Adrian Kelly
Professor of Process Engineering
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Biography
Prof Kelly graduated in Mechanical Engineering and was awarded a PhD in
1997 for industrially sponsored research into process rheometry of
extrusion compounding. He then took up a post doctoral post in the IRC
Polymer Engineering research group at the University of Bradford working
on a range of polymer processing based research projects. In 2003 he managed a WRAP funded project to investigate recycling of PVC-rich
waste and in 2005 he was awarded funding from the DTI for a research
project aimed at encouraging the UK polymer industry to adopt process
metrology.
Prof Kelly became a Research Investment Lecturer in 2005 and was promoted
to Reader in 2015 and Professor of Process Engineering in 2018. He teaches in
materials, thermodynamics, polymer engineering and computer monitoring
and instrumentation at undergraduate and MSc level. He is the Placements
Tutor for the University's Engineering disciplines. His current research interests
include process monitoring, thermal optimisation, pharmaceutical polymer
engineering, nanocomposites, biopolymers, recyclates and fuel cells. In
2010 he co-founded the Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science
with colleagues in Engineering and Life Sciences; he is also active in
the Centre of Advanced Materials Engineering and the the Centre for
Polymer Micro and Nano Technology.