Oscar Punch starts a faculty position at the University of Canterbury
Congratulations to our postdoctoral research scientist Oscar Punch, who will be joining the Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Christophler Spitler Ph.D. Defense
Christophler Spitler successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Highlights of his Ph.D. include a first author paper in the AIChE Journal titled Asynchronous background gas pulsation in spouted beds: Effects on spout oscillation and mixing and another first author paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy titled Controlling activated aluminum hydrolysis via water injection rate. Congratulations Chris!
Gas Pulsation Induced Oscillations in Spouted Beds study published in AIChE Journal
The article Asynchronous background gas pulsation in spouted beds: Effects on spout oscillation and mixing was published in the AIChE Journal. This study consisted of both experiments and CFD-DEM simulations for probing the effects of gas pulsation on spout oscillation and mixing. It was demonstrated that spout oscillation can be actively controlled by pulsing the background gas flow asynchronously. Numerical simulations are used to investigate the underlying mechanisms responsible for this behavior.