معرفی
Dongke Zhang is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia (UWA), where he serves as Director of the UWA Centre for Energy. He holds concurrent research professorships at the Institute of Coal Chemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan), Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Processing Technology, and Beijing University. With a career spanning academia, industry, and international collaborations, his work focuses on combustion science, energy systems, and environmental technologies.
Research Interests include:
- Combustion science (coal, biomass, municipal waste)
- Reaction engineering (catalysis, homogeneous/heterogeneous reactions)
- Energy conversion (hydrogen economy, syngas processes)
- Environmental technologies (NOx/SOx control, photocatalysis)
- Process design (fluidised beds, short contact time reactors)
Scientific Awards:
- Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (FTSE)
- Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE)
- Chartered Engineer (CEng, CPEng)
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor (2007-present)
Grants & Projects (2015-2025):
- Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (combustion under microgravity, lignite upgrading)
- BHP Billiton collaborations (spontaneous combustion control, shale classification)
- National Natural Science Foundation grants (coal gasification, syngas conversion)
- International collaborations with Chinese Academy of Sciences (syngas to diesel, bioenergy)
Labs & Teams: Leads the Centre for Energy at UWA and collaborates with industry partners in coal, hydrogen, and environmental technologies.
