Daniel Beneroso Vallejo

Contact

• workRoom B20 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 748 6831
• Daniel.BenerosoVallejo@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbeneroso/

Expertise Summary

I have extensive experience as an educational facilitator and leader working with academics, engineers and students to create enhanced learning environments able to help future engineers to thrive in the rapidly changing world of work. My work has been recognised by the award of a Senior Fellowship of The Higher Education Academy and a number of institutional and external awards. The most recent was the HE Innovate Award awarded by Pearson in September 2021 in the category of most innovative approach to supporting students.

Teaching Summary

My teaching includes co-leading the capstone BEng Engineering Design Project and a number of core engineering modules: CHEE2003 Chemical and Phase Equilibria and CHEE3007 Advanced Transport Phenomena.

I also contribute to undergraduate labs and supervise a portfolio of MEng and MSc research projects.

I am currently working with professional bodies & accreditors and I am responsible for curriculum development and accreditation of our BEng and MEng programmes in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical with Environmental Engineering, and Food Process Engineering.

Research Summary

I am a Chemical Engineer who has always been passionate about education and, particularly, about understanding what makes learning happen in the context of universities. I see learning as the process… read more

Selected Publications

• J. ROBINSON and D. BENEROSO, 2022. Project-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering: Curriculum and Assessment, Culture and Learning Spaces. In: ANABELA CARVALHO ALVES and NATASCHA VAN HATTUM-JANSSEN, eds., Training Engineering Students for Modern Technological Advancement IGI Global. 1-19
• D, BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2022. Online Project-Based Learning in Engineering Design: Supporting the acquisition of design skills Education for Chemical Engineers. 38(38-47),
• D. BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2021. A tool for assessing and providing personalised formative feedback at scale within a second in engineering courses Education for Chemical Engineers. 36, 38-45
• D. BENEROSO and M. ERANS, 2020. Team-based learning: an ethnicity-focused study on the perceptions of teamwork abilities of engineering students European Journal of Engineering Education.

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Current Research

I am a Chemical Engineer who has always been passionate about education and, particularly, about understanding what makes learning happen in the context of universities. I see learning as the process that will help people make better decisions to improve lives and solve current societal challenges: energy transition, mobility and sustainable transport, climate change, healthcare for an aging population, mass migration or social and cybersecurity and safety.

My drive is How can we develop the required expertise to tackle these challenges through education? My research in engineering education is inspired by that question, and I use evidence-based approaches, with a high emphasis on the promotion of EDI, and a culture of empowerment and collaboration.

