PME Industry Seminar Series - Dr. Niall English

We explore how gas nano-bubbles in solvents, often water, improve process energy efficiency and environmental sustainability across a whole host of end-use applications - ranging from water treatment, agriculture, and aquaculture to oil-and-gas applications. We assess how we can create tailor-made nanoporous bulk liquids with tunable properties and how particular exciting new methods of generating thick-skinned, long-lived nano-bubbles offer transformative possibilities in enabling such nano-gasification of water and solvents to improve sustainability, as well as examining commercial pathways.<br /><br />

Niall English completed a Ph.D. in 2003 at UCD (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) on electric-field effects on crystallization. He is the director for the Chemical-Engineering MEngSc program and the upcoming one on Engineering of Advanced Interfacial Materials. His research interests encompass nanoscience (such as nano-bubbles), energy and materials - e.g., gas hydrates, solar and renewable energies, and simulation of electric-field effects on (nano)materials and biological systems. He is also co-founder of two campus spin-out companies, BioSimulytics and Aqua-B.

Hosted By: Felix P. Lu, Director of Corporate Engagement