In order to stay abreast of cutting-edge technology, our faculty members are heavily involved with various professional organizations, such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and also dedicate time to reviewing several prominent journals. See also faculty highlights.
Some of our faculty members' recent activities are:
R.G. Anthony - On editorial board of Environmental Progress; reviewer of several journals including Journal of Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Science, Fuel Processing Technology
P. Balbuena - Co-organizer of Symposium on Computational Chemistry, Electrochemical Society, Paris 2003; Organizer of Molecular Modeling Session, National AIChE Meeting 1997-2000, 2003; reviewer of journals such as Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
J.T. Baldwin - Chair of Computing and System Technology Division Administration of the AIChE, 2002
M. Bevan - Reviewer of several journals including Langmuir, AIChE Journal, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; Chair of Colloidal Dispersions session at 2005 National AIChE meeting; Microrheology session chair, 75th American Chemical Society Colloids and Surfaces Division Meeting, October 2001
D.B. Bukur - Vice Meeting Program Chair for Spring 2004 National Meeting of AIChE; Editorial Board of Chemical Industry, Serbia since 1995; Co-chair of three sessions at 2003 National AIChE meeting
Z. Cheng - Invited seminar, “Dynamics of Colloids and Droplets,” Yale University, 2003;
M.M. El-Halwagi - Invited seminar “Pollution Prevention through Property Integration,” Carnegie Mellon University, 2003; Invited seminar on Componentless Design, Rutgers University, 2002
P.T. Eubank- Invited seminar “Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Pedagogy,” Oklahoma State Univ., 2003; National Past President of Omega Chi Epsilon, 2000-present;
D.M. Ford - Will attend National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, September 2004; Member of Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE) Molecular Modeling Task Force, 1998-present; reviewer of journals such as Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Membrane Science, Macromolecules
G.F. Froment - Director, AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division, 2001-04; Session Chairman at 17th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Hong Kong, 2002
C.J. Glover - Western Research Institute Asphalt Materials FHWA Research Program, Advisory Board Member, 1993-present; Member of Transportation Research Board, Committee A2D01, 2000-present
J. Hahn - International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM, 2003; Reviewer of journals such as Automatica, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Journal of Nonlinear Science
K.R. Hall - GPSA Editorial Board, 1999-present; U.S. Editor, Journal of Flow Measurement & Instrumentation, 1996- present; Reviewer of journals such as Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, Journal of Fluid Phase Eqilibrium, AIChE Journal
M.T. Holtzapple - 23rd Symposium of Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals, Co-Chair of Bioprocessing Research and Development, May 2001;
A. Jayaraman - Invited seminar, “Analysis of Molecular Events in Inflammatory Diseases,” Genome Institute of Singapore and Purdue Univ., 2002
Y. Kuo - Associate Editor, Solid State Section, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2003-07; Vice Chair of Electronics Division of Electrochemical Society
M.S. Mannan - Guest Editor, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2002-present; Member of Texas Chemical Council Safety Committee, 1994-present; Editorial review board, Process Safety Progress, 2001-present
J. Seminario - Co-organizer of Symposium on Computational Chemistry, Electrochemical Society, 2003
D.F. Shantz - Reviewer of journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Langmuir, AIChE Journal; Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
V.M.Ugaz - Session chair, “Microscale Separations in Biotechnology,” Annual AIChE Meeting, 2003; Reviewer of journals such as Analytical Chemistry and Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering