The Artie McFerin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M
   
 
Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University

Gilbert Froment

Research Professor

249 Jack E. Brown Engineering Building
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122

Phone: 979-845-0406
Fax: 979-845-6446
Email: g.froment@che.tamu.edu

Ph.D., University of Gent, Belgium, 1958
M.S., University of Gent, Belgium, 1953

Honors & Awards

Dr. Honoris Causa,
Technion, Israel, 1985
INPL, France, 2001

R.H.Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering of A.I.Ch.E
Foreign Associate U.S National Academy of Engineering
Member Texas Academy of Medicine, Science and Engineering
Member Belgian Academy of Science
Member Belgian Academy of Overseas Science

Research Interests

Hydrocracking

Catalytic Cracking
Catalytic Reforming

Hydrodesulfurization
Synthesis gas production by Steam Reforming and Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Natural gas
Methanol-to-olefins on ZSM5 and SAPO 34

Alkylation on Solid Acids

Research Group Web Page

Symposium on Modeling of Complex Processes