University of Sheffield: CPE: Professor Peter Styring


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People Research (Bio)Physicochemical Hydrodynamics Green Chemistry Hydrogen From Water Microchemical Engineering Power Fluidics Past work Useful tools News Contact us Engineering from Molecules	Professor Peter Styring BSc, PhD, CEng, CSci, CChem, FIChemE, FRSC Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Professor of Public Engagement EPSRC Senior Media Fellow Process Fluidics Group Professor Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7571 Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7501 E-mail: p.styring@shef.ac.uk Web: www.pfg.group.shef.ac.uk/ Biography After obtaining a First Class Honours Degree in Chemistry and PhD in Liquid Crystal Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, I joined the Chemistry Department at the State University of New York in StoneyBrook in what turned out to be a brief but memorable stay. I returned to the UK to take up an EU Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Hull. I remained at Hull until 2000 as the Thorn EMI / BNR Industrial Lecturer in Chemistry and the DERA Sponsored Lecturer in Computational Chemistry. I joined the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Sheffield as Senior Lecturer in September 2000 and was promoted to Personal Chair in January 2007. In summer 2007 I was awarded the additional title of Professor of Public Engagement. Research Interests Micro Reactors Androgynous Catalysis Green, Benign and Sustainable Technologies and Solvents Snowsports Engineering Current Research Projects Senior Media Fellowship Staff: Professor Peter Styring Engineering Science in Sport and Everyday Life: Working with TV, Radio and the printed media to encourage public engagement in Engineering and Science Electromechanical Polymers Student: Nhan Le, Sponsor: Vietnamese Government Synthesis of electromechanical liquid crystalline polymers for applications in micro mechanical structures such as pumps and valves. Biomimetic Aerobic Oxidation of Alkenes using Polymer-supported Catalysts Student: Jamil Khan, Sponsor: EPSRC Development of new skis and snowboards with improved glide and speed on snow and artificial surfaces. C-Cycle: Carbon Capture, Activation and Conversion. Staff: Dr Ortrud Aschenbrenner, Student: Somsak Supasitmongskol, Sponsors: EPSRC Snowsports Engineering Staff: numerous, including Snowsport England, Sponsor: Polymer Centre, ERDF Objective 1 Development of new skis and snowboards with improved glide and speed on snow and artificial surfaces. Improving the Lifetime of Ice Hockey Sticks Staff: Professor Peter Styring, Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce, Dr Matt Carre, Dr Jem Rendong; Student: Sam Parkinson, Sponsor: Sheffield Steelers, KTOF Analysis of Ice Hockey stick breakage using remote real-time stress and pressure sensing. The development of new materials for more effective sticks Publications Follow the link for PUBLICATIONS News and activities “Engineering Gold” TV programme for How Science Works broadcast in October 2007 Member of EPSRC College and Peer Review Panel, including Panel Chair Member of IChemE Publications Medals Board Member of IChemE Biotechnology Strategy Group Founder Member of Young Academics Network in Chemical Engineering (YANCE) Management Committee and co-organiser of first YANCE Conference. Member of Board of Sheffield Polymer Centre Recent invited, plenary and keynote lectures Engineering Gold”, TeachersTV Conference 2007, The Royal Society of London Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham “Engineering Gold”, 2007 BA Festival York “Engineering Gold”, 21st Century Science Conference, After Dinner Lecture, York University “Inspiring Post-16 Physics”, 2007, National Science Learning Centre, York University “Snowsports Engineering”, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, May 2008 “Snowsports Engineering”, Institute for Materials and Processes, The University of Edinburgh, May 2008 Teaching CPE410 – Product Design Project Other Links The Polymer Centre. Research in Polymer Science and Engineering www.polymercentre.org.uk/ The Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org Institution of Chemical Engineers www.icheme.org The Science Council www.sciencecouncil.org Young Academics Network for Chemical Engineering www.chemengweb.net Green Chemistry Networks UK: www.chemsoc.org/networks/gcn www.epa.gov/greenchemistry Snowsport England http://www.snowsportengland.org.uk Links to research projects Heterogeneous systems Suzuki Reaction Heck Reaction Continuous Processes Acid Catalysed Continuous Flow Esterifications Scale Out Of Micro Reactors Processes In Aqueous Media Thermal Recovery Of Organic Compounds From Ionic Liquids Reactive Desulfurisation Of Oil Clean Lubricants Ski & Snowboard Development Kumada Reaction Micro reactors Green chemistry Return to list of people
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