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José María Asua

José María Asua is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand José María Asua rather than just read about it. In short: José María Asua González (Zarátamo, April 6, 1953) is a Spanish chemist, professor of chemical engineering at the University of the Basque Country and director of Polymat, the Polymeric Materials Research Institute. Asua obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Bilbao in 1975, and completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza, researching the deactivation of solid catalysts.

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Reference excerpt

José María Asua González (Zarátamo, April 6, 1953) is a Spanish chemist, professor of chemical engineering at the University of the Basque Country and director of Polymat, the Polymeric Materials Research Institute. Asua obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Bilbao in 1975, and completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza, researching the deactivation of solid catalysts.

Research and professional career In 1978, he joined the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the University of the Basque Country to research the subject of polymerization reactors. He completed a post-doctoral stay at the University of Liège (Belgium) investigating the hydrodynamics of trickle bed reactors (TBR), and has spent sabbatical years at Lehigh University (USA) as a Fulbright scholar and at the University of Waterloo (Canada) as a visiting professor. He is also a visiting professor at the Catholic Universities of Leuven (Belgium) and Dortmund (Germany). Professor Asua has worked in industrially important polymerization processes, developing knowledge-based strategies for the production of water-dispersed polymers. He has also been involved in university-industry relations, directing industrial projects; and has been part of the scientific committee of international conferences and director of a NATO Advanced Study Institute.

Awards and honors Award for Research Excellence from the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, 2017. Professor Martínez Moreno Award for Invention and Research in Applied Chemistry from the University of Seville and the García-Cabrerizo Foundation, 2015. Euskadi Research Award, 2005. Member of Jakiunde, the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of the Basque Country. Rhône Poulenc Award for Innovation in Clean Technologies.

Publications Asua is the author of a book and editor of the books 'Polymeric Dispersions: Principles and Applications' (1997) and 'Polymer Reaction Engineering' (2007). He has published more than 230 articles and is co-author of 4 patents. He is a member of the editorial boards of Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering and Chemical Engineering Journal, and has been Associate Editor of Polymer Reaction Engineering. He has directed 33 doctoral theses.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with José María Asua

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about José María Asua ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of José María Asua

In research: José María Asua appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses José María Asua in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: José María Asua is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1953 births, Chemical engineers, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for José María Asua outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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