February 27, 2017
Best Presentation Awarded to Dr. Al Ghafri
Research fellow Dr. Saif Al Ghafri has been awarded the Best Presentation award at ICTFDFM 2017 : 19th International Conference on Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Saif’s presentation was titled “High Pressure Thermophysical Properties of Complex Mixtures Relevant to LNG Processing” and presented a range of results from the Thermophysics group within the LNG…
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February 13, 2017
Mike Johns Awarded IChemE Fellow
This month FSR and LNG Futures Professor Michael Johns was accepted as a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). The status of ICHEME Fellow is awarded to engineering professionals of distinction who make a significant contribution to the Chemical Engineering profession. Mike’s Fellow status is in recognition of his leading research specifically in…
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December 19, 2016
Medical MRI for Hydrate Research
24 November 2016. In what is believed to be a world first researchers are using medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to get a view inside oil & gas pipelines. Specifically to study the behavior of hydrate particles and hydrate agglomerates as they are transported in water and oil. The Research is funded by Woodside and…
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November 17, 2016
7th Flow Assurance Workshop
17 November 2016. Last week the 7th UWA Flow Assurance Industry Workshop was held at the Australian Resources Research Centre, ARRC in Kensington. The event was attended by over 20 Industry Participants and organised by the Flow Assurance Research Group within the Fluid Science and Resources Division (and Training Centre for LNG Futures) at UWA….
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November 17, 2016
Chevron GPE Prizes Awarded
17 November 2016. This month the top students from Gas Process Engineering units were awarded the Chevron Chair Prizes. Each student received a $1000 cash prize and an invite to a networking event with Chevron engineers. PhD students from the Fluid Science Resources Group also attended and presented their research in poster format. Read more…
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November 2, 2016
ARC Discovery & LIEF Funding for Training Centre Researchers
2nd November 2016. LNG Futures Researchers have been awarded $584,000 in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding. This includes the Discovery Project “CO2-CH4 exchange in porous media for carbon neutral energy production” and the LIEF grant for an acoustic levitation facility. Carbon Neutral Energy Production Training Centre Chief Investigator Professor Mike Johns, Director Professor Eric May…
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November 1, 2016
Forrest Scholar Joins FSR Group
1st November 2016. Forrest Scholarship recipient Ryuta Ujihara has recently commenced his PhD in the Fluid Science and Resources Research Group at UWA. He is one of five Forrest Scholarship recipients in 2016 and the first student in the UWA Faculty of Engineering, Computing & Mathematics to receive this prestigious award. The scholarships will be…
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October 28, 2016
MRI Technology for Early Detection of Membrane Fouling
28 October 2016. Professor Mike Johns and Dr. Einar Fridjonsson from our NMR research group recently hosted Prof. Johannes Vrouwenvelder of KAUST. The purpose of the visit was to further collaboration in the area of MRI technology for early detection of membrane fouling. Einar and Johannes both attended the World Water Congress & Exhibition held from the…
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September 21, 2016
2016 Science Cafe
August 26, 2016. Two of our PhD students took part in the Scitech Science Café held at UWA on Wednesday morning this week. The event gave year 10 and 11 high school students the opportunity to talk in small groups to STEM professionals including scientists, engineers and PhD students about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering…
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September 21, 2016
ICCT 2016, China
September 2, 2016 Five Researchers from the LNG Futures Training Centre and Fluid Science & Resource research group were in Guilin, China last week for the 24th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT-2016). They joined over 200 researchers presenting their work in Chemical Thermodynamics and Calorimetry. Training Centre Director, Professor Eric May presented a Plenary…
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