Elmars BLUMS

Elmars BLUMS

Professor Elmars BLUMS

Head of Laboratory
Institute of Physics, University of Latvia
Miera iela 32
Salaspils, LV-2169
Latvia

Phone: +371 6794 4664
Fax: +371 6790 1214
E-mail: eblums@sal.lv
eblums@latnet.lv

Born: February 5, 1936, Liepaja, Latvija

Interests:

Heat and Mass Transfer
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetic Fluids

Languages:

Latvian (native), English (good), Russian (good), German (passive)

Education:

MS (University Diploma in former USSR), University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics), 1959
Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences in former USSR), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1967
Dr.Sci.(Doctor of Sciences in former USSR), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1976
Professor (Heat and Mass Transfer), Supreme Attestation Commission of the USSR, 1983
Dr. habil. phys., Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992

Affiliation:

Researcher, Institute of Physical Energetics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1959-1967
Senior Researcher, Institute of Physic, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1968-1970
Head of the Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer (during 1992-1997 called Laboratory of Magnetic Fluids), Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences (1970-1997) and of the University of Latvia (since 1997), 1970-

Honours:

Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1989-1992
Full Member, Academia Scientarum et Artium Europeae (Salzburg, Austria), 1991
Full Member (Academician), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
Active Member, New-York Academy of Sciences, 1995

Awards:

The Latvian Academy of Sciences Fridrich Canders Awards, 1971
The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium Prizes, 1976, 1982, 1992
Award of the Council of Ministers of Latvia, 1985
Honorary Title on Merits in Science, the Presidium of Supreme State Council of Latvia, 1986
Special Prize of Soros Foundation, 1993
Diploma in honor of an “Outstanding Contribution to Science and Higher Education”, (included in 2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century), International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1998
The Alexander von Humbolt Research Award, FRG, 1999
The Joint Prize of Latvian Academy of Sciences and Public Stock Company "Grindex", 2001
The Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2005

Professional Activities and Memberships:

Member of the Scientific Council of Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1970-
Member of the Councils of Promotion and Habilitation of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1969- 1974
Member of the Councils of Promotion and Habilitation, Institute of Physical and Technical Problems of Energetic, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 1981 - 1990
Member of the Scientific Council on Physical Problems of Magnetism (Section "Magnetic Fluids"), Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1981-1991
Member of the Scientific Council on Mechanics of Fluids, Gases and Plasma (Section "Magnetic Fluids") of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1982 -1991
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal "Magnetohydrodynamics",1981-
Chairman of Commission on Magnetic Fluid Research & Development of USSR State Committee of Science and Technology, 1982-1984
Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council on Magnetic Fluids, the USSR State Committee of Science and Technology, 1985 -1991
Member, Scientific Council "Problems of Direct Energy Conversion", the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986 - 1992
Member of the International Steering Committee on Magnetic Fluids, 1986 -
Chairman of the International Steering Committee on Magnetic Fluids, 1998 - 2010
Member of the Philistine Society of the Student Fraternity "Talavija", 1990-
Member of the Baltic Heat Transfer Committee (Lund, Sweden), 1991-
Member of the Concil of Promotion and Habilitation, Institute in Physics, University of Latvia, 1994-
Member (Board Member 1993-1996) of the Latvian Physics Society, 1993-
Member of the German Physical Society, 1994 -
Member ( Vice-President since 1998, reelected 2005) of the Council of the International Association for Hydromagnetic Phenomena and Applications HYDROMAG (associated with the Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics IUTAM), 1995 -
Chairman of the Commission of Awards in Physics and Engineering Sciences, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1996-
Member of the Editorial advisory board, the Computational Mechanics Publications (Southampton, England), 1996-2000
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Proceedings of the of Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Natural, exact, and applied sciences", 1996-
Scientific Expert, European Commission, Research Directorate Brussels, 1999-
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Latvian Academy of Science, 2001-2008
Member of the Indian Ferrofluid Society, 2003-
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Power Engineering", Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 2004 –
Member of Chairman (three times) of the Organizing Committees of more than 25 International conferences, symposiums and seminars, 1980-

Main Research Activities

basic and applied problems of heat and mass transfer in multi-component systems (including capillary-porous media)
magnetohydrodynamics
mass transfer in electrochemistry
physical properties of magnetic nanoparticles and colloids
transport properties and thermomagnetic and diffusion-driven convection in ferrocolloids
high gradient magnetic separation in colloids and in biologic suspensions
magnetic fluid technology, engineering problems of magnetic fluids.

Author of more than 320 scientific works: including five textbooks (monographs), one handbook (international project), two popular books, three edited books of conference proceedings, five USSR author certificates and about 185 review articles and contributed papers in internationally recognised journals and edited books. Supervisor of 11 doctoral works.

International Scientific Contacts and Collaboration:

Visiting Professor: Ludwig-Maximmilians Universität München (1993), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (1994)
Research Visits: Chalmers Institute of Technology, Stockholm (1974), Clarkson University, USA (1990, 1992), Göteborg University (1996), Universität Wuppertal (1996), Université Paris-VI (1997), Universität Bremen (1997-2004), Technische Universität Dresden (2006)
Visits and lectures: universities in USA (1980, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992), England (1981), Germany (1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000), Japan (1986, 1991, 1997), France (1997), Norway (1998,2000)
Research Agreements: universities in Germany (1999-2001), Sweden (1996), Norway (1999-2001), company "Ferrotec-USA" (since 2001, timeless)

Recent /Representative Publications

Monographs and Edited Books:

E. Blums, A. Cebers, M. M. Maiorov, Magnetic Fluids, Walter de Gryuter & Co., Berlin - New York, 1997, 416 p.
Magnetic Fluids and Applications Handbook, UNESCO Series of Learning Materials, Eds. B. Berkovsky (Editor in Chef), V. Bashtovoy, E. Blums, V. Cabuil, S. Kamiyama, R. Massart, K. Nakatsuka, K. Raj, R. Rosensweig, Begell House Inc., New York-Wallingsford, 1996, 831 p.
Advances in Engineering Heat Transfer, Eds. B. Sunden, E. Blums, A. Zukauskas, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton-Boston, 1995, 694 p.
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Magnetic Fluids, September 18-22, Riga, 1989, editors: E. Blums, V. V. Gogosov, S. W. Charles, R. E. Rosensweig, J. Magn. and Magn. Materials, 1990, vol.85, No. 1-3, 385 p.
J. Blums, M. M. Maiorov, A. O Cebers, Magnetic Fluids, Zinatne, Riga, 1989, 386 p. (in Russian)
E. Blums, Yu. A. Mikhailov, R. Ozols. Heat and Mass Transfer in MHD Flows, World Scientific, Singapore, 1987, 512 p.
E. J. Blums, Yu. A. Mikhailov, R. J. Ozols, Heat and Mass Transfer in the Presence of a Magnetic Field, Zinatne, Riga, 1980, 356 p. (in Russian)
E. J. Blums, M. V. Zake, U. I. Ivanov, Yu. A. Mikhailov, Heat and Mass transfer in the Presence of an Electromagnetic Field, Zinatne, Riga, 1967, 236 p. (in Russian)

Latvijas Zinatnu akademijas akademikis Elmars Blums, Bibliografija, LU Akademiskais apgads, Riga, 2011, Sast. D. Ivbule, I. Barone, 184 p.

Selected Review Articles and Contributed Papers:

E.Blums, S.Odenbach. Dynamics of thermodiffusive separation of ferrofluids in vertical columns: the effect of solute buoyancy. – Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, vol.37, No 1/2, pp.187-194.
T.Voelker, E.Blums, S.Odenbach. Thermodiffusive processes in ferrofluids. – Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, vol.37, No 3, pp.274-278.
E. Blums, S. Odenbach, A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov. Soret Coefficient of Nanoparticles in Ferrofluids in the Presence of a Magnetic Field. - Physics of Fluids, 1998, vol.10, 9, pp.2155-2163.
E. Blums, A. Mezulis, M. Maiorov, G. Kronkalns. Thermal Diffusion of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Ferrocolloids: Experiments on Particle Separation in Vertical Columns,
J. Magn. and Magn. Materials, 1997,vol.169, pp.220-228.
G. Kronkalns, M. Maiorov, E. Blums. Preparation and Properties of Temperature-Sensitive Magnetic Fluids, Magnetohydrodynamics, 1997, vol.33, 1, pp. 92-96.
E. Blums. Some New Problems of Complex Thermomagnetic and Diffusion Driven Convection in Magnetic Colloids, J. Magn. and Magn. Materials, 1995, vol.149, 1-2, pp.111-115.
E. Blums, M. M. Maiorov, G. Kronkalns. Thermomagnetic Properties of Ferrofluids Containing Chemically Coprecipitated Mn-Zn Ferrite Particles, IEEE Trans. Magn., 1993, vol.29, 6, pp.3267-3269.
E. Blums, A. Yu. Chukhrov. Separation Processes in Polydisperse Magnetic Fluids. - J. Magn. and Magn. Materials, 1993, vol.122, pp.110-114.
E. Blums, A. Yu. Chukhrov, A. Rimsa. Some Problems of Sub-Micron Particle Transfer near the Filter Element at High-Gradient Magnetic Separation. - Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 1987, vol.30, 8, pp.1607-1613.
A. Yu. Plavins, E. J. Blums, Magnetic Properties and Para-and Diamagnetic Phoresis of Blood Cells at High-Gradient magnetic Separation. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 1983, 4, pp. 3-8 (in Russian)
E. J. Blums, Yu. A. Mikhailov. Experimental Study of Heat and Mass transfer in Turbulent MHD-Flows. - Proc. 5th International Heat Transfer Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1974, TC7.5, pp. 289-293.
E.Blums, S.Odenbach. Thermophoretic separation of ultrafine particles in ferrofluids in thermal diffusion column under the effect of a MHD convection. - Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 2000, vol.43, No 9, pp.1637-1649.
E. Blums , S. Odenbach , T.Völker . Thermodiffusive Processes in Ferrofluids. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, vol. 37, N 3, pp. 274-278 .
E. Blums , S. Odenbach. Dynamics of Thermodiffusive Separation of Ferrofluids in Vertical Columns: the Effect of Solute Buoyancy. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 2001, vol. 37, N 1/2, pp. 187-194.
E. Blums. Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena.- In: Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 594, Ferrofluids: Magnetically Controllable Liqiuds and Applications (Ed. S. Odenbach), Berlin- Heidelberg: Springer, 2002, pp. 124-139.
E. Blums, A. Mezulis, N. Buske, M. Maiorov. Thermophoretic Separation of a Ferrofluid-Water Emulsion: Preliminary Experiments. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp. 215-217.
E. Blums. Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp. 189-193.
A.Mezulis, M. Maiorov, E. Blums. Transport Properties of an Ionic Magnetic Colloid: Experimental Study of Increasing the Ionic Strength. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp. 221-223.
E. Blums. Thermodiffusive Separation of Ferrofluids in Vertical Column under the Effect of a Combined Thermal and Soret Driven Convection. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 2002, vol.38, 3, pp.253-264.
T.Völker, E.Blums, S.Odenbach, Thermodiffusion in Magnetic Fluids. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2002, vol.252, pp.218-220.
E. Blums. Magnetic Soret Effect in Ferrofluids: Experimental Results and New Problems. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 2003, vol.39, No.3, pp.351 – 358.
Mezulis, E. Blums. Two-Dimensional Determining of the Transport Coefficients under an Applied Magnetic Field. - Magnetohydrodynamics, 2003, vol.39, No 3, pp. 367 - 374.
E. Blums. Separation of Ferrocolloids in Thermodiffusion Column under the Combined Action of Thermal and Solute Buoyancy. - In: Advances in Heat Transfer Engineering, (Proc. 4th Baltic Heat Transfer Conference, August 25 – 27, 2003), Eds. B. Sunden, J. Vilemas. Begell House, Inc (New York) and Lithuanian Energy Institute (Kaunas), 2003, pp. 491 – 498.
