Rate My Professor Graeme Jameson

Emeritus Professor Graeme Jameson is a leading figure in chemical engineering at the University of Newcastle's School of Engineering. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, and an Associate qualification from Sydney Technical College. His professional career began as Reader in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College of Science and Technology in London from 1965 to 1978. In 1978, he joined the University of Newcastle as Professor of Chemical Engineering, later becoming Laureate Professor and Director of the Centre for Multiphase Processes. He now holds the position of Emeritus Professor in the School of Engineering, with expertise spanning chemical engineering, fluid mechanics, mineral processing, and surface chemistry. His research fields include mineral processing and beneficiation (60%) and separation technologies (40%). Jameson has supervised 66 completed PhD students and maintains active collaborations internationally.

Jameson is renowned for developing the Jameson Cell, a high-intensity flotation device that has revolutionized mineral processing and contributed an estimated $36 billion to the Australian economy from 1990 to 2014 through enhanced recovery of fine particles in mining operations worldwide. Key publications include the authoritative book 'Froth Flotation: A Century of Innovation' co-authored with M.C. Fuerstenau and R.-H. Yoon (2007), and recent journal articles such as 'Effect of bubble loading on the recovery of coarse mineral particles by flotation' with C. Emer (Minerals Engineering, 2024), 'Numerical estimation of critical local energy dissipation rate for particle detachment...' with M.M. Hoque et al. (Minerals Engineering, 2022), 'Flotation of coarse coal particles in a fluidized bed...' (Minerals Engineering, 2020), and 'Coarse chalcopyrite recovery in a universal froth flotation machine' (Minerals Engineering, 2019). His groundbreaking contributions have earned numerous accolades, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation (2015), Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Mineral Processing Council (2016), election as Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2015), New South Wales Scientist of the Year (2013), Officer of the Order of Australia (2005), Ian Wark Medal and Lecture (1998), and fellowships in the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Royal Society of London, and Institution of Chemical Engineers. Jameson has served as Chair of the Australian Research Council Engineering Panel and Selection Committee 5 (Engineering and Applied Science) of the Australian Academy of Science.