Faculty

Christopher RobertsChristopher B. Roberts
Department Chair
Uthlaut Professor

Office: 210 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2036
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1994

Supercritical fluid (SCF) and tunable solvent technologies; nanomaterials synthesis in tunable solvents; heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions in SCFs; fuel synthesis gas-to-liquids technologies.

 

Robert AshurstW. Robert Ashurst
Associate Professor

Office: 227 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2559
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California (Berkeley), 2003

Micro-and nano-electromechanical systems design, fabrication and reliability; micro-and nano-tribology; molecularly thin film synthesis and design; novel thin film processing; surface science; and semiconductor materials processing.

Mark ByrneMark E. Byrne
Daniel F. & Josephine Breeden Associate Professor
in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Office: 324 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2862
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2003

Drug delivery; bio (mimetic, inspired, and hybrid) materials; therapeutic and diagnostic biomedical devices; recognitive networks for sensing and drug delivery; functional intelligent polymeric films and networks; bionanotechnology.

Robert ChambersRobert P. Chambers
Professor

Office: 240 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2054
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California (Berkeley), 1965

Biochemical engineering; biofuels; bioresource engineering; biomedical engineering; pharmaceutical and environmental biotechnology.

Harry T. CullinanHarry T. Cullinan
Director of Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering
Professor

Office: 312 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2016
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1965

Pulp and paper; Bioresource engineering; biorefining and biofuels.

Virginia DavisVirginia A. Davis
Associate Professor

Office: 230 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2060
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 2006

Nanorod liquid crystals, macroscopic applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), structure-processing-property relationships in polymer nanocomposites, and rheological characterization of nanomaterials.

Steve R. DukeSteve R. Duke
Alumni Associate Professor

Office: 320 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2087
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana, 1996

Alternative fuels; polymer processing; multiphase flow visualization methods; environmental and industrial separations, particle and bubble interactions; transport phenomena.

Mario EdenMario R. Eden
Joe T. & Billie Carole McMillan Associate Professor

Office: 222 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2064
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2003

Process systems engineering; computer aided process engineering; process integration and optimization; process and product design; sustainable and environmentally benign technologies; optimization of intergrated biorefineries; logistical fuel processing systems.

Ram GuptaRam B. Gupta
Graduate Program Chair
Walt & Virginia Woltosz Professor

Office: 328 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2013
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1993

Bio-fuel, hydrogen Fuel, nanomedicine, nanotechnology, supercritical fluids.

Thomas HanleyThomas Hanley
Professor

Office: 322 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-7773
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1972
M.B.A., Management, 1975, Wright State University,

Reactive mixing; chemical, biochemical and biomedical process analysis involving reaction coupled with transport phenomena; simulation using computational fluid dynamics (FLUENT); viscosity analysis of multiphase and other non-Newtonian systems.

William JosephsonWilliam Josephson
Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: 235 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2483
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 1995

Efficiency improvements in paper recycling operations, energy reductions in pulp processing, millwide process control methods, engineering education, development of teaching methods, K-12 outreach.

G. KrishnagopalanGopal A. Krishnagopalan
Professor Emeritis

Office: 318 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2011
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, 1976

Integrated biorefining; biomass fractionation; value prior to pulping; pulp and paper engineering in-situ liquor analysis.

Y.Y. LeeYoon Y. Lee
Uthlaut Family Professor

Office: 242 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2019
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1972

Bioprocessing of lignocellulosic materials for production of fuels and chemicals; bioreactor development for enzyme and microbial process technology; pretreatment/delignification of biomass for enzymatic saccharification and co-fermentation.

Elizabeth LipkeElizabeth Lipke
Assistant Professor

Office: 216 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2003
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 2005

Cell-material interactions, biomimetic material design, cardiac regeneration, cardiovascular tissue engineering, directed stem cell differentiation, cardiac electrophysiology

Glennon Maples
Professor

Office: 147 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2040
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1966

Design of phase-cooling systems for power plants, design of wood-burning equipment, reducing pollution from combustion systems, development of methods to reduce energy consumption.

Dave MillsDavid R. Mills
Lab Manager

Office: 191B Wilmore
Phone: (334) 844-2015
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MS, Chemical Engineering, Washington State University, 1995

Technology for engineering instruction, plant cell culture.

Ronald D. NeumanRonald D. Neuman
Professor

Office: 330 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-0513
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering/Physical Chemistry, The Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, WI, 1973

Surface science and interfacial phenomena; surface characterization of pharmaceutical and bio-relevant particles, fibers and solid surfaces.

Tim PlacekTimothy D. Placek
Undergraduate Program Chair
Assistant Professor

Office: 228 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2022
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1978

Process design and engineering education.

Bruce TaterchukBruce J. Tatarchuk
Director of Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing Center
Charles E. Gavin III Professor

Office: 314 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2023
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1981

Microfibrous materials manufacturing; heterogeneous reactive systems and catalysis; fuel reforming/processing; fuel cell systems; electrochemical systems and electrode materials.

Jin WangJin Wang
Bredd Assistant Professor

Office: 218 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2020
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004

Manufacturing process modelingl microelectronic and pulp and paper processes; systems biology; metabolic network identification and early cancer detection.


Last Updated: Aug 29, 2011