DrRyan O'Shea
Honorary Research Associate
Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
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- Honorary Research AssociateDepartment of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Weeks Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Ryan currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, under the supervision of Professors Jason Hallett and Nilay Shah.
His interests are in applying systems engineering and decision science for sustainable industrial development. He considers process innovation at the technical to management levels, and factors in multidimensional sustainability with varying degrees of uncertainty.
Currently, Ryan is dedicated to the sustainable process synthesis, analytics, and optimisation of a novel recycling system aimed at valorising multi-layered packaging waste using a combination of mechanical, green chemical and enzyme process technologies. More broadly, his efforts will demonstrate sustainable process engineering in the transition to a circular (bio-based) economy, that integrates social-ecological dynamics with technical domains.
Previously, he served as an assistant Teaching Fellow in Environmental Resource Management at the Centre for Environmental Policy. There, he co-supervised MScs and also lectured on topics related to the Bioeconomy and Algal Biotechnology. Additionally, Ryan conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Clean Energy Research Centre, University of British Columbia, focusing on the development of a seaweed biorefinery system, a project he continues commercially.
Ryan earned his Ph.D. from the Centre for Environmental Policy, focusing on decision science and biological engineering techniques for sustainable innovation. His research centred on combining seaweed aquaculture and wind farms as move towards the offshore Multi-use Setting.
Before joining Imperial, Ryan worked as a Research Scientist in industry, specialising in cell culture technologies and process development.
Publications
O'Shea R., Collins A., Howe C., (2022) Offshore Multiuse setting: introducing integrative assessment modelling to alleviate uncertainty of developing Seaweed Aquaculture inside Wind Farms. Environmental Challenges. DOI:
His interests are in applying systems engineering and decision science for sustainable industrial development. He considers process innovation at the technical to management levels, and factors in multidimensional sustainability with varying degrees of uncertainty.
Currently, Ryan is dedicated to the sustainable process synthesis, analytics, and optimisation of a novel recycling system aimed at valorising multi-layered packaging waste using a combination of mechanical, green chemical and enzyme process technologies. More broadly, his efforts will demonstrate sustainable process engineering in the transition to a circular (bio-based) economy, that integrates social-ecological dynamics with technical domains.
Previously, he served as an assistant Teaching Fellow in Environmental Resource Management at the Centre for Environmental Policy. There, he co-supervised MScs and also lectured on topics related to the Bioeconomy and Algal Biotechnology. Additionally, Ryan conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Clean Energy Research Centre, University of British Columbia, focusing on the development of a seaweed biorefinery system, a project he continues commercially.
Ryan earned his Ph.D. from the Centre for Environmental Policy, focusing on decision science and biological engineering techniques for sustainable innovation. His research centred on combining seaweed aquaculture and wind farms as move towards the offshore Multi-use Setting.
Before joining Imperial, Ryan worked as a Research Scientist in industry, specialising in cell culture technologies and process development.
Publications
O'Shea R., Collins A., Howe C., (2022) Offshore Multiuse setting: introducing integrative assessment modelling to alleviate uncertainty of developing Seaweed Aquaculture inside Wind Farms. Environmental Challenges. DOI:
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Honorary Research Associate