Gavin Walker
Professor
Chemical Sciences
University of Limerick
Ireland
Biography
Prof Walker holds the Bernal Chair in Pharmaceutical Powder Engineering at UL and is a Visiting Research Professor at QUB. His interersts are in pharmaceutical engineering, process engineering and mathematical aspects for materials processing. Prof Walker is Co-Director of SFI funded Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) He has been awarded >€25,000,000 as Principal Investigator on >35 research projects on process engineering and advanced manufacturing from EU, UK government, EPSRC, Irish Government, UK Charities and Industrial sources.His research team currently consists of 22 Post-docs and 10 research students focusing on engineering acepcts of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Research Interest
His interersts are in pharmaceutical engineering, process engineering and mathematical aspects for materials processing.
Publications
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Mirza, Z,Liu, JT,Glocheux, Y,Albadarin, AB,Walker, GM,Mangwandi, C (2015) 'Effect of impeller design on homogeneity, size and strength of pharmaceutical granules produced by high-shear wet granulation'. Particuology, 23 :31-39.
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Cunningham, E., Dunne, N., Walker, G., Buchanan, F (2015) 'High-solid-content hydroxyapatite slurry for the production of bone substitute scaffolds'. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal Of Engineering In Medicine, 223 :727-737.
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Douglas, P., A. B. Albadarin, A. H. Al-Muhtaseb, C. Mangwandi and G. M Walker. (2015) 'Thermo-mechanical Properties of Poly É›-caprolactone/poly L-lactic Acid Blends: Addition of Nalidixic Acid and Polythylene Glycol Additives'. Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials, 45 :154-165.
