Professor Ian Mabbett

Professor

Chemistry

+44 (0) 1792 606601

i.mabbett@swansea.ac.uk

Office 4 - 101
First Floor
Active Office
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2959-1716

Scopus

About

Ian is the Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Culture. In the words of the Royal Society, ‘Research culture encompasses the behaviours, values, expectations, attitudes and norms of our research communities. It influences researchers’ career paths and determines the way that research is conducted and communicated’. Ian aims to champion a positive culture of research integrity, open research practices and ensuring recognition and reward of the diverse contributions people make to our communities. He works across the institution to embed our commitments to responsible research assessment and metrics.

Ian was a founding fellow of the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute (MASI) and in September 2024 became the next Director of MASI. The First Minister of Wales launched MASI in 2021 as Wales’ first Advanced Studies Institute focussed on transformative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Since then, it’s built a vibrant and diverse community of researchers (within Swansea and networked Globally) who are ready to orchestrate responses to the world’s most critical opportunities and challenges. MASI and the work it enables are vital parts of Swansea’s research culture.

Prior to this Ian was the Enterprise, Partnerships and Innovation lead for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, supporting the innovation ecosystem across the faculty.

He is the ‘People, Culture and Environment’ (PCE) expert member on Main Panel B of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 exercise.

Areas Of Expertise

Functional Industrial Coatings
Energy storage
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Rapid Radiative Curing and Sintering
Instrumental and Analytical Techniques

Career Highlights

Research

Ian’s research has mostly focussed on rapid heating or curing of industrial coatings and energy materials such as photovoltaics and energy storage, along with colleagues at the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, a Queen’s Anniversary Prize recipient. He also has research interests in water, sanitation and hygiene. More recently his interests have evolved into transdisciplinary research and systems approaches to unpick global challenges including climate change. Ian has managed major projects at the University including centres of doctoral training, the reintroduction of a chemistry department and the formation of the SUNRISE network, a global challenges research fund project creating energy positive buildings with partners across India and the Global South. SUNRISE won many awards including the Times Higher Education Award for ‘International Collaboration of the Year’ in 2020 and was an OECD case study in ‘addressing societal challenges using transdisciplinary research’.

Podcast: Clean Energy: Revolutionary Research to generate, store and use renewable energy.

Award Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

Jones, B., Davies, K., Anantharaj, S., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., Durrant, J., Kuehnel, M., Pitchaimuthu, S., & Allan, M. (2021). Photoelectrochemical concurrent hydrogen generation and heavy metal recovery from polluted acidic mine water. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(12), 3084-3091.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00232e, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56744
Somorin, T., Getahun, S., Septien, S., Mabbett, I., Kolios, A., & Buckley, C. (2021). Isothermal drying characteristics and kinetics of human faecal sludges. Gates Open Research, 4(67), 67
https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13137.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54550
Getahun, S., Septien, S., Mata, J., Somorin, T., Mabbett, I., & Buckley, C. (2020). Drying characteristics of faecal sludge from different on-site sanitation facilities. Journal of Environmental Management, 261, 110267
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110267, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53717
Charles, R., Davies, M., Douglas, P., Hallin, I., & Mabbett, I. (2019). Sustainable energy storage for solar home systems in rural Sub-Saharan Africa – A comparative examination of lifecycle aspects of battery technologies for circular economy, with emphasis on the South African context. Energy, 166, 1207-1215.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.053, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46122
Steer, C., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Sahoo, D., Mabbett, I., & Jones, M. (2018). A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 1-7). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3229434.3229461, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39869
Charles, R., Davies, M., Douglas, P., Atiemo, S., Bates, M., Clews, A., Mabbett, I., Martincigh, B., Mombeshora, E., Joanna , J., Nyamori, V., Worsley, D., & Mabbett, I. (2017). Sustainable Solar Energy Storage for Rural Africa. (pp. 177-186).
https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-052-3.18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44418
Mabbett, I. (2017). Applying a Coherent Academy Training Structure to Vertically Integrate Learning, Teaching and Personal Development in Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1484-1503).
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1798-6.ch060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34591
Worsley, D., Lavery, N., & Mabbett, I. (2016). Mathematical framework for predicting the thermal behaviour of spectrally selective coatings within an industrial near-infrared furnace. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 25(3), 294-308.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2016.1212628, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29270
Mabbett, I. (2015). Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education. Applying a Coherent Academy Training Structure to Vertically Integrate Learning, Teaching and Personal Development in Materials Science and Engineering (pp. 82-99).
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27218
Glover, C., Barnes, A., Mabbett, I., Subramanian, R., & Williams, G. (2015). The scanning vibrating electrode technique for the study of hydrogen evolution from an iron electrode. In ECS Transactions (pp. 73-81).
https://doi.org/10.1149/06418.0001ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27245

All Research

Journal Articles

Etminan, A., Holliman, P., Mabbett, I., Martin, C., & Davies-Smith, C. (2025). Thermochemical simulations of hydrogen production from polypropylene plastic waste coupled with methanation of CO & CO₂ from steelmaking off-gases. Energy Reports, 13, 6079-6088.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2025.05.043, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69553
Nicholas, L., Winrow, E., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2025). Faecal sludge pyrolysis as a circular economic approach to waste management and nutrient recovery. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27(3), 5893-5924.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04219-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65223
Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2024). The Effect of Biochar on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivar Micro-Tom Grown under Continuous Light. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 24(4), 6775-6781.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-024-02003-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67511
Batchelor, C., Martin-Martinez, F., Griffiths, C., Mabbett, I., Smith, J., & Jewell, E. (2024). Computationally-accelerated prediction of polyester-melamine coatings degradation to design sustainable organically-coated steels for outdoor applications. RSC Advances, 14(26), 18343-18354.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra06744k, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66585
Nicholas, L. & Mabbett, I. (2023). Drying dairy manure using a passive solar still: A case study. Energy Nexus, 10, 100183
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2023.100183, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2023.100183
Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2023). The Effect of Faecal Sludge Biochar on the Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivar Micro-Tom. Agronomy, 13(5), 1233
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051233, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63267
Bachs-Herrera, A., York, D., Stephens-Jones, T., Mabbett, I., Yeo, J., & Martin-Martinez, F. (2023). Biomass carbon mining to develop nature-inspired materials for a circular economy. iScience, 26(4), 106549
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106549, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106549
Kumar, A., Majithia, P., Choudhary, P., Mabbett, I., Kuehnel, M., Pitchaimuthu, S., & Krishnan, V. (2022). MXene coupled graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets based plasmonic photocatalysts for removal of pharmaceutical pollutant. Chemosphere, 308, 136297
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136297, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61166
Nicholas, L., Halfacree, K., & Mabbett, I. (2022). Public Perceptions of Faecal Sludge Biochar and Biosolids Use in Agriculture. Sustainability, 14(22), 15385
https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215385, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62114
Nicholas, H., Mabbett, I., Apsey, H., & Robertson, I. (2022). Physico-chemical properties of waste derived biochar from community scale faecal sludge treatment plants. Gates Open Research, 6, 96
https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13727.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61506
Jones, B., Davies, K., Anantharaj, S., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., Durrant, J., Kuehnel, M., Pitchaimuthu, S., & Allan, M. (2021). Photoelectrochemical concurrent hydrogen generation and heavy metal recovery from polluted acidic mine water. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(12), 3084-3091.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00232e, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56744
Somorin, T., Getahun, S., Septien, S., Mabbett, I., Kolios, A., & Buckley, C. (2021). Isothermal drying characteristics and kinetics of human faecal sludges. Gates Open Research, 4(67), 67
https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13137.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54550
Getahun, S., Septien, S., Mata, J., Somorin, T., Mabbett, I., & Buckley, C. (2020). Drying characteristics of faecal sludge from different on-site sanitation facilities. Journal of Environmental Management, 261, 110267
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110267, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53717
Charles, R., Davies, M., Douglas, P., Hallin, I., & Mabbett, I. (2019). Sustainable energy storage for solar home systems in rural Sub-Saharan Africa – A comparative examination of lifecycle aspects of battery technologies for circular economy, with emphasis on the South African context. Energy, 166, 1207-1215.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.053, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46122
Worsley, D., Lavery, N., & Mabbett, I. (2016). Mathematical framework for predicting the thermal behaviour of spectrally selective coatings within an industrial near-infrared furnace. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 25(3), 294-308.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2016.1212628, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29270
Mabbett, I., Marinaccio, J., Glover, C., Barnes, A., Subramanian, R., Williams, G., Worsley, D., Williams, G., Worsley, D., & Mabbett, I. (2015). Rapid Processing and Scanning Electrochemical Techniques Applied to Sintered Nickel Electrodes of Varying Thickness and Rate Capability. ECS Transactions, 64(18), 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1149/06418.0001ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22035
Mabbett, I., Elvins, J., Gowenlock, C., Glover, C., Jones, P., Williams, G., Worsley, D., & Gowenlock, C. (2014). Addition of carbon black NIR absorber to galvanised steel primer systems: Influence on NIR cure of polyester melamine topcoats and corrosion protection characteristics. Progress in Organic Coatings, 77(2), 494-501.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2013.11.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21083
Bryant, D., Mabbett, I., Greenwood, P., Watson, T., Wijdekop, M., & Worsley, D. (2014). Ultrafast near-infrared curing of PEDOT:PSS. Organic Electronics, 15(6), 1126-1130.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2014.03.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18424
