Prof. Adesoji Adediran Adesina
ATODATECH LLC, United States
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK
Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Member, American Institution of Chemical Engineers
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering
Member, Chemical Institute of Canada
Member, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers
PROFESSIONAL & LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS
• Acting Head, School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney (2007-12)
• Member, Editorial/Advisory Board of several reputable international journals in chemical engineering and catalysis including –
• Catalysis Communications (2003-present); Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2003-5); The Open Chemical Engineering Journal (2008-present); Current Catalysis (2012-present); etc
• Served on the council/boards/organizing committees of many conferences/symposia including –International Congress on Environmental Catalysis (2008-12); International Association of Catalysis Societies (2003-12); Asia-Pacific Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium (2002-12); Asia-Pacific Catalysis Congress (2000-12); 7th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, 2-5 September, 2013, Krakow, Poland ; Technical Programme Chair, 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference (2004); Catalysis Society of Australia (1997-2008), etc.
• Assessor for various national research grant awarding bodies viz; Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa & UK.
• International expert assessor for the accreditation of chemical engineering programs
• Member, Joint Inst. of Chem. Engrs UK –Inst. Engrs. Australia (College of Chem. Eng.) Executive Committee (2001-5)
• Reviewer for over 30 scholarly and academic journals in engineering and technology, such as;Applied Catalysis A:General; Applied Catalysis B: Environmental; Catalysis Today, Chemical Engineering Science; Chemical Engineering Journal; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; J. Molecular Catalysis A:Chemical; J. Cleaner of Production; Chemical Engineering & Processing, Fuels; Journal of Membrane Science; Fuel Processing & Technology; etc.
• Visiting professorships at: Ecole Polytechnique Federale-Lausanne, Switzerland (2011), Indian Institute of Technology-New Delhi (2003), University of California-Berkeley (1997), Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China (1997)
Books
1. Vo, Dai-Viet Nguyen and Adesina, A.A. (2014), "Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis over Promoted Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts", Scholars' Press, Germany, ISBN 978-3-639-71234-6.
2. Abdullah, Bawadi and Adesina, A.A. (2013), "Multiphase Reactor Analysis for Fischer-Tropsch Reactor: Electrical Process Tomography and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis", Scholars' Press, Germany, ISBN 978-3-639-51717-0
3. Nguyen, H. and Adesina, A.A. (2009), “Early transition metal carbide catalysts for Fischer-Trospch synthesis”, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Saarbrucken, GERMANY. ISBN 978-3-639-22092-6
Book Chapters
1. R.R. Hudgins, P.L. Silveston, A. Renken, C.Y. Li and A.A. Adesina, (2013), “Catalytic Oxidation and Reduction of Gases”, in Periodic Operation of Chemical Reactors, Silveston, P.L. and Hudgins, R.R. (Eds). Butterworth-Heinenmann (Elsevier) Publishers, Oxford, UK . 49-77. ISBN: 978-0-12-391854-3.
2. R.R. Hudgins, P.L. Silveston, C.Y. Li and A.A. Adesina, (2013), “Partial Oxidation and Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons”, in Periodic Operation of Chemical Reactors, Silveston, P.L. and Hudgins, R.R. (Eds). Butterworth-Heinenmann (Elsevier) Publishers, Oxford, UK . 79-122. ISBN: 978-0-12-391854-3.
3. K. Hashimoto, M. Kawase, M. Petskovska, M., J. Hanika, C.Y. Li, A.A. Adesina, H. Sapoundjiev, J. Scharer and P.L. Silvestion (2013), “New Directions - Research and Development Challenges” in Periodic Operation of Chemical Reactors, Silveston, P.L. and Hudgins, R.R.. (Eds). Butterworth-Heinenmann (Elsevier) Publishers, Oxford, UK . 679-689. ISBN: 978-0-12-391854-3.
4. A.A. Adesina (2013), Applications of tomography in catalysis processing, Chapter 28, in, Industrial Tomography: Systems and Applications, M. Wang (editor), Woodhead Publishing, UK.
5. Vo, D.V.N. and Adesina, A.A. (2011), “Evaluation of Mo carbide catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Synthesis, Characterisation and Time-on-stream behaviour”, in Synthetic Liquids Production and Refining: de Klerk et al (editors), ACS Symposium Series: American Chemical Society, Washington DC. Chapter 7, 155-184. (doi: 10.1021/bk-2011-1084.ch007).
6. Abdullah, B., Dave, C., Cooper, C.G., Nguyen, T.H. and Adesina, A.A. (2011), “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Investigation in a Gas-Inducing Agitated Reactor Using Electrical Capacitance Tomography”, in Synthetic Liquids Production and Refining: de Klerk et al (editors), ACS Symposium Series: American Chemical Society, Washington DC. Chapter 8, 185-213. (doi: 10.1021/bk-2011-1084.ch008).
7. Pareek V.K. and Adesina, A.A., (2003), “Analysis of photocatalytically reactive systems: Kinetic modelling and reactor design via computational fluid dynamics”, in Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology, eds. Nalwa, H.S., American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, California, USA vol. 1, 345-412.
Patents
1. Adesina, A.A., Mahmud, M.S. and Safinski, T. (2011) “Novel extractive reactor technology (NERT) for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil” Australian provisional patent, AU2011901903.
Journal Articles
1. Khan, N., Kennedy, E.M., Dlugogorski, B.Z., Adesina, A.A. and Stockenhuber, M. (2017), “Cobalt species for active nitrous oxide (N2O) dissociation reaction within a reaction temperature of range of 300 oC-600oC ” Aust. J. Chem. 70, 1138-1145.
2. Zhou, L., Zhao, L., Kai, Z., Adesina, A.A. (2017), “Immobilization of in-situ formed Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles in chitosan beads for efficient removal of U(VI) from aqueous solutions”, J. Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, (August 2017) 313,.
3. Li, J., Kennedy, E.M., Adesina, A.A. & Stockenhuber, M. (2017), “A Mechanistic study of the Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction: New Insights into the Influence of Acid and Base Properties of Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts on the Catalytic Activity”, Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics (in press).
4. Li, T., Chen, Q., Zhou, L. , Le, Z, Wang, Y., Liu, Z. and Adesina, A.A. (2017), "Efficient sorption of Th(IV) from aqueous solutions onto magnetic chitosan nano-particles functionalized with alanine and valine". J. Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, (October 2017). DOI: 10.1007/s10967-017-5478-5.
5. Shehzad, Hamza., Zhou, L. , Li, Z, Wang, Y., Liu, Z. and Adesina, A.A. (2017), " Effective adsorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution using magnetic chitosan nanoparticles grafted with maleic anhydride: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies". J. Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, (December 2017). DOI: 10.1007/s10967-017-5647-6.
6. Mahmud, M.S., Safinski, T., Nelson, M.I. and Adesina, A.A., (2017), “Enhancement of heterogeneous ethyl oleate synthesis using hydrous ethanol”, Aust. J. Basic & Applied Sciences, 11(3), 160-164.
7. Abdullah, B. and Adesina, A.A. (2017), “Evaluation of gas-liquid mass transfer in gas-induced stirred tank reactor using electrical resistance tomography” J. Chem. Tech. Biotech. 92(8), 2123-2133.
8. Zarepour, E., Hassan, M, Chou, C.T. and Adesina, A.A.(2017), “SEMON: Sensorless Event Monitoring in Self-Powered Wireless Nanosensor Networks”, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 13(2), Atricle Number 15, June 2017.
9. Khan, N., Kennedy, E.M., Dlugogorski, B.Z., Adesina, A.A. and Stockenhuber, M. (2017), “A proposed mechanism for selective oxidation of nitrous oxide to synthesis gas (CO+H2) formation over Co-ZSM-5 catalyst” accepted (Chem. Eng. Sci.)