Dr Alasdair Campbell

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Senior Lecturer

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a.n.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7573
Room D24, Pam Liversidge Building

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Dr Alasdair Campbell
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room D24
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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I completed my undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2003 and then subsequently read for a PhD in Chemical Engineering, which was awarded in 2007. This work was entitled, The Effects of Natural Convection on Low Temperature Combustion, and was awarded the Danckwerts-Pergamon Prize for the best dissertation produced in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2007.

After the completion of my PhD, I was appointed as the Hertha Ayrton Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering at Girton College, Cambridge from 2007 until 2012. In 2011, I was awarded the Hinshelwood Prize by the Combustion Institute. This prize is awarded in recognition of meritorious work by a young scientist of the British Section of the Combustion Institute.

I was appointed as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Surrey in 2012, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2017. I joined the University of Sheffield as a Senior Lecturer in 2019.

Research interests

My research interests are centred on developing new mathematical models of flowing systems with multiple interacting physical or chemical processes. This work can be can be broadly split into work in two general areas, namely process safety (incorporating combustion, explosion and the dispersion of reactive chemicals) and the energy-water nexus, focussing on the use of low-cost technologies for the production of potable or irrigation water in arid regions.

Key research interests:

  • Combustion
  • Explosion
  • Dispersion of reactive chemicals
  • Electrodialysis
  • Solar ponds
     
