Professor Will Zimmerman
BScEng, MSc, PhD, CEng FIChemE
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Professor of Biochemical Dynamical Systems
w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7517
+44 114 222 7517
Kroto LG16, North Campus
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Professor Will Zimmerman
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Kroto LG16
North Campus
Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Kroto LG16
North Campus
Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
- Profile
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I'm a graduate of Princeton and Stanford Universities in Chemical Engineering and the author of over 200 scientific publications. Previously I was Director of the MSc in Environmental and Energy Engineering, and a winner in US and UK national competitions of five prestigious fellowships (2005-6 Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow, 2000-5 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow; 1994-99 Royal Academy of Engineering, Zeneca Young Academic Fellow; 1991-93 visiting professorships appointed by the French Ministry of Education at the Littoral University in Dunkirk in 1998 and 2005.
I was interviewed on my algal biofuels work on BBC Radio 4 “Material World with Quentin Cooper”. My Royal Academy of Engineering SRF, entitled “Systems Biology and Chemical Engineering” has laid down a protocol for optimal experimentation for bioreactor model-building via inverse methods. I directed Microfluidics 2003, a workshop at CISM in Udine from which he edited a book on microfluidics, and is the author of two bestselling texts on multiphysics modelling.
- Research interests
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Having several patent families that exploit energy efficient microbubbles generated by fluidic oscillation, my team explores and innovates with new technology / capability where the role of microbubbles can be crucial to intensification, acceleration, or mechanistic change to bio/chemical processing -- typically in symbiotic engineering or novel simultaneous reactive (fermentative) separations.
Key research interests:
- Energy efficient generation of microbubbles and their applications (particularly biofuels and bioreactors)
- Plasma microreactors, especially low power consumption generation of ozone
- Fluid dynamics of helical turbulence and mixing
- Thin film dynamics and microrheometry
- Computational modelling with inverse methods (digital twinning)
Perlemax Ltd.
Perlemax Ltd, University spinout company, was founded to exploit his research and technological advances. Perlemax and Zimmerman have won the below awards/recognition:
- Publications
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Books
- Microfluidics: Theory, History and Applications. Springer Verlag.
- Multiphysics modelling with finite element methods. World Scientific Pub Co Inc.
- INTRODUCTION TO COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS. WORLD SCIENTIFIC.
- Process modelling and simulation with finite element methods. World Scientific Pub Co Inc.
Journal articles
- Dissolved nutrient gas uptake and fluid mixing by bubble-mediated mass transfer in tall fermenters — A theoretical study. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 145, 136-147.
- Investigating biodiesel production from Chicken fat oil using bi-functional catalysts and microbubble mediated mass transfer. Fuel, 358, 130125-130125.
- An integrated novel plasma-microalgae approach for landfill leachate treatment using a high-ammonia tolerant strain of Chlorella vulgaris. Algal Research, 77, 103345-103345.
- Transient effects and the role of wetting in microbubble generation. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 101722-101722.
- Intensification of Esterification Reaction Microbubble Mediated Reactive Distillation. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 109435-109435.
- Microbubble intensification of bioprocessing. Johnson Matthey Technology Review.
- Green synthesis of biodiesel from microalgae cultivated in industrial wastewater via microbubble induced esterification using bio-MOF-based heterogeneous catalyst. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 189, 707-720.
- Intensification of biodiesel processing from waste cooking oil, exploiting cooperative microbubble and bifunctional metallic heterogeneous catalysis. Bioengineering, 9(10).
- Mediating heat transport by microbubble dispersions: The role of dissolved gases and phase change dynamics. Applied Thermal Engineering, 213, 118720.
- Extensional flow affecting shear viscosity: Experimental evidence and comparison to models. Journal of Rheology, 66(4), 793-809.
- Relative wettability measurement of porous diffuser and its impact on the generated bubble size. Chemical and Process Engineering - Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa, 43(1), 45-55.