Mabbett, I., Elvins, J., Gowenlock, C., Jones, P., & Worsley, D. (2013). Effects of highly absorbing pigments on near infrared cured polyester/melamine coil coatings. Progress in Organic Coatings, 76(9), 1184-1190.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2013.03.031, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21091
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Davies, M., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2013). TiO2 Film Morphology, Electron Transport and Electron Lifetime in Ultra-fast Sintered Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. MRS Proceedings, 1493
https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1707, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18418
Mabbett, I., Geary, S., Warren, D., Sullivan, J., Penney, D., Watson, T., Worsley, D., Watson, T., & Mabbett, I. (2013). Near Infrared Heat Treatment to Flow Melt Tinplate. ECS Transactions, 50(37), 155-164.
https://doi.org/10.1149/05037.0155ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15678
Carnie, M., Charbonneau, C., Barnes, P., Davies, M., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., O'Regan, B., & Worsley, D. (2013). Ultra-fast sintered TiO2 films in dye-sensitized solar cells: phase variation, electron transport and recombination. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(6), 2225-2230.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TA01005D, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13797
Cathren, E., Ian, M., David, A., Mabbett, I., & Gowenlock, C. (2013). Optimization of near infrared cured polyester/melamine coil coatings by the use of near infrared absorbing primers. GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology, 2(2)
https://doi.org/10.5176/2251-3701_2.2.70, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27221
Mabbett, I., Glover, C., Malone, J., Worsley, D., & Mabbett, I. (2012). Comparison of Pocket Plate and Sintered Plate Ni Electrodes Used in Energy Storage Technologies for PV Back Up Applications. ECS Transactions, 50(45), 25-35.
https://doi.org/10.1149/05045.0025ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27226
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885748894&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Watson, T., Charbonneau, C., Carnie, M., Mabbett, I., Cherrington, M., & Worsley, D. (2012). Addressing Bottlenecks in Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Manufacture Using Rapid Near-infrared Heat Treatments. MRS Proceedings, 1447
https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1169, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13323
Worsley, D. & Mabbett, I. (2011). Ultrafast TiO.
https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3553357, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5818
Watson, T., Mabbett, I., Wang, H., Peter, L., & Worsley, D. (2011). Ultrafast near infrared sintering of TiO2 layers on metal substrates for dye-sensitized solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19(4), 482-486.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.1041, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5827
Cherrington, M., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2011). Ultrafast near-infrared sintering of a slot-die coated nano-silver conducting ink. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(21), 7562
https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm10630a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12958
Mathew, W., Kathryn, S., Ian, M., David, A., Andrew, E., & Mabbett, I. (2011). ChemInform Abstract: Copper(II) Tetrafluoroborate Promoted Meinwald Rearrangement Reactions of Epoxides.. ChemInform, 42(7), no-no.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201107038, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27227
Robinson, M. & Mabbett, I. (2010). Copper(II) tetrafluroborate-promoted Meinwald rearrangement reactions of epoxides. Tetrahedron, 66(43), 8377-8382.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2010.08.078, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27233
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957337153&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Robinson, M. & Mabbett, I. (2010). Synthesis of nanoporous aluminosilicate materials and their application as highly selective heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of β-amino alcohols. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 329(1-2), 57-63.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2010.06.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27232
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955513271&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Robinson, M., Davies, A., Buckle, R., Mabbett, I., Taylor, S., Graham, A., & Mabbett, I. (2009). Epoxide ring-opening and Meinwald rearrangement reactions of epoxides catalyzed by mesoporous aluminosilicates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 7(12), 2559
https://doi.org/10.1039/b900719a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27236
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650499659&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Robinson, M. & Mabbett, I. (2009). Synthesis and catalytic activity of nanoporous aluminosilicate materials. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 314(1-2), 10-14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2009.09.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27235
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71749100176&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Mathew, W., A., M., Richard, B., Ian, M., Stuart, H., Andrew, E., & Mabbett, I. (2009). ChemInform Abstract: Epoxide Ring-Opening and Meinwald Rearrangement Reactions of Epoxides Catalyzed by Mesoporous Aluminosilicates.. ChemInform, 40(45)
https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.200945032, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27234
Robinson, M. & Mabbett, I. (2007). Mesoporous aluminosilicate promoted alcoholysis of epoxides. Tetrahedron Letters, 48(27), 4723-4725.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.05.010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27237
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249873029&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Book Chapters

Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2023). Perspective Chapter: Agronomic Properties of Biochar from Slow Pyrolysis of Human Waste. Sustainable Use of Biochar [Working Title] IntechOpen
https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1002187, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65023
Mabbett, I. (2017). Applying a Coherent Academy Training Structure to Vertically Integrate Learning, Teaching and Personal Development in Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1484-1503).
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1798-6.ch060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34591
Mabbett, I. (2015). Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education. Applying a Coherent Academy Training Structure to Vertically Integrate Learning, Teaching and Personal Development in Materials Science and Engineering (pp. 82-99).
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27218

Conference Contributions

Steer, C., Robinson, S., Pearson, J., Sahoo, D., Mabbett, I., & Jones, M. (2018). A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 1-7). ACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3229434.3229461, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39869
Charles, R., Davies, M., Douglas, P., Atiemo, S., Bates, M., Clews, A., Mabbett, I., Martincigh, B., Mombeshora, E., Joanna , J., Nyamori, V., Worsley, D., & Mabbett, I. (2017). Sustainable Solar Energy Storage for Rural Africa. (pp. 177-186).
https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-052-3.18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44418
Glover, C., Barnes, A., Mabbett, I., Subramanian, R., & Williams, G. (2015). The scanning vibrating electrode technique for the study of hydrogen evolution from an iron electrode. In ECS Transactions (pp. 73-81).
https://doi.org/10.1149/06418.0001ecst, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27245
, . & Mabbett, I. (2013). Electrochemical and Optoelectronic Analysis of Charge Transport Recombination and electron lifetime in ultra-fast sintered TiO2 films for dye-sensitized solar cells..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27241
Mabbett, I. (2013). The use of NIR absorbing primers to optimize the NIR cure of polyester coil coatings.
https://doi.org/10.5176/2251-1857_M312.19, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27238
, . & Mabbett, I. (2011). Rapid processing technologies for dye-sensitised solar cells..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27239
Watson, T., Mabbett, I., Worsley, D., & Mabbett, I. (2010). The use of near infra red as a rapid heat treatment process in the manufacture of metal-based dye-sensitized solar cells. In Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27231
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952060662&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Other Research Outputs

