Courses taught
1. Modeling in Chemical Engineering (CH 235)
Introduction; MC Simulations-I; MC Simulations-II; PBE: Preliminaries, Fundamentals; PBE: Example cases; Appendix A (random vs. deterministic processes)
2. Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena (CH 245)
Interfaces, Young-Laplace and Kelvin equations for curved interfaces; interfacial tension and contact angle, measurement techniques; wetting and spreading; intermolecular and interparticle forces, double layer repulsion, DLVO theory of colloidal stability; non-DLVO forces; surfactants; thermodynamics of self-assembly, phase diagrams; electro-kinetic phenomena, zeta potential; electrochemical systems.
3. Computational Transport Phenomena (CH 232)
Review of conservation equations. Classical diffusive and convective transport solutions and population balances, species balance for multi-component and particulate systems. Stefan Maxwell and other constitutive relations, similarities between various transport processes, mass transfer in concentrated solutions and high flux corrections, computational techniques for governing equations for transport processes in multi-component mixtures, ionic solutions, and particulate processes such nucleation, growth, aggregation, and breakup of particles. Current applications of these techniques.