EDUCATION
PhD ESM 1974
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS MMM 1970
Michigan State University
BS ES/ChE 1969
Michigan State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997 - Present Virginia Tech, Co-director for the
Center for Composite Materials and Structures
1990 - Present Virginia Tech, Harry C. Professor
of Chemical Engineering
1984 -1990 Virginia
Tech, Professor of ChE
1981 -1984 Virginia
Tech, Associate Professor of ChE
1978 -1981 Virginia
Tech, Assistant Professor of ChE
1974 -1978 Monsanto
Textiles Company, Pensacola, FL, research chemical engineer
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Examples of
companies: DuPont, Himont, Mobil, Exxon, Foster-Miller, Dutch State
Mines (Netherlands), Himont (Italy), Corning, Coca-Cola, Procter &
Gamble, Shell
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· Textbook: Polymer Processing: Principles and Design, Wiley,
1998 (Co-authored with Dimitris Collias)
· All Big Ten and Academic All Big Ten and Academic All American
in Football
· Over 200 publications
· 4 patents, 2 pending
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
· DuPont Young Faculty Award (1981)
· Named the Harry C. Wyatt Professor of Chemical Engineering
(1990)
· Alumni Research Award (1991)
· Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998)
· Society of Plastics Engineers International Award for Education
(2002)
· Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2002)
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
· Rheology of polymer melts and solutions
· Processing of polymers via various methods including extrusion,
injection molding, thermoforming, fiber spinning, etc.
· Mechanical properties of polymers and their relation to properties
· Flow of polymeric fluids including visualization techniques
and numerical simulation
