Yanir Maidenberg

Title
Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for B.S. in Engineering Physics
Email
Department
Physical Sciences Department
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00am to 1:00pm and by appointment.

Areas of Expertise

Chemical Engineering

Process and Product Design

Nanoparticle Fabrication and Characterization

Interfacial Phenomena

Polymer Technology

Directed Self-Assembly

Yanir Maidenberg

Yanir Maidenberg received his bachelor of engineering from The Cooper Union and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, both in the field of chemical engineering. He was a research scientist at Unilever, where he worked in Dove soap formulations, micellar water makeup removers and other personal care products.

He has been teaching since 2014 in the fields of chemical engineering, materials science, physics and chemistry. Prior to joining Embry-Riddle, he worked at NYU Tandon School of Engineering leading the senior chemical and biomolecular engineering capstone design course as well as serving as undergraduate academic adviser and conducting other coursework.

Yanir Maidenberg is currently serving as the Engineering Physics Undergraduate Program Coordinator and as the COAS Building and Safety Compliance Coordinator.

Prof. Maidenberg's research interests include nanoparticle thermodynamics, interfacial science, and polymer technology with a keen interest in environmental applications and drug delivery.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York
  • M.Phil. - Master of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York
  • B.Eng. - Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  • EP 101: Current Topics - Space Science
  • EP 340: Intro to Space Systems Design
  • PS 160: Physics for Engineers II
  • PS 290: Physics Laboratory Practicum

At ERAU:

ES 305 - Thermodynamics

EP 340 - Introduction to Space Systems Design

PS 117 - Physics II

PS 160 - Physics for Engineers II

CHM 110 - General Chemistry I


Selected Coursework Taught Prior to ERAU:

-Capstone Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Design (NYU)

-Capstone Senior Laboratory (NYU, Cooper Union)

-Polymer Physics and Engineering (Cooper Union)

-Materials Science and Engineering + Lab (Manhattan College, Stevens Institute of Technology)

-Chemical Thermodynamics (Manhattan College)

-Chemical Kinetics & Reaction Engineering (Manhattan College)

-Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics + Lab (Manhattan College)

-Introduction to Engineering Design (Manhattan College)

-Interfacial Phenomena and Colloid Science (Manhattan College)

Maidenberg, Y. "Teaching Tip: Remote Presentations for Unit Operations Laboratory." Chemical Engineering Education, 54 (3), 2020

Abulencia, J.P. and Maidenberg, Y. “Revisiting the Tubular Flow Reactor Experiment”. American Institute of Chemical Engineers November 2016 Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Zhang, S. Maidenberg, Y., Koberstein, J.T., “Adjusting the Surface Areal Density of Click-Reactive Azide Groups by Kinetic Control of the Azide Substitution Reaction on Bromine-Functional SAMs” Langmuir, 30, 6071-6078 (2014).

Maidenberg, Y., Zhang, Lao, K., Akhavein, N., Koberstein, J.T., “Mixed Silane Monolayers for Controlling the Surface Areal Density of Click-Reactive Alkyne Groups: A Method to Assess Preferential Surface Adsorption on Flat Substrates and a Method to Verify Compositional Homogeneity on Nanoparticles” Langmuir, 29, 11959-11965 (2013).

Maidenberg, Y., Phase Behavior of Polymer-Decorated Nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Seminar at Columbia University April 2012, New York, NY

Maidenberg, Y., Koberstein, J.T. Precise Control of Areal Density of `Click' Functional Groups on Nanoparticle Surfaces. The American Physical Society March 2012 Meeting, Boston, MA

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Undergraduate Adviser at New York University (Brooklyn, NY; 2020-2021)

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Undergraduate Adviser at New York University (Brooklyn, NY; 2017-2020)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY; 2014-2017)

Senior Scientist at Unilever, NA (Trumbull, CT; 2013-2014)