Kay A. Buist

Kay A. Buist is an Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), affiliated with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. He leads research in the Multi-scale Modelling of Multi-phase Flows group, focusing on advanced reactor models for multiphase systems, hydrodynamics, and non-invasive monitoring. His work addresses challenges in reactor design, scale-up, and the interplay between flow phenomena and chemical reactions.

• Academic Background: MSc from University of Twente (2012), PhD in 2016 under Prof. Hans Kuipers and Prof. Niels Deen at TU/e.
• Projects: Growing with Green Steel (Dutch Growth Fund), sustainable BTX production (EU-Just Transition Fund).

Research spans fluidized beds, CFD-DEM simulations, droplet dynamics, and sustainable chemical production. He contributes to 57 supervised works and teaches courses like Physical Transport Phenomena. Active in conferences, presenting on non-Newtonian droplet collisions and bio-oil atomization.

Labs/Teams: Kuipers Research Group, EIRES Research. Collaborates internationally on multiphase flow dynamics and reactor optimization.