Gholam Ali Mansoori (born in 1943), G. Ali Mansoori also known as "GA Mansoori" is an Iranian-American scientist known for his research within energy, nanotechnology and thermodynamics. He is a professor at the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering and also Physics at

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Life and education

Mansoori completed his PhD at the

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in 1969 with a dissertation on "A Variational Approach to the Equilibrium Thermodynamic Properties of Simple Liquids and Phase Transitions". Mansoori did post-doctoral work at

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Career

Mansoori contributed to over 550 publications including ten books, some of which became text-book references in thermodynamics and nanotechnology. The most cited work he has co-authored is Equilibrium thermodynamic properties of the mixture of hard spheres in The Journal of Chemical Physics in 1971 with more than 2000 citations as of February 2019.

Books

A list of Mansoori's books is: *Mansoori, G.A. and Enayati N., Agyarko L. B. (2015). Energy: Sources, Utilization, Legislation, Sustainability, Illinois as Model State. World Scientific *Mansoori, G.A. (2015) Principles of Nanotechnology, Molecular-Based Study of Condensed Matter in Small Systems. World Scientific *Mansoori, G.A., Barros de Araujo Patricia Lopes, Silvano de Araujo,Elmo (2012) Diamondoid Molecules: With Applications in Biomedicine, Materials Science, Nanotechnology & Petroleum Science. *Mansoori, G.A. and Haile, J.M. (1983). Molecular-based Study of Fluids (ch. 1: Molecular Study of Fluids: A Historical Survey, pgs. 1-28). *Mansoori, G.A. and Chom, Larry G. (1988). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. I: C7+ Fraction Characterization. New York: Taylor & Francis Pub. Co., *Mansoori, G.A. and Matteoli, E. (1990). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. II: Fluctuation Theory of Mixtures. Taylor & Francis. *Mansoori, G.A., Sieniutycz, S. and Salamon, P. (1990). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. III: Nonequilibrium Theory and Extremum Principles. Taylor & Francis. *Mansoori, G.A. and Hoffman, E.J. (1991). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. V: Analytic Thermodynamics. Taylor & Francis. *Mansoori, G.A., Sieniutycz, S. and Salamon, P. (1992). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. VI: Diffusion and rate Processes. Taylor & Francis. *Mansoori, G.A., Sieniutycz, S. and Salamon, P. (1992). Advances in Thermodynamics, Vol. VII: Extended Thermodynamic Systems. Taylor & Francis.

References

External links

Professor's Mansoori webpage on UIC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansoori, G. A. 1943 births Living people University of Illinois Chicago faculty Iranian expatriate academics Academics from Chicago University of Oklahoma alumni Rice University alumni Thermodynamicists American nanotechnologists