Publications

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Books
Classic Papers
Review Papers
Refereed Journal Publications
Perspectives and Essays
Papers on Education, Technology and Innovation
Book Reviews
Contributed/Edited Book Chapters/Procedings


Books

The Kinematics of Mixing: Stretching, Chaos, and Transport, Cambridge University Press, J.M. Ottino, Cambridge, England 1989 (xiv, 364 pp., illus., + plates), reprinted 1990, 1997; 2004.

Mathematical Foundations of Mixing: The Linked Twist Map as a Paradigm in Applications Micro to Macro, Fluids to Solids, R. Sturman, J.M. Ottino, and S. Wiggins, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2006.

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Classic Papers

"Mixing, Chaotic Advection, and Turbulence," J.M. Ottino, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 22, 207-253 (1990).
Copyright 1990 Annual Reviews.

"The Mixing of Fluids," J.M. Ottino, Scientific American, 260, 56-67 (1989) cover article.
[translations appeared in Pour la Science, Le mélange des fluides, mensuel 137, 32-42, Mars 1989, and Investigacion y Ciencia, Mezcla de Fluidos, Número 150, 44-55, Marzo, 1989; Le Scienze, Il Mescolamento dei Fluidi, n° 247, 152-161, 1989); Mischen zäher Flüssigkeiten, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, März 1989, S66 - 77].

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Review Papers

A dynamical systems approach to mixing and segregation of granular materials in tumblers, S.W. Meier, R.M. Lueptow and J.M. Ottino, Advances in Physics, 56:5, 757-827, (2007).

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Refereed Journal Publications

"Linked twist map formalism in two and three dimensions applied to mixing in tumbled granular flows," R. Sturman,  S.W. Meier, J.M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, J. Fluid Mech., 602, 129-174 (2008).

"Evolving loop structure in gradually tilted two-dimensional granular packings," A.  Smart and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E., 77, 041307 (2008)

Coarsening of granular segregation patterns in quasi-two-dimensional tumblers, S.W. Meier, D.A. Melani Barreiro, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Nature Physics, 4, 244-248 (2008)

"On mixing and demixing," J.M. Ottino and R.M. Lueptow, Science., 319,  912-913 (2008)

"Effects of fluid viscosity on band segregation dynamics in bidisperse granular slurries,"  S.J. Fiedor, P. Umbanhowar, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E., 76, 041303 (2007)

"Granula mixtures: Analogy with chemical solution thermodynamics,"  B.L. Severson, R.Q. Snurr, J.M. Ottino, Journal of Chemical Physics, 127, 174902, (2007)

"Effects of self-organization on transport in granular matter: A network-based approach," A. Smart, P. Umbanhowar, and J.M. Ottino, Europhysics Letters, 79, 24002, (2007).

"Rhythm engineering," W.L. Kath and J.M. Ottino, Science, 316, 1857-1858, (2007).

"Geometric effects of mixing in 2D granular tumblers using discrete models," S.E. Cisar, R.M. Lueptow, and J.M. Ottino, AIChE J., 53(5), 1151-1158, (2007).

"Behavior of flowing granular materials under variable g," A. Brucks, T. Arndt, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E., 75, 032301 (2007).

"Radial granular segregation under chaotic flow in two-dimensional tumblers," S.E. Cisar, P.B. Umbanhowar, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E., 74, 051305 (2006).

"Capturing patterns and symmetries in chaotic granular flow," S.W. Meier, S.E. Cisar, R.M. Lueptow, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E., 74, 031310 (2006).

"Creeping granular motion under variable gravity levels," T. Arndt, A. Brucks, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E., 74, 031307 (2006).

"End-wall effects in granular tumblers: From quasi-two-dimensional flow to three-dimensional flow," N.A. Pohlman, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E., 74, 031305 (2006).

"Surface velocity in three-dimensional granular tumblers," N.A. Pohlman, S.W. Meier, R.M. Lueptow, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 560, 355-368 (2006).

"Granular matter as a window into collective systems far from equilibrium, complexity, and scientific prematurity," J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci. , 61, 4165-4171 (2006).

"Dynamics of axial segregation in granular slurries: Parallel experiments and influence of aspect ratio and periodic tilting," S.J. Fiedor, P. Umbanhowar, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E., 73, 041303 (2006).

"Surface Roughness Effects in Granular Matter: Influence on Angle of Repose and the Absence of Segregation," N. A. Pohlman, B.L. Severson, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E., 73, 031304 (2006).

"Regimes of Segregation and Mixing in Combined Size and Density Granular Systems: An Experimental Study," N. Jain, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Granular Matter, 7, 69-81 (2005).

"Combined Size and Density Segregation and Mixing in Noncircular Tumblers," N. Jain, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E., 71, 051301 (2005).

"Mixing and Segregation of Granular Matter: Multi-Lobe Formation in Time-Periodic Flows," S.J. Fiedor and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 533, 223-236 (2005).

"Creeping Motion in Granular Flow", B.A. Socie, P. Umbanhowar, R.M. Lueptow, N. Jain, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E, 71, 031304 (2005).

"Dynamics of Granular Band Formation:  Long-term Behavior in Slurries, Parameter Space, and Tilted Cylinders," T. Arndt, T. Siegmann-Hegerfeld, S.J. Fiedor, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Rev. E, 71, 011306 (2005).

"Encapsulated Drop Breakup in Shear Flow," K.A. Smith, J.M. Ottino, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93(20), 204501 (2004).

"Designing Optimal Mixers," J.M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, Science, 305,485-486 (2004).

"Effect of Interstitial Fluid on a Granular Flowing Layer," N. Jain, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, J. Fluid Mech., 508, 23-44 (2004).

"Complex Systems and Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Chemical and Biological Engineers," L.A.N. Amaral and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 59(8-9), 1653-1666 (2004).

"Introduction: Mixing in Microfluidics," J.M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A,362, 923 –935 (2004).

"Foundations of Chaotic Mixing," S. Wiggins and  J.M. Ottino, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 362, 937-970 (2004).

"Dynamics of a Drop at a Fluid Interface Under Shear," K.A. Smith, J.M. Ottino, and M. Olvera de la Cruz, Phys. Rev. E., 69(4), 046302 Part 2 (2004).

"Complex Networks:  Augmenting the Framework for the Study of Complex Systems," L.A.N. Amaral and J.M. Ottino, European Physical Journal B, 38, 147-162 (2004).

"Dynamics of Axial Segregation and Coarsening of Dry Granular Materials and Slurries in Circular and Square Tubes," S.J. Fiedor and  J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. Lett., 91(24), 244301 (2003).

"Competition between Chaos and Order:  Mixing and Segregation in a Spherical Tumbler," J.F. Gilchrist and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E, 68, 061303 (2003).

"Discussion of the Method: Conducting the Engineer's Approach to Problem Solving by B.V. Koen", J. M. Ottino, Nature, 425, 18-19 (2003).

"Appendix 2: Report of Study Group on Disperse Flow," S. Sundaresan, J. Eaton, D.L. Koch, and J.M. Ottino, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 29(7), 1069-1087 (2003).

"Scaling of Granular Flow Processes: from Surface Flows to Design Rules," J.M. Ottino and D.V. Khakhar, AIChE J., 48 (10), 2157-2166 (2002).

The following article appeared in Chaos and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?cha/12/400"Open Problems in Active Chaotic Flows:  Competition between Chaos and Order in Granular Materials," J.M. Ottino, and D.V. Khakhar, Chaos, 12(2), 400-407 (2002).
Copyright 2002 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

"Transport Enhancement Mechanisms in Open Cavities," M. Horner, G. Metcalfe, S. Wiggins, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 452, 199-229 (2002).  

The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?phf/14/572
"An Experimental Study of the Flowing Granular Layer in a Rotating Tumbler,"  N. Jain, J.M. Ottino, and R.M. Lueptow, Phys. Fluids, 14(2), 572-582, (2002).
Copyright 2002 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

"Mixing of Viscous Immiscible Liquids. Part 1:  Computational Models for Strong-Weak and Continuous Flow Systems", P. DeRoussel, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 56(19), 5511-5529 (2001).

"Mixing of Viscous Immiscible Liquids. Part 2:  Overemulsification - Interpretation and Use," P. DeRoussel, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 56(19), 5531-5537 (2001).

"Surface Flows of Granular Materials: Model and Experiments in Heap Formation,"  D.V. Khakhar, A.V. Orpe, P. Andresen, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 441, 255-264 (2001). 

"Continuum Model of Mixing and Size Segregation in a Rotating Cylinder:  Concentration-Flow Coupling and Streak Formation," D.V. Khakhar, A.V. Orpe, and J.M. Ottino, Powder Technol., 116(2-3), 232-245 Sp. Iss. (2001).

"Modes of Granular Segregation in a Noncircular Rotating Cylinder," K.M. Hill, N. Jain, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E, 64(1), 011302 Part 1 (2001).

"Self-Organization in Granular Slurries," N. Jain, D.V. Khakhar, R.M. Lueptow, J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. Lett., 86(17), 3771-3774 (2001).

