Jeffrey M. Zalc

Education

Postdoctoral Research in Chemical Engineering at University of California at Berkeley (2003-2004)

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University - New Brunswick (2000)

M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University - New Brunswick (1998)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering (1995, Magna Cum Laude)

Awards

2022 Hamid Arastoopour Excellence in Teaching Award, CHBE Department, Illinois Tech

Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Publications

Zalc, J.M., Green, W.H., and Iglesia, E., Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 45, 2677 (2006) (“NOx-Mediated Homogeneous Pathways for the Synthesis of Formaldehyde from CH4-O2 Mixtures”)

Zalc, J.M., Reyes, S.C., and Iglesia, E., Chemical Engineering Science 59, 2947 (2004) (“The Effects of Diffusion Mechanism and Void Structure on Transport Rates and Tortuosity Factors in Complex Porous Structures”)

Zalc, J.M., Reyes, S.C., and Iglesia, E., Chemical Engineering Science 58, 4605 (2003) (“Monte Carlo Simulations of Surface and Gas Phase Diffusion in Complex Porous Structures”)

Zalc, J.M., Szalai, E.S., and Muzzio, F.J., Polymer Engineering and Science 43, 875 (2003) (“Mixing Dynamics in the SMX Static Mixer as a Function of Injection Location and Flow Ratio”)

Alvarez, M.M., Zalc, J.M., Shinbrot, T., Arratia, P.E., and Muzzio, F.J., AIChE Journal 48, 2135 (2002) (“Mechanisms of Mixing and Creation of Structure in Laminar Stirred Tanks”)

Zalc, J.M., Szalai, E.S., Alvarez, M.M., and Muzzio, F.J., AIChE Journal 48, 2124 (2002) (“Using CFD to Understand Chaotic Mixing in Laminar Stirred Tanks”)

Zalc, J.M. and Löffler, D.G., Journal of Power Sources 111, 58 (2002) (“Fuel Processing for PEM Fuel Cells: Transport and Kinetic Issues of System Design”)

Alvarez-Hernández, M.M., Shinbrot, T., Zalc, J.M., and Muzzio, F.J., Chemical Engineering Science 57, 3749 (2002) (“Practical Chaotic Mixing”)

Zalc, J.M., Szalai, E.S., Muzzio, F.J., and Jaffer, S., AIChE Journal 48, 427 (2002) (“Characterization of Flow and Mixing in an SMX Static Mixer”)

Zalc, J.M., Sokolovskii, V.D., and Löffler, D.G., Journal of Catalysis 206, 169 (2002) (“Are Noble Metal-Based Water-Gas Shift Catalysts Practical for Automotive Fuel Processing?”)

Zalc, J.M., Alvarez, M.M., Arik, B.E., and Muzzio, F.J., AIChE Journal 47, 2144 (2001) (“Extensive Validation of Computed Laminar Flow Fields in a Stirred Tank Equipped with Three Rushton Turbines”)

Shinbrot, T., Alvarez, M.M., Zalc, J.M., and Muzzio, F.J., Physical Review Letters 86, 1207 (2001) (“Attraction of Minute Particles to Invariant Regions of Volume Preserving Flows by Transients”)

Cerbelli, S., Zalc, J.M., and Muzzio, F.J., Chemical Engineering Science 55, 363 (2000) (“The Evolution of Material Lines Curvature in Deterministic Chaotic Flows”)

Zalc, J.M, Alvarez, M.M., and Muzzio, F.J., ASME PVP-Computational Technologies for Fluid/Thermal/Structural/Chemical Systems with Industrial Applications 397, 233 (1999) (“Simulation of Flow and Mixing in Stirred Tank Reactors”)

Zalc, J.M. and Muzzio, F.J., Chemical Engineering Science 54, 1053 (1999) (“Parallel-Competitive Reactions in a Two-Dimensional Chaotic Flow”)

Expertise

Jeff Zalc is passionate about undergraduate education and the professional growth of new chemical engineers. He has had the pleasure of working with the outstanding students at Illinois Tech since 2015 and teaches upper-level courses on chemical plant design and chemical process simulation.

His background includes over 15 years in bp, where he is currently a principal engineer in the bp Solutions group.  His work involves the development and implementation of detailed refining process models to support process monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, feedstock selection, and capital investment decisions.  He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois.