Professor John Chew FiChemE SFHEA Head of Department of Chemical Engineering
John is responsible for the teaching, research and strategic planning of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Contact details
John Chew y.m.chew@bath.ac.uk +44 (0)1225 386132
Role
John was appointed Head of Department in August 2022. He is a Professor of Fluid Mechanics and his research focuses on helping the world to work towards a sustainable future through the use of fundamental science and innovative chemical engineering technologies.
Research
- green cleaning
- air purification
- water treatment
- membranes
- sensors for fouling and cleaning
- gas-liquid phase flows
- non-Newtonian fluids
- microplastics
This person is available to supervise research degree projects
Publications
Career
John received his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 2005 for research in the field of fouling and cleaning of process surfaces. After his PhD, he was awarded the prestigious five-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to work on developing surface sensors for monitoring fouling and cleaning of membranes and heated surfaces, also based at University of Cambridge. After this, he took up his lectureship post at the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Bath.
John has held a number of significant leadership and management roles in the Department, including:
- Admissions Tutor (2013-2016)
- Director of Teaching (2016-2020)
- Deputy Head of Department (2020-2022)
John was awarded the University’s Recognising Excellence Award in 2012 and 2014, and the Mary Tasker Award - Excellence in Teaching in 2014. He was appointed as Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 2019 and he is also a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy.
John has co-chaired the quadrennial Fouling and Cleaning in Food Processing Conferences since 2010. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Food and Bioproducts Processing and Membrane MDPI. He is the corresponding author of the journal paper awarded the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Junior Moulton Medal – most meritorious paper published by IChemE during 2019-2020. He is also an IChemE Mentor and IChemE Accreditation Assessor.
Education
- PhD, University of Cambridge