Dr Ben Mullins
B.Tech, B.Environ Eng (1st class hon.), PhD (Process Engineering) Griffith
Position: Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer
Fields of interest
- Filtration and Separation
- Emissions Control and Minimisation
- Greywater Recycling
- Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
- Sustainable Transport Fuels
- Aerosols
- Bioprocess Engineering
Publications
Career Highlights
Ben is a Chemical/Environmental/Process engineer, who has previously worked in a range of research, teaching, consulting, and government roles, both in Australia and Europe. He was a Research Fellow at the Universitaet Karlsruhe (Germany), Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics (Gas-Particle-Systems Group).
Ben leads the Sustainable Processing and Process Technology research area.
Ben also coordinates the Master of Science (Sustainability) and teaches the PG units: Eco-Efficiency, Green Chemistry, Green Engineering and Industrial Ecology. Ben also coordinates the 4 research units within the masters course, and coordinates or teaches a number of UG units.
Current and Recent Research Grants
Increasing the operational lifetime and optimising the design of crankcase oil-mist filters. ARC Linkage grant (LP0883877), approximately $335,000.00 over 3 years.
Cleaner Production options to minimise air emissions from SMEs. DEC(WA) $20,000.00.
Curtin internal research grants (2007) - approx $43 000 total.
Modelling and optimisation of mist filters. German DFG (Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft - German Research Association) approximately e300,000.00 over 3 years. (Grant ID MU2652/2-1).
