Sengers, Jan V.
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Research Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
2117 IPST Building
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1962
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Fellow, AAAS
- Fellow, AIChE
- Fellow, APS
- Fellow, ASME
- Fellow, IAPWS
- Fellow, World Innovation Foundation
- Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Correspondent, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
- A. James Clark School of Engineering Faculty and Staff Outstanding Commitment Award
- University of Maryland Distinguished International Service Award
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Physical Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Belgian Physical Society
- Dutch Physical Society
- European Physical Society
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
- Sigma Xi
- University of Maryland Link of the Order of the Engineer
- World Innovation Foundation
Critical phenomena, thermophysical properties of fluids and fluid mixtures. Fluctuation phenomena in soft, condensed matter.
- Professor Sengers has authored or co-authored over 230 peer-reviewed articles. Please visit his web site for a complete list.
- “Concentration fluctuations in non-isothermal reacting-diffusion systems II: The nonlinear case”, D. Bedeaux, J.M. Ortiz de Zárate, I. Pagonabarraga, J.V. Sengers, and S. Kjelstrup, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 124516 (2011)
- “Hydrodynamic fluctuations in laminar fluid flow. I. Fluctuating Orr-Sommerfeld equation”, J.M. Ortiz de Zárate and J.V. Sengers, J. Stat. Phys. 144, pp. 774-792 (2011)
- “Critical behavior of the dielectric constant in asymmetric fluids”, C.E. Bertrand, J.V. Sengers, and M.A. Anisimov, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, pp. 14000-14007 (2011)
- “Nonisothermal diffusion-reaction with nonlinear Kramers kinetics”, J.M. Ortiz de Zárate, D. Bedeaux, I. Pagonabarraga, J.V. Sengers, and S. Kjelstrup, Comptes Rendus Mecanique 339, pp. 287-291 (2011)
- “Mesoscale inhomogeneities in aqueous solutions of 3-methylpyridine and tertiary butyl alcohol”, D. Subramanian, D.A. Ivanov, I.K. Yudin, M.A. Anisimov, and J.V. Sengers, J. Chem. Eng. Data 56, pp. 1238-1248 (2011)
- “An isomorphic Peng-Robinson equation for phase-equilibria properties of hydrocarbon mixtures in the critical region”, Kh.S. Abdulkadirova, C.J. Peters, J.V. Sengers, and M.A. Anisimov, J.Supercritical Fluids 55, pp. 594-602 (2010)
- “Mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics of non-isothermal reaction-diffusion”, D. Bedeaux, I. Pagonabarraga, J.M. Ortiz de Zárate, J.V. Sengers, and S. Kjelstrup, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, pp. 12780-12793 (2010).
- “Asymmetric criticality in weakly compressible liquid mixtures”, G. Pérez-Sánchez, P. Losada-Pérez, C.A. Cerdeiriña, J.V. Sengers, and M.A. Anisimov, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 154502 (2010)
- “Velocity fluctuations in laminar fluid flow”, J.V. Sengers and J.M. Ortiz de Zárate, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 165, pp. 925-931 (2010).
- “Experimental critical-exponent values for fluids”, J.V. Sengers and J.G. Shanks, J. Stat. Phys. 137, pp. 857-877 (2009)
- Corresponding Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Science
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Honorary Member, World Innovation Foundation
- International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam