Dr Ava Greenwood

Lecturer

School of Mathematics and Physics

+61 7 336 53279

ava.greenwood@uq.edu.au

Building 69, Room 718

Featured projects	Duration
Analysing the effect of an interdisciplinary science course on student perceptions of mathematics, science, and computer programming: a longitudinal study

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (4)

Conference Papers (2)

Book Chapter

Greenwood, Ava, Farrell, Troy and O'Hara, Ian M. (2016). Mathematical modeling of xylose production from hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse. Sugarcane-based biofuels and bioproducts. (pp. 137-164) edited by Ian M. O'Hara and Sagadevan G. Mundree. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118719862.ch6

Journal Articles

Sweatman, Winston, Mercer, Geoff, Boland, John, Cusimano, Nicole, Greenwood, Ava, Harley, Kristen, Van Heijster, Peter, Kim, Peter, Maisano, Joe, Nelson, Mark and Pettet, Graeme (2016). Seaweed cultivation and the remediation of by-products from ethanol production: a glorious green growth. The ANZIAM Journal, 56, 1-29. doi: 10.21914/anziamj.v56i0.9402

Greenwood, Ava A., Farrell, Troy W., Zhang, Zhanying and O'Hara, Ian M. (2015). A novel population balance model for the dilute acid hydrolysis of hemicellulose. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8 (1) 26. doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0211-5

Yan, Lishi, Greenwood, Ava A., Hossain, Akram and Yang, Bin (2014). A comprehensive mechanistic kinetic model for dilute acid hydrolysis of switchgrass cellulose to glucose, 5-HMF and levulinic acid. RSC Advances, 4 (45), 23492-23504. doi: 10.1039/c4ra01631a

Greenwood, Ava A., Farrell, Troy W. and O'Hara, Ian M. (2013). Understanding mild acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse through particle scale modeling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 110 (12), 3114-3125. doi: 10.1002/bit.24984

Conference Papers

Greenwood, Ava and Jennings, Michael (2020). Perception of work environment and teaching preparedness amongst mathematics tutors. The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Online, 30 September - 2 October 2020. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of Sydney.

Greenwood, A. A., Farrell, T. W., Zhang, Z. and O'Hara, I. M. (2015). Limitations of a laboratory scale model in predicting optimal pilot scale conditions for dilute acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse. Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia, 28-30 April 2015. Mackay, QLD, Australia: Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.

Areas of research

Mathematical education