PhD Scholarships in Hydrometallurgy, University of Queensland, Australia (2016)

The School of Chemical Engineering is an international leader in the chemical engineering field and has an excellent international reputation which has been built over four decades at the University. With 35 academic staff, including 17 professors, the School provides quality programs and leadership in chemical engineering education, research and development, and expert consulting to support the process industries.

UQ Chemical Engineering was ranked in the top 16 worldwide in the 2012 QS subject rankings for chemical engineering and was the top ranking school in Australia. It was also given the highest score awarded for chemical engineering in Australia in the recent ERA study.

The UQ Hydrometallurgy Research Group maintains a portfolio of fundamental and applied research across a range of hydrometallurgical processes relevant to industry sectors from base metals to Bayer alumina processing. Currently research is focused on a number of key aspects of processing including leaching into and precipitation from aqueous solutions and solution upgrading and purification using ion exchange resin. The hydrometallurgy group is part of a holistic extractive metallurgy program with close interaction with pyrometallurgists and mineral processors, with the aim of improving process routes for metal extraction and product recovery.

Australia is a world leader in production of many mineral commodities including iron ore, alumina, copper, nickel and zinc. We are seeking research higher degree candidates who wish to contribute to the development of processing technologies for these commodities through experimental and mathematical modelling studies of selected aspects of the chemical and physical phenomenon occurring in these processes. The scholarships provide an exciting opportunity to undertake fundamental and applied research studies while working closely with industrial partners and leading researchers in the field.

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