ESE September Newsletter

Recent publications, conference talks and updates in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering

Content

Publications
Conference Talks
Awards
Impact and Media
PhD Vivas
New Staff
Obituary

Publications

Boldrin P., & Brandon N. (2019). Progress and outlook for solid oxide fuel cells for transportation applications. Nature Catalysis, 2, 571–577.

Gray, M., Bell, R.E., Morgan, J.V., Henrys, S., Barker, D.H.N, & the IODP Expedition 372 and 375 Science Parties. (2019). Imaging the Shallow Subsurface Structure of the North Hikurangi Subduction Zone, New Zealand, Using 2D Full-Waveform Inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Huerta, F. & Vesovic, V., Analytical solutions for the isobaric evaporation of pure cryogens in storage tanks, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN: 0017-9310.

Huerta, F. & Vesovic, V., 2019, A realistic vapour phase heat transfer model for the weathering of LNG stored in large tanks, at the 12th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, September 2019, Florence, Italy.

Purewal, S. (2018) Draft Input Mechanism for the Development of Specifications for the Applications of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources to Petroleum, (UN ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2018/9).

CNH/SENER/ASEA/UNECE-PWG/UNECE-TAG & Purewal, S. (2019) 2018 - 2019 Review and Future Plans

Purewal, S., Francisco J. Pacheco-Roman, Mayelli Hernandez Juarez, Jose A. Leon Mella & Guillermina Mera Avecias (2019). A Novel Systematic Approach for the Identification and Evaluation of Environmental and Social Aspects in Oil and Gas Projects (Mexico), SPE-195864, SPE ATCE Calgary 2019

Purewal, S., Fidel Juarez Toquero, Eduardo Simon Burgos, Eduardo J. Meneses-Scherrer & Elaine A. Arellano Sanchez (2019). Mexico Pilot Project to Classify Oil and Gas projects using United Nations Framework Classification (UNFC). SPE-196566. SPE ATEC Calgary 2019 

Conference Talks

Paulina Quintanilla gave a talk at the 18th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) symposium in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (MMM), which took place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 28 August - 30 August 2019. Her talk was entitled “Dynamic physics-based flotation models for effective predictive control: state-of-the-art and challenges”, with Stephen Neethling and Pablo Brito-Parada as co-authors.
Huerta Perez Felipe, Catalina Pino Muñoz and Jorge Ávalos attended the 12th International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer (ICCHMT) 2019 on 3 - 6 September at Rome, Italy. They gave oral presentations on the topics below:
Avalos-Patino, J. Neethling, S. Dargaville, S. Piggott, M. Studying the impact of an inhomogeneous participating medium in a coupled convection-radiation system using finite element based methods.
Pino-Muñoz, Catalina A. Brandon, Nigel P. Modelling of membrane transport in a regenerative hydrogen-vanadium fuel cell.
Huerta, F. & Vesovic, V. A realistic vapour phase heat transfer model for the weathering of LNG stored in large tanks.

Awards

Rebecca Bell has been awarded the British Geophysical Association (BGA) Bullerwell Lecturer Prize for 2020. As the prize winner, she will give the keynote Bullerwell Lecture at EGU 2020. The prize is given to “An outstanding early career British Geophysicist” and is one of the principal events in the BGA calendar, which has been presented every year since 1981.

Impact and Media

Dick Selley's research on the impact of climate change on British viticulture was cited in the Financial Times and Forbes magazine.

PhD Vivas

Congratulations to Simon Franchini and Lukas Mosser, who passed their PhD viva in September.

New Staff

Mengzheng Ouyang – Started on 29 July as a Research Assistant with Professor Nigel Brandon

Ruth Davey – Started on 1st August as the Undergraduate Education Administrator for ESE

Xuehao Yuan – Started on 15 August as a Research Assistant with Professor Sevket Durucan

Dr David Fernandez-Blanco – Started on 12 August as a Research Associate with Professor Chris Jackson

Mr James Norcliffe – Started on 12 August as a Research Assistant with Professor Chris Jackson

Dr Salome Shokri-Kuehni – Started on 1st September as a Research Associate with Dr Sam Krevor

Dr Evgeny Dyshlyuk – Started on 2 September as a Research Associate with Professor Matt Jackson

Obituary

Peter R. Simpson, a friend of the department, has passed away at the age of 82. In the early 2000s, Peter contributed to both the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of exploration and environmental geochemistry in the Department, the course generated very favourable reviews from students. Read more about Peter here.