Research Areas:

· Water Treatment and Water Quality Management

· Membrane Separations

· Electrokinetic and Colloid Transport Phenomena

· Colloidal Interactions

· Complex Fluids and Emulsions

· Microfluidics

· Molecular Simulations

Subir Bhattacharjee    Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Colloids & Complex Fluids

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G8

Canada

 

Office: 4-8C Mechanical Engineering Building

· Applied Thermodynamics (MECE 340)

· Fluid Mechanics (MECE 330)

· Energy Conversion (MECE 443)

· Colloidal Hydrodynamics (MECE 637)

· Membrane Separations in Aquatic Systems ( CEE258A, at UCLA)

· Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

· Member, APEGGA

· Member, Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSChE).

· Member, Theoretical Physics Institute

· Canada Research Chair (Tier II) (2001/2006)

· Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award (2002)

· Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2004)

· Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (Mechanical Engineering) (2006)

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Dr. Bhattacharjee obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1996. He spent two years at UCLA (Civil & Environmental Engineering), followed by two years at Yale University (Chemical Engineering) as a post-doctoral fellow. He was appointed as a Canada Research Chair in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Alberta, in 2001. The research of Dr. Bhattacharjee involves application of colloidal and interfacial phenomena in separation of complex mixtures. He received the Alberta Ingenuity new Faculty award in 2002 and the Petro-Canada Young Innovator award in 2004. Since July 2008, he is the director of the Oil Sands and Coal Interfacial Engineering Facility at University of Alberta. He has authored over 60 journal papers and co-authored a book titled Electrokinetic and Colloid Transport Phenomena. His primary research interests are in the fields of water quality management, electrokinetics, colloid transport, and separation processes.