L. E. Scriven

Laurence Edward "Skip" Scriven (1931 - 2007) was an American chemical engineer and educator, formerly a Regents Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. He achieved numerous breakthroughs in the fields of fluid mechanics, capillary hydrodynamics, coating flows, and microscopy. His contributions to chemical engineering have been internationally recognized. Elected fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (1978), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991), and American Institute of Chemical Engineers.[1][2][3][4] Scriven gave the prestigious Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship of American Mathematical Society (1986) [5] . Moreover, he published works related to bubbles while he was employed by the Shell Development Company in Emeryville, California[6]. In addition to his passion for teaching and research, he loved birding and music.

Laurence E. Scriven
Born(1931-11-04)4 November 1931
United States
Died3 August 2007(2007-08-03) (aged 75)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Delaware
Known forFluid Mechanics
Coating Flows
Electron Microscopy
AwardsAllan P. Colburn Award - AIChE (1960)
National Academy of Engineering (1978)
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship of American Mathematical Society (1986)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Engineer, Materials Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Doctoral advisorRobert Pigford

Research and education

Scriven made contributions in the fields of capillary hydrodynamics, bubble growth dynamics[6], gradient theory, interfacial phenomena and the theory of bicontinuous structures, enhanced oil recovery, wetting transition, cyrogenic electron microscopy, Galerkin weighted residuals in finite element methods, and coating process fundamentals. His most highly cited papers include analysis of the Marangoni effect (American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal, 1959; Nature, 1960), equation of change of internal angular momentum of continua (Nature, 1961), analysis of air-lubricated edge moving over viscoelastic liquid (Nature, 1973), a foundational explanation of the origin of bicontinuous structures (Nature, 1976), and a description of an apparatus that allows fast freezing of complex liquid specimens for cryomicroscopy (Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique, 1988). His 1988 paper "Physics and Applications of Dip Coating and Spin Coating" is widely referenced in various industries.

Scriven advised over 100 Ph.D. students during his career in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He co-founded NSF Center for Interfacial Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Awards

Among many of his recognitions some more recent ones were: American Chemical Society's Murphree Award; American Chemical Society's Roy W. Tess Award; American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Tallmadge Award; American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Founders Award; American Institute of Chemical Engineers' William Walker Award; Federation of Societies of Coatings Technology's Roon Award.

Scriven was a historian of chemical engineering which included the preparation of numerous historical articles. He also had some thoughts on the future:

In brief, the practice of chemical engineering, like seasonal foliage, changes; like individuals, the subdisciplines grow, mature, and give birth to others; the discipline like a species evolves, but the essence, like a tree, is invariant. For the better part of a century, the profession in the United States has broadened its base - now rejoining materials science - and built on it successfully to fulfill the needs of both the existing and the emerging chemical process technologies of each era. As past high technologies have matured, and turned senescent or moribund, the profession has again and again moved on to new frontiers, rapidly enough to avoid any danger of extinction. What factors are likely to be important for the next hundred years? Primarily those that have been important over the past hundred. My encounters with them leave me with two deep questions that remain largely unanswered. What constitutes an engineering discipline like chemical engineering? And what maintains the associated profession?

— L.E. Scriven, "Perspectives in Chemical Engineering", Advances in Chemical Engineering (1991)

Key Publications
L.E. Scriven (far left), Dan Luss, 2nd from left, Rutherford Aris (middle), Neal Amundson (2nd from right), and Andreas Acrivos (far right) at University of Houston Conference in honor of Amundson's 65th birthday.

Scriven has authored numerous journal articles. A section is listed below.

  • L.E. Scriven. "On the dynamics of phase growth", Chemical Engineering Science, 10(1-2), 1-13, (1959) on Citation Classic, Jul 28, 1980[7]
  • L.E. Scriven, C.V. Sternling. "The Marangoni Effects", Nature, 187, 186-188, (1960).[8]
  • L.E. Scriven. "Dynamics of a fluid interface Equation of motion for Newtonian surface fluids", Chemical Engineering Science, 12(2), 98, (1960).[9]
  • L.E. Scriven, C.V. Sternling. "On cellular convection driven by surface-tension gradients: effects of mean surface tension and surface viscosity", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 19(3), 321-340, (1964).[10]
  • B. A. Finlayson, L. E. Scriven. "The Method of Weighted Residuals - A Review", Applied Mechanics Reviews, 19:735-48 (1966) on Citation Classic, Oct. 3, 1983[11]
  • Chun Huh, L.E. Scriven. "Hydrodynamic model of steady movement of a solid/liquid/fluid contact line", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 35(1), 85-101, (1971).[12]
  • L.E. Scriven. "Equilibrium bicontinuous structure", Nature, 263, 123-125, (1976).[13]
  • Perspectives in Chemical Engineering, edited by C. K. Colton (Academic Press, 1991, vol. 16, pp. 1–40)
  • D.J. Norris, E.G. Arlinghaus, L. Meng, R. Heiny, L.E. Scriven. "Opaline Photonic Crystals: How Does Self‐Assembly Work?", Advanced Materials, 16(16), 1393, (2004).[14]

Legacy

In honor of Scriven International Society of Coating Science and Technology established L. E. Scriven Young Investigator Award.

L. E. “Skip” Scriven Chair is an Endowed Professorship at the University of Minnesota.

References
  1. L. E. "Skip" Scriven. nap.edu. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. "L. E. Scriven". ntua.gr. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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  4. "amacad.org check 'Include Deceased Members' box". Retrieved Aug 3, 2017.
  5. "L. E. Scriven". ams.org. Retrieved Aug 3, 2017.
  6. Scriven, L. E. (1959-04-01). "On the dynamics of phase growth". Chemical Engineering Science. 10 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1016/0009-2509(59)80019-1. ISSN 0009-2509.
  7. (PDF) http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1980/A1980JZ27700001.pdf. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Scriven, L. E.; Sternling, C. V. (1960). "The Marangoni Effects". Nature. 187 (4733): 186–188. Bibcode:1960Natur.187..186S. doi:10.1038/187186a0.
  9. Scriven, L.E. (1960). "Dynamics of a fluid interface Equation of motion for Newtonian surface fluids". Chemical Engineering Science. 12 (2): 98–108. doi:10.1016/0009-2509(60)87003-0.
  10. Scriven, L. E.; Sternling, C. V. (1964). "On cellular convection driven by surface-tension gradients: effects of mean surface tension and surface viscosity". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 19 (3): 321. Bibcode:1964JFM....19..321S. doi:10.1017/S0022112064000751.
  11. (PDF) http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1983/A1983RH47500001.pdf. Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. Huh, Chun; Scriven, L.E (1971). "Hydrodynamic model of steady movement of a solid/liquid/fluid contact line". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 35 (1): 85–101. Bibcode:1971JCIS...35...85H. doi:10.1016/0021-9797(71)90188-3.
  13. Scriven, L. E. (1976). "Equilibrium bicontinuous structure". Nature. 263 (5573): 123–125. Bibcode:1976Natur.263..123S. doi:10.1038/263123a0.
  14. Norris, D. J.; Arlinghaus, E. G.; Meng, L.; Heiny, R.; Scriven, L. E. (2004). "Opaline Photonic Crystals: How Does Self‐Assembly Work?". Advanced Materials. 16 (16): 1393–1399. doi:10.1002/adma.200400455.
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