• D, BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2022. Online Project-Based Learning in Engineering Design: Supporting the acquisition of design skills Education for Chemical Engineers. 38(38-47),
• J. ROBINSON and D. BENEROSO, 2022. Project-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering: Curriculum and Assessment, Culture and Learning Spaces. In: ANABELA CARVALHO ALVES and NATASCHA VAN HATTUM-JANSSEN, eds., Training Engineering Students for Modern Technological Advancement IGI Global. 1-19
• D. BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2021. A tool for assessing and providing personalised formative feedback at scale within a second in engineering courses Education for Chemical Engineers. 36, 38-45
• D, BENEROSO, 2021. 2021 Digital learning overdose: We need a recalibration before moving forwards Available at: <http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11965.59361/1>
• D. BENEROSO and N. ALOSAIMI, 2020. Cultural intelligence of chemical engineering students: A demographics study Education for Chemical Engineers. 32(C), 32-39
• D. BENEROSO and M. ERANS, 2020. Team-based learning: an ethnicity-focused study on the perceptions of teamwork abilities of engineering students European Journal of Engineering Education.
• D. BENEROSO, 2019. Engineering Chemical Engineering lectures In: UK And Ireland 7th Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium.
• D. BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2019. The use of process simulators as supporting – but not designing – tools in chemical engineering courses In: UK And Ireland 7th Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium.
• D. BENEROSO and J. ROBINSON, 2019. Supporting the development of professional engineering skills IChemE Education Special Interest Group Newsletter.
• D. BENEROSO, 2019. Improving the engagement of UG ChemEng students towards abstract modules – A successful proven methodology in a chemical and phase equilibria course In: University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Conference 2019.
• M. CANAL-RODRIGUEZ, A. ARENILLAS, J.A. MENENDEZ, D. BENEROSO and N. REY-RAAP, 2018. Carbon xerogels graphitized by microwave heating as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries Carbon. 137, 384-394
• B.J. SHEPHERD, J. RYAN, M. ADAM, D. BENEROSO VALLEJO, P. CASTANO, E.T. KOSTAS and J.P. ROBINSON, 2018. Microwave pyrolysis of biomass within a liquid medium Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 134, 318-388
• BENEROSO D, MONTI T, KOSTAS E.T and ROBINSON J, 2017. Microwave Pyrolysis of Biomass for Bio-oil Production: Scalable Processing Concepts Chemical Engineering Journal. 316(1), 481-498
• KOSTAS, E. T., BENEROSO, D. and ROBINSON, J. P., 2017. The application of microwave heating in bioenergy: A review on the microwave pre-treatment and upgrading technologies for biomass: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 77, 12-27
• ADAM, M., BENEROSO, D., KATRIB, J., KINGMAN, S. and ROBINSON, J. P., 2017. Microwave fluidized bed for biomass pyrolysis. Part I: Process design: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.
• ADAM, M., BENEROSO, D., KATRIB, J., KINGMAN, S. and ROBINSON, J. P., 2017. Microwave fluidized bed for biomass pyrolysis. Part II: Effect of process parameters: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.
• D. BENEROSO, A. ALBERO-ORTIZ, J. MONZÓ-CABRERA, A. DÍAZ-MORCILLO, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2016. Dielectric characterization of biodegradable wastes during pyrolysis Fuel. 172, 146-152
• D. BENEROSO and B. FIDALGO, 2016. Microwave Technology for Syngas Production from Renewable Sources. In: RUDY MYERS, ed., Syngas: Production, Emerging Technologies and Ecological Impacts Nova Science Publishers.
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMUDEZ, M.A. MONTES-MORAN, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENENDEZ, 2016. Microwave-induced cracking of pyrolytic tars coupled to microwave pyrolysis for syngas production Bioresource Technology. 218, 687–691
• D. BENEROSO, A. ARENILLAS, M.A. MONTES-MORAN, J.M. BERMUDEZ, N. MORTIER, S. VERSTICHEL and J.A. MENENDEZ, 2016. Ecotoxicity tests on solid residues from microwave induced pyrolysis of different organic residues: An addendum Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 121, 329-332
• O. REVELLES, D. BENEROSO, J.A. MENENDEZ, A. ARENILLAS, J.L. GARCIA and M.A. PRIETO, 2016. Syngas obtained by microwave pyrolysis of household wastes as feedstock for polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Rhodospirillum rubrum Microbial Biotechnology.
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS, F. DE LA PEÑA, J.L. GARCÍA, M.A. PRIETO and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2015. Oil fractions from the pyrolysis of diverse organic wastes: The different effects of conventional and microwave induced pyrolysis Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 114, 256-264
• J.M. BERMÚDEZ, D. BENEROSO, N. REY-RAAP, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2015. Energy consumption estimation in the scaling-up of microwave heating processes Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. 95, 1-8
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2015. Microwave pyrolysis of organic wastes for syngas-derived biopolymers production. In: ZHEN FANG, RICHARD L. SMITH, JR. and XINHUA QI, eds., Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Microwave 3. Springer Link. 99-127
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2014. Comparing the composition of the synthesis-gas obtained from the pyrolysis of different organic residues for a potential use in the synthesis of bioplastics Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 111, 55-63
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2014. Influence of carrier gas on microwave pyrolysis Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 113, 153-157
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2014. Integrated microwave drying, pyrolysis and gasification for valorisation of organic wastes to syngas Fuel. 132, 20-26
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2013. Influence of the microwave absorbent and moisture content on the microwave pyrolysis of an organic municipal solid waste Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 105, 234-240
• D. BENEROSO, J.M. BERMÚDEZ, A. ARENILLAS and J.A. MENÉNDEZ, 2013. Microwave pyrolysis of microalgae for high syngas production Bioresource Technology. 144, 240-246
• C.F. MARTIN, S. GARCIA, D. BENEROSO, J.J. PIS, F. RUBIERA and C. PEVIDA, 2012. Precombustion CO2 capture by means of phenol–formaldehyde resin-derived carbons: From equilibrium to dynamic conditions Separation and Purification Technology. 98, 531–538