Dr Fanran Meng
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Sustainable Chemical Engineering
USIC Tutor
Level 4 (undergraduate) Director
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
G18
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I graduated from China Central South University in 2013 with a BEng (Hons) in Materials Science and Engineering. I completed my PhD in Materials Engineering and Materials Design at the University of Nottingham in 2017. After this, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sustainable Materials and Energy Technologies at the University of Nottingham and then a Research Associate in Resource Efficiency and Sustainability Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
In 2023, I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of 91Ö±²¥ as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor).
My research focuses on resource efficiency and engineering sustainability driving reductions in environmental impacts and the development of sustainable engineering practices. My research applies and develops whole systems approaches (process simulation, material flow analysis, life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis with optimisation algorithm) to complex engineering systems to better understand the transition towards a low carbon economy. I have published ~30 research papers in top journals in sustainable engineering such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Climate Change, Environmental Science & Technology, and Resources Conservation and Recycling.
- Research interests
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My research focuses on resource efficiency and engineering sustainability driving reductions in environmental impacts and the development of sustainable engineering practices. My research applies and develops whole systems approaches (process simulation, material flow analysis, life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis with optimisation algorithm) to sustainable material and energy systems to better understand the transition towards a low carbon economy. Ongoing work covers a wide range of materials, renewable energy, petrochemical and transportation sectors, e.g. carbon fibre composite recycling, wind turbine blades, lithium-ion EV batteries and plastics supply chain
Key research interests:
- Sustainable Materials
- Plastics and chemicals
- Composite Recycling and Reuse
- Renewable energy technologies
- Material Flow Analysis
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Techno-economic Analysis
- Resource efficiency
- Circular economy
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Energy Policy, 195, 114390-114390.
- . Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 204, 107468-107468.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 140181-140181.
- . PNAS Nexus, 2(11).
- . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- . Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 122, 106065-106065.
- . Advanced Powder Materials, 2(2), 100090-100090.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(8).
- . Science of The Total Environment, 869, 161779-161779.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 371, 133615-133615.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 364, 132614-132614.
- . Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 180, 106202-106202.
- . Environmental Science & Technology, 56(2), 1267-1277.
- . Applied Energy, 298, 117118-117118.
- . Waste Management, 133, 59-70.
- . Johnson Matthey Technology Review, 65(3), 375-394.
- . Biomass and Bioenergy, 143, 105817-105817.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 273, 123006-123006.
- . Composites Part B: Engineering, 200, 108362-108362.
- . Renewable Energy, 150, 101-115.
- . Environmental Science & Technology, 53(20), 12141-12149.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 1-8.
- . Waste Management, 89, 177-189.
- . Journal of Cleaner Production, 212, 1268-1281.
- . Energy Conversion and Management, 178, 200-216.
- . ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(8), 9854-9865.
- . Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 109, 207-220.
- . Environmental Science & Technology, 51(21), 12727-12736.
- . Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 100, 206-214.
- . Nature Chemical Engineering.
- . Environmental Science & Technology.
- . RSC Sustainability.
- . Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1).
- . Nature Climate Change.
- . Nature Climate Change.
- . Sustainability, 14(21), 14136-14136.
- . Processes, 9(8), 1399-1399.
Conference proceedings papers
- Towards a circular economy for end-of-life carbon fibre composite materials via fluidised bed process. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2017-August
- Developments in the fluidised bed process for fibre recovery from thermoset composites. CAMX 2015 - Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (pp 2384-2394)
Preprints
- Grants
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- The Royal Society International Exchanges Scheme – Cost Share Programme 2021, Multi-scale simulation of the interaction between climate change and road asphalt concrete material recycling system.
- Life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Wilson Biochemicals Ltd.
- Saudi Aramco, Impacts of life cycle-based regulations on light-duty fleet GHG emissions
- Teaching activities
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- CPE180 Heat transfer
- CPE465/CPE61012 Energy systems and management
- MAT1920 Sustainability and the Materials Lifecycle
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Associate Editor, Journal of Cleaner Production
- Editor, Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member, EPSRC ECR Forum (Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Research)
- Member, International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
- Member, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
- Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- Member, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- Member, Royal Society of Chemistry