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
2025 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
MTEN 301: THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS
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
MTEN 301: THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS
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
Alex Rishty, Jaden Lucas, Jacob Crace, Sophia Peach, Nancy Hall, Henry Nahra, Ramaswamy Balasubramaniam, Corey Woodcock, Boris Khusid, Joel Plawsky.
2025. "The effects of microgravity on mini-channel flow boiling and CHF behavior. ."
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer , vol. 254 , pp. 127598.
Lauren Barnes, Boris Khusid, Lou Kondic, William V Meyer, Anand U. Oza. 2025. "Phase-field modeling of colloid-polymer mixtures in microgravity." npj Microgravity , vol. 11 , pp. 63, 13.
Qingquan Ma, Jiahe Zhang, Guangyu Zhu, Neel Ahuja, Boris Khusid, Wen Zhang. 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 , vol. 66 , pp. 106039, 1-10.
Qingquan Ma, Qian Lei, Fangzhou Liu, Zimu Song, Boris Khusid, Wen Zhang. 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 , vol. 96 , no. 2 , pp. e10983, 1-17.
Qian Lei, Ezinwa Elele, Yueyang Shen, John Tang, Katherine L Guerra, Frank Leitz, Boris Khusid. 2023. "Evaluating the Efficiency of Magnetic Treatment for Feed Water in Reverse Osmosis Processes." Membranes , vol. 13 , no. 7 , pp. 641.
Lauren Barnes, Boris Khusid, Lou Kondic, William V Meyer, Anand U. Oza. 2025. "Phase-field modeling of colloid-polymer mixtures in microgravity." npj Microgravity , vol. 11 , pp. 63, 13.
Qingquan Ma, Jiahe Zhang, Guangyu Zhu, Neel Ahuja, Boris Khusid, Wen Zhang. 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 , vol. 66 , pp. 106039, 1-10.
Qingquan Ma, Qian Lei, Fangzhou Liu, Zimu Song, Boris Khusid, Wen Zhang. 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 , vol. 96 , no. 2 , pp. e10983, 1-17.
Qian Lei, Ezinwa Elele, Yueyang Shen, John Tang, Katherine L Guerra, Frank Leitz, Boris Khusid. 2023. "Evaluating the Efficiency of Magnetic Treatment for Feed Water in Reverse Osmosis Processes." Membranes , vol. 13 , no. 7 , pp. 641.
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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), December, 2024.
"Two-phase liquid/vapor flow in low gravity "
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), December, 2024.
"Fabrication of 3D Photonic Crystals in a Low-Earth Orbit"
ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2024), November, 2024.
"Refuel cryogenic propellants in space "
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 2024, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024.
"Manufacturing of 3D colloidal crystals for infrared photonics in low-earth orbit "
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), November, 2023.
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), December, 2024.
"Two-phase liquid/vapor flow in low gravity "
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), December, 2024.
"Fabrication of 3D Photonic Crystals in a Low-Earth Orbit"
ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2024), November, 2024.
"Refuel cryogenic propellants in space "
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 2024, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024.
"Manufacturing of 3D colloidal crystals for infrared photonics in low-earth orbit "
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), November, 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.