- Fluidization Research Centre, University of British Columbia. Working closely with Drs. John Grace, Jim Lim, Xiaotao Bi, and Paul Watkinson and applying existing equipments and probes, there are a number of ongoing research projects at FRC.
- Dr. ir. Ruud van Ommen, Technische Universiteit Delft. February 2008 to current. Both fundamental and applied work related to multiphase flow has been initiated including the development of a fluidized bed process for coating nano-particles.
- Dr. John F. Kadla, University of British Columbia. August 2004 to current. We are involved in the separation and characterization of pyrolytic lignin from bio-oil.
- Dr. Lauren A. Briens, University of Western Ontario. June 2002 to 2004. Collaborative research was initiated to pursue time series analysis of measurements from various multiphase systems, including turbulent fluidized beds. The work is continuing and is expected to confirm the applicability of the new analysis method, based on chaos analysis, outlined by Briens, L.A. (2000) to hydrodynamics of turbulent fluidized beds.
- Dr. Felix J. Herrmann, University of British Columbia. September 2002 to 2004. Applicability of multiscale analysis using wavelet transform to signals from fluidized beds is being explored to gain further knowledge on the intricate multiscale characteristics of flow structures.
- Dr. Fariborz Taghipour, University of British Columbia. August 2002 to current. We have initiated a numerical study of fluidized bed hydrodynamics involving simulation of phenomenon observed in a fluidized bed using computational fluid dynamics.
- Dr. K. Seng Lim, CSIRO Minerals, Clayton, Australia. August 1999 to current. Over the two recent trips to Australia, I have initiated a research proposal, which bridged collaboration of expertise and experimental capabilities of both UBC and CSIRO. This successful project resulted in two joint conference paper publications. The uniqueness of this collaborative arrangement is the focus on studies directly relevant, thus have excellent potential on direct impact to industrial operations.