Professor Michael Walmsley
Director
Expertise: Process integration & macro energy systems
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Dr Martin Atkins
Assistant Director
Expertise: Process integration & biomass-based hybrid utility systems
Chemical & Process Engineer
Dr Tim Walmsley
Assistant Director
Expertise: Process integration, optimisation & electrification
Process Engineer
Professor Mark Apperley
Expertise: Grid-edge trading and balancing for electrical systems
Electrical Engineer & Computer Scientist
Associate Professor James Carson
Expertise: Food properties, refrigeration & heat pumps
Chemical & Process Engineer
Dr Panos Patros
Software Architecture Leader & Head of the ORCA Lab, SCMS
Expertise: Self-adaptive systems
Software Engineer
Professor Brent Young
Director of I2C2, University of Auckland
Expertise: Digital twins, process modelling & control
Chemical Engineer
Dr Wei Yu
University of Auckland
Expertise: Digital twins, process modelling & control
Chemical Engineer
Dr Jim Chen
Massey University
Expertise: Thermodynamic cycles & solid fuel combustion
Chemical Engineer
Dr Duy Hoang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Refrigeration and heat pumps
Mechanical Engineer
Dr Moe Dabbour
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Process modelling & control
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Isaac Severinsen
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Efficient, dynamic, digital twin models of process unit operations using modern regression
Chemical & Process Engineer
Jun Chang
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Developing a self-learning system for heat pump cycles of non-continuous processes
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Elsa Klinac
PhD Researcher
Topic: Dynamic modelling of heat recovery loops for non-continuous industrial sites
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Stephen Burroughs
PhD Researcher
Topic: Process heat recovery: specification language, modelling and optimisation
Software Engineer
Michael Kalpagé
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Utilisation of Digital Twins and Wider Community Integration toward achieving Decarbonisation of Process Heat
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Keri Adamson
Master's Researcher
Topic: High-temperature, transcritical-recuperative heat pumps
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Michaela Kerr
Master's Researcher
Topic: Community microgrids with renewable generation
Software Engineer
Marcus Ly
Master's Researcher
Topic: Digital twin of a hydropower station
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Theo Brehmer-Hine
Master's Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Digital twins of process heat unit operations for process decarbonisation
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Richard Chen
Master's Researcher at the University of Waikato
Topic: Integration of heat pumps for decarbonisation at Fonterra Waitoa
Process Engineer
Lana Kong
Project Coordinator & Researcher
Topic: High temperature heat pumps
Mechanical Engineer
Ben Lincoln
Researcher
Topic: Modular integration of multi-temperature heat pumps
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Matthew Taylor
Honours Researcher
Topic: Renewable energy systems integration with storage
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Sam Pomana
Honours Researcher
Topic: Heat pump integrated biomass boiler
Mechanical Engineer
Jack O'Leary
Research Assistant
Topic: Industrial energy supply with storage
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Safiya Al Habsi
Research Assistant
Topic: Top-down analysis of process energy use in New Zealand
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Keegan Hall
Research Assistant
Topic: Thermal storage integration and modelling
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Shuai Liu
Research Assistant
Topic: Harnessing low-cost variable electricity in industrial utility systems
Mechanical Engineer
Josh Taylor
Research Assistant
Topic: Advancements in heat pump and refrigeration technology
Mechanical Engineer
Jakob Thomas
Research Assistant
Topic: Biomass boiler and fuel selection tool
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Kaifu Tian
Research Assistant
Topic: Digital twin using VR and CFD
Mechanical Engineer
Billy Burton
Research Assistant
Topic: Machine learning of dynamical heat systems
Software Engineer
Kenan Grant
Research Assistant
Topic: Ahuora OpenPinch web app
Software Engineer
Shivani Singh
Research Assistant
Topic: Thermal storage for industrial sites
Chemical & Biological Engineer
