Boris Khusid
Boris Khusid
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering
215 Faculty Memorial Hall (FMH)
About Me
I was born in Odessa, Ukraine and grew up in Minsk, Belarus. I lived and worked there until moved with my family to the U.S. permanently in 1993.
Education
Ph.D.; The Luikov Heat & Mass Transfer Institute, Byelorussian Academy of Sciences; Thermal Sciences And Engineering; 1975
M.S.; Byelorussian State University; Thermal Sciences And Engineering And Chemical Physics; 1972
M.S.; Byelorussian State University; Thermal Sciences And Engineering And Chemical Physics; 1972
2024 Fall Courses
CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
PHEN 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II
CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHE 701C - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 301 - THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
PHEN 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
PHEN 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II
CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHE 701C - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 301 - THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
PHEN 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
Teaching Interests
Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat & Mass Transfer, Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Unit Operations: Solids Processing
Past Courses
CHE 230: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I
CHE 240: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONII
CHE 240: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS II
CHE 370: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
CHE 396: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB I
CHE 611: THERMODYNAMICS
CHE 626: MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHE 702: ST:MODULES IN NANOPHARMACEUTICA
CHE 794: PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS-PHD
PHEN 501: PHARMACEUTICAL ENGR FUND II
PHEN 502: PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEER FUND II
PHEN 502: PHARMACTCL ENGR FUND III
PHEN 606: PHARM UNIT OPER:SOLIDS SYSTEMS
CHE 240: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONII
CHE 240: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS II
CHE 370: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
CHE 396: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB I
CHE 611: THERMODYNAMICS
CHE 626: MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHE 702: ST:MODULES IN NANOPHARMACEUTICA
CHE 794: PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS-PHD
PHEN 501: PHARMACEUTICAL ENGR FUND II
PHEN 502: PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEER FUND II
PHEN 502: PHARMACTCL ENGR FUND III
PHEN 606: PHARM UNIT OPER:SOLIDS SYSTEMS
Research Interests
Fundamentals of the micro- and nano-scale behavior of colloids and polymer sand the development of electro-microfluidics for the control and manipulation of fluids and particles
Patents
System and Method for Fabrication of Uniform Polymer Films Containing Nano and Micro Particles via Continuous Drying Process
Journal Article
Ma, Qingquan, & Zhang, Jiahe, & Zhu, Guangyu, & Ahuja, Neel, & Khusid, Boris, & Zhang, Wen (2024). Effects of surfactants, ion valency and solution temperature on PFAS rejection in commercial reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) processes. Journal of Water Process Engineering/Elsevier, 66, 106039, 1-10.
Ma, Qingquan, & Lei, Qian, & Liu, Fangzhou, & Song, Zimu, & Khusid, Boris, & Zhang, Wen (2024). Evaluation of commercial nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane filtration to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Effects of transmembrane pressures and water matrices. Water Environment Research/Wiley, 96(2), e10983, 1-17.
Lei, Qian, & Elele, Ezinwa, & Shen, Yueyang, & Tang, John, & Guerra, Katherine L, & Leitz, Frank, & Khusid, Boris (2023). Evaluating the Efficiency of Magnetic Treatment for Feed Water in Reverse Osmosis Processes. Membranes, 13(7), 641.
Boymelgreen, Alicia, & Schiffbauer, Jarrod, & Khusid, Boris, & Yossifon, Gilad (2022). Synthetic electrically driven colloids: A platform for understanding collective behavior in soft matter. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 60(101603), 15.
Totaro, Peter, & Khusid, Boris (2022). Effect of Current Density Ramping on the Growth Rate and Structure of AA2024-T3. Materials , 15(9, 3258), 32 .
Ma, Qingquan, & Lei, Qian, & Liu, Fangzhou, & Song, Zimu, & Khusid, Boris, & Zhang, Wen (2024). Evaluation of commercial nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane filtration to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Effects of transmembrane pressures and water matrices. Water Environment Research/Wiley, 96(2), e10983, 1-17.
