RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Travel Grant for Third Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-3) NSF [CTS-0313280] (March 1, 2003-December 31, 2004)

Development of Practical Drag Reduction Systems for District Cooling Systems, Development Organization (NEDO Japan ) New Energy and Industrial Technology (September 1, 2002-March 31, 2005)

Proposal for Undergraduate Research Scholars, Dreyfus Foundation (February 1, 2002- January 31, 2005)

Travel Grant for Second Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research, April 1, 2001 - July 31, 2002)

"Turkey / Israel / U.S. Tri-National workshop in chemical engineering", NSF Grant CTS-9819971 (Feb 1, 1999-July 31, 2001)

"Chemical Structure Effects on Drag Reduction, Rheology, Micellar Structure and Microstructure of Cationic Surfactants," ACS-PRF (Sept 1, 1998-August 31, 2001)

"Emission Reduction Research Center Interpersonnel Exchange," New Jersey Institute of Technology (March 1, 1995-July 31, 1995).

Senior Fullbright Research Fellowship (Sept 1, 1994-February 28, 1995)

"Rheological Measurement System" (with L.J. Lee, PI) NSF Grant CTS-9411462 (July 15, 1994-June 30, 1995)

"Emission Reduction Research Center-Associate Director, "New Jersey Institute of Technology (July 1, 1993-June 30, 1996)

"Renovation of Laboratories for Biochemical and Bioprocess Engineering Research," with S.T. Yang and J.J. Chalmers, NSF Infrastructure Grant STI-9313513 (April 1, 1994-March 31, 1996)

Reduction of Pumping Energy Losses in District Heating and District Cooling Systems," Martin Marietta Corp. subcontractor for DOE, (July 1, 1992-Sept. 30, 1993).

"Reducing Energy Costs in district Heating Systems," Agency for International Develop ment (Aug 16, 1991-Dec 31, 2000)

INVITE D LECTURES AND SEMINARS
          
70 to Academic and Professional  Groups
           19 to Industry

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP

Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1984; Research Committee,AICHE Subcommittee on Industrial Academic Cooperation

Egypt-Israel Fulbright Review Panel (2000-2003)

University of Missouri - Rolla Industrial Advisory Board (1999-2001)

State of Ohio Alternative Fuels Legislature Advisory Board (1992-93)

Council for Chemical Research:Scientific M anpower Committee, chair (1984-86), Board of Governors (1986-89), Executive Committee (1988-89)

Kirkpatrick Award Committe for Chemical Engineering Magazine 1981,1983,1985,1991,1993

Accreditation Panel ABET/AIChE (1983-)

Registered Professional Engineer, Ohio (1983- )

ASTM Technical Committee G, Section III, Susection 7 and 8 (1961-62), Chair of Subsection 8 -Wear Testing of Lubricating Greases (1961-62)

American Chemical Society (1950-); Petroleum Chemistry Award Selection Committee (1988-91) and Petroleum Chemistry Award Canvassing Committee (1992-94)

American Society for Engineering Education (1965-)

Society of Rheology (1960-)

Sigma Xi                 Phi Lambda Upsilon               Alpha Chi Sigma
Tau Beta Pi              Phi Eta Sigma                         Phi Kappa Phi
Omega Chi Epsilon

Selected Publications

Chara, Z., J.L. Zakin, M. Severa and J. Myska, "Turbulence Measurements of Drag Reducing Surfactant Systems," Experiments in Fluids, 16, 36-41 (1993).

Smith, B.C., L.C. Chou and J.L. Zakin, "Measurement of Orientation Binding of Counterions by NMR to Predict Drag Reduction in Cationic Surfactant Micelle Solutions," J. of Rheology, 38(1), 73-83 (1994).
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Smith, B. C., L.C. Chou, B. Lu and J.L. Zakin, "Effect of Counterion Structure on Flow Birefringence and Drag Reduction of Quaternary Ammonium Salt Cationic Surfactants," in Structure and Flow in Surfactant Solutions, ACS Symposium Series, 578, 370-379 (1994).

Pollert, J., K. Svejkovsky, P. Komrzy and J.L. Zakin, "Flows of Surfactant Drag Reducers for Decreasing of Pumping Energy Demand in District Heating Systems," Proc. XXXIIth Congress of the International Association of Hydraulic Research, London, Sept. 11-15, 1995 in Part 2: Industrial Hydraulics and Multi-Phase Flows, pp.152-1158.

Zakin, J.L. and J. Myska, "New Limiting Drag Reduction and Velocity Profile Asymptotes for non-Polymeric Additives Systems," AIChE J., 42, 3544-3546 (1996).

Lu, B., X. Li, J.L. Zakin and Y. Talmon, "A Non-Viscoelastic Drag Reducing Cationic Surfactant System," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 71, 59-72 (1997).

Hetsroni, G., J.L. Zakin and A. Mosyak, "Low Speed Streaks in Drag Reduced Turbulent Flow," Phys. of Fluids, 9, 2397-2404 (1997).

Myska, J. and J.L. Zakin, "Difference in the Flow Behaviors of Polymeric and Cationic Surfactant Drag Reducing Additives," Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 36, 5483-5487 (1997).

Lu, B., X. Li, L.E. Scriven, H.T. Davis, Y. Talmon and J.L. Zakin, "Effect of Chemical Structure and Viscoelasticity on Extensional Viscosity of Drag Reducing Cationic Surfactant Solutions," Langmuir, 14, 8-16 (1998)

Zakin, J.L., B. Lu and H.V. Bewersdorff, "Surfactant Drag Reduction," an invited review article for Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 14, 255-320 (1998).

Lu, B., Y. Zheng, L.E. Scriven, H.T. Davis, Y. Talmon and J.L. Zakin, "Effect of Variations in Counterion to Surfactant Ratio on Rheology and Microstructures of Drag Reducing Cationic Surfactant Systems," Rheologica Acta, 37, 528-548 (1998).

Lin, Z, Y. Zheng, H.T. Davis, L.E. Scriven, Y. Talmon and J.L. Zakin, "Unusual Effects of Counterion to Surfactant Concentration Ratio on Viscoelasticity of a Cationic Surfactant Drag Reducer," J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech, 93, 363 (2000)

Zheng, Y., Z. Lin, J.L. Zakin, Y. Talmon, H.T. Davis and L.E. Scriven, "Cryo-TEM Imaging the Flow-Induced Transition from Vesicles to Threadlike Micelles," J. Phys. Chem, B, 104, 5263 (2000)

Lin, Z., L.C. Chou, Y. Zheng, H.T. Davis, L.E. Scriven, Y. Talmon and J.L. Zakin, "Experimental Studies on Drag Reduction and Rheology of Mixed Cationic Surfactants with Different Chain Lengths," Rheol. Acta, 39, 354 (2000)

Qi, Y., Y. Kawaguchi, Z. Lin, M. Ewing, R.N. Christensen and J.L. Zakin, "Enhanced Heat Transfer of Drag Reducing Surfactant Solutions with Fluted Tube-in-Tube Heat Exchanger," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transf., 44, 1495-1505 (2001)

Lin, Z., J L Zakin, Y Talmon, Zheng, H T Davis, L E Scriven, "Influence of Surfactant Concentration and Counterion to Surfactant Ratio on Rheology of Wormlike Micelles, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 239(2), 543-554(2001)

Lin, Z., A. Mateo, Y. Zheng, E. Kesselman, E. Pancallo, D.J. Hart, Y. Talmon, H.T. Davis, L.E. Scriven, and J.L. Zakin, "Comparison of Drag Reduction, Rheology, Microstructure and Stress-Induced Precipitation of Dilute Cationic Surfactant Solutions with Odd and Even Alkyl Chains," Rheol. Acta, 41, 483-492, (2002)

Qi, Y., and J.L. Zakin, "Chemical and Rheological Characterization of Drag Reducing Cationic Surfactant Solutions," Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 41(25), 6326-6336, (2002)

Qi, Y., Y. Kawaguchi, R.N. Christensen, and J.L. Zakin, "Enhancing Heat Transfer Ability of Drag Reduction Surfactant Solutions with Static Mixers and Honeycombs," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transf., 46, 5161-5173, (2003)

Hestroni, G., A. Mosyak, Y. Talmon, A. Bernheim-Groswasser, and J.L. Zakin, "The Effect of a Cationic Surfactant on Turbulent Flow Patterns," J. Heat Transfer, 125, 947-951, (2003)

Qi, Y., L.K. Weavers, and J.L. Zakin, "Enhancing Heat-Transfer Ability of Drag Reducing Surfactant Solutions with Ultrasonic Energy," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 116, 71-93, (2003)

Koeltzsch, K. U. Qi, R.S.Brodkey, and J.L. Zakin, "Drag Reduction Using Surfactant in a Rotating Cylinder Geometry," Exp. in Fluids, 34(4), 515-530, (2003)

Hetsroni, G., J.L. Zakin, M. Gurevich, A. Mosyak, E. Pogrebnyak and R. Rozenblit, "Saturated Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Environmentally Acceptable Surfactants," International J. Multiphase Flow, 30, 717-734, (2004)