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Laureate Prof. Graeme Jameson

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Position Laureate Professor
School of Engineering
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office EB111, Engineering B - Chemical

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Cambridge - UK, 1964
  • Associate of Sydney Technical College, Sydney Technical College
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours)(Chem Engineering), University of New South Wales, 1960

Research

Research keywords

  • mineral processing, fluid mechanics, surface chemistry

Research expertise

  • Chemical Engineering

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
091499 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy Not Elsewhere Classified 50
090499 Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 40
030699 Physical Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified 10

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

ARC Committee member

  • Member and Chair - ARC Engineering Panel 1992-94

Body relevant to professional practice.

  • Fellow - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • Fellow - Institution of Chemical Engineers
  • Honorary Fellow - Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • Fellow - Royal Australian Chemical Institute
  • Member - Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) US

Editorial Board.

  • Member - Chemical Engineering Science

Learned Academy.

  • Fellow - Australian Academy of Science (Australian Academy of Science)
  • Fellow - Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering)
  • Foreign Member - Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Appointments

Chair, Selection Committee 5 (Engineering & Applied Science)
Australian Academy of Science (Australia) 		01/05/2000 - 01/05/2004

Awards

Honours.

2007 Order of Australia, Officer (AO)
Commmonwealth of Australia (Australia)
Order of Australia, in the class of Officer (AO) in the General Division, 2005. Awarded for service to engineering, science, industry and the environment as an inventor and through contributions in the fields of fluid and particle mechanics, mineral processing, water and wastewater treatment and particle technology.
2007 Chemeca Medal
Institution of Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Society of Chemical Engineering, NZ. (Australia)
Chemeca Medal 2002. The Chemeca Medal is the most prestigious award in the Chemical Engineering profession in Australia and New Zealand. It is awarded to an outstanding Australian or New Zealand Chemical Engineer who has made a conspicuously meritorious contribution to the practice of Chemical Engineering in its widest sense and who continues to serve the profession. The award is sponsored by the Institution of Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Society of Chemical Engineering, NZ.
2003 Sir Ian Wark Medal and Lecture
Australian Academy of Science (Australia)
Wark Medal Australian Academy of Science 2003. Awarded in recognition of eminent contributions to the prosperity of Australia where such prosperity is attained through the advance of scientific knowledge and its application.
1996 Fellow
Australian Academy of Science (Australia)
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, (FAA), 1996. This is the most prestigious institution in Australia for scientists and engineering scientists. It elects only one engineer a year. Elected for his seminal contributions to the basic science of multiphase flows
1994 Foreign Fellow
Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (United Kingdom)
Foreign Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), 1994. This award is highly significant international recognition. There are only three other Australian fellows. The citation read: Distinguished as the inventor of the Jameson flotation cell, which is recognised world-wide as a major contribution to the engineering of froth flotation. The foundation of this achievement was his fundamental work on the hydrodynamics of bubble formation. His work is seen as an exemplary model of successful exploitation of excellent academic work.
1991 Fellow
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Australia)
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), 1991. For individual achievement and leadership in technological science and engineering, specifically in the metallurgical and chemical industries, through basic research, then demonstration and development, of the Jameson cell for fine coal and mineral processing.

Invitations

Bubbles in Food
University of Manchester, United Kingdom (Conference Presentation - non published.)
2006
PhD thesis
Various, Australia (PHD Examiner.)
2006

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • chemical engineering