"Chaotic Mixing in a Bounded Three Dimensional Flow,"  G.O. Fountain, D.V. Khakhar, I. Mezic, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 417, 265-301 (2000). 

"Mixing and Segregation of Granular Materials," J.M. Ottino and D.V. Khakhar, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 32, 55-91 (2000).
Copyright 2000 Annual Reviews.

"Computational Studies of Granular Mixing," J.J. McCarthy, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Powder Technol., 109(1-3), 72-82 (2000).

"Mixing of Granular Materials: A Test-Bed Dynamical System for Pattern Formation," K.M. Hill, J.F. Gilchrist, D.V. Khakhar, J.J. McCarthy and J.M. Ottino, Intern. Jour. Bifurc. and Chaos, 9, 1467-1484, (1999) cover article.

"Segregation-Driven Organization in Chaotic Granular Flows," K.M. Hill, D.V. Khakhar, J.F. Gilchrist, J.J. McCarthy, and J.M. Ottino, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(21), 11701-11706 (1999).

"Mixing and Dispersion of Viscous Fluids and Powdered Solids," P. de Roussel, S. Hansen, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Advances in Chemical Engineering, 25, 105-204 (1999).

The following article appeared in Chaos and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?cha/9/594
"Mixing and Segregation of Granular Materials in Chute Flows," D.V. Khakhar, J. J. McCarthy, and J. M. Ottino, Chaos, 9, 594-610 (1999).
Copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

The following article appeared in Chaos and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?cha/9/195
"Chaotic Mixing of Granular Materials in 2D Tumbling Mixers," D.V. Khakhar, J.J. McCarthy, J.F. Gilchrist, and J.M. Ottino, Chaos, 9 195-205 (1999).
Copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

"Transport in grooved perfusion flat-bed bioreactor for cell therapy applications," M. Horner, W.M. Miller, J.M. Ottino, and E.T. Papoutsakis, Biotechnology Progress, 14, 689-698 (1998).

"Visualization of Three-Dimensional Chaos," G.O. Fountain, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Science, 281, 683-686 (1998) (cover article). 

"Dispersion of solids in nonhomogeneous viscous flows," S. Hansen, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 53, 1803-1817, (1998).

"Particle Dynamics Simulations: A Hybrid Technique Applied to Granular Mixing,"  J.J. McCarthy and J.M. Ottino, Powder Technol., 97, 91-99 (1998).

"Dispersion of Solids in Nonhomogeneous Viscous Flows," S. Hansen, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 53, 1803-1817 (1998).

"Manipulation of isolated structures in experimental chaotic fluid flows," T. Shinbrot, L. Bresler, and J.M. Ottino, Exp. Therm. Fluid Sci. 16: (1-2) 76-83 (1998).

"Kinematical views of mixing of fluids and granular materials: A brief review and open questions," J.M. Ottino, Rev. Mex. Fis. 44: (3) 215-221, (1998).

The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?phf/9/3600
"Radial Segregation of Granular Mixtures in Rotating Cylinders," D.V. Khakhar, J.J. McCarthy, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Fluids, 9, 3600-3614 (1997).
Copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?phf/9/31
"Transverse Flow and Mixing of Granular Materials in a Rotating Cylinder," D.V. Khakhar, J.J. McCarthy, J.M. Ottino, and T. Shinbrot, Phys. Fluids, 9, 31-43 (1997).
Copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics.  This article may be downloaded for personal use only.  Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

"Fragmentation with abrasion and cleavage: Analytical results," S. Hansen and J.M. Ottino, Powder Tech.  93, 177-184, (1997).

"Role of voids in granular convection," T. Shinbrot, D.V. Khakhar, J.J. McCarthy, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E, 55(5), 6121-6133 (1997).

"A simple model for granular convection," T. Shinbrot, D.V. Khakhar, and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. Lett., 79(5), 829-832 (1997).

"Isolated mixing regions: Origin, robustness, and control," L. Bresler,  T. Shinbrot, G. Metcalfe, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 52, 1623-1639, (1997).

"Application of boundary integral techniques to tracking and mixing," P. Pakdel, S.C. Jana, and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Comm. 150, 347-362, (1996).

"Mixing of granular materials in slowly rotated containers," J.J. McCarthy, T. Shinbrot, G. Metcalfe, J.E. Wolf, and J.M. Ottino, AIChE J., 42(12), 3351-3363 (1996).

"Control of transport in chaotic lattice," L. Bresler, T. Shinbrot, and J.M. Ottino, Physica D,  93, 191-209, (1996).

