Rodney Fox’s Awards and Publications

Below is a list of Dr. Rodney Fox’s awards as a faculty member at Iowa State University.

  • Research Based University Chairs of Excellence-Universities of Paris (RBUCE-UP) Marie-Curie Senior Fellow, 2012-14
  • Lagrange Fellow, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2010
  • Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University, 2010-present
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2007
  • Iowa State University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2007
  • Herbert L. Stiles Professor of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2003
  • University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT) Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship Lecture, Mumbai, India
  • Dr. G.P. Kane Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Hyderabad, India, 2002
  • Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering, Iowa State University, 1998

Dr. Rodney Fox’s publications since 2010, as well books he authored, are listed below. Go to “READ HIS VITAE” at left for a comprehensive list of publications.

 

Books (click an image for book summary)

                  

 

Submitted

  • Somashekar, V., Y. Liu, R. O. Fox, and M. G. Olsen, “Turbulence measurements in a rectangular microscale confined impinging jets reactor,” Experiments in Fluids (to appear).
  • Icardi, M., P. Asinari, D. L. Marchisio, S. Izquierdo, and R. O. Fox, “Quadrature-based moment closures for non-equilibrium flows: hard-sphere collisions and approach to equilibrium,” Journal of Computational Physics (to appear).
  • Rokkam, R. G., A. Sowinski, R. O. Fox, P. Mehrani, and M. E. Muhle, “Computational and experimental study of electrostatics in gas-solid polymerization fluidized beds,” Chemical Engineering Science (submitted).
  • Passalacqua, A., and R. O. Fox, (Invited paper) “Simulation of mono- and bidisperse gas-particle flow in a riser with a third-order quadrature-based moment method,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (to appear).
  • Bai, W., N. K. G. Keller, T. J. Heindel, and R. O. Fox, “Numerical study of mixing and segregation in a biomass fluidized bed,” Powder Technology (submitted).
  • Sung, Y., M. Mehta, V. Raman, and R. O. Fox, “Large-eddy simulation based computational modeling of flame synthesis of titania nanoparticles in a turbulent reactor using bivariate particle number density,” Chemical Engineering Science (submitted).
  • Buffo, A., M. Vanni, D. L. Marchisio, and R. O. Fox, “Multivariate quadrature-based moment methods for turbulent polydisperse gas-liquid systems,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow (submitted).
  • Keller, N. K. G., W. Bai, R. O. Fox, and T. J. Heindel, “Quantifying mixing in 3D multi-component particulate systems,” Chemical Engineering Science (submitted).
  • Vikas, V., Z. J. Wang, and R. O. Fox, “Realizable high-order finite-volume schemes for quadrature-based moment methods applied to diffusion population balance equations,” Journal of Computational Physics (submitted).
  • Mehta, M., V. Raman, and R. O. Fox, “On the role of gas-phase chemistry in the production of titania nanoparticles in turbulent flames,” Chemical Engineering Science (submitted).
  • Icardi, M., D. L. Marchisio, C. Narayanan, and R. O. Fox, “Equilibrium Eulerian model for polydisperse particle laden channel flow,” International Journal of Nonlinear Science and Simulations (submitted).
  • Markutsya, S., R. O. Fox, and S. Subramaniam, “Coarse-graining approach to infer mesoscale interaction potentials from atomistic interactions for aggregating systems,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (submitted).
  • Vikas, V., C. D. Hauck, Z. J. Wang, and R. O. Fox, “Radiation transport modeling using extended quadrature method of moments,” Journal of Computational Physics (submitted)

2012

  • Fox, R. O. (Invited review), “Large-eddy-simulation tools for multiphase flows,” Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 44, 47-76 (2012).
  • Kong, B., M. G. Olsen, R. O. Fox, and J. C. Hill, “Predictive capability of large-eddy simulation for pointwise and spatial turbulence statistics in a confined rectangular jet,” Chemical Engineering Science 69, 240-256 (2012).
  • Yuan, C., F. Laurent, and R. O. Fox, “An extended quadrature method of moments for population balance equations,” Journal of Aerosol Science 51, 1-23 (2012).
  • Xue, Q., D. Dalluge, T. J. Heindel, R. O. Fox, and R. C. Brown, “Experimental validation and CFD modeling study of biomass fast pyrolysis in fluidized-bed reactors,” Fuel 97, 757-769 (2012).

2011

  • Liu, H., Z. Wang, and R. O. Fox, “A level set approach for dilute non-collisional fluid-particle flows,” Journal of Computational Physics 230, 920-936 (2011)
  • Passelacqua, A., and R. O. Fox, “Advanced continuum modeling of gas-particle flows beyond the hydrodynamic limit,” Applied Mathematical Modelling 35, 1616-1627 (2011).
  • Icardi, M., E. Gavi, D. L. Marchisio, M. G. Olsen, R. O. Fox, and D. Lakehal, “Validation of LES predictions for turbulent flow in a confined impinging jets reactor,” Applied Mathematical Modelling 35, 1591-1602 (2011).
  • Icardi, M., E. Gavi, D. L. Marchisio, A. A. Barresi, M. G. Olsen, R. O. Fox, and D. Lakehal, “Investigation of the flow field in a three-dimensional confined impinging jets reactor by means of microPIV and DNS,” Chemical Engineering Journal 166, 294-305 (2011)
  • Passalacqua, A., J. E. Galvin, P. Vedula, C. M. Hrenya, and R. O. Fox, “A quadrature-based kinetic model for dilute non-isothermal granular flows,” Communications in Computational Physics 10, 216-252 (2011).
  • Vikas, V., Z. J. Wang, A. Passalacqua, and R. O. Fox, “Realizable high-order finite-volume schemes for quadrature-based moment methods,” Journal of Computational Physics 230, 5328-5352 (2011).
  • Xue, Q., T. J. Heindel, and R. O. Fox, “A CFD model for biomass fast pyrolysis in fluidized-bed reactors,” Chemical Engineering Science 66, 2440-2452 (2011).
  • Kong, B., M. G. Olsen, R. O. Fox, and J. C. Hill, “Population, characteristics and kinematics of vortices in a confined rectangular jet with a co-flow,” Experiments in Fluids 50, 1473-1493 (2011).
  • Vikas, V., C. Yuan, Z. J. Wang, and R. O. Fox, (Invited paper) “Modeling of bubble-column flows using quadrature-based moment methods,” Chemical Engineering Science 66, 3058-3070 (2011).
  • Qin, Z., R. O. Fox, S. Subramaniam, R. Pletcher, and L. Zhang, “On the apparent particle dispersion in granular media,” Advanced Powder Technology 22, 728-734 (2011).
  • Sung, Y., V. Raman, and R. O. Fox, (Invited paper) “Large-eddy simulation based multiscale modeling of TiO2 nanoparticle synthesis in turbulent flame reactors using detailed nucleation chemistry,” Chemical Engineering Science 66, 4370-4381 (2011).
  • Buffo, A., M. Vanni, D. L. Marchisio, and R. O. Fox, “Comparison between different methods for turbulent gas-liquid systems by using multivariate population balances,” in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, 21-23 June, Trondheim, Norway (2011).
  • Yuan, C., and R. O. Fox, “Conditional quadrature method of moments for kinetic equations,” Journal of Computational Physics 230, 8216-8246 (2011).
  • Passelacqua, A., and R. O. Fox, “An iterative solution procedure for multi-fluid gas-particle flow models on unstructured grids,” Powder Technology 213, 174-187 (2011).
  • Shi, Y., V. Somashekar, R. O. Fox, and M. G. Olsen, “Visualization of turbulent reactive mixing in a planar microscale confined impinging-jet reactor,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 21, 115006 (2011).
  • Shi, Y., R. O. Fox, and M. G. Olsen, “Confocal imaging of laminar and turbulent mixing in a microscale multi-inlet vortex nanoprecipitation reactor,” Applied Physics Letters 99, 204103 (2011).
  • Chalons, C., R. O. Fox, F. Laurent, M. Massot, and A. Vie, “A multi-Gaussian quadrature method of moments for simulating high-Stokes-number turbulent two-phase flows,” in Annual Research Briefs 2011, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CA, pp. 309-320 (2011).

2010

  • Vikas, V., Z. J. Wang, A. Passalacqua, and R. O. Fox, “Development of high-order realizable finite-volume schemes for quadrature-based moment methods,” in Proceedings of 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 4-7 Jan., Orlando, FL, AIAA 2010-1080 (2010).
  • Passalacqua, A., R. O. Fox, R. Garg, and S. Subramaniam, “A fully coupled quadrature-based moment method for dilute to moderately dilute fluid-particle flows,” Chemical Engineering Science 65, 2267-2283 (2010).
  • Feng, H., M. G. Olsen, J. C. Hill, and R. O. Fox, “Investigation of passive scalar mixing in a confined rectangular wake using simultaneous PIV and PLIF,” Chemical Engineering Science 65,3372-3383 (2010).
  • Min, J., J. B. Drake, T. J. Heindel, and R. O. Fox, “Experimental validation of CFD simulations of a lab-scale fluidized-bed reactor with and without side-gas injection,” AIChE Journal 56, 1434-1446 (2010).
  • Vikas, V., Z. J. Wang, A. Passalacqua, and R. O. Fox, “A fully coupled fluid-particle flow solver using quadrature-based moment method with high-order realizable schemes on unstructured grids,” in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2010), Tampa, FL, pp. 1-8 (2010).
  • Gavi, E., T. J. Heindel, and R. O. Fox, “Modeling fluidization in biomass gasification processes,” in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2010), Tampa, FL, pp. 1-10 (2010).
  • Tenneti, S., R. O. Fox, and S. Subramaniam, “Instantaneous particle acceleration model for gas-solid suspensions at moderate Reynolds numbers,” in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2010), Tampa, FL, pp. 1-7 (2010).
  • Passalacqua, A., and R. O. Fox, “Numerical simulation of turbulent gas-particle flow in a riser using a quadrature-based moment method,” in Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2010), Tampa, FL, pp. 1-8 (2010).
  • Fox, R. O., and P. Vedula (Invited paper), “Quadrature-based moment model for moderately dense polydisperse gas-particle flows,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 49, 5174-5187 (2010).
  • Ge, Y. B.; M. S. Gordon, F. Battaglia, and R. O. Fox, “Theoretical study of the pyrolysis of methyltrichlorosilane in the gas phase.  III. Rate constant calculations,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114, 2384-2392 (2010).
  • Tenneti, S., R. Garg, C. M. Hrenya, R. O. Fox, and S. Subramaniam, “Direct numerical simulation of gas-solid suspensions at moderate Reynolds number: Quantifying the coupling between hydrodynamic forces and particle velocity fluctuations,” Powder Technology 203, 57-69 (2010).
  • Rokkam, R. G., R. O. Fox, and M. E. Muhle, “Computational fluid dynamics and electrostatic modeling of polymerization fluidized-bed reactors,” Powder Technology 203, 109-124 (2010).
  • Gavi, E., D. L. Marchisio, A. A. Barresi, M. G. Olsen, and R. O. Fox, “Turbulent precipitation in micromixers: CFD simulation and flow field validation,” Chemical Engineering Research and Design 88, 1182–1193 (2010).
  • Cheng, J. C., R. D. Vigil, and R. O. Fox, “A competitive aggregation model for Flash NanoPrecipitation,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 351, 330-342 (2010).
  • Kah, D., F. Laurent, L. Freret, S. de Chaisemartin, R. O. Fox, J. Reveillon, and M. Massot, “Eulerian quadrature-based moment models for dilute polydisperse evaporating sprays,”  Flow, Turbulence, and Combustion 85, 649-676 (2010).
  • Cheng, J. C., and R. O. Fox, “Kinetic modeling of nanoprecipitation using CFD coupled with a population balance,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 49, 10651-10662 (2010).
  • Mehta, M., Y. Sung, V. Raman, and R. O. Fox, “Multiscale modeling of TiO2 nanoparticle production in flame reactors: Effect of chemical mechanism,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 49, 10663-10673 (2010).
  • Zou, Y., M. E. Kavousanakis, I. G. Kevrekidis, and R. O. Fox, “Coarse-grained computation for particle coagulation and sintering processes by linking quadrature method of moments with Monte-Carlo,” Journal of Computational Physics 229, 5299-5314 (2010).
  • Rokkam, R. G., R. O. Fox, and M. E. Muhle, “CFD modeling of electrostatic forces in gas-solid fluidized beds,” The Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows 2, 189-205 (2010).
  • Chalons, C., R. O. Fox, and M. Massot, “A multi-Gaussian quadrature method of moments for gas-particle flows in a LES framework,” in Proceedings of the 2010 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CA, pp. 347-358 (2010).

 

 *BOLD denotes all current Iowa State chemical engineering researchers