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Associate Professor Mikel Duke

Associate Professor Mikel Duke
B.E. (Honours), Environmental, The University of Queensland (2000)
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland (2004)

Principal Research Fellow of Membrane Science

Research Interests and Funding
• Enhancing membrane functionality by advanced inorganic and polymer composite materials such as zeolites, silica and nanotubes
• Innovative processes for water treatment and foods processing by reverse osmosis and membrane distillation
• Membrane assisted fermentations/reactions in energy production, food production and water treatment
• High temperature membrane gas separation for carbon-free energy
• Process modelling of membrane systems for optimal energy and cost arrangements

To support his interests, A/Prof Mikel Duke has secured funding from external grants including the Australian Research Council (ARC) via Discovery Projects and Linkage Projects, Dairy Innovation Australia Ltd and industry partners including the Victorian water authorities. Supporting funds for his current projects and awards as the lead investigator exceed $840k.

Awards
• Endeavour Executive Award to visit Fudan University, China (2009)
• Linkage International Fellowship: Australian Research Council (2007)
• Trailblazer Innovation Award, finalist: UniQuest (2005)
• Publication Excellence Commendation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland (2005)
• Poster Award: BioNano - The Next Frontier, Brisbane (2005)
• Overseas Research Travel Award: The University of Queensland (2003)
• Student Presentation Award: Fifth International Membrane Science and Technology Conference, Sydney (2003)

Professional Affiliations
• Membrane Society of Australasia – Inaugural Chair (www.membrane-australasia.org)
• Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Professional Experience
• 2008- present: Principal Research Fellow of Membrane Science, Victoria University, Australia
• 2007 – 2008: Research Fellow, Arizona State University, USA
• 2006 – 2007: Lecturer, CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development and The University of Queensland, Australia
• 2004 – 2005: Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Australia

Email: mikel.duke@vu.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 9919 7682
Fax: +61 3 9919 7696

Selected Journal Publications

Duke, M. C., O'Brien-Abraham, J., Milne, N., Zhu, B., Lin, J. Y. S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2009) "Seawater desalination performance of MFI type membranes made by secondary growth", Separation and Purification Technology, 68, 343-350

Wijaya, S., Duke, M. C. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2009) "Carbonised template silica membranes for desalination", Desalination, 236, 291-298

Duke, M. C., Campbell, R., Cheng, X., Leo, A. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2009) "Characterisation and pervaporation study on ethanol separation membranes", Drying Technology, 27, 538-541

Battersby, S., Tasaki, T., Smart, S., Ladewig, B., Liu, S., Duke, M. C., Rudolph, V. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2009) "Performance of cobalt silica membranes in gas mixture separation", Journal of Membrane Science, 329, 91-98,

Battersby, S., Smart, S., Ladewig, B., Liu, S., Duke, M. C., Rudolph, V. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2009) "Hydrothermal stability of cobalt silica membranes in a water gas shift membrane reactor", Separation and Purification Technology, 66, 299-305,

Duke, M. C., Pas, S. J., Hill, A. J., Lin, Y. S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2008) "Exposing the Molecular Sieving Architecture of Amorphous Silica Using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy", Advanced Functional Materials, 18, 3818-3826

Duke, M. C., Lim, A., Castro da Luz, S. and Nielsen, L., (2008) "Lactic acid enrichment with inorganic nanofiltration and molecular sieving membranes by pervaporation", Food and Bioproducts Processing, 86, 290-295

Battersby, S., Duke, M. C., Liu, S., Rudolph, V. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2008) "Metal doped silica membrane reactor: Operational effects of reaction and permeation for the water gas shift reaction", Journal of Membrane Science, 316, 46-52

Schneider, P. S., Duke, M. C. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2007) "Energetics of Molecular Sieve Silica (MSS) Membranes", International Journal of Nanotechnology, 4, 468-481

Lu, G. Q., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Duke, M., Giessler, S., Socolow, R., Williams, R. H. and Kreutz, T., (2007) "Inorganic membranes for hydrogen production and purification: A critical review and perspective", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 314, 589-603

Duke, M. C., Mee, S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2007) "Performance of porous inorganic membranes in non-osmotic desalination", Water Research, 41, 3998-4004

Chen, C.-Y., Garnica-Rodriguez, J. I., Duke, M. C., Costa, R. F. D., Dicks, A. L. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2007) "Nafion/polyaniline/silica composite membranes for direct methanol fuel cell application", Journal of Power Sources, 166, 324-330

Abdel-jawad, M. M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Duke, M. C., Macrossan, M. N., Schneider, P. S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2007) "Flowfields on feed and permeate sides of tubular molecular sieving silica (MSS) membranes", Journal of Membrane Science, 299, 229-235

Tran, A. T. T., Duke, M. C., Gray, P. G. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2006) "Characterization of Titanium Phosphate as Electrolytes in Fuel Cells", International Journal of Modern Physics B, 20, 4147-4151

Duke, M. C., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Lu, G. Q. and Gray, P. G., (2006) "Modelling Hydrogen Separation in High Temperature Multistage Silica Membranes Systems", AIChE Journal, 52, 1729-1735

Duke, M. C., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Do, D. D., Lu, G. Q. and Gray, P. G., (2006) "Hydrothermally robust molecular sieve silica for wet gas separation", Advanced Functional Materials, 16, 1215-1220

Battersby, S., Teixeira, P. W., Beltramini, J., Duke, M. C., Rudolph, V. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2006) "An analysis of the Peclet and Damkohler numbers for dehydrogenation reactions using Molecular Sieve Silica (MSS) membrane reactors", Catalysis Today, 116, 12-17

Duke, M. C., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Lu, G. Q., Petch, M. and Gray, P., (2004) "Carbonised template molecular sieve silica membranes in fuel processing systems: permeation, hydrostability and regeneration", Journal of Membrane Science, 241, 325-333

Selected Conference Proceedings

Zhang, J., Dow, N., Li, J., Duke, M. and Gray, S., (2009) "High-flux hollow fibre module for membrane distillation", in proceedings: IWA Membrane Technology Conference, 1-3 September, Paper 141

Zheng, H., O'Sullivan, C., Mereddy, R., Zeng, R., Clarke, W. and Duke, M., (2009) "Energy hydrogen production using membranes in waste water treatment", O7-4, in proceedings: 5th Conference of the Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS5), 288-289

Duke, M. C., Lin, Y. S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2008) "Membrane distillation and reverse osmosis of seawater by ZSM-5 zeolite membranes made by secondary growth", Paper 4A04, in proceedings: 10th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes, 18-22 August,

Zhang, J., Duke, M., Ostarcevic, E., Dow, N., Gray, S. and Li, J.-D., (2008) "Performance of new generation membrane distillation membranes", in proceedings: IWA Singapore Water Week Convention, 23 - 27 June, IWA511

Duke, M. C., Rudolph, V. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2008) "Economic Modelling of Hydrogen Separation in Coal Gasification", #651, in proceedings: 17th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, 15-19 June, 1-4

Duke, M. C., Abdel-jawad, M., Gopalakrishnan, S. and Diniz da Costa, J. C., (2007) "Scaling up Templated Molecular Sieve Silica (TMSS) Membranes for Gas Separation", paper 123, in proceedings: International Membrane Science and Technology Conference (IMSTEC 07), 5-9 November, 1-5

Duke, M. C., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Lu, G. Q., Gray, P. and Thompsett, D., (2004) "Hydrostability and Scaling Up Molecular Sieve Silica (MSS) Membranes for H2/CO Separation in Fuel Cell Systems", in proceedings: Eighth International Conference on Inorganic Membranes, 20-22 July, 85-88

Duke, M. C., Diniz da Costa, J. C., Gray, P. G. and Lu, G. Q., (2001) "Molecular Sieve Silica Membranes For H2/CO Separation", in proceedings: 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 23-27 September,

Last Updated: November 12, 2009