My Expertise
Dr Sarah Grundy's expertise area is in materials development, process improvement, process development and implementation in manufacturing plants.
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Nanomaterials, Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles)Biography
Dr Grundy's research focus in in engineering education and current trends in industry. Her passion includes sustainable manufacturing and design from raw materials to process and product improvement and/or development.
After completing her PhD in Chemical Engineering from UNSW (2004), Dr Grundy joined a global building manufacturing company and became a Senior Technical Leader within the Research and Development division of the company. After...view more
Dr Grundy's research focus in in engineering education and current trends in industry. Her passion includes sustainable manufacturing and design from raw materials to process and product improvement and/or development.
After completing her PhD in Chemical Engineering from UNSW (2004), Dr Grundy joined a global building manufacturing company and became a Senior Technical Leader within the Research and Development division of the company. After 15 years in industry, Dr Grundy is at UNSW as an Education Focussed academic, predominantly in Engineering design and capstone courses.
My Research Activities
My passion is in two areas:
1. applied research (sustainable manufacturing practices) while my expertise area is in materials development, process improvement, process development and implementation. My current research interests are in process optimisation and improvement in industry-linked projects. These projects include advanced material development with a focus on nanoparticles and surface treatment, characterisation at laboratory, pilot scale level through to industrial scale-up.
2. engineering education with a focus on authentic learning practices including Project-Based Learning, Team-Based Learning, Work-Integrated Learning and Generative Artificial Intelligence.
My Teaching
- FOOD1130 Sustainable Food Product Manufacturing
- CEIC1000 Sustainable Product Engineering and Design
- CEIC3001 Advanced Thermodynamics and Separation
- CEIC3004 Process Equipment Design
- CEIC3005 Process Plant Design
- CEIC3007 Chemical Engineering Laboratory B
- CEIC4001 Design Project