Background

Chris Rielly graduated with a BSc (Eng) degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London in 1980. He continued at Imperial College for a PhD in Chemical Engineering, working in the area of two-phase flow. In 1983 he moved to Cambridge University Engineering Department to take up a post-doctoral research position within their Fluid Mechanics Group.

In 1986 he became a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. In 1988/89 he obtained a year's leave to work for a chemical contracting company and in 1998 he took sabbatical leave at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In August 1999, Chris came to 含羞草视频 to take up a new chair in Chemical Engineering. He was Head of Department in Chemical Engineering at 含羞草视频 between 2008 and 2014 and became Acting Dean of the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering in 2016.

Professional Affiliations

• Chartered Engineer
• Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

Outline of main research interests

• Particle image velocimetry in multi-phase stirred tank flows
• CFD and population balance modelling of gas-liquid flows in stirred tanks
• De-agglomeration and dispersion of formulated nano-particle products
• Effects of start-up conditions on semi-batch emulsion co-polymerisations
• Bubbly two-phase flows in annular channels
• Direct nucleation control of pharmaceutical crystallisations
• Model based control and estimation of crystallization processes
• Spray freeze drying and spray drying of foods and pharmaceuticals

External roles and appointments

• External Examiner for UG degrees at the University of Edinburgh, Imperial College, Heriot-Watt University, , University College Dublin and University of Cambridge
• External Examiner for University of Cambridge MPhil degree
• Chairman of the IChemE Fluid Mixing Processes Subject Group
• Industry consultant for BHRG FMP consortium
• EPSRC Peer Review College member and panel chairman

Invited and keynote lectures

• British and Dutch Association for Crystal Growth (Heriot-Watt, 2006)

Organising/Scientific Committee of International Conferences

• Process Innovation and Intensification (Edinburg)
• Chairman of the Scientific Comm, Fluid Mixing VII (London, UK, 2006)
• 6th, 7th and 8th Conferences on Gas-Liquid-Solid Reaction Engineering

Fysikopoulos, D., Benyahia, B., Borsos, A., Nagy, Z.K., Rielly, C.D. (2019) A framework for model reliability and estimability analysis of crystallization processes with multi-impurity multi-dimensional population balance models. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 122. 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.09.007

Onyemelukwe, I.I., Parsons, A.R., Wheatcroft, H.P., Robertson, A., Nagy, Z.K., Rielly, C.D. (2019) The Role of Residence Time Distribution in the Continuous Steady-State Mixed Suspension Mixed Product Removal Crystallization of Glycine. Crystal Growth and Design, 19(1). 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00853

Onyemelukwe, I.I., Benyahia, B., Reis, N.M., Nagy, Z.K., Rielly, C.D. (2018) The heat transfer characteristics of a mesoscale continuous oscillatory flow crystalliser with smooth periodic constrictions. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123. 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.03.015

Su, Q., Rielly, C.D., Powell, K.A., Nagy, Z.K. (2017) Mathematical modelling and experimental validation of a novel periodic flow crystallization using MSMPR crystallizers. AIChE Journal, 63(4). 10.1002/aic.15510

Malik, D.J., Shaw, C.M., Shama, G., Clokie, M.R.J., Rielly, C.D. (2016) An Investigation into the Inactivation Kinetics of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Against Clostridium difficile Endospores. Chemical Engineering Communications, 203(12). 10.1080/00986445.2016.1223058

Su, Q., Nagy, Z.K., Rielly, C.D. (2015) Pharmaceutical crystallisation processes from batch to continuous operation using MSMPR stages: Modelling, design, and control. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 89. 10.1016/j.cep.2015.01.001

Powell, K.A., Bartolini, G., Wittering, K.E., Saleemi, A.N., Wilson, C.C., Rielly, C.D., Nagy, Z.K. (2015) Toward Continuous Crystallization of Urea-Barbituric Acid: A Polymorphic Co-Crystal System. Crystal Growth and Design, 15(10). 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00599