Our People
Team Leader Professor Timothy Lanagrish
Professor Tim Langrish has made a number of unique research contributions to the fields of spray drying and Computational Fluid Dynamics over the past 20 years. He has achieved the first properly-converged, fully three-dimensional, transient simulations of flow patterns inside an industrial milk spray dryer. This achievement is scientifically significant because it applies advanced computational modelling and physical understanding to the solution of important and common industrial process engineering problems. An important application of this contribution is to enhance the operability and availability of spray dryers in the Australian dairy industry. The contribution is being applied in commercial practice by the Australasian dairy company Fonterra.
He has also optimized timber drying schedules, applying fundamental wood science to enable forest companies to improve their drying operations. This is especially important as high-quality timbers become scarcer and the wasteful practices of yesteryear can no longer be tolerated. The results have appeared recently as a major book published by Springer-Verlag. This contribution is unique: previously no single book had adequately covered a basic understanding of wood drying in practice, showing the scientific significance of the work. The industrial significance and application of this work can be judged from the improvements in productivity (over 10%) and quality (over 50% reduction in cracking) that have been achieved for speciality timber such as ironbark.
Research Staff
Dr Don Chiou Research Associate
Dr Don Chiou joined the Drying Technology Group in 2005 after completing studies in Microscopy and Microanalysis with the Sydney University Electron Microscope Unit. His work has been involved in the development of novel nutraceutical food products and crystallisation behaviour of spray-dried powders. These projects are in conjunction with Lang Technologies.
Nima Yazdanphanh PhD Cadidate
Research Topic Crystallization of spray-dried poweders in fluidized bed dryer.
Education
PhD candidate Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of Sydney
Nima graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering, from Tehran Azad University, 2003.
Debolina Das PhD Candidate
Research Topic Scale Up of Crystallization in Drying
Education
PhD Candidate in The University of Sydney.
Debolina graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (Pharmaceutical), Jadavpur University, India, (2004-2008)
Tino Kausmann PhD Candidate
Research Topic Development of Multi Functional Layered Particles Using Novel Food Technology
Education
PhD Candidate The University of Sydney
Tino Graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Otto Von Gurericke University Magdeburg Germany 2009.
Perry Johnson M.Phil Candidate
Research Topic Energy Saving in Spray Drying
Education
Perry graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), University of Sydney, 2008
Jawad Ahmad M.Phil Candidate
Research Topic Optimised extraction and encapsulation of antioxidant powders from mandarin peels using a spray dryer
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Support
Dr Md. Imtiaz-Ul Islam Research Associate
Research Topic(s) Investigating In-Process Crystallization of Food Powders During Drying Processes.
Investigating CO2 sorption behaviour of Protein Powders.
Education
Ph.D. (2010, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney)
B.Sc. (Hons.) (2006, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, The University of Dhaka)
Mona Edrisi Sormoli Research Assistant
Research Topic Crystallization of food powders during spray drying process
Education
M Sc. (2008, Chemical Engineering – Food Industry, Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch)
B Sc. (2005, Chemical Engineering – Food Industry, Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch)
Students who have submitted
Nancy Shuosi Wang PhD Submitted
Research Topic Surface Modification of Spray-Dried Powders using Proteins to Improve Productivity and Flowability
Roshan Premarajah PhD Submitted
Research Topic Reaction Processes in Spray Drying and Improving Nutrient Quality in Spray-Dried Bioactive Materials
Recently graduated PhD candidates
Sam Smith PhD Graduated
Research Topic Improving the Modelling of Wood/Water Relationships during Kiln Drying and Reconditioning of Softwoods
Sam joined the Drying and Process Technology group in 2004 on an FWPRDC scholarship after completing an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Sydney.