Professor Will Zimmerman

BScEng, MSc, PhD, CEng FIChemE

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor of Biochemical Dynamical Systems

Professor William Zimmerman
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w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7517
Kroto LG16, North Campus

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Professor Will Zimmerman
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Kroto LG16
North Campus
Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
Profile

I'm a graduate of Princeton and Stanford Universities in Chemical Engineering and the author of over 200 scientific publications. Previously I was Director of the MSc in Environmental and Energy Engineering, and a winner in US and UK national competitions of five prestigious fellowships (2005-6 Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow, 2000-5 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow; 1994-99 Royal Academy of Engineering, Zeneca Young Academic Fellow; 1991-93 visiting professorships appointed by the French Ministry of Education at the Littoral University in Dunkirk in 1998 and 2005.

I was interviewed on my algal biofuels work on BBC Radio 4 Material World with Quentin Cooper. My Royal Academy of Engineering SRF, entitled Systems Biology and Chemical Engineering has laid down a protocol for optimal experimentation for bioreactor model-building via inverse methods. I directed Microfluidics 2003, a workshop at CISM in Udine from which he edited a book on microfluidics, and is the author of two bestselling texts on multiphysics modelling.

Research interests

Having several patent families that exploit energy efficient microbubbles generated by fluidic oscillation, my team explores and innovates with new technology / capability where the role of microbubbles can be crucial to intensification, acceleration, or mechanistic change to bio/chemical processing -- typically in symbiotic engineering or novel simultaneous reactive (fermentative) separations.

Key research interests:

  • Energy efficient generation of microbubbles and their applications (particularly biofuels and bioreactors)
  • Plasma microreactors, especially low power consumption generation of ozone
  • Fluid dynamics of helical turbulence and mixing
  • Thin film dynamics and microrheometry
  • Computational modelling with inverse methods (digital twinning)

Perlemax Ltd.
, University spinout company, was founded to exploit his research and technological advances. Perlemax and Zimmerman have won the below awards/recognition:

Publications

Books

  • Zimmerman WBJ (2006) Microfluidics: Theory, History and Applications. Springer Verlag.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (2006) Multiphysics modelling with finite element methods. World Scientific Pub Co Inc.
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) . WORLD SCIENTIFIC.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (2004) Process modelling and simulation with finite element methods. World Scientific Pub Co Inc.
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Journal articles

  • Desai P, Taylor SFR, Jaquemin J, Hardacre C & Zimmerman WB (2025) . The European Physical Journal Special Topics.
  • Ibenegbu C, Zimmerman WB, Hines M, Desai PD, Bandulasena HCH & Leak DJ (2025) . Microbial Cell Factories, 24(1).
  • OKeeffe H, Rehman FJ, Holmes TD, Davidson JN, Foster MP & Zimmerman WBJ (2025) . Ozone: Science & Engineering, 47(4), 423-431.
  • Chaffin S, Monk NAM, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2024) . Food and Bioproducts Processing, 145, 136-147.
  • Farag AT, Holmes TD, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2024) . Algal Research, 77.
  • Asif M, Javed F, Younas M, Gillani MA, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2024) . Fuel, 358(Part A).
  • Holmes TD, Moody BC & Zimmerman WBJ (2023) . Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 43(5), 1013-1057.
  • Desai PD & Zimmerman WB (2023) . Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 67.
  • Istkhar T, Hafeez A, Javed F, Fazal T, Ahmad F, Hussain A, Zimmerman WBJ & Rehman F (2023) . Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 191.
  • Desai PD & Zimmerman WB (2023) . Johnson Matthey Technology Review.
  • Javed F, Zimmerman WB, Fazal T, Hafeez A, Mustafa M, Rashid N & Rehman F (2023) . Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 189, 707-720.
  • Javed F, Saif-ul-Allah MW, Ahmed F, Rashid N, Hussain A, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2022) . Bioengineering, 9(12).
  • Javed F, Rizwan M, Asif M, Ali S, Aslam R, Akram MS, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2022) . Bioengineering, 9(10).
  • Hodgkinson R, Chaffin ST, Zimmerman WBJ, Holland C & Howse JR (2022) . Journal of Rheology, 66(4), 793-809.
  • Zimmerman WB (2022) . Applied Thermal Engineering, 213.
  • Al-Yaqoobi AMG & Zimmerman WB (2022) . Chemical and Process Engineering - Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa, 43(1), 45-55.
  • Ianda TF, Kalid RDA, Rocha LB, Padula AD & Zimmerman WB (2022) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 158, 106369-106369.
  • Zimmerman WB (2022) . Chemical Engineering Science, 247, 117043-117043.
  • Khan Z, Javed F, Shamair Z, Hafeez A, Fazal T, Aslam A, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2021) . Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 103, 80-101.
  • Calverley J, Zimmerman WB, Leak DJ & Hemaka Bandulasena HC (2021) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 424.
  • Javed F, Shamair Z, Hafeez A, Fazal T, Aslam R, Akram S, Rashid N, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2021) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 311, 127525-127525.
  • Zimmerman WB (2021) . Chemical Engineering Science, 238.
  • Chaffin S, Monk N, Rees J & Zimmerman W (2021) . Fluids, 6(7).
  • Fan W, Desai P, Zimmerman WB, Duan Y, Crittenden JC, Wang C & Huo M (2021) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 294, 126258-126258.
  • Holmes TD, Rothman RH & Zimmerman WB (2021) . Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 41(2), 531-557.
  • Guzm獺n J, Lozano-Parada JH, Zimmerman WBJ & La穩n S (2021) . Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 43(1).
  • Desai PD, Turley M, Robinson R & Zimmerman WB (2021) . Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification.
  • Calverley J, Zimmerman WB, Leak DJ & Bandulasena HCH (2020) . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(43), 19392-19405.
  • Ali S, Fazal T, Javed F, Hafeez A, Akhtar M, Haider B, Saif ur Rehman M, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2020) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 259, 120729-120729.
  • Raghavendran V, Webb JP, Cartron ML, Springthorpe V, Larson TR, Hines M, Mohammed H, Zimmerman WB, Poole RK & Green J (2020) . Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13(1).
  • Kamaroddin MF, Rahaman A, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2020) . Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 23, 101462-101462.
  • Ahmad N, Javed F, Awan JA, Ali S, Fazal T, Hafeez A, Aslam R, Rashid N, Rehman MSU, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F (2019) . Fuel, 253, 25-31.
  • Call AV, Holmes TD, Yanallah K, Desai PD, Zimmerman WB & Rothman RH (2019) . ECS Transactions, 91(1), 2623-2630.
  • Harun MHC & Zimmerman WB (2019) . Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 19(1), 97-106.
  • Siswanto AP, Kuvshinov D, Holmes T, Yulianto ME, Rehman F & Zimmerman W (2018) . Advanced Science Letters, 24(12), 9499-9501.
  • Kuvshinova E, Siswanto AP, Zimmerman W & Rees J (2018) . Advanced Science Letters, 24(12), 9616-9619.
  • Wright A, Bandulasena H, Ibenegbu C, Leak D, Holmes T, Zimmerman W, Shaw A & Iza F (2018) . AIChE Journal, 64(11), 3803-3816.
  • Zimmerman WB & Kokoo R (2018) . Applied Energy, 221, 28-40.
  • Pandhal J, Siswanto A, Kuvshinov D, Zimmerman WB, Lawton L & Edwards C (2018) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 9.
  • Pandhal J, Choon WL, Kapoore RV, Russo DA, Hanotu J, Wilson IAG, Desai P, Bailey M, Zimmerman WJ & Ferguson AS (2018) . Biology, 7(1).
  • Liu Y, Rehman F & Zimmerman WB (2017) . Fuel, 209, 117-126.
  • Mulakhudair AR, Hanotu J & Zimmerman W (2017) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 105, 147-154.
  • Wang J, Wang L, Hanotu J & Zimmerman WB (2017) . FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 165, 131-137.
  • Taylor SFR, Brittle S, Desai P, Jacquemin J, Hardacre C & Zimmerman WBJ (2017) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(22), 14306-14318.
