CFD Modeling for Particle Technology & Process Development
Free, One-hour Webinar
This webinar will introduce applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for modeling fluid flows containing particulate media. Such models expedite process development workstreams in analytical sciences, consumer products, and pharmaceuticals. Users will learn how to couple fluid dynamics with particle size distributions (PSDs), understand the impact of PSDs on flow, transport, and chemical reactions, and model the evolution of PSDs during particle processing operations (e.g., nucleation, growth, aggregation, and dissolution).
Details
Course Instructor
Dr. Joseph Barakat is a Lead Engineer at Veryst Engineering. Dr. Barakat has technical expertise in computational fluid dynamics, complex fluids, and transport phenomena. He has extensive experience modeling fluids and fluidic systems for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, industrial processes, and energy storage systems.
Dr. Barakat earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Chemical Engineering, with research focusing on CFD simulations for microfluidic flows containing suspended particulates. Prior to joining Veryst, Dr. Barakat was an NIH Ruth Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with concepts from fluid dynamics, CFD, and particle technology is helpful but not required.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the key challenges in CFD modeling of flows containing particulate media.
- Understand the particle size distribution (PSD), average size, and polydispersity.
- Distinguish modeling approaches between stationary versus evolving PSDs.
- Understand the impact of particle volume fraction on suspension density and viscosity.
- Simulate molecular adsorption and separation in fixed-bed chromatographic columns.
- Simulate particle jamming during injection of dense suspensions.
- Simulate particle aggregation in continuous mixing devices.
- Simulate particle dissolution during reconstitution of powdered drug products.
Registration
The December 17, 2025 CFD Modeling for Particle Technology & Process Development web-based course is free, but registration is required and class size is limited.
Deadline for registration is: Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Cancellation Policy
Veryst reserves the right to reject registrations and to cancel a webinar based on class size.
Important Information
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* You will receive an email with login information the day before the webinar.