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 Christopher 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. |
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 W. Robert Ashurst
Assistant 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. |
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 Mark E. Byrne
Assistant Professor
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 drug delivery;
functional intelligent polymeric films and networks; bionanotechnology. |
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 Robert 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. |
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 Harry 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. |
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 Virginia A. Davis
Assistant Professor
Office: 230 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2060
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 2005
Nanorod liquid crystals, macroscopic applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWNTs), structure-processing-property relationships in polymer nanocomposites,
and rheological characterization of nanomaterials. |
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 Steve R. Duke
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. |
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 Mario R. Eden
Assistant 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. |
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 Ram B. Gupta
Graduate Program Chair
Alumni Professor
Office: 328 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2013
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1993
Nanotechnology and supercritical fluids for pharmaceutical, photonics, materials,
catalysis, and hydrogen energy applications. |
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 Thomas 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. |
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 Gopal A. Krishnagopalan
Professor
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. |
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 William 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. |
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 Yoon Y. Lee
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. |
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 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. |
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 David 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. |
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 Ronald 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. |
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 Timothy 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. |
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 Ronald A. Putt
Associate Research Professor
Office: 220 Ross Hall
Phone: (334) 844-2480
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Systems for microalgae cultivation and harvesting; catalyst development; electrochemical
technology; product and process development; technology startups. |
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 Bruce J. Tatarchuk
Director of Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing Center
Ginn Distinguished 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. |
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 Jin Wang
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. |
