Joshua Green
An investigation into the mechanisms of spray coating of powders and particles in tumbling drums ​​

November 2015 - June 2019

BIOGRAPHY

I graduated from Loughborough University with a 1st class MEng in Chemical Engineering in 2015. As part of my undergraduate course, I spent a year working for GlaxoSmithKline as part of the Oral Solid Dose engineering team, working on a variety of unit processes. I also did a semester abroad at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where I completed a short research project on the mechanisms of nucleation in granulation.

RESEARCH

I investigated understanding the mechanisms of liquid spreading in tumbling drums, with a specific interest in the spray coating of powdered detergents. I utilised a novel image analysis technique to quantify liquid contact spreading between particles, whilst varying parameters such as liquid viscosity, drum size, rotational speed, powder density and powder size distributions. I have also studied the formation of agglomerates in tumbling drums and equates this to coating variability. I was sponsored by both Procter & Gamble and SCI. ​​​

CONFERENCES

• PGR Summer Conference, University of Sheffield, UK, 2018.
• 8th World Congress on Particle Technology, Orlando World Centre Marriott, Orlando, FL, 2018. 
• ChemEngDay UK, University of Leeds, UK, 2018. 
• PGR Summer Conference, University of Sheffield, UK, 2017.
• Joint IFPRI Robert Pfeffer symposium and UK Particle Technology Forum, University of Surrey, UK, 2016.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Green, J., Yusof, N.M., Smith, R.M. (2018). An investigation of material characteristics on liquid contact spreading in tumbling drums. PGR Summer Conference. 
• Green, J., Pitt, K.E., Ahmedi, H., Gupta, P., Green, S., Yusof, N.M., Campbell, A., Smith, R. (2018). An investigation into the effect of process and operational parameters on the spray coating of detergent powders through contact spreading in tumbling drums. 8th World Congress on Particle Technology. 
• Green, J., Pitt, K., Yusof, N.M., Smith, R.M. (2018). An investigation into the effect of material characterisitics on the coating of powders through contact spreading in tumbling drums. ChemEngDayUK.