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August 21, 2018
International Partnership: Polskie LNG SA and The University of Western Australia Sign MoU in Sydney
Today, at the Polish Australian Technology and Innovation in Resource and Energy Conference in Sydney, Polskie LNG SA, Poland’s LNG terminal operator and The University of Western Australia (UWA) signed a co-operation Memorandum of Understanding. Polskie LNG SA CEO, Pawel Jakbowski and UWA Professor Eric May signed the agreement to work together in the LNG…
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August 16, 2018
2018 Western Australian Premier’s Science Award and ExxonMobil Student Scientist of the Year – Arman Siahvashi
It was a special gala night for the Western Australian Premier’s Science Awards and Exxon Student Scientist of the Year finalists but none more so than for PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi who was announced a winner in this category. Following the announcement, Arman said ” I would like to acknowledge the team and Professor Eric May. I…
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July 20, 2018
Matthew Hopkins on international collaboration and his recent visit to Germany
International collaboration has the ability to build people-to-people relationships which helps to break down and solve global science problems. This notion has never been so relevant until recently completing my 5-week experience with our ACLNGF research partner Markus Richter and his Thermodynamik family at Ruhr Universitat Bochum (RUB), Germany. I say family in the most…
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July 13, 2018
ACLNGF PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi awarded a 2018 Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award
PhD Candidate Arman Siahviashi on the move again through an award from UWA Convocation. Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Awards enable postgraduate research students to enhance and gain new perspectives on their work through travel in Australia or overseas. The Award supports the development of new relationships and helps maintain international collaborations by defraying travel expenses. Arman, a…
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May 28, 2018
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Arman Siahvashi on being awarded a National Measurement Institute Award
PhD Candidate, Arman Siahvashi, from the Australian Research Council Centre for LNG Futures at The University of Western Australia has been awarded a National Measurement Institute Award for outstanding precision measurements and novelty. His work on low temperature measurements in hydrocarbons has promising applications in improving the distribution of some of the 37 million tonnes…
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May 14, 2018
Congratulations Abdul Quadar on being awarded the European Membrane Society Travel Award
Abdul Quadar from The University of Queensland School of Chemical Engineering and ACLNGF PhD candidate has been awarded the European Membrane Society Travel Award to attend in the 35th European Membrane Society Summer School for PhD students at University of Twente, Netherlands, June 23-June 29 2018. The theme of the Summer School is ‘From Fundamental…
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May 11, 2018
Unlocking gas hydrates: new energy reserves and environmentally sustainable outcomes
Vast reserves of natural gas in the form of gas hydrates (naturally forming ice-like crystals) cover the globe, in sub-sea deposits and regions of permafrost. Gas hydrates are thought to store more methane than all conventional reserves, up to 876,000 trillion cubic feet (TCF) according to estimates published in 2011. However, recovering the methane in an…
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May 11, 2018
From Liquefied Natural Gas Production to Saturn’s Moon Titan
Australia is expected to become the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer in 2019 as forecast LNG exports increase to 74 million tonnes per year, according to a report by Reuters. However, the production of LNG is technically demanding, as it requires the exploitation and detailed understanding of phase equilibrium in multicomponent mixtures at…
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March 23, 2018
Congratulations Abdul Quadar on being awarded the Australian Nanotechnology Network Travel Award
Abdul Quader from The University of Queensland School of Chemical Engineering received a Australian Nanotechnology Network Travel Award of $550. He used this award to present a poster “Membrane-based Helium Recovery from Natural Gas: A Simulation and Cost Study “ at the Early Career Researcher Membrane Symposium at Macquarie University, Sydney on 5-6 February 2018….
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March 19, 2018
One Week in the Life of the Australian Centre for LNG Futures – It Takes Your Breath Away
“You may delay, but time will not”, Benjamin Franklin. After the euphoria of being awarded an Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre Grant, the hard work begins; the governance, management and financial structures are embedded, the research and stakeholder management programs are established, staff and students are recruited and the activities begin. Two years…
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