Vladimir Hlavacek

My research interests are in chemical reactor theory, flames, explosions, countercurrent separation processes, calculation of complex plants, adsorption, rotating fluids, nonlinear boundary value problems, multiplicity and bifurcation theory.Other aspects of my research include:dynamics of nonlinear systems;applied mathematics in chemical engineering;supercomputing simulations;propagation of flames, explosion and combustion;fluid flow problems;theory of noncatalytic reactions;manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials.My expertise is in:design of packed bed reactors, noncatalytic solid solid and solid gas reactions;design of aluminothermic and magnesiothermic operations, selfpropagating synthesis of ceramic materials;development and analysis of certain solid propellants and mathematical modeling of these systems;development of ceramic honeycomb catalyst for converting automobile exhaust gases;computer software for calculation of combustion and flame processes, chemical reactor, separators, mechanical operations and combustion of solid propellants;analysis of patterns in chemically reacting systems, routes to chaotic behavior and turbulence;design, construction and startup of 600 t/24 hours ammonia reactor with radial flow (450 atmospheres);design and construction of high pressure (600 atmospheres) laboratory reactor for reaction rate measurements of ammonia and methanol synthesis;design and startup of 200t/24 hours styrene plant;improvement of operation of a plant for production of formaldehyde by catalytic oxidation of methanol;design and startup of an operation for production of aniline by catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene;optimization of a bauxite plant;design and development of several plants for producing organic esters;design of a plant for manufacturing of aluminum nitride and tantalum nitride.