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44
Citations
8293
World Ranking
5766
National Ranking
231

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Norman Epstein is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research work is anchored primarily in the field of Engineering, with specific contributions to Control and Systems Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics in Epstein's research include:

  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Epstein has published in several notable venues, reflecting a focus that spans chemical engineering and psychology fields. Their recent publications appear in:

  • The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Epstein include:

  • A perspective on The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering commemorating its 100th volume: 1929-2021 (2022), published in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Acknowledgment (2022), published in Couple and Family Psychology Research and Practice

Frequent collaborators in Epstein's work are:

  • Anil K. Mehrotra
  • João B. P. Soares
  • K. Nandakumar
  • Pierre J. Carreau
  • Gregory S. Patience

Epstein has been recognized by The Canadian Academy of Engineering, an award affiliation that aligns with their contributions to the engineering discipline.

Best Publications

  • On tortuosity and the tortuosity factor in flow and diffusion through porous media

    Norman Epstein

  • Theory of electrokinetic flow in fine cylindrical capillaries at high zeta-potentials

    S Levine;J.R Marriott;G Neale;N Epstein

  • Creeping flow relative to permeable spheres

    Graham Neale;Norman Epstein;Walter Nader

  • Thinking about Heat Transfer Fouling: A 5 × 5 Matrix

    Norman Epstein

  • Fine particle deposition in smooth parallel-plate channels

    Bruce D Bowen;Norman Epstein

  • Spouted (and Spout-Fluid) Beds

    Norman Epstein

  • Production of monodisperse colloidal silica spheres: Effect of temperature

    C.G. Tan;B.D. Bowen;N. Epstein

  • Spouted and spout-fluid beds : fundamentals and applications

    Norman Epstein;John R. Grace

  • The prediction of electrokinetic phenomena within multiparticle systems

    Samuel Levine;Graham Neale;Norman Epstein

  • Three-phase fluidization: Some knowledge gaps

    Norman Epstein

  • Fine particle deposition in laminar flow through parallel-plate and cylindrical channels

    B.D Bowen;S Levine;N Epstein

  • FOULING IN HEAT EXCHANGERS

    Norman Epstein

  • Flow regime identification in gas-liquid flow and three-phase fluidized beds

    J.-P. Zhang;J.R. Grace;N. Epstein;K.S. Lim

  • Numerical study of steady flow past spheroids

    Jacob H. Masliyah;Norman Epstein

  • Hydrodynamics of spout-fluid beds

    W. Sutanto;N. Epstein;J.R. Grace

  • Effect of particle shape on liquid-fluidized beds of binary (and ternary) solids mixtures: segregation vs. mixing

    R. Escudié;R. Escudié;N. Epstein;J.R. Grace;H.T. Bi

  • Elements of particle deposition onto nonporous solid surfaces parallel to suspension flows

    Norman Epstein

  • Liquid fluidization of binary particle mixtures—I: Overall bed expansion

    N. Epstein;B.P. Leclair;B.B. Pruden

  • PARTICULATE FOULlNG OF SENSIBLE HEAT EXCHANGERS

    A. Paul Watkinson;Norman Epstein

  • HYDRODYNAMICS OF SPOUTED BEDS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES

    Stanley W.M. Wu;C. Jim Lim;Norman Epstein

  • Gas-liquid-solid fluidization engineering: L.-S. Fan, Butterworths Series in Chemical Engineering, Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1989, XX + 763 pp., U.S. $85.00

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Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Grace
John R. Grace University of British Columbia
C. Jim Lim
C. Jim Lim University of British Columbia
Hans Müller-Steinhagen
Hans Müller-Steinhagen Dresden International University
Jacob H. Masliyah
Jacob H. Masliyah University of Alberta
Wenqi Zhong
Wenqi Zhong Southeast University
Renaud Escudié
Renaud Escudié University of Montpellier
Sang Done Kim
Sang Done Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Xiaotao Bi
Xiaotao Bi University of British Columbia
Baosheng Jin
Baosheng Jin Southeast University
Jong Wook Bae
Jong Wook Bae Sungkyunkwan University

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