ProfEric Kennedy

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS

• Publications; 4 book chapters, 287 refereed journal papers, 234 conference papers, 3 patents. 

• Total research funding of $33.4M including 8 ARC discovery projects, 9 Linkage projects and in excess of $13M in industry/industry-government support.

• RHD Degree completions:  44 PhD, 7 ME.
• Plenary, Keynote and Invited conference presentations (25).

Prizes and Awards

1. Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Applied Research Award, Citation ”has contributed significantly towards the development of, or innovation through, applied research, or in industrial fields.“ awarded in November, 2016.
2. Harry C. Bigglestone Award for Excellence in Communication of Fire Protection Concepts, which is sponsored by the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the National Fire Protection Association, and Fire Technology.  The award is for the paper “Pressure-Loss Correlations for Designing Foam Proportioning Systems” in the 2008 issue of Fire Technology. The award includes a cash prize from the Fire Protection Research Foundation, presented at the Opening General Session of the 2008 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada on 2 June 2008.
3. RK Murphy Medal, 2005 Industrial Chemistry Division of NSW RACI; Citation:”in recognition of their contributions to science and technology in Australia, their contribution to the RACI and, in particular, their research in fire science and engineering”.
4. Eureka Prize for Environmental Research, 2002; Citation: For innovative research which enables ozone-depleting substances, especially CFCs, to be converted into environmentally benign compounds with an inherent economic value.  (This Prize is funded by individuals and corporate sponsors and presented by Australian Museum). 
5. Certificate for the Best Paper, 2001; 5^th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology.  (This award is presented at the triennial meeting of the Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology).
6. Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Green Chemistry Award, 2000 to recognise fundamental and innovative chemical methods that accomplish pollution prevention through source reduction and that have a broad applicability in industry…