Dr. Ted Heindel is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests are in the areas of transport phenomena (i.e., fluid mechanics and heat/mass transfer). Past projects include various transport phenomena topics such as: forced convection channel flows; nucleate boiling, incipience, and critical heat flux; jet impingement heat transfer; heat transfer enhancement; natural convection flows; transport in porous media; bubble-particle interactions; fiber suspension flows; flotation separation; multiphase bubble column flows; mixing in stirred-tank reactors; and concentric pipe mixing. His current research interests involve transport phenomena in gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid systems, with a focus on (i) bubble column and fluidized bed hydrodynamics, (ii) gas-liquid mass transfer, and (iii) multiphase flow visualization and characterization. These multiphase fluid systems are applicable to many process industries including chemical processing, food processing, agricultural waste management, pulp and paper processing, mineral processing, petrochemical refining, and water treatment.

Prior to joining ISU in Fall 2000, Dr. Heindel was an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) from 1994 to 2000. Dr. Heindel received his Bachelor of Science degree (1988) from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and his Master of Science (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) degrees from Purdue University. All three degrees are in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in the thermal sciences.

• Superior Engineering Teacher of the Year Award, September 29, 2006
• ME Professor of the Year, April 2006
• William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Nov. 2001 - Aug. 2006
• Iowa State University Miller Faculty Fellow, AY03/04


• Recipient of the Binger Professorship Medallion at the ISU President’s Convocation, September, 2002
• Recognized by the ISU Engineering Student Council with a Leadership Award – Spring 2002, Spring 2005
• Nominated for the 2001 VEISHEA Outstanding Faculty Member Award at ISU – 2001


• Nominated for the Institute of Paper Science and Technology Teacher of the Year Award – 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• Institute of Paper Science and Technology President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching – 1997
• Institute of Paper Science and Technology Teacher of the Year Award – 1997
• Georgia Tech Teaching Fellow, Winter 1996 Class

• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Nov. 2004 to Present
• Chair, ASME Fluids Engineering Division, Measurement and Instrumentation Technical Committee, July 2006 - Present
• Advisor, ISU Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, August 2001 to Present
• Proposal Reviewer for NSF, USDA, and DOE
• Since 1995, reviewed over 75 different manuscripts for 20 different archival journals
• Reviewer for ASME, ASEE, and TAPPI Conferences
• Chair or Co-Chair of various ASME Symposia and Fora