CBEUSYD

The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney.

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Tune in to ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas at 8.05pm tonight to hear a panel of USYD academics, including CBE Head of School Professor Dianne Wiley, discuss some of the great water related projects we have happening in the School.

https://t.co/I1kbBt6kbw

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Researchers from the Waste Transformation Research Hub have successfully poured “green” cement – pavement made from a unique mix of fly ash, and waste materials including ground glass and gaseous carbon dioxide.

https://t.co/3ixQgC05Y7

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CBE academic Dr Zengxia Pei has recently been named by the Australian as a Rising Star in Materials Engineering for 2020, for his research into developing high performance electrically rechargeable zinc-air batteries.

https://t.co/bldGzMRZDF

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📻 Tune in to FBi Radio (FM94.5) at 8.15am (EAST) this Friday 14 August to hear Prof. Jun Huang and CBE PhD candidate Wenjie Yang, on #LiveFromTheLab as part of 2020 @Aus_ScienceWeek, discussing their project with Co2 -Zero.

https://t.co/iySDBBYDs1

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A big congratulations to Professsor Jun Huang, who has been listed as one of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers for 2020, in Engineers Australia Create Digital magazine.
Jun has been recognised for his work in reducing CO₂ from oil refineries.

https://t.co/MfvZWEOxG0

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Dr Asif Mahmood, a CBE postdoctoral fellow, has been named by The Educator as one of twenty higher education rising stars for 2020 for his research into inexpensive battery systems to replace lithium ion batteries.

https://t.co/gq8K3LvEZZ

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Do you know an innovative engineer?

Nominations are now open for Australia's Most Innovative Engineers 2020.

Learn more here: https://t.co/LskVNV5pjw

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In a world first, a team of researchers led by CBE Associate Professor Jun Huang, have produced a new amorphous (a non-crystalline solid, such as glass) silica-alumina catalyst with stronger acidity than any other silica-alumina material created before.
https://t.co/5189AWHkvY

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Congratulations to CBE student Alana Saliba for winning the 2020 AWA Student Water Prize for her ESIPS-MIPPS project undertaken last year at Visy Pulp & Paper entitled ‘Optimisation of the water system at VP3&6

https://t.co/Skht5Bju9G

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Congratulations to CBE academics Professor Yuan Chen, Mr. Ziwen Yuan and Dr. Zengxia Pei have won first prize for the micrograph competition at the eighth International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2020)

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Congratulations to @PJCullen100 who has been named in an influential highly-cited scholars list, with 13 other USYD academics who's research was ranked in the top one percent of most referenced papers in their field from 2008 to 2018.

https://t.co/fPE9ko7d4i

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CBE PhD candidate @IshfaqueElias has released a paper which has been selected as one of the hottest papers for 2019 and featured on the inside front cover of the December issue of Royal Society of Chemistry’s Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics journal.

https://t.co/8kNZV2BQ6d

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How climate change impacts infrastructure. CBE academic Professor Marjorie Valix explains how climate change impacts our water networks.

https://t.co/172J5oNasp

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Please join me to congratulate Long Nguyen @Usydfoodcentre who has received award of excellence from Youth Food Movement Australia. Thank you to our team @FarshadOveissi @SNaficy @ronachandrawati @robyn_mcconchie who supported him for his project.@ANZ_FoodSafety @FoodEng

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It was exciting to see members of CAFE @Usydfoodcentre in the Faculty of Engineering @Eng_IT_Sydney Graduation Ceremony on 8th Nov 2019. Congratulations to Sean, Reza, Farshad @FarshadOveissi , Bala, Pegah and also Yanwei who is working in UK and could not join. all the best.

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#Algae for your eyes! Dr Dale McClure & others have a new paper out in #AlgalResearch on pilot-scale production of the valuable carotenoid pigment #lutein from #microalgae. Lutein may reduce the progression of macular degeneration. https://t.co/xZAI4gzc6x @Eng_IT_Sydney @cbeusyd

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Today we held our annual students v staff futsal match. Congratulations to the staff team who took home the trophy! ⚽🏆

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CBE's Postgraduate Student Committee hosted their first lunchtime seminar on 29 October. Presenters included Dr Farshad Oveissi and Dr Zengxia Pei, who shared their experience and advice on how to apply for fellowships and writing high quality papers. @FarshadOveissi

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Hazer Group (ASX: HZR) has been awarded matching IMCRC funding of $800,000 to support its ongoing successful R&D collaboration with the University of Sydney’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Read more about it here: https://t.co/buin723nSe

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CBE welcomes James Bolton from Total Construction to the school's teaching staff. James will be teaching Energy and Resources, as part of the Master of Sustainability. Welcome James!

https://t.co/VuJ2cjlxte