I began my career in 1978 as a coal geologist, exploring for coal resources in NSW, Australia. My PhD, completed in 1992 in collaboration with the disciplines of Chemical Engineering and Geology at the University of Newcastle, and Pacific Power in..
I began my career in 1978 as a coal geologist, exploring for coal resources in NSW, Australia. My PhD, completed in 1992 in collaboration with the disciplines of Chemical Engineering and Geology at the University of Newcastle, and Pacific Power in NSW, researched methods of increasing the efficiency of coal-fired power plants in terms of fuel utilisation and particulate emissions. This research included extensive work on coal as a material, and improvements in power generation processes. I taught United Nations Development Program short courses in Australia and a US Department of Energy-sponsored course in Japan on efficient power generation. On taking up a Lectureship at the University of Newcastle in 1993, I was immediately asked to teach courses on climate and Quaternary Geology, concerning processes operating over the most recent two million years of earth history. My research emphasis has now shifted to sustainably and permanently lowering carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants during the imminent inevitable transition to renewable energies, especially in the developing world.
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