I start to work in the centrifugation world, for this reason I demand anybody help me, indicating me where I can find technical documentation or informatics documentation about this topic.
Since you are an ME like me I would start by getting a Perry's. The section on centrifuges in it is a good minimal start. I got into centrifuges about 12 years ago by mistake. For a mechanical engineer, working with big hunks of spinning metal cannot be beat.