Lei, Qian, & Elele, Ezinwa, & Shen, Yueyang, & Tang, John, & Guerra, Katherine L, & Leitz, Frank, & Khusid, Boris (2023). Evaluating the Efficiency of Magnetic Treatment for Feed Water in Reverse Osmosis Processes. Membranes, 13(7), 641.
Boymelgreen, Alicia, & Schiffbauer, Jarrod, & Khusid, Boris, & Yossifon, Gilad (2022). Synthetic electrically driven colloids: A platform for understanding collective behavior in soft matter. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 60(101603), 15.
Totaro, Peter, & Khusid, Boris (2022). Effect of Current Density Ramping on the Growth Rate and Structure of AA2024-T3. Materials , 15(9, 3258), 32 .
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Conference Abstract
Manufacturing of 3D colloidal crystals for infrared photonics in low-earth orbit
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), November 2023
Mini-Channel Flow Boiling in 1g and μg
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Transients in subcooled flow boiling under microgravity
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Transition from vapor-free to liquid-vapor flow in microgravity
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Forming colloidal crystals in microgravity
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), November 2023
Mini-Channel Flow Boiling in 1g and μg
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Transients in subcooled flow boiling under microgravity
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Transition from vapor-free to liquid-vapor flow in microgravity
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, November 2023
Forming colloidal crystals in microgravity
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023
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Conference Paper
Recent experiments on hard sphere colloidal crystallization in microgravity on the International Space Station
American Chemical Society, March 2022
American Chemical Society, March 2022
Broadcast Media
ISS: GOALI: Nonequilibrium Processing of Particle Suspensions with Thermal and Electrical Field Gradients
National Science Foundation, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
NSF and CASIS: Create Students Who Pursue STEM Careers
National Science Foundation, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Nonequilibrium Processing of Particle Suspensions with Thermal and Electrical Field Gradients
ISS Science for Everyone, March 2020
National Science Foundation, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
NSF and CASIS: Create Students Who Pursue STEM Careers
National Science Foundation, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Nonequilibrium Processing of Particle Suspensions with Thermal and Electrical Field Gradients
ISS Science for Everyone, March 2020
Conference Proceeding
Electric field driven mesoscale phase transition in polarized colloids
69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20–22, 2016; Portland, Oregon , November 2016
Electric Field Driven Structuring in Suspensions
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting,November 13-18, 2016, San Francisco, CA, November 2016
AC Field-Driven Structuring In Suspensions
ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS & EXPOSITION, IMECE 2016, Phoenix, AR, Nov 11-17, 2016, November 2016
Electric Field-Driven Structuring in Suspensions
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research 2016 Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2016, Cleveland, OH, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Phase separation in Colloids under Microgravity in ISS
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research 2016 Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2016, Cleveland, OH, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Characterization of microporous ECTFE membrane after exposure to different liquid mediums and radiation
Advanced Membrane Technology VII, ECI Symposium Series Cork, Ireland, September 11-16, 2016 , September 2016
Electro-hydrodynamic printing of personalized medicines
16th US National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics , June 2010
69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20–22, 2016; Portland, Oregon , November 2016
Electric Field Driven Structuring in Suspensions
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting,November 13-18, 2016, San Francisco, CA, November 2016
AC Field-Driven Structuring In Suspensions
ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS & EXPOSITION, IMECE 2016, Phoenix, AR, Nov 11-17, 2016, November 2016
Electric Field-Driven Structuring in Suspensions
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research 2016 Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2016, Cleveland, OH, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Phase separation in Colloids under Microgravity in ISS
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research 2016 Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2016, Cleveland, OH, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Characterization of microporous ECTFE membrane after exposure to different liquid mediums and radiation
Advanced Membrane Technology VII, ECI Symposium Series Cork, Ireland, September 11-16, 2016 , September 2016
Electro-hydrodynamic printing of personalized medicines
16th US National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics , June 2010