Rate My Professor Simon Iveson

Dr. Simon Iveson serves as a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia, within the Chemical Engineering discipline. He completed a BE in Chemical Engineering with university medal in 1992 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1997 from the University of Queensland. His career at the University of Newcastle spans over two decades, beginning as a Research Associate and Sessional Lecturer around 2003, advancing to Research Academic since January 2008. He is affiliated with the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Priority Research Centre for Advanced Particle Processing and Transport, the Centre for Critical Minerals and Urban Mining, and the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources. Iveson's research centers on particle technology, with emphasis on coal and mineral processing, gravity concentration, classification, and separation of fine particles, density-based fractionation, and applications of the REFLUX™ Classifier. His work addresses challenges in beneficiation of high-density ores such as tantalum and gold, dry separation methods, and full-scale industrial trials of advanced flotation and classification technologies.

Iveson has produced 83 publications garnering over 3,580 citations. Notable contributions include the highly influential review 'Nucleation, growth and breakage phenomena in agitated wet granulation processes: a review' (Powder Technology, 2001), 'New challenges for gravity concentration and classification of fine particles' (2022), 'Full-Scale Industrial Trials of Reflux Flotation Cell' (2024), 'Amplification in the Uncertainty of the Yield and Recovery for a Steady-State Mineral Separator calculated using the Two-Product Formula' (2024), 'Beneficiation of High-Density Tantalum Ore in the REFLUX™ Concentrating Classifier' (2024), and 'Gravity separation in the REFLUX™ Classifier in the presence of slimes' (2019). In recognition of his teaching excellence, he received a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning at the 2019 Australian Awards for University Teaching, specifically for the continual introduction and implementation over 20 years of numerous innovative teaching methods and technologies that influence, motivate, and inspire engineering students. His contributions enhance both research impact in minerals processing and student learning outcomes in engineering education.