Awards and Honors
- CACHE Award for Excellence in Computing in Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Division, ASEE, June, 2008. More info.
- Dow Lectureship Award, Chemical Engineering Division, American Society of Engineering Education, 2005.
- Outstanding Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2004, 2005
- President, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2000 (Vice-President in 1999,
Past-President in 2001)
- National Academy of Engineering, 1994-
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1993-
- William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983, for
contributions to chemical engineering literature
- Honored by Citation Classics in Current Contents for a most-cited article.
- Awarded co-holder of Harry A. and Metta R. Rehnberg Chair of Chemical Engineering, 1983-2005.
- Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Award, Dept. of Energy, Sept., 1996
- Martin Award for Best Chemical Engineering Paper, ASEE Conference, June, 1994.
Education
- 1961 B.A., Rice University, Houston, Texas. Major: Chemical Engineering
- 1962 M.S., Rice University, Houston, Texas. Thesis: "Experimental Studies
of Nucleate Pool Boiling from Artificial Active Sites." Degree officially awarded June 1963.
- 1962-1965 N.S.F. Graduate Fellow, University of Minnesota. Research advisor:
Professor L. E. Scriven.
- 1965 Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Employment
- 1965-1967 Office of Naval Research, Physics Branch, as Lieutenant, USNR
- 1967-present Professor of various ranks, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
- 1977-1985 also a Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
- 1989-2005 Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
- 1989-1998 Chairman of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
- 2005-present Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
- 1975-1976 Visiting Professor, University College, Swansea, Wales, U.K.,
- 1976 Visiting Professor, Instituttet for Kemiteknik, Denmark Tekniske Højskole, Lyngby, Denmark
- 1980 Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
- 1986 Gulf Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Major Professional Activities
Professional Societies
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Chemical Society
- American Society of Engineering Education
- Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Society of Rheology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Currently on Editorial Boards
- Int. J. Num. Methods in Fluids, 1980-
Past Service on Editorial Boards
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential EQuations, 1984-2007
- Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A and B, 1981-2002
- Chemical Engineering Education Publications Board, 1991-2007
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 1974-1988
- SIAM Journal of Scientific and Statistical Computing, 1979-1987
- Handbook on Finite Element Methods, 1979-1987
- AIChE Journal (Consulting Editor for Computation), 1985-1991
- Annual Review of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 1985-1989
Meetings with Major Responsibilities
- Director, ASEE Summer School for Chemical Engineering Faculty, 1997
- Engineering Foundation Conference, Chemical Engineering Education a Changing Environment, 1988, Vice-Chairman
- Gordon Conference, Fluids in Permeable Media, 1978, Chairmam
- NRC Panel on the Future of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Washington, D. C., 1996
- Regional meeting of the National Academy of Engineering, March 13, 2003
Other Major Responsibilities
- AIChE: 2000 President
- Director, AIChE, 1992-1994
- AIChE CAST Division Chair, 1990
- Board of Petroleum Research Fund, ACS, 1998-2004
- Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council, 1990-1992
- Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council, 2000-2002
- Visiting Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2005-
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