Keith E. Gubbins

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Keith Edmund Gubbins (born January 27, 1937 in Southampton ) is a British-American chemical engineer and physical chemist .

Live and act

Gubbins studied at Queen Mary College and at King's College of the University of London , where he received his doctorate in 1962 with a thesis on chemical engineering . He then went to the University of Florida as a postdoc . There he became Assistant Professor in 1964, Associate in 1968 and Full Professor in 1972. In September 1976 he moved to Cornell University to the chair of chemical engineering. From 1983 to 1990 he was director of the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University. In 1998 he retired and went to North Carolina State University in Raleigh as a WH Clark Distinguished University Professor . There he is currently co-director of the Center for High Performance Simulation. He was also director of the Institute for Computational Science and Engineering from 2008 to 2012.

Since the early 1960s, Gubbins researched the theory of fluids using methods from statistical physics . He continued this work during his time at Cornell University, where he also turned to the use of computer simulation methods to calculate the thermodynamic properties of many-body systems. With his colleagues at Cornell University, he formulated a new equation of state for associating fluids ( Statistical Associating Fluid Theory , SAFT). This publication is one of his many works that have received international attention. He has published more than 500 scientific articles so far. He is one of the most cited authors in the field of chemical engineering, and his Hirsch Index is higher than 60.

He was visiting professor in several countries and received numerous prizes and honors. 1986–1987 he was a Guggenheim Fellow. In 1989 he was admitted to the National Academy of Engineering because of his pioneering work in the application of statistical mechanics methods and computer simulations to technically interesting systems . In 2003 he became a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers . In 2007 he received the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award from the American Chemical Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • Thomas M. Reed, Keith E. Gubbins: Applied Statistical Mechanics . McGraw-Hill, New York 1973, ISBN 978-0-07-051495-9 , pp. 496 .
  • KE Gubbins, N. Quirke (Eds.): Molecular Simulation and Industrial Applications: Methods, Examples and Prospects . Gordon and Breach, London 1996, ISBN 978-90-5699-005-3 , pp. 537 .
  • CG Gray, KE Gubbins: Theory of Molecular Fluids. Volume 1: Fundamentals (=  Chemical Engineering Series ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 1984, ISBN 978-0-19-855602-2 .
  • CG Gray, KE Gubbins, CG Joslin: Theory of Molecular Fluids. Volume 2: Applications (=  Chemical Engineering Series ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 211, ISBN 978-0-19-855621-3 .

literature

  • Erich A. Müller, Coray M. Colina: Biography of Keith E. Gubbins . In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C . tape 111 , no. 43 , 2007, p. 15479-15480 , doi : 10.1021 / jp079547r .
  • PT Cummings, G. Jackson, JS Rowlinson: Keith E. Gubbins: A Celebration of Statistical Mechanics . In: Molecular Physics . tape 100 , no. 13 , 2002, p. 2003-2016 , doi : 10.1080 / 00268970210142666 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WG Chapman, KE Gubbins, G. Jackson, M. Radosz: New reference equation of state for associating liquids . In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research . tape 29 , no. 8 , 1990, pp. 1709-1721 , doi : 10.1021 / ie00104a021 .
  2. ^ Members Directory: Dr. Keith E. Gubbins. National Academy of Engineering, accessed November 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Gubbins, Keith E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gubbins, Keith Edmund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American chemical engineer and physical chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Southampton