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Donald L. Feke
Professor and Vice Provost
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1976
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1977
M.A., Princeton University, 1978
Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1981
email: dlf4@case.edu
office: A. W. Smith 334
telephone: (216)368-2750 |
Research
 Our research focuses primarily on the physical behavior and processing characteristics of fine particle systems and colloidal suspensions. We are involved in the development of strategies that exploit or control the colloidal and interfacial chemistry of the system to achieve improved processing behavior and ultimately the enhanced performance of the final materials. Specifically, we are involved in the development of colloidal engineering strategies and in fundamental studies of dispersive mixing phenomena for filled polymer composites. Stability, and the wetting and/or spreading of liquids on fine-particles is an ongoing research interest, and novel experimental approaches to measure these effects are being developed. Transport phenomena occurring in dense two-phase flows are also being modeled. Finally, we have developed several methods that use resonant acoustic fields to perform sharp fine-particle separations with applications in chemical and biochemical processing. Additional studies are dedicated to the development of morphology in dispersions using acoustic processing techniques.
Selected Publications
M.T. Grossner, D.L. Feke, and J.M. Belovich, “Transport Analysis and Model for the Performance of an Ultrasonically Enhanced Filtration Process,” Chemical Engineering Science 60(12), 3233-3238 (2005).
R.L. Warley, D.L. Feke, and I. Manas-Zloczower, “Transient Effects in Dynamic Modulus Measurements of Silicone Elastomers; Part 1 – Zero Mean Strain Measurements,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 98, 1001-1009 (2005).
A. Scurati, D.L. Feke, and I. Manas-Zloczower, “Analysis of the Kinetics of Agglomerate Erosion in Simple Shear Flows,” Chemical Engineering Science, 60, 6564-6573 (2005).
M. Fanelli, D. L. Feke, and I. Manas-Zloczower, “Prediction of the Dispersion of Particle Clusters in the Nano-Scale - Part I, Steady Shearing Responses,” Chemical Engineering Science 61, 473-488 (2006).
L.A. Zeatoun and D.L. Feke, “Characterization of TiO2 smoke prepared using gas-phase hydrolysis of TiCl4,” Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 22, 276-281 (2006).
M. Fanelli, D. L. Feke, and I. Manas-Zloczower, “Modeling the Dynamics of Dispersion of Particle Clusters in the Nano-Scale,” Plastics, Rubber, and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering 35(5), 185-197 (2006).
G.D. Pangu and D.L. Feke, “Droplet Transport and Coalescence in Emulsions subject to Acoustic Fields,” Ultrasonics, 46(4), 289-302 (2007).
R.L. Warley, D.L. Feke, and I. Manas-Zloczower “Transient Effects in Dynamic Modulus Measurement of Silicon Rubber 2. Effect of Mean Strains and Strain History,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 104(4) 2197-2204 (2007).
M.P. Braisted, L.M. Cirjak, I. Manas-Zloczower, I., and D.L. Feke, “Characterization of sub-micron perovskite suspensions formed through cavitation processing,” Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 23(6) 480-483 (2007).
P. Gopalkrishnan, I. Manas-Zloczower, and D.L. Feke, “Effect of Morphology and Extent of Infiltration on the Cohesivity and Dispersion Mechanism of Particle Agglomerates,” Chemical Engineering Science 62, 3740-3747 (2007).
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