"Mixing of two viscous fluids in a rectangular cavity," V.J. Chakravarthy and J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci.51, 3613-3622, (1996).

"Aggregation and cluster size evolution in non-homogenous flows," S. Hansen and J.M. Ottino, J. Colloid and Int. Sci., 179, 89-103, (1996).

"Agglomerate Erosion: A non-scaling solution to the fragmentation equation," S. Hansen and J.M. Ottino, Phys. Rev. E, 53, 4209-4212, (1996).

"Chaotic mixing processes: New problems and computational issues," J. M. Ottino, A. Souvaliotis, and G. Metcalfe, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 6, 425-438, (1995).

"Mixing studies using horseshoes," V.J. Chakravarthy and J.M. Ottino, Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos, 5, 519-530, (1995).

"Potentialities and Limitations of Mixing Simulations," A. Souvaliotis, S.C. Jana, and J.M. Ottino, AIChE J., 41, 1605-1621 (1995).

"Avalanche Mixing of Granular Materials," G. Metcalfe, T. Shinbrot, J.J. McCarthy, and  J.M. Ottino, Nature, 374, 39-41 (1995), cover article.

"Maps, PDE's and solitary waves," T. Shinbrot and J.M. Ottino, Int. J . Bifur. Chaos, 5, 955-970, (1995).

"Kinematical considerations for mantle mixing," G. Metcalfe, J.M. Ottino, C.R. Bina, Geophys. Rev. Lett., 22, 743-746, (1995).

"Mixing and Chemical Reactions: A Tutorial," J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 49 (24A) 4005-4027 (1994).

"Mixing of shear thinning fluids in time-periodic flows," T.C. Niederkorn and J.M. Ottino, AIChE Journal, 40, 1782-1793, (1994).

"Chaotic mixing of viscous fluids by periodic changes of geometry: The baffle-cavity system," S.C. Jana, M. Tjahjadi, and J.M. Ottino, AIChE Journal, 40, 1769-1781, (1994).

"Experimental and computational studies of mixing in complex Stokes flows: The vortex mixing flow and multicellular cavity flows," S.C. Jana, G. Metcalfe, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech. 269, 199-246, (1994).

G. Metcalfe and J.M. Ottino, Autocatalytic processes in chaotic flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 72, 2875-2878 (1994); erratum, Phys. Rev. Lett., 73, 21, (1994).

M. Tjahjadi, H.A. Stone, and J.M. Ottino, Estimating interfacial tension via relaxation of drops shapes and filament breakup, AIChE Journal, 40, 385-394, (1994).

J.M. Ottino, S.C. Jana, and V.J. Chakravarthy, From Reynolds's stretching and folding to mixing studies using horseshoe maps, Phys. Fluids A., 6, 685-699, (1994).

"Mixing of viscoelastic fluids in time-periodic flows," T.C. Niederkorn and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech. 256, 243-268, (1993).

T. Shinbrot and J.M. Ottino, Geometric method to create coherent structures in chaotic flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 71, 843-846, (1993).

"Satellite and sub-satellite formation in capillary breakup," M. Tjahjadi, H.A. Stone, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 243, 297-317, (1992).

J. M. Ottino, F. J. Muzzio, M. Tjahjadi, J. G. Franjione, S. C. Jana, H. A. Kusch, Chaos, Symmetry, and self-similarity: Exploiting order and disorder in mixing processes, Science, 257, 754-760, (1992).

F.J. Muzzio, C. Meneveau, P.D. Swanson, and J.M. Ottino, Scaling and multifractal properties of mixing in chaotic flows, Phys. Fluids A, 4, 1439-1456, (1992).

J.G. Franjione and J.M. Ottino, Symmetry concepts for the geometric analysis of mixing flows, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond., 338, 301-323, (1992).

F.J. Muzzio, P.D. Swanson, and J.M. Ottino, Mixing distributions produced by multiplicative stretching in chaotic flows, Int. J. Chaos and Bifurcations, 2, 37-50 , (1992) (cover article).

S.C. Jana and J.M. Ottino, Chaos-enhanced transport in cellular flows, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A., 338, 519-532, (1992).  Also published in Nonlinear Dynamics of Engineering Systems, edited by J.M.T. Thompson and W. Schliehlen, London: The Royal Society (1992).

"Experiments on mixing in continuous chaotic flows," H.A. Kusch and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 236, 319-348, (1992).

F.J. Muzzio, M. Tjahjadi, and J.M. Ottino, Self-similar drop size distributions produced by breakup in chaotic flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 67, 54-57, (1991).

