About us
|Scientific Advisory Board
The members of the SAB have been selected to provide a mix between credible academics with experience of supporting industrial based research, and industry specialists. The members help bring understanding of the range of steps needed to create and deliver the ACAL Energy technology for commercial application, by including strong academic profile, to lateral thinking and practical problem solving. It is led by Dr Andrew Creeth, with the support of Dan Dajie, and includes:
Prof Frank Walsh, Professor of ElectroChemical Engineering ( School of Engineering Sciences), University of Southampton
Functions: Director of the Electrochemical Engineering Group (which integrates the expertise of the School of Chemistry and the School of Engineering Sciences), Deputy Head of School of Engineering Science for Infrastructure.
Qualifications: Eur Ing, BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FIMMM, CChem, FRSC, FIMF, FICorr, ILTM, Cert Ed.
Frank Walsh has published and presented over 200 papers and three text books in aspects of electrochemical engineering and surface finishing of metals. Frank has over 20 years industrial experience of electrochemical reactor design gained via consultancy assignments and direct industrial projects. He was awarded the Westinghouse Prize (Institute of Metal Finishing, 1998) for studies on electrochemical deposition and characterization of metallic coatings and the Breyer Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2000) for international contributions to electrochemical science and engineering. He has received grant income of over £1.5M since 1999 from EPSRC, EU, Dti and industry in the areas of electrochemical reactor design, corrosion and surface finishing of metals.
Principal research interests include:
Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell engineering, membrane and electrode materials for PEM fuel cells, development of improved redox flow cells, electrochemical reactor design flow simulation; mass transport, potential distribution and fluid dispersion in electrochemical reactors
Prof Mike Turner, Professor of Materials Chemistry, University of Manchester and Director, Organic Materials Innovation Centre
Mike Turner obtained his first degree and a PhD from the University of Bristol, working with Professor Selby Knox on the synthesis of new organometallic complexes, before moving to the United States to work with Professor Harry Allcock investigating new routes to polyphosphazenes. He returned to the UK to work at the University of Sheffield with Professor Peter Maitlis on the mechanism of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction and was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 1993 to investigate the synthesis of novel polymers. He joined the staff of the Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield as a Reader in 2000 and in April 2004 moved to the University of Manchester to a Chair in Materials Chemistry and to be Director of OMIC.
Principal research interests include:
The synthesis of novel conjugated molecules, particularly conjugated liquid crystals and conjugated polymers, and in using these novel molecules in organics electronic and electrooptical devices such as organic transistors, organic light emitting diodes, sensors and solar cells. This research is carried out as part of the Organic Materials for Electronics Consortium (www.omec.org.uk) of the EPSRC, an interdisciplinary consortium that consists of research groups from the School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Cardiff and Merck KGaA, Manchester.
Dr Ziya Haq
Dr Haq has 25 years experience in R&D for Unilever. He has extensive global management experience at a senior level, responsible for the Fabric Conditioning and Care research programme and sitting on the Global Laundry Category Management Team. He has a strong track record in innovative polymer chemistry with over 50 patents. He has acted as consultant for a number of blue chip chemicals and consumer goods businesses, including consumer electronics.