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Graduate Program Review 2013-2014

Department of Chemical Engineering

Sindee Simon, Chair

Whitacre College of Engineering Al Sacco, Jr., Dean

November 2013

PROGRAM REVIEW OUTLINE Department of Chemical Engineering

I. Program Overview – A one to two-page summary of department’s vision and goals. II. Graduate Curricula and Degree Programs

A. Scope of programs within the department B. Number and types of degrees awarded

- Degrees Awarded – Academic Year (chart) - Comparison of Degrees Awarded – Fall Data (Peer info table)

C. Undergraduate and Graduate semester credit hours - Semester Credit Hours – Academic Year (chart) - SCH compared to Budget - Academic Year (chart)

D. Number of majors in the department - Enrollment by Level – Fall Data (chart) - Comparison of Enrollment – Fall Data (Peer info table)

E. Course offerings and their enrollments over the past six years (enrollment trends by course) - Course Enrollments by Academic Year (table)

F. Courses cross listed III. Faculty

A. Number, rank and demographics of the faculty (tenured and tenure track), GPTI’s and TA’s - Teaching Resources (chart)

- Tenured and Tenure-Track by Rank - Fall Data (chart) - Comparison of Full-time Faculty (Peer info table)

B. List of faculty members (graduate and non-graduate) (table) C. Summary of the number of refereed publications and creative activities (table) D. Responsibilities and leadership in professional societies

- Professional Leadership (table) - Committee service (table)

E. Assess average faculty productivity for Fall semesters only (use discipline appropriate criteria to determine)

- Faculty Workload (table) - College SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart) - Department SCH/FTE – Fall Data (chart)

IV. Graduate Students

A. Demographics of applicants and enrolled students - Graduate Student Summary by Category – AY (chart) - Graduate Student Summary by Year – AY (chart) - Graduate Applicants by Region – Fall/Summer Data (chart) - Graduate Applicants - Fall Data (table) - Admitted Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - Enrolled New Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - Demographics of Enrolled Graduate Students - Fall Data (table) - Demographics of Enrolled Undergraduate Students - Fall Data (table)

B. Test scores (GRE, GMAT or TOEFL) of enrolled students - Average GRE Scores for Enrolled Graduate Students – Fall Data (chart)

C. GPA of new students - New Graduate Students GPA by Level – Fall Data (chart)

D. Time to Degree in Years (chart) E. Provide a breakdown of how many enrolled graduate students are RA’s. TA’s or GPTI’s (chart) F. Initial position and place of employment of graduates over the past 6 years (table) G. Type of financial support available for graduate students. H. Number of students who have received national and university fellowships, scholarships and other awards - fellowships awarded (table) I. Percentage (%) of full time students receiving financial support J. Graduate Student Publications and Creative Activities (table) – number of discipline-related

refereed papers/publication, juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentations per year per student.

K. Programs for mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students. L. Department efforts to retain students and graduation rates

M. Percentage of Full Time students per semester – Fall data V. Department

A. Department operating expenses - Department Operating Cost - Academic Year (chart)

- Department Operating Cost as a Fraction of Employees - (table) B. Summary of Proposals (Submitted)

- Summary of Number of Proposals Written and Accepted (table) C. External Research expenditures

- Summary of Faculty Awards (table) - Research Expenditures (chart) - Peer Institution Info (if available) (table)

D. Internal funding - Source of Internal Funds (TTU) - (table)

E. Scholarships and endowments F. Departmental resources for research and teaching (i.e. classroom space, lab facilities) - (table) G. HEAF expenditures (table) H. External Program Accreditation – Name of body and date of last program accreditation review

including description of body and accreditation specifics. VI. Conclusions – a one- to two-page summary of the observed deficiencies and needs identified by

your review. Highlight areas of greatest need and areas of significant contributions.

VII. Appendices – should include, but not be limited to, the following: Table of Contents

A. Strategic plan B. Curriculum Map C. 18 Characteristics of Doctoral Program D. Graduate Course Offerings E. Graduate Student Handbook F. Graduate Student Association(s) G. Graduate Faculty Information

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I. Program Overview

The mission of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University is to educate, conduct research, and disseminate ChE knowledge through internationally recognized programs for the benefit of society. The vision of the department is to be the undergraduate ChE department of choice in Texas and to be recognized as one of the top research and graduate ChE departments in the nation. With respect to our graduate program, the department's short-term goal is to be in the top 50 programs in the nation; our current rank is 60. The department consists of thirteen full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members with primary appointments in chemical engineering. Research productivity has been steadily increasing over the course of the past decade. Total research expenditures in FY13 were $ 4.3 M with $ 2.9 M of restricted research expenditures from sponsored projects, averaging over $ 220,000 per faculty member. In fall 2013, graduate student enrollment was 62 PhD students and 3 BS/MS students, five per faculty member. Refereed journal articles have been lagging student numbers, as might be expected, but is anticipated to be at nearly four articles per faculty members in 2013. Department goals, which are based on benchmarking against peer and aspiring departments, include twenty (20) tenured or tenure-track faculty members, $ 5 M in annual restricted research expenditures, 100 graduate students, and 100 refereed publications per year. Since the department is nearly meeting productivity expectations on a per faculty basis, the challenges for the department are to retain current faculty, increase faculty size through new hires, increase research and office space, staff support, and operating budget commensurate with the growth in faculty and research funding. Strategies to retain current faculty include maintaining a collegial and stimulating department and research environment, as well as working with the upper administration to rectify salary compression and to find sources of endowments to reward productive faculty. In terms of department size and turnover, in the past three years, we have had one retirement and three senior faculty members leave the institution, including the previous chair. During this time period, two assistant professors and one endowed chair were hired. The department currently has four ongoing searches, three at the assistant professor level and one endowed chair. We anticipate two or three additional hires in the coming two years. In addition to the issue of faculty size and turnover, research and office space is a pressing issue. The department has 11,500 sq ft of laboratory space and another 8,500 sq ft of office space for graduate students, faculty, and staff. Current space deficits based on FY13 research expenditures and formulas from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) are 6000 sq ft. Accounting for anticipated growth and new hires, the deficit over the next several years is anticipated to be 10,000 - 12,000 sq ft. Space needs may be met by space in the old petroleum engineering but decisions have not yet been finalized on how much space will be provided or concerning the timeframe and funding for renovations. In sum, the Department of Chemical Engineering has a very positive upward trajectory due to its productive faculty coupled with previous investments in the department that have allowed faculty members to be successful. To continue this trajectory and reach articulated goals, increased investments in terms of space, staff positions, and operating budget are needed.

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III. Faculty In Fall 2013, the Department of Chemical Engineering consisted of thirteen full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty members with primary appointments in the department, all of whom are members of the Graduate Faculty. The Dean of the Whitacre College of Engineering is also a member of the faculty. Over the last six years, we have had two retirements (Profs. Mann and Riggs) and four tenured faculty departing to pursue opportunities elsewhere (Prof. Dai went to Arizona State, Prof. Hoo will go to Montana State as Dean of the Graduate School in January 2014 after a two-year rotation at NSF, Prof. Karim went to Texas A & M as Chair of Chemical Engineering, and Prof. Rengasamy went to IIT Madras after a two-year leave of absence). We have one tenure-track faculty member joining the department in January 2014, and we currently are searching for four additional faculty members, one at the senior level and three at the assistant professor level. We anticipate two to three hires in 2014/15, one to replace Prof. Hoo and one or two in the Soft Matter and Big Data cluster hires approved at the President's level. In terms of non-tenure track positions, we have one non-tenure track assistant professor of practice joining the department in spring 2014. In prior years, we taught selected undergraduate courses with post-doctoral researchers as needed, but we have not previously had any full-time non-tenure track positions. The data below for non-tenure track faculty reflect the number of postdoctoral researchers teaching courses (part-time) in the fall semester; they do not reflect full-time instructors in the department. The data also do not include faculty in higher administration or on leave. The issue of teaching assistantships (TAs) will be discussed in more detail later, but in short, we do not have any recurring full TA lines or students that are appointed as TAs for 100% salary. Graduate part-time instructor (GPTI) are students that are appointed to teach 100 %; in recent past, we used this appointment to pay for student salary startup costs for new faculty members.

A. Number, rank, and demographics of the graduate faculty


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* TTU numbers above do not count faculty in upper administration or on leave in the fall semester but they do count faculty members performing a rotation at NSF if the faculty member's salary is in the department.


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B. List of faculty members List all faculty who were employed by your department during the six years of this review

FACULTY NAME

JOB TITLE

HIRE DATE

END DATE

Grad Faculty? Y or N

NOTES

Lenore Dai Associate Professor 2002 2008 Y

Chau-Chyun Chen Professor and Jack Maddox Chair 2013 Y

Harvinder Gill Assistant Professor 2009 Y

Micah Green Assistant Professor (tenure and promotion expected 2014) 2009 Y

Ronald Hedden Associate Professor 2009 Y

Karlene Hoo Professor 1999 2013 Y NSF Rotation 2011-2013

Chijuan Hu Assistant Professor of Practice 2014 N

M. Nazmul Karim Professor and Whitacre Department Chair 2004 2012 Y

Rajesh Khare Associate Professor 2005 Y

Carla Lacerda Assistant Professor 2013 Y

Wei Li Assistant Professor 2014 Y

Gregory McKenna Horn Professor and Bradford Chair 1999 Y

Uzi Mann Professor 1978 2013 Y

Raghu Rengasamy Professor 2009 2013 Y On leave 2011-2013

Danny Reible Professor and Donovan Maddox Chair (primary appointment in Civil Engineering) 2013 Y

James Riggs Professor 1983 2009 Y

Al Sacco, Jr. Dean, Whitacre College of Engineering 2011 WCOE Dean

Sindee Simon Horn Professor and Whitacre Department Chair 1999 Y

Siva Vanapalli Assistant Professor (tenure and promotion expected 2014) 2008 Y

Mark Vaughn Associate Professor 2000 Y

Brandon Weeks Professor 2004 Y

Theodore Wiesner Associate Professor 1996 Y


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C. Summary of the number of refereed publications and creative activities.

Faculty productivity is very good, in terms of research, publications, and mentoring graduate students, particularly considering the number of young faculty members in the department. In 2012, the department averaged 3.3 refereed journal publications per year per faculty member (with the Dean and faculty on leave counted as part of our faculty); our goal is 4 refereed journal papers per faculty member.

Publication Type 2007

N = 11 F = 12

2008 N = 11 F = 11

2009 N = 10 F = 11

2010 N = 14 F = 14

2011 N = 13 F = 14

2012 N = 13 F = 14

Refereed Journal Articles 37 33 39 31 40 50 Books/Book Chapters 1 0 0 1 3 0 Refereed Proceedings 11 6 1 6 4 10 Non-refereed Proceedings 3 4 1 1 3 1 Presentations/Posters 58 44 63 81 69 75

N = # of full time faculty contributing F = # of full time faculty in department (including faculty members on leave or pursuing an off-campus appointment)

D. Responsibilities and leadership in professional societies

Professional Leadership 2007 N = 4 F = 12

2008 N = 5 F = 11

2009 N = 4 F = 11

2010 N = 5 F = 14

2011 N = 7 F = 14

2012 N = 7 F = 14

Journal Editor or Guest Editor 2 2 1 2 1 1 Editorial Board Member 8 8 8 7 8 8 Officer in National Organization 0 0 0 0 1 1 Other Service in National Organization (Conference Organizer, Programming Committee, Session Chair)

3 2 4 5 7 7

N = # of full time faculty contributing F = # of full time faculty in department


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Graduate Student Committee’s faculty have served for the past 6 years**

Committees Chaired

Committees Served in department

Committees Served outside department

Faculty Name Masters Doctoral Masters Doctoral Masters Doctoral Lenore Dai 1 2 NA NA NA NA Harvinder Gill 0 0 2 4 0 0 Micah Green 1 5 0 9 2 3 Ronald Hedden 0 3 2 16 0 1 Karlene Hoo 1 3 0 1 1 4 M. Nazmul Karim 0 6 NA NA NA NA Rajesh Khare 1 9 3 25 2 13 Gregory B. McKenna 3 18 0 10 0 2 Uzi Mann 0 1 NA NA > 1 NA Raghu Rengasamy 0 1 NA NA NA NA James Riggs 0 2 NA NA NA NA Al Sacco, Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sindee Simon 1 11 0 10 2 2 Siva Vanapalli 0 6 0 7 0 1 Mark Vaughn 2 1 1 7 0 2 Brandon Weeks 3 6 4 5 1 6 Theodore Wiesner 0 2 0 0 0 2


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E. Assess average faculty productivity for Fall semesters only (use discipline appropriate criteria to determine)

Faculty workload, as calculated per TTU OP 32.18, is shown in the table below; every faculty member is required by state law to have 18 workload credits per academic year (9 per long semester). Workload in the Department of Chemical Engineering generally averages 17 workload credits per semester. In Fall 2008, workload averaged less than 9 credits because credit was not properly input by the department for research, service, and administrative activities. Faculty teaching loads in the department are one course per long term (two per academic year) for all non-tenured faculty members and for faculty members who are very research active (> 4 papers/yr, > 4 graduate students, and > $ 200,000/yr in research expenditures). Loads are progressively higher as research productivity decreases and are two and two (four courses per academic year) for faculty with low research productivity (~ 1 paper per year, 1 graduate student, and $ 50,000/yr in research expenditures) and are three and three for non-research active faculty. The department currently has no faculty members who are non-research active and two faculty members with low productivity. The remainder of the faculty are untenured and/or have high research productivity.


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II. Graduate Curricula and Degree Programs

A. Scope of programs within the department The Department of Chemical Engineering offers Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering. The Ph.D. degree consists of five (5) core courses, as well as credits for seminar, electives, research, and dissertation; a total of seventy-two hours (72) are required. Students must also pass a qualifying examination for the doctorate degree and perform novel and innovative research that leads to a written thesis. The thesis must be successfully defended in a final oral examination by the Doctoral committee that is chaired by the thesis advisor. The Graduate Student Handbook, in Appendix D, outlines requirements, policies, and procedures for the Ph.D. program. The following five (5) core courses are required for the Ph.D.: • CHE 5310 − Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques • CHE 5312 − Fluids Transport Principles & Analysis • CHE 5321 − Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics • CHE 5323 − Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers • CHE 5343 − Reaction Kinetics These five core courses must be completed with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above in the first two years of study. In addition to the core courses, at least four elective courses are taken, with courses selected in consultation with the thesis advisor. Graduate students must also enroll in a seminar course each long semester. The degree also requires research credits and twelve (12) dissertation credits, as well as successful completion of both qualifying examination and dissertation defense. Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in their graduate coursework, in addition to a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the required core courses. A typical breakdown of credit hours for the Ph.D. degree plan is outlined below: Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 8 credits Research: 25 credits (titles to be provided in degree plan for all but 6 credits) Dissertation: 12 credits The Department of Chemical Engineering also offers an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering that requires a total of thirty-six (36) credit hours. Both thesis and non-thesis options are offered. The M.S. degree consists of the five core courses required for the Ph.D. program (CHE 5310, 5312, 5321, 5323, and 5343), as well as seminar, elective, and research credits. M.S. students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in their graduate coursework, but they are not required to have a GPA of 3.0 in the core courses. A typical breakdown of credit hours for the thesis M.S. degree plan is outlined below. A thesis defense must be passed for this degree plan. Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 3 credits


http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/courses/che.php%235000





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Thesis research: 6 credits A typical breakdown of credit hours for the non-thesis M.S. degree plan is outlined below. A comprehensive exam must be passed for this degree plan; the faculty under whom the non-thesis students takes the research credits provides the comprehensive exam which typically includes a written report and a presentation. Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 3 credits Research: 6 credits A combined B.S./M.S. degree program is also offered by the department. Students in this program may elect to do either a thesis or a non-thesis M.S. degree. Degree requirements are outlined above. In this degree plan, six (6) credits of electives in the B.S. degree are taken as graduate courses and are counted towards both B.S. and M.S. degrees. On the next few pages are graphs and tables showing the number and types of degrees awarded, total undergraduate and graduate credit hours and enrolled students, a comparison of enrollment with peer institutions, and enrollments in graduate courses. Data are shown over the last six years. We have grown our graduate program over this time from 37 Ph.D. students in fall of 2007 to 62 in fall of 2013; however, Ph.D. degrees awards are lagging, as might be expected. It is also noted that undergraduate enrollments have appeared to decline over the last two years – this trend is not real but due to a change in policy concerning freshman admissions: freshman were admitted directly to Chemical Engineering in and prior to 2011; since Fall 2012, however, they have been admitted to the Whitacre College of Engineering and are only admitted to Chemical Engineering after specific requirements in terms of coursework and GPA are met.

B. Number and types of degrees awarded


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C. Undergraduate and graduate semester credit hours


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D. Number of majors in the department for the fall semesters


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E. Course enrollments over the past six years (enrollment trends by course)

• Figures are totals – classes may be offered more than once a year

Course Enrollments by Academic Year Source: Institutional Research and Information Management


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F. Courses cross listed

Core graduate courses are not cross listed with any other courses.


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IV. Graduate Students

A. Demographics of applicants and enrolled students


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NOTE: In 2012, freshmen in the Whitacre College of Engineering were no longer admitted directly to departments. The result appears to be a decrease in undergraduate enrollment, but, in fact, enrollments in 2012 and 2013 have continued to increase.


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B. Test scores (GRE, GMAT and/or TOEFL) of enrolled students

C. GPA of new students


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D. Time to Degree in Years – Average years to graduate for all students graduating each year

E. Number of RAs, TAs or GPTIs, with total number of graduate students in the program.

All graduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering, with the exception of the B.S./M.S. students are admitted to the Ph.D. program and are paid full-time, currently at a rate of $ 27,500 per year. In the past, students were paid as RAs by their research advisor from grants except in their second year of study when they were required to serve as part-time Teaching Assistants (TAs) for the two long semesters. The Department of Chemical Engineering does not have any permanently designated teaching assistant (TA) or graduate part-time instructor (GPTI) slots. Part-time TAs, who work 5 - 8 hrs/wk, have been paid from lapsed salary and course fees at a rate between 33 % to 100 % of their salary depending on the amount of lapsed salary that was available; students were appointed as RAs for the remaining percentage to make 100 % appointment. A few students were asked to perform extra TAs to cover all courses and they were paid at the same rate as the other TAs. Students in the first year of study were generally paid off of grants as RAs, being back-paid after the advisor selection process was completed in the October/November timeframe. This system was problematic because PIs could not easily manage their research accounts because of the variability from year to year in how much students were paid for performing TAs. We are trying to move to a system where graduate students act as part-time TAs or graders during


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their first three semesters (working 5-8 hrs per week) and are paid for a minimum of the first six months in the program by the department using a combination of lapsed salary, course fees (ADIA), and scholarship funds. Our goal is to pay students for their first nine months while they take their first-year courses. After this initial period, students will be appointed to 100 % RA and paid by their advisor. GPTIs are graduate part-time instructors and, as such, these students are paid 100 % from lapsed salary; students being paid by the department as part of the startup for incoming faculty are generally put on GPTIs although their responsibilities are similar to the part-time TAs.


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F. Initial position and place of employment of graduates over the past 6 years


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G. Type of financial support available for graduate students

As already mentioned, all graduate students except B.S./M.S. students are paid full time at a current rate of $ 27,500 per year plus health insurance and tuition and fees, primarily from research grants. We are paying students for the first six months of their study from a mix of lapsed salary, course fees (ADIA), and scholarship funds. The scholarship funds available for graduate students are those from the Laird Endowment which is currently yielding approximately $ 68,000 per year. Faculty who run out of research funds during the course of a student's study may apply to the Graduate School or the Office of the Vice President for Research for limited bridge funds. The department may provide partial funding when the student performs an extra TA. The Graduate School also has limited Summer Dissertation funds that students apply directly for in order to partially cover their salary for their last summer term; these funds are generally reserved for students graduating in August.

H. Number of students who have received national and university fellowships,

departmental scholarships and other awards

AWARD 07/08 08/09 09/10

$ # Stud $ # Stud $ # Stud AT&T Chancellor’s $9,000 3 $3,000 1 $2,000 1

Hazlewood Helen Devitt Jones

HD Jones PT Summer Dissertation

Laird Endowed Scholarship (Dept.)

Total $9,000 $3,000 $2,000

AWARD 10/11 11/12 12/13

$ # Stud $ # Stud $ # Stud AT&T Chancellor’s $8,000 2 $8,000 2 $8,000 2

Hazlewood Helen Devitt Jones

HD Jones PT Summer Dissertation $4,600 2 $4,600 2

Laird Endowed Scholarship (Dept.) $ 27,000 3 $ 17,354 8

Total $8,000 $12,600 $12,600 Chemical Engineering

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I. Percentage of full time master and doctoral students who received financial support.

100 % of full-time graduate students in the Ph.D. program receive financial support at a current rate of $ 27,500 per year. M.S. students have not been previously admitted to the program. B.S./M.S. students are generally not supported except through departmental or Whitacre College of Engineering scholarships. In the past several years, all B.S./M.S. students have been given scholarships ranging from $ 3,000 to $ 10,000 per year.

J. Graduate Student Publications and Creative Activities

All graduate students are expected to publish a minimum of two papers from the dissertation, and they are expected to give oral or poster presentations at local, regional and national meetings. It is only in very unusual circumstances when this does not occur although we have not typically collected this data. In the future, we plan to collect data regarding graduate student publications as part of our assessment of our student learning outcomes for the graduate degrees. The numbers below reflect the number of publications having PhD or MS students as coauthors. Presentation numbers are for those given by graduate students. Numbers are based on reports from the current faculty; i.e., in the earliest years, the numbers do not reflect results from all the department's faculty members.

Number of Refereed Journal Articles

Number of Refereed Proceedings

Number of Non-Refereed Proceedings

Number of Oral or Poster presentations

Year Ph.D.

students M.S.

students Ph.D.

students M.S.

students Ph.D.

students M.S.

students Ph.D.

students M.S. students

2012 34 2 5 1 34 2011 26 0 2 3 33 2010 21 0 4 1 33 2009 22 1 1 1 23 2008 17 1 3 4 12 2007 24 1 8 3 19


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K. Programs for mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students

The mentoring and professional preparation of graduate students beyond required course work is accomplished primarily by the thesis advisor. The majority of faculty members have weekly research group meetings where a variety of topics are discussed, ranging from safety, ethics, presentation/communication skills, hypothesis development and testing, data analysis, and critiques of literature. Faculty members also meet individually with their students on a regular basis. Graduate students are also required to attend the departmental seminar and are expected to publish a minimum of two papers from their dissertation and to give at least one presentation. The faculty also agreed that a goal of at least four publications per dissertation is reasonable although in some circumstances it is not tenable (hence, the expectation of two papers in the Graduate Student Handbook). Graduate students are also encouraged to participate in graduate professional organizations and present their work in local poster competitions, including an annual event organized by the department's graduate students and the University's Research Days event. In terms of safety training, the department is committed to providing students with a culture of laboratory safety needed for a successful academic or industrial career. Resources developed by the Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) are used to facilitate safety training, including an annual departmental safety seminar given by EH&S staff and annual on-line safety refresher courses; both are required of all students. In addition, the departmental safety committee, composed of the departmental safety officer, the department chair, a faculty member, and a graduate student, visits each laboratory at least once per semester to discuss safety with the graduate students and perform inspections. Inspections are also performed by EH&S on a regular basis. All graduate students paid from grants from the National Science Foundation are required to have ethics training, which includes participation in a minimum of four hours per semester of workshops and/or seminars focused on responsible conduct of research. These seminars are offered by the Ethics Center, the Graduate School, the Teaching Learning and Technology Center, and other units. Ethics training also includes department seminars on ethics which have been intermittent in the past but which we plan to have on at least an annual basis in the future.

L. Department efforts to retain students and graduation rates.

No special efforts at the departmental level have been made to retain graduate students as retention has not been seen as a problem. There has only been one case in the past six years where a graduate student left Texas Tech without a degree. There have been several cases where students have decided to terminate their studies early and receive an M.S. degree, generally for personal reasons although in one case on the advice of their advisor.


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M. Percentage of Full-Time Master and Doctoral students per year – Fall Data All of our graduate students, both those in the doctoral program and those in the B.S./M.S. program, are full-time.


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V. Department

A. Department operating expenses

Department Operating Costs as a Fraction of Employees

07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 Dept Op. Cost $162,471 $113,130 $123,255 $153,158 $131,527 $154,451 Faculty & Staff 15 14 13 16 16 14 Dept Op. Cost

/FS $10,831 $8,081 $9,481 $9,572 $8,220 $11,032

Operating expenses reported above include funds from accounts 11A006 ($ 84,208 in FY13 earmarked for staff salaries), 16A050-100 ($ 32,235 in FY13 earmarked for departmental non-salary operating expenses), and the remainder from 16A050-200 (~ $ 40,000 for graduate student salary support). We no longer receive allocations to 16A050-200. Typical annual non-salary operating expenses for the department are $ 95,000 for paper and supplies, copy charges, telephone charges, seminar series speakers' expenses, expenses associated with faculty candidate interviews, department chair or faculty travel for recruiting or department business purposes, and minor maintenance issues. The difference between non-salary operating expenses and the budgeted funds are $ 62,765 / yr is typically covered by course fees, indirect return, and gifts. Attempts have been


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made to regularize the operating budget to reflect true non-salary operating costs, and our non-salary budget has improved from less than $ 5,000 in the early 2000s. However, the budget is still not in line with costs. The Department of Chemical Engineering currently has two full-time staff paid from departmental accounts: a Unit Coordinator and a Senior Analyst (Business Manager). Prior to June 2012, the department also had a technician whose role was to maintain and proctor teaching laboratories, serve as departmental safety officer, perform yearly inventory, support research laboratories, perform minor repairs, and help with logistics associated with students and faculty (getting keys, finding desks, rearranging space, and associated tasks). The department has not re-filled this position because funds are unavailable to support the technician's salary – the total funds for the three staff positions have increased only marginally to $ 84,208 for FY13, but current staff members were given large raises by the previous department chair to keep them; consequently, the department has less than $ 5,000 in staff salaries for the third position. The non-tenure track assistant professor of practice, who is starting in January 2014, will develop, maintain, and teach teaching laboratories and will serve as the department safety officer. This hire will alleviate some of the pressure, but given the growth of the departmental faculty and research over the past fifteen years and anticipated future growth, more full-time staff support is needed. The department also has a Non-Faculty Undergraduate Advisor who is paid for from the Dean's Office and who is not counted in the above numbers. The department also typically hires one student office worker who works approximately 15-20 hours per week, making copies for faculty and performing clerical tasks.


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B. Summary of Proposals

The numbers above are provided by ORS staff, and numbers for proposals submitted agree with numbers obtained from the ORS reports system on a calendar year basis. Numbers for awards, on the other hand, do not agree the ORS reports system (which are listed in the table below for calendar year data) and are reported in section C for fiscal year data; the reason for the discrepancy is not clear as the number of awards reported above seem to be only a fraction of the awards received. Part of the discrepancy could be due to the fact that some proposals are funded incrementally for multiple years, and each annual increment is counted as a separate award by ORS. In any case, as shown in the table below, over the six year calendar period 2007-2012, the department has received over 15 % of the funds requested – an excellent rate.

C. External Research Expenditures (by Fiscal Year)

SUMMARY OF FACULTY AWARDS BY HOME DEPARTMENT Source: Office of Research Services

Calendar Year

Proposals Submitted Total Requests

Number of Awards Total Awards

2012 43.77 $13,326,811 23.05 $5,280,563 2011 57.92 $24,072,381 20.41 $2,654,170 2010 70.02 $22,741,145 21.35 $2,112,333 2009 62.32 $24,667,476 32.78 $2,959,546 2008 32.30 $8,439,984 20.65 $2,169,419 2007 40.52 $15,523,780 25.60 $2,086,668

TOTAL 306.85 $108,771,578 143.84

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In the above table, departmental research awards are compared to research expenditures from peer institutions. The table below provides Sponsored Research Restricted Expenditures (RRE) compiled by ORS staff using FI026A. These numbers are only for sponsored projects and do not include HEAF funds, indirect return, endowments, or gifts used for research. For FY13, sponsored projects restricted research expenditures were $ 2,899,332 or $ 223,026 per faculty member. Total Research Expenditures, which includes indirect return, endowments, and gifts were $ 4,304,235 in FY13, over $ 330,000 per faculty member. Our goal is $ 5 M in sponsored projects restricted research expenditures with 20 faculty, averaging $ 250,000 per person.

FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY13 Sponsored Research Restricted Expenditures $ 1,331,119 $ 2,031,681 $ 2,384,512 $ 2,214,397 $ 2,899,332

Number of faculty 11 11 14 14 13 Per Faculty Member $ 121,011 $ 184,698 $ 170,322 $ 158,171 $ 223,026


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D. Internal Funding Source of Internal Funds (TTU)

Internal funds are obtained from a variety of sources, but the largest source is generally matching funds from the VP of Research and the WCOE Dean for new faculty startup packages. In 2011/12, we received $ 582,734 from the Graduate School to recruit and pay a number of new graduate students. Prior to ~ 2007, HEAF (Higher Education Assistance Fund) monies had been allocated to the department to be used for capital equipment, both for teaching laboratories and for research and faculty startup; those funds are no longer provided putting a severe constraint on the department's ability to maintain and update equipment in teaching laboratories and to provide any significant portion of funds for startup and/or counter offers.

E. Scholarships and Endowments The department has one scholarship fund that can be used for graduate students, the Michael H. Laird Endowment; this endowment yields approximately $ 68,000 per year, a portion of which must be used for undergraduate students. F. Departmental resources for research and teaching

According to departmental numbers, we are currently assigned 11,500 sq ft of laboratory space for research; the difference is presumably 1600 sq ft of laboratory space in the Experimental

07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 Research Enhancement $104,079

Research Incentive $84,122 $70,367 $34,944 $31,089 $47,758

Internal Seed Grants $19,000

Interdisciplinary Seed Grants $65,000

New Faculty Start-ups $385,500 $491,333 $44,000 $48,000 $315,855

Matching from VP of Research $50,000 $117,477

Special Needs and Opportunities* $1,799 $15,363 $582,734 $50,963

Matching from WCOE Dean $60,000 $17,000

Graduate School Fellowships $9,000 $3,000 $2,000 $8,000 $12,600 $12,600

HEAF $28,141 $42,213 $13,892 $11,447 $14,754

TOTALS: $113,079 $500,763 $667,712 $166,199 $750,870 $595,407


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Sciences Building and the conversion of 650 sq ft of office space to laboratory space in the past year. The office space above agrees with department estimates. In addition to office and research space, the department has a 1305 sq ft undergraduate laboratory. Two renovations are currently underway: 1000 sq ft of new space in the old Petroleum Engineering Building is currently being renovated for an incoming faculty member (with approximately 700 sq ft of laboratory space and 300 sq ft of office space) and 1,000 sq ft of carrel space for graduate students is being renovated to make smaller offices to house faculty and students; the latter decreases office space slightly. Current and future space needs can be estimated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) formulas that specifies that research space (research laboratories plus associated office space for graduate students) should equal 9,000 sq ft per $1 M in research expenditures (1991 dollars). We assume that 30 % of the research space is office space and 70 % laboratory space as that is our current breakdown: Total research expenditures in FY13: $ 4.3 M

Inflation rate from 1991 to 2013: 71 % Adjusted current research expenditures: $ 4.3 M / 1.71 = $ 2.5 M Current research space needs from THECB formula: 22,500 sq ft Current research laboratory space needs from THECB formula: 15,750 sq ft Current research laboratory space deficit from THECB formula: 4,250 sq ft

An analysis performed by the WCOE Associate Dean for Research similarly indicated that the department has a deficit of research space of at least several thousand sq ft based on WCOE guidelines (which are based on faculty productivity). Office space for faculty and staff according to THECB formula are 190 sq ft and 170 sq ft per FTE, and we estimate office space for graduate students at 30 % of the research space. For the current size faculty (14) and staff (3) and research expenditures: Current office space needs from THECB formula: 9,920 sq ft Current office space deficit from THECB formula: 1,490 sq ft The nearly 6,000 sq ft deficit in research and office space described above is based on FY13 data and does not address the issue of faculty expansion or deficits in support space, including conference room space, teaching laboratory, and common spaces. We currently have thirteen faculty members, and we anticipate hiring four additional faculty members this year, with two or three more hires in 2014/15. That will bring us to our goal of twenty faculty members. However, an increase in faculty of 30 % should be coupled with growth of staff and space resources of a similar amount. Hence, the department is estimated to need an additional 10,000 - 12,000 sq ft in the next few years. Current plans for meeting our space needs include a planned allocation of part of the old Petroleum Engineering Building to the department; however, the space in that building will be divided between Industrial Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Decisions have not yet been finalized on how much space will be provided to the department or concerning the timeframe and funding for renovations.


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G. HEAF expenditures HEAF (Higher Education Assistant Fund) expenditures have decreased significantly in recent years because we have not received any additional allocations to our accounts since ~ 2007. At present, our HEAF accounts total under $ 30,000. The result is that the department's ability to maintain and update equipment in teaching laboratories and to provide any significant portion of funds for startup and/or counter offers is compromised.

H. External Program Accreditation

The B.S.CH.E. degree at the undergraduate level is accredited by ABET. The last review was performed in 2011 and the Department received full accreditation with no concerns or weaknesses. The graduate program is not accredited except through the SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) accreditation of the University programs.


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VI. Conclusion

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University is a highly productive department, currently consisting of thirteen full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members with primary appointments in chemical engineering. Research productivity and graduate student production has been steadily increasing over the course of the past decade. Total research expenditures in FY13 were $ 4.3 M with $ 2.9 M of restricted research expenditures from sponsored projects, averaging over $ 220,000 per faculty member. In fall 2013, graduate student enrollment was 62 PhD students and 3 BS/MS students, five per faculty member. Refereed journal articles have been lagging student numbers, as might be expected, but is anticipated to be at four articles per faculty member in 2013. Department goals, which are based on benchmarking against peer and aspiring departments, include twenty tenured or tenure-track faculty members, $ 5 M in annual restricted research expenditures, 100 graduate students, and 100 refereed publications per year. Four faculty searches are currently ongoing, three at the assistant professor level and one endowed chair. We anticipate two or three additional hires in the coming two years, one replacement hire and one or two new positions as part of cluster hires approved by the upper administration in Soft Matter and Big Data. Challenges for the department are to retain current faculty and increase research and office space, staff support, and operating budget commensurate with the growth in faculty size and research funding. Strategies to retain current faculty include maintaining a collegial and stimulating department and research environment, as well as working with the upper administration to rectify salary compression and to find sources of endowments to reward productive faculty. Space issues may be partially or fully resolved by renovation of the old Petroleum Engineering Building although decisions have not yet been finalized on how much space will be provided to the department or concerning the timeframe and funding for renovations. The Department of Chemical Engineering has a very positive upward trajectory due to its productive faculty coupled with previous investments in the department that have allowed faculty members to be successful. To continue this trajectory and reach articulated goals, increased investments in terms of space, staff positions, and operating budget are needed.


VII. Appendices –

A. Strategic Plan B. Curriculum Map C. 18 Characteristics of Doctoral Programs D. Graduate Course Offerings E. Graduate Student Handbook F. Graduate Student Association(s) G. Graduate Faculty Information

APPENDIX A

Strategic Plan

The mission, vision, and strategic plan of the Department of Chemical Engineering are aligned those of the Whitacre College of Engineering and the University's mission. The plan is on the web at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/department/objectives.php. Department Mission

The Department of Chemical Engineering educates, conducts research, and disseminates chemical engineering knowledge through internationally recognized programs for the benefit of society.

Department Vision The Department of Chemical Engineering will be the undergraduate chemical engineering department of choice in Texas and will be recognized as one of the top research and graduate chemical engineering departments in the nation.

Departmental Strategic Plan, 2013 1. Increase Enrollment and Promote Student Success: We will grow and diversify our student

populations and produce graduates that are well-equipped to succeed in an engineering career, advanced studied, and other professional paths, including careers in research and development for our graduate students.

2. Strengthen Academic Quality and Reputation: We will attract and retain the best faculty in the

country; promote excellence in teaching, research, and service; and strive to be recognized as one of the top research and graduate departments in the nation.

3. Expand and Enhance Research and Creative Scholarship: We will increase funded research and

scholarship. 4. Further Outreach and Engagement: We will promote higher education, outreach to K-12 students,

and engagement of our undergraduates in research and service. 5. Increase and Maximize Resources: We will work to increase funding for scholarships,

professorships, and world-class facilities.

Unit Assessment Report - Four Column

Texas Tech UniversityStrategic Planning Account - Academic - Chemical Engineering

Priorities Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) &Criteria / Tasks Results Action for Improvement &

Documentation of Action forStrategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2012 Priority1_Increase Enrollment and PromoteStudent Success - We will grow anddiversify our student populations andproduce graduates that are well-equipped tosucceed in an engineering career,advanced studied, and other professionalpaths, including careers in research anddevelopment for our graduate students.

Start Date:01/01/2012End Date:12/31/2012Priority Status:Active

Assessment Method:2012 Fall Enrollment in department

09/20/2013 - 318 - from IR; does not include FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

09/20/2013 - 458 - includes FNDL-CHE majors

Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Transfers from Texas 2-year collegeswith at least 30 Credit Hours in department

09/20/2013 - 0 - from IR; does not include FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:InconclusiveAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Graduate Student Enrollment as a %of Total Enrollment (Master, Doctoral, Law)

09/20/2013 - 17.92% - from IR, does not includeFNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

09/20/2013 - 12.45% - includes FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 One-year Retention Rate indepartment

09/20/2013 - 79.1% - from IR, does not includeFNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:InconclusiveAction Status:

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Documentation of Action forNo Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Two-year Retention Rate indepartment

09/20/2013 - 76.47%Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Four-year Graduation Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2012 Six-year Graduation Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2012 Total Degrees Awarded (annual)

09/20/2013 - 45Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 First-Time entering freshman classdemonstrates progress towardachieving...Closing the Gaps

09/20/2013 - 1 multiple; 1 White - does not takeinto account FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:InconclusiveAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Freshmen in Top 25% of High SchoolClass in department

09/20/2013 - 58% - includes FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:InconclusiveAction Status:No Action Needed

09/20/2013 - 50% - from IR; does not includeFNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:Inconclusive



Documentation of Action for

Action Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Freshman Class in 75th Percentile - SAT

09/20/2013 - 2-from IR, does not include FNDL-CHE majorsResult Type:InconclusiveAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Freshman Class in 75th Percentile - ACT

Assessment Method:Priority 1_2012 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardincreasing enrollment and promoting studentsuccess.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2012 Priority2_Strengthen Academic Quality andReputation - We will attract and retain thebest faculty in the country; promoteexcellence in teaching, research, andservice; and strive to be recognized as oneof the top research and graduatedepartments in the nation.


Assessment Method:2012 Total Doctorates Awarded indepartment

09/20/2013 - 4Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action To Be Defined

Assessment Method:2012 Total PhDs Awarded

09/20/2013 - 4Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action To Be Defined

Assessment Method:2012 Master's Graduate Rate in department

Assessment Method:2012 Doctoral Time to Degree Rate

09/20/2013 - 3.9Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed



Documentation of Action forAssessment Method:2012 Percentage of Full-Time EquivalentTeaching Faculty who are Tenured orTenure-track

09/20/2013 - 100 %Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action To Be Defined

Assessment Method:2012 Tenure or Tenure-track FacultyTeaching Lower Division Student CreditHours

09/20/2013 - 52 %Result Type:Goal Not MetAction Status:Action To Be Defined

Assessment Method:2012 Student to Faculty Ratio

09/20/2013 - 13:1Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Percentage of Undergraduate Classeswith fewer than 20 students

09/20/2013 - 35%Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2012 Percent of Undergraduate Classeswith 50 or More Students


Assessment Method:Priority 2_2012 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardstrengthening TTU's academic quality andreputation.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2012 Priority3_Expand and Enhance Research andCreative Scholarship - We will increasefunded research and scholarship.

