Prof H. Ming Ang, BSc(Hons), PhD(London), DipChemEng, CEng, FIChemE, FIEAust
Head of Department
Room: 204-517B
Phone: 08 9266 4211
E-mail: m.ang@curtin.edu.au
Professional Appointments
- 2000 to current Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
- 1988 Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Western Australia
- 1984 Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth Western Australia
Relevant Professional Activities
- Deputy Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology (1998 to date)
- Board Member for Western Australia, Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia (1997 to date); Organising Committee of Chemeca 2000; member of Accreditation Panel for IChemE Accreditations, nationally and internationally.
- Chair or Deputy Chair, Joint Committee of Institution of Chemical Engineers (WA)and Chemical Panel of Engineers Australia (1996 to date)
- Key Researcher (Engineering), AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy (1999 to 2004)
- Key Researcher, CRC CARE from 2006
- Key Departmental Staff, for preparation of documentation for both Institution of Chemical Engineers and Engineers Australia Accreditations (1985 to date)
- Membership of Committees on campus, such as Divisional Graduate Studies Committee; ARC Small Grant (Engineering Panel); Departmental Member for AQUA Panel; Selection panel member for recruitment of staff etc.
- Other Departmental responsibilities; acted as Dean of Engineering while Dean on leave (2006); International and Postgraduate Coordinator; Overseeing Chemical Engineering Laboratories etc
- Reviewer for journals and conferences: Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research, Developments in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing, Chemical Engineering Science, APCChE Conferences and Chemeca Conferences.
Recent Research Grants
- Air Toxics Reduction (CRC-CARE): $321K (Jointly with Dr S Wang and Professor Moses O Tade (2006 to 2008)
- Gradient Permeable Reactive Barrier for Ground Water Remediation (CRC-CARE): $196.5K (Jointly with Dr S Wang and Professor Moses Tade (2006 to 2008), Curtin University share only, there is another $253K to Professor S Vjgneswaran of UTS to carry part of this project)
Research Interest
- Industrial Crystallisation
- Reaction Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Scaling of gypsum in vessels and pipes
- Crystallisation of MnSO4 from mixed solvents
- Environmental Engineering
- Remediation of contaminated soils
- Treatment of industrial wastewaters
Selected Recent Publications and Refereed Journal Papers
Journal Papers
- Agustina, T.E., Ang, H.M. and Pareek, V.K. (2005), A review of synergistic effect of photocatalysis and ozonation on the treatment of wastewater and air pollutants, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, C: Photochemistry Reviews, 6, 264-273.
- Safaeefar, P., Ang, H.M., Tade, M.O. and Reyhani, M. (2005), Growth Kinetics of Manganese Sulphate from Heating and Salting out Batch Crystallisation, Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing, 14, 303-312.
- Hoang, T.A., Ang, H.M., Rohl, A.L. and Jeffrey, M.I. (2005), A Study of Gypsum Scale Formation Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing, 14, 313-322.
- Safaeefar P., Ang H. M., Kuramochi, H., Asakuma Y., Maeda K., Tade M.O.and Fukui K. (2005), Measurement and correlation of the solubility of MnSO4·H2O with MgSO4·7H2O in MeOH + H2O solution, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Volume 238, Issue 2, 180-185.
- Muryanto, S. and Ang, H.M. (2004), Effects of Admixtures on the Crystallisation Rate of Gypsum: A Batch Crystallisation Study, Reaktor Jurusan Teknik Kimia, ISSN 0852-0798, Vol 8 (2), 85-93.
Conference Papers
- Q. Li, B. Harris, C. Aydogan, Ang, H.M. and M. Tade (2005),Feasibility of Recharging Reclaimed Wastewater to the Coastal Aquifers of Perth, Western Australia, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Engineering for Waste Treatment - Beneficial Use of Waste and by-Products', May, 2005, Albi, France.
- Abdullah Saleh, H. M. Ang, and Moses O. Tade (2005) Winery Wastewater Treatment Using Flat Panel Airlift Photo-bioreactor with Mixture of Algae and Bacteria, paper presented at Chemeca 2005 in Brisbane, September.Tung A. Hoang, H. Ming Ang, and Andrew L. Rohl (2005),Effects of Temperature on the Scaling of Calcium Sulphate in Pipes, paper presented at Chemeca 2005 in Brisbane, September.
- Asakuma, Y., Kimura, M., Maeda, K., Fukui, K., Ang, H. M. and Tade, M.O. (2005), Analysis of Absorbing Mechanism of metal Ion by using Chelate Reagent, paper presented at CHEMCON 2005 Conference in Delhi, India, December.
- Safaeefar, P., Ang, H.M., Tade, M.O. and Reyhani, M. (2005), Impurity Effect of Mg (II) on the Growth of Manganese Sulphate Crystals in Aqueous Solution, paper presented at CHEMCON 2005 Conference in Delhi, India, December.
- Hoang T.A., Ang, H.M., Rohl, A.L. and Jeffrey, M.I. (2004), A Study of Gypsum Scaling Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance, paper presented at the Chemeca 2004 Conference in Sydney, September.
- Hoang T.A., Ang, H.M. and Rohl, A.L. (2004), Development of a Laboratory Experimental System for Studying Gypsum Scale Formation in Pipes, paper presented at the APCChE 2004 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan, October.
- Safaeefar, P. and Ang, H.M.(2004), Chelating Extraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils, paper presented at the Chemeca 2004 Conference in Sydney, September.
- Safaeefar, P., Ang, H.M., Tade, M.O. and Reyhani, M. (2004), Growth Kinetics of Manganese Sulphate from Heating and Salting out Batch Crystallisation, paper presented at the Chemeca 2004 Conference in Sydney, September
- Safaeefar, P., Ang, H. M., Tade, M.O. and Reyhani, M. (2004), Influences of Type of Seeds on Product Crystal Size of Manganese Sulphate Tetrahydrate in Salting Out Batch Crystallisation, paper presented at CHISA 2004 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August.