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
Dr Mahonri Owen
Expertise: Industry 4.0 and digital twins
Mechanical Engineer
Associate Professor Fei Yang
Expertise: Energy materials & light-weight alloys
Materials 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
Dr Shafiqur Tito
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Smart grids and control
Electrical 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 in Process Heat Decarbonisation
Chemical & Materials Engineer
Ahuroa Leech
PhD Researcher
Topic: Renewable energy in Rural and Maori communities
Civil Engineer
Lana Kong
PhD Researcher & Project Coordinator
Topic: High temperature heat pumps for spray dryers
Mechanical Engineer
Ben Lincoln
PhD Researcher
Topic: Process integration and electrification of dairy processing
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Keegan Hall
PhD Researcher
Topic: Open source process and utility systems synthesis and optimisation
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
Topic: Integration of heat pumps for decarbonisation at Fonterra Waitoa
Process Engineer
Jack O'Leary
Master's Researcher
Topic: Industrial energy supply with storage
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
Safiya Al Habsi
Honours Researcher
Topic: Heat pump-integrated biomass boiler
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Jakob Thomas
Honours Researcher
Topic: Heat pump-integrated biomass boiler
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Kaifu Tian
Honours Researcher
Topic: Digital twin using VR and AR
Mechanical Engineer
Monica Liev
Honours Researcher
Topic: Digital twin using VR and AR
Mechanical Engineer
Billy Burton
Honours Researcher
Topic: Machine learning of dynamical heat systems
Software Engineer
Kenan Grant
Honours Researcher
Topic: Ahuora OpenPinch web app
Software Engineer
Asaad Ibrahim
Honours Researcher
Topic: Hybrid renewable power generation schemes
Civil Engineer
Josh Taylor
Honours Researcher
Topic: Zeotropic heat pump technology
Mechanical Engineer
Sami Al-Duri
Honours Researcher
Topic: Performance of the MHI Q-ton CO2 heat pump
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Yaksh Kataria
Honours Researcher
Topic: Quantum heat exchange network retrofit algorithm
Software Engineer
Harrison Whiting
Honours Researcher
Topic: Cloud Native Services for a Heat Exchange Network Retrofitting Backend
Software Engineer
