Dr Syaifullah Muhammad is a chemical engineering alumnus who has developed an innovative technology to extract high-quality patchouli oil from the patchouli plant.
Professor Neil Foster is developing a targeted pharmaceutical drug delivery system to treat patients with colon and lung diseases, such as lung cancer – the leading cause of cancer death in Australia.
A new centre focusing on process engineering in industries including natural resources, gas and petroleum, food processing and materials fabrications will be launched at Curtin University today.