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Prof. Eric Kennedy

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 23
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 1.4
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 6.33

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2015 M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) Co-Supervisor Synthesis of High Value Chemicals From Waste Products
2013 2015 M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) Principal Supervisor Analyzing, Modeling and Designing a Combined OCM and SRM Process: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
2013 2016 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Catalytic Fuel Processing
2012 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Selective Oxidation of Methane
2012 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Effect of Water on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance
2012 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Treatment of 1,2-dichloroethane in a Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor and Characterisation of the resultant Polymer
2012 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Thermal Studies of Monochlorobiphenyls
2011 2013 M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) Co-Supervisor Enhancing Allyl Alcohol Selectivity in the Heterogeneous Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol
2011 2014 M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) Co-Supervisor Energy Recovery from Contaminated Biomass
2011 2013 M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) Co-Supervisor Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction of Chlorinated Phenols
2011 2015 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Large Scale Removal of NO From Process Gases
2011 2015 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Co-recrystallisation, Characterisation, and Thermal Analyses of Mixed Nitrates Salts: Effect of Additives on Nitrogen Oxides Emissions
2011 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Nitrosation Reactions in Amon-thiols, Amino-thiones and Organic Sulfides
2011 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Conversion of Fluorocarbons in a Non-Thermal Plasma Using a Cylindrical Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor
2011 2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Chemical Trapping of Nitric Oxide by Aromatic Nitroso Sulfonates
2011 2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Development of Organic Modified Zeolites for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture from Point Sources
2011 2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Natural Carbonation of Ultramafic Rocks in the Great Serpentinite Belt, New South Wales, Australia
2011 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Weak Acid Processing of Silicate Minerals for CO2 Sequestration in New South Wales, Australia
2011 2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Induced Precipitation of Magnesium Carbonates Through Decarbonation of Inorganic Carbon Enriched Solutions By Physicochemical and Biological Mechanisms
2010 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Catalytic Combustion of Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Released from Coal Mines
2009 2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Photodegradation of Phenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides
2007 2010 PHD Chemical Engineering
University of Newcastle
Co-Supervisor Pyrolysis and decomposition of CF3H
2007 2014 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Pulverised Coal Injection into Blast Furnace

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Thermal Studies of Magnesium Silicates from the Great Serpentinite Belt in New South Wales for CO2 Sequestration by Mineral Carbonation in Australia
2012 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Effect of Pressure on the Characteristics of Biomass Pyrolysis
2012 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Studies on the Oxidative and Non-oxidative Decomposition of Alpha-cypermethrin and Related Molecules of Non-Chlorinated Biphenyl and Dibenzo-p-dioxin
2012 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Nitric Oxide Formation in Nitrosation Reactions, with Applications in the Sensitisation of Emulsion Explosives
2012 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Low Temperature Oxidation of Linseed Oil
2011 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Formation of Toxic Pollutants in the Thermal Decomposition of the Sulfenimide Fungicides
2011 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Catalytic Mechanism of the Deacon Reaction
2010 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Projection of World Fossil Fuel Production with Supply and Demand Interactions
2010 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Conversion of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases via Thermal Decomposition and Reaction with CH4
2010 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Study on the Inhibition Mechanisms of CBrF3, CF3I and C3F7H in Methane Fuelled Premixed Flames
2010 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Flame Spread Over Inert Porous Solids Wetted with Flammable Liquids Under Conditions Pertinent to Industrial Fires
2008 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Formation of PCDD/F in Fires of Wood Treated with Copper-Based Preservatives
2008 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Theoretical Investigation on Formation and Destruction of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs): Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies
2006 M Engineering (Chemical) [R] Co-Supervisor Effect of Xanthan Gum on Performance of Synthetic Fire Fighting Foams and its Influence on Pumping of Foam Concentrates
2006 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Nitrosation Reactions: Applications in the Chemical Foaming of Concentrated Water-in-Oil Emulsions
2005 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor A Fundamental Study on Re-ignition Characteristics of Wood-Based Materials
2005 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Analysis of Premixed Burner-Stabilized Flames Using Activation Energy Asymptotics
2004 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Principal Supervisor Thermal and Catalytic Hydrodehalogenation of Halon 1211
2003 M Engineering (Chemical) [R] Principal Supervisor A Fuzzy Mathematical Approach to Risk Analysis of Hazardous Industry
2003 PhD (Chemical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Fire Properties of Refuse-Derived Fuels
2002 M Engineering (Chemical) [R] Principal Supervisor Methylamine Pyrolysis and Decomposition