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Vicki CHEN
Professor
Deputy Head of School

location Room 317 F10
telephone 9385 4813
facsimile 9385 5966
email v.chen@unsw.edu.au
 
School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
The University of New South Wales
UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
 
Qualifications
  • B. S. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1988

Employment
  • Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney (1988 - 1995)
  • University of New South Wales, Department of Chemical Engineering (Lecturer,1996-1999, Senior Lecturer 1999-2002 )

Research InterestsMembrane Science and Technology
  • Hybrid Membrane-Photocatalytic Reactor
  • Hybrid membrane-photocatalytic reactor systems for the degradation of organic contaminants in water and wastewater.
  • Formation of Novel Isoporous Membranes from Star Polymers
  • Membrane Fouling and Cleaning
  • Hybrid Processes for the Removal of Natural Organic Matter
  • Hollow Fiber / Module Design
  • Visualization and modelling of flow distribution in hollow fiber modules and cross-flow membrane modules.
Current Research Activities
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Selected Publications
  • Flux, Rejection Performance,and identification of Protein Deposition", submitted, Desalination(special issue for International Congress on Membranes and MembraneProcesses 2002).
  • C. Tang and V. Chen, "Nanofiltration of Textile Effluent" inNanofiltration — Principles and Applications, Editors A.I. Schäfer,A.G. Fane, T.D. Waite, Elsevier.