"Stretching and breakup of droplets in chaotic flows," M. Tjahjadi and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 232, 191-219, (1991).

J.G. Franjione and J.M. Ottino, Stretching in duct flows, Phys. Fluids A., 3, 2819-2821, (1991); erratum, Phys. Fluids, 6, 3501, (1991).

K. Shariff, T.H. Pulliam, and J.M. Ottino, A dynamical systems analysis of kinematics in the time-periodic wake of a circular cylinder, Lectures in Applied Mathematics, 28, 613-646, (1991).

T.J. Danielson, F.J. Muzzio, and J.M. Ottino, Aggregation and structure formation in chaotic and regular flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 66, 3128-3131, (1991).

F.J. Muzzio, P.D. Swanson, and J.M. Ottino, The statistics of stretching and stirring in chaotic flows, Phys. Fluids A, 5, 822-834, (1991).

J.M. Ottino, Unity and Diversity in Mixing: Stretching, diffusion, breakup, and aggregation in chaotic flows, Phys. Fluids A,  5, 1417-1430, (1991).

F.J. Muzzio and J.M. Ottino. Diffusion and reaction in a lamellar system: Self-similarity with finite rates of reaction, Phys. Rev. A, 42, 5873-5884, (1990).

T.J. Danielson and J.M. Ottino, Structural stability in two-dimensional model flows: Lagrangian and Eulerian turbulence, Phys. Fluids A, 2, 2024-2035 (1990).

"A comparative computational and experimental study of chaotic mixing of viscous fluids," P.D. Swanson and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 213, 227-249, (1990).

C.-W. Leong and J.M. Ottino, Increase in regularity by polymer addition during chaotic mixing in two-dimensional flows, Phys. Rev. Lett., 64, 874-877, (1990).

F. J. Muzzio and J.M. Ottino, Dynamics of a lamellar system with diffusion and reaction: Scaling analysis and global kinetics, Phys. Rev. A., 40, 7182-7192, (1989).

J.G. Franjione, C.W. Leong, and J.M. Ottino, Symmetries within chaos: a route to effective mixing, Phys. Fluids A., 1, 1772-1783, (1989).

"Experiments on mixing due to chaotic advection in a cavity," C.-W. Leong and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 209, 463-499, (1989).

F. J. Muzzio and J.M. Ottino, Evolution of a lamellar system with diffusion and reaction: A scaling approach, Phys. Rev. Lett., 63, 47-50, (1989).

H.A. Kusch, J.M. Ottino, and D.M. Shannon, Analysis of impingement mixing-reaction data: Use of a lamellar model to generate fluid mixing information, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 28, 302-315, (1989).

E.M. Sevick, P.A. Monson, and J.M. Ottino, Morphology and transport using the Ising lattice as a morphology description, Chem. Eng. Sci., 44, 21-32, (1989).

F. Muzzio and J.M. Ottino, Coagulation in chaotic flows, Phys. Rev. A, 38, 2516-2524, (1988).

J. M. Ottino, C.W. Leong, H. Rising, and P.D. Swanson, Morphological structures produced by mixing in chaotic flows, Nature, 333, 419-425, (1988) (cover article) . [reprinted in “Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics” edited by R.C. Hilborn and N.B. Tufillaro, American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland, 1999.]

M.F. Doherty and J.M. Ottino, Chaos in deterministic systems: Strange attractors, turbulence, and applications in chemical engineering, Chem. Eng. Sci., 43, 139-183, (1988).

E.M. Sevick, P.A. Monson, and J.M. Ottino, Monte Carlo calculations of cluster statistics in continuum models of composite morphology,  J. Chem. Phys, 88, 1198-1206, (1988).

J.G. Franjione and J.M. Ottino, Feasibility of numerical tracking of material lines and surfaces in chaotic flows, Phys. Fluids, 30, 3641-3643, (1987).

D.V. Khakhar, J.G. Franjione, and J.M. Ottino, A case study of chaotic mixing in deterministic flows: The partitioned pipe mixer, Chem. Eng. Sci., 42, 2909-2926, (1987).

M. Serrano, W.J. MacKnight, E.L. Thomas, and J.M. Ottino, Transport-morphology in polybutadiene polyurethanes. 2: Analysis, Polymer, 28, 1674-1679, (1987).

M. Serrano, W.J. MacKnight, E.L. Thomas and J.M. Ottino, Transport-morphology in polybutadiene polyurethanes. 1: Experimental results, Polymer, 28, 1667-1673, (1987).

S.D. Fields and J.M. Ottino, Effects of segregation on the course of unpremixed polymerizations, AIChE Journal, 33, 959-975, (1987).