Assessment Method:2012 Restricted Research Expenditures

09/20/2013 - 2,579,977 - from ORS, includesindirect costResult Type:Goal MetAction Status:





No Action Needed

09/20/2013 - 1,594,117.47 - from IRResult Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Priority 3_2012 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardexpanding and enhancing research andcreative scholarship.

Assessment Method:Research Space in Square Feet indepartment

09/20/2013 - 7757.43Result Type:Goal Not MetAction Status:Action To Be Defined

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2012 Priority4_Further Outreach and Engagement - Wewill promote higher education, outreach to K-12 students, and engagement of ourundergraduates in research and service.


Assessment Method:Priority 4_2012 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardexpanding outreach and engagementactivities.

10/01/2013 - The Department of ChemicalEngineering faculty members are encouraged toparticipate in outreach and to engageundergraduates in research and service. In termsof outreach, Prof. Micah Green worked closelywith New Deal High School to initiate a four-week“flex class” on the topic of Science and ScienceFiction, intended to promote interest in STEMfields. His work was supported by the NationalScience Foundation. Prof. Sindee Simon, inconjunction with Profs. Ronald Hedden, RajeshKhare, Gregory McKenna, organized three-daysummer program for junior-high girls that was alsosponsored by the National Science Foundation.The program, entitled "Plastics, Polymers, andBiomacromolecules – Chemistry and Physics inAction" was held in June 2012 and was part of alarger "Science – It's a Girl Thing" (SIGT) programat Texas Tech aimed at sparking girls' interest inscience, introducing them to strong role models,dispelling myths surrounding



Documentation of Action forcareers in science, and introducing minority girls toa collegiate experience. In addition, Simon,Hedden, Khare, and McKenna organized a SuperSaturdays program entitled, "The Physics of Goopand Glue," for grade school children which ran onfour Saturdays in fall 2012. The instructors for theSIGT and Super Saturdays programs weregraduate students in Chemical Engineering atTexas Tech who perform research in polymers,including the student funded by this grant. BothSIGT and Super Saturdays programs areorganized by the TTU Development andEnrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL).Activities include making slime and nylon,examining the viscoelastic properties of polymers,including shear thickening and Kaye effects, andinvestigating hydrophobicity and hydrophilicityeffects.Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2012 Priority5_Increase and Maximize Resources - Wewill work to increase funding forscholarships, professorships, and world-class facilities.


Assessment Method:2012 Total Weighted Semester Credit Hours

09/20/2013 - 30,714.02Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Priority 5_2012 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardincreasing and maximizing resources.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2011 Priority1_Increase Enrollment and PromoteStudent Success - We will grow and


05/11/2012 - 389Result Type:Goal Met



Documentation of Action fordiversify our student population in order toimprove higher education participation andsupply a well-equipped, educated workforcefor the state of Texas.

Start Date:01/01/2011End Date:12/31/2011Priority Status:Inactive

Action Status:Action Complete

Assessment Method:2011 Transfers from Texas 2-year Collegeswith at least 30 Credit Hours in department

05/11/2012 - 36Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete

Assessment Method:2011 Graduate Student Enrollment as apercentage of Total Enrollment indepartment (includes Law Students)

05/11/2012 - 13.88Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete






05/11/2012 - 23.73Result Type:InconclusiveAction Status:Action To Be Defined



Assessment Method:2011 Total Degrees Awarded in department(Annual)

05/11/2012 - 45Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:




No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2011 First-time entering freshman classdemonstrates progress towardachieving....Closing The Gap

05/11/2012 - American Indian/Alaska Native: 1Asian: 3Black (non-Hispanic origin)Hispanic: 15Multiple:3Non Resident Alien: 3White:39Result Type:InconclusiveAction Status:No Action Needed

05/11/2012 - The freshman class is divers.Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed



Assessment Method:2011 Freshman Class in 75th Percentile indepartment




Assessment Method:Priority 1_2011 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardincreasing enrollment and



Documentation of Action forpromoting student success.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2011 Priority2_Strengthen Academic Quality andReputation - We will attract and retain thebest faculty in the world in order to enhanceour teaching excellence and grow ournumber of nationally recognized programs.




Assessment Method:2011 Total Ph.D.s Awarded in department


Assessment Method:2011 New Doctoral Programs w/GRE scoresexceeding ETS averages (in department, ifapplicable)

Assessment Method:2011 Master's Graduation Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2011 New Doctoral Graduation Rate indepartment

Assessment Method:2011 Doctoral Time to Degree Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2011 Percentage of Full-Time EquivalentTeaching Faculty who are Tenured orTenure-track in department


Assessment Method:2011 Tenure or Tenure-track Faculty

05/11/2012 - 100%Result Type:




Teaching Lower Division Student CreditHours in department

Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2011 Student to Faculty Ratio in department


Assessment Method:2011 Percentage of undergraduate classeswith fewer than 19 students in department


Assessment Method:2011 Percentage of undergraduate classeswith more than 50 students in department



Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2011 Priority3_Expand and Enhance Research andCreative Scholarship - We will significantlyincrease the amount of public and privateresearch dollars in order to advanceknowledge, improve the quality of life in ourstate and nation, and enhance the state'seconomy and global competitiveness.

Start Date:01/01/2011End Date:

Assessment Method:New Total Research Expenditures indepartment

05/11/2012 - $5,250,000Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed


Assessment Method:Restricted Research Expenditures in




12/31/2011Priority Status:Inactive

department

Assessment Method:Federal Research Expenditures (NSF) indepartment

Assessment Method:Federal Research Expenditures per FacultyFull-time Equivalent

Assessment Method:Number of TTU-led Collaborative ResearchProjects with TTUHSC in department


Assessment Method:Proposals Submitted in department


Assessment Method:Strategic Faculty hires in department


05/11/2012 - 8216.13Result Type:Goal Not MetAction Status:Action In Progress

05/11/2012 - Working with DeanSacco to increase the researchspace in the Department.

Assessment Method:Total research expenditures (NSF) indepartment

Assessment Method:New Post-doctorates (NSF) in department


Assessment Method:Priority 3_2011 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 words

05/11/2012 - The Department has madesignificant progress in all facets of the academicendeavor. Few facts first, the undergraduate




maximum) that describes your efforts towardexpanding and enhancing research andcreative scholarship.

enrollment grew by ~130%, from 142 to ~ 330; thePhD student enrollment grew by ~120%, from 27to ~ 60. The number of Departmental facultymembers increased by 16.7%, from 12 (fall of2004) to 14 (fall of 2011). However, the mostdramatic change has taken place in the researchproductivity of the faculty. The new yearlyresearch awards increased by 291%, from$831,700 (FY 2004) to $3,254,270 (FY 2011). Thenumber of refereed publications per yearincreased from a total of 23 papers to over 54,reflecting a 135% change. This corresponds to achange from 1.91 papers (2004) per faculty toover 4 papers per faculty (2008-2011). The qualityof research publications is measured by thenumber of citations of the publications; accordingto the Web of Science the number of citations ofthe faculty research publications increased from312 (2004) to 1300 (2011). This corresponds to anincrease of 317%. All these are indicators andperformance measures, which are comparable totop thirty to fifty chemical engineering departmentsin the country. For the first time in its history theDepartment has been ranked in 2010 and 2011 bythe US News and World Report; our ranking is68th.Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2011 Priority4_Further Outreach and Engagement - Wewill expand our community outreach,promote higher education, and continue toengage in partnerships in order to improveour communities and enrich their quality oflife.Start Date:01/01/2011

Assessment Method:Total Non-TTU attendees and Participants inTTU Outreach and EngagementActivities(OEMI* - duplicated headcount)

Assessment Method:K-12 Students and Teachers Participating inTTU Outreach and Engagement Activities(OEMI - duplicated headcount)




End Date:12/31/2011Priority Status:Inactive

Assessment Method:Total Funding Generated by TTUInstitutional and Multi-institutional Outreachand Engagement activities (OEMI- non-TTUsources; may include duplicated sums)


05/11/2012 - Our faculty members are involved insignificant Outreach activities with the localschools. Our colleagues participate in Science,It's a Girl Thing. Several professors have hostedhigh school students, and Clark Scholars in theirresearch labs.Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2011 Priority5_Increase and Maximize Resources - Wewill increase funding for scholarships,professorships, and world-class facilities,and maximize those investments throughmore efficient operations in order to ensureaffordability for students and accountabilityto the State of Texas.


Assessment Method:Total Weighted Student Credit Hours indepartment


05/11/2012 - 30179Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:Action Complete

Assessment Method:Administrative Cost as % of OperatingBudget in department

Assessment Method:Total Endowment in department

Assessment Method:Total Budgeted Revenue

Assessment Method:Classroom Space Usage Efficiency Score



Documentation of Action forAssessment Method:Operating Expense per Full-Time EquivalentStudent in department

Assessment Method:Total Invention Disclosures


Assessment Method:Total Gross Revenue - TechnologyCommercialization

05/11/2012 - 20,000Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Total Funds Raised Annually

05/11/2012 - $234,130Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed


05/11/2012 - The Department has soughtscholarship endowments, endowment forprofessorships, and for world-class facilities. Weare working with the WCOE Development Office toraise funds for these activities.Result Type:InconclusiveAction Status:Action In Progress

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2010 Priority1_Increase Enrollment and PromoteStudent Success - We will grow anddiversify our student population in order toimprove higher education participation andsupply a well-equipped, educated workforcefor the state of Texas.Start Date:01/01/2010



Assessment Method:2010 Transfers from Texas 2-year Collegeswith at least 30 Credit Hours in department

10/18/2011 - 16Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:




End Date:12/31/2010Priority Status:Inactive

No Action Needed

Assessment Method:2010 Graduate Student Enrollment as apercentage of Total Enrollment indepartment (includes Law Students)










Assessment Method:2010 Total Degrees Awarded in department(Annual)


Assessment Method:2010 First-time entering freshman classdemonstrates progress towardachieving....Closing The Gap

10/18/2011 - African American Multiracial - 1American Indian/Alaskan Native - 1Asian - 3Black - 2Hispanic - 11



Documentation of Action forNon-resident - 1White - 36Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed



Assessment Method:2010 Freshman Class in 75th Percentile indepartment

10/18/2011 - SAT - 22ACT - 17Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed


Assessment Method:Priority 1_2010 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardincreasing enrollment and promoting studentsuccess.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2010 Priority2_Strengthen Academic Quality andReputation - We will attract and retain thebest faculty in the world in order to enhanceour teaching excellence and grow ournumber of nationally recognized programs.

Start Date:01/01/2010End Date:12/31/2010



Assessment Method:2010 Total Ph.D.s Awarded in department

Assessment Method:2010 New Doctoral Programs w/GRE scoresexceeding ETS averages (in department, if




Priority Status:Inactive

applicable)

Assessment Method:2010 Master's Graduation Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2010 New Doctoral Graduation Rate indepartment

Assessment Method:2010 Doctoral Time to Degree Rate indepartment


Assessment Method:2010 Percentage of Full-Time EquivalentTeaching Faculty who are Tenured orTenure-track in department


Assessment Method:2010 Tenure or Tenure-track FacultyTeaching Lower Division Student CreditHours in department


Assessment Method:2010 Student to Faculty Ratio in department


Assessment Method:2010 Percentage of undergraduate classeswith fewer than 19 students in department


Assessment Method:2010 Percentage of undergraduate classes

10/18/2011 - 40%Result Type:




with more than 50 students in department Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed


Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2010 Priority3_Expand and Enhance Research andCreative Scholarship - We will significantlyincrease the amount of public and privateresearch dollars in order to advanceknowledge, improve the quality of life in ourstate and nation, and enhance the state'seconomy and global competitiveness.


Assessment Method:New Total Research Expenditures indepartment

Assessment Method:Restricted Research Expenditures indepartment

10/18/2011 - 1,545,624.40Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Federal Research Expenditures (NSF) indepartment

Assessment Method:Federal Research Expenditures per FacultyFull-time Equivalent

Assessment Method:Number of TTU-led Collaborative ResearchProjects with TTUHSC in department

Assessment Method:Proposals Submitted in department

Assessment Method:Strategic Faculty hires in department




Documentation of Action forAssessment Method:Total research expenditures (NSF) indepartment

Assessment Method:New Post-doctorates (NSF) in department

Assessment Method:Priority 3_2010 Accomplishments. Pleaseprovide a short narrative (500 wordsmaximum) that describes your efforts towardexpanding and enhancing research andcreative scholarship.

Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2010 Priority4_Further Outreach and Engagement - Wewill expand our community outreach,promote higher education, and continue toengage in partnerships in order to improveour communities and enrich their quality oflife.Start Date:01/01/2010End Date:12/31/2010Priority Status:Inactive

Assessment Method:Total Non-TTU attendees and Participants inTTU Outreach and EngagementActivities(OEMI* - duplicated headcount)

Assessment Method:K-12 Students and Teachers Participating inTTU Outreach and Engagement Activities(OEMI - duplicated headcount)

Assessment Method:Total Funding Generated by TTUInstitutional and Multi-institutional Outreachand Engagement activities (OEMI- non-TTUsources; may include duplicated sums)


Strategic Planning Account - Academic -Chemical Engineering - 2010 Priority5_Increase and Maximize Resources - We

Assessment Method:Total Weighted Student Credit Hours indepartment

10/18/2011 - 26,576.83Result Type:Goal Met



Documentation of Action forwill increase funding for scholarships,professorships, and world-class facilities,and maximize those investments throughmore efficient operations in order to ensureaffordability for students and accountabilityto the State of Texas.


Action Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Administrative Cost as % of OperatingBudget in department

Assessment Method:Total Endowment in department

Assessment Method:Total Budgeted Revenue

Assessment Method:Classroom Space Usage Efficiency Score

Assessment Method:Operating Expense per Full-Time EquivalentStudent in department

Assessment Method:Total Invention Disclosures


Assessment Method:Total Gross Revenue - TechnologyCommercialization

10/18/2011 - 20,000Result Type:Goal MetAction Status:No Action Needed

Assessment Method:Total Funds Raised Annually



APPENDIX B

Curriculum Map Educational and Student Learning Outcomes for PhD in Chemical Engineering Objective Assessment Criteria Metrics and Assessment Tools Graduates have advanced knowledge of the field and are able to effectively apply this knowledge

Mastery of ChE core concepts

All students pass required core curriculum with GPA of 3.0 or higher Learning outcomes associated with concept mastery in core courses are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

Ability to use computational and modeling tools to solve ChE problems

Learning outcomes associated with computational and modeling tools in core courses are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

Graduates are able to think critically and use the literature to creatively solve problems

Performance in required core courses on issues addressing critical thinking and use of literature

Learning outcome(s) associated with literature searches and critical thinking are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

Graduates are able to perform state-of-the-art research

Performance in dissertation research

100 % of students publish at least two first-author journal articles from their dissertation research

Student awards for presentations

20 % of students obtain local, regional, or national awards for poster or oral presentations

Graduates are able to effectively communicate technical information

Placement of students 100 % of students are placed within six months of graduation

M.S. in Chemical Engineering Objective Assessment Criteria Metrics and Assessment Tools Graduates have advanced knowledge of the field and are able to effectively apply this knowledge

Mastery of ChE core concepts

All students pass required core curriculum with GPA of 3.0 or higher Learning outcomes associated with concept mastery in core courses are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

Ability to use computational and modeling tools to solve ChE problems

Learning outcomes associated with computational and modeling tools in core courses are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

Graduates are able to think critically and review the literature

Performance in required core courses on issues addressing

Learning outcome(s) associated with literature searches and critical thinking are met according to instructor self-evaluation of the course

this objective Graduates are able to effectively communicate technical information

Placement of students 100 % of students are placed within six months of graduation

APPENDIX C

18 Characteristics of Doctoral Programs

18 Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs

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Programs included only if in existence 3 or more years. Program is defined at the 8-digit CIP code level.

Engineering DepartmentChemical Engineering Doctoral Degree Program

Number of Degrees Per YearAverage, 2007-2009For each of the three most recent years, of the number of degrees awardedper academic year.

Graduate RatesStudents Starting 1997-1999For each of the three most recent years, of the percent of first-yeardoctoral students ² who graduated within ten years.²First-year doctoral students: Those students who have matriculated asdoctoral students with a doctoral degree objective.

Average Time to DegreeStudents Starting 1997-1999For each of the three most recent years, average of the graduates' time to degree ³³For each academic year, the time to degree is defined as beginning the yearstudents matriculated with a doctoral degree objective until the year they graduated.

Employment Profile - (in field within one year of graduation)For each of the three most recent years, the number and percent of graduatesby year employed, those still seeking employment, and unknown. Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentEmployed in AcademiaEmployed as Post-Doctorates 1 0 0 0 0Employed in Industry/Professional 1 3 43 4 57Employed in Government 4 57 3 43Still seeking employment 1 0 0 0 0Unknown 2 0 0 0 0

Percentage of Full-time StudentsFTS ⁴/number students enrolled (headcount) for last threefall semesters.⁴ Definition of Full Time Student (FTS) is institutional by program.

Average Institutional Financial Support Provided

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Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011

For those receiving financial support, the average monetary institutional support provided per full-time graduate student for the prior year from assistantships, scholarships, stipends, grants, and fellowships (does not include tuition or benefits). Note: This number represents the weighted average monthly salary of all Research & Teaching Assistants and Graduate Part-Time Instructors.

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5Admissions Criteria

Description of Admission Factors

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ceweb/Graduate/Phd.php

1) Graduate School Application2) Official Transcripts3) Official copy of the TOEFL scores (for international students) 4) GRE scores5) Acceptance by Graduate Faculty6) Department Application

1FY 2009-2010 FY 2010-2011 FY 2011-2012

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Percentage Full-time Students with Institutional Financial SupportIn the prior year, the number of FTS with at least $1000 of annualsupport/the number of FTS.

Number of Core Faculty⁵Number of core faculty in the prior years⁵Core faculty: Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty who teach 50 percent ormore in the doctoral program or other individuals integral to the doctoral programwho can direct dissertation research.

Student-Core Faculty RatioFor each of the three most recent years, average of full-time student equivalent (FTSE)/average of full-time faculty equivalent (FTFE)of core faculty

Core Faculty PublicationsFor each of the three most recent calendar years, average of the number ofdiscipline-related refereed papers/publications, books/book chapters,juried creative/performance accomplishments, and notices of discoveriesfiled/patents issued per core faculty member.

Refereed Papers/PublicationsBooks/Book ChaptersJuried Creative/Performance AccomplishmentsNotices of Discoveries Filed/Patents

Core Faculty External GrantsFor each of the three most recent years, average of the number of corefaculty receiving external funds, average external funds per faculty, andtotal external funds per program per academic year⁶⁶All external funds received by core faculty from any source including researchgrants, training grants, gifts from foundations, etc., reported as expenditures.Number of Core Faculty receving external funds 10 12Average External Grant $ per Faculty 228,923 270,833Total External Grant $ 2,289,227 3,254,271

Faculty Teaching LoadTotal number of semester credit hours in organized teaching coursestaught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty.

Faculty DiversityCore faculty by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, other) and gender,

Male Female Male Female Male FemaleWhite 7 1 7 1 14 2Black HispanicOther 5 1 5 1 10 2

Student DiversityEnrollment headcount by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Other) and gender in program.

Male Female Male Female Male FemaleWhite 3 2 3Black 1 1Hispanic 2Other 26 19 27 23 25 23

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50 35 482

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Date of Last External ReviewDate of last formal external review. ⁷⁷Six-year Texas Tech University Graduate Program Review

External Program AccreditationName of body and date of last program accreditation review,if applicable.

Student Publications/PresentationsFor the three most recent calendar years, the number of discipline-relatedrefereed papers/publications,juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentationsper year by student FTE

Refereed Papers/PublicationsJuried Creative/Performance AccomplishmentsBook ChaptersBooksExternal Presentations

18 26

16 2/14/2008

17 Date of last program accreditation review: 2011/12

Date of last program accreditation review: 2011/12

18 Calendar Year 2009 Calendar Year 2010 Calendar Year 201150

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APPENDIX D

Graduate Course Offerings Graduate courses are listed on the web at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/grad/phd/ Five three-credit required courses are offered every year:

5310. Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques (3). Application of ordinary and partial differential equations for solution of mass, momentum, and/or energy transfer and transport problems. Primary emphasis is on the mathematical analysis of unsteady state systems and chemical-reaction systems: models, solutions, and model validation.

5312. Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis (3). Fundamental relations governing mass, momentum, and energy transfer within fluids, with special emphasis on simultaneous transport, process applications, and numerical methods of analysis.

5321. Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3). In-depth study of fundamental laws of thermodynamics, property relations for pure material and mixtures, and phase and chemical equilibrium principles.

5323. Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers (3). The development of current numerical methods for application to modeling of chemical engineering systems. Primary emphasis is placed upon steady state and unsteady state chemical reaction systems.

5343. Reaction Kinetics (3). Analysis and design of chemical reactor operations with multiple reactions; semibatch operations and other complex reactor configurations. Determination of kinetic parameters from operating data. Economic-based optimization, characterization and modeling of non-ideal reactors.

Electives are typically offered on a two- or three-year rotating cycle depending on the number of students interested in the subject and the faculty on hand to teach the course. Many electives are taught as undergraduate 43xx/graduate 53xx courses with graduate students required by Texas law to perform 25 % more work. Courses that are not yet formalized are taught as ChE 5000 courses.

5000. Advanced Topics in Chemical Engineering (V1-6). Prerequisite: Approval of department chairperson. Individual study of topics of current interest under the guidance of a member of the staff. May be repeated for credit on different topics.

5314. Process Dynamics and Automatic Control (3). Study of the transient behavior of process systems: methods of analysis; synthesis and simulation of digital control systems; introduction to process model-based control, optimization, and statistical process control.

5317. Chemical Process Model-Based Control (3). Prerequisite: CHE 5316 or equivalent. Different model descriptions of chemical and related processes are identified and analyzed for the synthesis of predictive, stable, and optimal control systems.

5340. Polymer Processing (3). Polymerization reactions, mechanisms, and kinetics, large-scale synthesis, scope of polymer processing, and fabrication technology.

5341. Polymer Chemistry and Processing (3). Polymerization reactions, mechanisms, and kinetics, large-scale synthesis, scope of polymer processing, and fabrication technology.

5342. Polymer Physics and Engineering (3). Fundamentals of polymer science and engineering. Solution properties, chain conformation and molecular mass characterization. Rubber elasticity and viscoelastic behavior. Crystalline polymers and morphology.

5344. Polymers and Materials Laboratory (3). Synthesis and properties of materials, including polymers, polymerization, transitions, phase separation, mechanical properties, and processing.

5346. Polymer Viscoelasticity (3). Linear viscoelasticity, Boltzmann superposition, experimental methods, molecular theory, and mechanical properties of solid polymers.

5348. Materials Applications for Scanning Probe Microscopy (3). The science and technology of scanning probe techniques, including scanning tunneling microscopy, near field scanning optical microscopy, and atomic force microscopy, applied to materials characterication.

5363. Biochemical Engineering (3). Introduction to biochemical reaction engineering and separations. Kinetics of biomass and product information and substrate utilization. Biotransport phenomena, bioenergetics, downstream separation, and purification process.

5364. Chemical Engineering Applications in Biological Systems (3). Prerequisite: MATH 3350 or 3354. Transport phenomena and chemical reactions at the molecular and cellular level in biological systems.

5365. Biotransport (3). Mass and momentum transport in living systems.

5366. Biomicrofluidics (3). Fluid phenomena at small scales. Science and engineering of miniaturized lab-on-chip devices for applications in chemical, biomolecular, and cellular analysis

5372. Engineering Experimentation (3). Course emphasizes strategy in experimentation, planning efficient experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, presenting results, and Six Sigma methodology.

5381. Molecular Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineering (3). Prerequisite: CHE 5321. Molecular theories for properties of gases and condensed phase systems. Emphasis will be on free energy changes, phase equilibria, and transport properties.

5382. Methods of Molecular Simulations (3). Theory and applications of computational methods for simulating the statistical mechanics of complex molecular systems. Discusses thermodynamic, transport, and dynamic properties.

5385. Bioprocess Control (3). Problems and solutions associated with optimization and control of bioprocesses.

APPENDIX E

Graduate Student Handbook The Graduate Student Handbook for the Department of Chemical Engineering is located at the following web address: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/grad/docs/graduate-handbook_2013.pdf The handbook text is also reproduced in the following pages, along with forms in the appendix of the handbook.

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ChE Graduate Student Handbook (Revised December 2013)

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I. Introduction The goal of this document is to compile as well as formalize the policies and procedures of the graduate program of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech. This document complements the rules of the Graduate School, all of which must be met to obtain the degree.

Doctor of Philosophy Program

II. Coursework and Basic Requirements 1) All Ph.D. students, including those with prior M.S. degrees are required to take the following

five (5) core courses (15 credits): Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques (CHE 5310), Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CHE 5321), Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers (CHE 5323), Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis (CHE 5312) and Reaction Kinetics (CHE 5343).

2) The five core courses must be completed with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above in the first two years. If these requirements are not met, the student can retake the course(s) and must obtain a B or above in the course(s).

3) In addition to the core courses, at least four elective courses need to be taken by graduate students. The graduate students must select these courses in consultation with their thesis advisor. Graduate courses in other departments which are unrelated to the thesis work may only be taken upon approval of the thesis advisor.

4) Ph.D. students are required to enroll in a seminar course (CHE 7121, CHE 7122, CHE 7123,

or CHE 7124) each long semester. The credits from the seminar courses are counted towards the degree plan.

5) Ph.D. students are required to take research credits (CHE 7000). Topical names to the

research courses are provided by the thesis advisor to be included in the degree plan. 6) Ph.D. students need to have 12 dissertation credits (CHE 8000) – 3 of these 12 must be from

the semester in which the student defends. 7) In addition to the coursework, as part of the graduate training, Ph.D. students are expected to

give at least one public oral presentation on their research before their thesis defense. It is recommended that Ph.D. students publish 4-6 peer-reviewed journal articles from their dissertation.

8) Ph.D. students are required to have a minimum of 72 credits by the time of thesis defense.

Below is the typical break-up of credit hours towards the degree plan. Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 8 credits Research: 25 credits (titles to be provided in degree plan for all but 6 credits) Dissertation: 12 credits

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III. Advisor Assignment The process of advisor assignment will proceed as follows: 1) In the fall semester, the faculty members interested in taking new students will give

presentations on their research topics to the new students.

2) The first year students are required to meet with a minimum of three faculty members whose projects they are interested in.

3) Following these meetings, the students will fill out their top 3 choices in the Faculty Advisor Assignment Document (provided in the Appendix) and submit it to the graduate advisor. Students should not submit potential thesis advisor names that they have not met with.

4) Using this list and feedback from the faculty, the graduate committee will make a recommendation for the advisor assignments.

5) The advisor assignments are discussed in the faculty meeting and will be certified by a vote of the entire faculty; assignments are generally finalized by mid-November.

6) A Student-Advisor Commitment Document (provided in the Appendix) will be signed by both

the assigned graduate student and the advisor, and it will be kept in the student’s file.

7) In order to facilitate a fair advisor assignment process, the students and faculty will follow the rules above. The exception being, if the students are specifically admitted to work for a particular advisor. In such a scenario, the advisor’s name will be mentioned in the admission offer letter.

IV. Selection of Dissertation Committee 1) Students must select their dissertation committee at the start of their qualifying examination

in consultation with their thesis advisor. 2) The thesis committee should consist of the following: committee chair (thesis advisor), at

least two faculty members with full time appointment in chemical engineering, at least one external committee member from another department at TTU. All of these committee members should hold a tenure-track faculty position in the TTU System.

3) Occasionally, a thesis project might require an additional committee member from academia,

industry, or a national laboratory. This committee member must hold a Ph.D. or M.D. degree in engineering or science or closely related area and should be approved by the graduate advisor and the graduate school. For this purpose, the thesis committee chair (student’s advisor) should provide a one paragraph justification for the need to select a committee member from outside of TTU.

V. Teaching Assistant (TA) Duties 1) Each Ph.D. student is required to perform TA duties for three semesters. The TAs typically

work 5-8 hrs/wk on average. TA responsibilities include maintaining office hours, grading, conducting discussions, proctoring exaM.S., delivering substitute or guest lectures, developing and helping students with projects, and/or supervising, maintaining, and developing undergraduate teaching laboratories.

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2) It is possible that some students may have to TA more than three times due to departmental needs and funding levels. In this case, the student and advisor should meet and discuss this possibility.

VI. Ph.D. Qualifying Exam 1) The qualifying exam is to be taken after the student has completed all of the core courses

with a cumulative GPA of 3.0. 2) The qualifying exam should be completed before the end of the third year of the student.

3) Per current format, the qualifying exam consists of an independent project that is assigned by

the student’s advisor. The problem assigned to students is different from previous research conducted. The student is given four to six weeks to work on the problem and then submit a report to the committee. This is followed by a presentation and defending the work in front of the committee (typically a week after the submission of the report).

4) The outcomes of the qualifying exam could be: Pass, Re-defend and Fail. Students who fail

the qualifying exam are ineligible to pursue the Ph.D. but are eligible to obtain a terminal M.S. degree.

5) Upon passing the qualifying exam, the student is admitted to Ph.D. candidacy and needs to

submit the Qualifying Exam Report (see Appendix) to the Graduate School. At this point, the degree plan should be submitted to the Graduate School. The degree plan should contain the courses to be taken in fulfillment of Ph.D. requirements with names provided for ChE 7000 courses and the plan should be signed by the thesis supervisor and the graduate advisor. See the Appendix for an example. In addition, the thesis advisor should send a memo to the graduate school, cc'ing the graduate advisor, stating that the student passed the qualifying exam and including the date of the exam and the committee members in attendance.

6) It is recommended that the Ph.D. students meet with their dissertation committee on an

annual basis after passing their qualifying exam to report research progress and receive feedback.

VII. Dissertation Defense

1) A student planning to graduate must file in the Graduate School’s office a “Statement of

Intention to Graduate” at the beginning of the semester of intended graduation. A list of deadlines, including the date for filing the “Statement of Intent to Graduate,” can be found on the Graduate School website (www.gradschool.ttu.edu).

2) Once the graduate school is notified of the intent to graduate, the student should contact the

dissertation committee members to identify a time slot suitable for everyone. Final oral examinations should not be scheduled during inter-term breaks – if the committee agrees to an exam between terM.S., it is the student's and/or advisor's responsibility to identify the Dean's Representative and let the Graduate School know who that is.

3) The Graduate School must be notified of the time of the final oral examination at least three

weeks in advance. The Graduate School will then find a Dean's Representative to attend the final examination. In the event that there is less than three weeks notification, the student and/or thesis advisor should identify a Dean's Representative and let the Graduate School know the time of the exam and the identified Dean's Representative.

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4) A copy of the dissertation (in printed or electronic form, as requested by the particular committee member) should be given to each committee member at least three weeks before the thesis defense. It is expected that the printed copy should be in a “professional” format. For example, a paper copy that is held together by a paper clip is considered unacceptable.

5) A printed notice of the dissertation defense (abstract, time and place) should be posted in

prominent places in the department. In addition, the department should also be notified by an email. Both notices must be placed at least one week prior to defense.

6) The dissertation defense will consist of 3 parts: oral presentation by the candidate, open

question session and “closed” question session where only the thesis committee members are present.

Master of Science Program Students pursuing M.S. degrees require a total of 36 credits to graduate. Both thesis and non-thesis M.S. degrees are offered, as well as a B.S./M.S. degree plan. The breakup of the 36-credit degree plan is different for each of the M.S. program as specified below. I. Coursework 1) All students pursuing an M.S. degree are required to take the following five (5) core courses

(15 credits): Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques (CHE 5310), Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CHE 5321), Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers (CHE 5323), Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis (CHE 5312) and Reaction Kinetics (CHE 5343).

2) The students need to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 annually. 3) The 36-credit degree plan for M.S. Thesis:

Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 3 credits Thesis Research: 6 credits The thesis defense must be passed

4) The 36-credit degree plan for M.S. Non-Thesis:

Core courses: 15 credits Course electives: 12 credits (minimum) Seminar courses: 3 credits Research: 6 credits A comprehensive exam must be passed. The faculty under whom the non-thesis students take the 6 research credits will provide the comprehensive exam. The exam format could include a written report and a presentation.

In the combined B.S./M.S. degree program, students may elect to do either a thesis or a non-thesis M.S. degree. In this degree plan, six (6) credits of electives in the B.S. degree are taken as graduate courses and are counted towards both B.S. and M.S. degrees. Degree plans for both the M.S. Thesis and M.S. Non-Thesis options are in the Appendix.

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II. Advisor Assignment Students pursuing M.S. degrees need to contact faculty members whose area of research they are interested in and identify advisors. III. Thesis Committee Selection 1) The thesis committee should consist of the following: committee chair (thesis advisor) and at least one other faculty member with full time appointment in chemical engineering. All of these committee members should hold a tenure-track faculty position at TTU. 2) Occasionally, a thesis project might require an additional member from academia, industry or a national laboratory. This additional committee member must hold a Ph.D. degree in engineering or science and should be approved by the graduate advisor and the graduate school. For this purpose, the thesis committee chair (student’s advisor) should provide a one paragraph justification for the need to select a committee member from outside of TTU. IV. Teaching Assistant (TA) Duties 1) No teaching assistant (TA) duties are mandatory for the M.S. and BS/M.S. students. V. Thesis Defense 1) The thesis defense is to be initiated by contacting the graduate school. A defense cannot take

place in the absence of a representative of the graduate school Dean.

2) Once the graduate school is notified, student should contact the thesis committee members to identify a time slot suitable for everyone.

3) A copy of the thesis (in printed or electronic form, as requested by the particular committee member) should be given to each committee member at least one week before the thesis defense. It is expected that the printed copy should be in a “professional” format. For example, a paper copy that is held together by a paper clip is considered unacceptable.

4) A printed notice of the thesis defense (abstract, time and place) should be posted in the prominent places in the department. In addition, the department should also be notified by an email. Both notices must be placed at least one week prior to defense.

5) The thesis defense will consist of 3 parts: oral presentation by the candidate, open question

session and “closed” question session where only the thesis committee members are present.

FACULTY ADVISOR ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT

This is the signature sheet for incoming graduate students for the Fall Semester, 2013. The students are to use this sheet to visit with faculty who are potentially taking graduate students. Each student must visit with a minimum of three faculty members, though they may visit with more. They are to then list three faculty members in order of preference with whom they would like to work on their Ph.D. degree. Once the students have provided their preferences, the faculty meets to decide the actual pairings of students and faculty. The deadline for meeting with faculty is October 31, 2011. The completed form needs to be returned to Prof. Vanapalli by Nov 1, 2013 at 2:00 PM. Decisions will be made most likely by Nov 12. ______________________________Student’s name ______________________________Faculty signature 1 ______________________________Faculty signature 2 ______________________________Faculty signature 3 ______________________________Faculty signature 4 ______________________________Faculty signature 5 Student Preferences: ______________________________Preference 1. ______________________________Preference 2. ______________________________Preference 3.

STUDENT-ADVISOR COMMITMENT DOCUMENT We ______________________ (student’s name) and ___________________ (Ph.D. advisor’s name) agree to work as student and advisor towards the student’s Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University, beginning in the Spring semester of 2013. We agree to mutually work towards the achievement of excellence in this endeavor. ________________________________ ______________________________ Student name date Advisor name date

P.O. Box 41030 Lubbock, Texas 79409 -1030

P 806.742.2781• F 806.742.1746

Qualifying Exam Report

Student Name: ________________________________

Student R Number: _____________________________

Department/College: _____________________________

Date: _________________

The Department/College recommends student:

� Be admitted to candidacy and successfully completed the Qualifying Exam

� NOT be admitted to candidacy and was unsuccessful on the Qualifying Exam

______________________________ ____________________________

Printed Name of Chair of Committee Signature of Chair of Committee

Mail to:

Enrollment Management Team The Graduate School

M.S. 1030

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY–THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

PROGRAM FOR THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

One copy of this form must be submitted to the Graduate School for approval no later than the beginning of the second year of doctoral work. Date Office Use Only: GRE/GMAT___________ Catalog _________ Deadline____________ Full legal name Student’s I.D.# Current mailing address (include zip code) Degree sought Ph.D Major Chemical Engineering Minor (if declared)__________ Expected Graduation Date Previous Degree(s) Institution(s) Year(s) Awarded Doctoral advisory committee chair: Dissertation title (if known at this time, otherwise list area of dissertation research): Indicate proposed enrollment pattern for residence year: Coursework (prefix and number as it appears in catalog or on official transcript): Major Minor Tool or Transfer 45-hr. min. 15 hr. min. Language Course#* TTU equiv.#* (60 or more hours if no minor) (if declared) (if required) Institution ChE-5310 (3) Advanced ChE Techniques ChE-5312 (3) Fluid Transport Principle and Analysis ChE-5321 (3) Advanced ChE Thermodynamics ChE-5323 (3) Digital Computation ChE-5343 (3) Reaction Kinetics ChE-53xx (3) Elective ChE-53xx (3) Elective ChE-53xx (3) Elective ChE-53xx (3) Elective ChE-7000 (5) Topics in Polymer Physics 1 or Topics in Bioengineering 1 or similar ChE-7000 (5) Topics in Polymer Physics 2 or Topics in Bioengineering 2 or similar ChE-7000 (5) Experimental Methods in Polymers 1 or Computational Methods in Bioengineering 1 or similar ChE-7000 (4) Experimental Methods in Polymers 2 or Computational Methods in Bioengineering 2 or similar ChE-7000 (6) Research ChE-7121 (1 x 8 = 8) Seminar (or other seminar) ChE-8000 (12) Doctor’s Dissertation *In order for transfer courses to be entered on the TTU transcript, courses must be given the TTU equivalent number. For example, MGMT 630 at TAMU may be equivalent to MGT 5371 at TTU. Please indicate when course was (or will be) taken and provide an official transcript to the Graduate School. No more than 30 hours of an earned master’s degree from another institution may be transferred. Grades from transfer courses will not appear on TTU transcripts. ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Signature of Graduate Advisor of major department Signature of Graduate Advisor of minor dept.(if declared) ______________________________________________ ______________________ Graduate Dean Date

Approved [ ] Conditional Approval [ ] Not Approved [ ] Remarks or Conditions of Approval:__________________________________________________________________________ Approval of this form by the Dean of the Graduate School merely indicates that the proposed program is acceptable; it carries no assurance of the applicant’s attainment of a degree. Changes to this program may be made only with the approval of the department concerned and the Graduate School, using the form available in the Graduate School. Conditions for approval for admission to candidacy must be met before the proposed semester of graduation. Revised 5/14/02.

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Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering-Thesis Option (156 hrs***)

Typical break-up of credits towards degree plan (36 credits)

Grad Core Courses: 15 credits

Grad Elective Courses: 12 credits

Grad Seminar Courses: 3 credits

Independent Study: 6 credits

Comprehensive exam over independent study project.

First Year

Fall

CHEM 1307/1107 Prin. Chem. I

CH E 1121 Ch E Seminar

MATH 1451 Calc I

ENGL 1301 Ess. Coll. Rhetoric

HIST 2300† Amer. Hist. I

Spring

CHEM 1308/1108 Prin. Chem. II

PHYS 1408 Prin. Phys. I

CH E 1305 !Eng. Anal.

MATH 1452 Calc II

ENGL 1302 Adv. Coll. Rhetoric

HIST 2301† Amer. Hist. II

Second Year

Fall

CHEM 3305/3105 Org. Chem. I

PHYS 2401 Prin. Phys. II

CH E 2410 Chem. Proc.

MATH 2450 Calc III

POLS 1301‡ Amer. Govt. I

Spring

CHEM 3251, 3301, 3351, 3306/3106, or 4311 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 2421 Thermo. I

MATH 3350 Adv. Math Engr. I

CHE 2306 Expo. of Tech Info

ART x3xx Visual/Perf Arts**

Third Year

Fall

CHEM3306/3106, 3341/3141, or 3310 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 3315 Fluid Mech.

CH E 3322 Thermo. II

CH E 3326 Heat Transfer

POLS 2302‡ Amer. Govt. II

Spring

CHEM 3308/3108 Phys. Chem. II

CH E 3330 Eng. Mat. Sci.

CH E 3341 Mass-Trans. Oper.

CH E 3232 Transport Lab

CHE 3323 Reaction Eng.

IE 2311 Engr. Econ. Analysis (Behavior)

Fourth Year

Fall

CHEM 3107 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 53xx Grad Core+ CH E 53xx Grad Core+

CH E 4232 Unit Oper. Lab

CH E 4353 Process Ctrl.

CH E 4122 CH E Review.

Spring

CH E 7121 Grad Seminar

CH E 53xx Grad Core+


CHE 4356!Process Safety

CH E 4555 Proc. Des. & Sim.

HUM x3xx Hum/Mltclt**

Summer RESEARCH (CHE 5000 or paid)

Fifth Year

Fall



CH E 53xx Grad Elect++


Spring




CH E 6000 Masters Thesis

THESIS DEFENSE

Summer

CH E 6000 Masters Thesis (if needed)

CH E Electives: CH E 4000 - Special Problems in Chem. Engineering CH E 4340 - Polymer Processing CH E 4341 - Polymerization Engineering CH E 4342 - Polymer Physics and Engineering CH E 4344 - Polymers/Materials Laboratory CH E 4345 - Dyn. of Polymeric and Nonlinear Fluids CH E 4346 - Polymer Viscoelasticity CH E 4363 - Biochemical Engineering CH E 4364 - Ch E Applications in Biological Systems CH E 4365 – Biotransport CH E 4366 - Biomicrofluidics CH E 4372 - Engineering Experimentation CH E 4381 - Numerical Techniques for Ch E Problems CH E 4384 - Process Dynamics and Auto Control CH E 4385 - Bioprocess Control * CHEM Electives: 8 hours total: 6 lecture, 2 hours of lab Chemistry courses listed for electives are suggestions only Graduate Courses: + 5 required core courses CH E 5310- Adv. Chemical Engineering Techniques CH E 5312- Fluid Transport Prin. and Analysis CH E 5321- Adv. Chem. Eng. Thermodynamics CH E 5323- Dig. Computation for Chem. Engineers CH E 5343- Reaction Kinetics ++ Electives as recommended by graduate mentor *** up to 162 hours if research hours are taken in 4th and 5th year summer sessions.

For CH E course descriptions, click here.

† U.S. History Requirement (6 hrs): HIST 2300 and 2301 will fulfill the U.S. History requirement. However, HIST 3310 and HIST 3323 can also be applied to this requirement.

‡ Political Science Requirement (6 hrs): POLS 1301 and 2302 will fulfill the political science requirement. If a student earns an A or B in POLS 1301, any upper-level Political Science course listed in the core curriculum section of the current catalog can be substituted for POLS 2302.

‡ Foreign Language Requirement: One year (or the equivalent) of a single foreign language at the college level fulfills this requirement. Two years of credit in a single language in high school can be substituted.

** Humanities, Visual/Performance Arts, and Behavior/Multicultural Electives: Courses should be selected from the core curriculum course lists in the undergraduate bulletin in order to meet core curriculum requirements. One course should be chosen that simultaneously appears on the Multicultural list and on either the Humanities, or Visual/Performing Arts.

Otherwise an additional course will be needed.

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Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Non-Thesis Option (161 hrs)

Typical break-up of credits towards degree plan (36 credits)

Grad Core Courses: 15 credits

Grad Elective Courses: 12 credits

Grad Seminar Courses: 3 credits

Research Study: 6 credits

Comprehensive exam needs to be passed.

First Year

Fall

CHEM 1307/1107 Prin. Chem. I

CH E 1121 Ch E Seminar

MATH 1451 Calc I

ENGL 1301 Ess. Coll. Rhetoric

HIST 2300† Amer. Hist. I

Spring

CHEM 1308/1108 Prin. Chem. II

PHYS 1408 Prin. Phys. I

CH E 1305 !Eng. Anal.

MATH 1452 Calc II

ENGL 1302 Adv. Coll. Rhetoric

HIST 2301† Amer. Hist. II

Second Year

Fall

CHEM 3305/3105 Org. Chem. I

PHYS 2401 Prin. Phys. II

CH E 2410 Chem. Proc.

MATH 2450 Calc III

POLS 1301‡ Amer. Govt. I

Spring

CHEM 3251, 3301, 3351, 3306/3106, or 4311 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 2421 Thermo. I

MATH 3350 Adv. Math Engr. I

CHE 2306 Expo. of Tech Info

ART x3xx Visual/Perf Arts**

Third Year

Fall

CHEM3306/3106, 3341/3141, or 3310 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 3315 Fluid Mech.

CH E 3322 Thermo. II

CH E 3326 Heat Transfer

POLS 2302‡ Amer. Govt. II

Spring

CHEM 3308/3108 Phys. Chem. II

CH E 3330 Eng. Mat. Sci.

CH E 3341 Mass-Trans. Oper.

CH E 3232 Transport Lab

CH E 3323 Reaction Eng.

IE 2311 Engr. Econ. Analysis (Behavior)

Fourth Year

Fall

CHEM 3107 Chem. Elect.*

CH E 53xx Grad Core+ CH E 53xx Grad Core+

CH E 4232 Unit Oper. Lab

CH E 4353 Process Ctrl.

CH E 4122 CH E Review.

Spring CH E 7121 Grad Seminar



CHE 4356 Process Safety

CH E 4555 Proc. Des. & Sim.

HUM x3xx Hum/Mltclt**

Summer RESEARCH (CHE 5000)

Fifth Year

Fall




CHE 5000 Research

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

Spring





CH E Electives: CH E 4000 - Special Problems in Chem. Engineering CH E 4340 - Polymer Processing CH E 4341 - Polymerization Engineering CH E 4342 - Polymer Physics and Engineering CH E 4344 - Polymers/Materials Laboratory CH E 4345 - Dyn. of Polymeric and Nonlinear Fluids CH E 4346 - Polymer Viscoelasticity CH E 4363 - Biochemical Engineering CH E 4364 - Ch E Applications in Biological Systems CH E 4365 – Biotransport CH E 4366 - Biomicrofluidics CH E 4372 - Engineering Experimentation CH E 4381 - Numerical Techniques for Ch E Problems CH E 4384 - Process Dynamics and Auto Control CH E 4385 - Bioprocess Control * CHEM Electives: 8 hours total: 6 lecture, 2 hours of lab Chemistry courses listed for electives are suggestions only Graduate Courses: + 5 required core courses CH E 5310- Adv. Chemical Engineering Techniques CH E 5312- Fluid Transport Prin. and Analysis CH E 5321- Adv. Chem. Eng. Thermodynamics CH E 5323- Dig. Computation for Chem. Engineers CH E 5343- Reaction Kinetics ++ Electives as recommended by graduate mentor

For CHE course descriptions, click here.

† U.S. History Requirement (6 hrs): HIST 2300 and 2301 will fulfill the U.S. History requirement. However, HIST 3310 and HIST 3323 can also be applied to this requirement.

‡ Political Science Requirement (6 hrs): POLS 1301 and 2302 will fulfill the political science requirement. If a student earns an A or B in POLS 1301, any upper-level Political Science course listed in the core curriculum section of the current catalog can be substituted for POLS 2302.

‡ Foreign Language Requirement: One year (or the equivalent) of a single foreign language at the college level fulfills this requirement. Two years of credit in a single language in high school can be substituted.

** Humanities, Visual/Performance Arts, and Behavior/Multicultural Electives: Courses should be selected from the core curriculum course lists in the undergraduate bulletin in order to meet core curriculum requirements. One course should be chosen that simultaneously appears on the Multicultural list and on either the Humanities, or Visual/Performing Arts.

Otherwise an additional course will be needed.

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APPENDIX F

Graduate Student Associations

Graduate student organizations in the Whitacre College of Engineering are listed on the following web page: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/undergraduate/stud_orgs.php Graduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering are active in the following organizations: American Institute of Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association Society of Plastics Engineers The Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association, ChEGSA, was founded in 2007 with a mission to promote scholarly activities and social interaction among departmental graduate students. The group organizes a welcome picnic for new students in the fall, movie nights, and group outings. ChEGSA has also organized poster and t-shirt design competitions. The aim of the poster competition, co-organized with the SPE Student Chapter, is to reward excellent scholarship, promote interdepartmental interactions, and encourage undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies. ChEGSA is advised by Dr. Ted Wiesner. The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is an international organization founded in 1942 and dedicated to the advancement of knowledge for all plastics industry professionals. The SPE serves more than 20,000 plastics professionals in the United States and more than 70 countries around the world. The Texas Tech Student Chapter, with around 35 undergraduate and graduate student members, is part of the South Texas SPE section. The main purpose of the chapter is to provide educational resources to help students achieve their career goals relating to polymers and plastics. Through the organization, students make contacts with industry, attend the annual Polyolefins Conference in Houston, and broaden their knowledge of plastics by attending seminars. The chapter also holds social events, such as hiking trips and the annual poster competition, which is jointly organized with the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association (ChEGSA). In addition, in 2012, eleven Texas Tech students were awarded scholarships through SPE. The chapter also administers the Best Paper Award for scholarship in polymers – the student officers solicit and collect papers and applications and give them to the external committee who decides on award winner. The SPE Texas Tech Student Chapter advisor is Prof. Ronald Hedden.

APPENDIX G

Graduate Faculty Information

GRADUATE FACULTY APPLICATION FORM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

Confirmation/Reappointment

Instructions: The Graduate Faculty Application Form is to be generated in the DigitalMeasures software platform, please make any additions or corrections in DigitalMeasures and reprint application.

Name: Harvinder S. Gill Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Assistant Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date: 2009

TTU Email: [email protected] Phone: (806) 742-3682 Campus Mail Stop:

Mailing Address City/State Zip

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The Graduate Faculty Application Form is to generated in the DigitalMeasures software platform, please make any additions or corrections in DigitalMeasures and reprint application. If being reconsidered after three years probation, please use the “provisional” application. I. Academic Background

Degree Post-Doctoral Field Microbiology and Immunology Institution Emory University Year Awarded 2009

Degree Ph D Field Bioengineering Institution Georgia Institute of Technology Year Awarded 2007

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Panjab University Year Awarded 1994

II. Professional Experience, Academic and Nonacademic

Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 1, 2009 - Present

III. Direction of Graduate Students (completed theses and dissertations directed in the last six years)

Student's Name Jasim Uddin Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Nazir Hossain Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Seth Boese Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Shashwati Atwe Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Wenqian Tao Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yunzhe Ma Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed

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Institution IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III)

Student's Name Tang Weiting Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Mir Karim Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Edward Solomon Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Rohan Ingrole Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Timothy Spinner Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Brian Bullecks Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Hadi Rezaeilouyeh Involvement Qualifying Exam Committee Member Year Completed December 2012 Institution Texas Tech University

V. Graduate Courses Taught in the last six years

Summer I TTU 2013 CHE 7000 Research

Spring TTU 2013 CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5364 Chemical Engineering Applications in Biological Systems

Fall TTU 2012 CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2012 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5364 Chemical Engineering Applications in Biological Systems

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Fall TTU 2011 CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research

Summer I TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis

Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis CHE 5364 Chemical Engineering Applications in Biological Systems

VI. Published Research and Creative Activity in the last six years

Peer-Reviewed/Refereed

Journal Articles (Accepted) Wang, B. Z., Gill, H., Kang, S. M., Wang, L., Wang, Y. C., Vassilieva, E. V., Compans, R. W. (2012). Enhanced influenza virus-like particle vaccines containing the extracellular domain of matrix protein 2 and a toll-like receptor ligand. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19(8), 1119-1125. Gupta, J., Gill, H., Andrews, S., Prausnitz, M. R. (2011). Kinetics of skin resealing after insertion of microneedles in human subjects. Journal of Controlled Release, 154(2), 148-155. Paust, S., Gill, H., Wang, B.-Z., Flynn, M. P., Moseman, E. A., Senman, B., Szczepanik, M., Telenti, A., Askenase, P. W., Compans, R. W., von Andrian, U. H. (2010). Critical role for the chemokine receptor CXCR6 in NK cell-mediated antigen-specific memory of haptens and viruses. Nature Immunology, 11(12), 1127-1135. Banks, S. L., Pinninti, R. R., Gill, H., Paudel, K. S., Crooks, P. A., Brogden, N. K., Prausnitz, M. R., Stinchcomb, A. L. (2010). Transdermal delivery of naltrexol and skin permeability lifetime after microneedle treatment in hairless guinea pigs in vivo. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 88(7), 3072-3080. Gill, H., Söderholm,, J., Prausnitz, M. R., Sällberg, M. (2010). Cutaneous vaccination using microneedles coated with hepatitis C DNA vaccine. Gene Therapy, 17(6), 811-814. Choi, S.-O., Kim, Y., Park, J.-H., Hutcheson, J., Gill, H., Yoon, Y.-K., Prausnitz, M. R., Allen, M. G. (2010). An electrically active microneedle array for electroporation. Biomedical Microdevices, 12(2), 263-273. Zhu, Q., Zarnitsyn, V. G., Ye, L., Wen, Z., Gao, Y., Pan, L., Skountzou, I., Gill, H., Prausnitz, M. R., Yang, C., Compans, R. W. (2009). Immunization by vaccine-coated microneedle arrays protects against lethal influenza virus challenge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 106(19), 7968-7973. Gill, H., Andrews, S., Sakthivel, S., Fedanov, A., Williams, I., Garber, D., Priddy, F., Yellin, S., Feinberg, M., Staprans, S., Prausnitz, M. R. (2009). Selective removal of stratum corneum by microdermabrasion as a novel method of transdermal drug delivery. European Journal of Pharmaceuticals, 38(2), 95-103. Gill, H., Prausnitz, M. R. (2008). Pocketed microneedles for drug delivery to the skin".. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 69, 1537-1541.

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Gill, H., Denson, D., Burris, B., Prausnitz, M. R. (2008). Effect of microneedle design on pain in human subjects. Clinical Journal of Pain, 24(7), 585-594. Banks, S. L., Pinninti, R. R., Gill, H., Crooks, P. A., Prausnitz, M. R., Stinchcomb, A. L. (2008). Flux across microneedle-treated skin is increased by increasing charge of naltrexone and naltrexol in vitro. Pharmaceutical Research, 25(7), 1677-1685. Wermeling, D. P., Banks, S. L., Hudson, D. A., Gill, H., Gupta, J., Prausnitz, M. R., Stinchcomb, A. L. (2008). Microneedles permit transdermal delivery of a skin-impermeant medication to humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 105(6), 2058-2063. Jiang, J., Gill, H., Ghate, D., McCarey, B. E., Patel, S. R., Edelhauser, H. F., Prausnitz, M. R. (2007). Coated microneedles for drug delivery to the eye. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 48(9), 4038-43. Gill, H., Prausnitz, M. R. (2007). Does needle size matter?. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 1(5), 725-729.

VII. Current Participation in Professional Associations

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Controlled Release, Pharmaceutical Research, International Journal of Pharmaceutics. (January 2007 - Present). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2012). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 2012). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Minneapolis, MN. (October 2011). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Minneapolis, MN. (October 2011). Session Chair, Biomedical Engineering Society, Hartford, CT. (October 2011). Attendee, Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah. (November 2010). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah. (November 2010). Attendee, Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society, Austin, Texas. (October 2010). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF-CBET: Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, Arlington, Virginia. (October 2010). Attendee, Meeting, Virology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. (September 2010).

VIII. Presentations in the last six years

Invited Gill, H., Johns Hopkins University, Center for Nanomedicine, Wilmer Eye Institute and School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, "Engineering micro and nanosystems for mucosal vaccination." (December 5, 2012).

Accepted

Ma, Y., Krebs, S., Sutton, B., Haigwood, N. L., Gill, H., American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, "Oral mucosal vaccination using coated microneedles," Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (October 31, 2012). Tao, W., Gill, H., American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, "Gold nanoparticle-M2e nanocomplex for influenza vaccination," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 29, 2012).

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Atwe, S., Ma, Y., Gill, H., American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, "Pollen grains as novel vaccine carriers for oral vaccination," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 29, 2012). Atwe, S., Ma, Y., Gill, H., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, "Engineering plant spores and pollens as novel adjuvants for oral vaccination," Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (October 25, 2012). Tao, W., Gill, H., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, "Gold nanoparticle-M2e nanocomplex induces protective immunity against influenza A virus," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 25, 2012). Atwe, S., Ma, Y., Gill, H., American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, "Pollen grains as novel materials for oral vaccination," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 15, 2012). Ma, Y., Krebs, S., Sutton, B., Haigwood, N. L., Gill, H., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT, USA, "HIV mucosal vaccination through the oral cavity using microneedles," Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (October 14, 2011).

IX. Grant and Contract Activity for the last six years

Grant Gill, H. (Principal), "Pollen Grains as Trojan Horses for Oral Vaccination," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $2,205,000.00. (September 2012 - August 2017). Gill, H. (Principal), "CPRIT: Minimally Invasive Intratumoral Drug Delivery using Microneedles to Treat Oral Squamous Carcinomas," Sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), State, $199,487.00. (2013 - May 2015). Gill, H. (Principal), "Engineering Pollen Grains into Novel Antigen-Transporters for Oral Immunomodulation," Sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Federal, $297,591.00. (July 2012 - July 2014). Gill, H. (Principal), "Nanoengineered Virus-mimics as Templates for Design of a Universal Influenza A Vaccine," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $356,148.00. (April 2012 - May 2014). Gill, H. (Principal), "Targeting the Oral Cavity Epithelium for Inducing Mucosal Immunity against HIV," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $212,699.00. (March 2011 - March 2013). Gill, H. (Principal), "Minimally-Invasive Treatment of Tongue Carcinomas Using Microneedles," Sponsored by TTU/TTUHSC Cancer Grants, Texas Tech University, $50,000.00. (December 2011 - January 2013).

Grant

Gill, H. (Principal), Cordero, J. (Co-Principal), "TTU System Cancer Grant Proposal (Clinical)," Sponsored by TTU System, Texas Tech University, $50,000.00. (December 2011 - Present).

Grant - Not Funded

Gill, H. (Principal), "CAREER: Pollen Grains: Micro and Nanostructural Basis for Novel Materials and Systems," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $752,201.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Micropore Grids to Enhance Intraoral Drug Delivery," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $427,300.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Microscopic Nanostructured Silica Shells of Diatoms as Catalyst Supports for Fuel Cells," Sponsored by American Chemical Society, $100,000.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Pollen Grains as Novel Vaccine-transporters across the Gut," Sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Private, $99,923.00.

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Gill, H. (Principal), "Potency of the Oral Cavity for Mucosal HIV Vaccination," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $1,650,665.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Targeting the Oral Cavity Epithelium for Inducing Mucosal Immunity against HIV," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $212,699.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "CAREER: Pollen Grains with Integrated Colloidal Aluminum Hydroxide as a Novel Biomaterial for Oral Vaccination: Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation," Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $500,000.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Microprecision Delivery of Oligonucleotides for Silencing EGFR Expression in Oral Tumors," Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH), Federal, $198,836.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Nanoengineered Virus-mimics as Lego-Templates for Design of a Universal Influenza A Vaccine," Sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Federal, $395,492.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Engineered Lycopodium Spore as a Novel Oral Vaccine Delivery System," Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH), Federal, $204,137.00. Trindade, A. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Principal), Sari-Sarraf, H., Gill, H., "Biophysical and biochemical abnormalities in the cervicalvaginal secretions of women with PCOS and type 2 diabetes'," Sponsored by American Diabetes Association, Federal, $600,000.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Trindade, A. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Principal), Sari-Sarraf, H., Gill, H., "Biophysical and biochemical abnormalities in the cervicalvaginal secretions of women with PCOS and type 2 diabetes'," Sponsored by American Diabetes Association, Federal, $600,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Co-Principal), "EFRI-MIKS: Engineering synthetic worms to combat bacterial biofilms using interkingdom signaling principles," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $2,000,000.00. Blawzdziewicz, J. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Rumbaugh, K. (Co-Principal), "EFRI-MIKS Preliminary Proposal: Engineering synthetic worms to combat bacterial biofilms using interkingdom signaling principles," Sponsored by National Science Fundation, Federal, $1,997,073.00.

Grant - Pending

Gill, H. (Principal), "CAREER: Pollen Grains: Micro and Nanostructural Basis for Novel Materials and Systems," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $752,201.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Characterization of Pollen Grains as Biomicrocapsules for Universal Oral Drug Delivery," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $294,521.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: An Integrated Approach for Imaging mRNA Expression at a Single Cell Resolution in Epithelial Tissues," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $227,959.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Engineering a Universal Mucosal Vaccination System," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $2,301,741.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Microprecision Locoregional Treatment of Oral Tumors," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $211,956.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Optical Molecular Imaging of Gene Expression in Intact Tissues," Sponsored by NIH/University of California Davis, State, $1,149,453.00.

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Gill, H. (Principal), "Microprecision Delivery of Oligonucleotides for Theranostic Applications in Oral Mucosa," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $401,238.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Nanostructured Biological Materials as Robust Catalyst Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $830,668.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Utilizing Iron Mimics to Control Biomass Growth in Paints and Coatings," Sponsored by NineSigma/TTUHSC, Texas Tech University, $60,685.00. Gill, H. (Principal), "Nanoengineered Designer Vaccines to Harness Innate Immunity," Sponsored by NIH/Midwest Research Center of Excellence, $657,384.00.

X. Other professional activities during the last six years that contribute to graduate education

Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards

Dr. Charles L. Burford Faculty Award. (January 2012).

Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Whitacre Chair (Bioeng) Search Committee. (September 2012 - Present). Committee Member, AIChE - Department Reception Organizing Committee. (August 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Whitacre Chair (Bioeng) Search Committee. (August 2011 - August 2012). Committee Member, State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC). (January 2010 - August 2012). Committee Member, Bioengineering Steering Committee. (September 2009 - Present). Committee Member, State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC). (January 2010 - August 2012). Committee Member, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board : Tuning Oversight Council for Engineering and Science. (February 2011 - March 2012). Committee Member, Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (OVPR). (January 2011 - December 2011). Dean's Representative, Dean's Representative on Thesis Defense. (August 15, 2011 - August 23, 2011). Dean's Representative, Dean's Representative on Thesis Defense. (March 14, 2011 - March 21, 2011). Mentor and Collaborator, O'Donnell High School, O'Donnell, TX. (April 2011 - Present). Science Fair Judge, Harmony Science Academy, Lubbock, TX. (December 10, 2011).

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Name: Micah J. Green Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Assistant Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date:

TTU Email: [email protected] Phone: (806) 742-5158 Campus Mail Stop: 3121


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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology Year Awarded 2007

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Texas Tech University Year Awarded 2002


Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) August 2009 - Present

Title J. Evans Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Institution/Agency Rice University, Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and

Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Year(s) September 2007 - August 2009


Student's Name Rozana Bari Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Dorsa Parviz Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Fahmida Irin Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Sriya Das Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yueyi Xu Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Ahmed Wajid Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Chair Year Completed August 2011

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Institution IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III)

Student's Name Ketan Khare Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Mir Karim Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Rong Xu Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Swastika Bithi Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Xiguang Li Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Shayla Spearman Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Shibin Li Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed 2012 Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Govind Hedge Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed 2012 Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Swapnil Kohale Involvement Dissertation Defense Committee Member Year Completed 2009 Institution Texas Tech University



Spring TTU 2013 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5323 Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers


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Spring TTU 2012 CHE 7000 Research

Fall TTU 2011 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5323 Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers



Fall TTU 2010 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5323 Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis

Fall TTU 2009 CHE 5323 Digital Computation



Journal Articles (Accepted) Shrestha, B., Acosta-Martinez, V., Cox, S. B., Green, M., Li, S., Cañas, J. (2013). An Evaluation of the Impact of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Functioning. Journal of Hazardous Materials. Li, S., Anderson, T., Maul, J., Shrestha, B., Green, M., Cañas, J. (2013). Comparative studies of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and octadecyl (C18) as adsorbents of passive sampling devices for biomimetic uptake of PAHs from soils. Science of the Total Environment, 461-462, 560-567. Li, S., Turaga, U., Shrestha, B., Anderson, T., Seshadri, R., Green, M., Das, S., Cañas, J. (2013). Mobility of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil in the presence of carbon nanotubes. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 96, 168-174. Li, S., Anderson, T., Green, M., Maul, J., Cañas, J. (2013). Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sorption behavior unaffected by the presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in a natural soil system. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 15, 1130-1136. Li, S., Irin, F., Atore, F. O., Green, M., Cañas, J. (2013). Determination of carbon nanotube bioaccumulation in earthworms measured by a microwave-based detection technique. Science of the Total Environment, 445-446, 9-13.

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Pagani, G., Green, M., Poulin, P., Pasquali, M. (2012). Competing mechanisms and scaling laws for carbon nanotube scission by ultrasonication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 11599-11604. Irin, F., Shrestha, B., Cañas, J., Saed, M., Green, M. (2012). Detection of Carbon Nanotubes in Biological Samples through Microwave-Induced Heating. Carbon, 50, 4441-4449. Parviz, D., Das, S., Ahmed, H., Irin, F., Bhattacharya, S., Green, M. (2012). Dispersions of non-covalently functionalized graphene with minimal stabilizer. ACS Nano, 6, 8857-8867. Das, S., Wajid, A. S., Bhattacharya, S., Wilting, M., Rivero, I., Green, M. Electrospinning of Polymer Nanofibers Loaded with Noncovanlently Functionalized Graphene. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, DOI 10.1002/APP.38694. Wajid, A. S., Ahmed, H., Das, S., Irin, F., Jankowski, A., Green, M. High-performance pristine graphene/epoxy composites with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. Green, M. (2012). Isotropic-nematic phase separation and demixing in mixtures of spherical nanoparticles with length-polydisperse nanorods. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 50, 1321-1327. Das, S., Irin, F., Ahmed, H. S.T., Cortinas, A. B., Wajid, A. B., Parviz, D., Jankowski, A., Kato, M., Green, M. (2012). Non-covalent Functionalization of Pristine Graphene Using Triphenylene Derivatives and Incorporation into Conductive Poly (vinyl alcohol) Composites. Polymer, 53, 2485-2494. Wajid, A. S., Das, S., Irin, F., Ahmed, H. S.T., Shelburne, J. L., Parviz, D., Fullerton, R. J., Jankowski, A., Hedden, R., Green, M. (2012). Polymer-stabilized Graphene Dispersions at High Concentrations in Organic Solvents for Composite Production. Carbon, 50, 526-534. Green, M., Young, C. C., Parra-Vasquez, A. N.G, Majumder, M., Juloori, V., Behabtu, N., Pint, C. L., Schmidt, J., Kesselman, E., Hauge, R. H., Cohen, Y., Talmon, Y., Pasquali, M. (2011). Direct Imaging of Carbon Nanotubes Spontaneously filled with Solvent. Chemical Communications. Das, S., Wajid, A. S., Shelburne, J. L., Liao, Y.-C., Green, M. (2011). Localized in-situ polymerization on graphene surfaces for stabilized graphene dispersions. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Cañas, J., Qi, B., Li, S., Maul, J., Cox, S., Das, S., Green, M. (2011). Acute and Reproductive Toxicity of Nano-sized Metal Oxides (ZnO and TiO2) to Earthworms (Eisenia fetida). Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13, 3351-3357.

Non-Peer-Reviewed/Refereed

Journal Articles (Accepted) Green, M. (2010). Analysis and Measurement of Carbon Nanotube Dispersions: Nanodispersion vs. Macrodispersion. Polymer International(59), 1319-1322. Duque, J. G., Parra-Vasquez, A.N G., Behabtu, N., Green, M., Higginbotham, A. L., Price, B. K., Leonard, A. D., Schmidt, H. K., Lounis, B., Tour, J. M., Doorn, S. K., Cognet, L., Pasquali, M. (2010). Diameter-Dependent Solubility of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano(4), 3063–3072. Green, M., Brown, R. A., Armstrong, R. C. (2010). Phase transitions of a rigid-rod solution in a thin slit. J. Comp. Theor. Nanosci(7), 693-699. Parra-Vasquez, A.N G., Behabtu, N., Green, M., Pint, C. L., Young, C. C., Schmidt, J., Kesselman, E., Goyal, A., Ajayan, P. M., Cohen, Y., Talmon, Y., Hauge, R. H., Pasquali, M. (2010). Spontaneous Dissolution of Ultra-Long Single and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano, 4, 3969–3978. Behabtu, N., Lomeda, J. L., Green, M., Higginbotham, A. L., Sinitskii, A., Kosynkin, D. K., Tsentalovich, D. E., Parra-Vasquez, A. N., Schmidt, J., Kesselman, E., Talmon, Y., Tour, J. M., Pasquali, M. (2010).

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Spontaneous high-concentration dispersions and liquid crystals of graphene. Nature Nanotechnology, 5, 406-411. Green, M., Parra-Vasquez, A. N., Behabtu, N., Pasquali, M. (2009). Modeling the phase behavior of polydisperse rigid rods in attractive solvents, with applications to SWNTs in superacids. Jounral of Chem Phys, 131. Green, M., Behabtu, N., Pasquali, M., Adams, W. W. (2009). Nanotubes as Polymers. Polymer, 50, 4979-4997. Green, M., Brown, R. A., Armstrong, R. C. (2009). Rheological phase diagrams for nonhomogeneous flows of rodlike liquid crystalline polymers. J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 157, 34-43. Green, M., Brown, R. A., Armstrong, R. C. (2009). Spinodal decomposition and nematic coarsening in a rigid-rod system. J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 161, 30-36. Davis, V. A., Parra-Vasquez, A. N., Green, M., Rai, P. K., Behabtu, N., Prieto, V., Booker, R. D., Schmidt, J., Kesselman, E., Zhou, W., Fan, H., Hauge, R. H., Fischer, J. E., Cohen, Y., Talmon, Y., Smalley, R. E., Pasquali, M. (2009). True Solutions of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Assembly into Macroscopic Materials. Nature Nanotechnology, 4(830).


Member, American Physical Society. (2010 - Present). Member, Society of Rheology. (2005 - Present). Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (2001 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Reviewer, Journal Article, ACS Nano. Reviewer, Journal Article, Chemical Engineering Science. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. Reviewer, Journal Article, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Communications. Reviewer, Journal Article, Polymer Engineering & Science. Reviewer, Journal Article, Polymer International. Reviewer, Journal Article, Rheologica Acta.

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Small. Committee Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (2013 - Present). Member, American Physical Society. (2010 - Present). Program Organizer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (2009 - Present). Member, Society of Rheology. (2009 - Present). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (2008 - Present).


Invited Green, M., Cañas, J., Saed, M., NSF NanoEHS Webinar, NSF CBET NanoEHS, "Detection of carbon nanotubes in biological samples through microwave induced heating." (May 31, 2013). Green, M., Air Force Research Laboratory, "Liquid-phase Nanotechnology: Pristine Graphene Dispersion and Processing." (April 2011). Green, M., Army Research Laboratory, "Liquid-Phase Nanotechnology: Pristine Graphene Dispersion and Processing." (April 2011). Green, M., Los Alamos National Laboratory, "The Phase Behavior and Rheology of Carbon Nanotubes in Superacids," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (March 2009).

Accepted

Cañas, J. (Presenter & Author), Li, S. (Author Only), Atore, F. O. (Author Only), Parra, A. M. (Author Only), Irin, F. (Author Only), Shrestha, B. (Author Only), Saed, M. (Author Only), Green, M. (Author Only), Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference, Gordon Research Conference, Stowe, VT, "Determination of carbon nanotube concentrations in terrestrial and aquatic organisms using a microwave-induced heating method," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (June 2013). Green, M., APS March Meeting, APS, Portland OR, "Dissolution of carbon nanotubes in superacids: Modeling and Applications," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 2010). Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Nashville TN, "Brownian Dynamics simulations of carbon nanotubes breaking during sonication," International. (November 2009). Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Nashville TN, "Cryo-TEM imaging of carbon nanotube / superacid systems," International, Published Elsewhere. (November 2009). Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Nashville TN, "Dissolution of Long Nanotubes in Superacids," International, Published Elsewhere. (November 2009).

General

Irin, F., Shrestha, B., Cañas, J., Saed, M., Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Detection of carbon nanotubes in biological samples through microwave-induced heating." (2012). Parviz, D., Ahmed, H., Das, S., Irin, F., Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Dispersions of non-covalently functionalized graphene with minimal stabilizer." (2012). Das, S., Irin, F., Wajid, A. S., Cortinas, A. B., Green, M., APS March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Pristine graphene dispersions and solution-cast composites." (2012).

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Graddage, N., Parviz, D., Claypole, T. C., Gethin, D. T., Green, M., Graphene 2012, Brussels, Belgium, "Roll to Roll Printing of Aqueous Pristine Graphene Dispersions." (2012). Das, S., Irin, F., Green, M., International Congress of Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Rheology and morphology of pristine graphene / polymer gels." (2012). Li, S. (Presenter & Author), Irin, F. (Author Only), Green, M. (Author Only), Cañas, J. (Author Only), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 33rd Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, "Determination of carbon nanotube bioaccumulation in earthworms measured by a micrrowave-based method," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 15, 2012). Clevenger, E., Green, M., Mayer, M., 68th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, Baton Rouge, LA, "Tracking guest migration within poly-ditopic hosts: A new approach to monomer sequence distribution." (November 6, 2012). Vegesna, S., Irin, F., Green, M., Saed, M., Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, IEEE, Washington DC, "Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes using Cavity Resonator at Microwave Frequencies," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (July 2012). Satapathi, S., Das, S., Green, M., Kumar, J., Li, L., Mosurkal, R., Samuelson, L. A., Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, "Enhancement of Efficiency in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Incorporation of Graphene." (December 2011). Li, S. (Presenter & Author), Anderson, T., Green, M., Maul, J., Das, S., Cañas, J. (Author Only), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 32nd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, "Influence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on sorption and desorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 13, 2011). Ahmed, H. S.T., Das, S., Green, M., Irin, F., Shelburne, J. L., Wajid, A. S., AIChE 2011, Minneapolis, MN, "Polymer-stabilized Graphene Dispersions at High Concentrations in Organic Solvents for Nanocomposite Production." (October 2011). Green, M., Xu, Y., NT2011, Cambridge, UK, "Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Dilute Graphene Solutions." (July 2011). Green, M., NT2011, Cambridge, UK, "Dispersion and Composite Processing of Polymer Coated Graphene." (July 2011). Xu, Y., Green, M., APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX, "Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Dilute Graphene Solutions Under Flow." (March 2011). Das, S., Wajid, A. S., Cortinas, A., Shelburne, J., Green, M., APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX, "Dispersion and Composite Processing of Polymer Coated Graphene." (March 2011). Clevenger, E., Green, M., Mayer, M., 10th Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, "A New Approach to Determination of Monomer Sequence Distribution within Copolymers." (March 25, 2011). Green, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Polymer adsorption for pristine graphene dispersions and nanocomposites." (2010). Green, M., Society of Rheology, Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, "Brownian Dynamics simulations of carbon nanotubes breaking during sonication." (2010). Green, M., Society of Rheology, Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, "Dispersion and rheology of polymer coated graphene." (2010).


Grant

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Green, M. (Principal), "CAREER: Processing-structure-property relations for aggregation-resistant graphene," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $400,000.00. (March 1, 2013 - February 28, 2018). Green, M. (Principal), "Conformation and alignment control in scalable graphene film processing," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $259,300.00. (August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2015). Green, M. (Principal), "YIP: Interfacial Engineering for Low-density Graphene Nanocomposites and Fluids," Sponsored by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $346,473.00. (April 1, 2011 - 2014). Green, M. (Principal), "Carbon Nanotube Detection in Plants Through Microwave-induced Heating," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $120,000.40. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2014). Green, M. (Principal), "EAGER: The verge of percolation in nanoparticle networks," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $60,122.00. (October 1, 2012 - July 31, 2013). Green, M. (Principal), "Supplement to BRIGE: Liquid-phase Nanotechnology: Dispersion, Rheology, and Applications of Pristine Graphene," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $6,000.00. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012). Green, M. (Principal), "BRIGE: Liquid-phase Nanotechnology: Dispersion, Rheology, and Applications of Pristine Graphene," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $174,746.00. (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2012). Rivero, I. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Principal), "Analysis of Graphene-Loaded Electrospun Fibers," Sponsored by DOE-Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Federal, $2,000.00. (August 2011 - July 2012).

Not Funded

Green, M. (Principal), "DURIP: Acquisition of Tensile Testing Equipment with Embedded Resistivity Probe for Strain-sensing Graphene," Sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal, $57,141.00.

Grant

Green, M., "Production of Ultra-high-Strength Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composite Filaments using Current Manufacturing Techniques," Sponsored by U.S. Army Research Office/Eltron Research, $44,882.00.

Grant - Not Funded

Dallas, T., Weeks, B., Vanapalli, S., Green, M., Pantoya, M., Rivero, I., Li, C., Lie, Y.-C., Bayne, S., "REU: MANDE II," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Texas Tech University, $379,017.00. (March 2011 - February 2014). Green, M. (Principal), "Supplement to Carbon Nanotube Detection in Plants Through Microwave-induced Heating," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $6,000.00. (May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013). Cañas, J. (Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Salice, C. (Supporting), "An Evaluation of the Influence of Carbon Nanotube Type, Size, and Functionality on Uptake into Plants," Sponsored by USDA, Federal, $499,998.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Magnetic Nanoparticles for Patterned Materials," Sponsored by Amer Chem Soc - Petroleum Research Fund, Federal, $100,000.00. Green, M., "Next-generation Graphene Processing for Patterned Aerospace Materials and Sensors," Sponsored by National Aeronautics & Space Administration, $597,444.00. Green, M., Hedden, R., "SBIR: Engineering and Development of Anisotropic Conductive Polymer Nanomaterials for Visible, Infrared and Bi-spectral Obscurant Applications," Sponsored by Dept Of Defense/Luna Innovations, $45,000.00.

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Green, M. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Cholesteric Pitch and Optical Properties of Nanocylinder Films," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $152,604.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), "Partnership for Engineering Research and Education," Sponsored by Partnership University Fund, $120,000.00. Green, M. (Principal), "The Verge of Percolation, Nanoparticle Networks in Polymer Composites," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $305,301.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Gelation Chemistry of Graphene/polymer Mixtures," Sponsored by Robert A. Welch Foundation, $149,935.00. Cañas, J. (Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Salice, C. (Supporting), "Interactions and fate of pristine, functionalized, and stabilized carbon nanotubes in a terrestrial habitat," Sponsored by USDA, Federal, $499,946.00. Green, M. (Principal), "NHARP: Graphene-loaded Polyacrylamide Gels," Sponsored by TX Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $80,000.00. Green, M. (Principal), "CAREER: Patterned Graphene Nanocomposites, Gels, and Strain Sensors for Energy Applications," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $750,000.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Localized Piezoresistive Sensing in Graphene-based Films," Sponsored by Amer Chem Soc - Petroleum Research Fund, Federal, $100,000.00. Green, M. (Principal), "CAREER: Next-generation Graphene Nanocomposites and Aerogels with Directed Patterning," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $400,000.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Graphene in Polymer Resin," Sponsored by Polymer Fiber Enterprise. Green, M. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Computational and Experimental rheology of Tunable Cholesterics Formed by Biomolecule-stabilized Nanotubes," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $152,604.00. Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Cañas, J. (Supporting), Carr, D. (Supporting), Fan, Z. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Hedden, R., McKenna, G. (Supporting), Pantoya, M. (Supporting), Wang, S. (Supporting), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffraction System for Materials Research, Training, and Education," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $641,392.00. Cañas, J. (Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), "Interactions and Fate of Pristine, Functionalized, and Stabilized Carbon Nanotubes in a Terrestrial Environment," Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Federal, $596,894.00. Green, M. (Principal), "CAREER: Microstructure Control in Graphene Thin Film Processing," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, $755,773.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Disperson of Pristine Nanomaterials in Petroleum-derived Mesophase Pitch," Sponsored by Amer Chem Soc-Petroleum Research Fund, $99,857.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Computational and Experimental rheology of Tunable Cholesterics Formed by Biomolecule-stabilized Nanotubes," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $139,694.00. Green, M. (Principal), "Dynamics of Graphene in Flow," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $254,215.00. Green, M., "REU Site: Micro and Nano Device Engineering (MANDE II)," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $37,901.70.

