The University of Sheffield
Chemical and Biological Engineering

 Christine I. Haider

Postgraduate Research Student
Particle Products Group
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7543
E-mail: c.haider@sheffield.ac.uk

   

Biography

I studied "Food Technology and Biotechnology" at the Technical University of Munich, Bavaria, and was awarded the title Diploma Engineer in 2010. In the framework of my studies, I conducted an internship and my final research project at the Nestle Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, investigating the deformation behaviour of amorphous food materials upon load application.

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Research

My current project centres around the assessment of particle contact mechanisms in pressure agglomeration. It is based on the investigation of individual contacts between pairs of amorphous maltodextrin spheres using a novel Micromanipulation Particle Tester device as well as Atomic Force Microscopy in a controlled environment.

Publications / Presentations

C.I. Haider, T.O. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, S. Palzer, M.J. Hounslow, A.D. Salman. Process Parameters Influencing Unwanted Agglomeration of Amorphous Particles. Conference paper and oral presentation at the 10th International Symposium on Agglomeration, Kobe, Japan. 2-4 September 2013.

C.I. Haider, T.O. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, S. Palzer, M.J. Hounslow, A.D. Salman. Strength of Sinter Bridges Between Hygrosensitive Maltodextrin Particles. Conference paper and oral presentation at the 10th International Symposium on Agglomeration, Kobe, Japan. 2-4 September 2013.

M Balashanmugam, CI Haider, MJ Hounslow, AD Salman. Evaluating the solid surface free energy of amorphous maltodextrin. 6th International Granulation Workshop, Sheffield, UK. 26-28 June 2013.

C.I. Haider, T.O. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, S. Palzer, M.J. Hounslow, A.D. Salman. Elastic behaviour of glassy cohesive maltodextrin in particle contact experiments. Oral presentation and paper at the 6th International Granulation Workshop, Sheffield, UK. 26-28 June 2013.

WR Mitchell, CI Haider, B Onasile, MJ Hounslow, AD Salman. Glass transition temperature effects on the breakage and dissolution of single amorphous food particles. 6th International Granulation Workshop, Sheffield, UK. 26-28 June 2013.

C. Haider, T. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, S. Palzer, M.J. Hounslow, A.D. Salman. Humidity and temperature effects on the cohesion between water-soluble amorphous particles. Conference paper and oral presentation at the International Congress on Particle Technology (PARTEC), Nuremberg, Germany. 23-25 April 2013.

C. Haider, T. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, S. Palzer, M.J. Hounslow, A.D. Salman. Application of micromanipulation to the investigation of single particle interactions and adhesion in a controlled environment. International Congress on Particle Technology (PARTEC), Nuremberg, Germany. 23-25 April 2013.

C. Haider, T. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, M.J. Hounslow, S. Palzer and A.D. Salman: A micromanipulation particle tester for agglomeration contact mechanism studies in a controlled environment. Measurement Science and Technology, Volume 23, Issue 10, pp. 105904

C. Haider, T. Althaus, G. Niederreiter, M.J. Hounslow, S. Palzer and A.D. Salman: Assessment of particle contact mechanisms in pressure agglomeration by micromanipulation of primary particle pairs; 7th International Conference for Conveying and Handling of Particulate Solids; Friedrichshafen; Germany: 10-12 September 2012

C. Haider, T. Althaus, D. Dopfer, G. Niederreiter, M.J. Hounslow, S. Palzer and A.D. Salman: Einsatz von Mikromanipulation zur Bestimmung der Partikelkontaktmechanismen in der Pressagglomeration; Jahrestreffen der ProcessNet-Fachgruppen Agglomerations- und Schüttguttechnik & Kristallisation 2012; Wittenberg; Germany: 5-6 March 2012

C. Haider, T. Althaus, D. Dopfer, G. Niederreiter, K. Sommer and S. Palzer: Mechanical material properties and their influence on particle deformation and the formation of particle-particle contact points in agglomeration processes; 5th International Granulation Workshop; No. 169; Lausanne, Switzerland: 20-22 June 2011

D. Dopfer, S. Heinrich, L. Fries, S. Antonyuk, C. Haider, A.D. Salman, S. Palzer: Adhesion mechanisms between water soluble particles; 5th International Granulation Workshop; No. 55; Lausanne; Switzerland: 20-22 June 2011

D. Dopfer, S. Palzer, S. Heinrich, L. Fries, S. Antonyuk, C. Haider and A.D. Salman: Adhesion Mechanisms between Water soluble Particles; submitted to J. Powder Technology with minor corrections; 2012.

I. Lecreps, C. Haider and K. Sommer: Investigations into High Pressure Loss in Horizontal Slug-Flow Pneumatic Conveying; Proceedings of CHoPS+ICBMH, Brisbane, Australia: 3-7 August 2009

Awards