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Professor Geoff Stevens

BE (Chem) RMIT 1976
PhD Melbourne 1981
FTSE
FIChemE
FAusIMM (CP)
CEng
CPMet

Professor

Email:
Tel: (61) 3 8344 6621
Fax: (61) 3 8344 8824
Room G03, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Building 2

 

Current Research Activities

The research interests of Geoff Stevens are in the area of separation processes, particularly solvent extraction, interfacial phenomena and emulsion stability. The research is primarily in the hydrometallurgical field but also covers aspects of food, pharmaceutical processing and environmental or waste water processing.

Geoff leads an internationally recognised separations group in the Department, is the Director of the Particulate Fluids Processing Special Research Centre and a Project Leader in the CRC for greenhouse gas remediation (CO2CRC). He is Secretary General of the International Solvent Extraction Committee and is on the editorial boards for "Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange", "Hydrometallurgy", "Chem Eng Research and Design, Transactions of the IChemE", and the "Chem Eng Journal".

Professional Affiliations

  • FTSE
  • Fellow, IChemE
  • Fellow, AusIMM (CP)

Honours/Awards

  • Appointed International Honorary Member of the Japan Society of Ion Exchange (JSIE), 2011-present
  • Appointed External Independent Director, Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (ITRI) Board, Deakin, 2011-present
  • Top 100 Australia’s Most Influential Engineers, Academia/Research 2010, Engineers Australia 82(6): 65, June 2010
  • Top 100 Australia’s Most Influential Engineers, Academia/Research 2009, Engineers Australia June 2009
  • Appointed to the committee on the Editorial Board of Chinese Sciencepaper Online (Volume: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering), 2008-2012
  • Appointed Member of the International Advisory Board of the Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 2007-2010
  • Royal Dutch Shell Chair of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2007
  • Top 100 Australia’s Most Influential Engineers, Academia/Research, 2007
  • Shell Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, China, 2006
  • ExxonMobil Award of Excellence in Chemical Engineering for significant ongoing contributions to Chemical Engineering through innovations or a series of related publications over a number of years. Awarded by IChemE, IEAust and RACI, 2005
  • Appointed as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, November 2003.
  • Appointment to Editorial Board of the Chemical Engineering Journal, 1999-present.
  • Appointment as International Editor, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Transactions of the IChemE, 1999-present.
  • Appointment as Fellow of IChemE, 1997.
  • National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Nuclear Energy Research Visiting Fellow to Japan , 1997.
  • Election as Secretary General of the International Committee for Solvent Extraction, 1996.
  • The ICI Award for Distinguished and Continuing Contribution to the Chemical Engineering Profession, presented by IChemE, IE Aust and RACI, 1996.
  • Appointment to the editorial board of the international journal “Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange”, 1996-present.
  • Appointment to the editorial board of the international journal “Hydrometallurgy”, 1994-present.
  • Appointment as Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1994.
  • Senior Fulbright Scholarship, 1993, held at the University of Minnesota .
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdieust, scholarship to study in Germany , 1993.
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada , Scholarship, 1986.
  • Annual Research Meeting of the Institute of Chemical Engineers held in Edinburgh , Scotland , 1981 Best Presentation Award.

Professional Experience

  • 1977-1979 Part-time lecturer in Mass Transfer Processes at Swinburne Institute of Technology
  • 1981-1983 Instrument Design Engineer at ICI Australia Engineering. Project work undertaken: - a new Ethylene plant, Botany, NSW - LPG Import Terminal, Port Botany, NSW - Expansion of a Soda Ash Plant, Osborne, SA
  • 1983-1987 Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Aug-Dec 1986 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
  • Oct-Nov 1990 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität München, Germany
  • 1987-1991 Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Jun-Sept 1993 Senior Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Sept-Dec 1993 Visiting Professor, Institute of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität, München, Germany
  • 1992-1996 Deputy Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • 1996 Visiting Professor, National Institute of Inorganic Materials, Tsukuba, Japan, Sponsored by Japan Department of Science
  • 1998-1999 Associate Dean - Research, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • Jan-Jun 1998 Acting Deputy Dean and Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • 1992-Dec 1998 Reader and Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Dec 1998-pres Professor at The University of Melbourne, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  • 2000-2002 Head of Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne
  • 2002-pres Adjunct Professor at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Kanazawa, Japan
  • 2003-2004 Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, The University of Melbourne
  • Aug 2004-2006 Deputy Vice-President Academic Board, The University of Melbourne
  • Aug 2007- 2008 Vice-President Academic Board, The University of Melbourne
  • 2006- 2010 Pro Vice-Chancellor of The University of Melbourne
  • 2009 – 2010 President of the Academic Board, The University of Melbourne
  • 2003-present Program Leader in the development of separation technologies for the recovery of CO 2 from Flue gases and natural gas as part of the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Remediation (CO2CRC)
  • 2004-pres Board of Directors of the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery
  • 2005 -pres Director, Particulate Fluids Processing Special Research Centre
  • 2011-pres Associate Dean (Engagement), Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Selected Recent Publications

