S. Murad

S. Murad received his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1979. He is a Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His research interests include molecular modeling of membrane-based separation processes (osmosis, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, etc., ion transport in membrane (inorganic, organic, and biologicial) and the dynamics of nanodroplets and jets. His awards and honors include the 2004 UIC Excellence in Research Award; the 1999 Excellence in Teaching award of the University of Illinois.

Biography Updated on 3 October 2007

Personal Home Page

http://www.uic.edu/~murad

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Preferential ion and water intake using charged carbon nanotubes
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 434, no. 4-6, pp. 292–296, 2007
  2. Nanoscale Jet Collision and Mixing Dynamics
    Nano Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 707–712, 2007
  3. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Xe Chemical Shifts and Solubility in n-Alkanes
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 0–0, 2006
  4. Ion permeation dynamics in carbon nanotubes
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 125, no. 8, p. 084713, 2006
  5. The role of magnetic fields on the membrane-based separation of aqueous electrolyte solutions
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 417, no. 4-6, pp. 465–470, 2006
  6. Effect of confinement on the hydration and solubility of NaCl in water
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 431, no. 1-3, pp. 88–93, 2006
  7. Molecular dynamics simulation of pervaporation in zeolite membranes
    Molecular Physics, vol. 104, no. 19, pp. 3033–3043, 2006
  8. Molecular dynamics simulation of Henry's constant of argon, nitrogen, methane and oxygen in ethylene oxide
    Molecular Simulation, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 11–16, 2006
  9. Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanostructures: Possibilities and Challenges for Fundamental Molecular Simulations
    Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 94, no. 10, pp. 1806–1814, 2006
  10. Capillary Flow of Power-Law Non-Newtonian Liquids in Circular Tubes
    Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 192, no. 5, pp. 575–580, 2005
  11. Separation of gas mixtures using a range of zeolite membranes: A molecular-dynamics study
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 122, no. 23, p. 234708, 2005
  12. Langmuir, vol. 21, no. 19, pp. 8609–8612, 2005
  13. Molecular dynamics simulations of gas separations using faujasite-type zeolite membranes
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 120, no. 10, p. 4877, 2004
  14. Molecular dynamics averaging of Xe chemical shifts in liquids
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 121, no. 19, p. 9581, 2004
  15. The effect of thickness, pore size and structure of a nanomembrane on the flux and selectivity in reverse osmosis separations: a molecular dynamics study
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 397, no. 1-3, pp. 211–215, 2004
  16. Ion-exchange of monovalent and bivalent cations with NaA zeolite membranes : a molecular dynamics study
    Molecular Physics, vol. 102, no. 19-20, pp. 2103–2112, 2004
  17. Molecular simulations of ion exchange in NaA zeolite membranes
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 369, no. 3-4, pp. 402–408, 2003
  18. A molecular dynamics simulation of droplet evaporation
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 46, no. 17, pp. 3179–3188, 2003
  19. On using the NMR chemical shift to assess polar–nonpolar cross-intermolecular interactions
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 380, no. 5-6, pp. 556–562, 2003
  20. A non-equilibrium molecular dynamics approach to fluid transfer through microporous membranes
    Molecular Physics, vol. 100, no. 14, pp. 2337–2349, 2002
  21. The role of external electric fields in membrane-based separation processes: a molecular dynamics study
    Molecular Physics, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 463–469, 2001
  22. A computer simulation study of the separation of aqueous solutions using thin zeolite membranes
    Molecular Physics, vol. 99, no. 14, pp. 1175–1181, 2001
  23. Molecular simulation of membrane based separations of ethanolic electrolyte solutions
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 183-184, no. 1-2, pp. 279–287, 2001
  24. Molecular dynamics simulation for Henry's constant of oxygen in benzene
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 187-188, pp. 29–37, 2001
  25. A simple molecular dynamics simulation for calculating Henry's constant and solubility of gases in liquids
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 319, no. 1-2, pp. 60–64, 2000
  26. Molecular Simulations of Membrane Based Separations of Supercritical Electrolyte Solutions
    Molecular Simulation, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 229–238, 2000
  27. Molecular simulation of droplet collision in the presence of ambient gas
    Molecular Physics, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 81–85, 1999
  28. Molecular modeling of fluid separations using membranes: effect of molecular forces on mass transfer rates
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 74, no. 1-2, pp. 99–108, 1999
  29. Molecular simulations of electro-osmosis in fluid mixtures using semi-permeable membranes
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 150-151, no. 1, pp. 97–105, 1998
  30. The simulation of semi-permeable membranes—osmosis, reverse osmosis and electro-osmosis in electrolyte solutions
    Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 225–231, 1998
  31. Molecular simulation of osmosis, reverse osmosis, and electro-osmosis in aqueous and methanolic electrolyte solutions
    Molecular Physics, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 401–408, 1998
  32. Simulations of the Thermal Conductivity in the Vicinity of the Critical Point
    Molecular Simulation, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 385–395, 1998
  33. Can osmotic pressure be negative?
    Molecular Physics, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 665–670, 1997
  34. A molecular simulation to investigate the possibility of electroosmosis in non-ionic solutions with uniform electric fields
    Molecular Physics, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 671–674, 1997
  35. Molecular simulations of osmosis and reverse osmosis in aqueous electrolyte solutions
    AIChE Journal, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 2984–2986, 1996
  36. Molecular dynamics simulations of osmosis and reverse osmosis in solutions
    Adsorption, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 95–101, 1996
  37. Thermodynamic and transport properties of fluids in permeable micropores
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 85–92, 1993
  38. Molecular Dynamics Study of Nitrogen in Slit Micropores
    Molecular Simulation, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 93–104, 1993
  39. The thermal conductivity coefficient of polyatomic molecules: benzene
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 249–257, 1992
  40. Viscosity of mixtures of diatomic fluids using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics
    AIChE Journal, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 948–950, 1990
  41. Viscosity of continuous mixtures using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics
    AIChE Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 311–313, 1989
  42. Transport properties of continuous mixtures using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 159–166, 1989
  43. A computer simulation study of fluid ammonia
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 37, no. 1-2, pp. 305–325, 1987
  44. The viscosity of dense fluid mixtures: Mixing rules reexamined using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics
    AIChE Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 513–516, 1986
  45. Computer simulations of dense polar fluids: Hydrogen chloride
    AIChE Journal, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1049–1051, 1986
  46. Equilibrium and nonequilibrium computer simulation studies of polar fluids and nonpolar mixtures
    International Journal of Thermophysics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 421–430, 1986
  47. A corresponding states correlation for the infinite dilution binary diffusion coefficient of dense gases
    International Journal of Thermophysics, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 329–336, 1983
  48. GENERALIZED CORRESPONDING STATES CORRELATION FOR THE SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUIDS AND LIQUID MIXTURES
    Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 353–358, 1983
  49. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASEOUS AMMONIA IN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 358-925 K.
    Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–11, 1981
  50. Generalized corresponding states correlation for self-diffusion coefficients of fluids
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1867–1869, 1981
  51. Corresponding states correlation for thermal conductivity of dense fluids
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 499–505, 1977