Publications

Journal articles

  • Mahood HB, Baqir AS, Kareem AR, Khadom AA, Rashid KH & Campbell AN (2025) . Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 50(13), 10127-10147.
  • Ledingham J, Howse JR, Campbell AN, Veen BIT, Keyzer L & Sedransk Campbell KL (2025) . Journal of Membrane Science, 716.
  • Mahood HB, Baqir AS, Kareem AR, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2024) . International Journal of Ambient Energy, 45(1).
  • Ledingham J, Sedransk Campbell KL, in t Veen B, Keyzer L, Yin Yip N & Campbell AN (2024) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 497.
  • Aliaga DM, Romero CP, Feick R, Brooks WK & Campbell AN (2024) . Applied Energy, 362, 123015-123015.
  • Li Y, Ren J, Ma H & Campbell AN (2024) . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 134.
  • Aliaga DM, Romero CP, Feick R, Brooks WK & Campbell AN (2024) . Applied Energy, 357, 122506-122506.
  • Ledingham J, Sedransk Campbell KL, in t Veen B, Keyzer L, Yip NY & Campbell AN (2024) . Desalination, 576.
  • Ledingham J, Yip NY, Sedransk Campbell K & Campbell A (2023) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(25), 1374-1374.
  • Ledingham J, Sedransk Campbell K & Campbell A (2023) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(24), 1327-1327.
  • Ledingham J, Howse J, Campbell A, Tyndale-Biscoe E & Sedransk Campbell K (2023) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(24), 1328-1328.
  • Ledingham J, Campbell A & Sedransk Campbell K (2023) . ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2023-02(25), 1388-1388.
  • Alsalem MM, Ryan MP, Campbell AN & Campbell KS (2023) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 451, 138966-138966.
  • Ledingham J, Sedransk Campbell KL, In t Veen B, Keyzer L & Campbell AN (2022) . Desalination, 531.
  • H. Sayer A, E. Al-Dokheily M, B. Mahood H, M. Khadem H & N. Campbell A (2022) . Energy Engineering, 119(1), 17-34.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2021) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 194, 117079-117079.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Campbell AN & Khadom AA (2021) . International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 126, 105463-105463.
  • Rashid KH, Khadom AA, Mahood HB & Campbell AN (2020) . Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2, 100030-100030.
  • Anagnostopoulos A, Sebastia-Saez D, Campbell AN & Arellano-Garcia H (2020) . Energy, 203, 117861-117861.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Campbell AN & Khadom AA (2020) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 175, 114684-114684.
  • Mahood HB, Mahdi MS, Monjezi AA, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2020) . Journal of Energy Storage, 29, 101331-101331.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Mahdi JM, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2020) . Energy Conversion and Management, 203, 112238-112238.
  • Mahdi MS, Hasan AF, Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Khadom AA, Karim AMA & Sharif AO (2019) . Journal of Energy Storage, 23, 456-468.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Hasan AF, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2019) . Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 11, 40-49.
  • Mahdi MS, Mahood HB, Khadom AA, Campbell AN, Hasan M & Sharif AO (2019) . Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 10, 287-298.
  • Mahood HB, Baqir AS, Yousif A-D, Khadom AA & Campbell AN (2019) . Heat and Mass Transfer, 55(9), 2593-2603.
  • Sayer AH, Monjezi AA & Campbell AN (2018) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 130, 1191-1198.
  • Sayer AH, Al-Hussaini H & Campbell AN (2018) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 130, 672-683.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Baqir AS, Sharif AO & Thorpe RB (2018) . Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(6), 1697-1705.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Thorpe RB & Sharif AO (2018) . Heat Transfer Engineering, 39(3), 208-216.
  • Monjezi AA, Mahood HB & Campbell AN (2017) . Desalination, 415, 104-114.
  • Abbassi Monjezi A & Campbell AN (2017) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 120, 728-740.
  • Sayer AH, Al-Hussaini H & Campbell AN (2017) . Solar Energy, 158, 207-217.
  • Sayer AH, Al-Hussaini H & Campbell AN (2017) . Solar Energy, 155, 1354-1365.
  • Baqir AS, Mahood HB, Hameed MS & Campbell AN (2016) . Energy Conversion and Management, 126, 342-351.
  • Abbassi Monjezi A & Campbell AN (2016) . Solar Energy, 135, 297-307.
  • Baqir AS, Mahood HB, Campbell AN & Griffiths AJ (2016) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 103, 47-55.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Sharif AO & Thorpe RB (2016) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 95, 106-114.
  • Sayer AH, Al-Hussaini H & Campbell AN (2016) . Solar Energy, 125, 207-218.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Thorpe RB & Sharif AO (2015) . Energy Conversion and Management, 106, 101-109.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Thorpe RB & Sharif AO (2015) . International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 66, 180-188.
  • Mahood HB, Campbell AN, Thorpe RB & Sharif AO (2015) . Chemical Engineering Science, 131, 76-83.
  • Campbell AN (2015) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(26), 16894-16906.
  • Mahood HB, Thorpe RB, Campbell AN & Sharif AO (2015) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 87, 161-174.
  • Ivleva TP, Merzhanov AG, Rumanov EN, Vaganova NI, Campbell AN & Hayhurst AN (2011) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 168(1), 1-14.
  • CAMPBELL AN & CARDOSO SSS (2010) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 655, 122-151.
  • Liu T-Y, Campbell AN, Hayhurst AN & Cardoso SSS (2010) . Combustion and Flame, 157(2), 230-239.
  • Liu T-Y, Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN (2008) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10(36), 5521-5521.
  • CAMPBELL A, CARDOSO S & HAYHURST A (2008) . Combustion and Flame, 154(1-2), 122-142.
  • Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN (2007) . Chemical Engineering Science, 62(11), 3068-3082.
  • Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN (2006) . Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 84(7), 553-561.
  • Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN (2005) . Chemical Engineering Science, 60(21), 5705-5717.
  • Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN (2005) . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 461(2059), 1999-2020.
  • H. SAYER A, AL-GRAITI W, B. MAHOOD H, B. MAHOOD H & N. CAMPBELL A () . Journal of Thermal Engineering, 9(6), 1490-1501.
  • Campbell AN, Cardoso SSS & Hayhurst AN () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8(24), 2866-2878.
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Book chapters

  • Monjezi AA, Aryafar M, Campbell AN, Cecelja F & Sharif AO (2018) , Water Management (pp. 37-56). CRC Press
  • Anagnostopoulos A, Campbell A & Arellano-Garcia H (2017) , Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (pp. 2575-2580). Elsevier
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Conference proceedings

  • Aliaga DM, Romero CP, Feick R & Campbell AN (2024)
  • Mahdi MS, Khadom AA, Mahood HB & Campbell AN (2021) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 1076. Diyala, Iraq, 16 December 2020 - 17 December 2020.
  • Campbell AN (2016) Investigating the impact of internal and external convection on thermal explosion in a spherical vessel. Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series, Vol. 2016-January(161)
  • Sharif AO, Al-Muhammedawi HBM, Campbell AN & Thorpe RB (2016) . Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2016 Issue 1
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Preprints

  • Alsalem MM, Ryan M, Campbell AN & Campbell KS () .
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Teaching activities
  • CPE230 Mass Transfer and Separation Processes
  • CPE61021 Leadership and Management of Process Safety
  • CPE61019 Process Safety in the Chemical, Pharma and Fine Chemicals Industry
  • CPE6230 Major Hazards and Emergency Planning
  • CPE31003 Design Project
Professional activities and memberships
  • AMIChemE
  • MAIChE