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David TRIMM
CSIRO Fellow and Emeritus Scientia Professor
location Room 409 F10
telephone 9385 4340
facsimile 9385 5966
email d.trimm@unsw.edu.au
 
School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
The University of New South Wales
UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
 
Qualifications
  • B.Sc Chemistry University of Exeter 1958
  • PhD University of Exeter 1961
  • DIC Imperial College

Awards and HonoursA.M., F.A.T.S.E., FRACI,

Employment
  • 1963-1976 Lecturer Imperial College, London
  • 1976-1979 Professor University of Trondheim, Norway
  • 1979-2002. Professor & Head of School, UNSW.
  • 2002-2007 Federation Felloe. 2007 - CSIRO fellow

Research Interests
  • Catalysis
  • Catalytic reaction engineering
  • Synthetic fuels and catalysis
  • Air pollution control and catalysis

Selected Publications
  • Padeste, C., Trimm, D.L. and Lamb, R.N., "Characterization of SN doped No/Al203 steam reforming catalystsby XPS", Catalysis Letters, 17 (1993) 333-339
  • Jiang, C.J., Trimm, D.L. and ainwright, M.S. and Cant, N.W., "Kinetic study of steam reforming ofmethanol over copper-based catalysts", App. Catal., 93 (1993) 245-255
  • Sidjabat, O., Trimm, D.L. and Wainwright, M.S., "The Preparation and Properties of Magnesia Catalyst Supports.", J. Chem. Tech. Biotechnol., 56 (1993) 240-245

Societies
  • Fellow RACI
  • Fellow IChemE
  • Fellow IEAust