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Green, M. (Principal), "Young Faculty Award: Controlled Nanoscale Architecture for High-performance Graphene Materials," Sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $299,972.00. Green, M. (Principal), "T10-44 Interactions and Fate of Pristine, Functionalized, and Stabilized Carbon Nanotubes in a Terrestrial Environment," Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, $298,445.50. Green, M. (Principal), "In-situ Polymerization and Encapsulation of Graphene," Sponsored by Robert A. Welch Foundation, $99,995.00. Cañas, J. (Co-Principal), Godard-Codding, C. (Co-Principal), Cox, S. (Supporting), Dixon, K. (Supporting), Gao, W. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Smith, P. (Supporting), "Environmental Health and Safety of Carbon Nanotubes," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $1,542,307.00. Cañas, J. (Supporting), Godard-Codding, C. (Principal), Cox, S. (Supporting), Dixon, K. (Supporting), Gao, W. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Smith, P. (Supporting), "Environmental Health and Safety of Carbon Nanotubes: A three-tiered investigation (in vivo. in vitro, and modeling) of disposition and toxicity in rodents," Sponsored by National Institute of Standards & Technology, Federal, $1,389,724.00. Godard-Codding, C. (Principal), Cox, S. (Co-Principal), Dixon, K. (Co-Principal), Cañas, J. (Principal), Gao, W. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Smith, P. (Co-Principal), "Environmental Health and Safety of Carbon Nanotubes: a Three-tiered Investigation (in vivo, in vitro and modeling) of Disposition and Toxicity in Rodents," Sponsored by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Other, $1,279,064.00.

Grant - Pending

Green, M., Khare, R. (Principal), "Molecular Origins of Thermo-mechanical Property Changes in Polymer Stabilized Graphene/Epoxy Nanocomposites," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $419,462.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "RET Site: Transmitting Micro and Nano Technology Research and Education to High School Teachers and Students," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $150,000.00.

Pending

Green, M. (Principal), "DURIP: Acquisition of Spray-drying Equipment for Creating Aggregation-resistant Crumpled Graphene," Sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal, $56,289.00.



New Faculty Award, TTU Alumni Association. (2013). CAREER Award, National Science Foundation. (2012). Whitacre Research Award, Whitacre College of Engineering. (2012). “Apple Polishing” Faculty Award, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society. (November 2011). Faculty Recognition Award, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society/Omicron Delta. (October 2011). Best Applied Paper, South Texas AIChE. (2010). Young Investigator Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (2010).

Service/Engagement

Faculty Advisor, AIChE Student Chapter. (August 31, 2010 - Present). Committee Member, Graduate Committee, Chemical Engineering. (August 31, 2010 - Present).

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Faculty Advisor, Red Raider Orientation. (June 2012 - August 2012). Faculty Advisor, Red Raider Orientation. (June 2011 - August 2011). Committee Member, Computing Committee. (August 2009 - August 2010). Committee Member, Jack and Donovan Maddox Chair. (June 2011 - Present). Alumni Outreach. (August 2008 - Present). Faculty Advisor, Ratio Christi. (November 2012 - Present). Faculty Advisor, Navigators. (August 2012 - Present). Faculty Advisor, Chancellor's Top Student Recruitment. (June 2011 - Present). Guest Speaker, TTU Pegasus Peer Mentoring Group. (November 27, 2012). Guest Speaker, Honors College Lunch Discussion. (October 2012). Guest Speaker, Osher Lifetime Learning Institute. (September 25, 2012). Task Force Member, Connect Tech, Faculty Host. (April 2012). Guest Speaker, Scholar Service Organization. (November 30, 2011). Guest Speaker, TTU Pegasus Peer Mentoring Group. (November 30, 2011). Faculty Moderator, TTU College Bowl. (October 2011). Faculty Advisor, NSF Research Experience for Teachers. (May 2011 - August 2011). Guest Speaker, Techsan Preview Days. (July 2011). Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Task Force. (January 2011 - June 2011). Guest Speaker, TTU Academicast. (March 2011). Faculty Moderator, TTU College Bowl. (October 2010). Guest Speaker, TTU Honors College Red Raider Experience. (July 2010). Guest Speaker, TTU Honors Undergraduate Research Forum. (April 2010). Guest Speaker, “So You Want to be a Professor?” Series. (April 16, 2010). Guest Speaker, TTU Honors College Red Raider Experience. (July 2009). Committee Member, Project Lead the Way committee, New Deal High School, New Deal, TX. (November 2011 - Present). Guest Speaker, "Science & Science Fiction" Flex Class, New Deal High School. (January 2013 - February 2013). Guest Speaker, Jim Bohannon National Radio Program. (November 2, 2012). Guest Speaker, FoxTalk 950AM. (September 18, 2012). Guest Speaker, TexPREP. (June 2012).

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Guest Speaker, "Science & Science Fiction" Flex Class, New Deal High School. (January 20, 2012 - March 2, 2012). Guest Speaker, "Engineering Intution," Flex class lecture, New Deal High School, New Deal, TX. (October 29, 2011). Program Organizer, Honey Elementary outreach, Lubbock, TX. (May 2010).

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Name: Ronald C. Hedden Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Associate Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date:



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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Cornell University Year Awarded 2000

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Pennsylvania State University Year Awarded 1995


Title Associate Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) 2009 - Present

Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Penn State University, Materials Science and Engineering Year(s) 2003 - 2009

III. Direction of Graduate Students (completed theses and dissertations directed in the last six years) IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III) V. Graduate Courses Taught in the last six years

Summer I TTU 2013 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research

Spring TTU 2013 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5344 Polymers and Materials Laboratory

Fall TTU 2012 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5340 Polymer Processing





Spring TTU 2011

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CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5340 Polymer Processing




Non-Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Creative Activity

Music Performance - Participation (Accepted) Hedden, R. (Performer), "Cello performer-University String Orchestra", Texas Tech University String Orchestra. (2010 - 2012).


Journal Articles (Accepted) Chen, H., Yu, Z., Hedden, R. (2013). Influence of thermal history on mesoscale ordering in polydomain smectic networks. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 51(3), 225-230. Chen, H., Lentz, D. M., Rhoades, A. M., Pyles, R. A., Haider, K. W., Vanapalli, S., Nunley, R. K., Hedden, R. (2012). Surface infusion micropatterning of elastomeric substrates. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 12, 451-464. Chen, H., Lentz, D. M., Hedden, R. (2012). Solution Templating of Au and Ag Nanoparticles by Linear Poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate). Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Springer, 14(2), 8. Wajid, A. S., Das, S., Irin, F., Ahmed, H. S.T., Shelburne, J. L., Parviz, D., Fullerton, R. J., Jankowski, A., Hedden, R., Green, M. (2012). Polymer-stabilized Graphene Dispersions at High Concentrations in Organic Solvents for Composite Production. Carbon, 50, 526-534. Lentz, D. M., Chen, H., Z. Y., Patil, H. P., Crane, C. A., Hedden, R. (2011). Influence of Strain Rate and Temperature on Necking Transition in a Polydomain Smectic Main Chain Elastomer. Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 49(8), 591-598. Lentz, D. M., Rhoades, A. M., Pyles, R. A., Haider, K. W., Angelone, M. S., Hedden, R. (2011). Combinatorial Study of a Gold Nanoparticle Infusion Process in a Polymer Film. Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Springer, 13(10), 4795-4808. Mrozek, R. A., Cole, P. J., Cole, S. M., Schroeder, J. L., A, S. D., Hedden, R., Lenhart, J. A. (2010). Design of nonaqueous polymer gels with broad temperature performance: Impact of solvent quality and processing conditions. Journal of Materials Research, 25(6), 1105-1117. Iannuzzi, M. A., R. R., Lentz, D. M., Zhao, J., Ma, L., Hedden, R. (2010). USANS Study of Porosity and Water Content in Sponge-like Hydrogels. Polymer/Elsevier, 51, 2049-2056. Masser, K. A., Patil, H. P., Hedden, R., Runt, J. P. (2010). Dynamics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356, 578-581.

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Patil, H. P., Lentz, D. M., Hedden, R. (2009). Necking Instability During Polydomain-Monodomain Transition in a Main-Chain Smectic Elastomer. Macromolecules, 42, 3525-3531. Unal, B., Hedden, R. (2009). pH-Dependent Swelling of Hydrogels Containing Highly Branched Polyamine Macromonomers. Polymer, 50(3), 905-912. Lentz, D. M., Pyles, R. A., Hedden, R. (2009). Surface Infusion of Gold Nanoparticles into Processed Thermoplastics. Polym Eng Sci, 50(1), 120-127. Unal, B., Hedden, R. (2008). pH-Dependent Swelling of Hydrogels Containing Highly Branched Polyamine Macromonomers. Polymer/Elsevier, 50(3), 905-912. Patil, H. P., Hedden, R. (2007). Effects of Structural Imperfections on the Dynamic Mechanical Response of Main-Chain Smectic Elastomers. J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys, 3267-3276. Unal, B., Klein, R. J., Yocca, K. R., Hedden, R. (2007). Influence of DGEBA Crosslinking on Li+ Ion Conduction in Poly(ethyleneimine) Gels. Polymer, 48, 6077-6085. Patil, H. P., Liao, J., Hedden, R. (2007). Smectic Ordering in Main-Chain Siloxane Polymers and Elastomers Containing p Phenyleneterephthalate Mesogens. Macromolecules, 40, 6206-6216.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Lenhart, J. L., Cole, P. J., Unal, B., Hedden, R. (2007). Non-Aqueous Polymer Gels with Broad Temperature Performance. Antiterrorism and Homeland Defense: Polymers and Materials, 980, 89-100.

Other (Accepted) Hedden, R., Lentz, D. M., Rhoades, A. M., Pyles, R. A., Haider, K. W. (2010). Surface infusion of gold nanoparticles into processed thermoplastics. Society of Plastics Engineers.


Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (November 1999 - 2013). Member, Materials Research Society. (2011 - 2012). Member, Society of Rheology. (2011). Member, North American Thermal Analysis Society. (2009 - 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. (January 2013). Reviewer, Panel Under, U.S. National Science Foundation - CMMI. (November 2012 - December 2012). Program Organizer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (May 2012 - October 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Soft Matter. (May 2012 - October 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Scanning. (June 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Acta Biomaterialia. (January 2012 - March 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, J. Nanoparticle Research. (February 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. (December 2011 - January 2012).

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Session Chair, Materials Research Society. (November 2011). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NIST Center for Neutron Research. (October 2011 - November 2011). Session Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (October 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (September 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, POLYMER. (August 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Langmuir. (July 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, POLYMER. (June 2011). Committee Member, National Science Foundation- CBET, Arlington, VA. (May 2, 2011 - May 3, 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, POLYMER. (March 2011). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation- DMR-Polymers. (November 2010 - December 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. (November 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (April 2010 - November 2010). Chairperson, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT. (May 1, 2010 - November 18, 2010). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation-DMR. (October 2010). Committee Member, National Science Foundation- CMMI, Arlington, VA. (May 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. (March 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics. (March 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. (February 2010).


Invited Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, MRS, Boston, MA, "End-lining Techniques for the Synthesis of Model Gels and Networks," International. (November 30, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), 3M Corporation seminar series, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, MN, "Surface Infusion Micropatterning of Elastomer Films," Local, Published Elsewhere. (October 19, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), International Worshop on Polydomain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai, China, "Cold Drawing and Necking in Smectic Polydomain LCE: Effects of Elongation Rate and Thermal History," International. (June 5, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Zhao, J. (Author Only), Ma, L. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Swelling Behavior and Rheological Response of Porous, Sponge-Like Hydrogels," International. (October 28, 2010).

Accepted

Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Yu, Z., Chen, H. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, AIChE, Pittsburgh, PA, "Influence of Domain Size and Crosslink Density on Mechanical Behavior of Smectic Polydomain Networks," International, Published Elsewhere. (October 30, 2012).

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Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Chen, H. (Author Only), Yu, Z. (Author Only), Polymer Networks Group 2012 Meeting, Polymer Networks Group, Jackson Hole, WY, "Influence of Domain Size on Mechanical Behavior of Smectic Polydomain Elastomers," International, Published Elsewhere. (August 14, 2012). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN, "Polymers for Biomass Energy Conversion: Porous Scaffold Materials for a Continuous-Flow, Immobilized-Cell Fermentation Process," National. (October 20, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN, "Surface Infusion Micropatterning of Elastomeric Substrates: A Novel Processing Method for Microfluidic Device Fabrication," Published Elsewhere. (October 20, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN, "Mechanical Response of Polydomain Smectic Elastomers: Influence of Thermal History," National. (October 18, 2011). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference, ILCEC, Lisbon, Portugal, "Effects of Thermal History and Strain Rate on Mechanical Response of Main-Chain, Polydomain, SCA Elastomers," International, Published Elsewhere. (September 6, 2011). Chen, H. (Presenter & Author), Yu, Z. (Author Only), Lentz, D. M. (Author Only), Hedden, R. (Author Only), Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, MRS, Boston, MA, "Molecular Basis for Necking Instability in Polydomain Main-chain Smectic Elastomers," International. (November 29, 2010). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Zhao, J. (Author Only), Ma, L. (Author Only), Ianuzzi, M. A. (Author Only), Lentz, D. M. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Characterization of Porosity and Water Content in Sponge-Like Hydrogels: USANS and Swelling," National. (November 11, 2010). Hedden, R. (Presenter & Author), Zhao, J. (Author Only), Ma, L. (Author Only), Ryu, S. (Author Only), Karim, M. N. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Continuous-Flow, Packed-Bed Fermentations: New Scaffold Materials and Reactor Design Issues," National. (November 10, 2010).

General

Hedden, R., Karim, M., Ma, L., Ryu, S., Zhao, J., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Polymers for Biomass Energy Conversion: Porous Scaffold Materials for a Continuous-Flow, Immobilized-Cell Fermentation Process." (October 20, 2011). Hedden, R., Zhao, J., Ma, L., Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, "Continuous-Flow, Packed-Bed Fermentations: New Scaffold Materials and Reactor Design Issues," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 10, 2010).


Grant Hedden, R. (Principal), Karim, M. N. (Co-Principal), "Design of a Packed-Bed, Continuous-Flow Fermentation Process Tailored for Cellulosic Ethanol Production," Sponsored by National Science Foundation- CBET- Process and Reaction Engineering, Federal, $330,881.00. (March 1, 2011 - February 28, 2014). Hedden, R. (Principal), "Hairpin Rubber Elasticity: Molecular Basis for Cold Drawing in Smectic Elastomers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation- DMR- Polymers, Federal, $190,000.00. (June 1, 2010 - April 30, 2013). Hedden, R. (Principal), "Non-Affine Swelling and Swelling Kinetics of Microporous Polyelectrolyte Gels," Sponsored by American Chemical Society- Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $95,287.00. (July 1, 2009 - August 31, 2011).

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Hedden, R. (Principal), "SGER: Stress Relaxation Mechanisms in Main-Chain Smectic Elastomers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation- DMR- Polymers, Federal, $96,601.00. (August 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010).

Grant - Not Funded

Hedden, R. (Principal), "Gel Stripping: Energy-Efficient Recovery of n-Butanol from ABE Fermentations," Sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation - CBET, State, $285,819.00. (March 1, 2013 - February 28, 2016). Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Hase, W. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "High Performance Thermoresponsive Materials for Nanostructures," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $900,000.00. (February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2016). Hedden, R. (Principal), "Host-Guest Interactions in Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation-DMR, Federal, $294,170.00. (June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2015). Hedden, R. (Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Surface Infusion Micropatterning: Routes to Manufacturable Biomimetic Soft Materials," Sponsored by National Science Foundation-CMMI, Federal, $358,915.00. (March 1, 2012 - February 28, 2015). Hedden, R. (Principal), Karim, M. N. (Co-Principal), "Design of a Packed-Bed, Continuous-Flow Fermentation Process Tailored for Cellulosic Ethanol Production," Sponsored by National Science Foundation- CBET- Process and Reaction Engineering, Federal, $300,000.00. (March 1, 2011 - February 28, 2014). Hedden, R. (Principal), "Influence of Multi-Arm Star Polymers on Polyethylene Morphology and Crystallization Kinetics," Sponsored by American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. (June 1, 2012 - September 1, 2013). Green, M., Hedden, R., "SBIR: Engineering and Development of Anisotropic Conductive Polymer Nanomaterials for Visible, Infrared and Bi-spectral Obscurant Applications," Sponsored by Dept Of Defense/Luna Innovations, $45,000.00. Hedden, R. (Principal), "NHARP: Alcohol-water Selectivity in Copolymer Gels," Sponsored by TX Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $80,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Principal), "Surface Infusion Micropatterning: Routes to Manufacturable Biomimetic Soft Materials," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $358,915.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Cañas, J. (Supporting), Carr, D. (Supporting), Fan, Z. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Hedden, R., McKenna, G. (Supporting), Pantoya, M. (Supporting), Wang, S. (Supporting), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffraction System for Materials Research, Training, and Education," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $641,392.00. Hedden, R. (Principal), "Activity and Selectivity of Novel Poly(DEAMA)-Stabilized Nanocatalysts," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, State, $100,000.00. Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. L. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. S. (Co-Principal), Casadonte, D. J. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. B. (Principal), "MIRT: Structure Property Relations in Nanocomposites: Interfaces, Interphases, and Topography," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal. Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Klein, R. (Principal), "Copolymer Substrates for Conductive Transparencies," Sponsored by Luna Innovations, Private, $19,000.00.

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Hedden, R. (Supporting), Rivero, I. V. (Principal), Casdante, D. J. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. W. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. B. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. L. (Co-Principal), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-ray Diffraction System for Nanomaterials Research and Pedagogy," Sponsored by National Science Foundation-, Federal, $621,836.00. Hedden, R., "AURA Infusion Technology for Polycarbonates," Sponsored by Bayer MaterialScience, Private, $140,000.00. Hedden, R., "Ultra-Fast Photoresponsive Soft Materials: Porous Photoionizable Hydrogels," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00.

Grant - Pending

Hedden, R. (Principal), "Host-Guest Interactions in Smectic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers," Sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation - DMR, Federal, $360,338.00. (April 1, 2013 - March 30, 2016). Hedden, R. (Principal), "Star-Linear Polyethylene Blends: Neutron Reflectivity Studies of Surface Segregation and Thin-Film Dewetting," Sponsored by American Chemical Society - PRF, Private, $100,000.00. (June 1, 2013 - August 31, 2015). Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Principal), "Surface Infusion Micropatterning," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $355,740.00.



Most Influential Professor Recognition (2010-11), Texas Tech Honors College. (May 13, 2011). Outstanding Professor, 2009-10, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Student Chapter. (May 2010).

Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Undergraduate committee. (September 2012 - Present). Committee Chair, Scholarship committee. (January 2012 - Present). Faculty Advisor, Society of Plastics Engineers-Student Chapter. (January 1, 2010 - Present). Committee Member, Open Rank Faculty Search. (November 2012 - December 2012). Freshman orientation. (June 2012 - July 2012). Freshman orientation. (June 1, 2011 - July 20, 2011). Committee Member, Committee to identify lab technician for dept. (May 2010 - June 2010). Committee Member, College of Engineering Scholarship Committee. (January 2013 - Present). Committee Member, Koh Scholarship Committee. (January 2012 - December 2012). Committee Member, College of Engineering Grade Appeal Committee. (2011). Departmental coordinator, SECC Campaign. (January 2012 - December 2012). Member, Faculty participant, Outreach Program "Science: It's a Girl Thing!" (Coordinator:Sindee Simon), Lubbock, TX. (July 2010).

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Name: Karlene A. Hoo Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date:



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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Notre Dame Year Awarded 1986

Degree MS Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Notre Dame Year Awarded 1983

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Pennsylvania Year Awarded 1981


Title Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2004 - Present

Title Co-DIrector Institution/Agency TTU Process Control and Optimization Consortium Year(s) September 1, 1999 - Present

Title Program Director Institution/Agency National Science Foundation Year(s) July 18, 2011 - July 18, 2013

Title Visiting Professor Institution/Agency UC Riverside, Division of BioMedical Sciences Year(s) September 2009 - August 2010


Student's Name Alejandro Gomes-Flores Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Qiuying Gu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yingying Chen Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III)

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Student's Name Rattasak Srisinroongruang Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed Institution







Fall TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research



Fall TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation

Summer II TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research





Journal Articles (Accepted)

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Hoo, K., Chen, Y. (2013). Stability Analysis for Closed-loop Management of a Reservoir based on Identification of Reduced Order Nonlinear Model. Systems Science & Control Engineering/Taylor & Francis, 1, 12-19. Dunham, C., Weathers, L. H., Hoo, K., Heintz-Wyatt, C. (2012). I just need someone who knows the ropes: Mentoring and female faculty in science and engineering. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 18(1), 79-96. Chen, Y., Hoo, K. (2012). The Development of Maximum Likelihood Model for Model-Based Applications. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 43, 23-32. Chen, Y., Hoo, K. (2012). Optimal Feed Point Design and Regulation of a Novel Plate Reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(2), 860-871. Hoo, K., Li, W., Cobos, E., Frame, L. (2011). Genistein inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoma, and multiple myeloma cells in vitro. Leukemia and Lymphoma, 52(12), 2380-2390. Hoo, K., Zhang, X. (2010). Effective Fault Detection & Isolation using Bond Graph-based Domain Decomposition. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 35, 132-148,. Hoo, K., Chen, Y. (2010). Uncertainty Propagation For Effective Reduced-Order Model Generation. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 34(10), 1597-1605. Buescher, C. D., Hoo, K., Janssen, H. F. (2008). An Experimental Approach to Measure Mass Diffusion in Rat Tumor Tissue. IEEE Trans Biomedical Engineering, 55(7), 1831-1839. Zhang, X., Hoo, K. (2008). Closed-Loop Control of a Coupled set of Biological Reactors for Wastewater Treatment. Journal of Control Engineering Practice, 16(5), 553–568. Shabde, V. S., Hoo, K. (2008). Optimum Controller Design for a Spray Drying Process. Journal of Control Engineering Practice, 16(5), 541–552. Hoo, K. (2007). An Analytical Approach to Identify Fluid Flow Seperation and Re-attachment in a Collapsible Channel. Computeres and Chemical Engineering, 31, 346-360. Wijeratne, N. S., Hoo, K. (2007). Understanding the Role of the Tumor Vasculature in the Transport of Drugs to Solid Cancer Tumors. Journal of Cell Proliferation, 40, 283-301.

Book Chapters (Accepted) Hoo, K., Piovoso, M. J. (2011). Chapter 16: The Use of Multivariate Statistics in Process Control. In W. Levine (Ed.), The Control Handbook: Control System Applications (Industrial) (2nd ed., pp. 1-20). London: Taylor & Francis. Hoo, K. (2011). Chapter 17: Plantwide Control. In W. Levine (Ed.), The Control Handbook: Control System Applications (Industrial) (2nd ed., pp. 1-19). London: Taylor & Francis Group.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Hoo, K., Chen, Y. (2012). Model Parameter Uncertainty Updates for Optimal Management of a Reservoir. J Control Engineering Practice.


Member, American Chemical Society. Senior Member, American Institute of chemical engineers.

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member, American Society of Engineering Educators. Senior Member, IEEE Control System Society. ISA Director, International Systems and Automation. Reviewer, Conference Paper, American Automatic Control Conference. Session Chair, Dept Homeland Security, Arlington, VA. Editor, Journal Editor, IEEE Control system society. Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE Control Systems and Decision. Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE Control Systems Conference on Advanced control. Editor, Journal Editor, International Society of Automation, Research Triangle Park, NC. Director, International Society of Automation, Research triangle park, NC. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF & DOE. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF Biology, Arlington, VA. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF CBET, Arlington, VA. Reviewer, Panel Under, NSF Graduate Fellowships, Arlington, VA. External Reviewer, Univ. Louisville, Lafayette, LA. Workshop Organizer, American Automatic Control. (June 2002 - Present). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, EPA, Arlington, VA. (March 2012 - April 2012). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, EPA, Arlington, VA. (March 2011 - April 2011).


Invited Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), Webinar, NSF, Arlington, VA, "Partnerships for Innovation Programs," National. (July 2012). Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), Nerlove, S. (Presenter & Author), Webinar, NSF, Arlington, VA, "Partnerships for Innovation Programs," National. (December 2011). Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), ASME IMEC Conference, Denver, CO, "Partnerships for Innovation Programs," International. (November 16, 2011). Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), Heintz-Wyatt, C. (Author Only), Dunham, C. (Author Only), 2008 ADVANCE PI meeting, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, "Partnership of Women in Engineering, Research and Science," National, Published in Proceedings. (2008).

Accepted

Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), Chen, Y. (Author Only), 2011 American Automatic Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, "Application of Partial Least Squares Regression in Uncertainty Analysis," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (June 2011).

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Hoo, K. (Presenter & Author), Chen, Y. (Author Only), 4th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes, Hangzhou, PRC, "Optimal Model-based Reservoir Managment with Model Parameter Uncertainty Updates," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (May 2011). Hoo, K. (Author Only), Chen, Y. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, "Dynamic Optimization of Water Flooding for Reservoir with Uncertainty Update," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published Elsewhere. (November 12, 2010). Hoo, K. (Author Only), Chen, Y. (Presenter & Author), American Automatic Control Conference, IEEE Control System Society, Baltimore, MD, "Uncertainty Propagation for Efficient Model-based Control Solutions," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (July 1, 2010).


Grant Hoo, K. (Principal), Siddiqui, S., "Closed-loop reservoir management using an Accelerated Karhunen-Loeve-Galerkin model in a model-predictive control framework," Sponsored by ACS PRF, Federal, $100,000.00. (January 2010 - August 2012). Hoo, K. (Principal), "Closed-loop reservoir management using a reduced-order model-based control and uncertainty propagation framework," Sponsored by NSF CMMI, Federal, $313,540.00. (September 2009 - August 2012). Smith, J. (Principal), Cooke, D. (Co-Principal), Gelfond, M. (Co-Principal), Rushton, J. (Co-Principal), Jackson, W. (Co-Principal), Morse, A. (Co-Principal), Anderson, T. (Supporting), Hoo, K. (Co-Principal), Sinzinger, E. (Co-Principal), Peffley, E. (Co-Principal), Pare, P. (Co-Principal), Thompson, L. (Supporting), Rivero, I. (Co-Principal), "Control Software, Water Reclamation, Nanotechnology, Autonomous Inspection, and Salad Crop Culture," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $919,692.00. (October 1, 2006 - May 31, 2012). Hoo, K. (Co-Principal), Sinzinger, E., Cooke, D., "Engineering support for extended human and robotic space missions," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $200,000.00. (December 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011). Hoo, K. (Principal), Mann, U., "Natural based absorbent for crude oil spill cleanup," Sponsored by NSF RAPID, Federal, $39,601.00. (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011). Heintz-Wyatt, C. (Co-Principal), Hoo, K. (Principal), Dunham, C. (Co-Principal), Raehl, C. (Co-Principal), Leeper, S. (Co-Principal), Jenkins, M. (Co-Principal), "Partnership of Women in Engineering, Research and Science - PoWERS," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $499,590.00. (September 2006 - August 2010).

Sponsored Research

Hoo, K. (Principal), Karim, M., Rengasamy, R., "Process Control Optimization Consortium," Sponsored by Industries, Private, $10,000.00.

Grant

Hoo, K. (Principal), "Program Director for the Partnerships for Innovative and the Accelerating Innovation Research Programs," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $179,857.00. (July 18, 2011 - July 17, 2012).

Grant - Not Funded

Hoo, K. (Principal), "Effective Fault Detection & Isolation Using Bond Graph Domain Decomposition Strategy," Sponsored by NSF Sensors, Federal, $340,432.00. (August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2014).

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Hoo, K. (Principal), "Linking the effects of fluid mechanical forces to endothelial cells dysfunction, inflammation and the process of thrombogenesis at the venous valve," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $304,149.00. (June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2014). Hoo, K. (Principal), "Female Hispanic Academic Success in Engineering Science," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $128,915.75. Dunham, C. (Principal), Hoo, K. (Co-Principal), Wirtz, J. (Co-Principal), "Promoting Hispanic Academic Success in Engineering Sciences," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Texas Tech University.



2000 - 2001 TTU Halliburton Faculty Teaching Award, TTU. AIChE Senior Member, AIChE. IEEE Senior Member, IEEE.

Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Chemical engineering scholarship committee. Faculty Mentor, Mentor Tech. (September 2010 - Present).

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Name: Muhammad Karim Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date: 2004

TTU Email: [email protected] Phone: Campus Mail Stop:


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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Year Awarded 1977

Degree MS Field Control Engineering Institution University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Year Awarded 1974

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Year Awarded 1972


Title Professor and Chair Institution/Agency Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University Year(s) 2004 - Present

Title Lecturer Institution/Agency Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and

Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh Year(s) 1972 - Present


Student's Name Suma Peri Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Weiting Tang Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Zheng Li Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Marci Kerls Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Seunghyun Ryu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed 2010

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Institution IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III) V. Graduate Courses Taught in the last six years




Spring TTU 2012 CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis

Fall TTU 2011 CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research

Summer II TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis



Journal Articles (Accepted) Dewan, M., Kim, J., McLean, R., Vanapalli, S., Karim, M. (2012). Growth kinetics of microalgae in microfluidic static droplet arrays. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 109, 2987-2996. Peri, S., Muthu, L., Karim, M., Khare, R. (2012). Dynamics of cello-oligosaccharides on a cellulose crystal surface. Cellulose, 19, 1791-1806.

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Koh, Y. P., Karim, M., Simon, S. (2012). Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics of Epoxide-Functionalized Regenerated Cellulose Membrane and Aliphatic Amine. Thermochimica Acta, 543, 18 - 23. Ryu, S., Karim, M. (2011). A whole cell biocatalyst for cellulosic ethanol production from dilute acid-pretreated corn stover hydrolyzates. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 91(3), 529-542. Qin, P., Yang, J., Karim, M. (2011). Characterization and selectivity studies of molecular imprinted membranes of Puerarin using scanning electron microscopy. Scanning, 33(1), 7-12. Nallasivam, U., Babji, S., Vidyashankar, K., Rengasamy, R., Karim, M. (2011). Computationally Efficient Identification of Global ARX Parameters with Guaranteed Stability. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(6), 1406-1411. Babji, S., Karim, M., Nallasivam, U., Rengaswamy, R., Vidyashankar, K. (2011). Global ARX Identification with Guaranteed Stability Using a Bilinear Reformulation. Transaction Automatic Control, 56(6), 1406-1411. Karim, M. (2011). Progress on the Development of Universal Influenza Vaccines. Current Topics in Virology, 9, 51-58. Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R. (2011). Potential of Mean Force for Separation of the Repeating Units in Cellulose and Hemicellulose. Carbohydrate Research, 346(6), 867-871. Karra, S., Karim, M. (2009). Alternative model structure with simplistic noise model to identify linear time inavriant systems subjected to non‐stationary disturbances. J Process Control, 19(6), 964‐977. Hodge, D. B., Karim, M., Schell, D. J., McMillan, J. D. (2009). Model‐Based Fed‐Batch for High‐Solids Enzymatic Cellulose Hydrolysis. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 152(1), 88‐107. Belfiore, L. A., Karim, M. (2008). Tubular Bioreactor Models that Include Onsager‐Curie Scalar Cross‐Phenomena to Describe Stress‐Dependent Rates of Cell Proliferation. Biophysical Chemistry, 135(1-3), 41‐50.

Book Chapters (Accepted) Karra, S., Karim, M. (2008). In Mohieddine Jeali and Biao Huang (Ed.), Oscillation root‐cause detection and quantification, in Detection and diagnosis of stiction in control loops: State of the art and advanced methods. Springer Verlag.

Conference Proceedings (Accepted) Karra, S., Sager, B., Karim, M. (2011). In Editors: E.N. Pistikopoulos, M. N. Georgiadis and A. C. Kokossis (Ed.), A Comprehensive Multi-Scale Modeling of Heterogeneities in Mammalian Cell Culture Process (vol. Elsevier B.V. 2011, pp. 1311-1315). Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process System Engineering- ESCAPE 21. Tang, W., Karim, M. (2011). In E.N. Pistikopoulos, M. N. Georgiadis and A. C. Kokossis (Ed.), Multi-Model MPC for Nonlinear Systems: Case Study of a Complex pH Neutralization Process (vol. Elsevier B.V. 2011, pp. 622-627). Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process System Engineering- ESCAPE 21.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Qin, P., Yang, J., Karim, M. (2010). Characterization and selectivity studies of molecular imprinted membranes of Puerarin using scanning electron microscopy. Karra, S., Sager, B., Karim, M. (2010). Multi-Scale Modeling of Heterogeneities in Mammalian Cell Culture Processes. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(17), 7990-8006.

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Karra, S., Sager, B., Karim, M. (2010). Multi-Scale Modeling of Heterogeneities in Mammalian Cell Culture Processes. Industrial & Engr Chem Research, 49(17), 7990-8006. Ryu, S., Karim, M. Single step cellulosic ethanol production without external enzyme addition. Springer. Betts, C., Karra, S., Karim, M., Riggs, J. B. (2009). A modified extended recursive least-squares method for closed-loop identification. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(13), 6327-6338. Karra, S., Karim, M. (2008). Comprehensive methodology for detection and diagnosis of oscillatory control loops. Control Engineering Practice, 17(8), 939-956. Han, B., Karim, M. (2008). Cytotoxicity of Aggregated Fullerene C60 Particles on CHO and MDCK Cells. Scanning, 30(2), 213-220. Karim, M., Graham, H., Han, B., Cibulskas, A. (2008). Flocculation Enhanced Centrifugation and Microfiltration of Escherichia coli Lysate and Whole Cell Suspension. Biochem Engr, 40, 512-519. Senger, R. S., Karim, M. (2008). Prediction of N-linked glycan branching patterns using artificial neural network. Math Biosciences, 211, 89-104. Hodge, D. B., Karim, M., Schell, D. J., McMillan, J. D. (2008). Soluble and insoluble solids contributions to high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose. Bioresource Technology, 99, 8940-8948. Peri, S., Karra, S., Lee, Y. Y., Karim, M. (2007). Modeling Intrinsic Kinetics of Enzymatic Cellulose Hydrolysis. Biotechnol Progress, 23(3), 626-637. Senger, R. S., Karim, M. (2007). Optimization of fed-batch parameters and harvest time of CHO cell cultures for a glycosylated product with multiple mechanisms of inactivation. Biotechnol. Bioengineering, 98(2), 378-390.

Books (Accepted) Riggs, J., Karim, M. (2007). Chemical and Bioprocess Control (International edition). Prentice Hall.

Book Chapters (Accepted) Karim, M., Karra, S., Jelali, M., Horch, A. (2010). Detection of Oscillating Control Loops. In Detection and Diagnosis of Stiction in Control Loops (pp. Ch 4; 61-100). London: Springer-Verlag. Karra, S., Karim, M. (2010). Oscillation Root-cause Detection and Quantification Under Multiple Faults. In Detection and Diagnosis of Stiction in Control Loops (pp. Ch 12: 267-293). London: Springer-Verlag. Karra, S., Karim, M. (2010). Oscillation Root-cause Detection and Quantification Under Multiple Faults (vol. 12, pp. 267- 293). Springer-Verlag: In Detection and Diagnosis of Stiction in Control Loops.


Member, ACS. Fellow, AIChE. Member, IEA Working Group on Energy Sufficient Seperation. Member, IFAC Working Group on Biotechnology. Member, Society of Industrial Microbiology. Reviewer, Journal Article, AIChE J. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Australian Science Research Council.

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Automatica. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. Reviewer, Journal Article, Biotechnology & Bioengineering. External (International Evaluator for Degree Program Review), Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Reviewer, Journal Article, Biotechnology Progress. Reviewer, Journal Article, Computers & Chemical Engineering. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Department of Energy. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, Hong Kong University. Reviewer, Journal Article, I & EC Research. Reviewer, Journal Article, IEE Proceedings. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, International Islamic University of Malaysia. Reviewer, Journal Article, International J. of Control. Reviewer, Journal Article, J Hydrogen Energy. Reviewer, Journal Article, J Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnol. Reviewer, Journal Article, J Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnol. Reviewer, Journal Article, J. of Process Control. Reviewer, Journal Article, J. of Process Control. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Research Council, UK. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Petroleum Research Fund. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Research Council Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Reviewer, Journal Article, Scanning. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, University College, London, UK. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, University of Hawaii University of Connecticut. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. External (International) Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, University of Utah. Reviewer, Grant Proposal, US Department of Agriculture. Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of the Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. (2010 - Present).

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Member, Executive Committee, College of Engineering. (2004 - Present). Member, Whitacre Chair Search, Mechanical Engineering. (2010 - 2011). Committee Chair, Session on Advanced Control and Applications II, AIChE Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL. (March 16, 2011). Committee Chair, Session on Advanced Control and Applications I, AIChE Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL. (March 15, 2011). Co-Chair, Session on Biodiesel and Renewable Fuels, AIChE Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL. (March 14, 2011). Ph.D. External Examiner, Murdoch University. (2010). Chairperson, Session on Biofuels and Sustainability, AIChE Spring Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. (March 21, 2010 - March 25, 2010). Chairperson, Session on Model Predictive Control, AIChE Spring Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. (March 21, 2010).


Invited Karim, M., 3rd International Conference on Chemical Engineering, ICChE 2011, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Renewable Biofuels: Third Generations Concepts." (December 29, 2011). Karim, M., Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE-HT) and Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH), University of Petras, Patras, Greece, "Desert Bio-fuels." (June 3, 2011). Karim, M., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Biofuels: can this be done economically? Department of Chemical Engineering," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (January 4, 2011).

Accepted

Dewan, A. (Presenter & Author), Jihye, K. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Kerls, M. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Karim, M. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Minneapolis, "Single-cell growth kinetics of algae, Chlorela vulgaris," National. (October 17, 2011). Peri, S. (Presenter & Author), Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Author Only), AICHE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Computational Studies of Free Energy Calculations of Cello-oligosaccharide Adsorption on a Cellulose Crystal Surface," National. (November 2010).

General

Karra, S., Sager, B., Karim, M., Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process System Engineering- ESCAPE 21, "A Comprehensive Multi-Scale Modeling of Heterogeneities in Mammalian Cell Culture Process." (2011). Tang, W., Karim, M., Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process System Engineering- ESCAPE 21, "Multi-Model MPC for Nonlinear Systems: Case Study of a Complex pH Neutralization Process." (2011). Karim, M., Li, Z., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, "Optimal Control of Fed-Batch Fermentation Process Using Modified Iterative Dynamic Programming." (November 19, 2011). Tang, W., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, "The Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter for Leak Detection and Identifying Location of Leaks In Natural Gas Pipelines." (November 19, 2011).

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Hedden, R., Karim, M., Ma, L., Ryu, S., Zhao, J., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Polymers for Biomass Energy Conversion: Porous Scaffold Materials for a Continuous-Flow, Immobilized-Cell Fermentation Process." (October 20, 2011). Karim, M., Li, Z., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Optimal Control of Fed-Batch Fermentation Process Using Modified Iterative Dynamic Programming." (October 19, 2011). Karim, M., Qin, P., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Preparation and Characterization of the Peptide Modified Regenerated Cellulose Membrane for Binding H1N1 Virus." (October 19, 2011). Tang, W., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "The Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter for Leak Detection and Location In Natural Gas Pipelines." (October 19, 2011). Karim, M., AlChE Annual Meetings, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN, "Single-Cell Growth Kinetics of Algae." (October 19, 2011). Tang, W., Karim, M., Room: McCormick , Hyatt Regency , Chicago, IL, "Multi-Model MPC for a Complex pH Neutralization Process." (March 15, 2011). Karim, M., Ryu, S., Room: McCormick, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL, "Biobutanol Prodcution In Recombinant Escherichia coli BL21." (March 14, 2011). Karim, M., Centre for Process System Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK, "Cellulosic Biofuels Production using Recombinant E coli," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (December 16, 2010). Hedden, R., Zhao, J., Ma, L., Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, "Continuous-Flow, Packed-Bed Fermentations: New Scaffold Materials and Reactor Design Issues," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 10, 2010). Tang, W., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, "Extended SBX-RCGA Neural Network-Based Multi-Model Predictive Control for pH Neutralization Process," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 9, 2010). Tang, W., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, "Extended SBX-RCGA Neural Network-Based Multi-Model Predictive Control for Wastewater Neutralization Process," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 9, 2010). Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, "Production of Biofuels Using Genetically Engineered Escherichia coli," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 9, 2010). Karim, M., Biochemical Engineering Department, University College London, UK, "Cellulosic biofuels: One step process for bioethanol and biobutanol production," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (July 6, 2010). Karim, M., Biochemical Engineering Department, University College London, UK, "Cellulosic biofuels: One step process for bioethanol and biobutanol production," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (July 6, 2010). Karim, M., Department of Bioengineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, "Engineering for bioethanol and biobutanol production from cellulosic biomass," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (June 29, 2010). Karim, M., Department of Bioengineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, "Metabolic Engineering for bioethanol and biobutanol production from cellulosic biomass," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (June 29, 2010). Karim, M., One Step Biofuels: Is it feasible? XXXIX Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq), Convention Center of Hotel Rafain, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (May 18, 2010).

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Karim, M., XXXIX Annual Meeting, Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq), Convention Center of Hotel Rafain, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, "One Step Biofuels: Is it feasible?," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (May 18, 2010). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Spring Meeting, AIChE, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, "Integrated Performance Assessment and Model Validation for Model Based Predictive Control Applications," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (March 22, 2010). Peri, S., Khare, R., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, "Calculation of Free Energy Involved in Saccharification of Cellulose Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (2009). Khare, K., Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Bayou B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel), "Effect of Surfactants On Lignin Toxicity in One-Step Ethanol Production," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 11, 2009). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, "Robust Predictive Control Strategies for Glycemic Regulation in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 11, 2009). Karim, M., 2nd International Conference on Chemical Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, "Renewable Biofuels: Can we afford it?. ICChE 2008," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (December 31, 2008). Gani, R., Mujtaba, I., Karim, M., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Course on Integrated Chemical Product-Process Design, Department of Chemical Engineering," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (December 27, 2008). Gani, R., Mujtaba, I., Karim, M., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Course on Integrated Chemical Product-Process Design, Department of Chemical Engineering," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (December 27, 2008). Gani, R., Mujtaba, I., Karim, M., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, "Course on Integrated Chemical Product-Process Design, Department of Chemical Engineering," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (December 27, 2008). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, "Alternative Model Structure with Simplistic Noise Modeling for Linear Processes Subjected to Non-Stationary Disturbances," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2008). Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, "Improve Hydrolysis Rate by Displaying Multi-Complex of Cellulolytic Enzymes and Produce Ethanol in a One-Step Process," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2008). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, "Multi-Scale Modeling of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Cultures," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2008). Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R., 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, LA, "Free energy of separation of glucose oligomers in water," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (May 2008). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA, "Troubleshooting of Oscillatory Control Loops, paper 131c, Control and Optimization in Refining II," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (April 8, 2008). Ryu, S., Karim, M., 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, "One-step cellulosic ethanol production, Clean Energy, Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass Symposium," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (April 6, 2008). Han, B., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Cytotoxicity of Aggregated Fullerene C60 Particles on CHO and MDCK Cells, paper 402f," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007).

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Ryu, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Display of Cellulolytic Enzymes on The Surface of Escherichi Coli (LY01) and Zymomonas mobilis," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007). Karim, M., Han, B., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Ethanol Production From Waste Sweet Potato Using Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis Strains, paper 342e," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007). Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Mechanism of Cellulose Degradation- Free Energy Calculations for Separation of Cellulose Chains Using Molecular Modeling Techniques, paper 132g," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Slat Lake City, Utah, "Model Based Identification and Compensation For Hysteresis, Stiction and Varying Valve Dynamics Due to Process Disturbances," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007). Karra, S., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Modeling of Individualistic Mammalian Cell Behavior Towards Environmental and Physiological Changes Using Population Balances, paper 147d," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007).


Grant Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Design of a Packed-bed, Continuous-flow Fermentation Process Tailored for Cellulosic Ethanol Production," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $329,881.00. (2011 - 2014). Khare, R. (Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Li, G. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Computational and Experimental Studies of Cellulose Degradation for the Production of Biofuels," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (May 2009 - April 2013). Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Computational and Experimental Studies of Cellulose Degradation for the Production of Biofuels," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $300,000.00. (2009 - 2012). Karim, M., "REU SUPPLEMENTAL: EAGER: Peptide Affinity Membranes for Binding Influenza," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $14,600.00. (January 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012). Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), "EAGER: Peptide Affinity Membranes for Binding Influenza Viruses: H1N1 and H5H1," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (September 2009 - August 2012). Karim, M. (Principal), "EAGER: Peptide affinity membranes for binding influenza viruses: H1N1 and H5H1," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $300,000.00. (2009 - 2011). Karim, M. (Principal), "One-step cellulosic ethanol production," Sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2007 Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program, $150,000.00. (June 2008 - January 2011). Karim, M. (Principal), "One-step cellulosic ethanol production," Sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2007 Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program, $150,000.00. (June 2008 - January 2011). Karim, M., "Metabolic Engineering and Modeling of Recombinant Microorganisms," Sponsored by Cellulosic Biofuels Production FLAD, Portugal, $6,967.19. (October 2010 - December 2010).

Sponsored Research


Grant - Not Funded

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Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Cañas, J. (Principal), Smith, P. (Supporting), Cox, S. (Supporting), Godard-Codding, C. (Supporting), Karim, M. (Supporting), "Disposition and in vivo/in vitro toxicity of manufactured nanomaterials in rodents," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $1,650,000.00.

Grant - Pending

Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Nanostructured Biological Materials as Robust Catalyst Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $830,668.00. Karim, M. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Pulsed Electric Field Treatment to Improve Dilute-acid Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Oil Extraction from Heterotrophic Algae," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $1,333,919.50.


Service/Engagement

Faculty Mentor, Dr. Alim Dewan (Washington State University). (June 2010 - Present). Faculty Mentor, Dr. Peiyong Qin (Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology, China). (May 2010 - Present).

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Name: Rajesh Khare Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Post-Doctoral Field Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry Institution University of Wisconsin, Madison Year Awarded 1997

Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Delaware Year Awarded 1994

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT) Year Awarded 1989


Title Associate Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2010 - Present

Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2005 - August 2010


Student's Name Fardin Khabaz Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Lakshmi Muthukumar Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Ketan Khare Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Mir Karim Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Govind Hegde Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed December 2012 Institution

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Student's Name Jenfang Chang Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed October 2011 Institution

Student's Name Po-Han Lin Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed May 2011 Institution

Student's Name Suma Peri Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair Year Completed May 2011 Institution

Student's Name Swapnil Kohale Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed May 2010 Institution


Student's Name Jing Xie Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yueyi Xu Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Sanjoy Bhattacharya Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Zheng Li Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Rui Sun Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Swastika Bithi Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Weiting Tang Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yen Chih Liao Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member

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Year Completed December 2012 Institution

Student's Name Fatema Begum Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed August 2012 Institution

Student's Name Mohammad Alwarawrah Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed May 2012 Institution

Student's Name Babji Srinivasan Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed October 2011 Institution

Student's Name Vidyashankar Kuppuraj Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed October 2011 Institution

Student's Name Harkirat Bansal Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed April 2011 Institution

Student's Name Jian Dai Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed March 2011 Institution

Student's Name Kyoyeon Park Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed October 2010 Institution

Student's Name Seunghyun Ryu Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed October 2010 Institution

Student's Name Shahin Navardi Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed September 2010 Institution

Student's Name Yung Koh Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed September 2010 Institution



Spring TTU 2013

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CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5321 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Fall TTU 2012 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5310 Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques



Fall TTU 2011 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5310 Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques


Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5382 Methods of Molecular Simulations

Fall TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7121 Doctoral Seminar CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis CHE 5382 Methods of Molecular Simulations



Journal Articles (Accepted) Sirk, T. W., Khare, K. S., Karim, M., Lenhart, J. L., Andzelm, J. W., McKenna, G., Khare, R. (2013). High strain rate mechanical properties of a cross-linked epoxy across the glass transition. Polymer, 54, 7048-7057. Karim, M., Kohale, S. C., Indei, T., Schieber, J. D., Khare, R. (2012). Determination of viscoelastic properties by analysis of probe particle motion in molecular simulations. Physical Review E, 86, 051501. Khare, K., Khare, R. (2012). Directed diffusion approach for preparing atomistic models of cross-linked epoxy for use in molecular simulations. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 21, 322-327.

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Soni, N., Lin, P.-H., Khare, R. (2012). Effect of cross-linker length on the thermal and volumetric properties of cross-linked epoxy networks: A molecular simulation study. Polymer, 53, 1015-1019. Peri, S., Muthu, L., Karim, M., Khare, R. (2012). Dynamics of cello-oligosaccharides on a cellulose crystal surface. Cellulose, 19, 1791-1806. Hegde, G., Chang, J.-f., Chen, Y.-l., Khare, R. (2011). Conformation and diffusion behavior of ring polymers in solution: A comparison between molecular dynamics, multiparticle collision dynamics and lattice Boltzmann simulations. J. Chem. Phys., 135, 184901. Lin, P.-H., Kohale, S. C., Khare, R. (2011). Effect of nanoconfinement on kinetics of cross-linking reactions: A molecular simulation study. J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 12348–12355. Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R. (2011). Potential of Mean Force for Separation of the Repeating Units in Cellulose and Hemicellulose. Carbohydrate Research, 346(6), 867-871. Lin, P.-H., Khare, R. (2010). Glass transition and structural properties of glycidyloxypropyl-heptaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-epoxy nanocomposites. JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY, 102, 461-467. Lin, P.-H., Khare, R. (2010). Local Chain Dynamics and Dynamic Heterogeneity in Cross-Linked Epoxy in the Vicinity of Glass Transition. Macromolecules, 43, 6505-6510. Kohale, S. C., Khare, R. (2010). Molecular dynamics simulation study of friction force and torque on a rough spherical particle. Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 234706. Lin, P.-H., Khare, R. (2009). Molecular simulation of crosslinked epoxy and epoxy-POSS nanocomposite. Macromolecules, 42, 4319-4327. Kohale, S. C., Khare, R. (2009). Cross-stream chain migration in nanofluidic channels: Effects of chain length, channel height and chain concentration. Journal of Chem Phys, 130, 104904. Alexiadis, O., Mavrantzas, V., Khare, R., Beckers, J., Baljon, A. (2008). End-bridging Monte Carlo simulation of bulk and grafted amorphous polyethylene above and below the glass transition. Macromolecules, 41, 987-996. Kohale, S., Khare, R. (2008). Molecular simulation of cooperative hydrodynamic effects in motion of a periodic array of spheres between parallel walls. Journal of Chem Phys, 129. Lin, P.-H., Khare, R., Weeks, B., Gee, R. H. (2007). Molecular modeling of diffusion on a crystalline pentaerythritol tetranitrate surface. Appl Phys Lett, 91.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Khare, R., Muthukumar, L., Liao, Y.-C., Weeks, B. (2013). Combined AFM and molecular modeling study of the energetics of desorption of cello-oligosaccharides from a cellulose crystal surface. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 245.


Committee Member, Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (Area 1a) programming committee, AIChE. (October 2011 - September 2014). Area Chair, Thermodynamics and Transport Properties Session Programming, AIChE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco, California. (October 2012 - November 2013).

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (November 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Polymer. (November 2012). Session Chair, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (October 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (June 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (June 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Polymer. (June 2012). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (May 2012). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (April 2012). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, ACS Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF). (March 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (March 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (February 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (January 2012). Reviewer, Journal Article, Soft Matter. (January 2012). Session Chair, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (October 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (October 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Langmuir. (October 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (September 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (May 2011). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (May 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (April 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (February 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (January 2011). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (January 2011). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (December 2010). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). (December 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (November 2010). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (October 2010). Session Chair, Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (October 25, 2010 - October 26, 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (July 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Europhysics Letters (EPL). (June 2010).

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (May 2010). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF). (May 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Chemical Physics. (March 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. (March 2010). Reviewer, Journal Article, Macromolecules. (March 2010).


Invited Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Corporate Strategic Research Laboratory, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Companyy, Annandale, NJ, "Molecular Simulation Techniques for Characterizing the Structure and Rheology of Polymer Solutions and Melts." (August 2012). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, "Particle Nanorheology Simulations: A New Technique for Determining Nanoscale Viscoelastic Properties of Complex Fluids." (April 2012). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, "Molecular simulations of thermophysical properties of cross-linked epoxy and its nanocomposites." (December 2011). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, "Local viscoelastic properties of polymeric materials from particle nanorheology simulations." (September 2011). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), ACS Joint Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERM) and Southwestern Regional Meeting (SWRM), ACS, New Orleans, LA, "Investigation of glass transition phenomenon in polymers: Molecular simulations vs. experiments," Regional. (December 2010). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, "Local viscoelastic properties of complex fluids from active nanorheology simulations." (October 2010). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, "Local chain dynamics and dynamic heterogeneity in crosslinked polymers near the glass transition: A molecular perspective." (April 2010).

Accepted

Muthu, L. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Pittsburgh, PA, "Free energy of desorption of cello-oligosaccharides from cellulose crystal surfaces," National. (October 2012). Karim, M. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Pittsburgh, PA, "Viscoelastic Properties of Entangled Polymer Melts From Particle Rheology Simulations," National. (October 2012). Sirk, T. (Presenter & Author), Knox, C. (Author Only), Lenhart, J. (Author Only), Andzelm, J. (Author Only), Khare, K. (Author Only), Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Author Only), ACS Fall Meeting, ACS, Philadelphia, PA, "Modeling polymer networks," National. (August 2012). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Karim, M. (Author Only), Indei, T. (Author Only), Schieber, J. (Author Only), The XVI International Congress on Rheology, International Congress of Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Particle Rheology Simulations for Determination of Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Melts," International. (August 2012).

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Khare, K. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), ACS Spring Meeting, ACS, San Diego, CA, "Effect of nanofiller aggrergation on the properties of polymer nanocomposites: A molecular simulation study," National. (March 2012). Muthu, L. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), ACS Spring Meeting, ACS, San Diego, CA, "Molecular simulation study of desorption of cello-oligosaccharides from cellulose crystal surface," National. (March 2012). Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Karim, M. (Author Only), Indei, T. (Author Only), Schieber, J. (Author Only), APS March Meeting, APS, Boston, MA, "Molecular Simulations of Passive Particle Rheology," National. (March 2012). Khare, K. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN, "Molecular simulation study of nanoscale heterogeneities in epoxy-carbon nanotube nanocomposites," National. (October 2011). Baljon, A. (Presenter & Author), Billen, J. (Author Only), Coleman, A. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, SOR, Cleveland, OH, "Dynamic arrest and creep in a simulated associative polymer gel," National. (October 2011). Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, SOR, Cleveland, OH, "Particle rheology simulations of viscoelastic properties," National. (October 2011). Khare, K. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), ACS Fall Meeting, ACS, Denver, CO, "General approach for preparing atomistically detailed model structures of amorphous polymers," National. (September 2011). Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, United States Association for Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, "Determination of viscoelastic properties of polymeric systems at high strain rates using active nanorheology simulation technique," National. (July 2011). Lin, P.-H. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), APS March Meeting, APS, Dallas, "Effect of Nanopore Confinement on the Polymerization Rate of Linear Polymers," National. (March 2011). Karim, M. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), APS March Meeting, APS, Dallas, "Molecular simulations of particle nanorheology," National. (March 2011). Hegde, G. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), APS March Meeting, APS, Dallas, "Multiple particle collision dynamics simulations of the effect of catenation on the structural and dynamic properties of ring polymers in solution," National. (March 2011). Peri, S. (Presenter & Author), Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Author Only), AICHE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Computational Studies of Free Energy Calculations of Cello-oligosaccharide Adsorption on a Cellulose Crystal Surface," National. (November 2010). Lin, P.-H. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), AICHE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Effect of Nano-Confinement On Cure Kinetics of Highly Cross-Linked Epoxy: A Molecular Simulation Study," National. (November 2010). Lin, P.-H. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), AICHE Annual Meeting, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, "Molecular Modeling of Structural and Dynamic Properties of Highly Cross-Linked Epoxy," National. (November 2010). Kohale, S. (Author Only), Karim, M. (Author Only), Khare, R. (Presenter & Author), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, SOR, Santa Fe, NM, "Determination of local viscoelastic properties of confined polymer melts from molecular dynamics simulations," National. (October 2010).

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Hegde, G. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, SOR, Santa Fe, NM, "Multiple Particle Collision Dynamics simulation of the rheology of polymer solutions," National. (October 2010). Lin, P.-H. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), APS March Meeting, APS, Portland, "Dynamic Heterogeneity in Highly Cross-linked Epoxy in the Vicinity of Glass Transition," National. (March 2010). Peri, S. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), Texas Area Workshop on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, AIChE, San Antonio, TX, "Free Energy for Separation of Cellobiose Molecule a layer of Cellobiose," State. (March 2010). Lin, P.-H. (Presenter & Author), Khare, R. (Author Only), Texas Area Workshop on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, AIChE, San Antonio, TX, "Local Chain Dynamics in Highly Cross-linked Epoxy near Glass Transition," State. (March 2010).

General

Peri, S., Khare, R., Karim, M., AIChE Annual Meeting, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, "Calculation of Free Energy Involved in Saccharification of Cellulose Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (2009). Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R., 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, LA, "Free energy of separation of glucose oligomers in water," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (May 2008). Peri, S., Karim, M., Khare, R., AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, "Mechanism of Cellulose Degradation- Free Energy Calculations for Separation of Cellulose Chains Using Molecular Modeling Techniques, paper 132g," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 4, 2007).


Contract Khare, R. (Principal), "Simulation Tools for Calculating Local Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites using Nanorheology," Sponsored by US Army/Battelle Memorial Institute, Federal, $122,818.00. (July 2011 - June 2013). Simon, S. (Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Novel Nanoparticle-Filled Matrices for Thermal Stress Reduction in Polymer Matrix Composites: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $450,000.00. (January 2007 - October 2010).

Grant

Khare, R. (Principal), "Collaborative: Brittle Epoxies Rendered Ductile - Crazing in Thermosetting Epoxy Nanocomposites," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $147,729.00. (August 2009 - July 2013). Khare, R. (Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Li, G. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Computational and Experimental Studies of Cellulose Degradation for the Production of Biofuels," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (May 2009 - April 2013). Khare, R. (Principal), "Molecular and Coarse Grained Simulations of Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions," Sponsored by ExxonMobil, Private, $50,000.00. (June 1, 2012 - Present). Simon, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Matrix Confinement Effects in Composites and Nanocomposites: Experiments and Molecular Modeling," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $250,000.00. (August 2008 - July 2011). Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Hase, W. (Principal), "Molecular Mechanisms of Enhanced Flame Resistance of Layered Double Hydroxide-Epoxy Nanocomposites," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $121,000.00. (March 2009 - February 2011).

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Khare, R. (Principal), "Solvent-Temperature Superposition Rules for Predicting the Rheology of Wormlike Micellar Fluids," Sponsored by ACS-Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $50,000.00. (June 2008 - August 2010).

Not Funded

James, D. (Co-Principal), Jankowski, A. (Principal), Berg, J. (Co-Principal), Chaudhuri, J. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Conducting Oxide Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion in Extreme Environments," Sponsored by MURI for BAA 11-026, Federal, $1,038,000.00.

Grant - Not Funded

Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Hase, W. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "High Performance Thermoresponsive Materials for Nanostructures," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $900,000.00. (February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2016). Khare, R. (Principal), "Molecular Simulation Study of Structure and Rheology of Polyacrylamide Gels formed by Two Stage Crosslinking," Sponsored by ACS-Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Khare, R. (Principal), "Particle Rheology Simulations for the Determination of Viscoelastic Property Gradient in Polymer Thin Films," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $240,128.00. Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Novel Ionic Liquid Based Membranes for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $307,502.00. Simon, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Nanoconfinement and its Influence on Polymerization: Experiments and Molecular Modeling," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $339,976.00. Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Novel Ionic Liquid Based Membranes for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $299,293.00. Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), "CDI-Type II: Prediction and Optimization of Epoxy Nanocomposite Properties," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,424,287.00. Wang, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: Experimental and computational investigation of the graphene/polymer interfacial strength," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $168,310.50.

Grant - Pending

Green, M., Khare, R. (Principal), "Molecular Origins of Thermo-mechanical Property Changes in Polymer Stabilized Graphene/Epoxy Nanocomposites," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, $419,462.00. Wang, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: Experimental and computational investigation of the graphene/polymer interfacial strength," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $298,932.00.

Sponsored Research - Pending

James, D., Jankowski, A., Berg, J., Khare, R., "Oxide Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion in Extreme Environments," Sponsored by AFOSR/MURI - preproposal, Federal.

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Service/Engagement

Committee Chair, Graduate Committee. (2010 - Present). Committee Chair, Whitacre Chair in Bioengineering Search Committee. (June 2011 - May 2012). Committee Chair, Mentoring Committee for Prof. Hedden. (March 2012 - April 2012). Committee Member, Whitacre Chair Search Committee. (2010 - April 2011). Committee Member, College of Engineering Tenure & Promotion Committee. (September 2011 - Present). Committee Member, Donovan Maddox Chair Recruiting Team. (2010). Committee Member, Petroleum Engineering Department Chair Search Committee. (2010). Committee Member, Research Park Building Design Committee. (November 2012 - Present). Graduate Dean's Representative for Ph.D. Thesis Defense of Parminder Kaur, Department of Chemistry, Texas Tech University. (July 26, 2010).

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Name: Carla M. R. Lacerda Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Colorado State University Year Awarded 2008

Degree BS Field Food Engineering Institution Federal University of Vicosa Year Awarded 2002


Title Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist Institution/Agency Colorado State University Year(s) February 1, 2008 - December 31, 2012





Journal Articles (Accepted) Lacerda, C., Maclea, H. B., Duncan, C. J., Kisiday, J. D., Orton, E. C. (2013). Human myxomatous mitral valves exhibit focal expression of cartilage-related proteins. Journal of Hypertension and Cardiology. Lacerda, C., Kisiday, J. D., Johnson, B., Orton, E. C. (2012). Local serotonin mediates cyclic strain-induced phenotype transformation, matrix degradation, and glycosaminoglycan synthesis in cultured sheep mitral valves.. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory, 302(10), H1983-1990. Lacerda, C. (2012). Signaling pathways in mitral valve degeneration. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 14(1), 7-17. Lacerda, C., Maclea, H. B., Kisiday, J. D., Orton, E. C. (2012). Static and cyclic tensile strains induce myxomatous effector proteins and serotonin in canine mitral valves.. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 14(1), 223-230. Lacerda, C., Orton, E. C. (2012). Evidence of a role for tensile loading in the pathogenesis of mitral valve degeneration. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, S3(004). Lacerda, C., Arai, S., Orton, E. C. (2010). Tissue-gel electrophoresis enhances antigen removal from porcine aortic valve and bovine pericardium. Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 19(6), 753-758.

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Lacerda, C. (2010). Tryptophan Hydroxylase 1 expression is increased in phenotype-altered canine and human myxomatous mitral valves.. Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 19(1), 71-78. Lacerda, C., Disatian, S., Orton, E. C. (2009). Differential protein expression between normal and myxomatous canine mitral valves. Proteomics Clinical Applications, 3(12), 1422-1429. Lacerda, C., Reardon, K. F. (2009). Applications of proteome profiling in environmental microbiology and biotechnology. Brienfings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, 8(1), 75-87. Lacerda, C., Xin, L., Rogers, I. (2008). Analysis of iTRAQ data using Mascot and Peaks quantification algorithms.]. Brienfings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, 7, 119-126.


Member, American Heart Association. (June 2013 - December 2013). Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (May 2004 - December 2013).

VIII. Presentations in the last six years IX. Grant and Contract Activity for the last six years

Grant Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Role of mechanical loading and serotonin signaling in myxomatous degeneration of mitral valves," Sponsored by Morris Animal Foundation, Other, $11,214.00.

Grant - Not Funded

Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Endothelial mechanosignaling in canine degenerative valvular disease," Sponsored by Morris Animal Foundation, Other, $163,846.00. Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Mechanically-induced actin regulation in mitral valves," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $427,498.00. Lacerda, C. (Principal), "The environmental response of focal adhesions can be measured by co-immunoprecipitation coupled to mass spectrometry," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, Other, $180,000.00.

Grant - Pending

Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Biomechanical regulation of epithelial mesenchymal transition in heart valves," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $329,389.00. Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Mechanically-induced actin regulation in mitral valves," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $427,468.00. Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Regulation of valvular degeneration by serotonin and mechanically-induced pathways," Sponsored by American Heart Association, Other, $305,134.00. Lacerda, C. (Co-Principal), Kim, J. (Co-Principal), "Use of a microfluidic biomimetic cardiac valve system to study valvular degeneration," Sponsored by American Heart Association, Other, $703,907.50. Lacerda, C. (Principal), "Use of electrically-driven cell migration in the fabrication of engineered composite tissues," Sponsored by US Army Medical Research Program, Federal, $176,599.00.


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Name: Uzi Mann Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering

Rank/Title: Professor Date Submitted: 01-08-2014 Appointment Date: 1978



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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Wisconsin Year Awarded 1972

Degree UNESCO International postgraduate Course Field Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Institution Tokyo Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1968

Degree M.Sc. Field Chemical Engineering Institution Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1967

Degree B.Sc Field Chemical Engineering Institution Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1965


Title Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Chemical Engineering Department Year(s) April 1984 - Present


Fall TTU 2012 CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics

Spring TTU 2012 CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics




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Book Chapters (Accepted) Mann, U. (2007). Chemical Reactor Technology, a Chapter in the 7th Edition of the Kirk-Othmer’s Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Wiley Inter-science International.


Member, American Society of Engineering Education. (January 1, 2000 - Present). Member, Am. Institute of Chemical Engineers. (August 1, 1971 - Present). teaching a contunuing education course, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, NY. (January 1, 2011 - Present).

VIII. Presentations in the last six years IX. Grant and Contract Activity for the last six years

Grant Hoo, K. (Principal), Mann, U., "Natural based absorbent for crude oil spill cleanup," Sponsored by NSF RAPID, Federal, $39,601.00. (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011).

Grant

Mann, U. (Principal), "Closed-loop Reservoir Management Using a Reduced-order Model-based Control & Uncertainty Propagation Framework," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $106,534.00. (June 17, 2011 - August 31, 2012).

Grant - Not Funded

Mann, U. (Principal), "Develop Blends of Ammonia with Hydrocarbon Fuels for Direct Petroleum Displacement in Vehicles," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $449,834.70.

Grant - Pending

Mann, U. (Principal), "Production of Ammonia on a Small Scale to Provide Transportation Fuel," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $421,150.80.


New Course Preparation Work

Spring TTU 2012

"Reaction Kinetics," CHE 5343-001.

Consulting Engineering services (consulting), Mann and Associates, Inc, Lubbock.

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Name: Greg B. McKenna Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Postdoctoral Field Polymer Physics Institution National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology) Year Awarded 1977

Degree Ph D Field Materials Science and Engineering Institution University of Utah Year Awarded 1976

Degree S.M. Field Composite Materials Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1971

Degree BS Field Engineering Mechanics Institution U.S. Air Force Academy Year Awarded 1970


Title Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief Institution/Agency Journal of Polymer Science, Part B. Polymer Physics Edition Year(s) 2008 - Present

Title Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University Year(s) 2004 - Present

Title Professor and J.R. Bradford Endowed Chair in Engineering Institution/Agency Texas Tech University Year(s) 1999 - Present

Title Visiting Professor Institution/Agency Arts et Métiers, Paritech, Paris, France Year(s) 2009

Title Invited Professor Institution/Agency E.S.P.C.I., Paris, FR Year(s) 2006 - 2007

Title Editor Institution/Agency Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition Year(s) 2000 - 2007


Student's Name Zhiyuan Qian Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed

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Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Astrid Torres Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Hee Dong Yoon Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Jing Zhao Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Meiyu Zhai Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Xiguang Li Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Yanfei Li Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Xiaojun Di Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Xiaoguang Peng Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Jinhua Wang Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Taskin Karim Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Ben Xu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed December 2012 Institution

Student's Name Adeniyi Ishola Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed May 2012

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Institution

Student's Name Miao Hu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed August 2011 Institution

Student's Name Shanhong Xu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed August 2011 Institution

Student's Name Shankar Kollengodu-Subramanian Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed April 2011 Institution

Student's Name Qian Qin Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed December 2008 Institution

Student's Name Stephen Hutcheson Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed August 2008 Institution


Student's Name Yung Koh Involvement Dissertation Defense Committee Member Year Completed December 2010 Institution



Spring TTU 2013 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research

Fall TTU 2012 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5346 Polymer Viscoelasticity



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Fall TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5342 Polymer Physics and Engineering




Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis



Journal Articles (Invited) McKenna, G. (2012). Deformation and flow of matter: Interrogating the physics of materials using rheological methods. Journal of Rheology, 56, 113-158.

Journal Articles (Accepted) Sirk, T. W., Khare, K. S., Karim, M., Lenhart, J. L., Andzelm, J. W., McKenna, G., Khare, R. (2013). High strain rate mechanical properties of a cross-linked epoxy across the glass transition. Polymer, 54, 7048-7057. Zhao, J., Ragazzi, E., McKenna, G. (2013). Something about Amber: Fictive Temperature and Glass Transition Temperature of Extremely Old Glasses from Copal to Triassic Amber. Polymer, 54, 7041-7047. Zhao, J., Simon, S., McKenna, G. (2013). Using 20 Million Year Old Amber to Test the Super-Arrhenius Behavior of Glass Forming Systems. Nature Communications, 4, 1783. Li, X., McKenna, G. (2012). Considering Viscoelastic Micromechanics for the Reinforcement of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites. ACS Macroletters, 1, 388-391. O'Connell, P. A., Wang, J., Ishola, T. A., McKenna, G. (2012). Exceptional Property Changes in Ultrathin Films of Polycarbonate: Glass Temperature, Rubbery Stiffening, and Flow. Macromolecules, 45, 2453-2459. Chang, Y.-W., Mejia, A. F., Cheng, Z., Di, X., McKenna, G. (2012). Gelation via Ion Exchange in Discotic Suspensions. Physical Review Letters, 108, 247802-1 - 247802-5. Xu, S., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G., Castagnet, S. (2012). Nanomechanical properties in ultrathin polymer films: Measurement on rectangular versus circular bubbles. J. Polym. Sci. Part B. Polymer Physics, 50, 466-476.

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Xu, B., Di, X., McKenna, G. (2012). Swelling Behavior of Cross-Linked Rubber: Explanation of the Elusive Peak in the Swelling Activity Parameter (Dilational Modulus). Macromolecules, 45, 2402-2410. Zhao, J., McKenna, G. (2012). Temperature divergence of the dynamics of a poly(vinyl acetate) glass: Dielectric vs. mechanical behaviors. Journal of Chemical Physics, 136, 154901-1 – 154901-8. Shamim, N., Usala, S. J., Biggs, W. C., McKenna, G. (2012). The elasticity of cervical-vaginal secretions is abnormal in polycystic ovary syndrome: Case report of five PCOS women. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 16, 1019-1021. McKenna, G., Karim, T. (2012). Unusual Surface Mechanical Properties of Poly(α-methylstyrene): Surface Softening and Stiffening at Different Temperatures. Macromolecules, 45, 9697-9706. McKenna, G., Karim, T. B. (2011). Evidence of surface softening in polymers and their nanocomposites as determined by spontaneous particle embedment. Polymer/Elsevier, 52, 6134-6145. Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., Srinivasan, B., Zhao, J., Rengasamy, R., McKenna, G. (2011). Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition in the Field of Polymer Physics. Journal of Polymer Science. Part B: Polymer Physics Edition/ John Wiley, 49, 277–290. O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G., Chan, E. P., Stafford, C. M. (2011). Comment on ‘Viscoelastic properties of confined polymer films measured via thermal wrinkling’ by E. P. Chan, K. A. Page, S. H. Im, D. L. Patton, R. Huang, and C. M. Stafford,. Soft Matter/Royal Society of Chemistry, 7, 788-790. Wang, J., Deshpande, K., McKenna, G. (2011). Determination of the Shear Modulus of Spin-Coated Lipid Multibilayer Films by the Spontaneous Embedment of Submicrometer-Sized Particles. Langmuir/ American Chemical Society, 27, 6846-6854. Alcoutlabi, M., Banda, L., Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., Zhao, J., McKenna, G. (2011). Environmental Effects on the Structural Recovery Responses of an Epoxy Resin after Carbon Dioxide Pressure Jumps: Intrinsic Isopiestics, Asymmetry of Approach, and Memory Effect. Macromolecules/American Chemical Society, 44, 3828-3839. Xu, B., McKenna, G. (2011). Evaluation of the Dyre shoving model using dynamic data near the glass temperature. Journal of Chemical Physics/American Institute of Physics, 134, 124902-1 - 124902-7. Hu, M., Xia, Y., McKenna, G., Grubbs, R. H., Kornfield, J. A. (2011). Linear Rheological Response of a Series of Densely Branched Brush Polymers. Macromolecules/American Chemical Society, 44, 6935-6943. Di, X., Win, K. Z., McKenna, G., Narita, T., Lequeux, F., Pullela, S. R., Cheng, Z. (2011). Signatures of Structural Recovery in Colloidal Glasses. Physical Review Letters/American Physical Society, 106, 095701-1 – 095701-4. Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., McKenna, G. (2010). A dielectric study of poly(vinyl acetate) using a pulse-probe technique. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 102, 477-484. McKenna, G. (2010). Glass Dynamics and Anomalous Aging in a Family of Ionic Liquids above the Glass Transition Temperature. Journal of Physical Chemistry-B, 114, 15742-15752. Flory, A., McKenna, G. (2010). Physical aging behavior of the normal force and torque in polymer glasses. Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, 14, 347-357. McKenna, G. (2010). Ten (or more) years of dynamics in confinement: Perspectives for 2010. European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 189, 285-302. Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2010). The Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer/Oligomer Blends. Polymer, 51(21), 4899 - 4906.

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Win, K. Z., Karim, T., Li, Q., Simon, S. L., McKenna, G. (2010). Thermal Pressure Coefficient of a Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Reinforced Epoxy Resin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 116, 142-146. Xu, S., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. (2010). Unusual elastic behavior of ultrathin polymer films: Confinement-induced/molecular stiffening and surface tension effects. Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 184902-1 - 184902-9. Alcoutlabi, M., Baek, S. G., Magda, J. J., Shi, X., Hutcheson, S. A., McKenna, G. (2009). A comparison of three different methods for measuring both normal stress differences of viscoelastic liquids in torsional rheometer. Rheol. Acta, 48, 191-200. Meng, Y., Bernazzani, P., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2009). A New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and PVT Properties of Polymetric Material. Review of Scientific Instruments, 80. Simon, S., McKenna, G. (2009). Experimentel Evidence Against the Existence of an Ideal Glass Transition. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 355, 672-675. Qin, Q., Doen, H., McKenna, G. (2009). Mechanical Spectral Hole Burning in Polymer Solutions. J Polymer Science, Part B Polymer Physics, 47, 2047-2062. McKenna, G., Narita, T., Lequeux, F. (2009). Soft Colloidal Matter: A Phenomenological Comparison of the Aging and Mechanical Responses with Those of Molecular Glasses. Journal of Rheology, 53, 489-516. O’Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. (2009). The stiffening of ultrathin films in the rubbery regime: The relative contributions of membrane stress and surface tension. J Polymer Science, Part B Polymer Physics, 47, 2441–2448. Yuan, C., Zhang, H.-C., McKenna, G., Kozeniewski, C. (2007). “Experimental Studies on Cryogenic Recycling of Printed Circuit Board”. the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 34(7-8), 657-666.

Book Chapters (Invited) McKenna, G. (2011). Chapter 7 Physical Aging in Glasses and Composites. In Kishore V. Pochiraju, Gyaneshwar P. Tandon and Gregory A. Schoeppner (Ed.), Long-Term Durability of Polymeric Matrix Composites (pp. 237-309). New York: Springer.

Book Chapters (Accepted) McKenna, G. (2010). Chapter 5: Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small Molecule Liquids and Polymer Films. : From Suspensions to Nanocomposites and Beyond (pp. 177-209). Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley and Sons.

Conference Proceedings (Accepted) McKenna, G., Di, X. (2012). Melting of Trinitrotoluene Nanoconfined by Controlled Pore Glasses (pp. 6 pages). Proceedings 40th Annual NATAS Conference. Xu, B., McKenna, G. (2012). Melting Temperature Depression of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) in Controlled Pore Glasses (pp. 5 pages). Proceedings 40th Annual NATAS Conference. McKenna, G., Qin, Q. (2010). Mechanical Hole Burning Spectroscopy in Polymeric Systems-A Novel Technique to Characterize Dynamic Heterogeneity (vol. 68, pp. 909-913). Fairfield, CT: ANTEC 2010 ---Proceedings of the 68th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition. O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. (2010). Nanomechanical measurements in ultrathin polymer films. ANTEC 2010 ---Proceedings of the 68th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (vol. 68, pp. 365-368). Fairfield, CT: ANTEC 2010 ---Proceedings of the 68th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition.

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Xu, S., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. (2010). Nanomechanical properties in ultrathin polymer films: Measurement on rectangular vs circular bubbles (vol. 68, pp. 1729-1732). Fairfield, CT: ANTEC 2010 ---Proceedings of the 68th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Xu, B., Di, X., McKenna, G. (2013). Melting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) nanoconfined incontrolled pore glasses (CPG). JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY, 113(2), 539-543. Di, X., Xu, B., McKenna, G. (2013). The melting behavior of trinitrotoluene nanoconfined in controlled poreglasses. JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY, 113(2), 533-537. Wang, J., McKenna, G. (2013). Viscoelastic and Glass Transition Properties of Ultrathin PolystyreneFilms by Dewetting from Liquid Glycerol (vol 46, pg 2485, 2013). MACROMOLECULES, 46(9), 3698. Di, X., McKenna, G. (2013). Evaluation of heterogeneity measures and their relation to the glasstransition. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 138(12). Xu, B., Wu, J., McKenna, G. (2013). Mechanical and Swelling Behaviors of End-Linked PDMS Rubber and RandomlyCross-Linked Polyisoprene. MACROMOLECULES, 46(5), 2015-2022. Wang, J., Usala, S. J., O'Brien-Usala, F., Biggs, W. C., Vaughn, M., McKenna, G. (2009). The fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle are signaled by cervicalvaginal fluid die swell. Endocrinologist, 19(291297). Li, Q., Hutcheson, S. A., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2008). Viscoelastic Properties and Residual Stresses in Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Reinforced Epoxy Matrices. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 46(24), 2719 - 2732.

Conference Proceedings (Accepted) McKenna, G., O'Connell, P. A., Wang, J. (2012). Exceptional Property Changes in Ultrathin Films of Polycarbonate (pp. 4 pages). Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture in Polymers.

Other (Invited) McKenna, G., Govaert, L. (2012). Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers (vol. 50, pp. 1663-1663). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.


Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member, American Chemical Society. Past Chairman of DPOLY (1991-1992); Fellow, American Physical Society-Division of Polymer Physics. President in 2001, Fellow, Society of Engineering Science. Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers. Vice President of Society beginning October 2011, Society of Rheology. Officer, Vice President, The Society of Rheology. (October 2011 - Present). Editor, Journal Editor, Journal of Polymer Science. Part B. Polymer Physics Edition. (2002 - Present).

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Editorial Review Board Member, Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials. (1997 - Present). Editorial Review Board Member, Society of Rheology. (1990 - Present). Committee Chair, European Society of Rheology. (April 2012 - May 2013). Committee Chair, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (November 2011 - November 2012). Program Organizer, International Conference on Deformation Yield and Fracture in Polymers, Kerkrade. (April 2009 - April 2012). Member of Awards Committee for the International Award of the SPE, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). (October 2010 - December 2010). Conference-Related, Society of Rheology. (October 2009 - October 2010). Conference-Related, American Physical Society. (September 2009 - March 2010).


Invited McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 7th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems, Barcelona, Spain, "Upper Bounds to the Relaxation Times in Glass-Forming Systems: Evidence of Non-Diverging Time-Scales from 20 Ma Dominican Amber," International, Published Elsewhere. (July 25, 2013). McKenna, G., Zhao, J. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), 12th International Confernce on Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials, University of Trento, Riva del Gardo, Italy, "Upper Bounds to the Relaxation Times in Glass-Forming Systems: Evidence of Non-Diverging Time-Scales from 20 Ma Dominican Amber," International, Published Elsewhere. (July 9, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Laboratory Seminar, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris, France, "Mesures du temps de relaxation en dessous de la transition vitreuse-évidence d’un nouveau paradigme pour les liquides vitrifiants," International, Published Elsewhere. (July 5, 2013). McKenna, G., University Seminar, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, "Rheological Measures of Ultrathin Polymer Films: Bubble Inflation and Liquid Dewetting," International, Published Elsewhere. (June 14, 2013). McKenna, G., Chinese Academy of Sciences Seminar, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, "Non-Diverging Timescales in Glass-forming Liquids: A Changed Paradigm for Glasses?," International, Published Elsewhere. (June 11, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), University Seminar, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, "Everything (or almost) that you wanted to know about the glass transition, but were afraid to ask," International. (June 10, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), University Seminar, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, "Soft Matter Physics: From the Glassy to the Rubbery States and from the Macro-scale to the Nano-scale," International, Published Elsewhere. (June 8, 2013). McKenna, G., Journées Scientifiques Institut Charles Sadron, Institut Charles Sadron, Liebfrauenberg, France, "Using 20 million year old amber to interrogate the upper bound relaxation times of glass-forming systems far below the glass transition," International, Published Elsewhere. (June 3, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 2013 Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, "Perspectives on the dynamics of rings and ring-linear chain mixtures," International. (April 8, 2013).

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McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 2013 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, "Evidence for non-diverging time-scales in glass-forming liquids," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 20, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Seminar, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, "Everything (Or Almost) You Always Wanted to Know about the Glass Transition, but Were Afraid to Ask," International. (November 14, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Seminar, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, "Nanorheology of Ultrathin Polymer Films: Bubble Inflation and Liquid Dewetting," International. (November 12, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Seminar, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, "The Physics of Soft Matter: From the Glassy to the Rubbery States and from the Macro-scale to the Nano-scale," International. (November 12, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 5th International Symposium on Polymer Materials Science and 8th Osaka University Macromolecular Symposium, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, "Evidence against Diverging Time-Scales in Glass-forming Materials," International. (November 11, 2012). Di, X. (Author Only), Peng, X. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, "Aging in Colloidal Glasses: The Kovacs Signatures in Concentration Jump Conditions," International. (October 30, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 3rd International Workshop on Glass & Entropy, International Commission on Glass, Widlbad Kreuty, Germany, "Evidence for Non-Diverging Time-Scales (or is there an ideal glass transition?)," International. (June 25, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Times of Polymers and Composites, University of Naples Federico II, Ischia, Italy, "Rheology of Ultrathin Polymer Films: Nanobubble Inflation and Liquid Dewetting Compared," International. (June 12, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), MECAMAT, Group de Travail Mécanique des Polymères (France), Paris, FR, "Comportement viscoélastique dans les verres polymèriques: Du macroscopique au nanoscopique," International. (June 7, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Prins Lecture, University of Delft, Delft, NL, "Probing the Dynamics of Glasses and Glass-forming Liquids: Aging and Diverging (or not) Time-Scales," International. (June 4, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Seminar, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD, "Interrogating the Physics of Soft Matter with Mechanical and Rheological Measurements: From the Glassy to the Rubbery States and from the Macro-scale to the Nano-scale," National. (May 18, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Seminar, Michigan Technical University, Houton, MI, "Using Mechanics to Interrogate the Physics of Soft Matter: From the Glassy to the Rubbery States and from the Macro-scale to the Nano-scale," National. (March 22, 2012). McKenna, G., Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, "Nonlinear Mechanical Response of Polymeric Materials: Using Mechanics to Probe Physics," Local. (November 7, 2011). McKenna, G., Seminar Series: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, "Mechanics and the Physics of Materials: From Glassy to Rubbery States and from the Macro to the Nano Scales," National. (October 24, 2011). McKenna, G., Engineering Interdisciplinary Speaker Series, Whitacre College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, "The Glass Transition in Soft Materials: What is it and why is it important?," Local. (October 6, 2011). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), Xu, S. (Author Only), Wang, J. (Author Only), Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society, Denver,

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CO, "Rheological Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films," International, Published in Proceedings. (September 2011). McKenna, G., Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Liquids, Gordon Research Conferences, Holderness School, NH, "Viscoelastic Response of Glass-Forming Liquids: Using Rheology to Probe Glassy Dynamics," International. (July 2011). McKenna, G., Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Rheology, Canadian Society of Rheology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "Glassy Dynamics: Comparisons of Colloidal and Molecular Systems," International, Published Elsewhere. (June 6, 2011). McKenna, G., Challenges in and Potential of Polymer Physics, International Research Training Group (IRTG) „Soft Matter Science: Concepts for the Design of Functional Materials“ and the School of Soft Matter Research of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Schluchsee, Germany, "Dynamics in Confinement: Consideration of Small Molecules and Polymer Films," International. (May 2011). McKenna, G., Lecture Series, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, FR, "Comportement des matériaux à l'échelle nanométrique: Mesures thermodynamiques et mécaniques," International. (May 2, 2011). McKenna, G., German Physical Society Annual Meeting, German Physical Society, Dresden, Germany, "Rheological Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films," International. (March 15, 2011). McKenna, G., Chemical Engineering Seminar Series, Drexel University, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, "Deformation and Flow of Matter: Interrogating the Physics of Materials using Rheological Methods," National. (March 4, 2011). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Oklahoma State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stillwater, OK, "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials at the Nanoscale." (November 30, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Society of Engineering Science 2010 Annual Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, Ames, Iowa, "Anomalous Mechanical Behavior of Ultrathin Polymer Films," National. (October 4, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Indiana University, Department of Physics Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, "Glassy Dynamics, Structure and Aging in Polymers, Small Molecules and Colloids." (September 10, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Society of Rheology, Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, "Solid Rheology of Glass-like Substances," International, Published in Proceedings. (August 2, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Michelin Centre de Technologies du Ladoux-Seminar Series, Michelin Centre de Technologies du Ladoux, Clermont-Ferrand, FR, "Comportement des matériaux à l'échelle nanométrique: Mesures thermodynamiques et mécaniques," International. (July 8, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Times of Polymers and Composites, University of Naples 2, Ischia, Italy, "Interrogating the Physics of Materials: Mechanics of Materials from Glass to Rubber and from the Macro to the Nano," International. (June 20, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), ENSAM-ParisTech PIMM Seminar Series, ENSAM-ParisTech, Paris, FR, "Spectroscopie mécanique : La recherche de l'échelle des hétérogénéités dans les polymères en solution et les co-polymères.," International. (June 15, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of materials at the Nanoscale," International. (June 9, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Purdue University SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES, Purdue University SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Lafayette,

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IN, "Using Mechanics to Probe the Behavior of Glassy Materials: Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Behaviors." (April 20, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Arizona State University Chemical Engineering Seminar, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, "Dynamics of Glass-forming Systems: Aging Time Dependence and Temperature Dependence." (March 26, 2010). McKenna, G., March Meeting 2010, American Physical Society, Portland, OR, "Dynamics in ultrathin films," International. (March 18, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement, Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, FR, "Confit IV Summary," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 6, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), School on Glasses and Glass Formers, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, "Free Volume, Configurational Entropy and Other Aspects of the Glass Transition: Perspectives from an Engineering/Experimental View," International. (January 19, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), School on Glasses and Glass Formers, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, "Structural Recovery in Glasses: Aging and Rejuvenation," International. (January 17, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), School on Glasses and Glass Formers, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, "Structural Recovery in Glasses: Phenomenological Descriptions and Anomalous Behaviors," International. (January 16, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), National Chemical Laboratory, India, National Chemical Laboratory, India, Pune, India, "Glassy Behavior: Thermodynamics and Kinetics," International. (January 12, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), IIT Kanpur, Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, "Equilibrium Behavior of Glass-forming Liquids: Considerations of Fragility and Questioning the Kauzmann Paradox," International. (January 11, 2010).

Accepted

Zhao, J. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 2013 Annual European Rheology Conference, European Rheology Society, Leuven, Belgium, "20 Ma Amber: A low fictive temperature glass and tests of diverging dynamics in complex systems," International, Published Elsewhere. (April 3, 2013). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Li, Y. (Author Only), Hu, M. (Author Only), Dimitriou, C. J. (Author Only), McKinley, G. H. (Author Only), Mick, R. M. (Author Only), Venerus, D. C. (Author Only), Archer, L. A. (Author Only), 2013 Annual European Rheology Conference, European Rheology Society, Leuven, Belgium, "Flow Field Visualization of Entangled Polybutadiene (PBD) Solutions under Nonlinear Shearing Conditions," International, Published Elsewhere. (April 3, 2013). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), Peng, X. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), 2013 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, "Aging in Colloidal Glasses: a comparison between micro and macrorheology," International. (March 18, 2013). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Shamim, N. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Pasadena, CA, "A comparison of mechanical hole burning and Fourier transform rheology of polymer solutions," International. (February 13, 2013). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Zhai, M. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Pasadena, CA, "A simple method for determination of the normal stress differences in polymeric fluids," International. (February 13, 2013). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Wang, J. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Pasadena, CA, "Nanorheology of ultrathin polymer films: Bubble inflation and liquid dewetting," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 13, 2013).

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McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Di, X. (Author Only), Peng, X. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, "Aging in colloidal systems: Analogies with Kovacs’ structural recovery experiments," International. (February 12, 2013). Zhao, J. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Pasadena, CA, "Using a 20 Ma fossil resin to test the super-Arrhenius behavior of glass forming systems," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 12, 2013). Li, Y. (Presenter & Author), Hu, M. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Dimitriou, C. J. (Author Only), Mick, R. M. (Author Only), Venerus, D. C. (Author Only), Wang, H. (Author Only), Archer, L. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, "Particle tracking velocimetry of polybutadiene mixtures under nonlinear viscoelastic shear flows," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 11, 2013). Li, Y. (Presenter & Author), Hu, M. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Dimitriou, C. J. (Author Only), Mick, R. M. (Author Only), Venerus, D. C. (Author Only), Wang, H. (Author Only), Archer, L. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Pasadena, CA, "Particle tracking velocimetry of polybutadiene mixtures under nonlinear viscoelastic shear flows," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 11, 2013). Karim, T. B. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, "Unusual surface mechanical properties of poly(α-methylstyrene): Surface softening and stiffening at different temperatures," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 11, 2013). Zhao, J. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, "Dynamics of Glass-Forming Liquids: Is the Finite Temperature Divergence Real?," International. (October 29, 2012). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Annual Conference of the North Amercan Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Orlando, FL, "Melting of Trinitrotoluene Nanoconfined by Controlled Pore Glasses," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (August 2012). Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Annual Conference of the North Amercan Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Orlando, FL, "Melting Temperature Depression of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) in Controlled Pore Glasses," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (August 2012). Di, X. (Author Only), Peng, X. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), XVIth International Congress on Rheology, International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, PT, "Glass Signatures in the Aging of Colloidal Suspensions: Concentration Jumps," International. (August 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Hope-Weeks, L. (Author Only), ONR Basic Research Challenge Tech Review, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, "Thermodynamics and Mechanics of Energetic Materials at the Nanometer Size Scale," National. (May 21, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), Wang, J., Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers, Kerkrade, NL (Rolduc Abbey), "Exceptional Property Changes in Ultrathin Films of Polycarbonate," International, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (April 3, 2012). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Zhao, J. (Author Only), 2012 March Meeting, American Physical Society, Boston, MA, "Temperature Divergence of the Dynamics of a PVAc Glass: Dielectric vs. Mechanical Behaviors," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 29, 2012). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), 2012 March Meeting, American Physical Society, Boston, MA, "Heterogeneity: A Solution to the Mysteries of the Glass Transition?," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 2012).

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Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), Di, X. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), 2012 March Meeting, American Physical Society, Boston, MA, "Swelling Behavior of Crosslinked Rubber: Explanation of the Elusive Peak in the Dilational Modulus or Swelling Activity Parameter. Peak or no peak, that’s the question.," International, Published Elsewhere. (February 2012). Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, "A new method to evaluate dynamic data near Tg," International. (October 2011). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, "Heterogeneity: A solution to the mysteries of the glass transition?," International. (October 2011). Kollengodu-Subramanian, S. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Zhao, J. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, "Physical aging of an epoxy film subjected to carbon dioxide plasticization jumps: Evidence of a new glassy state," International. (October 2011). Wang, J. (Author Only), O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, "Rheology of ultrathin polymer films: Biaxial inflation vs. liquid dewetting," International. (October 2011). Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), Wu, J. (Author Only), Di, X. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, "Swelling behavior of crosslinked rubber: Explanation of the elusive peak in the dilational modulus or swelling activity parameter," International. (October 2011). Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Comparison of the KWW and BSW Model Descriptions of the Dynamic Responses of Polymeric and Colloidal Glass Formers," International. (March 2011). Xu, S. (Presenter & Author), Castagnet, S. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Geometry and molecular architecture effects in nanobubble inflation measurements," International. (March 2011). Kollengodu-Subramanian, S. (Author Only), Banda, L. (Author Only), Alcoutlabi, M. (Author Only), Zhao, J. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Physical aging and structural recovery of an epoxy film subjected to carbon dioxide jumps," International. (March 2011). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), Win, K. Z. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Narita, T. (Author Only), Lequeux, F. (Author Only), Pullela, S. R. (Author Only), Cheng, Z. (Author Only), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Signatures of Aging: Comparison between Colloidal and Molecular Glasses," International. (March 2011). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Karim, T. B. (Presenter & Author), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Surface Softening in Polymers and Their Nanocomposites Determined by Surface Mechanical Properties through Spontaneous Particle Embedment," International. (March 2011). Hu, M. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Xia, Y. (Author Only), Daeffler, C. (Author Only), Boydston, A. J. (Author Only), Kornfield, J. A. (Author Only), Grubbs, R. H. (Author Only), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "The linear rheological responses of dense branched brush polymers with different side chain lengths and structures," International. (March 2011). Wang, J. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), March Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Viscoelastic properties of ultrathin polymer films using the liquid dewetting technique," International. (March 2011).

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Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, "Dynamics of Glassy Systems: Evaluation of the Dyre Shoving Model," National. (November 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, "Thermodynamics of swelling: Swelling Activity Parameter S in model PDMS networks," National. (November 2010). O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), Xu, S. (Author Only), Wang, J. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, "Anomalous Behavior of Ultrathin Polymer Films," National. (November 12, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Shamim, N. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, "Anomalous Dynamics in Ionic Liquids Near to the Glass Transition Temperature," National, Published Elsewhere. (November 8, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Shamim, N. (Presenter & Author), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Anomalous aging in a family of ionic liquids near the glass transition temperature," International. (October 27, 2010). Zheng, W. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Compliance Issues with Rheometers," International. (October 27, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Rheology of Ultrathin Polymer Films," International. (October 27, 2010). Zhao, J. (Presenter & Author), Kollengodu-Subramanian, S. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Glass transition behavior of epoxy films subjected to CO2 pressure changes," International. (October 27, 2010). Li, X. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Linear viscoelastic response of graphene oxide reinforced polystyrene nanocomposites," International. (October 27, 2010). Zhai, M. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Modulus and work of adhesion for polystyrene surfaces: A comparison of particle embedment and AFM methods of measurement," International. (October 27, 2010). Peng, X. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Physical aging of colloidal glasses after concentration jumps," International. (October 27, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Karim, T. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Surface mechanical properties of an epoxy nanocomposite and PS through embedment of submicron particles," International. (October 27, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Wang, J. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Viscoelastic properties of ultrathin polymer films using the liquid dewetting technique," International. (October 27, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Kollengodu-Subramanian, S. (Presenter & Author), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Physical aging and structural recovery of epoxy film subjected to carbon dioxide jump," International. (October 26, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Xu, B. (Presenter & Author), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Evaluation of the Dyre shoving model using dynamic data near the Tg," International. (October 25, 2010).

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McKenna, G. (Author Only), Xu, S. (Presenter & Author), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Nanomechanical properties in ultrathin polymer films: Measurement on rectangular vs circular bubbles," International. (October 25, 2010). Di, X. (Presenter & Author), Win, K. Z. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Narita, T. (Author Only), Lequeux, F. (Author Only), Pullel, S. R. (Author Only), Cheng, Z. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Signatures of aging: Comparison between colloidal and molecular glass," International. (October 25, 2010). Hu, M. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Xia, Y. (Author Only), Kornfield, J. A. (Author Only), Grubbs, R. H. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "The linear rheological responses of dense branched brush polymer," International. (October 25, 2010). McKenna, G. (Author Only), Qin, Q. (Presenter & Author), ANTEC 2010, Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL, "Mechanical Hole Burning Spectroscopy in Polymers -- A Novel Technique to Characterize the Dynamic Heterogeneity," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (May 2010). Xu, S. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), O'Connell, P. A. (Author Only), ANTEC 2010, Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL, "Nanomechanical properties in ultrathin polymer films: Measurement on rectangular vs circular bubbles," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (May 2010). O'Connell, P. A. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), ANTEC 2010, Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL, "The stiffening of ultrathin polymer films in the rubbery regime : the relative contributions of bending, membrane stress and surface tension," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (May 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Zheng, W. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), ANTEC 2010, Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL, "The Viscoelastic Behavior of Poly(a-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blends," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (May 2010).

General

Shamim, N. (Presenter & Author), Koh, Y., Simon, S., McKenna, G., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "The Glass Transition of Thin Poly(alpha-methyl styrene) Films Measured by Flash Differential Scanning Calorimetry," International. (August 2012). Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S., 2010 AIChE Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah, "The viscoelastic behavior of of Poly(α-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blendss," National. (November 2010). Li, Y. (Presenter & Author), Hu, M. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), The Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Nonlinear flow behavior of polybutadiene solution in the absence of wall slip," International. (October 27, 2010). Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S., 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Compliance Issues with Paar Physica Rheometers," International. (August 2010).


Contract Simon, S. (Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Novel Nanoparticle-Filled Matrices for Thermal Stress Reduction in Polymer Matrix Composites: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $450,000.00. (January 2007 - October 2010).

Grant

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Pantoya, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Principal), Hope-Weeks, L. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), "RESOLVING THE COMPLEXITY OF HOT SPOTS CAUSED BY WEAK ENERGY CONCENTRATION AND COUPLING IN COMPOSITE ENERGETIC MATERIALS," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $1,200,000.00. (March 2011 - February 2016). Simon, S. (Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), "Relaxation Dynamics in Selenide-Based Chalcogenide Glasses: Characterization of the Intermediate Phase," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (July 2011 - July 2014). McKenna, G. (Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "Purchase of a Nanoindentation System for Nanomechanical and Interfacial Measurements on Nantostructured Materials," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $383,293.00. (2012 - July 2013). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Collaborative Proposal: Measurements of Yield Strength and Local Viscoelastic Properties Using Nanoparticle Embedment Methods," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $160,000.00. (September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012). McKenna, G. (Principal), "REU Supplement: Ultrathin Polymer Films: Viscoelasticity, Physical Aging and Failure," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $6,375.00. (June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2012). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Ultrathin Polymer Films: Viscoelasticity, Physical Aging and Failure," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $472,000.00. (June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2012). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Collaborative Proposal: EAGER Proposal on Non-Homogeneous Flow Fields in Nonlinear Rheology: A Challenge to Current Paradigms," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $126,811.00. (August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Cyclic Macromolecules: Rheology and Flow Induced Crystallization," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy-Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Federal, $540,000.00. (August 1, 2008 - July 31, 2011). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Robust Polymer Films: Nanoscale Stiffening as a Route to Strong Materials," Sponsored by U.S. Army Research Office, Federal, $333,000.00. (June 26, 2007 - June 25, 2011). Jackson, W. (Co-Principal), Anderson, T. (Co-Principal), Pantoya, M. (Principal), Cobb, G. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Chaudhuri, J. (Co-Principal), Hope-Weeks, L., "Synthesis characterization and environmental impact studies of advanced energetic materials.," Sponsored by Department of Defense (DOD), Federal, $69,207.00. (December 8, 2009 - November 30, 2010). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Solid Rheology of Glassy Substances: Polymer and Colloidal Systems," Sponsored by American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. (July 1, 2008 - August 31, 2010). McKenna, G. (Principal), "Financial Support of the 6th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $5,000.00. (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010).

Grant

McKenna, G. (Principal), "Jamming and Glass-like Behavior of Thermosensitive and Barosensitive Particulate Dispersions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $237,053.00. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2014).

Grant - Not Funded

McKenna, G. (Principal), "Normal Forces in Solid Polymers: Nanostructural and Molecular Effects," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $290,576.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), "Partnership for Engineering Research and Education," Sponsored by Partnership University Fund, $120,000.00.

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McKenna, G., "Thermodynamic Properties of Nanofluids and Nanocomposites," Sponsored by Robert Welch Foundation, $150,000.00. Trindade, A. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Principal), Sari-Sarraf, H., Gill, H., "Biophysical and biochemical abnormalities in the cervicalvaginal secretions of women with PCOS and type 2 diabetes'," Sponsored by American Diabetes Association, Federal, $600,000.00. Trindade, A. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Principal), Sari-Sarraf, H., Gill, H., "Biophysical and biochemical abnormalities in the cervicalvaginal secretions of women with PCOS and type 2 diabetes'," Sponsored by American Diabetes Association, Federal, $600,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Architecturally Variable Macromolecules: Structure, Linear Dynamics and Nonlinear Rheology," Sponsored by Department of Energy, Federal, $772,879.00. Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Cañas, J. (Supporting), Carr, D. (Supporting), Fan, Z. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Hedden, R., McKenna, G. (Supporting), Pantoya, M. (Supporting), Wang, S. (Supporting), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffraction System for Materials Research, Training, and Education," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $641,392.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Dynamic Light Scattering Measurements in Concentrated Colloidal Dispersions: Pressure Induced Concentration," Sponsored by Robert A. Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00. Wang, S. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Jiang, H. X. (Co-Principal), Lin, J. Y. (Co-Principal), Lan, W., "NUE: Integration of nanotechnology into energy devices and systems," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $200,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Dynamics of glass-forming liquids by high pressure dynamic heat spectroscopy," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $254,914.00. Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-ray Diffraction System for Nanomaterials Research and Pedagogy," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $621,836.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study of the Dynamics of Glass Forming Molecular Liquids by Dynamic Heat Spectroscopy at High Pressures," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $239,604.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Multispeckle Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy to Evaluate Dynamics of Thermo-sensitve Particles upon Swelling," Sponsored by Robert A. Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00.

Grant - Pending

McKenna, G. (Principal), "Fingerprinting Nonlinear Response of Dendritic and Hyperbranched Polymers: LAOS, Lissajous and Harmonics," Sponsored by American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, $100,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), San Francisco, M. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: The Dynamics of Entangled Linear and Circular DNA: Nature's "Ideal" Molecules," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $281,250.00. McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), "DURIP: Purchase of a High Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimeter and Dilatometer," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, $198,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Investigating the Impact of Various Parameters over the Self-association of Phospholipids," Sponsored by Higher Education Commission - Pakistan, $10,000.00.

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McKenna, G. (Principal), "Static and Dynamic Heat Capacity of Glass-forming Polymers at High Pressure," Sponsored by Amer Chem Soc - Petroleum Research Fund, Federal, $100,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Viscoelastic Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films: Bubble Inflation Liquid Dewetting and Molecular Architecture Effects," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $348,844.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), San Francisco, M. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: EAGER: The Dynamics of Entangled Linear and Cyclic DNA: Nature's "Ideal" Molecules," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $250,000.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), San Francisco, M. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: The Dynamics of Entangled Linear and Cyclic DNA: Nature's "Ideal" Molecules," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $291,092.00. McKenna, G. (Supporting), "Collagen Films REsistant to Microbial Degradation," Sponsored by National Science Foundation/Oklahoma Sate University, Other, $100,007.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Normal Forces in Solid Polymers: Nanostructural and Molecular Effects," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $226,177.00. McKenna, G. (Principal), "Concentrated Dispersions of Thermo-sensitive Particles: Aging, Dynamics and Rheology," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $226,479.00.



Michelin Chair at the ESPCI in Paris, FR, Michelin Centre de Technologies du Ladoux (Michelin Tyre and Rubber, Co. Central Research). (July 2010). Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology. (October 20, 2009).

Service/Engagement

Committee Chair, Whitacre Endowed Chair in Bioengineering Search Committee. (September 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Faculty candidate search committee. (October 2011 - May 2012). Committee Chair, Graduate Committee. (January 1, 2008 - August 31, 2010). Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion. (October 2012 - Present). Committee Chair, Jack Maddox Distinguished Chair in Engineering Search Committee. (March 2010 - April 2011). Chairperson, Soft Matter Working Group. (August 2011 - Present). Committee Member, Horn Professor Selection Committee. (November 2010 - January 2011).

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Name: Raghunathan Rengasamy Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Purdue University Year Awarded 1995

Degree B. Tech Field Chemical Engineering Institution Indian Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1990


Title Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Year(s) January 2009 - Present

Title Professor Institution/Agency Clarkson University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Year(s) June 2008 - December 2008

Title Associate Professor Institution/Agency Clarkson University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) January 2002 - May 2008








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Journal Articles (Accepted) Maddala, J., Wang, W., Vanapalli, S., Rengasamy, R. (2012). Traffic of pairs of drops in microfluidic ladder networks with fore-aft structural asymmetry. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., Srinivasan, B., Zhao, J., Rengasamy, R., McKenna, G. (2011). Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition in the Field of Polymer Physics. Journal of Polymer Science. Part B: Polymer Physics Edition/ John Wiley, 49, 277–290. Nallasivam, U., Babji, S., Vidyashankar, K., Rengasamy, R., Karim, M. (2011). Computationally Efficient Identification of Global ARX Parameters with Guaranteed Stability. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(6), 1406-1411. Bullecks, B., Rengasamy, R., Bhattacharyya, D., Campbell, G. (2011). Development of a cylindrical PEM fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(1), 713-719. Villez, K., Srinivasan, B., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S., Venkatasubramanian, V. (2011). Kalman-based strategies for fault detection and identification (FDI): Extension and critical evaluation of a buffer tank system. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 35, 806-816. Srinivasarao, M., Bhattacharyya, D., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S. (2011). Multivariable Optimization Studies of Cathode Catalyst Layer of a PEM Fuel Cell. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 89, 10-22. Narasimhan, S., Srikanth, A. S., Sreeram, J. V. N., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Optimal plant friendly input design for system identification. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 50(23), 13045-13055. Narasimhan, S., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Plant friendly input design: Convex relaxation and quality. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(6), 1406-1411. Maddala, J., Srinivasan, B., Bithi, S. S., Vanapalli, S., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Design of a model-based feedback controller for active sorting and synchronization of droplets in a microfluidic loop. AIChE Journal, , DOI: 10.1002/aic.12740. Maurya, M. R., Rengasamy, R., Venkatasubramanian, V. (2010). A Framework for On-line Trend Extraction and Fault Diagnosis. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 23, 950-969.

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Srinivasarao, M., Bhattacharyya, D., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S. (2010). Cathode parametric study and the role of liquid saturation on PEM fuel cell performance – A numerical approach. Journal of Power Sources, 195, 6782-6794. Methekar, R. N., Patwardhan, S. C., Rengasamy, R., Gudi, R. D., Prasad, V. (2010). Control of PEMFC Using Data Driven State Space Models. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 88, 861-874. Mandela, R. K., Sridhar, L. N., Rengasamy, R. (2010). Introducing DAE Models in Graduate and Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum. Chemical Engineering Education, 44(1), 73-80. Bhattacharyya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2010). Optimization of a tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Development of the optimization-oriented model and dimensional optimization. Computers and Chrmical Engineering, 34, 1789-1802. Gebregergis, A., Pillay, P., Rengasamy, R. (2010). PEMFC Fault Diagnosis, Modeling and Mitigation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 46(1), 295-303. Srinivasarao, M., Bhattacharyya, D., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S. (2010). Performance Analysis of a PEM Fuel Cell Cathode with Multiple Catalyst Layers. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 6356-6365. Mandela, R. K., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S., Sridhar, L. N. (2010). Recursive State Estimation Techniques for Nonlinear Differential Algebraic Systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 65, 4548-4556. Nallasivam, U., Srinivasan, B., Rengasamy, R. (2010). Stiction Identification in Nonlinear Process Control Loops. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 34, 1890-1898. Bhattacharyya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2010). System identification and nonlinear model predictive control of a tubular solid oxide fuel cell. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research Journal, 49(10), 4800-4808. Deshpande, S., Methekar, R. N., Patwardhan, S. C., Rengasamy, R. (2010). Unconstrained Nonlinear Predictive Control Formulation Based on a Class of Wiener Models: Development of a Closed Form Solution. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(1), 148-165. Bhattacharya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2009). A Detailed Dynamic Model for a Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (TSOFC). Chemical Engineering Science, 64(9), 2158-2172. Bhattacharya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2009). A review of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) dynamic models. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(13), 6068-6086. Gebregergis, A., Pillay, P., Bhattacharya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2009). Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 56(1), 139-148. Narasimhan, S., Rengasamy, R., Vadigepalli, R. (2009). Structural properties of Gene Regulatory Networks: Definitions and Connections. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 6(1), 158-170. Bhattacharya, D., Rengasamy, R. (2009). Transport, Sensitivity and Dimensional Optimization studies of a tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Journal of Power Sources, 190(2), 499-510.

Conference Proceedings (Accepted) Srinivasan, B., Nallasivam, U., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Diagnosis of root cause for oscillations in closed-loop chemical process systems. IFAC. Srinivasan, B., Nallasivam, U., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Multiple root cause analysis of linear oscillatory closed-loop Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) control loops. ADCONIP. Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S., Kuppuraj, V. (2011). Receding Nonlinear Kalman (RNK) Filter for Nonlinear Constrained State Estimation. Greece: ESCAPE.

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Maddala, J., Vanapalli, S., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Sort-synchronization control in microfluidic loop devices with experimental uncertainties using a Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework. IFAC. Villez, K., Srinivasan, B., Rengasamy, R., Narasimhan, S., Venkatasubramanian, V. (2010). Resilient Control in View of Valve Stiction: Extension of a Kalman-based FTC Scheme. European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE).

VII. Current Participation in Professional Associations VIII. Presentations in the last six years

Accepted Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, "Origins of periodic and chaotic dynamics in a microfluidic loop device," National. (November 2012). Wang, W. (Presenter & Author), Maddala, J. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Role of Structural Asymmetry in Controlling Drop Spacing in Microfluidic Ladder Networks," National. (March 1, 2012). Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), International Federation of Automatic Control World Congress, Milano, Italy, "Sort-Synchronization in Microfluidic Loop Devices with Experimental Uncertainties Using a Model Predictive Control (MPC) Framework," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (August 28, 2011). Villez, K. (Presenter & Author), Spinner, T. (Author Only), Garcia, H. (Author Only), Reiger, C. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), Venkatasubramanian, V. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) for Integration of Parallel Fault Diagnosis Modules Into Supervisory Control Systems," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Villez, K. (Presenter & Author), Srinivasan, B. (Author Only), Nallasivam, U. (Author Only), Garcia, H. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), Narasimhan, S. (Author Only), Venkatasubramaian, V., AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Bayesian Fault Detection and Isolation: Test Results for a Simple Benchmark Problem," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Srinivasan, B. (Presenter & Author), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Diagnosis of Source of Oscillations in Linear Closed-Loop Chemical Processes," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Kuppuraj, V. (Presenter & Author), Narasimhan, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Efficient Reformulation of Moving Horizon Approach for Nonlinear Constrained State Estimation," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Kuppuraj, V. (Presenter & Author), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Fuzzy Model Clustering (FMC) Algorithm for Multiple Model Learning," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Srinivasan, B. (Presenter & Author), Nallasivam, U. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "On the Detection of Valve Non-Linearities in Closed Loop Linear Systems," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Narasimhan, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Presenter & Author), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Plant Friendly Input Design for System Identification," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010). Srinivasarao, M. (Presenter & Author), Bhattacharyya, D. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), Narasimhan, S. (Author Only), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Platinum Reduction in the Cathode of a PEM Fuel Cell with Multiple Catalyst Layers," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010).

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Narasimhan, S. (Presenter Only), Bhushan, M. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Presenter & Author), AICHE Meeting, Salt Lake City, "Reliability Based Sensor Network Design for Fault Diagnosis," Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (November 2010).

General

Maddala, J. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Sreenivasan, B. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Salt lake city, UT, "Experimental and simulation studies of nonlinear dynamics of droplets in a microfluidic loop device," National. (November 10, 2010). Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Sreenivasan, B. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Salt lake city, UT, "Simulation studies of active control strategy for sort-synchronization of droplets in microfluidic loop device using model predictive control," National. (November 10, 2010).


Grant Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "GAOLI: TRAC SUPPLEMENT: Development of Controller Performance Assessment and Mitigation Technology," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $175,000.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "GOALI:REU SUPPLEMENT: Development of Controller Performance Assessment and Mitigation Technology," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $12,500.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "CDI-Type I: Engineering Massively Parallelized Fluidic Processors: From Data to Predictive Models to Functional Designs," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $500,000.00. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2014). Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Model-based Sensor Placement for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis in Fossil Energy Systems," Sponsored by DOE, Federal, $757,992.00. (December 1, 2010 - December 31, 2013).

Sponsored Research


Not Funded

Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Structural Health Monitoring of Submersible Navy Composites," Sponsored by US Navy/ Science Tomorrow, LLC, Federal, $25,551.00.

Grant - Not Funded

Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Novel Ionic Liquid Based Membranes for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $307,502.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Coating Health Sensor System and Service Life Model," Sponsored by US Navy/ Science Tomorrow, LLC, Federal, $25,551.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Underwater Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Navy Propellers," Sponsored by US Navy/ Science Tomorrow, LLC, Federal, $25,551.00.

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Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Novel Ionic Liquid Based Membranes for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $299,293.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "GOALI: Development of a Hydrogen Tubular PEM Fuel Cell System," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $260,423.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), "Control, design and optimization of nonlinear discrete microfluidic networks," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $222,172.50. Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), "CDI-Type II: Prediction and Optimization of Epoxy Nanocomposite Properties," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,424,287.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Integrated Supervisory Control Under Model Uncertainty," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $268,657.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Layering of Electrodes Using Ink-jet Printing for Improved Electrochemical Performance in Fuel Cells," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, Private, $98,807.00.

Grant - Pending

Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Nanostructured Biological Materials as Robust Catalyst Supports for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $830,668.00. Rengasamy, R. (Principal), "Development of Cost-effective and Robust Tubular Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $476,736.00.


Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Graduate Committee. Committee Chair, Scholarship Committee. Committee Member, Undergraduate Committee. Committee Chair, Whitacre chair search committee.

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Name: Sindee Simon Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering


TTU Email: [email protected] Phone: Campus Mail Stop:


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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Princeton University Year Awarded 1992

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Yale University Year Awarded 1983


Title Whitacre Department Chair Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2012 - Present

Title P. W. Horn Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) March 2010 - Present

Title Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2004 - Present

Title Associate Chair Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) September 2007 - August 2012


Student's Name Evelyn Lopez Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Ran Tao Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Siyung Gao Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Haoyu Zhao Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Fatema Begum

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Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed 2012 Institution

Student's Name Maitri Vaddey Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Chair Year Completed December 2011 Institution

Student's Name Jiaxi Guo Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed August 2011 Institution

Student's Name Yung P. Koh Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed October 2010 Institution

IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III) V. Graduate Courses Taught in the last six years



Fall TTU 2012 CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research


Spring TTU 2012 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5341 Polymer Chemistry and Processing

Fall TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research



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Fall TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 5344 Polymers and Materials Laboratory


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7122 Polymer and Materials Seminar CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis



Journal Articles (Accepted) Zhao, J., Simon, S., McKenna, G. (2013). Using 20 Million Year Old Amber to Test the Super-Arrhenius Behavior of Glass Forming Systems. Nature Communications, 4, 1783. Gao, S., Koh, Y. P., Simon, S. (2013). The Calorimetric Glass Transition of Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films. Macromolecules, 46, 562 - 570. Koh, Y. P., Karim, M., Simon, S. (2012). Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics of Epoxide-Functionalized Regenerated Cellulose Membrane and Aliphatic Amine. Thermochimica Acta, 543, 18 - 23. Guo, J., Grassia, L., Simon, S. (2012). Bulk and Shear Rheology of a Symmetric Three-Arm Star Polystyrene. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 50(17), 1233-1244. Grassia, L., Simon, S. (2012). Modeling Volume Relaxation of Amorphous Polymers: Modification of the Equation for the Relaxation Time in the KAHR Model. Polymer, 53(16), 3613 - 3620. Begum, F., Zhao, H., Simon, S. (2012). Modeling Methyl Methacrylate Free Radical Polymerization: Reaction in Hydrophilic Nanopores. Polymer, 53(15), 3238 - 3244. Begum, F., Zhao, H., Simon, S. (2012). Modeling Methyl Methacrylate Free Radical Polymerization: Reaction in Hydrophobic Nanopores. Polymer, 53(15), 3261 - 3268. Koh, Y., Simon, S. (2012). Crystallization and Vitrification of a Cyanurate Trimer in Nanopores. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(26), 7754 - 7761. Zhao, H., Simon, S. (2011). Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in Nanoporous Confinement. Polymer, 52, 4093 - 4098. Guo, J., Simon, S. (2011). Thermodynamic Scaling of Polymer Dynamics versus T - Tg Scaling. Journal of Chemical Physics, 135, 074901 (1-7). Zheng, W., Mohammed, A., Hines, Jr., L. G., Xiao, D., Martinez, O. J., Bartsch, R., Simon, S., Russina, O., Triolo, A., Quitevis, E. (2011). Effect of Cation Symmetry on the Morphology and Physicochemical Properties of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115(20), 6572 - 6584. Begum, F., Simon, S. (2011). Modeling Methyl Methacrylate Free Radical Polymerization in Nanoporous Confinement. Polymer, 52(7), 1539 - 1545.

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Koh, Y. P., Simon, S. (2011). Kinetic Study of Trimerization of Monocyanate Ester in Nanopores. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115(5), 925–932. Grassia, L., D'Amore, A., Simon, S. (2010). On the Viscoelastic Poisson's Ratio in Amorphous Polymers. Journal of Rheology, 54(5), 1009 - 1022. Guo, J., Simon, S. (2010). Pressure-Volume-Temperature Behavior of Two Polycyanurate Networks. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 48(23), 2509 - 2517. Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2010). The Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer/Oligomer Blends. Polymer, 51(21), 4899 - 4906. Koh, Y. P., Simon, S. (2010). Trimerization of Monocyanate Ester in Nanopores. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(23), 7727 - 7734. Meng, Y., Bernazzani, P., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2009). A New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and PVT Properties of Polymetric Material. Review of Scientific Instruments, 80. Guo, J. X., Simon, S. (2009). Effect of Crosslink Density on the Pressure Relaxation Response of Polycyanurate Networks. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer, 47, 2477 - 2486. Simon, S., McKenna, G. (2009). Experimentel Evidence Against the Existence of an Ideal Glass Transition. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 355, 672-675. Koh, Y. P., Li, Q. X., Simon, S. (2009). Tg and Reactivity at the Nanoscale. Thermochimica Acta, 492(1-2), 40-50. Dalle-Ferrier, C., Simon, S., Zheng, W., Badrinarayanan, P., Fennell, T., Frick, B., Zanotti, J. M., Alva-Simionesco, C. (2009). The Consequence of Excess Configurational Entropy. Physical Review Letters, 103(185702).


Journal Articles (Accepted) Simon, S., Li, Q. (2008). Curing of Bisphenol M Dicyanate Ester under Nanoscale Constraint. Macromolecules, 41(4), 1310 - 1317. Badrinarayanan, P., Simon, S., Lyng, R. J., O'Reilly, J. M. (2008). Effect of Structure on Enthalpy Relaxation of Polycarbonate: Experiments and Modeling. Polymer, 49, 3554 - 3560. Badrinarayananan, P., Zheng, W., Simon, S. (2008). Isoconversional Analysis of the Glass Transition. Thermochimica Acta, 468(1-2), 87 - 93. Koh, Y. P., Simon, S. (2008). Structural Relaxation of Stacked Ultrathin Polystyrene Films. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 46(24), 2741 - 2753. Simon, S., Zheng, W. (2008). The Glass Transition in Athermal Poly(α-methyl styrene)/Oligomer Blends. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 46(4), 418 - 430. Li, Q., Hutcheson, S. A., McKenna, G., Simon, S. (2008). Viscoelastic Properties and Residual Stresses in Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-Reinforced Epoxy Matrices. Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 46(24), 2719 - 2732.


Member, American Chemical Society.

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Conference Chair, 2014, 2009; Executive Counselor, 2006; President, 2005; Vice President, 2004., North American Thermal Analysis Society. Local Arrangements Committee, February 2005 Meeting., Society of Rheology. Division of Polymer Physics Education Committee: 2006, 2007; Awards Committee 2011, 2012, American Physical Society. (1994 - Present). Society Awards Committee, 2006, 2007; Polymer Analysis Division: Chair, 2000/2001; Newsletter Editor, May 2001 - 2006; ANTEC Technical Program Chair, May 2005 (Charlotte, NC) and May 2000 (Dallas, TX); Board of Directors, 1997 - present., Society of Plastics Engineers. (1994 - Present). Conference-Related, Gordon Research Conference: Polymer Physics. (2012 - Present). Conference-Related, North American Thermal Analysis Society. (2011 - Present). Editorial Review Board Member, Polymer. (2006 - Present). Editorial Review Board Member, Thermochimica Acta. (2006 - Present). Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics. (2003 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, J. Chem. Phys., Macromolecules, Thermochim. Acta, Polymer, J. Composites A, Polym. Eng. Sci., et al. (2000 - Present). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (2000 - Present). Board Member/Foundation, Society of Plastics Engineers, Polymer Anal. Div. (1997 - Present). Conference-Related, 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology Meeting, Hokkaido University, Sapporo. (2010). Editor, Conference Proceedings, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. (2009 - 2010). Conference-Related, North American Thermal Analysis Society. (2009).


Invited McKenna, G., Zhao, J. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), 12th International Confernce on Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials, University of Trento, Riva del Gardo, Italy, "Upper Bounds to the Relaxation Times in Glass-Forming Systems: Evidence of Non-Diverging Time-Scales from 20 Ma Dominican Amber," International, Published Elsewhere. (July 9, 2013). Simon, S., Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, "Polymer Physics and Chemistry at the Nanoscale." (February 2013). Simon, S., Inaugural Texas Soft Matter Meeting, University of Houston, Houston, TX, "The Calorimetric Glass Transition under Nanoconfinement," State. (January 2013). Simon, S., University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical Engineering, "Nanoconfined Polymerization: Reaction Kinetics and Properties." (September 2012). Simon, S., 6th Interenational Conference on Times of Polymers and Composites (TOP), Ischia, Italy, "Polymerization Kinetics Under Nanoscale Constraint," International. (June 2012). Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Boston, MA, "Long-Time Dynamics in Polymers: Experimental Results," International. (March 2012).

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Simon, S., Interdisciplinary Lecture Series, Whitacre College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, "Influence of Nanoconfinement on Polymerization Kinetics and Thermodynamics," Local. (March 2012). Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, "Nanoconfined Polymerization: Reaction Kinetics and Properties." (November 2011). Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University, "Tg and Reactivity at the Nanoscale." (February 2011). Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable, Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University, "Women in Engineering – Where are We Now?." (February 2011). Simon, S., Oklahoma State University, "Tg and Reactivity at the Nanoscale." (October 2010). Simon, S., 5th International Conference on Times of Polymers-TOP, Ischia, Italy, "The Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus: Effect of Macromolecular Structure," International. (June 2010). Simon, S., Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials, Paris, France, "Architecture Effects on the Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus." (June 2010). Simon, S., 2010 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting, Corning, NY, "Structural Relaxation in the Glassy State: Further Evidence for the Path Dependence of the Relaxation Time." (May 2010). Simon, S., Gordon Research Conference on Composites, Ventura Beach, CA, "Influence of Nanoconfinement on Properties and Reactivity of Thermosetting Resins." (January 2010).

Accepted

Zhao, J. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), 2013 Annual European Rheology Conference, European Rheology Society, Leuven, Belgium, "20 Ma Amber: A low fictive temperature glass and tests of diverging dynamics in complex systems," International, Published Elsewhere. (April 3, 2013). Koh, Y. P. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Des Moines, IA, "Hindered Crystallization of a Cyanurate Trimer under Nanopore Confinement," International. (August 2011). Zhao, H. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Des Moines, IA, "MMA Polymerization in Nanoporous Matrix," International, Published Elsewhere. (August 2011). Vaddey, M. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Des Moines, IA, "Nanoconfinement Effects on Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization," International. (August 2011). Koh, Y. P. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Crystallization of a Cyanurate Trimer in Nanopores," International. (March 2011). Zhao, H. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in Nanoporous Matrix: Reactivity and Molecular Weight," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 2011). Begum, F. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Modeling of Free Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) in Nanoporous Confinement," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 2011).

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Vaddey, M. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Nanoconfinement Effect on Polymerization," International. (March 2011). Gao, S. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "The Tg of Polycyanurate in Cylindrical Nanoporous Confinement," International. (March 2011). Guo, J. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Thermodyanmic Scaling of Polymer Dynamics versus Shifting by T-Tg," International, Published Elsewhere. (March 2011). Zheng, W. (Presenter & Author), McKenna, G. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Compliance Issues with Rheometers," International. (October 27, 2010). McKenna, G. (Presenter & Author), Zheng, W. (Author Only), Simon, S. (Author Only), ANTEC 2010, Society of Plastics Engineers, Orlando, FL, "The Viscoelastic Behavior of Poly(a-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blends," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings, Published Elsewhere. (May 2010).

General

Gao, S., Koh, Y., Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Calorimetric Tg of Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films," International. (October 2012). Tao, R., Simon, S. (Presenter & Author), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus of Polystyrene and Nanocomposites," International. (October 2012). Tau, R. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "Bulk Viscoelastic Response of Polystyrene and Polystyrene Nanocomposites," International. (August 2012). Koh, Y. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "Crystallization and Vitrification of a Cyanurate Trimer in Nanopores," International. (August 2012). Koh, Y. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics of Epoxide-Functionalized Regernerated Cellulose Membrane and Aliphatic Amine," International. (August 2012). Zhao, H. (Presenter & Author), Begum, F., Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in Nanoporous Matrix: Reactivity and Resulting Properties," International. (August 2012). Grassia, L. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "Modeling Volume Relaxation of Amorphous Polymers," International. (August 2012). Grassia, L. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "On the Viscoelastic Poisson's Ratio in Amorphous Polymers," International. (August 2012). Gao, S. (Presenter & Author), Koh, Y., Simon, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "The Calorimetric Glass Transition for Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films using Flash DSC," International. (August 2012). Shamim, N. (Presenter & Author), Koh, Y., Simon, S., McKenna, G., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "The Glass Transition of Thin Poly(alpha-methyl styrene) Films Measured by Flash Differential Scanning Calorimetry," International. (August 2012).

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Zhao, H. (Presenter & Author), Simon, S., Sen, S., 40th North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference, Orlando, FA, "The Kinetics of the Glass Transition and Physical Aging in Gremanium Selenide Glasses," International. (August 2012). Guo, J., Simon, S., XVIth International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Bulk and Shear Rheology of A Symmetric Three-Arm Star Polystyrene," International. (August 2012). Gao, S. (Presenter & Author), Koh, Y., Simon, S., Gordon Research Conference: Polymer Physics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, "The Calorimetric Glass Transition of Single Polystyrene Ultrathin Films," International. (July 2012). Zhao, H. (Presenter & Author), Begum, F., Simon, S., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, "Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in Nanoporous Matrix: Reactivity and Resulting Properties," International. (March 2012). Gao, S. (Presenter & Author), Koh, Y. P., Simon, S., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, "The Calorimetric Glass Transition of Polystyrene Ultrathin Films," International. (March 2012). Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S., 2010 AIChE Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah, "The viscoelastic behavior of of Poly(α-Methyl Styrene)/Oligomer Blendss," National. (November 2010). Guo, J. X., Simon, S., Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Architectural effects on the viscoelastic bulk response in polystyrene," National. (October 2010). Begum, F., Simon, S., Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "Modeling of nanoconfinement of free radical PMMA polymerization," National. (October 2010). Grassia, L., D'Amore, A., Simon, S., Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, The Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, NM, "On the viscoelastic Poisson’s ratio in amorphous polymers," National. (October 2010). Guo, J., Simon, S., 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Architecture Effects on the Viscoelastic Bulk Response in Polystyrene," International, Published in Proceedings. (August 2010). Zheng, W., McKenna, G., Simon, S., 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Compliance Issues with Paar Physica Rheometers," International. (August 2010). Koh, Y., Simon, S., 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Crystallization of Cyanurate Trimer in Nanopores," International. (August 2010). Simon, S., Zhao, H. (Presenter Only), 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Epoxy/Amine Cured in Nanoporous Matrix: Tg and Reactivity." (August 2010). Vaddey, M., Simon, S., 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, North American Thermal Analysis Society, Philadelphia, PA, "Nanoconfinement Effect on Polymerization," International. (August 2010). Guo, J. X., Simon, S., 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, "The Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus: Effect of Polymer Structure," International. (August 2010). Koh, Y. P., Li, Q., Simon, S., Lähnwitzseminar on Calorimetry, Rostock, Germany, "Tg and Reactivity of Nanoconfined Cyanate Esters and Epoxies," International. (June 2010). Koh, Y. P., Simon, S., 2010 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting, American Ceramics Society, Corning, NY, "The Glass Transition at the Nanoscale," National. (May 2010).

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Guo, J., Simon, S., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, Portland, OR, "Polymer Architecture Effects on the Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus," National. (March 2010). Guo, J., Simon, S., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, Portland, OR, "Prediction of the Viscoelastic Bulk Modulus," National. (March 2010). Koh, Y. P. (Presenter Only), Simon, S., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, American Physical Society, Portland, OR, "Tg Depression and Reactivity of Nanoconfined Monocyanate Ester and its Trimer," National. (March 2010).


Contract Simon, S. (Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Novel Nanoparticle-Filled Matrices for Thermal Stress Reduction in Polymer Matrix Composites: Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $450,000.00. (January 2007 - October 2010).

Grant

Simon, S. (Principal), Quitevis, E. (Co-Principal), "Nanoconfinement and its Influence on Polymerization," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $376,002.00. (October 2012 - September 2015). Simon, S. (Principal), "Thermodynamics of Nanoconfined Equilibrium Polymerizations," Sponsored by American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Foundation, Private, $100,000.00. (July 2012 - August 2014). Simon, S. (Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), "Relaxation Dynamics in Selenide-Based Chalcogenide Glasses: Characterization of the Intermediate Phase," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (July 2011 - July 2014). Simon, S. (Principal), "Tg Changes, Surface Effects, and Dynamics in Nanoconfined Polymers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $480,000.00. (May 2010 - April 2014). Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), "EAGER: Peptide Affinity Membranes for Binding Influenza Viruses: H1N1 and H5H1," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (September 2009 - August 2012). Simon, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Matrix Confinement Effects in Composites and Nanocomposites: Experiments and Molecular Modeling," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $250,000.00. (August 2008 - July 2011). Simon, S. (Principal), "Origin of Enhanced Reactivity and Depressed Tg for Network Polymers at the Nanoscale," Sponsored by Texas HECB ARP/ATP, State, $150,000.00. (May 2008 - December 2010).

Not Funded

Simon, S. (Principal), "Influence of Nanoconfinement on the Liquid-Liquid Transition in Sulfur," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00.

Grant - Not Funded

McKenna, G. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), "Partnership for Engineering Research and Education," Sponsored by Partnership University Fund, $120,000.00. Simon, S. (Principal), "Materials World Network: The Effect of Spherical Nanoparticles on the Viscoelastic and Pressure-Volume-Temperature Behavior of Polymers," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $385,843.00. Simon, S. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), "Nanoconfinement and its Influence on Polymerization: Experiments and Molecular Modeling," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $339,976.00.

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Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Cañas, J. (Supporting), Carr, D. (Supporting), Fan, Z. (Supporting), Green, M. (Supporting), Hedden, R., McKenna, G. (Supporting), Pantoya, M. (Supporting), Wang, S. (Supporting), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffraction System for Materials Research, Training, and Education," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $641,392.00. Wang, S. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Jiang, H. X. (Co-Principal), Lin, J. Y. (Co-Principal), Lan, W., "NUE: Integration of nanotechnology into energy devices and systems," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $200,000.00. Rivero, I. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Hsiang, S. M. (Co-Principal), "Effective Fabrication of Cartilage Replacement Nanocomposite Scaffolds," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $299,993.00. Rivero, I. (Principal), Casadonte, D. (Co-Principal), Holtz, M. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), "MRI: Acquisition of an X-ray Diffraction System for Nanomaterials Research and Pedagogy," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $621,836.00. Simon, S. (Co-Principal), Khare, R. (Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), "CDI-Type II: Prediction and Optimization of Epoxy Nanocomposite Properties," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $1,424,287.00. Simon, S. (Principal), "Interfacial Chemistry in Nanocomposites and its Influence on Volume Recovery," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00.

Grant - Pending

McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), "DURIP: Purchase of a High Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimeter and Dilatometer," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, $198,000.00. Simon, S. (Principal), "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nanoconfined ROMP Reactions of Cycloolefins," Sponsored by American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. Simon, S. (Principal), Mayer, M. (Co-Principal), "Nanoconfinement as a Synthetic Tool for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizations," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $565,300.00.



Lubbock Women of Excellence in Science, Lubbock YWCA. (March 2013). Top Cited Article 2007-2011, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. (2012). Fall Assessment Spotlight Champion, TTU Office of Planning and Assessment. (November 2012). Vice-Chair 2014; Chair Elect 2016, Gordon Research Conference: Polymer Physics. (July 2012). Academic Careers in Engineering & Science (ACES) Distinguished Lectureship, Case Western Reserve University. (2011). Best Professor, Texas Tech AIChE Student Chapter. (2011). Most Influential Professor, TTU Engineering Honors Convocation. (2011). Fellow, American Physical Society (APS). (December 2010). P. W. Horn Professor, Texas Tech University. (March 2010).

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Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conferences on Composites. (January 2010). Barnie E. Rushing, Jr., Faculty Distinguished Research Award, Texas Tech Parents Assoc. (April 2008).

Service/Engagement

Committee Chair, Soft Matter Whitacre Chair Search Committee. (2011 - 2012). Faculty Advisor, Department of Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Advisor. (2007 - 2012). Associate Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering. (2007 - 2012). Committee Chair, Undergraduate and ABET Committee. ENG - Chemical Engineering (BSCHE). (2007 - 2012). Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (2010 - 2011). Committee Chair, WCOE Faculty Research Awards Committee. (2012). Committee Member, WCOE Tenure and Promotion Committee. (2007 - 2012). Committee Member, WCOE Faculty Research Awards Committee. (2009 - 2011). Committee Member, Space Utilization - Research Campus. (2012 - Present). Faculty Mentor, Faculty Proposal Development Program. (2010 - Present). Committee Member, Strategic Planning Council Working Group on Priority 3: Expand and Enhance Research and Creative Scholarship. (2011 - 2012). Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Task Force. (2011). Committee Chair, Committee for Misconduct in Research and Scholarly Activity Investigation. (2009 - 2010). Faculty Mentor, PoWERS-STRIDE Faculty representative. (2007 - 2010). Committee Member, Vice President for Research Search Committee. (2008 - 2009).

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Name: Siva A. Vanapalli Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Michigan Year Awarded 2006

Degree MS Field Food Science Institution Pennsylvania State University Year Awarded 2001

Degree Bachelor of Technology Field Agricultural & Food Engineering Institution Indian Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1998


Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Year(s) 2008 - Present

Title Postdoctoral fellow Institution/Agency University of Twente, Dept. of Applied Physics & MESA+ Institute for

Nanotechnology Year(s) 2006 - 2008



Spring TTU 2013 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5312 Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis




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CHE 5312 Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis



Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5312 Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis CHE 5312 Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis



Journal Articles (Accepted) Padmanabhan, V., Khan, Z. S., Solomon, D. E., Rumbaugh, K., Vanapalli, S., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2012). "Locomotion of C. elegans: A Piecewise-Harmonic Curvature Representation of Nematode Behavior. PLoS One, 7(7), e40121. Khan, Z., Sun, M., Vanapalli, S. (2012). Blood plasma separation in a long two-phase plug flowing through disposable tubing. Lab on Chip, 12, 5225-5230. Sun, M., Vanapalli, S. (2012). Generation of chemical concentration gradients in mobile droplet arrays via fragmentation of long immiscible diluting plugs. Analytical Chemistry. Dewan, M., Kim, J., McLean, R., Vanapalli, S., Karim, M. (2012). Growth kinetics of microalgae in microfluidic static droplet arrays. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 109, 2987-2996. Khan, Z., Vanapalli, S. (2012). Probing the mechanical properties of brain cancer cells using a microfluidic cell squeezer device. Biomicrofluidics. Chen, H., Lentz, D. M., Rhoades, A. M., Pyles, R. A., Haider, K. W., Vanapalli, S., Nunley, R. K., Hedden, R. (2012). Surface infusion micropatterning of elastomeric substrates. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 12, 451-464. Maddala, J., Wang, W., Vanapalli, S., Rengasamy, R. (2012). Traffic of pairs of drops in microfluidic ladder networks with fore-aft structural asymmetry. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Meng, S., Bithi, S. S., Vanapalli, S. (2011). Microfluidic static droplet arrays with tuneable gradients in material composition. Lab on Chip, 11, 3949-3952. Maddala, J., Srinivasan, B., Bithi, S. S., Vanapalli, S., Rengasamy, R. (2011). Design of a model-based feedback controller for active sorting and synchronization of droplets in a microfluidic loop. AIChE Journal, , DOI: 10.1002/aic.12740.

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Li, Y., Vanapalli, S., Duits, M. H. G. (2009). Dynamics of ballistically injected latex particles in living human endothelial cells. Biorheology, 46, 309-321. Duits, M. H. G., Li, Y., Vanapalli, S., Mugele, F. (2009). Mapping of spatiotemporal heterogeneous particle dynamics in living cells. Physical Review E, 79. Vanapalli, S., Wijnperle, D., van den Berg, A., Mugele, F., Duits, M. H. G. (2009). Microfluidic valves with integrated structured elastomeric membranes for reversible fluidic entrapment and in situ channel functionalization. Lab on a Chip, 9, 1461-1467. Vanapalli, S., Duits, M. H. G., Mugele, F. (2009). Microfluidics as a functional tool for cell mechanics. Biomicrofluidics, 3. Vanapalli, S., Li, Y., Mugele, F., Duits, M. H. G. (2009). On the origins of the universal diffusive dynamics of endogenous granules in mammalian cells. Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, 150, 1-16.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Bithi, S. S., Vanapalli, S. (2010). Behavior of a train of droplets in a fluidic network with hydrodynamic traps. Biomicrofluidics, 4, 044110.

Other (Accepted) Venkat Padmanabhan, Zeina Khan, Deepak Solomon, Vanapalli, S., Kendra Rumbaugh, Blawzdziewicz, J. (2012). A curvature-based description for the kinematics of C. Elegans (1st ed., vol. 57). Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.. Amar Patel, Alejandro Bilbao, Venkat Padmanabhan, Zeina Khan, Andrew Armstrong, Kendra Rumbaugh, Vanapalli, S., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2012). Chemotaxis of crawling and swimming Caenorhabditis Elegans (17th ed., vol. 57, pp. H17.00008). Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.. Alejandro Bilbao, Venkat Padmanabhan, Kendra Rumbaugh, Vanapalli, S., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2012). Nematode swimming and turning: locomotion of C. Elegans in bulk fluid and thin fluid layers (17th ed., vol. 57, pp. H17.00006). Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.. Padmanabhan, V., Khan, Z.S., Solomon, D. E., Vanapalli, S., Rumbaugh, K., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2011). A curvature-based description for the kinematics of C. Elegans. APS March Meeting 2012 (1st ed., vol. 57). Bul. Am. Phys. Soc.. Patel, A., Padmanabhan, V., Solomon, D. E., Khan, Z.S., Van Bussel, F., Vanapalli, S., Rumbaugh, K., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2011). Modeling of a crawling C. elegans in a micro-structured environment. APS March Meeting 2012 (1st ed., vol. 57). Bul. Am. Phys. Soc.. Bilbao, A., Alavalapadu, A., Khan, Z.S., Solomon, D. E., Vanapalli, S., Rumbaugh, K., Blawzdziewicz, J. (2011). Propulsion of C. elegans crawling on a wet surface. 2011 Annual Meeting of Division of Fluid Mechanics of APS (1st ed., vol. 57). Bul. Am. Phys. Soc..


Member, American Physical Society. Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineering. (January 1, 2007 - Present). Member, Society of Rheology. (January 1, 2007 - Present). Session Chair, Society of Rheology, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (October 24, 2010 - October 28, 2010).


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Invited Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, "Dynamics of drops in microfluidic networks - Platforms for rapid screening in biology and medicine," International. (December 14, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, "Dynamics of drops in microfluidic networks - Platforms for rapid screening in biology and medicine," International. (December 13, 2012). Vanapalli, S., Procter & Gample Co., Cincinnati, OH, "Microfluidic technologies for sceening soft materials." (June 27, 2012). Vanapalli, S., SD Myers Inc., Ohio, "Lab on chip technologies for high throughput sample preparation and analysis." (June 21, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Department Seminar, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, "Dynamics of drops in microfluidic networks – Platforms for rapid screening in biology and medicine," International. (January 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Applied Mathematics Seminar, Mathematics Department, TTU, Texas Tech University, "Hydrodynamics of drops in microfluidic devices," Local. (November 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Panelist), New Faculty Workshop, Texas Tech University, "Successfully navigating your three year review and more," Local. (November 16, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), TTU SACNAS, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Texas Tech University, "Microfluidics - The Science of Fluid Manipulation at Small Scales," Local. (September 21, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Group Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, "Multiplexed microfluidic viscometer," National. (May 10, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Department Seminar, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, "Spatiotemporal dynamics of drops in microfluidic networks for designing fluidic processors," National. (April 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), TTUHSC Annual Cancer Symposium, TTUHSC, Amarillo, "Microfluidic Cell Squeezer – A new tool for high throughput mechanical phenotyping of tumor cells," Regional. (April 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Group Seminar, ESPCI, Paris, "Droplet traffic and parking in microfluidic networks," International. (November 2009). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Group Seminar, University of Twente, Netherlands, "Droplet traffic and parking in microfluidic networks," International. (November 2009).

Accepted

Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Patel, A. (Presenter & Author), Bilbao, A. (Author Only), Padmanabhan, V. (Author Only), Khan, Z. (Author Only), Armstrong, A. (Author Only), Rumbaugh, K. (Author Only), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Author Only), American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, "Chemotaxis of crawling and swimming C. elegans," National. (November 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Bilbao, A. (Presenter & Author), Padmanabhan, V. (Author Only), Rumbaugh, K. (Author Only), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Author Only), American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, "Nemotode swimming and turning: Locomotion of C. elegance in bulk fluid and thin fluid layers," National. (November 2012).

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Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, "Origins of periodic and chaotic dynamics in a microfluidic loop device," National. (November 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Kim, J. (Presenter & Author), AIChE Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Microfluidic production of food emulsions containing anisotropic-shaped fat particles," National. (October 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Sun, M. (Author Only), Bithi, S. (Author Only), AIChE Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Microfluidic static droplets arrays with tuneable concentration gradients," National. (October 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Kim, J. (Presenter & Author), AIChE Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, "Scaling of dispersed phase flow transitions in a microfluidic flow-focusing device," National. (October 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Khan, Z. (Author Only), Kamyabi, N. (Author Only), Sennoune, S. (Author Only), Martinez-Zaguilan, R. (Author Only), Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, "Probing the mechanical and metastatic properties of tumor cells using a microfluidic cell squeezer device," State. (October 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Khan, Z. (Author Only), Kamyabi, N. (Author Only), Sennoune, S. (Author Only), Martinez-Zaguilan, R. (Author Only), Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, "Probing the mechanical and metastatic properties of tumor cells using a microfluidic cell squeezer device," State. (October 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Solomon, D. (Author Only), Sun, M. (Author Only), Bithi, S. (Author Only), International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Microfluidic drop arrays of tuneable composition for rapid screening of soft materials," International. (August 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Solomon, D. (Presenter & Author), International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Multiplexed microfluidic viscometer for complex fluid rheology," International. (August 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Solomon, D. (Presenter & Author), International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal, "Pressure drop due to purely elastic instabilities in curvilinear microchannel flow," International. (August 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Bithi, S. (Author Only), Wang, W. (Author Only), American Chemical Society - Colloids and Surface Science Meeting, Baltimore, MD, "Collective hydrodynamics of non-coalesccing and coalescing drops in a microfluidic parking network," National. (June 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Kim, J. (Presenter & Author), American Chemical Society - Colloids and Surface Science Meeting, Baltimore, MD, "Scaling of flow transistions in a microfluidic flow-focusing device," National. (June 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Kim, J. (Presenter & Author), Institute of Food Technologists Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, "Microfluidic production of food emulsions containing anisotropic-shaped fat particles," National. (June 2012). Padmanabhan, V. (Presenter & Author), Khan, Z. S. (Author Only), Solomon, D. E. (Author Only), Rumbaugh, K. P. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "A curvature-based description for the kinematics of C. elegans," National. (March 2, 2012). Patel, A. (Presenter & Author), Padmanabhan, V. (Author Only), Solomon, D. E. (Author Only), Khan, Z. S. (Author Only), van Bussel, F. (Author Only), Rumbaugh, K. P. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Modeling of a crawling C. elegans in a micro-structured environment," National. (March 2, 2012). Wang, W. (Presenter & Author), Maddala, J. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Role of Structural Asymmetry in Controlling Drop Spacing in Microfluidic Ladder Networks," National. (March 1, 2012).

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Khan, Z. S. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Hydrodynamic behavior of tumor cells in confined model microvessel," National. (February 29, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Sun, M. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, "Hydrodynamic self-rectification: A novel mechanism for generating uniform static droplet arrays in a microfluidic network," National. (February 29, 2012). Bilbao, A. (Presenter & Author), Alavalapadu, A. (Author Only), Khan, Z. S. (Author Only), Solomon, D. E. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rumbaugh, K. P. (Author Only), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Author Only), APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, "Propulsion of C. elegans crawling on a wet surface," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (November 22, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, "Hydrodynamic self-rectification: A novel mechanism for generating uniform droplet arrays in a microfluidic network," National. (October 18, 2011). Dewan, A. (Presenter & Author), Jihye, K. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Kerls, M. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Karim, M. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Minneapolis, "Single-cell growth kinetics of algae, Chlorela vulgaris," National. (October 17, 2011). Solomon, D. E. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, "Multiplexed microfluidic viscometer for complex fluid and blood rheology," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 11, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Khan, Z. S. (Author Only), Jood, H. (Author Only), Martinez-Zaguilan, R. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, "Hydrodynamic behavior of tumor cells in a confined model microvessel," National. (October 10, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, "Hydrodynamic feedback and self-rectification regulate the formation of Newtonian and viscoelastic droplet arrays in a microfluidic network," National. (October 10, 2011). Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), International Federation of Automatic Control World Congress, Milano, Italy, "Sort-Synchronization in Microfluidic Loop Devices with Experimental Uncertainties Using a Model Predictive Control (MPC) Framework," International, Peer Reviewed/Refereed, Published in Proceedings. (August 28, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Khan, Z. S. (Author Only), American Brain Tumor Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, "Engineering a microchip for rapid screening of metastatic potential of brain tumor cells," National. (July 29, 2011). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Jihye, K. (Author Only), Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, "Microfluidic production of monodisperse crystalline fat droplets," National. (June 10, 2011). Khan, Z. S. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, TX, "Hydrodynamic resistance of confined cells in rectangular channels," National. (March 21, 2011). Bithi, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Microfluidic production of self organized droplet arrays in a fluidic network with hydrodynamic traps," National. (October 25, 2010). Vanapalli, S. (Presenter & Author), Jhye, K. (Author Only), Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, "Engineering microfluidic devices for the production of oil-in-water food emulsions," National. (July 18, 2010). Aday, J. B. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Institute of Biological Engineering, Boston, "An Integrated Microfluidic Device for Blood Plasma Separation and Encapsulation in Nanoliter-scale Droplets," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (March 5, 2010).

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Cortinas, A. B. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Institute of Biological Engineering, Boston, "Microfluidic Separation of Blood Plasma Using Bifurcated Channels," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (March 5, 2010).

General

Armstrong, A. (Presenter & Author), Alavalapadu, A., Bilbao, A., Patel, A., Blawzdziewicz, J., Vanapalli, S., Rumbaugh, k., 2011 SACNAS National Conference, San Jose, "Biomechanical characteristics of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans’ locomotive behavior in varying environmen." (October 2011). Maddala, J. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Presenter & Author), Sreenivasan, B. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Salt lake city, UT, "Experimental and simulation studies of nonlinear dynamics of droplets in a microfluidic loop device," National. (November 10, 2010). Maddala, J. (Presenter & Author), Sreenivasan, B. (Author Only), Bithi, S. S. (Author Only), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Rengasamy, R. (Author Only), American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Salt lake city, UT, "Simulation studies of active control strategy for sort-synchronization of droplets in microfluidic loop device using model predictive control," National. (November 10, 2010). Solomon, D. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "A microfluidic device for measurement of the apparent viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids," National. (October 27, 2010). Jihye, K. (Presenter & Author), Vanapalli, S. (Author Only), Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Scaling of flow transitions and droplet size in a microfluidic flow focusing device," National. (October 27, 2010).


Grant Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "CAREER: Collective Hydrodynamics of Confined Drops in Microfluidic Parking Networks," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $400,000.00. (February 1, 2012 - January 31, 2017). Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "CDI-Type I: Engineering Massively Parallelized Fluidic Processors: From Data to Predictive Models to Functional Designs," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $500,000.00. (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2014). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Microfluidics to Probe Partial Coalescence in Emulsions Containing Interfacial Crystals," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $270,000.00. (May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2013). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "REU Supplement: Microfluidics to Probe Partial Coalescence in Emulsions Containing Interfacial Crystals," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $5,751.00. (May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2013). Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Defining the chemical and physical signature of breast cancer cells crossing the blood-brain barrier," Texas Tech University, $16,667.00. (January 15, 2012 - January 14, 2013). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Bounds on energy dissipation due to polymer-induced purely elastic instabilities in curved channel flows," Sponsored by ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Microfluidic engineering of droplet shape and crystallinity for the design of low fat food emulsions," Sponsored by United States Department of Agriculture, Federal, $192,084.00. (September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012).

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Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "CPRIT-HR: Integrated Microfluidic Technology for High Throughput Screening of the Metastatic Potential of Tumor," Sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of TX, State, $200,000.00. (August 1, 2010 - July 31, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Probing the hydrodynamic resistance and traffic of confined droplets in microfluidic networks for the rational design of two-phase fluidic processors," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $91,785.00. (September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012). Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Engineering a microchip for rapid screening of the metastatic potential of brain tumor cells," Sponsored by American Brain Tumor Association, Other, $50,000.00. (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011).

Grant - Not Funded

Dallas, T., Weeks, B., Vanapalli, S., Green, M., Pantoya, M., Rivero, I., Li, C., Lie, Y.-C., Bayne, S., "REU: MANDE II," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Texas Tech University, $379,017.00. (March 2011 - February 2014). Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Physics of Locomotion of Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: From Body Motions and Mechanics to Motor Control," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $371,862.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "CPRIT: Development of Low Cost Microfluidic Platforms for High-resolution Drug Screening of Anticancer Compounds," Sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, State, $963,763.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Locomotion of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in Complex Media: From Mechanics to Behavior," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $361,626.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Engineering Microfluidic Parking Networks: A New Paradigm for Screening in Biology and Medicine," Sponsored by Beckman Foundation, Private, $750,000.00. Blawzdziewicz, J., Vanapalli, S., "Locomotion of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in complex media: from mechanics to behavior," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $365,280.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Principal), "Surface Infusion Micropatterning: Routes to Manufacturable Biomimetic Soft Materials," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $358,915.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Blawzdziewicz, J. (Co-Principal), "EFRI-MIKS: Engineering synthetic worms to combat bacterial biofilms using interkingdom signaling principles," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $2,000,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "YIP: Dynamic stability of micromenisci on superhydrophobic surfaces for applications in turbulent drag reduction," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $509,312.00. Blawzdziewicz, J. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Rumbaugh, K. (Co-Principal), "EFRI-MIKS Preliminary Proposal: Engineering synthetic worms to combat bacterial biofilms using interkingdom signaling principles," Sponsored by National Science Fundation, Federal, $1,997,073.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "CAREER: Understanding the traffic and parking of deformable particles in fluidic networks for engineering passive microfluidic devices," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $441,882.00. Vanapalli, S. (Supporting), "Dietary supplementation for disease-free high risk breast cancer," Sponsored by National Institute of Health, Federal, $402,653.00.

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Vanapalli, S. (Principal), Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), "Control, design and optimization of nonlinear discrete microfluidic networks," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $222,172.50. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "YIP: Ship on a chip: Dynamic stability of micromenisci on superhydrophobic surfaces for applications in turbulent drag reduction," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $671,143.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Mechanistic origins of blood soluble polymer drag reduction in microcirculation," Sponsored by American Heart Association, Private, $140,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Mechanistic origins of blood soluble polymer drag reduction in microcirculation," Sponsored by American Heart Association, Private, $308,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Microfluidic shear stress upregulates vacuolar proton ATPases in angiogenesis and tumor metastasis," Sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $80,000.00.

Grant - Pending

Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Miniaturized Sensors to Establish the Effects of Altered Muscle Gene Expression on Muscular Force Production in Space-flown Caenorhabditis Elegans," Sponsored by Ntl Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal, $557,077.00. (June 1, 2013 - May 31, 2016). Blawzdziewicz, J. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Miniaturized sensors to establish the effects of altered muscle gene expression on muscular force production in space-flown Caenorhabditis elegans," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $557,077.00. Blawzdziewicz, J. (Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Physics of Locomotion of Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: from Body Motions and Mechanics to Motor Control," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $371,862.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Probing the Glycome and Glycoproteome of Brain Metastasis in Breast Cancer," Sponsored by Ntl Cancer Institute, Federal, $1,034,696.40. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "RET Site: Transmitting Micro and Nano Technology Research and Education to High School Teachers and Students," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $150,000.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "High Throughput Mechanical Phenotyping of Tumor Cells for Predicting the Efficacy of Chemotherapeutic Drugs," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $387,169.00. Karim, M. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), "Pulsed Electric Field Treatment to Improve Dilute-acid Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Oil Extraction from Heterotrophic Algae," Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Federal, $1,333,919.50. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Microfluidic technology for blood plasma separation and enrichment of circulating DNA," Sponsored by National Institute of Health, Federal, $398,363.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Principal), "Surface Infusion Micropatterning," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $355,740.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "REU Supplement: Microfluidics to probe partial coalescence in emulsions containing interfacial crystals," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $8,580.00. Vanapalli, S. (Principal), "Development of a low cost microchip for the detection of single molecules of circulating tumor DNA in blood for early diagnostics of colorectal cancer," Sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal, $110,250.00.



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NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation. (February 1, 2012). Whitacre Engineeering Research Award, Texas Tech University. (June 3, 2011). Halliburton Teaching Excellence Award, Texas Tech University. (April 12, 2010).

Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Search Committee for Tenure Track Faculty Position in Chemical Engineering. (September 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. (January 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Undegraduate Scholarship Committee. (January 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011). Committee Member, Search Committee for Whitacre Chair in Bioengineering. (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011). Committee Member, Undegraduate Scholarship Committee. (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011). Committee Member, Department Space Committee. (January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010). Committee Member, Cancer Institute Steering Committee. (September 8, 2010 - Present). Committee Member, Transdisciplinary Academy. (January 28, 2012 - December 31, 2012).

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Name: Mark Vaughn Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree PostDoctoral Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of California, Los Angeles Year Awarded 2000

Degree PostDoctoral Field Medical Physiology Institution Texas A&M University Year Awarded 1999

Degree PostDoctoral Field Chemical Engineering Institution Texas A&M University Year Awarded 1997

Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Texas A&M University Year Awarded 1995

Degree B.S.Ch.E. Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Arkansas Year Awarded 1974



III. Direction of Graduate Students (completed theses and dissertations directed in the last six years) IV. Other Service on Graduate Committees in the last six years (excluding III)

Student's Name Rong Xu Involvement Doctoral Advisory Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Lan Ma Involvement Dissertation Committee Member Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University



Fall TTU 2012

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Fall TTU 2011 CHE 5363 Biochemical Engineering CHE 5321 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5363 Biochemical Engineering

Fall TTU 2010 CHE 5321 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics





Journal Articles (Accepted) Qui, L., Creighton, B., Reay, A., Vaughn, M., Cheng, K. (2011). Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal the Protective Role of Cholesterol in beta-Amyloid Protein-Induced Membrane Disruptions in Neuronal Membrane Mimics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 115(32), 9795-9812. Qiu, L., Lewis, A., Como, J., Vaughn, M., Huang, J., Somerharju, P., Virtanen, J., Cheng, K. (2009). Cholesterol modulates the Interaction of beta amyloid peptide with lipid bilayers. Biophysical Journal, 96(10), 4299-4307. Du, Z., Cheng, K., Vaughn, M., Collie, N., Gollahon, L. (2007). Recognition and capture of breast cancer cells using an antibody-based platform in a microelectromechanical systems device.. Biomedical Microdevices., 9(1), 35-42. Du, Z., Cheng, K., Vaughn, M., Collie, N., Gollahon, L. (2007). Recognition and capture of breast cancer cells using an antibody-based platform in a microelectromechanical systems device.. Biomedical Microdevices., 9(1), 35-42.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Wang, J., Usala, S. J., O'Brien-Usala, F., Biggs, W. C., Vaughn, M., McKenna, G. (2009). The fertile and infertile phases of the menstrual cycle are signaled by cervicalvaginal fluid die swell. Endocrinologist, 19(291297). Wang, W., Vaughn, M. (2008). Morphology and amine accessibility of (3aminopropyl) triethoxysilane films on glass surfaces. Scanning, 30(6577). Hammons, J. A., Wang, W., Ilavsky, J., Pantoya, M., Weeks, B., Vaughn, M. (2008). Small angle xray scattering analysis of the effect of cold compaction of Al/MoO3 thermite composites. Chem Phys Phys Chem, 10, 193-199.

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Reviewer, Journal Article, BBA - Biomembranes. Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Physical Chemistry. Reviewer, Journal Article, Scanning.


Invited Buie, C. (Author Only), Qiu, L. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Park, S. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Author Only), National Amerian Physical Society Meeting, Amercian Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "Microsecond MD Simulations of Nano-patterned Polymer Brushes on Self-Assembled Monolayers," National, Published in Proceedings. (March 22, 2011).

Accepted

Qiu, L. (Author Only), Buie, C. (Author Only), Cheng, S. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Cheng, K., National Biophysical Society Meeting, Biophysical Society Meeting, San Diego, California, "ATOMISTIC MD SIMULATIONS REVEAL THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF CHOLESTEROL IN THE MEMBRANE DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS OF DIMERIC BETA-AMYLOID IN NEURONAL MEMBRANE MIMICS," National. (February 28, 2012). Qiu, L. (Author Only), Cheng, S. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), National Biophysical Society Meeting, Biophysical Society Meeting, San Diego, California, "A NEW MONTE CARLO METHOD FOR EXPLORING THE SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND VOIDS OF MOLECULES IN PROTEIN CONTAINING LIPID BILAYERS WITH ATOMISTIC DETAIL," National, Published in Proceedings. (February 27, 2012). Cheng, S. (Author Only), Qiu, L. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Author Only), Texas Section American Physical Society Meeting Fall Meeting, Texas Section American Physical Society, Commerce, TX, "A new Monte Carlo method for investigating geometrical structures of lipid membranes with atomistic detail," State. (October 7, 2011). Qiu, L. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Chair), Texas Section American Physical Society Meeting Fall Meeting, Texas Section American Physical Society, Commerce, TX, "Dimeric Interaction of Beta Amyloid in Membranes," State, Published in Proceedings. (October 7, 2011). Qiu, L. (Author Only), Buie, C. (Author Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Author Only), National Amerian Physical Society Meeting, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, "MD-simulations of Beta-Amyloid Protein Insertion Efficiency and Kinetics into Neuronal Membrane Mimics," National, Published in Proceedings. (March 22, 2011). Qiu, L. (Author Only), Cheng, K. (Presenter Only), Vaughn, M. (Author Only), Texas Section American Physical Society Meeting Spring Meeting, Texas Section American Physical Society, Nacogdoches, Texas, "Protein Unfolding of Beta-amyloid Peptide in Lipid Bilayers," State. (March 4, 2011).


Grant - Not Funded Vaughn, M. (Principal), Cheng, K. (Co-Principal), "Protein interactions with Lipid Membranes," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $243,935.00.

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Vaughn, M. (Co-Principal), Cheng, K. (Principal), "Superlattice Model of Lateral Organization of Cell Membranes," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $333,442.00.

Grant - Pending

Vaughn, M. (Co-Principal), Cheng, K. (Principal), "Computer Simulations of Beta-Amyloid Unfolding and Aggregation on Cell Surfaces," Sponsored by NIH, Federal, $1,148,200.00. Vaughn, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "Developing a Nanoscale Radiographic Imaging Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $474,264.00.


New Course Preparation Work

Spring TTU 2011

"Biochemical Engineering," CHE 5363-001. Developed 8 leanring modules for a survey of biochemistry and cell biology

Service/Engagement

Committee Member, Undergraduate Committtee. Committee Member, Academic Program Committee. Committee Member, Shared equipment user facility. recruit and advise students in study abroad programs, Study Abroad. (December 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: Tuning Council. (February 2010 - June 2012).

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Degree Postdoctoral Field Scanning Probe Microscopy, Energetic Materials, Lithography Institution Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Year Awarded 2002

Degree Ph D Field Physical Chemistry/Engineering Institution Cambridge University Year Awarded 2000

Degree BS Field Chemistry Institution University of California Year Awarded 1993


Title Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) 2013 - Present

Title Associate Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) 2008 - 2013

Title Assistant Professor Institution/Agency Texas Tech University, Department of Chemical Engineering Year(s) 2004 - 2008


Student's Name Zach Fondgren Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Xin Zhang Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution Texas Tech University

Student's Name Sanjoy Bhattacheria Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed July 30, 2013 Institution

Student's Name Yen-Chi Liao Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed December 15, 2012 Institution

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Student's Name Victoria Smith Involvement Master's Thesis Committee Chair Year Completed August 1, 2011 Institution

Student's Name Gengxin Zhang Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed May 15, 2010 Institution




Fall TTU 2012 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5372 Engineering Experimentation



Fall TTU 2011 CHE 7000 Research CHE 5372 Engineering Experimentation







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Journal Articles (Accepted) Hikal, W., Bhattacharia, S., Peterson, G., Weeks, B. (2012). Controlling the coarsening stability of PETN single crystals by the use of water. Thermochemica Acta, 536, 63-67. Zhang, G., Weeks, B., Zhang, X. (2012). Crystal growth of organic energetic materials: pentaerythritol tetranitrate. Central European Journal of Engineering, 2, 336-346. Weeks, B., Bhattacharia, S. (2012). Determination of sublimation rate of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) nano thin films using UV-absorbance spectroscopy. Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, 110, 955-960. Hikal, W. M., Bhattacharia, S. K., Weeks, B. (2012). Effect of porphyrin doping on the thermodynamic parameters of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) single crystals. Propellants Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 37, 718-723. Zhang, X., Zhang, G., Liao, T. C., Weeks, B., Zhang, Z. (2012). Embossing of organic thin films using a surfactant assisted lift-off technique. Journal of Colloids and Interfacial Science, 387, 175-179. Hikal, W., Paden, J., Weeks, B. (2012). Rapid estimation of thermodynamic parameters and vapor pressures of volatile materials at the nanoscale. ChemPhysChem, 13, 2729-2733. Bhattacharia, S. K., Maiti, A., Gee, R. H., Weeks, B. (2012). Sublimation properties of pentaerythritol tetranitrate single crystals doped with its homologs. Propellants Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 37, 563-568. Hikal, W., Weeks, B. (2012). Determination of sublimation rate of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) nano thin films using UV-absorbance spectroscopy. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 110, 955-960. Liao, Y., Sun, H., Weeks, B. (2012). Measuring the activation energy of thiol desorption using lateral force microscopy. Scanning, 34, 200-205. Bushuyev, O. S., Brown, P., Maiti, A., Gee, R. H., Peterson, G., Weeks, B., Hope-Weeks, L. (2012). Ionic Polymers as a New Structural Motif for High Energy-Density Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(3), 1422-1425. Bushuyev, O. S., Arguelles, F. A., Brown, P., Weeks, B., Hope-Weeks, L. (2011). New energetic complexes of copper(II) and the acetone carbohydrazide schiff base as potential flame colorants for pyrotechnic mixtures. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 29, 4622-4625. Lin, P.-H., Khare, R., Weeks, B., Gee, R. H. (2007). Molecular modeling of diffusion on a crystalline pentaerythritol tetranitrate surface. Appl Phys Lett, 91.


Journal Articles (Accepted) Liao, Y.-C., Hargrove, W., Weeks, B. (2013). Effect of Humidity and Hydrophobicity on the Tribological Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers. SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL. Zhang, X., Zhao, Z., Zhang, X., Marathe, A., Cordes, D. B., Weeks, B., Chaudhuri, J. (2013). Tunable photoluminescence and energy transfer of YBO3:Tb3+, Eu3+ for white light emitting diodes. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 1(43), 7202-7207. Crane, C. A., Pantoya, M., Weeks, B. (2013). Spatial observation and quantification of microwave heating in materials. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 84(8). Zhang, X., Qiao, P., Ji, X., Han, J., Liu, L., Weeks, B., Yao, Q., Zhang, Z. (2013). Sustainable Recycling of Benzoic Acid Production Waste: Green and Highly Efficient Methods To Separate and Recover High Value-Added Conjugated

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Aromatic Compounds from Industrial Residues. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 1(8), 974-981. Hikal, W. M., Paden, J. T., Bhattacharia, S., Weeks, B. (2013). Thermodynamic parameters of Rhodamine B in powder and nanofilms forms. JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY, 113(2), 519-523. Zhang, X., Ji, X., Su, R., Weeks, B., Zhang, Z., Deng, S. (2013). Aerobic Oxidation of 9H-Fluorenes to 9-Fluorenones using Mono-/Multilayer Graphene-Supported Alkaline Catalyst. CHEMPLUSCHEM, 78(7), 703-711. Hikal, W. M., Weeks, B. (2013). In Situ Direct Measurement of Vapor Pressures and Thermodynamic Parameters of Volatile Organic Materials in the Vapor Phase: Benzoic Acid, Ferrocene, and Naphthalene. CHEMPHYSCHEM, 14(9), 1920-1925. Peterson, G., Bassett, W. P., Weeks, B., Hope-Weeks, L. (2013). Phase Pure Triacetone Triperoxide: The Influence of Ionic Strength, Oxidant Source, and Acid Catalyst. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 13(6), 2307-2311. Khare, R., Muthukumar, L., Liao, Y.-C., Weeks, B. (2013). Combined AFM and molecular modeling study of the energetics of desorption of cello-oligosaccharides from a cellulose crystal surface. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 245. Zhang, X., Hikal, W. M., Zhang, Y., Bhattacharia, S., Li, L., Panditrao, S., Wang, S., Weeks, B. (2013). Direct laser initiation and improved thermal stability of nitrocellulose/graphene oxide nanocomposites. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 102(14). Hikal, W. M., Burnham, A. K., Weeks, B. (2013). Simultaneous determination of diffusion and sublimation kinetics at nanoscale: Pentaerythritol tetranitrate. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 102(16). Hikal, W. M., Weeks, B. (2013). Spectroscopic determination of enthalpies of sublimation of organic materials in the vapor phase: Benzoic acid, ferrocene, and naphthalene. CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 415, 228-231. Bushuyev, O. S., Peterson, G., Brown, P., Maiti, A., Gee, R. H., Weeks, B., Hope-Weeks, L. (2013). Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Safer, Structurally Reinforced Energetics. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 19(5), 1706-1711. Zhang, G. X., Weeks, B., Holtz, M. (2011). Application of dynamic scaling to the surface properties of organic thin films: Energetic materials. Surface Science(605), 463-467. Zhang, X., Xuan, J., Shanshan, J., Weeks, B., Zhang, Z. (2011). Highly efficient synthesis of 9-fluorenones from 9H-fluorenes by air oxidation. Green Chemistry, 13, 1891-1896. Crane, C. A., Collins, E. S., Pantoya, M. L., Weeks, B. (2011). Nanoscale investigation of surfaces exposed to a thermite spray. Applied Thermal Engineering(31), 1286-1292. Crane, C., Collins, E., Pantoya, M., Weeks, B. (2011). Nanoscale Investigation of surfaces exposed to a thermite spray. Applied Thermal Engineering, 31(6-7), 1286-1292. HIkal, W. M., Paden, J. T., Weeks, B. (2011). Simple Method for Determining the Vapor Pressure of Materials Using UV-Absorbance Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry B(115), 13287-13291. Hikal, W. M., Paden, J. T., Weeks, B. (2011). Thermo-optical determination of vapor pressures of TNT and RDX nanofilms. Talanta, 87, 290-294. Hikal, W. M., Weeks, B. (2011). Determination of sublimation rate of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) nano thin films using UV-absorbance spectroscopy. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.

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Weeks, B. (2010). A device for Testing Thermal Impact Sensitivity of High Explosives. Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, 35(5), 440-445. Weeks, B. (2010). Effect of zinc doping on pentaerythritol tetranitrate single crystals. Crystal Research and Technology, 45(7), 732-736. Zhang, G. X., Weeks, B. (2010). Surface Morphology of organic thin films at various vapour flux. Applied Surface Science, 256, 2363-2366. Burnham, A. K., Qiu, S. R., Pitchimani, R., Weeks, B. (2009). Comparison of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of single crystal pentaerythritol tetranitrate using atomic force microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis: Implications on coarsening mechanisms’. Journal of Applied Physics, 105. Zhang, G., Sun, H., Abbott, J., Weeks, B. (2009). Engineering the microstructure of organic energetic materials. ACS Applied Surfaces and Interfaces, 1, 1086-1089. Zhang, G., Gee, R. H., Maiti, A., Weeks, B. (2009). Fractal growth in organic thin films: Experiments and modelling’. Applied Physics Letters, 95. Nafday, O. A., Weeks, B., King, W. P., Lee, J. C. (2009). Inducing nanoscale morphology changes of pentaerythritol tetranitrate using a heated atomic force microscope cantilever. Journal of Energetic Materials, 27, 1-16. McBride, K. W., Snow, D., Walters, S., Jernigan, Z., Dallas, T., Weeks, B. (2008). Decoupling Functionalization from Sensor Array Assembly Using Detachable Cantilevers. Scanning, 30, 203-207. Hammons, J. A., Wang, W., Ilavsky, J., Pantoya, M., Weeks, B., Vaughn, M. (2008). Small angle xray scattering analysis of the effect of cold compaction of Al/MoO3 thermite composites. Chem Phys Phys Chem, 10, 193-199.


Editor, Journal Editor, Wiley - Scanning, Lubbock, TX. (August 1, 2010 - December 30, 2013). Session Chair, NATAS, Orlando, FL. (March 1, 2012 - August 20, 2012).


General Weeks, B. (Presenter Only), Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, "A tour de force microscopy." (August 1, 2010). Weeks, B. (Presenter Only), Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, "Energetic materials from nano to macro." (April 5, 2010). Weeks, B. (Presenter Only), Department of Homeland Security, Washington DC, "Materials for x-ray detection." (March 5, 2010).


Contract Weeks, B. (Principal), "In-situ atomic force microscopy," Sponsored by LLNL, Federal, $84,996.00. (April 1, 2010 - October 31, 2011). Weeks, B. (Principal), Hope-Weeks, L. (Co-Principal), "RFP: 815797 (TO 006) and 815798 (TO 007)," Sponsored by Midwest Research Institute, Private, $114,547.20. (April 29, 2010 - February 27, 2011).

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Weeks, B. (Principal), "Hands on Explosives Training," Sponsored by Midwest Research Institute, Private, $68,260.00. (April 21, 2010 - May 21, 2010).

Grant

Pantoya, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Principal), Hope-Weeks, L. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), "RESOLVING THE COMPLEXITY OF HOT SPOTS CAUSED BY WEAK ENERGY CONCENTRATION AND COUPLING IN COMPOSITE ENERGETIC MATERIALS," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $1,200,000.00. (March 2011 - February 2016). McKenna, G. (Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "Purchase of a Nanoindentation System for Nanomechanical and Interfacial Measurements on Nantostructured Materials," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Federal, $383,293.00. (2012 - July 2013). Weeks, B. (Principal), Hope-Weeks, L. (Co-Principal), "ALERT," Sponsored by DHS, Federal, $114,750.00. (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2013). Khare, R. (Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Li, G. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Co-Principal), "Computational and Experimental Studies of Cellulose Degradation for the Production of Biofuels," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $300,000.00. (May 2009 - April 2013). Weeks, B. (Principal), "CAREER: Understanding Nanoscale Properties of Energetic Materials," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $400,000.00. (June 1, 2008 - May 30, 2012). Jackson, W. (Co-Principal), Anderson, T. (Co-Principal), Pantoya, M. (Principal), Cobb, G. (Co-Principal), McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Chaudhuri, J. (Co-Principal), Hope-Weeks, L., "Synthesis characterization and environmental impact studies of advanced energetic materials.," Sponsored by Department of Defense (DOD), Federal, $69,207.00. (December 8, 2009 - November 30, 2010).

Weeks, B.

Grant

Weeks, B. (Principal), "REU: ALERT: Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats," Sponsored by Dept of Homeland Security/Northeastern University, Federal, $4,500.00. (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2012). Weeks, B. (Principal), "Project for Industry," Sponsored by Anonymous Sponsor - Industrial, Other, $4,428.00. (October 17, 2011 - October 31, 2011).

Grant - Not Funded

Dallas, T., Weeks, B., Vanapalli, S., Green, M., Pantoya, M., Rivero, I., Li, C., Lie, Y.-C., Bayne, S., "REU: MANDE II," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Texas Tech University, $379,017.00. (March 2011 - February 2014). Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), Vaughn, M. (Principal), Mauer, B., "CPRIT: Developing a Nanoscale Radiographic Imaging Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope," Sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of TX, State, $965,000.00. (2012).

Grant - Pending

Hope-Weeks, L. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "Awareness and Localization of Explosives and Related Threats," Sponsored by DHS, Federal, $325.00. McKenna, G. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Principal), Simon, S. (Co-Principal), "DURIP: Purchase of a High Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimeter and Dilatometer," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research, $198,000.00.

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Weeks, B. (Principal), "Concurrent Determination of Enthalpies of Sublimation of Low Volatile Organic Composites Using," Sponsored by NSF, $267,000.00. Vaughn, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "Developing a Nanoscale Radiographic Imaging Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope," Sponsored by Ntl Institutes of Health, Federal, $474,264.00. Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Green, M. (Co-Principal), Weeks, B. (Co-Principal), "RET Site: Transmitting Micro and Nano Technology Research and Education to High School Teachers and Students," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $150,000.00.



Chancellors Research Award, TTU. (December 5, 2011).

Service/Engagement

Committee Chair, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2013 - December 2013). Committee Member, Undergraduate Committee. (January 1, 2010 - December 30, 2013). Committee Chair, Faculty Search Committee. (August 2012 - December 2012). Committee Chair, Materials Characterization Task Force. (June 1, 2010 - November 30, 2011). Task Force Member, Institutional Lab Safety Committee. (November 1, 2011 - Present). Committee Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee. (October 15, 2010 - September 30, 2011).

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Name: Ted F. Wiesner Department/Unit: Chemical Engineering




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Degree Ph D Field Chemical Engineering Institution Georgia Institute of Technology Year Awarded 1994

Degree M.Sc Field Chemical Engineering Institution University of Houston Year Awarded 1985

Degree BS Field Chemical Engineering Institution Kansas State University Year Awarded 1977




Student's Name Rong Xu Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed Institution

Student's Name Shu Xia Involvement Dissertation Committee Chair Year Completed December 31, 2007 Institution







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Spring TTU 2011 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics


Spring TTU 2010 CHE 8000 Doctor's Dissertation CHE 7000 Research CHE 6000 Master's Thesis CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics



Journal Articles (Accepted) Wiesner, T., Xu, R. (2012). Dynamic model of a solar thermochemical water-splitting reactor with integrated energy collection and storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(3), 2210-2223. Xia, S., Hodge, N., Laski, M., Wiesner, T. (2010). Middle Molecule Uremic Toxin Removal via Hemodialysis Augmented with an Immunosorbent Packed Bed. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(3), 1359–1369. Xia, S., Hodge, N., Wiesner, T. (2009). Closed-Form Solution to the Problem of Reaction with Fixed- Bed Adsorption Using Delay-Differential Equations. Chemical Engineering Science, 64(9), 2057-2066. Jackson, W., Morse, A., McLamore, E., Wiesner, T., Xia, S. (2009). Nitrification–Denitrification Biological Treatment of a High-Nitrogen Waste Stream for Water-Reuse Applications. Water Environment Research, 81(4), 423-431. Wiesner, T., Lan, W. (2008). Technology in Engineering Education-Essential for Sustainable Approaches to Global Technical Challenges. World Review of Science; Technology and Sustainable Development, 5(3/4), 212-233. Vaidyanath, S., Williams, J., Hilliard, M., Wiesner, T. (2007). Development and Deployment of a Virtual Unit Operations Laboratory. Chemical Engineering Education, 41(2), 144-152.


Member, American Chemical Society. (January 22, 2011 - Present). Chair of the Awards Committee, Chemical Engineering Division, American Society of Engineering Education. (August 31, 1998 - Present). Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (May 1977 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. (November 11, 2012 - Present).

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Reviewer, Journal Article, Biochemical Engineering Journal. (June 1, 2012 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. (January 1, 2011 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Royal Society-Interface. (January 1, 2011 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (October 15, 2010 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, Chemical Engineering Education. (January 1, 2008 - Present). Reviewer, Journal Article, ISA Transactions. (January 1, 1999 - Present). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Department of Energy. (June 1, 2010 - June 15, 2010). Committee Chair, American Society of Engineering Education. (September 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007).


Accepted Xu, R. (Presenter & Author), Wiesner, T. (Presenter & Author), AIChE Annual Fall Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, "Dynamic Model of a Solar Thermochemical Water-Splitting Reactor with Integrated Energy Collection and Storage," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 31, 2012). Wiesner, T., Xu, R. (Presenter & Author), AIChE Annual Fall Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, "A Shell-and-Tube Direct Steam Generator for Concentrated Solar Power Generation," National, Peer Reviewed/Refereed. (October 29, 2012).

General

Wiesner, T.


Grant Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Pyroelectrically-Mediated Reduction-Oxidation Reactions," Sponsored by American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Private, $100,000.00. (January 1, 2010 - August 31, 2013).

Contract - Not Funded

Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, J. E. (Principal), "Integration of Nuclear Energy with Biomass Processing and Synthetic Fuels Production," Sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory, Federal, $440,000.00.

Grant - Not Funded

Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Shell-and-Tube Direct Steam Generator for Concentrated Solar Power Generation," Sponsored by Department of Energy, Federal, $250,000.00. Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Multi-tube Receivers for Solar Energy Collection," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $316,968.00. Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Shell-and-Tube Direct Steam Generator for Concentrated Solar Power Generation-Pe-Proposal," Sponsored by Department of Energy, Federal, $600,000.00. Rengasamy, R. (Co-Principal), Gill, H. (Co-Principal), Hedden, R. (Co-Principal), Karim, M. (Principal), Khare, R. (Co-Principal), Vanapalli, S. (Co-Principal), Wiesner, T. (Co-Principal), "IGERT: Desert-biofuels-

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Sustainable Renewable Energy for Semi-arid Regions," Sponsored by Ntl Science Foundation, Federal, $2,169,947.30. Wiesner, T., "Steam Magnetoelectrolysis," Sponsored by The Welch Foundation, Private, $100,000.00.

Grant - Pending

Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Advective Mass Transport in Nanoliquids," Sponsored by TTU Proposal Stimulus Program, Texas Tech University, $30,529.00. Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Nanoliquid Mass Transfer-Beyond the Sherwood Number Limit of Two," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $278,280.00. Wiesner, T. (Principal), "Advective Mass Transport in Nanoliquids," Sponsored by CBET-National Science Foundation, Federal, $274,319.00.



Faculty Honoree at the Engineering Honors Convocation, Whitacre College of Engineering. (May 18, 2012). Faculty Honoree as a most influential professor, Engineering Honors Convocation. (May 13, 2011). Faculty Honoree as a most influential professor, Engineering Honors Convocation. (February 20, 2010). Most Outstanding Professor, American Institute of Chemical Engineers-TTU Chapter. (May 2009).

Service/Engagement

Department Network Site Coordinator (NSC). (January 1, 2008 - Present). Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi. (September 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, WCOE Teaching Awards Committee. (September 1, 2012 - Present). Committee Member, Pilot Committee for Digital Measures Software. (June 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010). Dean's Representative, Dissertation Committee of Cameron Nettler. (June 28, 2012). Dean's Representative, Dissertation Committee of Braxton Bragg. (June 18, 2012).

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Graduate Program Reviews 2007-2012

FACULTY AND STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS

College: Whitacre College of Engineering Department: Chemical Engineering Conducted by: Institutional Research & Information Management

November 2013


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FACULTY SURVEY RESULTS –

Number of faculty participated in survey Professor 5 Assoc. Professor 1 Asst. Professor 4 Emeritus 0 Other 1 PARTICIPANT TOTAL 11

SCALE

5 4 3 2 1 -

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A Average

Q-1 The facilities and equipment available to teach graduate courses are adequate.

6 2 1 2 4.10

Q-2 I have adequate access to facilities and equipment needed for my graduate work.

4 4 1 1 1 4.10

Q-3 The quality and availability of departmental graduate student office space is adequate for my needs.

3 1 1 5 1 3.00

Q-4 Library resources available to me are adequate. 4 4 1 1 1 3.82

Q-5 Teaching resources (faculty, teaching assistants) are adequate to my needs. 4 2 1 3 1 3.45

Q-6 The program offers an adequate selection of graduate courses, sufficient for timely completion of a full graduate program.

6 2 1 2 4.09

Q-7 The graduate courses available are taught at an appropriate level and are of sufficient rigor.

6 3 2 4.36

Q-8 The graduate teaching by faculty in the program is of appropriate quality.

3 4 3 1 3.82

Q-9 Graduate courses in other fields, needed to support your program or minor, are sufficiently available.

4 2 3 2 3.73

Q-10 There is adequate communication about policy and program changes in your department.

5 4 2 4.27


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Q-11 There is adequate communication from the upper administration regarding policy changes.

2 2 5 1 1 3.27

Q-12 I am satisfied with the professional interaction with faculty throughout TTU.

5 3 2 1 4.09 Q-13 Graduate courses in other fields, needed to support your program(s) or minors, are sufficiently accepted.

3 5 3 4.00 Q-14 Graduate courses in other fields, needed to support your program(s) or minors, are sufficiently recommended by your advisor(s).

2 6 2 1 3.82

Q-15 I am receiving the research and professional development guidance I need from other faculty.

3 5 3 4.00

Q-16 I am satisfied with the professional interaction with the graduate program coordinator(s).

5 3 2 1 4.30

Q-17 I am satisfied with the professional interaction with other faculty within the program(s).

5 5 1 4.36

Q-18 I am treated as a respected contributor to the graduate program in which I am involved. 6 5 4.55

Q-19 I have been given an opportunity to be engaged in decisions regarding changes in the program(s).

6 4 1 4.45

Q-20 Course and program changes are evaluated by all faculty and voted upon by those faculty.

7 2 1 1 4.60

Q-21 Sufficient graduate teaching assistantship stipends are available.

2 2 1 4 2 2.82

Q-22 The program offers adequate opportunity for its faculty to gain teaching training.

2 3 4 2 3.45

Q-23 Graduate teaching assistantships assignments are made equitably, based on established criteria.

5 3 1 1 1 3.91

Q-24 Graduate program policies are clearly defined and readily available to me.

2 7 2 3.82

Q-25 Graduate program policies clearly identify petition and appeals procedures available. 2 3 4 2 3.45


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FACULTY COMMENTS: What do you consider to be the strengths of your graduate program(s)? focus on excellence in research as the ideal. The faculty have a strong sense of excellence and impact. They agree on the vision of the department. Quality and diversity of research are key strengths of our program. Speaking about my research program, the strength lies in my relationship to the industry needs. Speaking about the graduate program in general, I do not know the strengths. Faculty engagement in the research endeavor and their general enthusiasm for mentoring of the graduate students. The course work available to the students is reasonable. The quality of the faculty and our research productivity are strengths of our graduate program. External grant funding is excellent, and all of our graduate students except the BS/MS students are supported on research assistantships. Publication rates are good, with most students having four refereed publications upon graduation. The senior faculty are good role models, with respect to expectations in terms of publications and research expenditures. The young untenured faculty are also doing an excellent job at teaching, mentoring, and performing research. Quality faculty with strong financial support and publication rate in high impact journals. / / Strong department chair who has stature in research. / / Graduate advisor is very good (previous and present). What changes, if any, could be made to improve the quality of your graduate program(s)? we need to increase our ranking in order to get higher quality students. shared research facilities are difficult to come by; lots of bureaucratic barriers to collaboration More teaching assistantships, more space for labs. More research lab space, more student office space. better undergraduate labs so no research equipment would have to be used for undergraduate education. Good courses / Interdisciplinary research We need to expand the faculty size to sufficiently cover the breadth of research areas we should have. Allow Master's students to be paid a stipend that is commensurate with the research work and not force us to pay them at the doctoral stipend rate. These matters force down to us by the Dean's office is not helpful. More U.S. graduate students are needed to diversify the program. Resources such as space for research are generally marginal. Equipment available is ok when available, but the range of equipment and capabilities is limited. This limits our ability to obtain grants to support students. We definitely need more TA and RA support from the University. Currently students are paid from grants even when they are still taking courses and doing very little research. This impacts negatively our ability to be competitive because the initial year of graduate student support goes to supporting educational activities and not research activities. It would be best to have the first year of the student's stipends and tuitions be paid from University resources. Student quality needs to be higher. We need more US citizens and more students interested in academic careers. Even the foreign students are not as motivated as they once were. / / We need to be able to retain our superstar young faculty. Mini-endowments are needed. / / Equity adjustments are needed to compensate for salary compression for mid-career faculty. / / A Chemical Engineering

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department technician is needed to help run the undergraduate teaching laboratories. Although this is primarily an undergraduate issue, it is important because without a technician, faculty teaching the undergraduate laboratories have an inordinate amount of workload which then adversely affects their ability to write grant proposals, mentor graduate students, and perform research. / / More research laboratory space is needed, and more office space is needed for graduate students and faculty. We are at maximum capacity at the present time. Current renovations will bring limited relief since we are searching for four new faculty members. / / The department has limited TAships. More TAships would help us provide bridge funding when faculty members lose grants prior to students graduating. They would also allow us to take more risks in the number of students admitted. / / The Graduate School often gives incentives to departments to hire/admit more graduate students, but these are given in mid to late summer, rather than in the March/April time frame when we are making decisions on graduate admissions. Since we only admit students that we have full financial support for, we cannot take advantage of such incentives. / / The Graduate School should consider giving tuition remission to faculty or departments based on the number of fully supported graduate students. This would provide an incentive to faculty to support graduate students and would reward programs for doing so. The tuition remission could then be used to hire more graduate students. No technician support. More staff support needed. More faculty lines needed to keep up with teaching loads at both UG and G level. / / No direct access to shop facilities (must use other departments usually within A&S). / / Administration directly above the chair dictates policies that do not agree with our vision and implements ideals not conducive to a strong graduate program at times. / / Lab space is scattered between 5 building and some faculty have labs in multiple buildings. / / Mandate for UG class size of less than 50 has had a negative impact since the student body has significantly increased leading to multiple sections and more time in the classroom. / / More TA lines would be useful to provide for all first year students and also gap money for faculty currently unfunded. / / More advertisement of the program to upper administration. Please feel free to add any additional comments or questions in the space below. Besides acting as an administrative body, I have never quite understood what the purpose of the Graduate School is. Would that administration be better distributed to the College level and the Graduate School as a separate entity eliminated? The Colleges could administer their own admissions and their own graduate programs. Chemical Engineering

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STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS – CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Number of students participating in survey

Student participant: Years in program

Doctoral 38

1st year 9 Master’s Thesis 0

2nd year 8

Other 0

3rd year 6 PARTICIPANT TOTAL 38

4th year 4

5th year 10

6th year 1 SCALE

5 4 3 2 1 -

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A Average

Q-1 The research facilities and equipment available for my graduate research meet my needs. 20 10 6 2 4.26

Q-2 I have adequate access to facilities and equipment needed for my graduate work. 16 13 7 2 4.13

Q-3 The quality and availability of departmental graduate student office space is adequate for my needs. 15 12 9 2 4.05

Q-4 Library resources available to me are adequate for my needs. 12 16 3 6 1 3.84

Q-5 Teaching resources (faculty, teaching assistants) are adequate to my needs. 13 17 5 3 4.05

Q-6 The program offers an adequate selection of graduate courses, sufficient for timely completion of a full graduate program.

11 20 5 2 4.05 Q-7 The graduate courses available are taught at an appropriate level and are of sufficient rigor.

8 19 6 5 3.79 Q-8 The graduate teaching by faculty in the program is of appropriate quality.

11 17 9 1 4.00 Q-9 Graduate courses in other fields, needed to support my program or minor, are sufficiently available.

9 16 5 5 3 3.83 Q-10 Program seminars are adequate to keep me informed of developments in my field.

12 14 7 5 3.87 Q-11 The initial advising I received when I entered the program was an adequate orientation.

13 12 8 3 2 3.82 Q-12 I have a department mailbox or other form of communication with faculty & graduate students.

18 16 2 1 1 4.35 Q-13 I have adequate access to my major professor.

28 9 1 4.71


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Q-14 I am receiving the research and professional development guidance I need.

24 7 4 2 1 4.34 Q-15 I am satisfied with the professional interaction with my major professor.

21 9 4 3 1 4.30 Q-16 I am satisfied with the professional interaction with faculty both within the program and at TTU.

15 14 8 1 4.13 Q-17 I am treated as a respected contributor to the research program in which I am involved.

19 12 6 1 4.29 Q-18 I have been given an opportunity to be engaged in significant research for my thesis or dissertation.

19 15 3 1 4.37 Q-19 If I decide to change my major professor, the mechanism for doing so is suitable.

7 8 10 2 3 7 3.47 Q-20 I am informed of opportunities for professional development and contacts outside TTU, such as attendance at professional meetings.

11 19 5 2 1 4.00 Q-21 Graduate teaching or research assistantship stipends are adequate.

17 14 6 1 4.24 Q-22 The program offers adequate opportunity for its graduate students to gain teaching experience.

13 13 9 2 1 4.00 Q-23 Graduate teaching assistantships, assignments are made equitably, based on established criteria.

11 15 9 2 1 3.89 Q-24 Program policies are clearly defined and readily available to me.

13 15 5 3 2 3.89 Q-25 Graduate program policies clearly identify petition and appeals procedures available to me.

11 14 9 1 2 1 3.84 Q-26 There is a well-established mechanism for regular graduate student participation in decisions affecting students, whenever this is appropriate.

11 11 6 5 3 2 3.61


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STUDENT COMMENTS: What do you consider to be the strengths of this program?

The program has an unique blend of experimental and theoretical (Simulation oriented) research. Useful for building strong fundamentals that will be required for doctoral research and the independence to voice own ideas and the continuous support of all faculty members and doctoral advisor Course instructors are very knowledgeable in their fields. Have good professors. Adequate research facility. Teaching and learning environments are good. Professors are working hard to improve the quality of program. Teachers professional behavior and their helping mentality We have the best faculties, covering almost all fields, and they are all very nice, trustable. Also, Lubbock can provide great environment for education and researches. Experienced Faculties with Industrial Background The research facilities. Good stipend Several areas of research and faculty strength in several research topics. Good research facilities. My major professor is excellent, and I am happy with my research facilities. professional skill Good research program with adequate financial support, facilities, and instruments available Well organized Most professors are working hard and are involved with students' research very well, and have good collaborations. course

What do you consider to be the weaknesses of this program?

Too far away from the industry. 1.Lack of diversity in graduate school (Concentration of graduate students' nationality into a few certain nationalities leads to the formation of barricade groups and make the departmental atmosphere strange.) / / 2. Miscommunication / ineffective communication issues / / 3. Faculties/advisors treating their own students without respect / e.g. Sudden Assignment of tasks in the middle of the night or on the weekends without any notice in advance, that is expected to be completed over the night or the weekend (even though it is not urgent), Asking for group meetings on holidays or on weekends N/A Many professors are very unhappy with students to get an internship. But for an engineering PhD, internship is very important. facility is not enough for my research Many faculties don't engage with their students by group meeting or any other kind of regular meetings. On the other hand, many professor do that in a way which is more than enough. I hate that and I think there should be a balance between these. For me, scarcity of the meeting is the


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case. A combined group meeting and one personal meeting is the best one according to me - Not less than that or more than that. Quality of graduate courses depends very strongly on individual faculty members. Some are excellent, other are not good. Departmental graduate student manual is not present. Policies, procedures, appeal mechanisms are not well known. Department rankings and classical research areas. The university does not help at all for graduate students to get jobs. Internship opportunities are forcefully discouraged. It is very difficult to get jobs in job fair that is designed for undergrad students. No Inadequate Office Space for Graduate Students The course design still need to be improved. Need of a department a library The program is diverging with a focus on biochemical research and focus from traditional chemical engineering is shifting There is limited feedback in the course for how to improve working knowledge of classroom concepts taught. The TAs are not aware of the course progress or how to assist in solving homework or test problems. Need a separate building for Chemical Engineering department. It's difficult to concentrate in 100 min theory class.

What changes, if any, could be made to improve the quality of this program? Appointing new faculties working in traditional chemical engineering will help Quality of the program can be made still better if the faculties with particular area of expertise are allotted those subjects in the same area for teaching The course instructors should keep the TAs informed of the course material on a weekly basis so they can assist in reinforcing the concepts learned in class. More hands on learning to reinforce classroom concepts, such as solving real world problems with multiple concepts involved to integrate book knowledge with research or industry related knowledge. Need more professors working in multiple research areas. Theory classes no longer than 45 minutes will be more effective. Supply of adequate reference book and improving teaching procedure It would be better if can get a little more salary as RA. Since it feels very tired through the heavy load of study and the living costs. Install a Department Library full of up-to-date resources No Job fair for only graduate students should be arranged annually. Companies that take international students should be encouraged more to participate. It would be better if can get a little more salary as RA. Since it feels very tired through the heavy load of study and the living costs. Install a Department Library full of up-to-date resources No


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Job fair for only graduate students should be arranged annually. Companies that take international students should be encouraged more to participate. Improving the curriculum - offering better courses in interdisciplinary topics / Offering research talks by the department professors to encourage collaborations. Need more central research instruments and instructor The department should have more active oversight over individual instructors and research advisors, especially to detect and assist any cases to conflicts. A graduate student manual should be written. Allowing graduate students to take holidays and fall/spring breaks off as they deserve. 1. Qualifier exam by a specified time ( end of 1st year/ end of mandatory course work) / 2. Allow internship opportunity Make policy clearly and kept it consistent. For example, it is not good to tell 5th year PhD students that four 1st author papers are necessary to graduate as a PhD. They should tell the students when they came to the department 4 years ago. one year rotation before choosing any professor Provide more internship and bring more company to the campus to hire graduate student

Please feel free to add any additional comments below. I believe one of my concerns I have is that the grad student community in the department is mainly Chinese. Chinese grad students communicate 99% in Chinese, they do not socialize or support students from other cultures. It is sometimes very frustrating of no knowing what goes on in the labs since they only communicate with each other in Chinese. I remained neutral in regards to the quality of professors because I have experience classes where I though I was really engaged and learned a lot, and others where this was not the case. TTU gets the research done by international grad students but makes no effort to help them get a job after graduation. No No more. Thank you!


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