Cristina Rodriguez Nunez

Personal profile

Overview

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS). Active reseracher in renewable energy focused on biofuel production from waste materials and algae.

Current teaching activities and interests

Currently I am teaching the following modules in the programmes BEng Chemical Engineering and MSc Chemical Engineering:

Chemical Engineering Fundamentals (L8, Chemical Engineering)
Process Modelling and Simulation (L8, ChemEng)
Introduction to Thermofluids (L8, ChemEng and MechEng)
Chemical Reactor Engineering (L10, ChemEng)
Process Safety and Control (L10, ChemEng)
Multiphase and Biochemical Reactor Design (L11, ChemEng)
Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems (L11, ChemEng)

I am supervising several projects at both undergratuate (Chem and Mech Eng), master (ChemEng) and PhD (renewable energy related) levels.

Current research activities

My research is focused on two main areas related to renewable energy:

Optimization of biofuel production from waste materials and algae biomass.
Optimization of cultivation, dewatering and pretretament steps for the production of biodiesel and other high value compounds from microalgae.

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Research Output 2012 2019

9 Article
5 Conference contribution
3 Poster
2 Chapter
1 More
- 1 Paper

6 Citations (Scopus)

105 Downloads (Pure)

Modelling and optimization of wet microalgae Scenedesmus quadricauda lipid extraction using microwave pre-treatment method and response surface methodology

Onumaegbu, C., Alaswad, A., Rodriguez, C. & Olabi, A., 31 Mar 2019, In : Renewable Energy. 132, p. 1323-1331 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Lipids

Microwaves

Algae

Organic solvents

Biomass

2 Citations (Scopus)

Fuzzy-modeling with particle swarm optimization for enhancing the production of biodiesel from microalga

Nassef, A. M., Sayed, E. T., Rezk, H., Abdelkareem, M. A., Rodriguez, C. & Olabi, A. G., 22 Nov 2018, In : Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. 10 p., 1549171.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Biodiesel

Particle swarm optimization (PSO)

Lipids

Fuzzy logic

Crude oil

14 Citations (Scopus)

23 Downloads (Pure)

Improvement of methane production from P. canaliculata through mechanical pretreatment

Rodriguez, C., Alaswad, A., El-Hassan, Z. & Olabi, A-G., 1 Apr 2018, In : Renewable Energy. 119, p. 73-78

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Methane

Anaerobic digestion

Algae

Multiobjective optimization

Biomass

Microalgae cultivation technologies

Anyanwu, R., Rodriguez, C., Durrant, A. & Olabi, A-G., 13 Jun 2018, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Hashmi, S. (ed.). Elsevier B.V.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

microalgae

closed loop systems

biomass

biofuels

food production

Micro-macroalgae properties and applications

Anyanwu, R., Rodriguez, C., Durrant, A. & Olabi, A-G., 13 Jun 2018, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Hashmi, S. (ed.). Elsevier B.V.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

microalgae

macroalgae

renewable energy sources

biofuels

algae