MrAlexBowles

Summary

Alex is a Research Postgraduate within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Imperial College London. He works within the area of waste valorisation by pyrolysis, gasification, and activation processes. 

Alex's PhD investigates the potential of pyrolysis to recycle hydrocarbon materials from waste polymers, specifically automotive tyres. Additionally, Alex is working on developing a new carbon dioxide capture mechanism through adsorption on to a carbonaceous product of this waste recovery process.

Alex engages in regular teaching activities for his academic supervisor, Dr Geoffrey D Fowler. Alex is funded by the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (SSCP) scholarship run by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and Pyrenergy Ltd, a waste recovery business.

Some of Alex's research is available here. His LinkedIn profile is available here.  In 2020, Alex won a conference poster competition based around decarbonisation opportunities in the UK. In 2022, he won a poster competition based around innovations in waste valorisation. He is also committee member for the Society of Chemical Industry Energy Group (SCI-EG), and a member for the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM).

In 2016, Alex graduated with a BSc in Environmental Geoscience from the University of Bristol. The following year, he graduated from Imperial College with an MSc in Environmental Engineering. After working as a Research Assistant at Imperial College in 2018, he started his PhD in 2019. He has been working with various industrial partners as a pyrolysis and gasification consultant throughout his PhD. 

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