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Dr Vladimir Zivkovic

Senior Lecturer

  • Address: School of Engineering
    Merz Court
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

I am an internationally recognized researcher in solids processing intensification, with a particular focus on micro-fluidized beds. My work combines experiments, simulations, and theory to enhance the efficiency of industrial processes involving granular materials. My research covers areas such as micro-reactor technology, carbon capture, and solid process screening, with a broader interest in multiphase flow and particle technology. I integrate these insights into my teaching, developing research-driven content for courses like Process Intensification, where I deliver specialized material on micro-reactors.


Area of expertise

Carbon capture by adsorption

Fluidization

Particle technology

Process intensification

Multiphase flow

Granular flow

Laser diagnostics (DWS, SVS)

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Research

 

Research Vision


My research vision is to explore the of i particles in granular systems in general and fluidized bed system to relate these behaviors to the macroscopic properties of such systems. By combining experimental, simulation, and theoretical approaches, I aim to deepen the fundamental understanding of granular material processes and enhance the efficiency and reliability of industrial applications involving their handling.


Research Background


The primary focus of my research lies in particle technology and multiphase flow. My initial work focused on granular dynamics in dense systems, particularly using advanced techniques like Dynamic Wave Scattering (DWS) and Speckle Visibility Spectroscopy (SVS) to measure granular temperature—an important parameter for understanding dynamic granular processes. More recently, my work has shifted towards the study of miniaturized fluidization, or micro-fluidization, with applications in carbon capture, bioreactor systems, and solid process screening.


Through collaborations with international institutions and industry partners, I have contributed to European and EPSRC-funded projects aimed at developing scalable solutions for industrial processes. My ongoing work continues to explore new applications of micro-fluidized beds, including desorption technologies and direct air capture, with a focus on creating sustainable industrial solutions.


Research impact

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Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Stage 1: Principles of Chemical Engineering  - Case Study