Mabbett, I. (n.d.) METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27240

Supervision

Development of Bio-Based Foams for Sustainable Building Materials (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman
Next generation insulation materials for use within the building envelope. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman
Capture and Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Maximize Circularity in the Steelmaking Process.«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman
Free oxygen control in a pulse fired reheat furnace (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman
A computational chemistry study into the research and design of sustainable steel coatings. (current)

PhD
Emissivity and Oxidation in the Reheat Furnace (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Mark Coleman
Atomistic Modelling Of Nitrogen-Rich Biobased Carbon Materials (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Francisco Martin-Martinez
Developing motorway balancing ponds with long-term net ecological value (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Iain Robertson
Circular economic approaches to biological wastes in developing nations (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Kam Tang
EXPLORING CORROSION PERFORMANCE IN RAD-CURE COATING SYSTEMS (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof James Sullivan
Exploiting Sustainable Paint Technologies To Optimise Industrial Polyester Coatings (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Eifion Jewell
Sustainable Curing: Exploring alternative technologies for painted steel (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Eifion Jewell
Sustainable Paint - Removing the Reliance on Fossil Fuels (current)

EngD
‘Intrinsically delamination-resistant protective organic coatings for steel surfaces’. (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof David Penney
New Generation Foam to Revolutionise the Building Industry (awarded 2024)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman
Alternative Formulations to potentially replace the use of HexaHydroPhthalic Anhydride in Coil Coatings (awarded 2023)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof David Worsley
Optimization of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Structures Using Computational Techniques (current)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr James Ryan
The use of bio-derived epoxy in carbon fibre in Formula One (current)

MSc
The recycling of tyres, and the detection of banned substances to soften them in motorsports. (current)

MSc
Hydrothermal liquefaction of composite waste (current)

MSc

Taught Modules

CH-010 Reactions and Products

This module will introduce students to theories and laws that underpin our knowledge of atomic and molecular interactions/reactions. It will start with discussions and calculations for chemical equations. Thermodynamics will be include equilibrium, enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs Free Energy, calorimetry and Hess' Law (including,Born-Haber cycles and Le Chatelier's Principle). Simple kinetics and rate laws including catalysis will be introduced. A variety of simple and fundamental organic reactions will be introduced including but not limited to electrophilic and nuleophilic addition and substitution. This module will form the bridge to help students to transition from GCSE and A-level Chemistry, building a strong foundation for Chemistry at Level 4.
CH-127 Chemical Practice

This module will introduce students to the three broad employment areas for chemistry: research, teaching or industrial positions. The lecture portion will cover fundamental aspects of being a professional chemist including safety, report writing, project management, and teaching skills. Students will attend research seminars and workshops, industrial field trips, and supervise school pupils in the laboratory.
CH-344 Chemistry Project

3rd year projects are the opportunity to bring all you've learnt during your degree together and apply that knowledge to solve a problem. In Swansea these projects can be embedded in active research groups across the colleges of science, engineering or medicine, allowing you to build a network and experience in your chosen specialism within the chemical sciences. These projects are your opportunity to demonstrate to employers that you have a full understanding of your course and are able to direct your own studies, manage an independent research project and effectively communicate your findings. This selection suggests an interest in a project embedded within a research group in engineering, focusing on materials chemistry or chemical engineering
CH-409 MChem Research Project

MChem projects are the defining feature of the integrated masters with a chance to contribute research work of potentially publishable standard to an active research group within the University. In Swansea these projects can be embedded in active research groups across the Faculty of Science and Engineering or the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, allowing you to build a network and experience in your chosen specialism within the chemical sciences. These projects are an excellent way of managing the transition on to your next destination after undergraduate study, whether that is a postgraduate research studentship or into employment. The skills developed in the MChem projects demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver all aspects of a 60 credit research project and on exit you will have demonstrated the academic equivalence and begun developing the other skills required for entry into professional development schemes leading to chartership. This selection suggests an interest in a project embedded within a research group in science, focusing on straight chemistry, or interacting and collaborating with another department such as bioscience, geography, physics, maths or computer science.
CH-414 Scientific innovation and entrepreneurship

This is a seminar-based module that provides an introduction to the world of research, innovation and entrepreneurship, where students apply their chemical knowledge to tackle important scientific, societal and industrial challenges. Seminars and workshops will be provided partly by departmental staff and partly by invited external speakers including academics, industry professionals, grant-writing advisors, technology transfer officers, patent lawyers, venture capitalists, accomplished entrepreneurs and start-up CEOs and CTOs. The seminars will cover a broad range of complementary topics that are required to fund, manage and grow an academic or entrepreneurial project. Speakers will share their career path, failures, successes and how they and others have used their skills and ingenuity to have an impact on worldwide and local problems that society is facing. Some speakers could also provide a challenge or a case study for the students to work on and share with classmates. From these seminars, students will build up a strong portfolio of knowledge and transferable skills that they will then use it to write a impact analysis and business model canvas on a topic of their choosing, guided by mentor meetings to (1) discuss the broad topics before the specific problem is picked, (2) discuss the chosen problem before the exercises are done, and (3) discuss students¿ progress on the work. At the end of the module, they will pitch their project to a panel, where they will be questioned on their science, originality, business plan, budget, and impact.
EGAP01 Practical FTIR Molecular Spectroscopy of degrading organic coatings

This module introduces the key themes of polymer chemistry, degradation mechanisms and monitoring via molecular spectroscopy. The module aims to introduce participants to the fundamentals of measurement in the context of their own photodegraded, weathered samples. There will be theory based lectures, followed by practical classes utilizing own samples and then workshops around interpretation of data produced.

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Development of Bio-Based Foams for Sustainable Building Materials (current)

Next generation insulation materials for use within the building envelope. (current)

Capture and Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Maximize Circularity in the Steelmaking Process.«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /»«br /» (current)

Free oxygen control in a pulse fired reheat furnace (current)

A computational chemistry study into the research and design of sustainable steel coatings. (current)

Emissivity and Oxidation in the Reheat Furnace (current)

Atomistic Modelling Of Nitrogen-Rich Biobased Carbon Materials (awarded 2024)

Developing motorway balancing ponds with long-term net ecological value (awarded 2023)

Circular economic approaches to biological wastes in developing nations (awarded 2023)

EXPLORING CORROSION PERFORMANCE IN RAD-CURE COATING SYSTEMS (current)

Exploiting Sustainable Paint Technologies To Optimise Industrial Polyester Coatings (current)

Sustainable Curing: Exploring alternative technologies for painted steel (current)

Sustainable Paint - Removing the Reliance on Fossil Fuels (current)

‘Intrinsically delamination-resistant protective organic coatings for steel surfaces’. (current)

New Generation Foam to Revolutionise the Building Industry (awarded 2024)

Alternative Formulations to potentially replace the use of HexaHydroPhthalic Anhydride in Coil Coatings (awarded 2023)

Optimization of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Structures Using Computational Techniques (current)

The use of bio-derived epoxy in carbon fibre in Formula One (current)

The recycling of tyres, and the detection of banned substances to soften them in motorsports. (current)

Hydrothermal liquefaction of composite waste (current)

Taught Modules

CH-010 Reactions and Products

CH-127 Chemical Practice

CH-344 Chemistry Project

CH-409 MChem Research Project

CH-414 Scientific innovation and entrepreneurship

EGAP01 Practical FTIR Molecular Spectroscopy of degrading organic coatings