who has been awarded UWA Postgraduate Students’ Association grant to present his PhD project at AIChE conference in Minneapolis, USA. Arman is in his second year of PhD and has actively participated in UWA Three Minute Thesis competition, Australian-French Entrepreneurship Challenge, and placed second in the JCEC Postgraduate Research…
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