  • Mulakhudair AR, Al-Mashhadani M, Hanotu J & Zimmerman W (2017) . Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 92(8), 1961-1969.
  • Zimmerman W & Rees J (2017) . Applied Sciences, 7(4).
  • Hanotu JO, Bandulasena H & Zimmerman WB (2017) . Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
  • Abdulrazzaq NN, Al-Sabbagh BH, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(50), 12909-12918.
  • Al-mashhadani MKH, Wilkinson SJ & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Chemical Engineering Science, 156, 24-35.
  • Lei H, Bhattarai S, Balsys R, Midmore DJ, Holmes T & Zimmerman W (2016) . Irrigation Science, 34(6), 421-430.
  • Wesley DJ, Toolan DTW, Brittle SA, Howse JR & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Applied Optics, 55(26), 7392-7392.
  • Wesley DJ, Toolan DTW, Brittle SA, Howse JR & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Applied Optics, 55(22), 6102-6102.
  • Hanotu J, Kong D & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Food and Bioproducts Processing, 100(Part A), 424-431.
  • Mulakhudair AR, Hanotu J & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 93, 187-193.
  • Kamaroddin MF, Hanotu J, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2016) . Algal Research, 17, 217-226.
  • Rehman F, Liu Y & Zimmerman WBJ (2016) . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
  • Regunath GS, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2016) . Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 23, 83-89.
  • Abdulrazzaq N, AlSabbagh B, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2016) . AIChE Journal, 62(4), 1192-1199.
  • Al-yaqoobi A, Hogg D & Zimmerman WB (2016) . International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016.
  • Wesley DJ, Smith RM, Zimmerman WB & Howse JR (2016) . Langmuir, 32(5), 1269-1278.
  • Regunath GS, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2016) . Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions, 23, 83-89.
  • AL-Mashhadani MKH, Wilkinson SJ & Zimmerman WB (2015) . Chemical Engineering Science, 137, 243-253.
  • Brittle S, Desai P, Ng WC, Dunbar A, Howell RJ, Vaclav T & Zimmerman WB (2015) . Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 104, 357-366.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS, Karunakaran E, Biggs CA & Zimmerman WB (2015) . Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 50(12), 1249-1258.
  • Al-Mashhadani MKH, Wilkinson SJ & Zimmerman WB (2015) Laboratory preparation of simulated sludge for anaerobic digestion experimentation. Journal of Engineering, 21(6), 140-154.
  • Ying K, Gilmour D & Zimmerman W (2015) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(5), 11509-11521.
  • Rehman F, Medley GJD, Bandulasena H & Zimmerman WBJ (2015) . Environmental Research, 137, 32-39.
  • Bashir M, Zimmerman WB, Rees JM & Bashir S (2014) . Thin Solid Films.
  • Bashir M, Zimmerman WB, Rees JM & Bashir S (2014) . Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics.
  • Bashir S, Casadevall i Solvas X, Bashir M, Rees JM & Zimmerman WBJ (2014) . BIOCHIP JOURNAL, 8(2), 122-128.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS, Arslan MT & Zimmerman WB (2014) . International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 5(2).
  • Bashir S, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2014) . International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 60, 40-49.
  • Ying K, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2014) . Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology, 6(3), 167-173.
  • Bashir M, Bashir S, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2014) . Plasma Processes and Polymers, 11(3), 279-288.
  • Hanotu J, Karunakaran E, Bandulasena H, Biggs C & Zimmerman WB (2014) . Biochemical Engineering Journal, 82, 174-182.
  • Kuvshinov D, Siswanto A & Zimmerman WB (2014) Microbubbles Enhanced Synthetic Phorbol Ester Degradation by Ozonolysis. International Journal of Chemical, Materials Science and Engineering, 8(1), 78-81.
  • Kuvshinov D, Siswanto A, Lozano Parada J & Zimmerman WB (2014) Efficient Compact Micro DBD Plasma Reactor for Ozone Generation for Industrial Application in Liquid and Gas Phase Systems, 8(1), 82-85.
  • Hanotu J, Ying K, Shada OI, Bandulasena H & Zimmerman WB (2013) . Biofuels, 4(4), 363-369.
  • Pandhal J, Zimmerman W & Hanotu J (2013) Monitoring earths's canary. Planet Earth(WINTER), 22-24.
  • Bashir M, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2013) . Surface and Coatings Technology.
  • Hanotu J, Bandulasena HCH, Chiu TY & Zimmerman WB (2013) . International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 56, 119-125.
  • Ying K, Al-Mashhadani MKH, Hanotu JO, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2013) . Engineering, 5(9), 735-743.
  • Rehman F, Abdul-Majeed WS & Zimmerman WB (2013) . Energy & Fuels, 2748-2761.
  • Ying K, Gilmour DJ, Shi Y & Zimmerman WB (2013) . Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, 4(2A), 1-9.
  • Zimmerman W (2013) , 55-58.
  • Zimmerman W (2013) , 59-61.
  • Lukaszewski MW, Zimmerman WBJ, Tennant MT & Webster MB (2013) . Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 91(3), 457-463.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS & Zimmerman WB (2013) . Comb Chem High Throughput Screen, 16(3), 210-222.
  • Zimmerman WB, Al-Mashhadani MKH & Bandulasena HCH (2013) . Chemical Engineering Science, 101, 865-877.
  • Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman WB (2012) . Biofuels, 3(5), 511-513.