Mezulis, E. Blums. Optical Studies of the Thermodiffusion in Ferrocolloids under Applied Magnetic Field. - In: Advances in Heat Transfer Engineering, (Proc. 4th Baltic Heat Transfer Conference, August 25 – 27, 2003), Eds. B. Sunden, J. Vilemas. Begell House, Inc (New York) and Lithuanian Energy Institute (Kaunas), 2003, pp. 805 – 812.
G. Kronkalns, M.Maiorov, E. Blums. Temperature-Sensitive Ferrofluids for Thermomagnetic Cooling Devices. - In: Advances in Heat Transfer Engineering, (Proc. 4th Baltic Heat Transfer Conference, August 25 – 27, 2003), Eds. B. Sunden, J. Vilemas. Begell House, Inc (New York) and Lithuanian Energy Institute (Kaunas), 2003, pp. 247 – 254.
T. Voelker, E. Blums, S. Odenbach. Determination of the Soret coefficient of magnetic particles in a ferrofluid from the steady and unsteady part of the separation curve. - International J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, September 2004, vol.47, Issues 19-20, pp. 4315-4325
E. Blums. New problems of particle transfer in Ferrocolloids: Soret effect and thermoosmosis. - The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter, November 2004, vol.15, No.3, pp. 271-276.
E.Blums. New transport properties of Ferrocolloids: Magnetic Soret Effect and Thermomagnetoosmosis. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2005, vol.289, pp.246-249.
E.Blums, G.Kronkalns, M.M.Maiorov, A.Mezulis. Thermoosmotic transfer of sterically stabilized Ferrofluid particles in nonisothermal capillary porous layer. - J. Magn. Magn. Materials, 2005, vol.289, pp.275-277.
A.Mezulis, E.Blums. The presence of microconvective instability in optically induced gratings. - j. Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 2007, vol. 32, p. 331-340.
Th. Volker, E.Blums, S.Odenbach. heat and mass Phenomema in Magnetic Fluids. - GAMM-Mitteilungen, 2007, vol. 30, N 1, pp. 185-194.
D.Zablotsky, V.Frishfelds, E.Blums.Investigation of heat transfer efficiency of thermomagnetic convection in ferrofluids, Magnetohydrodynamics,2009, vol. 45, N 3, pp. 371- 375.
D.Zablotsky, A. Mezulis, E. Blums. Surface cooling based on the thermomagnetic convection: Numerical simulation and experiment.Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer., 2009, vol.52, N 23-24 pp.5302-5308.
A. Zablotskaya, I. Segal, E. Lukevics, M.Maiorov, D.Zablotsky, E. Blums, I. Shestakova, I.Domracheva. Water-Soluble Magnetic Nanoparticles With Biologically Active Stabilizers,JMMM, - Vol.321N 10 (2009), 1428-1432, Doi Information:10.1016/J.Jmmm. 2009.02.060.
M. M. Maiorov, E. Blums, K. Raj, Inverse task for evaluation of particle size distribution of polydisperse magnetic fluids, Physics Procedia, 2010, 9, pp.74–77
E. Blums, G. Kronkalns, A. Mezulis, V. Sints, Non-isothermal mass transfer of ferrocolloids through porous membrane, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 2011, 323, pp.1334-1337.
D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, Numerical investigation of optically induced microconvection in thin ferrofluid layers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 2011, 323, 1338-1342.
D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, Relaxation mechanisms of photoinduced periodic microstructures in ferrofuid layers, Phys. Rev, E, 2011, 84, 6, art. no. 066305.
D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, Magnetically driven microconvective instability of optically induced concentration grating in ferrofluids, August 2011 issue of Phys. Rev. E, 2011, 84, 2, paper No. 026319.
G.Kronkalns, M. M. Maiorov, E. Blums, Heating of magnetic fluids by a low frequency alternating magnetic field, Magnetohydrodynamics, 2011, 47, 3, pp.249-264.
M. Sivakumar, A. Towata, K. Yasui, T. Tuziuti, T. Kozuka, Y. Iida, M. M. Maiorov, E. Blums, D. Bhattacharya, N. Sivakumar, M. Ashok, Ultrasonic cavitation induced water in vegetable oil emulsion droplets – A simple and easy technique to synthesize manganese zinc ferrite nanocrystals with improved magnetization. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2012, 19 (3), 652-658.
Mezulis, D. Zablotsky, E. Blums, Dynamics of concentration profiles of nano-sized magnetic particles in a non-uniform magnetic field. Magnetohydrodynamics, 2012, 48, 2, pp. 445-450.
E. Blums, A. Mezulis, G. Kronkalns, V. Sints,Transport of nanoparticles through non-isothermal ferrofluid layer with permeable walls.Magnetohydrodynamics, 2012, 48, 2,pp. 451-458.

Research Projects

New Method of Spectral Distribution Analysis of Physical Parameters of Polydisperse Nanocomposites. Project supported by EU Foundation of Reconstruction and Development, 2011/0001/2DP/2.1.1.1.0/10/APIA/VIAA/007, Ministry of Science and Education of Latvia, (2011-2013)
E.Blums (supervisor). Part 4.3 of the Project Nr.4 New Materials and Technologies of Assessments and Replacements of Tissues, Latvian State research Program Nr.2 Development of Technologies and Innovative Multifunctional Materials, Signal Processing and Informatics for Competitive Products, Ministry of Science and Education of Latvia (2010-2013)
E.Blums (supervisor). Particle Transfer, Thermal Properties and Converction in Ferrite Nanodispersions under the Effect of a Nonuniform and Unsteady Magnetic Field, part 2 of the Collaboration project Development of Research and technology Potential for Elaboration of new and Nanostructured Materials and Related Applications, Projekt Nr.10.0032, Latvian Council of Science
E.Blums (supervisor). Physical Properties of Lyophilized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Transport Phenomena in Sterically Stabilised Ferrocolloids, part Nr. 3 of the Project Nr. 09.1590, Latvian Council of Science (2010-2012)
E.Blums (supervisor). Physical Properties of Lyophilized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Transport Phenomena in Sterically Stabilised Ferrocolloids, Latvian Council of Science, Project Nr. 09.1023 (2009)
E.Blums (supervisor).Ferrite Nanoparticles and Colloids for Thermomagnetic Cooling Systems and for Hyperthermia of Tissue, Project supported by EU Foundation of Reconstruction and development VPD 2.5.1 Nr. 002, Ministry of Science and Education of Latvia (2006-2008)
E.Blums (supervisor). Thermomagnetic Nanocolloids for Cooling Devices in Microelectronics, Part 3.5.4 of the Project Nr. 3.5 Nanoparticles, Nanostructured materials and Thin Films for Functional Materials and Composites, The Latvian State research Program Nr.3 Development of Advanced Functional materials for Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics, Photonics, Biomedicine and Constructive Composites, Ministry of Science and Education of Latvia (2005-2009)
E.Blums (supervisor). Diffusive and Convective Transfer of Nanoparticles in Non-isothermal Ferocolloids and Capillary-porous Media. Latvian Council of Science (2005 -2009)
E.Blums (supervisor). Transport Properties and convection in Ferroocolloids Under Thermal, Optical and Magnetic Stratifications. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004)
E.Blums (supervisor). Thermophoresis of Ultra-Small Particles and Complex Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Temperature-Sensitive Magnetic Colloids. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000)
E.Blums (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Thermodiffusive Transport in Ferrofluids. Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, FRG (1996-1998)
E.Blums (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Thermomagnetic Properties of Complex Ferrite Based Ferrofluids. Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden (1996)
E.Blums (supervisor). Complex Ferrite Based Ferrofluids: Physical Properties and Convection Phenomena. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996)
E.Blums (supervisor). Thermomagnetic Properties of Nanoparticles and High-Gradient magnetic Separation of Temperature-Sensitive Ferrofluids in Thermal Diffusion Column. International Science Foundation, USA (1994-1995)
E.Blums, Personal Grant. Magnetic Convection and Heat and Mass Transfer in Ferrofluids. Commission of the European Communities, European Union (1993)
E.Blums (supervisor). High-Gradient Magnetic Separation in Polydisperse Systems and Stability of Temperature-Sensitive Magnetic Fluids. Latvian Council of Science (1991-1993)
E.Blums (Supervisor of the Latvian side). Preparation and Properties of Magnetic Liquids. Collaboration Agreement between University of Pierre and Marie Curie (France) and Institute of Physics (Latvia), supported by grants for visits of researchers and Ph.D. students, 1992-

Avocations: choral singing, classical music

Last update 14.08.2012