Dagastine, R.R., Manica, R., Carnie, S.L., Chan, D.Y.C., Stevens, G.W. and Greiser, F., “Dynamic Forces Between Two Deformable Oil Droplets in Water”, Science 313: 210-213 (2006)

Northcott, K.A., Miyakawa, K., Oshima, S., Komatsu, Y., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “The Adsorption of Divalent Metal Cations on Mesoporous Silicate MCM-41”, Chem Eng J 157: 25-28 (2010)

Gosling, A., Stevens, G.W., Barber, A.R., Kentish, S.E. and Gras, S.L., “Recent advances refining galactooligosaccharide production from lactose”, Food Chemistry 121(2): 307-318 (2010)

Scholes, C., Chen, G.Q., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “Plasticization of ultra-thin polysulfone membranes by carbon dioxide”, J Membr Sci 346(1): 208-214 (2010)

Karasu, K., Glennon, N., Lawrence, N.D., Stevens, G.W., O’Connor, A.J., Barber, A.R., Yoshikawa, S. and Kentish, S.E., “A Comparison between Ceramic and Polymeric Membrane Systems for Casein Concentrate Manufacture”, Int J of Dairy Tech 63(2): 284-289 (2010)

Watanabe, Y., Ikoma, T., Yamada, H., Stevens, G.W., Moriyoshi, Y., Tanaka, J. and Komatsu, Y., “Formation of Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals on the Surface of Ca-Al-Layered Double Hydroxide”, J Am Ceram Soc 93(4): 1195-1200 (2010)

Nishi, K., Perera, J.M., Misumi, R., Kaminoyama, M. and Stevens, G.W., “Study of Diffusion of Co(II) and Co(II)-DEHPA Complex in a Microfluidic”, J Chem Eng Jpn 43(4): 342–348 (2010)

Arora, M., Eddy, N.K., Mumford, K.A., Baba, Y., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “Surface Modification of Natural Zeolite by Chitosan and its use for Nitrate Removal in Cold Regions”, Cold Reg Sci Technol 62: 92–97 (2010)

Vakarelski, I.U., Manica, R., Tang, X., O’Shea, S.J., Stevens, G.W., Grieser, F., Dagastine, R.R. and Chan, D.Y.C., “Dynamic Interactions between Microbubbles in Water”, PNAS 107(25): 11177-11182 (2010)

Karasu, K., Yoshikawa, S., Ookawara, S., Ogawa, K., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “A Combined Model for the Prediction of the Permeation Flux during the Cross-Flow Ultrafiltration of a Whey Suspension”, J Membr Sci 361(1): 71-77 (2010)

Rice, G., Barber, A., O’Connor, A.J., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Calcium Speciation and Precipitation in Dairy Ultrafiltration Permeate”, Int Dairy J 20: 694-706 (2010)

Shen, S., Smith, K.H., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “Comparison of shell side mass transfer correlations in randomly packed hollow fiber membrane modules”, Desalination and Water Treatment 17(1-3): 52-56 (2010)

Scholes, C., Smith, K.H., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “CO 2 capture from pre-combustion processes - Strategies for membrane gas separation”, Int J of Greenhouse Gas Control 4: 739-755 (2010)

Northcott, K.A., Bacus, J., Taya, N., Komatsu, Y., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “Synthesis and characterization of hydrophobic zeolite for treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated ground water”, J Hazard Mater 183(1-3): 434-440 (2010)

Anderson, C.J., Tao, W., Jiang, J., Sandler, S.I., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “An experimental evaluation and molecular simulation of high temperature gas adsorption on nanoporous carbon”, Carbon 49: 117-125 (2010)

Shen, S., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “Shell-Side Mass-Transfer Performance in Hollow-Fiber Membrane Contactors”, Solvent Extr Ion Exch 28(6): 817–844 (2010)

Scholes, C.A., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “The effect of hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide and water on the performance of a PDMS membrane in carbon dioxide/nitrogen separation”, J Membr Sci 350(1-2): 189-199 (2010)

Scholes, C.A., Tao, W.X., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “Sorption of methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water in Matrimid 5218”, J Appl Polym Sci 117(4): 2284-2289 (2010)

Vakarelski, I.U., Dagastine, R.R., Chan, D.Y.C., Stevens, G.W., Higashitani, K. and Grieser, F., “Lateral hydrodynamic interactions between an emulsion droplet and a flat surface evaluated by frictional force microscopy”, Langmuir 26(11): 8002-8007 (2010)

Watanabe, Y., Miyakawa, K., Northcott, K., Perera, J.M., Fujinaga, K., Oshima, S., Stevens, G.W. and Komatsu, Y., “Adsorption behaviour of copper ions on chemically modified MCM-41”, J of Ion Exch 21: 282-287 (2010)

Dagastine, R.R., Webber, G.B., Manica, R., Stevens, G.W., Grieser, F. and Chan, D.Y.C., “Viscosity effects on hydrodynamic drainage force measurements involving deformable bodies”, Langmuir 26(14): 11921-11927 (2010)

Hamid, Z.A.A., Blencowe, A., Ozcelik, B., Palmer, J.A., Stevens, G.W., Abberton, K.M., Morrison, W.A., Penington, A.J. and Qiao, G.G., “Epoxy-amine synthesised hydrogel scaffolds for soft-tissue engineering”, Biomaterials 31(25): 6454-6467 (2010)

Hoang, T., Stevens, G. and Kentish, S., “The effect of feed pH on the performance of a reverse osmosis membrane”, Desalination 261(1-2): 99-103 (2010)

Wang, M., Ji, J., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “Development of a process for recovery of zinc from acid solution”, J of Ion Exch 21: 235-240 (2010)

Simioni, M.A., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “Membrane Stripping: Desorption of Carbon Dioxide from Alkali Solvents”, J Membrane Sci 378: 18-27 (2011)

Lockie, H.J., Manica, R., Stevens, G.W., Grieser, F., Chan, D.Y.C. and Dagastine, R.R., “Precision AFM Measurements of Dynamic Interactions between Deformable Drops in Aqueous Surfactant and Surfactant-Free Solutions”, Langmuir 27(6): 2676–2685 (2011)

Arora, M., Snape, I. and Stevens, G.W., “The effect of temperature on toluene sorption by granular activated carbon and its use in permeable reactive barriers in cold regions”, Cold Reg Sci Technol 66(1): 12-16 (2011)

Gosling, A., Stevens, G.W., Barber, A.R., Kentish, S.E. and Gras, S.L., “Effect of the Substrate Concentration and Water Activity on the Yield and Rate of the Transfer Reaction of β-Galactosidase from Bacillus circulans”, J Agric Food Chem 59(7): 3366-3372 (2011)

Franco, J.A., Kentish, S.E., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Sputtered Polypropylene Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Separation in Membrane Gas Absorption”, Ind Eng Chem Res 50(7): 4011–4020 (2011)

Sen, D., Gosling, A., Stevens, G.W., Bhattacharya, P.K., Barber, A.R., Kentish, S.E., Bhattacharjee, C. and Gras, S.L., “Galactosyl oligosaccharide purification by ethanol precipitation”, Food Chemistry 128: 773-777 (2011).

Rice, G., Barber, A., O’Connor, A.J., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “Rejection of dairy salts by a nanofiltration membrane”, Sep and Purif Tech 79: 92-102 (2011)

Go, D.P., Gras, S.L., Mitra, D., Nguyen, T.H., Stevens, G.W., Cooper-White, J.J. and O’Connor, A.J.,
“Multilayered microspheres for the controlled release of growth factors in tissue engineering”, Biomacromolecules 12(5): 1494–1503 (2011)

Ciceri, D., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “A study of molecular diffusion across a water/oil interface in a Y–Y shaped microfluidic device”, Microfluid Nanofluid 11(5): 593-600 (2011) DOI 10.1007/s10404-011-0824-3

Anderson, C.J., Scholes, C., Lee, A., Smith, K.H., Kentish, S.E., Stevens, G.W., Webley, P.A., Qader, A. and Hooper, B., “Novel pre-combustion capture technologies in action - Results of the CO2CRC/HRL Mulgrave capture project”, Energy Procedia 4: 1192-1198 (2011)

Qader, A., Hooper, B., Innocenzi, T., Stevens, G.W., Kentish, S.E., Scholes, C., Mumford, K.A., Smith, K.H., Webley, P.A. and Zhang, J., “Novel post-combustion capture technologies on a lignite fired power plant - results of the CO2CRC/H3 capture project”, Energy Procedia 4: 1668-1675 (2011)

Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., "The Role of Additives in Metal Extraction in Oil/Water Systems", Solvent Extr Ion Exch 29(103): 363-383 (2011)

Scholes, C.A., Chen, G.Q., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide permeation through glassy polymeric membranes for carbon dioxide separation”, ChERD 89: 1730–1736 (2011)

Rice, G., Barber, A.R., O’Connor, A.J., Pihlajamaki, A., Nystrom, M., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “The influence of dairy salts on nanofiltration membrane charge”, J Food Engineering 107: 164–172 (2011)

Nishi, K., Perera, J.M., Misumi, R., Kaminoyama, M. and Stevens, G.W., “Flow and diffusion behavior as a function of viscosity in a Double-Y-Type microfluidic device”, J Chem Eng Jpn 44(7): 509-517 (2011)

Endo, K., Nguyen, Q.S., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “The effect of boric acid on the vapour liquid equilibrium of aqueous potassium carbonate”, Fluid Phase Equilibria 309: 109–113 (2011)

Zhao, X., Smith, K.H., Simioni, M., Tao, W., Kentish, S.E., Fei, W. and Stevens, G.W., “Comparison of several packings for CO 2 chemical absorption in a packed column”, Int J of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5: 1163–1169 (2011)

Yung, K.K.L., Smith, C.D., Bowser, T.A., Perera, J.M. and Stevens, G.W., “The Use of an Ionic Liquid in a Karr Reciprocating Plate Extraction Column: Dispersed Phase Hold-Up Prediction”, Sep Sci Technol DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.593604

Cook, S.J., Perera, J.M., Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “The Screening of Extractants for the Separation of Zn(II) from Australian Hot-dip Galvanizing Effluent”, Sep Sci Technol 46(13): 2066-2074 DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.593018 (2011)

Arora, M., Snape, I. and Stevens, G.W., “Toluene Sorption by Granular Activated Carbon and its Use in Cold Regions Permeable Reactive Barrier: Fixed Bed Studies”, Cold Reg Sci Technol 69: 59-63 (2011)

Ravi Christo, Shen, S., Geoff W. Stevens “Effect of Plate Material on Dispersed-Phase Holdup in a Karr Reciprocating Plate Column”, Solvent Extr Ion Exch, Doug Flett Special Issue 29(5-6): 800-822 (2011)

Zhao, X., Liu, N., Wang, Y., Fei, W. and Stevens, G.W., “Study on the mechanism and energy consumption of CO 2 regeneration process by membrane electrolysis” Ind Eng Chem Res 50(14): 8620–8631 (2011)

Scholes, C.A., Chen, G.Q., Tao, W.X., Bacus, J. Anderson, C. Stevens, G.W. and Kentish, S.E., “The effects of minor components on the gas separation performance of membranes for carbon capture”, GHGT-10 Conference, Energy Procedia 4: 681-687 (2011)

Simioni, M., Kentish, S.E. and Stevens, G.W., “Polymeric alternatives to teflon for membrane stripping ”, GHGT-10 Conference, Energy Procedia 4: 659-6657 (2011)

Wappel, D., Joswig, S., Khan, A.A., Smith, K.H., Kentish, S.E., Shallcross, D.C. and Stevens, G.W., “The solubility of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide in an aqueous solution of potassium carbonate”, Int J of Greenhouse Gas Control 5: 1454-1459 (2011)

Sarvi, M., Stevens, G.W., Gee, M.L. and O'Connor, A.J., "The co-Micelle/Emulsion Templating Route to Tailor Nano-Engineered Hierarchically Porous Macrospheres", Microporous Mesoporous Materials 149: 101-105 (2012)

 

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