Yujun Zhao (yzhao)

Yujun Zhao

Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

McLean Hall 403
(201) 216-8306

Education

  • PhD (2001) Stevens Institute of Technology (Biocatalysis/Chemical Engineering)
  • MS (1992) University of Tokyo (Cellular Engineering/Chemical Engineering)
  • BE (1984) East China University of Science and Technology (Chemical Process Equipment and Machinery)

Experience

Associate Chair of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Department, Stevens Institute of Technology
Teaching Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Teaching Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Stevens Institute of Technology
Consultant, Nichu Teikeishy Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Assistant Engineer, Institute of Chemical Engineering at ECUST, Shanghai, China

Institutional Service

  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Chair
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member
  • Stevens Institute of Technology Member

Professional Societies

  • AIChE North Jersey Section Member
  • AIChE – American Institute of Chemical Engineers Member

Selected Publications

Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B, A diffusion model and optimal cell loading for immobilized cell biocatalysts. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 69:639-647 (2000).
Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B, A predictive thermodynamic model for the bioreduction of acetophenone to phenethyl alcohol using resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 64:442-451 (1999).
Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B, Transmembrane distribution of substrate and product during the bioreduction of acetophenone with resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 64:434-441 (1999).
Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B, A predictive thermodynamic model for the bioreduction of acetophenone to phenethyl alcohol using resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The 1999 Annual AIChE National Meeting, Houston (March 1999).
Zhao, Y, DeLancey, G B, Transmembrane distribution of substrate and product during the bioreduction of acetophenone with resting cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, The 1999 Annual AIChE National Meeting, Houston (March 1999).
Zhao, Y, Islam, S, DeLancey, G B. Temperature effect on initial bioreduction kinetics of acetophenone with whole cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The 1998 Fall ACS National Meeting, Boston (August 1998).
Seki, M, Zhao, Y, Furusaki, S, Improved efficiency of somatic embryogenesis in Daucus carota. Sixth Conference of the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering; Twenty-first Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference; Official Proceedings of Combined Conference, Melbourne, 2:385-390 (September 1993).
Zhao, Y, Seki, M, Furusaki, S, Development of bioreactors for somatic embryogenesis. The 25th Fall Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan, Tokyo (October 1992).

Courses

CHE 210 Process Analysis
CHE 234 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
CHE 336 Fluid Dynamics
CHE 332 Separation Operations
CHE 322 Engineering Design VI
CHE 423 Engineering Design VII
CHE 424 Engineering Design VIII
CHE 432 Chemical Engineering Systems
CHE 480 Biochemical Engineering
CHE 501 Mass and Energy Balances, Stagewise Operations
CHE 502 Transport Phenomena
CHE 580 Biofuels Engineering and Technology
CHE 620 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
CHE 650 Reactor Design
CHE 681 Pharmaceutical Reaction Engineering
CH 115 General Chemistry I
CH 116 General Chemistry II
CH 117 General Chemistry Lab I
CH 118 General Chemistry Lab II
CH 620 Thermodynamics and Kinetics