A.N. Beris

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware

Research
-Development and applications of numerical methods to fluid mechanics,
Interests:
transport phenomena, reaction engineering and materials processing.
-Modeling of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and simulation of complex systems (turbulent flows, viscoelastic flows--i.e. polymer solutions and melts, flow-induced crystallization in fiber spinning, free surface flows with surfactants, composite materials processing).
-Use of parallel computer architectures in high performance computing.
Education:
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering, September 1985. Thesis under Professors R.C. Armstrong and R.A. Brown on "Calculations of a Viscoelastic Flow in a Journal Bearing." Minor in Mathematics.
-National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Diploma of Chemical Engineer, June 1980. B.S. thesis under Professor C. Sandris on "Synthesis of 1,2,4 Benzyl-pyrrolidine-dione."
Professional Experience
-Arthur B. Metzner Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, 2002-
-Professor of Chemical Engineering,University of Delaware, 1994-2002
-Associate Professor of Chem. Engrg., U. of Delaware, 1990-1994
-Assistant Professor of Chem. Engrg., U. of Delaware, 1985-1990
-Member, Board of Directors, Center for Composite Materials, U. of Del. 1990-1992
-Sabbatical leave at NRL, Washington D.C. through NAVY-ASEE fellowship, 1992-1993
-Sabbatical leave at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, through a Fulbright scholar fellowship, 1999-2000.
Professional and Honorary Societies
-American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (Fellow since 1999)
-American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Physical Society
-American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
-Sigma Xi (Associate Member, 1981, Member, 1983)
-Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
-Society of Rheology
-Hellenic Society of Rheology
-Member, Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 1998-present
-Member, Editorial Advisory Board: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2002-2005
-Member, Editorial Advisory Board: Computing in Science and Engineering
-Member, AIChE Fluid Dynamics Executive Committee, 1995-2000
-Affiliated Member of ICE/HT-FORTH and IESL-FORTH (Two research institutes in Patras and Heraklion, respectively, in Greece. (December 1999).
-Computers in Physics, Associate Editor for the Journal Section, 1997-1998. Awards:
-Fulbright Foreign Scholarship awarded to support a sabbatical leave in Belgium during the 1999 - 2000 academic year.
-Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award of the Middle Atlantic Section of ASEE, 1991.
-Chrisovergi's Award, 1980 (Highest grade in graduating class at National Technical University of Athens, 1980).
-Second Prize in International Mathematical Competition (XVII Mathematical Olympiad) at Burgas, Bulgaria, 1975.
-Second Prize in National Mathematical Competition between High-School Seniors, Greece, 1975. Distinctions:
-Delivered one of the 3 Plenary Lectures at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Bethesda, Maryland, October 22, 2001 Citation in biographic databases:
1. Marquis WHO's WHO in the World, from 17th Edition, 2000, until present.
2. Marquis WHO's WHO in America, from 50th Edition, 1996, until present.
3. Marquis WHO's WHO in Science and Engineering, from 1st Ed., 1992 until present.
4. Marquis WHO's WHO in the East, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994.
5. Outstanding Young Men of America, 1988.
6. Men of Achievement, 16th ed., 1993. International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
Scientific Contributions at a Glance
Book: Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems with Internal Microstructure. (With B.J. Edwards), vol. 36 of Engineering and Science series, Oxford University Press, 1994.
As of 3/2002:
Articles in refereed journals: 85
Reviews & articles in proceedings and books: 30
Invited presentations in academia, industry and scientific meetings: 97
Contributed presentations in scientific meetings: 137
Graduate Students: 15; Visiting Scientists (Research Associates): 7; Undergraduate Students: 6

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