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Professor Jim Litster
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Biography
I have been at the University of Sheffield for over eight years. I was previously Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University, Indiana, for over eight years. Prior to this, I was an academic at The University of Queensland, Australia, as well as the Head of Chemical Engineering and the Head of School of Engineering. In 2010, I was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. I was awarded the Thomas Barron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2012, and Pharmaceutical Section Award for contributions to Quality by Design by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Research
My research area is Particulate Products and Processes. My key expertise is on wet granulation with over 30 years experience in the field. My key contributions include the development of key regime maps for granulation processes and the development of mathematical models for engineering design and scaling of granulation processes. I'm the co-author of the well known monographs in this area - The Science and Engineering of Granulation Processes and Design and Processing of Particulate Products, and my approaches are now widely used in engineering practice in industry.
Predicting the structure of complex particulate products and their performance in use is a grand challenge in engineering science. The products include pharmaceuticals and consumer products, amongst others. The performance of these products is controlled by their size, structure and surface properties, as well as their chemistry. Therefore, modelling the development of these attributes must address structure at many length scales from nano-metre to micro-metre. My programme focuses on developing new design models to substantially improve the manufacture of these particulate products.
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I have been at the University of Sheffield for over eight years. I was previously Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University, Indiana, for over eight years. Prior to this, I was an academic at The University of Queensland, Australia, as well as the Head of Chemical Engineering and the Head of School of Engineering. In 2010, I was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. I was awarded the Thomas Barron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2012, and Pharmaceutical Section Award for contributions to Quality by Design by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Research
My research area is Particulate Products and Processes. My key expertise is on wet granulation with over 30 years experience in the field. My key contributions include the development of key regime maps for granulation processes and the development of mathematical models for engineering design and scaling of granulation processes. I'm the co-author of the well known monographs in this area - The Science and Engineering of Granulation Processes and Design and Processing of Particulate Products, and my approaches are now widely used in engineering practice in industry.
Predicting the structure of complex particulate products and their performance in use is a grand challenge in engineering science. The products include pharmaceuticals and consumer products, amongst others. The performance of these products is controlled by their size, structure and surface properties, as well as their chemistry. Therefore, modelling the development of these attributes must address structure at many length scales from nano-metre to micro-metre. My programme focuses on developing new design models to substantially improve the manufacture of these particulate products.
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