Biography

Education

• May 1974 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
• June 1978 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• Aug. 1981 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Background

• Amoco Chemicals Corporation, 1974-1976

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981-1983

• Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1983-2000

• MacQuigg Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1984

• Engineering Lumley Research Award, 1989

• Engineering Harrison Award for Research & Teaching, 1991

• Engineering Boyer Award for Innovations in Teaching, 1996

• Board of Directors, CACHE (Computer Aids in Chemical Engineering), 1987 – 2004,
  President, CACHE, 1998-2000

• Executive Committee, CAST (Computing and Systems Technology) Division,
  AIChE, 1998-2004

• Executive Committee, ASM (Abnormal Situation Management) Corporation,
  1998 to present

• Board of Directors CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California)
  2001 to present