  • Rehman F, Lozano-Parada JH & Zimmerman WB (2012) . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS & Zimmerman WB (2012) . Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 02(03), 126-139.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS & ZIMMERMAN WB (2012) Computational Modelling of the Hydride Generation Reaction in a Tubular Reactor and Atomization in a Quartz Cell Atomizer. Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 2(3), 126-139.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS, Seradaroglu GM & Zimmerman WB (2012) Application of liquid nitrogen cold trap for purification of hydrogen gas stream generated from NaBH4. J. chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 6(5), 425-434.
  • Zimmerman W, Hanotu J & Murphy K (2012) Bubbles for biofuels. Chemical Engineer(850), 34-37.
  • ABDUL-MAJEED WS & Zimmerman WB (2012) The study of the impact of mercury sample magnetization prior to detection by emission spectroscopy. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 1(3A), 380-387.
  • Hanotu J, Bandulasena HCH & Zimmerman WB (2012) . Biotechnol Bioeng, 109(7), 1663-1673.
  • Budarin V, Ross AB, Biller P, Riley R, Clark JH, Jones JM, Gilmour DJ & Zimmerman W (2012) . Green Chemistry, 14(12), 3251-3251.
  • Al-Mashhadani MKH, Bandulasena HCH & Zimmerman WB (2012) . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(4), 1864-1877.
  • James G, Ying K, Bangert K, Zandi M, Wilkinson S & Zimmerman W (2012) Applications of the airlift loop effect in the cultivation of microalgae. Current Topics in Biotechnology, 7.
  • Bashir S, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2011) . CHEM ENG SCI, 66(20), 4733-4741.
  • Zimmerman WB, Tesa V & Bandulasena HCH (2011) Towards energy efficient nanobubble generation with fluidic oscillation. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science.
  • Abdul-Majeed WS, Parada JHL & Zimmerman WB (2011) . Anal Bioanal Chem, 401(9), 2713-2722.
  • Zimmerman WB (2011) . Chemical Engineering Science, 66(7), 1412-1425.
  • Bandulasena HCH, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2011) . Measurement Science and Technology, 20.
  • Sohail A, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2011) Analysis of capillary-gravity waves using the discrete periodic inverse scattering transform. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.
  • Zimmerman WB, Zandi M, Hemaka Bandulasena HC, Tesa V, James Gilmour D & Ying K (2011) . Applied Energy, 88(10), 3357-3369.
  • Deshpande KB, Zimmerman WB, Tennant MT, Webster MB & Lukaszewski MW (2011) . Chemical Engineering Journal, 170(1), 44-52.
  • Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2011) An intermediate wavelength, weakly nonlinear theory for the evolution of capillary gravity waves. Wave Motion.
  • Bandulasena HCH, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2010) . Applied Rheology, 20(5), 1-13.
  • Lozano-Parada JH & Zimmerman WB (2010) . CHEM ENG SCI, 65(17), 4925-4930.
  • Craven TJ, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2010) . MICROFLUID NANOFLUID, 9(2-3), 559-571.
  • Zimmerman WB, Hewakandamby BN, Tesar V, Bandulasena HCH & Omotowa OA (2010) On the design and simulation of an airlift loop bioreactor with microbubble generation by fluidic oscillation. INT SUGAR J, 112(1334), 90-103.
  • Bandalusena HCH, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2010) Creeping flow analysis of an integrated microfluidic device for rheometry. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165(19-20), 1302-1308.
  • Zimmerman WB, Hewakandamby BN, Tesar V, Bandulasena HCH & Omotowa OA (2009) . FOOD BIOPROD PROCESS, 87(C3), 215-227.
  • Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2009) . CHEM ENG RES DES, 87(6A), 798-808.
  • Regunath GS, Zimmerman WB, Tesar V & Hewakandamby BN (2008) . EXP FLUIDS, 45(6), 973-986.
  • Bernatik A, Zimmerman W, Pitt M, Strizik M, Nevrly V & Zelinger Z (2008) . Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 86(3), 198-207.
  • Craven TJ, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2008) . PHYS FLUIDS, 20(4).
  • Zimmerman WB, Tesa V, Butler S & Bandulasena HCH (2008) . Recent Patents on Engineering, 2(1), 1-8.
  • Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2007) . PHYS FLUIDS, 19(12).
  • Zimmerman WB, Rees JM & Hewakandamby BN (2007) . Adv Colloid Interface Sci, 134-135, 346-359.
  • Zimmerman WB, Mchedlov-Petrossyan PO & Khomenko GA (2007) . CHEM ENG SCI, 62(6), 1770-1782.
  • Regunath G, Tesar V, Zimmerman WBJ, Hewakandamby BN & Russell N (2006) Experimental investigation and visualization of helical structures in a novel swirling jet. 2006 ASME Joint U S European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Fedsm 2006, 2006.
  • Deshpande KB & Zimmerman WB (2006) . CHEM ENG SCI, 61(19), 6424-6441.
  • Deshpande KB & Zimmerman WB (2006) . CHEM ENG SCI, 61(19), 6486-6498.
  • Bown MR, MacInnes JM, Allen RWK & Zimmerman WBJ (2006) . MEAS SCI TECHNOL, 17(8), 2175-2185.
  • Zimmerman WB, Rees JM & Craven TJ (2006) . MICROFLUID NANOFLUID, 2(6), 481-492.
  • Tesar V, Hung CH & Zimmerman WB (2006) . SENSOR ACTUAT A-PHYS, 125(2), 159-169.
  • Zimmerman WB (2006) . CHEM ENG SCI, 61(2), 621-632.
  • Zimmerman WB (2006) . CHEM ENG SCI, 61(2), 605-620.
  • Rees JM, Atkin RJ & Zimmerman WB (2005) On the use of audio-tapes for teaching vector analysis to engineering undergraduates. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 33(4), 358-368.
  • Zimmerman WB, Mchedlov-Petrossyan PO & Khomenko GA (2005) . CHEM ENG SCI, 60(11), 3013-3028.
  • Deshpande KB & Zimmerman WB (2005) . CHEM ENG SCI, 60(11), 2879-2893.
  • Deshpande KB & Zimmerman WB (2005) . CHEM ENG SCI, 60(15), 4147-4156.
  • Zimmerman WB (2005) . Biotechnol Bioeng, 92(1), 91-116.
  • Lozano-Parada JH & Zimmerman WBJ (2004) Capacitively and inductively coupled plasmas for mems applications. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2004, 3, 545-551.
  • Zimmerman WB (2004) . Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2004, 3, 561-567.
  • Zimmerman WB, Rees JM & Craven TJ (2004) . Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2004, 3, 553-560.
  • Zimmerman WB (2004) . INT J ENG SCI, 42(17-18), 1753-1778.
  • Gundabala VR, Zimmerman WB & Routh AF (2004) . LANGMUIR, 20(20), 8721-8727.
  • Routh AF & Zimmerman WB (2004) . CHEM ENG SCI, 59(14), 2961-2968.
  • Zimmermann WB & Rees JM (2004) Long solitary internal waves in stable stratifications. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 11(2), 165-180.
  • Rees JM, Koprov B, Koprov V & Zimmerman WB (2003) . Atmospheric Science Letters, 4(1-4), 1-14.
  • Routh AF & Zimmerman WB (2003) . J Colloid Interface Sci, 261(2), 547-551.
  • Mchedlov-Petrossyan PO, Zimmerman WB & Khomenko GA (2003) . CHEM ENG SCI, 58(12), 2691-2703.
  • Mchedlov-Petrossyan PO, Khomenko GA & Zimmerman WB (2003) . CHEM ENG SCI, 58(13), 3005-3023.
  • Jeanmeure LFC, Dyakowski T, Zimmerman WBJ & Clark W (2002) . Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 26(6-7), 763-773.
  • Zimmerman WB (2002) The drag on sedimenting discs in broadside motion in tubes. INT J ENG SCI, 40(1), 7-22.
  • Zimmerman WB (2001) Simulations of the probability structure of a dispersing, passive scalar. ENVIRONMETRICS, 12(6), 569-589.
  • Hewakandamby BN & Zimmerman WB (2001) Characterization of hydraulic jumps/falls under surface tension variations in thin film flows. Dynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres, 34, 349-364.
  • Zimmerman WB & Haarlemmer GW (1999) Internal gravity waves: Analysis using the periodic, inverse scattering transform. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 6(1), 11-26.
  • Zimmerman WB & Velarde MG (1999) Strong dispersive effects on internal nonlinear waves in a sheared, stably stratified fluid layer. WAVE MOTION, 30(2), 159-173.
  • Haarlemmer GW & Zimmerman WB (1998) Advection of pollutants by internal solitary waves in oceanic and atmospheric stable stratifications. NONLINEAR PROC GEOPH, 5(4), 209-217.
  • Chatwin PC & Zimmerman WB (1998) The probability structure associated with a simple model of turbulent dispersion. ENVIRONMETRICS, 9(2), 131-138.
  • Zimmerman WB (1998) The effect of chemical equilibrium on the formation of stable stratification. APPL SCI RES, 59(2-3), 283-298.
  • Zimmerman WB (1996) Fluctuations in passive scalar concentration convected by a helical flow in a conducting fluid. PHYS FLUIDS, 8(6), 1631-1642.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (1996) . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 24(2), 151-152.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (1996) . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 24(1), 58-59.
  • Murphy DG, Zimmerman W & Woodburn ET (1996) . Powder Technology, 87(1), 3-12.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (1995) . The Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal, 60(1-3), 174-175.
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & CHATWIN PC (1995) FLUCTUATIONS IN DENSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS MEASURED IN A WIND-TUNNEL. BOUND-LAY METEOROL, 75(4), 321-352.
  • Zimmermann WB & Velarde MG (1994) . NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS, 1(4), 219-223.
  • Zimmerman WBJ (1994) . The Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal, 55(3), 149-150.
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & HOMSY GM (1992) VISCOUS FINGERING IN MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS - UNIFICATION OF EFFECTS OF VISCOSITY CONTRAST, ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION, AND VELOCITY DEPENDENCE OF DISPERSION ON NONLINEAR FINGER PROPAGATION. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 4(11), 2348-2359.
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & HOMSY GM (1992) 3-DIMENSIONAL VISCOUS FINGERING - A NUMERICAL STUDY. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 4(9), 1901-1914.
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & HOMSY GM (1991) NONLINEAR VISCOUS FINGERING IN MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT WITH ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION. PHYS FLUIDS A-FLUID, 3(8), 1859-1872.
  • Zimmerman W (1976) . Studies in Comparative Communism, 9(1-2), 62-79.
  • Desai PD, Ng WC, Hines MJ, Riaz Y, Tesar V & Zimmerman WB () . Colloids and Interfaces, 3(4), 65-65.
  • Javed F, Shamair Z, Ali S, Ahmad N, Hafeez A, Fazal T, Saif Ur Rehman M, Zimmerman WB & Rehman F () . Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 4(4), 705-714.
  • Desai PD, Hines MJ, Riaz Y & Zimmerman WB () . Energies, 11(10), 2680-2680.
  • Abdulrazzaq NN, Al-Sabbagh BH, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB () . Chemosensors, 6(3), 31-31.
  • Bashir S, Bashir M, Solvas X, Rees J & Zimmerman W () . Micromachines, 6(10), 1445-1458.
  • Miyagi M () . Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, s4(01).
  • Zimmerman WB & Velarde MG () . Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 3(2), 110-114.
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Book chapters

  • Zimmerman W (2021) What do scholars know about Soviet foreign policy?, Soviet Foreign Policy in A Changing World (pp. 84-98).
  • (2020) , Advances in Microbial Physiology (pp. 1-35). Elsevier
  • (2017) , Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1991 (pp. 119-131). Routledge
  • Jeanmeure LFC, Eavis R, Hewakandamby BN & Zimmerman WBJ (2010) , Nanoscience (pp. 1047-1056). CRC Press
  • Jeanmeure L, Eavis R, Hewakandamby B & Zimmerman W (2010) , Surfactant Science (pp. 1047-1056). CRC Press
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ, MCHEDLOV-PETROSSYAN PO & KHOMENKO GA (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 143-172). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 237-276). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • LOZANO PARADA JH & ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 375-391). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 27-63). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • GUNDABALA VR, ZIMMERMAN WBJ & ROUTH AF (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 213-236). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • HASSELL DG & ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 313-322). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 111-141). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 173-211). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ & HEWAKANDAMBY BN (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 65-109). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • ZIMMERMAN WBJ & MACINNES JM (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 323-344). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • DESHPANDE KB, SMITH D & ZIMMERMAN WBJ (2006) , Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A (pp. 277-299). WORLD SCIENTIFIC
  • Zimmerman WB & Velarde MG (2002) , Selected Topics in Nonlinear Wave Mechanics (pp. 203-222). Birkh瓣user Boston
  • Zimmerman WB & Haarlemmer GW (1999) , Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Flows (pp. 373-392). Oxford University PressOxford
  • () In Starov VM (Ed.) CRC Press
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Conference proceedings

