last update: July 2023
welcome to the home page of Ron Zevenhoven
Ph.D., Chem.Eng. (TU Delft),
Marie Curie Fellow, etc.etc.
Professor in Engineering Thermodynamics and Modelling
at Åbo Akademi
University, Turku Finland
Thermal and Flow Process and Systems
Engineering Laboratory
I am a Dutch citizen living in
Finland: click here if you
wonder why I do not have (also) Finnish citizenship
in Finland since April 19, 1993 (in Livermore, CA, Nov. 1999 - Jan. 2000)
Whatever brings you here, this
might be the info you're looking for:
H-index (November 2022): Ron & R. & C.A.P. & R.A.P. (?!) Zevenhoven
Web
of Science
h-index 40, 5184 citations from 3317 citing publications to 187
publications
Scopus 1995+ h-index 42, 6084 citations from 3825 citing publications to 225
publications
Google
scholar h-index = 53, 9082 citations, i10 index = 130
ORCID: 0000-0002-1031-5861
Education and Academic
Positions
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Dec. 1963 Born at Zoeterwoude (just outside
Leiden), the Netherlands
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Jan. 1988 M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology,
the Netherlands
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Dec. 1992 Ph.D. (Eng) from Delft University of Technology, the
Netherlands
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May 1993 - Jul. 1997 Åbo Akademi
University, Turku, Finland
Adjunct Prof. (docent) "Technology of solid fuels" (May 1997 - Oct.
2005)
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Aug. 1997 - Jul. 2004 Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Adjunct Prof. (dosentti) "Technology and
chemistry of combustion and gasification processes" (Jan. 1999- Jan. 2004)
Adjunct Prof. (dosentti) "Clean combustion
engineering and thermal treatment of waste" (Feb. 2004 - Feb. 2009)
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Aug. 2004 - Jul. 2010 Post-doc Research Fellow for the Academy of
Finland, project site Helsinki University of Technology.
But the latter was interrupted because of:
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Nov. 2005 - ? (permanent position) Full
Professor in Engineering Thermodynamics and Modelling
at Åbo Akademi University,
Faculty of Technology, Chemical and Process Engineering Department,
Thermal and Flow Engineering/ Värme- och strömningsteknik (until
2009: Heat Engineering / Värmeteknik) Laboratory,
as of August 2019 this part of
the larger Process and Systems Engineering Laboratory,
Faculty of Science and
Engineering, Åbo Akademi
University, Turku Finland
Special tasks, prizes &
awards, special stipendia
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Ongoing Dr. thesis projects (6)
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Expert tasks and special assignments listed here
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Prizes, awards and special stipendia listed here (incl. few
molecules of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 after writing text for IPCC)
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Invited presentations and invited course lectures are listed here
Publications and patents
Teaching / course
responsibility at Åbo Akademi
University
Second year courses (andra årskursen),
lectures in Swedish:
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Course 424101 Processteknikens grunder
(Introduction to Process Engineering) 6 sp - until 2015/2016
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Course 424302 Massöverföring och separationsteknik (Mass
transfer and separation processes) 7 sp– until 2015/2016
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Course 424104 Processteknik
(Process engineering) 5 sp – as of 2016/2017 until 2019/2020
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Course 424105 Separationsteknik
(Separation processes) 5 sp – as of 2016/2017
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BSc chem eng thesis
supervision
Advanced courses (fördjupade studier), lectures in English:
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Course 424503
Refrigeration engineering (earlier:
Kylteknik) 4 sp
- until
2014/2015 when expanded to 5 sp
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Course 424508
Transport processes (earlier:
Transportprocesser) 4 sp -
until
2015/2016 when expanded to 5 sp
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Course 424304
Process engineering thermodynamics 4 sp - as of 2008/2009 – until 2014/2015 when expanded to 5 sp
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Course 424514 Fluid
and particulate systems 4 sp (replaces earlier course
Basic Fluid Mechanics) - as of 2009/2010 when expanded to 5 sp
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Course 424519 Refrigeration engineering (Kylteknik) 5sp – as of 2020/2021 given each year
Course 424520 Advanced
engineering thermodynamics 5 sp – given every second year
Spring 2021, 2023, ….
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Course 424521 Fluid
and particulate systems 5 sp – until 2019/2020
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Course 424522 Transport processes 5 sp – given every second year Spring 2022, 2024, ….
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Course PS00CD62 Fluids, particles and CFD 5 sp – new as of 2020-2021 given each year (replaces 424521 + 424514)
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Course 424512
Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics 5 sp
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Course 4245xx Seminar course / Special assignment in thermal and flow
engineering
See you & take care – keep
up the good work & never give up.
ron.zevenhoven@abo.fi