University of Delaware
Graduate Catalog 1995-1996
College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Faculty in the Graduate Program

Gianni Astarita, Ph.D. (Delaware), Visiting Professor: Generalized
   thermodynamics, reactor analysis and design, fluid mechanics,
   particularly of viscoelastic materials.
Mark A. Barteau, Ph.D. (Stanford), Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical
   Engineering: Surface science of metals and metal oxides, spectroscopic
   characterization of surfaces and catalysts. (Joint appointment with
   Chemistry and Biochemistry Department.)
Antony N. Beris, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Professor:
   Computational fluid mechanics, particularly of viscoelastic materials,
   numerical analysis on supercomputers and parallel computers, polymer
   processing.
Kenneth B. Bischoff, Ph.D. (Illinois Institute of Technology), Unidel
   Professor of Biomedical Engineering: Bioengineering, chemical reaction
   engineering.
Stuart L. Cooper, Ph.D. (Princeton), H. Rodney Sharp Professor and Dean,
   College of Engineering: Polymer physics, polyurethane synthesis and
   characterization, ionomers, biomaterials, blood-materials interactions.
Costel D. Denson, Ph.D. (Utah), Professor and Vice Provost for Research:
   Polymer processing and rheology, mixing, mass transfer, chemical
   reactions.
Prasad S. Dhurjati, Ph.D. (Purdue), Professor: Biochemical engineering,
   process control, artificial intelligence.
Eric W. Kaler, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Professor: Colloid and surfactant
   science, complex fluid thermodynamics, materials synthesis, small-angle
   scattering.
Michael T. Klein, Sc.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Elisabeth
   Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chair: Kinetics and
   reaction engineering, coal liquefaction, polymer chemistry, applied
   catalysis.
Roy L. McCullough, Ph.D. (New Mexico), Professor: Polymer composites,
   polymer physics.
Arthur B. Metzner, Sc.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), H.
   Fletcher Brown Professor: Polymer processing and fiber spinning, fluid
   mechanics.
Jon H. Olson, D. Eng. (Yale), Professor and Associate Chair of
   Undergraduate Program: Catalysis, kinetics and reactor design, process
   control.
Michael E. Paulaitis, Ph.D. (Illinois), Professor: Thermodynamics, high-
   pressure phase equilibria, supercritical solvent extraction, biochemical
   engineering.
T.W. Fraser Russell, Ph.D. (Delaware), Allan P. Colburn Professor;
   Director, Institute of Energy Conversion: Semiconductor reaction and
   reactor engineering, photovoltaic unit operations, multi-phase fluid
   mechanics.
Stanley I. Sandler, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Henry Belin du Pont Professor and
   Director, Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics:
   Thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and liquid-state theory phase
   equilibria, separations processes, biochemical processes.
Jerold M. Schultz, Ph.D. (Carnegie Institute of Technology), C. Ernest
   Birchenall Professor: Materials science, structure and properties of
   polymers, x-ray diffraction technology.
Richard P. Wool, Ph.D. (Utah), Professor; Director, Center for Composite
   Materials: Polymer physics, interfaces, composites, dynamics, fracture,
   biodegration, materials science.
Douglas J. Buttrey, Ph.D. (Purdue), Associate Professor: Synthesis, crystal
   growth, and characterization of materials for applications in
   superconductivity, catalysis and fast ion conduction.
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State), Associate Professor; Director,
   Center for Catalytic Science and Technology: Catalysis and separation,
   molecular sieves, metallic membranes, materials synthesis, mass
   transfer, adsorption and kinetics. (Joint appointment with Chemistry
   Department.)
Abraham M. Lenhoff, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Associate Professor: Transport
   phenomena, separation processes, biophysics and bioengineering.
Annette D. Shine, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Associate
   Professor: Polymer and composite rheology and processing, polymer
   degradation.
Andrew L. Zydney, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Associate
   Professor: Biological separations, artificial organs, membrane
   processes.
Norman J. Wagner, Ph.D. (Princeton), Associate Professor: Material
   micromechanics, interfacial mechanics, adsorption/desorption.
Marylin C. Huff, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Assistant Professor: Reaction
   engineering and catalysis, transport phenomena, novel catalyst design.
Raul F. Lobo, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology), Assistant
   Professor: Inorganic materials synthesis and characterization, catalysis
   and kinetics, and adsorption and separations.