Phone number
+44 (0)121 204 3429
Email
j.titiloye@aston.ac.uk
Room number
Chemical Engineering 104B
Profile
I joined the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2001 as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering. I am currently the Postgraduate Programme Director for MSc courses in CEAC.
Qualifications & Education
- PhD (1988) Petrochemicals & Chemical Technology UMIST, Manchester
- MSc (1985) Petrochemicals & Chemical Technology, UMIST, Manchester
- BSc Chemistry (Hons) (1983) University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Employment
- Research Fellow (1999-2001) CMMP, UCL and Imperial College, London.
- Lecturer (1994-1999) School of Science & Engineering, University of Abertay Dundee.
- Research Officer (1993-1994) Department of Chemical Engineering, Bath University.
- Research Officer (1988-1993) Department of Chemistry, Bath University.
Teaching activity
- Reaction
Kinetics and Equilibrium Thermodynamics
- Chemical
Reaction Engineering II
- Advanced Reaction
Engineering
- Advanced Process
Design
Research interests
- Catalysis in Thermal Biomass Conversion - Investigating the effect of catalyst on Fast, Slow and
Intermediate Pyrolysis of Biomass, including catalyst synthesis,
characterisation, and reaction kinetics
- Reactor Design for Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass - Studies on Reactor Configurations and Process Optimisation
for Biomass Reactions including development of Fluidised bed and Integrated
fixed bed secondary reactors
- Synthesis and Characterisation of Zeolite Membranes - Computer Simulation, Permeation Studies and Separation of
Hydrocarbon mixtures with membranes
- Characterisation of Biomass and Pyrolysis Products- Pre-treatment of Biomass samples and its effect on Bio-oil
properties, yield and quality including upgrading of Biofuel products from
Pyrolysis
PhD Supervision
Currently supervising 3 PhD Students. Opportunities for research supervision welcome.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Selected publications
- Evaluation of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Cassava Rhizome by Principal Component Analysis
A. Pattiya, J.O Titiloye, A.V. Bridgwater
Fuel (2010) 89, 244-253
- Synthesis and Characterization of Silicalite-1 Composite Membranes
J.O. Titiloye and I. Hussain
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, (2008) 318, 50-58
- Fast pyrolysis of cassava rhizome in the presence of catalysts
A. Pattiya, J.O Titiloye, A.V. Bridgwater
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, (2008) 81, 72-79
- The Structure and Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Fluids in Swelling Clays
N.T. Skipper, P.A. Lock, J.O.Titiloye, J. Swenson, Z.A. Mirza, W.S. Howells, F.Fernandez-Alonzo,
Chemical Geology (2006) 230, 182-196
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Adsorption and Diffusion behaviour of Pure and Mixed -Alkanes in Silicalite
I. Hussain I. and J.O. Titiloye
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2005) 85, 143-156
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