Stage 2: Reactor Engineering                             - Module leader

Stage 2: Separation Processes 1                      - Module leader

Stage 3: Plant Design Project

Stage 4: Process Intensification

Stage 4: MEng Research Project

Postgraduate Teaching

MSc Sustainable Engineering: Process Intensification

Publications

  • Articles

    • Wang G, McDonough J, Zivkovic V, Abadie T, Long T, Wang S. . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2026, 254, 127698.
    • Chen J, Liu T, Zhang Y, Zheng L, Goh K-L, Zivkovic V, Zheng M. . Food Chemistry 2025, 464, 141843.
    • Liu R, Zhou Q, Zhang Y, Xu Y, Liu Z, Goh K-L, Zivkovic V, Zheng M. . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2025, 73(20), 12403-12417.
    • Asiedu-Boateng P, Asiedu NY, Patience G-S, McDonough JR, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2025, 219, 283-295.
    • Asiedu-Boateng P, Asiedu NY, Patience GS, McDonough JR, Zivkovic V. . Catalysts 2025, 15(8), 697.
    • Saczek J, Yao X, Zivkovic V, Mamlouk M, Wang S, Pramana SS. . Engineering 2024, 41, 71-83.
    • Li Y, Zhang Y, Liu R, Liu Z, Goh K-L, Zivkovic V, Zheng M. . Oil Crop Science 2024, 9(4), 225-233.
    • Saczek J, Murphy K, Zivkovic V, Putranto A, Pramana SS. . Soft Matter 2024, 20(29), 5822-5835.
    • Zhang Y, Goh K-L, Zivkovic V, Ng YL, Chow Y. . Process Biochemistry 2024, 144, 168-178.
    • Jamei R, McDonough JR, Mobley PD, Tanthana J, Gupta V, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 498, 155568.
    • Li R, Chen Q, Li H, Xiu W, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Particuology 2023, 73, 68-77.
    • Xiu WZ, Li R, Chen Q, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2023, 413, 118053.
    • Alamri A, McDonough J, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2023, 415, 118192.
    • Zhang Y, Peterson EC, Ng YL, Goh K-L, Zivkovic V, Chow Y. . Fermentation 2023, 9(6), 546.
    • Asiedu-Boateng P, Asiedu NY, Zivkovic V, Patience GS. . Powder Technology 2023, 419, 118342.
    • Wang G, McDonough J, Zivkovic V, Long T, Wang Z, Wang S. . Physical Review Fluids 2022, 7(3), 033602.
    • Sana S, Manson J, Zivkovic V, Boodhoo K. . Chemical Engineering and Processing- Process Intensification 2022, 176, 108962.
    • Chen Q, Li R, Xiu WZ, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Particuology 2022, 63, 76-82.
    • Jamei R, McDonough JR, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 451(2), 138405.
    • Xiu WZ, Li R, Chen Q, Sun QC, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Particuology 2022, 73, 17-25.
    • Zhang Y, Ullah N, Law R, Reay D, Zivkovic V. . Resources Chemicals and Materials 2022, 1(1), 8-15.
    • Xu L, Zhang Y, Zivkovic V, Zheng M. . Food Chemistry 2022, 393, 133440.
    • Han R, Feng J, Zhang Y, Yang H, Zivkovic V, Li R. . Powder Technology 2021, 380, 199-204.
    • Chen Q, Li R, Xiu WZ, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2021, 392, 123-129.
    • Wang G, McDonough JR, Zivkovic V, Long T, Wang S. . Advanced Materials Interfaces 2021, 8(2), 2001249.
    • Zhang Y, Ng YL, Goh KL, Chow Y, Wang S, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Science 2021, 236, 116466.
    • Zhang Y, Goh K-L, Ng Y-L, Chow Y, Zivkovic V. . ChemEngineering 2021, 5(3), 62.
    • Xiu WZ, Li R, Chen Q, Sun QC, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2021, 380, 518-525.
    • Qiang ZD, Li R, Chen Q, Zheng G, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2020, 360, 1037-1046.
    • do Nascimento OL, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . Processes 2020, 8(9), 1159.
    • Sana S, Zivkovic V, Boodhoo K. . Processes 2020, 8(12), 1622.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Groszek D, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2020, 160, 129-140.
    • Kong P, Wang BD, Wang P, Zivkovic V, Zhang JQ. . Chinese Physics B 2020, 29(7), 074201.
    • Wang SS, Li R, Chen Q, Zheng Q, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2020, 376, 22-30.
    • Sana S, Zivkovic V, Boodhoo K. . Nanomaterials 2020, 10(11), 2022.
    • Chen Q, Li R, Xiu WZ, Zheng G, Zivkovic V, Yang H. . Powder Technology 2020, 372, 32-39.
    • Sana S, Boodhoo KVK, Zivkovic V. . Green Processing and Synthesis 2019, 8(1), 507-515.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Science 2019, 200, 294-309.
    • Chen Q, Yang H, Li R, Xiu WZ, Han R, Sun QC, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2019, 364, 1039-1048.
    • Lin SH, Yang H, Li R, Zheng G, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2018, 338, 376-382.
    • Nascimento OLD, Reay D, Zivkovic V. . Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan 2018, 51(4), 349-355.
    • Gong JM, Yang H, Lin SH, Li R, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2018, 324, 76-84.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2018, 8, 17-30.
    • Goh KL, Makaremi M, Pasbakhsh P, DeSilva R, Zivkovic V. . Polymer Testing 2018, 72, 11-23.
    • Goh KL, Makaremi M, Pasbakhsh P, De Silva R, Zivkovic V. . Data in Brief 2018, 21, 2170-2178.
    • Yang H, Zhang BF, Li R, Zheng G, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2017, 311, 439-448.
    • Zivkovic V, Ridge N, Biggs MJ. . Applied Thermal Engineering 2017, 127, 1642-1649.
    • Wang H, Mustaffar A, Phan A, Zivkovic V, Reay D, Law R, Boodhoo K. . Chemical Engineering and Processing 2017, 118, 78-107.
    • do Nascimento OL, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . Powder Technology 2016, 304, 55–62.
    • Yang H, Jiang GL, Saw HY, Davies C, Biggs MJ, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering Science 2016, 146, 1-9.
    • Kashani MN, Elekaei H, Zivkovic V, Zhang H, Biggs MJ. . Chemical Engineering Science 2016, 145, 71-79.
    • Kashani MN, Zivkovic V, Elekaei H, Herrera LF, Affleck K, Biggs MJ. . Chemical Engineering Science 2016, 153, 434–443.
    • Kashani MN, Zivkovic V, Elekaei H, Biggs MJ. . Chemical Engineering Science 2016, 146, 337-345.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ. . Chemical Engineering Science 2015, 126, 143-149.
    • Yang H, Li R, Kong P, Sun QC, Biggs MJ, Zivkovic V. . Physical Review E 2015, 91(4), 042206.
    • Mijajlovic M, Wright D, Zivkovic V, Bi JX, Biggs MJ. . Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2013, 104, 276-281.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Alwahabi ZT. . AIChE Journal 2013, 59(2), 361-364.
    • Zivkovic V, Zerna P, Alwahabi ZT, Biggs MJ. . Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2013, 91(1), 1-6.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass D. . AIChE Journal 2012, 58(4), 1069-1075.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass DH. . Physical Review E 2011, 83(3), 031308.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass DH. . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2009, 42(24), 245404.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass DH, Xie L. . Advanced Powder Technology 2009, 20(3), 227-233.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass D, Pagliai P, Buts A. . Chemical Engineering Science 2009, 64(5), 1102-1110.
    • Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Glass DH, Pagliai P, Buts A. . Powder Technology 2008, 182(2), 192-201.
    • Biggs MJ, Glass D, Xie L, Zivkovic V, Buts A, Kounders MAC. . Granular Matter 2008, 10(2), 63-73.