D.J. Kinning, E.L. Thomas, and J.M. Ottino, Effect of morphology on the transport of small molecule gases in block copolymers, Macromolecules, 20, 1129-1133, (1987).

S.D. Fields and J.M. Ottino, Effect of stretching path on the course of polymerizations: applications to idealized unpremixed reactors, Chem. Eng. Sci., 42, 467-477, (1987).

S.D. Fields and J.M. Ottino, Effect of striation thickness distribution on the course of an unpremixed polymerization, Chem. Eng. Sci., 42, 459-465, (1987).

D.V. Khakhar and J.M. Ottino, Breakup of liquid threads in linear flows, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 13, 71-86, (1987).

S.D. Fields and J.M. Ottino, Mixing effects during polymerizations by the adiabatic temperature rise technique, AIChE Journal, 33, 157-160, (1987).

N. Shah and  J.M. Ottino, Transport and reaction in evolving, disordered composites: II. Coke deposition in a catalytic pellet, Chem. Eng. Sci., 42, 73-82, (1987).

N. Shah and  J.M. Ottino, Transport and reaction in evolving, disordered composites: I. Gasification of porous solids, Chem. Eng. Sci., 42, 63-72, (1987).

S.D. Fields, E.L. Thomas, and J.M. Ottino, Visualization of  interfacial urethane polymerizations by means of a new microstage reactor, Polymer, 27, 1423-1432, (1986).

D.V. Khakhar and J.M. Ottino, Fluid mixing (stretching) by periodic sequences for weak flows, Phys. Fluids, 29, 3503-3505, (1986).

"An analysis of chaotic mixing in two model systems," D.V. Khakhar, H. Rising, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 172, 419-451, (1986).

"Laminar and chaotic mixing in several cavity flows," W.L. Chien, H. Rising, and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid  Mech., 170, 355-377, (1986).

"Deformation and breakup of slender drops in linear flows," D.V. Khakhar and J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 166, 265-285, (1986).

D.V. Khakhar and J.M. Ottino, A note on the linear vector model of Olbricht, Rallison, and Leal as applied to the breakup of slender axisymmetric drops, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 21, 127-131, (1986).

N. Shah and J.M. Ottino, Effective transport properties of random multi-phase composites: Application of renormalization Theory, Chem. Eng. Sci., 41, 283-296, (1986).

D.J. Lin, J.M. Ottino, and E.L. Thomas, A kinetic study of the activated anionic polymerization of e-Caprolactam, Polym. Eng. Sci., 25, 1155-1163, (1985).

R. Chella and J.M. Ottino, Stretching  in some classes fluids motions and asymptotic mixing efficiencies as a measure of flow classification, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 90, 15-45, (1985).

N. Shah, J.E. Sax, and J.M. Ottino, Influence of morphology on the transport properties of polystyrene/polybutadiene blends: Modeling results, Polymer, 26, 1229-1246, (1985).

J.E. Sax and J.M. Ottino, Influence of morphology on the transport properties of polystyrene/polybutadiene blends: Experimental results, Polymer, 26, 1073-1080, (1985).

R. Chella and J.M. Ottino, The fluid mechanics of mixing in a single screw extruder, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., 24, 170-180, (1985).

R. Chella and J.M. Ottino, Conversion and selectivity modifications due  to mixing in unpremixed Reactors, Chem. Eng. Sci., 39,  551-567, (1984).

J.M. Ottino and N. Shah, Analysis of transient sorption and permeation of small molecules in multiphase polymer systems, Polym. Eng. Sci., 24, 153-162, (1984).

J.M. Ottino and R. Chella, Mixing of polymeric liquids: A brief review and recent theoretical developments, Polym. Eng. Sci., 23, 357-379, (1983).

J.E. Sax and J.M. Ottino, Transport of small molecules in polymer blends: Application of  effective medium theory, Polym. Eng. Sci., 23, 165-176, (1983).

R. Chella and J.M. Ottino, Modeling of rapidly-mixed fast-crosslinking exothermic polymerizations I: Adiabatic temperature rise, AIChE Journal, 29, 373-382, (1983).

J.M. Ottino, A mechanical mixing parameter for continuous mixing systems, AIChE Journal, 29, 159-161, (1983).

R. Chella and J.M. Ottino, Simplified model for mechanical mixing, diffusion, and reaction in a single screw extruder, ACS Symp. Ser., 196, 567-578, (1982).

K.K. Mohanty, J.M. Ottino, and H.T. Davis, Reaction and transport in disordered composite media: Introduction of percolation concepts, Chem. Eng. Sci., 37, 905-924, (1982).

"Description of mixing with diffusion and reaction in terms of the concept of material interfaces," J.M. Ottino, J. Fluid Mech., 114, 83-103, (1982).

J.M. Ottino and H.T. Davis, Pressure tensor in lamellarly structured fluids, J. Chem. Phys., 74, 6388-6393, (1981).

J.M. Ottino, C.W. Macosko, and W.E. Ranz, Framework for the description of mechanical mixing of fluids, AIChE Journal, 27, 565-577, (1981).

J.M. Ottino, Efficiency of mixing from data on fast reactions in multi-jet reactors and stirred tanks,  AIChE Journal, 27, 184-192, (1981).

L.J. Lee, J.M. Ottino, W.E. Ranz, and C.W. Macosko, Impingement mixing in reaction injection molding, Polym. Eng. Sci., 20, 868-874, (1980).

J.M. Ottino, Lamellar mixing models for structured chemical reactions and their relationship to statistical models; Macro- and micro-mixing and the problem of averages, Chem. Eng. Sci., 35,  1377-1391, (1980).

J.M. Ottino and C.W. Macosko, An efficiency parameter for batch mixing of viscous liquids, Chem. Eng. Sci., 35, 1454-1457, (1980).

J.M. Ottino, W.E. Ranz, and C.W. Macosko, A lamellar model for analysis of liquid-liquid  mixing, Chem. Eng. Sci., 34, 877-890, (1979).

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Perspectives and Essays

"New tools, New Outlooks, New Opportunities," J.M. Ottino, AIChE Journal, 51(7), 1840-1845, (2005).

"Designing Optimal Micromixers," J.M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, Science, 305, 485-486 (2004).

"Engineering Complex Systems," J.M. Ottino, Nature, 427, 399 (2004).

"Is a picture worth 1000 words?," J.M. Ottino, Nature, 421, 474-476 (2003).

"Complex Systems," J. M. Ottino, AIChE. J., 49(2), 292-299 (2003).

"Fundamental Research in Heaping, Mixing, and Segregation of Granular Materials: Challenges and Perspectives," J.M. Ottino and D.V. Khakhar, Powder Technol., 121(2-3), 117-122 (2001).

"Designing for Structure: New Metaphors in Processes and Equipment," J.M. Ottino, INGENIA, 1(1), 50-52, (1999).

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Papers on Education, Technology and Innovation

"The Art of Mixing with an Admixture of Art: Viewing Creativity through P.A. Danckwerts' Early Work (Danckwerts Memorial Lecture).," J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Sci., 55, 2749-2765, 2000  A slightly different version of this article is reprinted also in Inst. of Chemical Engineers, 78(A), 871-880 (2000).

"Chemical Engineering Debates," J.M. Ottino and J.S. Dranoff, Chem. Eng. Educ., 34, 362-365, (2000).

"Is Graduate Education Meeting Industry’s Needs?" I. Grossmann and J.M. Ottino, CHEMTECH, 7-11, August, (1998).

"Mentoring Junior Faculty," J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Educ. 30, 244-5, (1996).

"35 years of BSL," G. Astarita and J.M. Ottino, Ind. Eng. Chem, 34, 3177-3184, (1995).

"Changing Times in Academia," J.M. Ottino, Chem. Eng. Educ., 27(4), 168-169 & 175, (1993).

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Book Reviews

Building on failure Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski Princeton University Press: 2006. 240 pp. Nature, 441, 407, May 25, (2006).

The universal engineer Discussion of the Method: Conducting the Engineer’s Approach to Problem Solving by Billy Vaughn Koen Oxford University Press: 2003. 272 pp. Nature, 425, 18-19, September 4, (2003).

Sands, Powders, and Grains: An Introduction to the Physics of Granular Materials, by Jacques Duran, Sringer 2000 and Pattern Formation in Granular Materials, by Gerald H. Ristow, Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 164, Springer 2000, in J. Fluid Mech., 419, 345-347, (2000).

An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics and An Introduction to Mass and Heat Transfer, by S. Middleman, Wiley, 1998 in AIChE Journal, 44, 1003-4, (1998).

Chaos in Nonlinear Systems (An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers) by R.C. Hilborn, Oxford University Press, New York (1994) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (with Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering) by S.H. Strogatz, Addison Wesley, Reading, Mass. (1994 ), reviewed with T. Shinbrot, in AIChE Journal, 41, 1831-2 (1995).

Paste Flow and Extrusion by J. Benbow and J. Bridgwater, Oxford Series on Advanced Manufacturing, Oxford (1993), in AIChE Journal, 41, 741 (1995).

Mixing in the Process Industries by N. Harnby, M.F. Edwards, and N. Nienow, Butterworths (1990), in AIChE Journal, 39, 1098-1099, (1993).

Elementary Fluid Mechanics, by D.J. Acheson, Clarendon Press, Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Series (1990), in AIChE Journal, 38, 797, (1992).

Liquid Transport Processes in Polymeric Materials, by J.M. Vergnaud, Prentice-Hall (1991), in J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 114, 1535, (1992).

Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws, by M. Schroeder, Freeman (1991), in AIChE Journal, 38, 159-160, (1992).

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Contributed/Edited Book Chapters/Procedings

Mixing: Updates in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, J.M. Ottino, AccessScience@McGraw-Hill, http://www.accessscience.com (2006).

"Transport and Mixing at the Microscale," J.M. Ottino and S. Wiggins, co-editors, special issue Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (2004).

"Surface Granular Flows: Two Related Examples," D.V. Khakhar, A.V. Orpe, and J.M. Ottino, Advances in Complex Systems, 4, 407-417 (2001).
Presented in "Research Workshop on Challenges in Granular Physics", Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 6-11 August 2001 (published in Advances in Complex Systems, 2001).

"Signatures of Chaos in 2D Tumblers, Mixers, Interplay between Chaos, Segregation, and Mixing," K. M. Hill, J. Gilchrist, D.V. Khakhar, and J. M. Ottino,  Edited by A. Rosato, pp. 171-181 in Segregation in Granular, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands (2000).

"Comparing Extremes: Mixing of Fluids, Mixing of Solids, in Mixing: Chaos & Turbulence," J.M. Ottino and T. Shinbrot, pp. 163-186, Edited by H. Chaté, E. Villermaux, and J.-M. Chomaz, NATO Science Series,  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, (1999).

"Experimental Studies of Chaotic Mixing," J.M. Ottino, G. Metcalfe, and S.C. Jana, pp. 3-20 in Proceedings of the 2nd Experimental Chaos Conference, Ed. W. Ditto, L. Pecora, M. Shlesinger, M. Spano, and S. Vohra, World Scientific (1995).

" Rates, Patterns for Mixing and Segregation of Granular Solids," G. Metcalfe, T. Shinbrot, J.J. McCarthy, SANDIA report-2732-UC-1117, 17-18, November (1994).

"New Developments in Stirring and Chaos: Role in Ocean Sciences," J.M. Ottino, pp. 351-371 in Statistical Methods in Physical Oceanography, Edited by P. Müller and D. Henderson, SOEST Pub. Services, (1993).

"New Applications of Chaos in Chemical Engineering: Intuition versus Prediction," J.M. Ottino, in Applied Chaos, Edited by J.H. Kim and J. Stringer, Chapter 5, pp. 143-174, New York: J. Wiley, (1992).

Symposium on Fluid Mechanics of Stirring and Mixing, A. Acrivos, H. Aref, and J.M. Ottino, editors, Symposium sponsored by IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), la Jolla, CA, 20-24 August 1990; published as issue Phys. Fluids A, 3(5), R3 part 2, May (1991).

"Kinematics of Chaotic Mixing: Experimental and Computational Results," J.M. Ottino, pp. 13-22 in Topological Fluid Mechanics (Proceedings IUTAM Symposium), Ed. H.K. Moffatt and A. Tsinober, Cambridge University Press (1990).

"Stretching, Chaotic Motion, and Breakup of Elongated Droplets in Time Dependent Flows," D.V. Khakhar, R. Chella, and J.M. Ottino, pp. 81-88 in Advances in Rheology, Vol. 2, Fluids, Proceedings of the IX  International Congress in Rheology, Edited by B. Mena et al., Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, (1984).

"Simplified Model for Mechanical Mixing, Diffusion, and Reaction, in a Single Screw Extruder," R. Chella and J.M. Ottino,  ACS Symp. Ser., 196, 567-578, (1982).

"Modelling of Fast Crosslinking Exothermic Polymerization: Simulation of Adiabatic Temperature  Rise," J.M. Ottino and R. Chella, paper 15.10.2, pp. 475-479, Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress  of Chemical Engineering and World Chemical Exposition, Montreal, Canada, October (1981).

"Molecular Theory of Lamellarly Structured Fluids," J.M. Ottino and H.T. Davis, VIII International Congress of Rheology, Naples, Italy, September 1980. Abstract published in Rheology Vol. 1, Plenum Press, 1980, page 333-, G. Astarita,  G. Marrucci, and L. Nicolais, Editors.

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