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.