Rate My Professor Ognjen Orozovic

Dr. Ognjen Orozovic is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Engineering, part of the College of Engineering, Science and Environment at the University of Newcastle. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy, a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Newcastle, where he also completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) as an industry scholar with TUNRA Bulk Solids. His PhD was undertaken at the Centre for Bulk Solids and Particulate Technologies (CBSPT). Although currently employed in industry, he sustains close ties with the bulk solids and applied mathematics groups at the University.

Orozovic's research focuses on dense phase pneumatic conveying, gas-solid flow, mechanical engineering, and pneumatic conveying, alongside mathematical modelling of bulk solid materials, systems, and processes. His areas of expertise comprise granular mechanics (15%), powder and particle technology (35%), and multiphysics flows including multiphase and reacting flows (50%). He has obtained $1,367,816 in research funding from 20 grants, with prominent examples including "Tailings Management – Dewatering Flume Site Trials" ($278,500, Australian Coal Research Limited, 2020-2024), "Modelling and Characterisation of Biomass Materials for Pneumatic Transport" ($410,861, ARC, 2019-2021), "Techno-Economic Assessment in Materials Handling of Biomass for Bioenergy" ($110,000, NSW Department of Industry, 2019-2022), and various projects with BHP Billiton Limited and AngloAmerican Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd. Orozovic has produced 28 journal articles, 14 conference papers, and other outputs. Select publications are "On the Performance of an Open Channel in the Settling of Coal Tailings" (ICBMH2023, 2023), "A Stochastic Model to Evaluate Performance of Mass-Flow Bins" (ICBMH 2023, 2023), "The evolution of slug porosity characteristics in horizontal slug flow pneumatic conveying" (ICBMH 2016), "METHODS FOR POROSITY PREDICTION IN SLUG FLOW PNEUMATIC CONVEYING AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS" (2018), and "Deduction of material characteristics from the relation between slug velocity and stationary layers" (ICBMH 2019). His contributions enhance pneumatic conveying technologies and bulk solids handling.