UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering
Scoil na hInnealtóireachta Ceimicí agus Bithphróisis UCD
Dr Frank MacLoughlin BE, PhD. MAmerIChE
Contact Details
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Biography:
| << In 1970 graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) degree. Commenced research in the (then) Department of Chemical Engineering at UCD on the application of laser holography to dispersed systems. Following the award of the Ph.D. degree in 1976 joined Generation Department of the Electricity Supply Board and was engaged in the mathematical modelling of optimal dispatch systems and in the assessment of new energy strategies. In 1980 joined the teaching staff of the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCD - at present a senior lecturer in the School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering. Teaching duties are centred on the broad areas of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer and on the application of these principles to process design. >> |
Research Interests
| << Research interests are directed towards the analysis of the dynamics of those multiphase fluid systems routinely encountered in chemical and biochemical processing operations e.g. liquid-liquid dispersions, gas-liquid mixtures, cell suspensions, particle suspensions. Titles of the most recent (i.e. 2004/2005) Ph.D. theses completed under my supervision are indicative of the general thrust of the work:Geoghegan, P. J. “Characterisation of Local Hydrodynamics in an Airlift Reactor”. Ph.D. Thesis 2005. O’Rourke, A.M., “A study of evolving droplet size distributions in agitated liquid-liquid dispersions”. Ph.D. Thesis 2004>> |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| O'Rourke, AM; MacLoughlin, PF; ; (2005) 'A comparison of measurement techniques used in the analysis of evolving liquid-liquid dispersions'. Chemical Engineering and Processing, 44 (8):885-894. [Details] |
| Kieran, P.,MacLoughlin, P. and D.Malone; (2000) 'Effect of Hydrodynamic and Interfacial Forces on Plant Cell Suspension Cultures'. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 67 :139-177. [Details] |
| P.F. MacLoughlin, D.M. Malone, J.T. Murtagh, P.M. Kieran; (1998) 'The Effects of Turbulent Jet Flows On Plant Cell Suspension Cultures'. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 58 (6):595-604. [Details] |
| Kieran, PM; MacLoughlin, PF; Malone, DM; ; (1997) 'Plant cell suspension cultures: some engineering considerations'. Journal of Biotechnology, 59 (1-2):39-52. [Details] |
| FOLEY, G; MACLOUGHLIN, PF; MALONE, DM; ; (1995) 'MEMBRANE FOULING DURING CONSTANT FLUX CROSS-FLOW MICROFILTRATION OF DILUTE SUSPENSIONS OF ACTIVE DRY YEAST'. Separation Science and Technology, 30 (3):383-398. [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2005. Title: Presidents Teaching Award |
Associations
| Association: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Function/Role: Senior Member |
Committees
| Committee : Member of Programme Board, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. |
| Committee : Member Teaching and Learning Committee, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. |
| Committee : Member Library Committee, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. |
| Committee : Staff-student Consultative Committee, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering |
| Committee : New Era Programme, Liaison contact for students entering Engineering |
Education
| Year 1976 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1970 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BE Subject: |
Internal Collaborators
| Dr. Dermot Malone, School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering |
External Collaborators
| Dr. Alan O'Rourke, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Newbridge, Co.Kildare. |
Teaching Interests
| Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer are core topics in Chemical Engineering and are essential elements of several other components of the degree programme. In particular they underpin many of the procedures central to the design activity. At Stages 3&4 the students are continually challenged to apply principles to practical chemical engineering systems and to specify – in detail - the process characteristics required to satisfy the process constraints, as determined by safety or economic considerations or, sometimes, by the need for an elegant solution. |
Recent Postgraduates
| Dr Alan O'Rourke, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.(2004) |