  • Book Chapter

    • Zhang Y, Zivkovic V. . In: Xu, G; Bai, D; Liu, M; Zivkovic, V, ed. Micro Fluidization: Fundamentals and Applications. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 2023, pp.303-328.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • McDonough J, Alamri A, Jamei R, Zivkovic V. . In: 8th European Process Intensification Conference. 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
    • Moses N, Zivkovic V, Franklin F, Novakovic K. . In: Chemical Engineering Day UK 2021. 2021, University of Bradford.
    • Sana S, Zivkovic V, Boodhoo K. . In: AIChE Spring Meeting 2021. 2021, Virtual conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineer.
    • Moses NO, Franklin F, Zivkovic V, Novakovic K. . In: COMSOL Conference 2020 Europe. 2020.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Zivkovoic V. . In: The Second International Process Intensification Conference (IPIC2). 2019, Leuven, Belgium: IPIC2.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . In: ChemEngDay 2019. 2019, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK: IChemE.
    • Zivkovic V, McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA. . In: Fluidization XVI. 2019, Guilin, China: AIChE.
    • Zhang Y, Ling Ng Y, Goh KL, Wang S, Zivkovic V. . In: Fluidization XVI. 2019, Guilin, China: AIChE.
    • Boodhoo KVK, Phan A, Zivkovic V, Eze V, Mustaffar A. . In: AIChE 2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety. 2018, Orlando, Florida: AIChE.
    • McDonough JR, Law R, Reay DA, Zivkovic V. . In: 6th Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF). 2018, Atlanta, USA: MNF.
    • Zivkovic V, Yang H, Zheng G, Biggs M. . In: Powders and Grains 2017 - 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media. 2017, Montpellier, France.
    • Zivkovic V, Do Nascimento OL, Reay DA. . In: 12th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology, CFB 2017. 2017, Krakow, Poland: Warsaw University of Technology.
    • Whitelock N, Hanif R, Spitali M, Mijajlovic M, Zivkovic V. Mechanistic Modelling of Microscale Chromatography: Improving High Throughput Understanding . In: Fourth International Conference High-throughput process development (HTPD). 2017, Toledo, Spain. Submitted.
    • Zivkovic V, doNascimento OL, Reay DA. . In: Fluidization XV. 2016, Fairmont Le Chateau, Montebello, Quebec, Canada.
    • Yang H, Jiang GL, Zivkovic V, Biggs MJ, Saw HY, Davies CE. Energy Dissipation Trends in Tumbling Beds of Geldart Α/C and Α/B Powder Revealed By Speckle Visibility Spectrometry. In: 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting. 2016. Submitted.
    • Zivkovic V, Clarke R, DaCosta J, Biggs MJ. . In: Joint Conference of 5th UK-China and 13th UK Particle Technology Forum. 2015, Leeds, UK.
    • Zivkovic V, Ridge N, Biggs MJ. . In: 13th International Conference on Microreaction Technology (IMRET). 2014, Budapest, Hungary: Flow Chemistry Society / Akadémiai Kiadó.
    • Zivkovic V, Kashani MN, Biggs MJ. . In: 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media: Powders and Grains 2013. 2013, Sydney, Australia: AIP Conference Proceedings.
    • Zivkovic V, Berry K, Glass DH, Biggs MJ. . In: 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media: Powders and Grains 2. 2013, Sydney, NSW; Australia: AIP Publishing.

  • Patent

    • De Silva R, Pasbakhsh P, Goh KL, Zivkovic V, Siriwardane IW, Perera P, Kumaraswamy V, Mantilaka P, Hettiarachchi A, Rangajeewa G, Kumara BS, Pahalagedara L, Chandrakumara D. . Sri Lanka, 21609, 2023.

  • Reviews

    • Han Z, Yue J, Zeng X, Yu J, Wang F, Guan Y, Liu X, Ding F, Fu L, Jia X, Song X, Wang C, Cui Y, Shi L, Wang K, Zivkovic V, Bai D, Xu G. . Resources Chemicals and Materials 2024, 3(2), 146-158.
    • Zhang Y, Goh KL, Ng YL, Chow Y, Wang S, Zivkovic V. . Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 2021, 164, 108397.
    • Saczek J, Yao X, Zivkovic V, Mamlouk M, Wang D, Pramana SS, Wang S. . Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31(35), 2011198.