- Techno-economic modeling to produce biodiesel from marine microalgae in sub-Saharan countries: An exploratory study in Guinea-Bissau. Biomass and Bioenergy, 158, 106369-106369.
- In search of a Mpemba effect protocol: Some hot water does cool and freeze faster than cold. Chemical Engineering Science, 247, 117043-117043.
- Continuous removal of ethanol from dilute ethanol-water mixtures using hot microbubbles. Chemical Engineering Journal, 424. View this article in WRRO
- Conversion of poultry-fat waste to a sustainable feedstock for biodiesel production via microbubble injection of reagent vapor. Journal of Cleaner Production, 311, 127525.
- Towards a microbubble condenser: Dispersed microbubble mediation of additional heat transfer in aqueous solutions due to phase change dynamics in airlift vessels. Chemical Engineering Science, 238.
- Current Developments in Esterification Reaction: A Review on Process and Parameters. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
- Graph theory applied to plasma chemical reaction engineering. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 41(2), 531-557. View this article in WRRO
- Optical density inferences in aqueous solution with embedded micro/nano bubbles: a reminder for the emerging green bubble cleantech. Journal of Cleaner Production, 126258-126258.
- Numerical simulation of the transient behavior of the turbulent flow in a microfluidic oscillator. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 43(1).
- Hot microbubble injection in thin liquid film layers for ammonia separation from ammonia rich-wastewater. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 108693-108693.
- A microbubble-sparged yeast propagation–fermentation process for bioethanol production. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13(1).
- Hot microbubble air stripping of dilute ethanol–water mixtures. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(43), 19392-19405.
- Investigating biodiesel production strategies as a sustainable energy resource for Pakistan. Journal of Cleaner Production, 259, 120729-120729.
- Optimization and cost estimation of microalgal lipid extraction using ozone-rich microbubbles for biodiesel production. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 23, 101462-101462.
- Biodiesel production intensification through microbubble mediated esterification. Fuel, 253, 25-31.
- Improving the efficiency of high-temperature electrolysis of carbon dioxide in a solid oxide cell. ECS Transactions, 91(1), 2623-2630. View this article in WRRO
- Membrane defouling using microbubbles generated by fluidic oscillation. Water Supply, 19(1), 97-106. View this article in WRRO
- Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Approach for Bio-Oils Chemical Detoxification: An Advanced Technology on Industrial Application. Advanced Science Letters, 24(12), 9499-9501.
- Constitutive Parameters of the Extensional Flow Defined by an Inverse Method. Advanced Science Letters, 24(12), 9616-9619.
- Dielectric barrier discharge plasma microbubble reactor for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. AIChE Journal, 64(11), 3803-3816. View this article in WRRO
- Esterification for biodiesel production with a phantom catalyst: Bubble mediated reactive distillation. Applied Energy, 221, 28-40. View this article in WRRO
- Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9. View this article in WRRO
- Harvesting environmental microalgal blooms for remediation and resource recovery: A laboratory scale investigation with economic and microbial community impact assessment. Biology, 7(1), 4-4. View this article in WRRO
- Reaction engineering of carbon monoxide generation by treatment with atmospheric pressure, low power CO
2 DBD plasma. Fuel, 209, 117-126.
- Exploiting ozonolysis-microbe synergy for biomass processing: Application in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. Biomass and Bioenergy, 105, 147-154. View this article in WRRO
- Improving the performance of coal flotation using oscillatory air supply. Fuel Processing Technology, 165, 131-137.
- Factors affecting bubble size in ionic liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(22), 14306-14318. View this article in WRRO
- Inactivation combined with cell lysis of Pseudomonas putida using a low pressure carbon dioxide microbubble technology. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 92(8), 1961-1961. View this article in WRRO
- Excitation of Surface Waves Due to Thermocapillary Effects on a Stably Stratified Fluid Layer. Applied Sciences, 7(4). View this article in WRRO
- Aerator Design for Microbubble Generation. Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
- Purification of Bioethanol Using Microbubbles Generated by Fluidic Oscillation: A Dynamical Evaporation Model. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(50), 12909-12918. View this article in WRRO
- Carbon dioxide rich microbubble acceleration of biogas production in anaerobic digestion. Chemical Engineering Science, 156, 24-35. View this article in WRRO
- Temporal and spatial dimension of dissolved oxygen saturation with fluidic oscillator and Mazzei air injector in soil-less irrigation systems. Irrigation Science, 34(6), 421-430.
- Development of an optical microscopy system for automated bubble cloud analysis: Publisher's note. Applied Optics, 55(26), 7392-7392.
- Development of an optical microscopy system for automated bubble cloud analysis. Applied Optics, 55(22), 6102-6102. View this article in WRRO
- Intensification of yeast production with microbubbles. Food and Bioproducts Processing. View this article in WRRO
- Exploiting microbubble-microbe synergy for biomass processing: Application in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. Biomass and Bioenergy, 93, 187-193. View this article in WRRO
- In-situ disinfection and a new downstream processing scheme from algal harvesting to lipid extraction using ozone-rich microbubbles for biofuel production. Algal Research, 17, 217-226. View this article in WRRO
- The role of chemical kinetics in using O3 generation as proxy for hydrogen production from water vapour plasmolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(15), 6180-6192.
- Dual-plane PIV investigation of acoustically excited jets in a swirl nozzle. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 23, 83-89. View this article in WRRO
- Separation of azeotropic mixtures using air microbubbles generated by fluidic oscillation. AIChE Journal, 62(4), 1192-1199.
- Microbubble Distillation for Ethanol-Water Separation. International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016, 1-10. View this article in WRRO
- Influence of Surface Wettability on Microbubble Formation. Langmuir, 32(5), 1269-1278.
- Airlift bioreactor for biological applications with microbubble mediated transport processes. Chemical Engineering Science, 137, 243-253. View this article in WRRO
- Minimising microbubble size through oscillation frequency control. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 104, 357-366. View this article in WRRO
- Development of wastewater treatment system based on cascade dielectric barrier discharge plasma atomizers. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 50(12), 1249-1258.
- Laboratory preparation of simulated sludge for anaerobic digestion experimentation. Journal of Engineering, 21(6), 140-154. View this article in WRRO
- Periodic CO2 Dosing Strategy for Dunaliella salina Batch Culture. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(5), 11509-11521. View this article in WRRO
- Fluidic oscillator-mediated microbubble generation to provide cost effective mass transfer and mixing efficiency to the wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Research, 137, 32-39.
- Dynamic Wetting in Microfluidic Droplet Formation. BIOCHIP JOURNAL, 8(2), 122-128.
- Application of acidic accelerator for production of pure hydrogen from NaBH4. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 5(2).
- Investigation of pressure profile evolution during confined microdroplet formation using a two-phase level set method. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 60, 40-49.
- Surface coating of bonded PDMS microchannels by atmospheric pressure microplasma. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 11(3), 279-288.
- Harvesting and dewatering yeast by microflotation. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 82, 174-182.
- Microplasma copolymerization of amine and Si containing precursors. Thin Solid Films.
- Characterization of atmospheric pressure microplasma produced from argon and a mixture of argon-ethylenediamine. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics.
- Microbubbles Enhanced Synthetic Phorbol Ester
Degradation by Ozonolysis. International Journal of Chemical, Materials Science and Engineering, 8(1), 78-81.
- Effects of CO
2 and pH on growth of the microalga Dunaliella salina. Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology, 6(3), 167-173. View this article in WRRO
- Efficient Compact Micro DBD Plasma Reactor for
Ozone Generation for Industrial Application in
Liquid and Gas Phase Systems, 8(1), 82-85.
- Monitoring earths's canary. Planet Earth(WINTER), 22-24.
- Oil emulsion separation with fluidic oscillator generated microbubbles. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 56, 119-125.
- My year with Manuel. Understanding Complex Systems, 55-58.
- Enhanced Mass Transfer in Microbubble Driven Airlift Bioreactor for Microalgal Culture. Engineering, 5(9), 735-743. View this article in WRRO
- Evaporation dynamics of microbubbles. Chemical Engineering Science, 101, 865-877.
- Microalgae recovery by microflotation for biofuel production using metallic coagulants. Biofuels, 4(4), 363-369.
- Hydrogen Production from Water Vapor Plasmolysis Using DBD-Corona Hybrid Reactor. Energy & Fuels, 2748-2761.
- Growth Enhancement of Dunaliella salina by Microbubble Induced Airlift Loop Bioreactor (ALB)—The Relation between Mass Transfer and Growth Rate. Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, 4(2A), 1-9. View this article in WRRO
- Our Adventure with Manuel, 59-61.
- Application of inverse methods based algorithms to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage management. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 91(3), 457-463.
- Plasma polymerization in a microcapillary using an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge. Surface and Coatings Technology.
- Computational modelling of the volatile hydride fragmentation in a dielectric barrier discharge atomizer.. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen, 16(3), 210-222.
- Microalgae biorefinery concept based on hydrothermal microwave pyrolysis. Green Chemistry, 14(12), 3251-3251.
- Computational Modelling of the Hydride Generation Reaction in a Tubular Reactor and Atomization in a Quartz Cell Atomizer. Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 2(3), 126-139.
- Application of liquid nitrogen cold trap for purification of hydrogen gas stream
generated from NaBH4. J. chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 6(5), 425-434.
- Bubbles for biofuels. Chemical Engineer(850), 34-37.
- The study of the impact of
mercury sample magnetization prior to detection by emission spectroscopy. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 1(3A), 380-387.
- Computational Modelling of the Hydride Generation Reaction in a Tubular Reactor and Atomization in a Quartz Cell Atomizer. Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 02(03), 126-139.
- Microflotation performance for algal separation.. Biotechnol Bioeng, 109(7), 1663-1673.
- A kinetic model for H
production by plasmolysis of water vapours at atmospheric pressure in a dielectric barrier discharge microchannel reactor. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
- Can algal biofuels play a major role in meeting future energy needs?. Biofuels, 3(5), 511-513.
- CO
2 mass transfer induced through an airlift loop by a microbubble cloud generated by fluidic oscillation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(4), 1864-1877.
- Applications of the airlift loop effect in the cultivation of microalgae. Current Topics in Biotechnology, 7.
- Simulations of microfluidic droplet formation using the two-phase level set method. CHEM ENG SCI, 66(20), 4733-4741.
- Optimization of a miniaturized DBD plasma chip for mercury detection in water samples.. Anal Bioanal Chem, 401(9), 2713-2722.
- An inverse method for rheometry of power-law fluids. Measurement Science and Technology, 20.
- Analysis of capillary-gravity waves using the discrete periodic inverse scattering transform. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.
- Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina. Applied Energy, 88(10), 3357-3369. View this article in WRRO
- Optimization methods for the real-time inverse problem posed by modelling of liquefied natural gas storage. Chemical Engineering Journal, 170(1), 44-52. View this article in WRRO
- An intermediate wavelength, weakly nonlinear theory for the evolution of capillary gravity waves. Wave Motion.
- Towards energy efficient nanobubble generation with fluidic oscillation. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science.
- Electrochemical microfluidics. Chemical Engineering Science, 66(7), 1412-1425.
- The role of kinetics in the design of plasma microreactors. CHEM ENG SCI, 65(17), 4925-4930. View this article in WRRO
- Pressure sensor positioning in an electrokinetic microrheometer device: simulations of shear-thinning liquid flows. MICROFLUID NANOFLUID, 9(2-3), 559-571.
- On the design and simulation of an airlift loop bioreactor with microbubble generation by fluidic oscillation. INT SUGAR J, 112(1334), 90-103.
- Rheometry of non-Newtonian polymer solution using microchannel pressure driven flow. Applied Rheology, 20(5), 1-13.
- Creeping flow analysis of an integrated microfluidic device for rheometry. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165(19-20), 1302-1308.
- On the design and simulation of an airlift loop bioreactor with microbubble generation by fluidic oscillation. FOOD BIOPROD PROCESS, 87(C3), 215-227. View this article in WRRO
- Optimal modelling and experimentation for the improved sustainability of microfluidic chemical technology design. CHEM ENG RES DES, 87(6A), 798-808. View this article in WRRO
- Experimental investigation of helicity in turbulent swirling jet using dual-plane dye laser PIV technique. EXP FLUIDS, 45(6), 973-986.
- Modelling accidental releases of dangerous gases into the lower troposphere from mobile sources. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 86(3), 198-207.
- On slip velocity boundary conditions for electroosmotic flow near sharp corners. PHYS FLUIDS, 20(4). View this article in WRRO
- Microbubble generation. Recent Patents on Engineering, 2(1), 1-8.
- Rollover instability due to double diffusion in a stably stratified cylindrical tank. PHYS FLUIDS, 19(12). View this article in WRRO
- Numerical analysis of solutocapillary Marangoni-induced interfacial waves.. Adv Colloid Interface Sci, 134-135, 346-359.
- Effects of transport and phase equilibrium on fast, nearly irreversible reactive extraction. CHEM ENG SCI, 62(6), 1770-1782.
- Rheometry of non-Newtonian electrokinetic flow in a microchannel T-junction. MICROFLUID NANOFLUID, 2(6), 481-492.
- Simulations of mass transfer limited reaction in a moving droplet to study transport limited characteristics. CHEM ENG SCI, 61(19), 6424-6441.
- Simulation of interfacial mass transfer by droplet dynamics using the level set method. CHEM ENG SCI, 61(19), 6486-6498.
- Three-dimensional, three-component velocity measurements using stereoscopic micro-PIV and PTV. MEAS SCI TECHNOL, 17(8), 2175-2185.
- No-moving-part hybrid-synthetic jet actuator. SENSOR ACTUAT A-PHYS, 125(2), 159-169. View this article in WRRO
- Experimental investigation and visualization of helical structures in a novel swirling jet. 2006 ASME Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2006, 2006.
- Cheating Nyquist: Nonlinear model reconstruction with undersampled frequency response of a forced, damped, nonlinear oscillator. CHEM ENG SCI, 61(2), 621-632.
- Nonlinear model reconstruction by frequency and amplitude response for a heterogeneous binary reaction in a chemostat. CHEM ENG SCI, 61(2), 605-620.
- Metabolic pathways reconstruction by frequency and amplitude response to forced glycolytic oscillations in yeast.. Biotechnol Bioeng, 92(1), 91-116.
- Experimental study of mass transfer limited reaction - Part II: Existence of cross-over phenomenon. CHEM ENG SCI, 60(15), 4147-4156.
- Non-equilibrium effects on fast reactions in a heterogeneous batch reactor. CHEM ENG SCI, 60(11), 3013-3028.
- Experimental study of mass transfer limited reaction - Part I: Use of fibre optic spectrometry to infer asymmetric mass transfer coefficients. CHEM ENG SCI, 60(11), 2879-2893.
- On the use of audio-tapes for teaching vector analysis to engineering undergraduates. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 33(4), 358-368.
- On the resistance of a spherical particle settling in a tube of viscous fluid. INT J ENG SCI, 42(17-18), 1753-1778.
- A model for surfactant distribution in latex coatings. LANGMUIR, 20(20), 8721-8727.
- Distribution of particles during solvent evaporation from films. CHEM ENG SCI, 59(14), 2961-2968.
- Capacitively and inductively coupled plasmas for mems applications. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004, 3, 545-551.
- Modelling transport limited heterogeneous chemistry in microchannel reactors. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004, 3, 561-567.
- Inverse problems in non-newtonian electrokinetic flows in microchannel networks. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004, 3, 553-560.
