Prof Alison Emslie Lewis

Professor, Dean, Director for Crystallisation and Precipitation

Qualifications:

  • BSc (Chem Eng), University of Cape Town (1985)
  • MSc(Chem Eng), University of Cape Town (1987)
  • PhD (Eng), University of Cape Town (1993)

Professional Affiliations:

  • Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), 2014
  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers (FSAIChE), 2012
  • Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (FSAAE), 2011
  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FSAIMM), 2013
  • Fellow of the University of Cape Town College of Fellows, 2012
  • Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF), 2010
  • Registered Professional Engineer, Engineering Council of South Africa (PrEng), 1990

Research Affiliations: 

  • Crystallization and Precipitation Research Unit (CPU)

Research Interests: 

  • Industrial precipitation and crystallisation
  • Recovery of value from effluent streams
  • Water treatment through crystallisation
  • Eutectic Freeze Crystallisation
  • Product and particle analysis
  • Process analysis and control for optimised product quality
  • Crystallisation process development
  • Aqueous chemistry modelling of speciation
  • Thermodynamic equilibria
  • Hydrodynamic and population balance modelling of precipitation systems