Rate My Professor Kevin Galvin

Professor Galvin specializes in mineral processing and particle technology, focusing on process intensification for the beneficiation of fine, ultrafine, and coarse minerals through gravity separation, flotation, and agglomeration. He invented the Reflux Classifier, a high-throughput gravity separation device installed worldwide since 2010, and the Reflux Flotation Cell, commercialized with partners including Ludowici and FLSmidth to enhance capacity and efficiency. These innovations address coal cleaning, iron ore production, tailings management, and critical minerals recovery, delivering economic and environmental benefits to the global resources sector. Key publications include "Fourth generation gravity separation using the Reflux Classifier" (Minerals Engineering, 2025), "Single stage production of ultra-high-grade iron ore using a novel fluidisation arrangement in a Reflux Classifier" (Minerals Engineering, 2025), "Mechanisms of gangue transport and recovery in Reflux flotation cells under varying bias flux and salinity conditions" (Minerals Engineering, 2025), and "Cleaning of coarse and small coal" in The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production (Elsevier, 2025). His achievements are recognized by awards such as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2020), Antoine M. Gaudin Award (2018), Clunies Ross Award (2014), Sir Ian Wark Medal and Lecture (2012), and NSW Premier’s Prize for Science and Engineering (2016).