Goetz BICKERT Senior Lecturer
	location	Room 413 F10
	telephone	9385 6243
	facsimile	9385 5966
	email	g.bickert@unsw.edu.au
	School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia

Qualifications	Cand.-Ing. Technical University of Hamburg Harburg, Germany, 1988 Dipl.-Ing. Chemical Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1991 PhD (Dr.-Ing.) University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1997
Employment	University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Research Assistant, 1991-1992 University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Research Engineer, 1992-1997 CSIRO Division of Energy Technology, Research Engineer, 1997-1999 Jord Engineers / Jord International Pty Ltd. Product Manager Filtration 1999-2008 GBL Process Pty Ltd, Principal Consultant, 2008-Present The University of New South Wales, School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry Research Fellow, 1999-2000 Lecturer, 2000-2004 (Part time) Senior Lecturer, 2004-present (Part time)
Research Interests	Solid/Liquid-Separation Simulating filtration on bench and pilot scale Improving dewatering performance of filters, centrifuges and hydroclones Characterisation of the dewatering behaviour of Australian coals and ores Settling behaviour of suspensions in high solid concentrations Size classification Investigating the size classification in hydrocylones Ultrafine size classification in centrifuges
Selected Publications	Woodfield, D., Bickert, G., (2001), An ImprovedPermeability Model for Fractal Aggregates Settling in Creeping Flow, WaterResearch, Vol 35/16 (2001), pp 39-44 Ettmayr,A., Bickert, G. and Stahl, W., (2001), Zur Konzentrationsabhaengigkeit desSedimentationsvorgangs von Feinstpartickelsuspensionen, F & SFiltration and Seperation, 15 (2001) 2, pp 58-64 Kawasaki,K. A. M., Bickert, G., and Amal, R., (2001), The Effect of the Freezing ColumnDiameter on Freezing and Thawing Treatment of Excess Activated Sludge, JChem. Eng. Japan, Vol 34 (12) (2001), pp.1562-1566 Hermawan, M., Bushell G., Bickert G., et al. (2003), Relationship between floc short rangestructure and sediment compaction. Part. & Part. Syst. Charact. 20 (5)327-334. M. Beiser, G. Bickert, P. Scharfer, (2003), Vergleichvon Sedimentations- und Strukturanalyse im Hinblick aufEntstabilisierungsvorgänge in Suspensionen Chem.-Ing.-Tech. 75 (2003) 9, p1270-1274 Woodfield, D., Bickert, G., (2004) Separation offlocs in hydrocyclones - significance of floc breakage and floc hydrodynamics,International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol 73/2-4 pp 239-249 Hermawan, M., Bushell G., Bickert G., Amal, R., (2004),Characterisation of short range structure of silica aggregates – Implicationto sediment compaction, International Journal of Mineral Processing Vol 73/2-4pp 65-81 M. Beiser, G. Bickert, P. Scharfer, (2004), Comparison ofSedimentation Behavior and Structure Analysis with Regards to DestabilizationProcesses in Suspensions, Chem. Eng. Technol., 27, No. 10, 1084 - 1088 Bickert, G.; Stahl, W.; Witt, W. (1997), Wet classification of starch – a physicalpossibility to influence the technologically important properties of starch=Nassklassierung von Staerke - eine physikalische Beeinflussungsmoeglichkeitder technologisch wichtigen Eigenschaften von Staerke, Starch/Staerke 49 (1997)5, 186-194 Bickert, G., Stahl, W. (1997), Settling behavior ofsubmicron particles in dilute and concentrated suspensionsPart. Part. Syst.Charact. 14 3, 142 – 147 Bickert, G.und Stahl, W., (1996), Sedimentationsverhalten von mono- und polydispersen,submicronen Partikeln in verduennten und konzentrierten Suspensionen. Chem.-Ing.-Tech.68 11, 1459-1462 Bickert, G., Stahl, W., Bartsch, R., Mueller, F.,(1995) Grinding circuit for fine particles in liquid suspensions with a newcounter-flow centrifugal classifier, I. J. Min. Proc. 44-45, S. 733-741
Societies	AusIMM: Member, Australian Institute of Mining and Mineralurgy ACPS: Member, Australian Coal Preparation Society
Teaching Areas	Particle Mechanics Mineral Processing Design Advanced Separation