- Long solitary internal waves in stable stratifications. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 11(2), 165-180.
- Nearly irreversible, fast heterogeneous reactions in premixed flow. CHEM ENG SCI, 58(13), 3005-3023.
- Fast binary reactions in a heterogeneous catalytic batch reactor. CHEM ENG SCI, 58(12), 2691-2703.
- The diffusion coefficient of a swollen microgel particle.. J Colloid Interface Sci, 261(2), 547-551.
- On solitary wave mediated heat exchange in the Antarctic boundary layer. Atmospheric Science Letters, 4(1-4), 1-14.
- Direct flow-pattern indentification using electrical capacitance tomography. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 26(6-7), 763-773.
- The drag on sedimenting discs in broadside motion in tubes. INT J ENG SCI, 40(1), 7-22.
- Simulations of the probability structure of a dispersing, passive scalar. ENVIRONMETRICS, 12(6), 569-589.
- Characterization of hydraulic jumps/falls under surface tension variations in thin film flows. Dynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres, 34, 349-364.
- Strong dispersive effects on internal nonlinear waves in a sheared, stably stratified fluid layer. WAVE MOTION, 30(2), 159-173.
- Internal gravity waves: Analysis using the periodic, inverse scattering transform. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 6(1), 11-26.
- Advection of pollutants by internal solitary waves in oceanic and atmospheric stable stratifications. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 5(4), 209-217.
- The probability structure associated with a simple model of turbulent dispersion. ENVIRONMETRICS, 9(2), 131-138.
- The effect of chemical equilibrium on the formation of stable stratification. APPL SCI RES, 59(2-3), 283-298.
- Fluctuations in passive scalar concentration convected by a helical flow in a conducting fluid. PHYS FLUIDS, 8(6), 1631-1642.
- Book Review: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 4th Edn. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 24(2), 151-152.
- Kinematic model of bubble motion in a flotation froth. Powder Technology, 87(1), 3-12.
- Book Review: Physicochemical Hydrodynamics (3rd Edn). International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 24(1), 58-59.
- Chaos and Order: The Complex Structure of Living Systems. The Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal, 60(1-3), 174-175.
- FLUCTUATIONS IN DENSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS MEASURED IN A WIND-TUNNEL. BOUND-LAY METEOROL, 75(4), 321-352.
- Computational modeling for fluid flow and interfacial transport. The Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal, 55(3), 149-150.
- On the possibility of wave-induced chaos in a sheared, stably stratified fluid layer. NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS, 1(4), 219-223.
- VISCOUS FINGERING IN MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS - UNIFICATION OF EFFECTS OF VISCOSITY CONTRAST, ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION, AND VELOCITY DEPENDENCE OF DISPERSION ON NONLINEAR FINGER PROPAGATION. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 4(11), 2348-2359.
- 3-DIMENSIONAL VISCOUS FINGERING - A NUMERICAL STUDY. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 4(9), 1901-1914.
- NONLINEAR VISCOUS FINGERING IN MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT WITH ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 3(8), 1859-1872.
- The Tito succession and the evolution of Yugoslav politics. Studies in Comparative Communism, 9(1-2), 62-79.
- Node-of-Influence Network Analysis for Targeted Condition Sequencing in Plasma Chemical Reaction Networks. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing.
- Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Using Microbubble Interfacial Technology. Bioengineering, 9(12), 739-739.
- “Pushing and pulling” the equilibrium through bubble mediated reactive separation for ethyl acetate production. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 4(4), 705-714.
- Resonant Pulsing Frequency Effect for Much Smaller Bubble Formation with Fluidic Oscillation. Energies, 11(10), 2680-2680.
- Measuring Vapor and Liquid Concentrations for Binary and Ternary Systems in a Microbubble Distillation Unit via Gas Sensors. Chemosensors, 6(3), 31-31.
- Hydrophilic Surface Modification of PDMS Microchannel for O/W and W/O/W Emulsions. Micromachines, 6(10), 1445-1458.
- Dual plane PIV investigation of acoustically excited jets in a swirl nozzle. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions, 2(5), 1407-1424. View this article in WRRO
- Hydrogen exchange method to identify the protein targets of drugs. Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, s4(01).
- A centre manifold approach to solitary waves in a sheared, stably stratified fluid layer. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 3(2), 110-114.
- Comparison of Bubble Size Distributions Inferred from Acoustic, Optical Visualisation, and Laser Diffraction. Colloids and Interfaces, 3(4), 65-65.
- Re-Entrant Corner for a White-Metzner Fluid. Fluids, 6(7), 241-241.
Chapters
- What do scholars know about Soviet foreign policy?, Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World (pp. 84-98).
- Microbubble intensification of bioprocessing, Advances in Microbial Physiology Elsevier
- Soviet Foreign Policy and World Politics*, Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1991 (pp. 119-131). Routledge
- Sedimentation of Bentonite Colloidal Suspensions Under the Effect of a Weak Magnetic Field, Nanoscience (pp. 1047-1056). CRC Press
- Sedimentation of Bentonite Colloidal Suspensions Under the Effect of aWeak Magnetic Field, Surfactant Science (pp. 1047-1056). CRC Press
- EXTENDED MULTIPHYSICS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 143-172). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- COUPLING VARIABLES REVISITED: INVERSE PROBLEMS, LINE INTEGRALS, INTEGRAL EQUATIONS, AND INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 237-276). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DC MICRODEVICE, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 375-391). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS AND THE BASICS OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 27-63). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- CHANGING GEOMETRY: CONTINUATION AND MOVING BOUNDARIES, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 213-236). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- NEWTONIAN FLOW IN GROOVED MICROCHANNELS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 313-322). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- MULTIPHYSICS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 111-141). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND LINEAR SYSTEM ANALYSIS, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 173-211). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- ANALYZING EVOLUTION EQUATIONS BY THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 65-109). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- ELECTROKINETIC FLOW, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 323-344). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- MODELING OF MULTI-PHASE FLOW USING THE LEVEL SET METHOD, Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 277-299). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
- Dissipative Effects on the Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Sheared, Stably Stratified Fluid Layer, Selected Topics in Nonlinear Wave Mechanics (pp. 203-222). Birkhäuser Boston
- Tracer Dispersion by Internal Solitary Waves in Stable Stratifications, Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Flows (pp. 373-392). Oxford University PressOxford
- Nanoscience CRC Press
Conference proceedings papers
- Plasma Reactor Characterization of Lignocellulosic Materials on Agricultural Waste Treatment. Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 24(12) (pp 9502-9504)
- Stagnation Flow Extensional Viscosity Measurement Using Inverse Methods. USES
- Energy Efficient Microbubble Generation Mediated by Oscillatory Flow for Water Treatment. Fourth International Conference on Advances in Bio-Informatics, Bio-Technology and Environmental Engineering - ABBE 2016
- Application of the Microbubble Enhanced Ozonolysis Technology in Biomass Utilisation. Fourth International Conference on Advances in Bio-Informatics, Bio-Technology and Environmental Engineering - ABBE 2016
- Use of raw capacitance tomography data for flow pattern control. 2nd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 12-19)
- Microflotation for microorganism harvest. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 246
- Microfluidic rheometry of a polymer solution by micron resolution particle image velocimetry: a model validation study. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 20(11) View this article in WRRO
- Consequence modelling of accidents in hazardous substances transportation. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2008, PSAM 2008, Vol. 4 (pp 2662-2669)
- An inverse methodology for the rheology of a power-law non-Newtonian fluid. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART C-JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 222(5) (pp 761-768) View this article in WRRO
- On the mixing properties of spherically symmetric helical coherent structures in turbulence. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 61(9) (pp 2826-2834)
- Investigation of the convective motion through a staggered herringbone micromixer at low Reynolds number flow. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 61(9) (pp 2977-2985)
- Challenges for Hydrogen Generation Using Fourth Generation Nuclear Reactors. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, 25 September 2006 - 29 September 2006.
- Microhydrodynamics of flotation processes in the sea surface layer. DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS, Vol. 34(2-4) (pp 327-348)
- Characterisation of hydraulic jumps/falls with surface tension variations in thin film flows. DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS, Vol. 34(2-4) (pp 349-364)
- An algorithm based on perturbation theory for electrical capacitance tomography. 1st World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 184-188)
- The modelling of imperfect mixing in buffer tanks. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 127-134)
- Neural network modeling of surface aeration in mechanically agitated bioreactors.. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 227-233)
- Diffusion limited mixing and reaction in heterogeneous catalysis of initially segregated species. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 317-324)
- A CNN video based control system for a coal froth flotation.. CNNA 98 - 1998 FIFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - PROCEEDINGS (pp 192-197)
- Enhancement of mixing by internal solitary waves in stratified flows.. FLUID MIXING 5(140) (pp 225-235)
- Simple model of equilibrium froth height for foams: An application for CNN image analysis. 1996 FOURTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS (CNNA-96) (pp 237-241)
- Fluctuations in passive tracer concentration due to mixing by coherent structures in anisotropic homogeneous, helical turbulence.. FLUID MIXING 5(140) (pp 213-223)
- STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS DUE TO MICROSCALE MIXING IN A DIFFUSION LAYER. ENVIRONMETRICS, Vol. 6(6) (pp 665-675)
- A WEAKLY NONLINEAR INSTABILITY OF MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS IN A RECTILINEAR POROUS-MEDIA FLOW. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS, Vol. 4(5) (pp 1319-1328)
- NONLINEAR-WAVES IN STABLY STRATIFIED DISSIPATIVE MEDIA - SOLITARY WAVES AND TURBULENT BURSTS. PHYSICA SCRIPTA, Vol. 55 (pp 111-114)
- Computational Model for Microbubble Enhanced Performance of Airlift Bioreactor (ALB). USES Conference Proceedings
- Microbubble Distillation Studies of a Binary Mixture. USES Conference Proceedings
- Atmospheric Moisture Content Effects on Ionic Liquid Wettability of Alumina. USES Conference Proceedings
- Investigation of Bubble Size Distributions in Oscillatory Flow at Various Flow Rates. USES Conference Proceedings
Patents
- Fluidic oscilator. WO2020208250 Appl. 11 Oct 2020.
- Apparatus and method for the treatment of a substrate with ozone microbubbles. WO2016/203252 (PCT). Appl. 22 Dec 2016.
- MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES WITH LIMITED SENSIBLE HEAT EXCHANGE. WO/2014/079993 (PCT). Appl. 30 May 2014.
- BUBBLE GENERATION TO STRIP COMPONENTS OF A LIQUID. WO/2014/060740 (PCT). Appl. 24 Apr 2014.
- RHEOMETER AND RHEOMETRIC METHOD. WO/2013/164587 (PCT). Appl. 07 Nov 2013.
- PLASMA MICROREACTOR APPARATUS, STERILISATION UNIT AND ANALYSER. WO/2010/079351 (United States of America). Appl. 15 Jul 2010.
- BUBBLE GENERATION FOR AERATION AND OTHER PURPOSES. WO/2008/053174 (Europe). Appl. 08 May 2008.
Preprints
- Microfluidics: Theory, History and Applications. Springer Verlag.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- 2009 IChemE Moulton Medal
- 2010 Royal Society Innovation Award (Brian Mercer Fund) (Video)
- 2010 CleanTech Open, AXA UK Global Ideas Champion
- 2010 CleanTech Open, International Finalist, Global Ideas
- 2011 Zayed International Future Energy Prize, Semifinalist
Feature article in The Times of London heralded the solution (microbubbles did it!) to the age old Mpemba effect. Subsequently published four journal articles and gave a keynote address at the 15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics on the topic of microbubble enhanced het transfer: Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster