Robert H.Davis

  • Distinguished Professor
  • Tisone Professor
  • Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Executive Officer
  • CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
  • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
  • MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Address

Office: JSCBB D127
Mailbox: 596 UCB

Education

B.S., University of California at Davis (1978)
M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University (1979, 1982)

Awards

  • Distinguished Professor Award, University of Colorado, 2022
  • 麻豆免费版下载Boulder CEAS Outstanding Mentor Award 2022
  • Erskine Fellowship, University of Canterbury, 2018
  • Robert L. Stearns Award, Boulder Alumni Association, University of Colorado, 2017
  • Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, 麻豆免费版下载, 2017
  • ASME Certificate of Appreciation (Plenary Speaker), 2009
  • AIChE Fellow, 2009
  • Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Medal, University of California, Davis, 2006
  • Blue-Green Distinguished Lecturer, University of Michigan and University State University, 2006
  • Outstanding Service Award, Boulder Faculty Assembly, University of Colorado 2003
  • ASEE Dow Lectureship Award, 2002
  • Joe and Essie Smith Distinguished Lecturer, U.C. Davis, 2002
  • Outstanding Research Award, Boulder Faculty Assembly, University of Colorado, 2000
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2000
  • Outstanding Service Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 1999
  • AIChE Excellence and Service Appreciation Award, 1999
  • University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship, 1997
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1996
  • AIChE Outstanding Paper Award, 1995
  • Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 1993


Selected Publications

  • Navarro, R., A. Z. Zinchenko and R. H. Davis, 鈥淏oundary-Integral Study of a Freely Suspended Drop in a T-Shaped Microchannel鈥, Phys. Rev. Fluids (under review)
  • Jensen, J. B., M. A. Rother, and R. H. Davis, 鈥淐loud Droplet Collision Efficiencies: Physical Assumptions and Implications,鈥 (under review).
  • Davis, R.H, 鈥淢icrofiltration in Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology鈥, in Membrane Processes in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Field, ed. C. Charcosset and A. Basile, Elsevier (in press).
  • Davis, R. H. and A. Z. Zinchenko, 鈥淧article Collection by Permeable Drop鈥, Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 113601 (2018).
  • Zinchenko, A. Z. and R.听 H. Davis, 鈥淕eneral Rheology of Highly Concentrated Emulsions with Insoluble Surfactant,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 816, 661-704 (2017).
  • Rickman, M., S. Maruf, E. Kujundzic, R. H. Davis, A. Greenberg, Y. Ding and J. Pellegrino, 鈥淔ractionation and Flux Decline Studies of Surface-Patterned Nanofiltration Membranes using NaCl-glycerol-BSA Solutions,鈥 J. Mem. Sci. 527, 102-110 (2017).
  • Zinchenko, A. Z. and R. H. Davis, 鈥淢otion of Deformable Drops through Porous Media,鈥 Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 49, 71 - 90 (2017).
  • Martin, R. M., A. Z. Zinchenko and R. H. Davis, 鈥淎pplication of a Generalized Oldroyd Model to a Suspension of Spheroids Subject to Brownian Rotations,鈥 J. Rheol. 60, 1211-1226 (2016).
  • Zinchenko, A. Z. and R. H. Davis, 鈥淓xtensional, Shear Flows and General Rheology of Concentrated Emulsions of Deformable Drops,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 79, 197-244 (2015).
  • Martin, R., A. Zinchenko, and R. Davis, 鈥淎 Generalized Oldroyd鈥檚 Model for Dilute Emulsions of Deformable Drops,鈥 J. Rheol. 58, 759-777 (2014).听听
  • Zinchenko, A. Z. and R. H. Davis, 鈥淕rowth of Multiparticle Aggregates in Sedimenting Suspensions,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 742, 577-617 (2014).
  • Goddard, J.D., P.R. Nott, R.H. Davis, M. Reeks, D. Saintillan, and S. Sundaresan, 鈥淩eport on the IUTAM Symposium on Mobile Particulate Systems: Kinematics, Rheology and Complex Phenomena, Bangalore, India, 2012,鈥 Physics of Fluids 25, 070501-1鈥070501-14 (2013).
  • Rickman, M., R.H. Davis, and J. Pellegrino, 鈥淔ractionation of Organic Fuel precursors from Electrolytes with Membranes,鈥 I&ECR 52, 10530鈥10539 (2013).
  • Smith, B.T., J. Halperin, A. Darzins, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淓nhanced Sediment Flow in Inclined Settlers via Surface Modification or Applied Vibration for Harvesting Microalgae,鈥 Algal Res. 2, 369-377 (2013).
  • Ashley, J.F., C.N. Bowman, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淗ydrodynamic Separation of Particles using Pinched-flow Fractionation,鈥 AIChE Journal 59, 3444-3457 (2013).
  • Zinchenko, A.Z. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淓mulsion Flow through a Packed Bed with Multiple Drop Breakup,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 725, 611-663 (2013).
  • Smith, B.T. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淧article Concentration using Inclined Sedimentation via Sludge Accumulation and Removal for Algae Harvesting,鈥 Chem. Eng. Sci. 22, 79-85 (2013).
  • Donahue, C.M., R.H. Davis, A.A. Kantak, and C.M. Hrenya, 鈥淢echanisms for Agglomeration and De-agglomeration Following Oblique Collisions of Wet Particles,鈥 Physical Review E 86, art. no. 021303, 5 pages (2012).
  • Rickman, M., J. Pellegrino, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淔ouling Phenomena during Membrane Filtration of Algae,鈥 J. Mem. Sci. 423-424, 33-42 (2012).
  • Ratcliffe, T., A.Z. Zinchenko, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淪imulations of Gravity-induced Trapping of a Deformable Drop in a Three-dimensional Constriction,鈥 J. Colloid Interface Science 383, 167-176 (2012).
  • Donahue, C.M., W.M. Brewer, R.H. Davis, and C.M. Hrenya, 鈥淎gglomeration and De-agglomeration of Rotating Wet Doublets,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 708, 128-148 (2012).
  • Ratcliffe, T. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淒rop Trapping in Axisymmetric Constrictions with Arbitrary Contact Angle,鈥 Phys. Fluids 24, 062102-1 鈥 062102-6 (2012).
  • Smith, B.T. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淪edimentation of Algae Flocculated Using Naturally-available Magnesium-based Flocculants,鈥 Algal Res.1, 32-29 (2012).
  • Zinchenko, A.Z., J.F. Ashley, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淎 Moving-frame Boundary-integral Method for Particle Transport in Microchannels of Complex Shape,鈥 Physics of Fluids 24, 043302-1 鈥 043302-32 (2012).
  • Ashley, J.F., N.B. Cramer, R.H. Davis, and C.N. Bowman, 鈥淪oft-lithography Fabrication of Microfluidic Features using Thiol-ene Formulations,鈥 Lab-on-a-Chip 11, 2772-2778 (2011).
  • Zinchenko, A.Z., M.A. Rother, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淕ravity-induced Collisions of Spherical Drops Covered with Compressible Surfactant,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 667, 369-402 (2011).
  • Donahue, C.M., C.M. Hrenya, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淪tokes鈥 Cradle: Newton鈥檚 Cradle with Liquid Coating,鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 034501 (2010).
  • Ratcliffe, T., A.Z. Zinchenko, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淏uoyancy-induced Squeezing of a Deformable Drop through an Axisymmetric Ring Constriction,鈥 Physics of Fluids 22, 082101-1-082101-19 (2010).
  • Donahue, C.M., C.M. Hrenya, R.H. Davis, K.J. Nakagawa, A.P. Zelinskaya, and G.G. Joseph, 鈥淪tokes鈥 Cradle: Normal Three-Body Collisions between Wetted Particles,鈥 J. Fluid Mech. 650, 479-504 (2010).
  • Smith, B.T., J.S. Knutsen, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淓mpirical Evaluation of Inhibitory Product, Substrate, and Enzyme Effects During the Enzymatic Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass,鈥 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 161, 468-482 (2010).
  • Griggs, A.J., A.Z. Zinchenko, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淐reeping Motion and Pending Breakup of Drops and Bubbles Near an Inclined Wall,鈥 J. Phys. Fluids. 21, 093303-1-093303-14 (2009).
  • Kantak, A.A., C.M. Hrenya, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淚nitial Rates of Aggregation for Dilute, Granular Flows of Wet (Cohesive) Particles,鈥 Phys. Fluids 21, 023301-023301-13 (2009).
  • Knutsen, J.S. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淒irect Visual Observation of Microfiltration Membrane Fouling,鈥 in Monitoring and Visualizing Membrane Based Processes, ed. C. Guell, Wiley, VCH (2009).
  • Davis, R.H. and A.Z. Zinchenko, 鈥淢otion of Deformable Drops Through Granular Media and Other Confined Geometries,鈥 J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 334, 113-123 (2009).
  • Rother, M.A. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淏uoyancy-driven Breakup of an Isolated Drop with Surfac-tant,鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 044051-1-044501-4 (2008).
  • Zinchenko, A.Z. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淎lgorithm for Direct Numerical Simulation of Emulsion Flow Through a Granular Material,鈥 J. Comp. Phys. 227, 7841-7888 (2008).
  • Zinchenko, A.Z. and R.H. Davis, 鈥淪queezing of a Periodic Emulsion through a Cubic Lattice of Spheres,鈥 Phys. Fluids 20, 040803-040811 (2008).
  • Griggs, A.J., A.Z. Zinchenko, and R.H. Davis, 鈥淕ravity-driven Motion of a Deformable Drop or Bubble near an Inclined Plane at Low Reynolds Number,鈥 Int. J. Multiphase Flow 34, 408-418 (2008).


Research Interests

Fluid Dynamics鈥損articulate, colloidal, and microbial suspensions; sedimentation; filtration; coagulation; hydrodynamic diffusion; particle-fluid separations; composite materials processing, microstructure, and properties; droplet interactions and coalescence; flotation; microfluidics.

Biotechnology鈥搈icrobial flocculation and sedimentation; aqueous two-phase extraction of cells; continuous fermentations with selective cell recycle; particle electrophoresis; in vitro RNA transcription; affinity separations; biomass processing.

Membrane Filtration鈥搖ltrafiltration; microfiltration; cell separations; cell debris removal; protein separations; wastewater treatment; monitoring and control of fouling; membrane surface modification.