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

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

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

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9 Citations (Scopus)

142 Downloads (Pure)

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

14 Citations (Scopus)

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

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15 Citations (Scopus)

52 Downloads (Pure)

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

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