Department of Mechanical Engineering

Ted Heindel

Interim Chair
Art and Priscilla Bergles Professor of Thermal Science

3026 Black Engineering Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2161
515-294-0057
e-mail: theindel@iastate.edu

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Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988
Purdue University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1990
Purdue University, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1994

Areas of Interest
X-ray flow visualization; fluid mechanics; multiphase flow hydrodynamics; gas-liquid, gas-solid, and gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows; gas-liquid mass transfer

Biosketch
Dr. Heindel is the director of the Experimental Multiphase Flow Laboratory, which houses a one-of-a-kind X-ray flow visualization facility. His laboratory has experimental facilities to study bubble columns, fluidized beds, airlift reactors, and stirred-tank reactors. He also has capabilities to measure gas-liquid mass transfer rates in oxygen-liquid and carbon monoxide-liquid systems. He has authored or co-authored nearly 50 archival journal publications and has given numerous presentations on his research. His research has been funded by NSF, USDA, DOE, and industry.

Dr. Heindel has been a full professor at ISU since fall 2006 and the Associate Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department or Mechanical Engineering since fall 2007. He was the William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ISU from 2001 to 2006. Prior to joining ISU in fall 2000, Dr. Heindel was an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) from 1994 to 2000.

Dr. Heindel is an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, and is Chair of the Fluids Measurement and Instrumentation Technical Committee in the Fluids Engineering Division of ASME.

Dr. Heindel has been recognized for his teaching and honored with the ISU Superior Engineering Teacher of the Year Award (2006), ISU ME Professor of the Year Award (2006), the IPST President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997), and the IPST Teacher of the Year Award (1997). He has been an ISU Miller Faculty Fellow and a Georgia Tech Teaching Fellow.

Selected Publications:

  • Heindel, T.J., Gray, J.N., and Jensen, T.C., “An X-Ray System for Visualizing Fluid Flows,” Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, To Appear, 2007 or 2008.

  • Ungerman, A.D., and Heindel, T.J., “Carbon Monoxide Mass Transfer for Syngas Fermentation in a Stirred Tank Reactor with Dual Impeller Configurations,” Biotechnology Progress, 23(3): 613-620, 2007.

  • Do, Y.S., Smeenk, J., Broer, K.M., Kisting, C.J., Brown, R.C., Heindel, T.J., Bobik, T.A., and DiSpirito, A.A., “Growth of Rhodospirillum rubrum in Synthesis Gas: Catalyst of CO and H2 and poly--hydroxyalkanoate,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 97(2): 279-286, 2007.

  • Tang, C. and Heindel, T.J., “Effect of Fiber Length Distribution on Gas Holdup in a Cocurrent Gas-Liquid-Fiber Bubble Column,” Chemical Engineering Science, 62(5): 1408-1417, 2007.

  • Kapic, A., Jones, S.T., and Heindel, T.J., “Carbon Monoxide Mass Transfer in a Syngas Mixture,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(26): 9150-9155, 2006.

  • Tang, C., and Heindel, T.J., “Estimating Gas Holdup via Pressure Difference Measurements in a Cocurrent Bubble Column,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 32(7): 850-863, 2006.

  • Riggs, S.S., and Heindel, T.J., “Measuring Carbon Monoxide Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in a Stirred Tank Reactor for Syngas Fermentation,” Biotechnology Progress, 22(3): 903-906, 2006.

  • Kapic, A., and Heindel, T.J., “Correlating Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in a Stirred-Tank Reactor,” Transactions of IChemE, Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 84(A3) 239-245, 2006.

  • Tang, C., and Heindel, T.J., “Quantifying the Fiber Effect on Gas Holdup in a Cocurrent Air-Water-Fiber Bubble Column,” The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 84(2) 198-208, 2006.

  • Tang, C., and Heindel, T.J., “A Gas Holdup Model for Cocurrent Air-Water-Fiber Bubble Columns,” Chemical Engineering Science, 61(10) 3299-3312, 2006.

  • Su, X., Hol, P.D., Talcott, S.M., Staudt, A.K. and Heindel, T.J., “The Effect of Bubble Column Diameter on Gas Holdup in Fiber Suspensions,” Chemical Engineering Science, 61(10) 3098-3104, 2006.

  • Su, X., and Heindel, T.J., “Modeling Gas Holdup in Gas-Liquid-Fiber Semibatch Bubble Columns,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(24) 9355-9363 (2005).

  • Tang, C., and Heindel, T.J., “Gas-Liquid-Fiber Flow in a Cocurrent Bubble Column,” AIChE Journal, 51(10): 2665-2674 (2005).

  • Tang, C., and Heindel, T.J., “Effect of Fiber Type on Gas Holdup in a Cocurrent Air-Water-Fiber Bubble Column,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 111(1): 21-30 (2005).

  • Su, X., and Heindel, T.J., “Effect of Perforated Plate Open Area on Gas Holdup in Rayon Fiber Suspensions,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 127(4), 816-823 (2005).

  • Hubers, J.L., Striegel, A.C., Heindel, T.J., Gray, J.N., and Jensen, T.C., “X-ray Computed Tomography in Large Bubble Columns,” Chemical Engineering Science, 60(22), 6124-6133 (2005).