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Petr Nikrityuk is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta, specializing in Chemical Materials Engineering. His research focuses on transport phenomena, particularly fluid dynamics and mass heat transfer, energy heat storage, and reaction engineering. He has extensive experience in numerical modeling and simulation of particulate flows, accounting for heat and mass transfer in both the fluids and particles, primarily utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) combined with Discrete Element Method (DEM). His work has contributed significantly to developing subgrid models and Euler-Lagrange modeling for chemically reacting particles. He is involved in benchmarking and experimental validation of numerical models, particularly those using immersed boundary methods. Nikrityuk has received various awards, including the Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award and the Jules Stachiewicz Medal from the Chemical Institute of Canada, recognizing his contributions to heat transfer research and engineering education.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management