PEOPLE

Managing Director

David Slater

Associates

William Wilson

John Murlis

Ray Purdy

Philip Bowen

John Comber

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Philip Bowen- Associate

• CEng, MIMechE, BSc, PhD

Chair in Energy Systems, Cardiff University, School of Engineering

Profile

Range of experience in Energy and Environmental Research and Management in academia, consultancy and industry. Five years Risk and Hazard research and consultancy with Shell during the early 1990s, followed by R&D in Energy and Hazardous systems at Cardiff University. Since 2000, undertaken range of international consultancies and research programmes, provided Energy/Environmental advice for multinational industries and government, and initiated a national multidisciplinary Energy research centre (Welsh Energy Research Centre, WERC). Professor of Energy Systems and Head of Marketing and Publicity at Cardiff School of Engineering.

Professional and Academic Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• PhD in Numerical Modelling of Complex Fluids, University of Wales
• BSc – Pure & Applied Maths (First Class Joint Honours, awarded both departmental prizes), University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• University 1 st XV Rugby Captain (1986)

Employment History

• 2004 Cardiff University - Chair in Energy Systems
• 2002 Cardiff University - Senior Lecturer
• 1995 Cardiff University - Lecturer
• 1994 Cardiff University - EU Large-Scale Energy Facility Manager
• 1990 - 94 Shell Research Ltd. - Scientist – Hazard Quantification
• 1986-89 University of Wales - SERC doctoral student

Cardiff University (Academic, 1995- to date)

• Engineering School Board (2003-)
• Chair of Engineering Marketing and Publicity Committee (2005-)
• £2M+ individual research income (1995-2005)
• Over 100 publications (1995-2005)
• 15 PhD students (1999-2006)
• Invited Keynote and 2 chapters in von Karman Institute Monograph on ‘Multiphase Flow and Industrial Hazards’ (2003)
• Examine theses for leading UK universities and review papers for major journals in fields of interest
• Proposed and funded to develop new interdisciplinary MSc in ‘Sustainable Energy and Environment’ (2006)
• Institute of Energy Townsend-BCURA award for best international paper on Coal Utilisation (1997)
• Led successful £1.5M strategic research investment bid for ‘Interdisciplinary Sustainable Energy Research’ within Cardiff University (2003)
• Recent research sponsors : EPSRC, EU, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, QinetiQ, BP, DNV, NATO, Shell, British Gas, HSE, Kuwaiti Government, BOC-Edwards, Delevan, Atofina, Gaz de France, etc..
• EU Marie-Curie Centre for Energy Systems research - 8 EU partners
• Lecture across a range of undergraduate and master modules, including Thermodynamics, Risk and Hazard Management, Energy Management, Energy Systems, Mathematics, Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Shell Research Ltd (1990-94)

• Hazard quantification research group post Piper-Alpha disaster
• Responsible for developing and propagating two-phase hazard knowledge
• Represented Shell on several international joint industry programmes
• Project leader for at the time, the largest explosion mitigation experiments undertaken in 550m 3 vessel (in collaboration with ABB and Kidde-Graviner)
• Risk/Hazard advice to various Shell operators, including Shell Oman, Nigeria, Expro, etc..

Professional Activities

• Evidence to House of Commons Welsh Affairs Select Committee on Energy Policy (2006)
• Proposed and Founding Member of the Welsh Energy Research Centre (WERC), (2003-5), www.welshenergy.org
• International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF) ‘Online Handbook’ Editorial Board (2002-)
• EPSRC Collegiate Member (2002-5)
• Full Member of Steering Board of University of Wales Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (2002-)
• Steering Committee member of Institute of Physics Combustion Group (2003-)
• Consultant to BP - Explosion Protection and Environmental Impact (2001-04)
• Consultant to Ricardo Consulting Engineers - Lean-Burn Engines (2002)
• Adviser to UK HSE during ‘Lessons to be Learnt’ phase of Cullen Enquiry - Ladbroke Grove fatal train crash & fireball (2002)
• Adviser to UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) (1992)
• Consultant to Exxon-Mobil (on behalf of ‘ Alaskan Clean Seas’) concerning environmental assessment of oil-well blow-outs in Arctic Regions (2001)
• Consultant to Det Norske Veritas concerning atmospheric modelling of two-phase ‘flashing’ releases of hazardous material (2000-04)
• Risk/hazard consultant to BOC-Edwards (2005)
• Adviser to Inst. Marine Engineers concerning ‘Crankcase Explosions’ in Marine Diesel Engines (2003)

 Contact Details

Tel : 02920 655604; Email : pbowen@cambrensis.org

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