Education:
- B.S. Syracuse University, 1950, Chemical Engineering
- M.S., University of Minnesota, 1951, Chemical Engineering
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1954. Chemical Engineering.
Dissertation: A Theoretical Discussion of Steady and Unsteady
State Multicomponent Rectification Including a Treatment of Mixtures
with an Indefinite Number of Components. Research Director: Professor
N.R. Amundson.
Academic Experience:
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering
Instructor, 1954-55, Assistant Professor, 1955-59, Associate Professor,
1959-62.
- Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Professor,
1962-1988, Professor Emeritus, 1988-present.
- The City College of the City University of New York, Albert
Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering and Director of
the Levich Institute, 1988-2000
- The City College of the City University of New York, Albert
Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering Emeritus, 2000-present
Major Awards:
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Humble Oil Lecturer, 1959
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Guggenheim Fellow, 1959.
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PRF Unrestricted Research Award, Type C, 1962
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A.P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, 1963.
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ASEE Lectureship Award, 1967.
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Professional Progress Award, American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, 1968.
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William N. Lacey Lecturer, California Institute
of Technology, 1972.
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Guggenheim Fellow, 1976.
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Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering,
1977.
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Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California
Institute of Technology, 1983-84.
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Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, 1984.
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G.I. Taylor Medal, Society of Engineering Science,
1988.
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Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society,
1991.
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Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences,
1991.
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, 1993.
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Bingham Medalist, Society of Rheology, 1994.
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New York Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science
and Technology, 1999.
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Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, 2000.
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The 2001 National Medal of Science (presented
at the White House on June 12, 2002).
Honorary Doctor of Science Degrees:
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Syracuse University, 1993
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Illinois Institute of Technology, 1995
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New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1998
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Honorary Doctor of Science Degrees (continued):
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University of Minnesota, 2000
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City College of CUNY, 2002
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University of Patras, 2003
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Clarkson University, 2005
Current Memberships:
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences (Member).
- U.S. National Academy of Engineering (Member)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow).
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Fellow)
- American Chemical Society (Member)
- American Physical Society (Fellow)
- Society of Rheology (Member)
- Member, U.S. National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1980-Present)
- Member at large, International Union of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics (2006-Present)
Latest Publications:
- Jin, B., and Acrivos, A. "Theory of Particle Segregation in Rimming Flows of Suspensions Containing Neutrally Buoyant Particles", Phys. Fluids, 16, 641, (2004).
- Drazer, G., Koplik, J., Khusid, B., and Acrivos, A. "Microstructure and Velocity Fluctuations i`n
Sheared Suspensions", J. Fluid. Mech. 511, 237 (2004).
- Drazer, G., Khusid, B., Koplik, J., and Acrivos, A. "Wetting and Particle Adsorption in Nanoflows",
Phys. Fluids 17, 017102 (2005).
- Acrivos A., and Jin, B., "Rimming Flows Within a Rotating Horizontal Cylinder: Asymptotic Analysis
of the Thin-Film Lubrication Equations and Stability of their Solutions", J. Engg. Math. 50, 99 (2004).
- 200. Drazer, G., Khusid, B., Koplik, J., and Acrivos, A., "Hysteresis, Force Oscillations, and Nonequilibrium Effects in the Adhesion of Spherical Nanoparticles to Atomically Smooth Surfaces", PRL 95, 016102 (2005).
- Jin, B., Acrivos, A., and Muench, A., "The Drag-Out Problem in Film Coating", Phys. Fluids
17, 103603 (2005).
- Kumar, A., Khusid, B., Qui, Z., and Acrivos, A., "New Electric-Field-Driven Mesoscale Phase
Transitions in Polarized Suspensions", PRL 95, 258301 (2005).
- Kumar, A., Khusid, B., and Acrivos, A., "Dielectrophoretic Trapping of Particles at the Three-Phase
Contact Line", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 45, 6978 (2006).
- Kumar, A., Elele, E., Khusid, B., Qui, Z., and Acrivos, A. "Measurements of the Fluid and Particle
Mobilities in Strong Electric Fields", Phys. Fluids 18, 123301-1-10 (2006).
- Kumar, A., Acrivos, A., Khusid, B., and Jacqmin, D. "Electric Field Driven Formation of Particle
Concentration Fronts in Suspensions", Fluid. Dynamics Research, 39, 169 (2007).
- Kumar, A., Acrivos A., Khusid, B., James, C.D. and Jacqmin, D. "Conveyor-Belt Method for Assembling Microparticles into Large-Scale Structures Using Electric Fields", Appl. Phys. Letters 90, 154104 (2007).
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