Graduate Catalog 1993-1994 College of Engineering Department of 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), Professor: Surface science of metals and metal oxides, spectroscopic characterization of surfaces and catalysts. (Joint appointment with Chemistry and Biochemistry Department.) 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 Interim 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), Professor and Chair: Kinetics and reaction engineering, coal liquefaction, polymer chemistry, applied catalysis. ROY L. MCCULLOUGH, PH.D. (NEW MEXICO), Professor; Director, Center for Composite Materials: 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: 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: Thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and liquid-state theory phase equilibria, separations processes, biochemical processes. JEROLD M. SCHULTZ, PH.D. (CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), Professor: Materials science, structure and properties of polymers, x-ray diffraction technology. ANTONY N. BERIS, PH.D. (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), Associate Professor: Computational fluid mechanics, particularly of viscoelastic materials, numerical analysis on supercomputers and parallel computers, polymer processing. 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. ANDREW L. ZYDNEY, PH.D. (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), Associate Professor: Biological separations, artificial organs, membrane processes. ANNETTE D. SHINE, PH.D. (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), Assistant Professor: Polymer and composite rheology and processing, polymer degradation. NORMAN J. WAGNER, Ph.D. (PRINCETON), Assistant Professor: Material micromechanics, interfacial mechanics, adsorption/desorption.