We develop fundamental knowledge and technologies to meet an increased demand for energy with minimal environmental impact. Examples of current focus areas include development of active and selective catalysts, advancing new strategies in membrane-based separations, and introduction of next-generation semiconductors for energy research.
Faculty
Spyros Svoronos
Harry and Bertha Bernstein Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate StudiesBiography
Current research, in collaboration with Professor Pratap Pullammanappallil of the UF Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, focuses on the modeling and optimization of bioprocesses for the production of biofuels and other useful products of bioprocesses. Of particular interest is a remarkable cyanobacterium, isolated by Professor Edward J. Phlips of the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, that with CO2-enriched air produces high concentration of cells and of an extracellular polysaccharide without needing fresh water or external addition of nitrogenous nutrients. In addition, applications of artificial neural networks are investigated.
Education
Ph.D., 1981, University of Minnesota (1982)
Research Areas
Bioprocess Engineering
Process Modeling, Optimization, and Control
Machine Learning
Awards & Distinctions
- Harry & Bertha Bernstein Professor of Chemical Engineering
Publications
- Hybrid first‐principles/neural networks model for column flotation
S Gupta, PH Liu, SA Svoronos*, R Sharma, NA Abdel‐Khalek, Y Cheng, …AIChE Journal 45 (3), 557-566 - Expert system for control of anaerobic digesters, PC Pullammanappallil*, SA Svoronos, DP Chynoweth, G Lyberatos, Biotechnology and bioengineering 58 (1), 13-22 (1998)
- A simple model for diauxic growth of denitrifying bacteria. Casasús-Zambrana A., Svoronos S.A.*, Koopman B., Water Res., 39, 1914-1920 (2005)
- Structured model for denitrifier diauxic growth, R Hamilton, A Casasús, M Rasche, A Narang, SA Svoronos*, B Koopman, Biotechnology and bioengineering 90 (4), 501-508 (2005)
- Modeling the PVA-coated dolomite floatability in acidic media, AA El-Midany*, H El-Shall, S Svoronos, Powder technology 209 (1-3), 25-28 (2011)
- Effect of Protein Crude Extract on Oxic/Anoxic Diauxic Growth of a Nap-deficient Mutant of Paracoccus pantotrophus. Yin, J*, Stevenson, W, Guo, Z, Koopman, B, Svoronos, SA. J Bioremediat Biodegrad 7:367, http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/effect-of-protein-crude-extract-on-oxicanoxic-diauxic-growth-of-a-napdeficientmutant-of-paracoccus-pantotrophus-2155-6199-1000367.php?aid=79997 (2016)
- Low-cost, Arduino-based, portable device for measurement of methane composition in biogas, S Yang, Y Liu, N Wu, Y Zhang, S Svoronos, P Pullammanappallil*, Renewable Energy 138, 224-229 (2019)
- Decomposition of cell activities revealing the role of the cell cycle in driving biofunctional heterogeneity, T Lan, M Yu, W Chen, J Yin, HT Chang, S Tang, Y Zhao, S Svoronos, SWK Wong, Y Tseng*, Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-15 (2021)
- Continuous Synthesis of Precision Gold Nanoparticles Using a Flow Reactor, J Dong, J Lau, SA Svoronos, BM Moudgil*, KONA Powder and Particle Journal, 2022011 (2022)
- Effects of fluid film properties on fouling in biphasic flow systems, J Dong, SA Svoronos, JC Lau, B Moudgil*, Chemical Engineering Science 249, 117293 (2022)
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