Dr Jordan MacInnes
BS, MS , PhD
3rd Year Tutor
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7511
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7501
email : j.m.macinnes@sheffield.ac.uk
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Research Interests
- Microfluidic devices for analysis, synthesis and measurement
- Efficient separation processes
- Transport of momentum, species and heat
- Rotating spiral phase contacting
- Rapid property measurement and analysis
Biography
Jordan received BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Davis, and a PhD degree from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Following two years as a lecturer at Michigan Technological University he joined the research staff at Princeton University, working on stochastic spray modelling.
In 1993 he joined the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Sheffield where his interests have developed in the context of this discipline and the rapid evolution it is experiencing. His recent work has aimed to address fundamental technical issues within the emerging area of microfluidics, including those of mixing and flow control. Other areas of interest include development of rotating spiral phase contacting and other multiphase flow processing steps.
His research makes considerable use of theoretical and computational tools, both to aid experimental design and to guide development of practical devices. This close coordination between quantitative predictive tools and practical application is a prerequisite for fuller understanding and more efficient designs to be achieved rapidly.
Key Papers
MacInnes, J. M., Ortiz-Osorio, J., Jordan, P. J., Priestman, G. H., Allen, R. W. K., 2010,“Experimental Demonstration of Rotating Spiral Microcha nnel Distillation”, Chem. Eng. J., 159 (1-3), 159-169.
Kuvshinov, D., Bown, M. R., MacInnes, J. M., Allen, R. W. K., Ge, R., Aldous, L., Hardacre, C., Doy, N., Newton, M. I., McHale, G., 2011, “Thermal conductivity measurement of liquids in a microfluidic device”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 10 (1) 123-132.
Ge, R., Allen, R. W. K., Aldous, L., Bown, M. R., Doy, N., Hardacre, C., MacInnes, J. M., McHale, G. and Newton, M. I., 2009, “Evaluation of a Microfluidic Device for the Electrochemical Determination of Halide Content in Ionic Liquids”, Analytical Chemistry, 81, 1628-1637.
Chen, Z., Bown, M., O’Sullivan, B., MacInnes, J. M., Allen, R. W. K., Mulder, M., Blom, M. and van’t Oever, R., 2009, “Performance Analysis of a Folding Flow Micromixer”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 6, 763-774.
MacInnes, J. M., Chen, Z. and Allen, R. W. K., 2005, “Investigation of Alternating-Flow Mixing in Microchannels”, Chemical Engineering Science, 60, 3453-3467.
MacInnes, J. M., Du, X. and Allen, R. W. K., 2003, “Prediction of Electrokinetic and Pressure Flow in a Microchannel T-junction”, Physics of Fluids, 15 (7), 1992-2005.
:MacInnes, J. M., Du, X. and Allen, R. W. K., 2003, “Prediction of Electrokinetic and Pressure Flow in a Microchannel T-junction”, Physics of Fluids, 15 (7), 1992-2005.
Teaching
- CPE2003 Transport Processes
- CPE402/6020 Computational Fluid Dynamics