  • Siswanto AP, Kuvshinov D, Pandhal J & Zimmerman W (2018) . Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 24(12) (pp 9502-9504)
  • SISWANTO A, KUVSHINOV D, DESAI P & ZIMMERMAN W (2016) . Fourth International Conference on Advances in Bio-Informatics, Bio-Technology and Environmental Engineering - ABBE 2016 (pp 64-67)
  • SISWANTO A, KUVSHINOV D, PANDHAL J & ZIMMERMAN W (2016) . Fourth International Conference on Advances in Bio-Informatics, Bio-Technology and Environmental Engineering - ABBE 2016 (pp 11-14)
  • Kuvshinova EE, Kuvshinov DG, Rees JM & Zimmerman WB (2015) . USES 2015 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, 24 June 2015 - 24 June 2015.
  • Ng WC, Brittle S, Howell R & Zimmerman WB (2014) . The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium Conference Proceedings Vol. 1, Vol. 1. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
  • Al-Yaqoobi A & Zimmerman WB (2014) . The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium Conference Proceedings Vol. 1, Vol. 1. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
  • Brittle S, Samuel A & Zimmerman WB (2014) . The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium Conference Proceedings Vol. 1, Vol. 1. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
  • Siswanto A, Kuvshinov D & Zimmerman WB (2014) . The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium Conference Proceedings Vol. 1, Vol. 1. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield
  • Jeanmeure LFC, Dyakowski T, Zimmerman WBJ & Baker G (2014) Use of raw capacitance tomography data for flow pattern control. 2nd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 12-19)
  • Hanotu JO & Zimmerman WBJ (2013) Microflotation for microorganism harvest. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 246
  • Bandalusena HCH, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2009) . MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 20(11)
  • Bernatik A, Zimmerman W & Senovsky M (2008) Consequence modelling of accidents in hazardous substances transportation. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2008 Psam 2008, Vol. 4 (pp 2662-2669)
  • Bandulasena HCH, Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2008) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART C-JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 222(5) (pp 761-768)
  • Zimmerman WB & Hewakandamby BN (2006) . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 61(9) (pp 2826-2834)
  • Hassell DG & Zimmerman WB (2006) . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Vol. 61(9) (pp 2977-2985)
  • Zimmerman WBJ & Allen RWK (2006) . Proceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (pp 85-98), 25 September 2006 - 29 September 2006.
  • Grammatika M & Zimmerman WB (2001) Microhydrodynamics of flotation processes in the sea surface layer. DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS, Vol. 34(2-4) (pp 327-348)
  • Hewakandamby BN & Zimmerman WB (2001) Characterisation of hydraulic jumps/falls with surface tension variations in thin film flows. DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS, Vol. 34(2-4) (pp 349-364)
  • Zimmerman WB (1999) The modelling of imperfect mixing in buffer tanks. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 127-134)
  • Grammatika M & Zimmerman WB (1999) Neural network modeling of surface aeration in mechanically agitated bioreactors.. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 227-233)
  • Zimmerman WB, Mchedlov-Petrossyan P & Khomenko GA (1999) Diffusion limited mixing and reaction in heterogeneous catalysis of initially segregated species. FLUID MIXING 6(146) (pp 317-324)
  • Jeanmeure LFC, Zimmerman WBJ, Dyakowski T, Jaworski AJ & Davies GA (1999) An algorithm based on perturbation theory for electrical capacitance tomography. 1st World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 184-188)
  • Jeanmeure LFC & Zimmerman WBJ (1998) A CNN video based control system for a coal froth flotation.. CNNA 98 - 1998 FIFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - PROCEEDINGS (pp 192-197)
  • Zimmerman WBJ & Jeanmeure LFC (1996) Simple model of equilibrium froth height for foams: An application for CNN image analysis. 1996 FOURTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS (CNNA-96) (pp 237-241)
  • Haarlemmer GW & Zimmerman WB (1996) Enhancement of mixing by internal solitary waves in stratified flows.. FLUID MIXING 5(140) (pp 225-235)
  • Zimmerman WB (1996) Fluctuations in passive tracer concentration due to mixing by coherent structures in anisotropic homogeneous, helical turbulence.. FLUID MIXING 5(140) (pp 213-223)
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & CHATWIN PC (1995) STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS DUE TO MICROSCALE MIXING IN A DIFFUSION LAYER. ENVIRONMETRICS, Vol. 6(6) (pp 665-675)
  • ZIMMERMAN WB (1994) A WEAKLY NONLINEAR INSTABILITY OF MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS IN A RECTILINEAR POROUS-MEDIA FLOW. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS, Vol. 4(5) (pp 1319-1328)
  • ZIMMERMAN WB & VELARDE MG (1994) NONLINEAR-WAVES IN STABLY STRATIFIED DISSIPATIVE MEDIA - SOLITARY WAVES AND TURBULENT BURSTS. PHYSICA SCRIPTA, Vol. 55 (pp 111-114)
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Patents

  • Zimmerman W & Desai PD (2020) Fluidic oscilator. WO2020208250 Appl. 11 Oct 2020.
  • Zimmerman WB & Steele JE (2016) Apparatus and method for the treatment of a substrate with ozone microbubbles. WO2016/203252 (PCT). Appl. 22 Dec 2016.
  • Zimmerman WB (2014) MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES WITH LIMITED SENSIBLE HEAT EXCHANGE. WO/2014/079993 (PCT). Appl. 30 May 2014.
  • Zimmerman WB (2014) BUBBLE GENERATION TO STRIP COMPONENTS OF A LIQUID. WO/2014/060740 (PCT). Appl. 24 Apr 2014.
  • Zimmerman WB & Rees JM (2013) RHEOMETER AND RHEOMETRIC METHOD. WO/2013/164587 (PCT). Appl. 07 Nov 2013.
  • Zimmerman WB & Lozano Parada JH (2010) PLASMA MICROREACTOR APPARATUS, STERILISATION UNIT AND ANALYSER. WO/2010/079351 (United States of America). Appl. 15 Jul 2010.
  • Zimmerman WB & Tesar V (2008) BUBBLE GENERATION FOR AERATION AND OTHER PURPOSES. WO/2008/053174 (Europe). Appl. 08 May 2008.
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Preprints

  • Murali V (2024) , MDPI AG.
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Professional activities and memberships
  • 2009 IChemE Moulton Medal
  • 2010 Royal Society Innovation Award (Brian Mercer Fund) ()
  • 2010 CleanTech Open, AXA UK Global Ideas Champion
  • 2010 CleanTech Open, International Finalist, Global Ideas
  • 2011 Zayed International Future Energy Prize, Semifinalist

Feature article in The Times of London heralded the solution (microbubbles did it!) to the age old Mpemba effect. Subsequently published four journal articles and gave a keynote address at the 15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics on the topic of microbubble enhanced het transfer: Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster