Jacob H. Masliyah, OC AOE FRSC (born August 9, 1942) is a University of Alberta professor emeritus and expert in oil sands engineering. He is an officer of the Order of Canada,[1] has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.[2] He was also elected an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2011 for advancing the science and technology for recovery of bitumen from oil sands.[3]
Jacob H. Masliyah OC, AOE, FRSC | |
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| Born | August 9, 1942 |
| Known for | Expert in oil sands engineering |
In 2013, he received an honorary science degree from the University of Alberta.[4] In 2015, he was made a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence.[5]
Industrial contributions
editMasliyah has been involved with the oil sands industry in Alberta for over three decades. His research has focused mainly on bitumen extraction. He has applied fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, interfacial and surface science and colloids to oil sand lump ablation, bitumen-sand separation and emulsion formation. He also worked to create stronger relationships between the oil sand operators and university researchers. Mathematical simulators developed in his laboratory are commonly used in the design of new and operation of current bitumen extraction plants.[6]
References
edit- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "University of Alberta: People". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Dr. Jacob H. Masliyah".
- ^ "Jacob Masliyah wins honorary degree - Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering - University of Alberta". Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Alberta Order of Excellence citation".
- ^ https://www.ualberta.ca/~masliyah/Library/RESUME%20-%20WEB%20SITE%20Jan%202006%20%20Masliyah.pdf [dead link]
External links
edit- Masliyah's official website Archived 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine