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