Dr. Carlos M. Corvalan

Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 2000-2002
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Litoral, Argentina, 1993
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National University of Technology, Argentina, 1987

Curriculum Vitae

Research

• Food Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Physicochemistry and Thermodynamics of Biomaterials and Bioprocess
• Rheology, Micro-rheology and Interfacial Dynamics
• Modeling and Computational Simulation

Selected Publications

Corvalan, CM; Saita, FA. 1991. Automatic stepsize control in continuation procedures. Computers & Chemical Engineering 15 (10): 729-739.

Di Paolo, J; Corvalan, CM; Saita, FA. 1995. Reynolds equation: integral vs. differential formulation. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Design 11 (3): 303-322.

Corvalan, CM; Saita, FA. 1995. Blade Coating on a compressible substrate. Chemical Engineering Science 50 (11): 1769-1783.

Corvalan, CM; Di Paolo, J; Saita, FA. 1999. Elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication of porous substrates: application to synovial joint analysis. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2 (4): 309-320.

Reid, JD; Corvalan, CM; Levine, L; Campanella, OH; Okos, MR. 2001. Estimation of final sheet width and the forces and power exerted by sheeting rolls. Cereal Foods World 46 (2): 63-69.

Ubal, S; Corvalan, CM; Giavedoni, MD; Saita, FA. 2001. A numerical study on two-dimensional faraday waves, in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Bathe KJ, ed., Cambridge, MA, 1000-1003.

Levine, L; Campanella, OH; Corvalan, CM; Okos, MR; Symes, ST. 2002. A model for the formation of multiple flakes during cereal flaking. Cereal Foods World 47 (6): 210-213.

Levine, L; Corvalan, CM; Campanella, OH; Okos, MR. 2002. A model describing the two-dimensional calendering of finite width sheets. Chemical Engineering Science 57 (4): 643-650.

Reid, JD; Campanella, OH; Corvalan, CM; Okos, MR. 2003. The influence of power-law rheology on flow distributions in coathanger manifolds. Polymer Engineering and Science 43 (3): 693-703.

Levine, L; Campanella, OH; Corvalan, CM; Okos, MR; Gonzalez, D. 2003. A model for predicting the aspect ratio of cereal flakes. Cereal Foods World 48 (6): 289-299.

Contact Dr. Corvalan
e-mail: corvalac@purdue.edu

Address:
Department of Food Science
745 Agriculture Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2009