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Prof. Eric Kennedy

Work Phone(02) 4985 4422
Fax(02) 4921 6893
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Office260A, Advanced Technology Building (atc)

Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions23
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL1.4
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL6.33

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

CommencedProposed
Completion
ProgramSupervisor TypeResearch Title
20132015M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)Co-SupervisorSynthesis of High Value Chemicals From Waste Products
20132015M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)Principal SupervisorAnalyzing, Modeling and Designing a Combined OCM and SRM Process: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
20132016PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorCatalytic Fuel Processing
20122014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorSelective Oxidation of Methane
20122014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorEffect of Water on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance
20122014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Principal SupervisorTreatment of 1,2-dichloroethane in a Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor and Characterisation of the resultant Polymer
20122014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorThermal Studies of Monochlorobiphenyls
20112013M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)Co-SupervisorCatalytic Conversion of Glycerol into Valuable Products
20112014M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)Co-SupervisorEnergy Recovery from Contaminated Biomass
20112013M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)Co-SupervisorHeterogeneous Catalytic Reaction of Chlorinated Phenols
20112015PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorLarge Scale Removal of NO From Process Gases
20112015PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorCo-recrystallisation, Characterisation, and Thermal Analyses of Mixed Nitrates Salts: Effect of Additives on Nitrogen Oxides Emissions
20112014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorNitrosation Reactions in Amon-thiols, Amino-thiones and Organic Sulfides
20112014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Principal SupervisorConversion of Fluorocarbons in a Non-Thermal Plasma Using a Cylindrical Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor
20112013PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorChemical Trapping of Nitric Oxide by Aromatic Nitroso Sulfonates
20112013PhD (Chemical Engineering)Principal SupervisorDevelopment of Organic Modified Zeolites for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Capture from Point Sources
20112013PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorNatural Carbonation of Ultramafic Rocks in the Great Serpentinite Belt, New South Wales, Australia
20112014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorWeak Acid Processing of Silicate Minerals for CO2 Sequestration in New South Wales, Australia
20112013PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorInduced Precipitation of Magnesium Carbonates Through Decarbonation of Inorganic Carbon Enriched Solutions By Physicochemical and Biological Mechanisms
20102014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorCatalytic Combustion of Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Released from Coal Mines
20092013PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorPhotodegradation of Phenoxyacetic Acid Herbicides
20072010Chemical Engineering
University of Newcastle
Co-SupervisorPyrolysis and decomposition of CF3H
20072014PhD (Chemical Engineering)Co-SupervisorPulverised Coal Injection into Blast Furnace

Past Supervision

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