JEFFREY J. DERBY

 

 

 

Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

 

Contact Info:

Phone: (612) 625-8811

Office: 293 Amundson

Email: derby@umn.edu

 

 

 

 

Professional Preparation

  • California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, B.S., 1981
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, M.S.C.E.P., 1982
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D., 1986

Professional Appointments

      Executive Officer, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 2000-present

      Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1998-present

      Professeur Invit, Universit Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 1996

      Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1994-1998

      McKnight-Land Grant Professor, UMN, 1991-1993

      Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1988-1994

  • Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1986-1988

Selected Publications

      J.J. Derby, "Crystal Growth: Crystal Growth, Bulk (Theory and Models)," Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, Eds. F. Bassani, J. Liedl and P. Wyder, Academic Press (2005)

      A. Yeckel, G. Compre, A. Pandy and J.J. Derby, "Three-Dimensional Imperfections in a Model Vertical Bridgman Growth System for Cadmium Zinc Telluride," J. Crystal Growth 263, 629 (2004)

      J.J. Derby and A. Yeckel, "Modeling of Crystal Growth Processes," Crystal Growth - From Fundamentals to Technology Eds. G. Mller, J.-J. Mtois, and P. Rudolph, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 143-167 (2004)

      Vartak, B. and J.J. Derby, "On Stable Algorithms and Accurate Solutions for Convection-Dominated Mass Transfer in Crystal Growth Modeling," J. Crystal Growth 230, 202 (2001)

      Y.-I. Kwon and J.J. Derby, "Modeling the Coupled Effects of Interfacial and Bulk Phenomena during Solution Crystal Growth," J. Crystal Growth 230, 328 (2001)

      B. Vartak, Y.-I. Kwon, A. Yeckel and J.J. Derby, "An Analysis of Flow and Mass Transfer during the Solution Growth of Potassium Titanyl Phosphate," J. Crystal Growth 210, 704 (2000)

      A. Yeckel, Y. Zhou, M. Dennis and J.J. Derby, "Three-Dimensional Computations of Solution Hydrodynamics During the Growth of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate: II. Spin Down," J. Crystal Growth 191, 206 (1998)

      H. Zhou and J.J. Derby, "Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Viscous Sintering," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 81, 533 (1998)

      V.V. Godlevsky, J.J. Derby and J.R. Chelikowsky, "Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid CdTe and GaAs: Semiconducting Versus Metallic Behavior," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4959 (1998)

  • Y. Zhou and J.J. Derby, "Three-dimensional Computations of Solution Hydrodynamics During the Growth of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate: I. Spin Up and Steady Rotation," J. Crystal Growth 180, 497 (1997)

Selected Awards

      Shell Faculty Career Initiation Award, 1988-1990

      Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1990-1995

      McKnight-Land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 1991-1993

      Young Author Award, American Association for Crystal Growth, 1993

      Humphrey Institute Policy Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1996-1997

      Shell Professorship, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1998-2001

      Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2000

Synergistic Activities

      Executive Committee, AACG, American Association for Crystal Growth, 1996-present 

      Associate Editor, Journal of Crystal Growth, 1997-present

      Alliance Allocation Board, National Center for Supercomputing

      Alliance, NSF, 1997-2002

      Co-Chair and Proceedings Editor, the 3rd International Workshop on Modeling in Crystal Growth, October 2000

      Proceedings Editor, ACCGE-14, the Fourteenth American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Seattle, WA, August 4-9, 2002