• Engineering applications in K-12 education, teacher development

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1974, University of Colorado.
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1972, University of Colorado.
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1968, University of Minnesota.

Professional Experience

• 2004 - present, Interim Director, School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University.
• 1994 - 2004, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington State University.
• 1978 - present, Professor, Washington State University.
• 1983 - 1984, Program Director, National Science Foundation.
• 1977 - 1978, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado.
• 1974 - 1977, Senior Engineer, Union Carbide Corporation.

Awards

• Outstanding Teaching Faculty, WSU Department of Chemical Engineering, 1981, 1982, 1986, 2001.

Teaching

• Process Control
• Reaction Kinetics
• Colloidal Phenomena

Selected Publications and Book Sections

• “ChE Department: Washington State University”, with N. Hilliard, Chemical Engineering Education, 33(1), 6 (1999).
• “Ionic Absorbates on Hydrophobic Surfaces”, an invited chapter in Surfaces of Nanoparticles and Porous Surfaces, J. A. Schwarz and C. I. Contescu, Editors, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1999.
• "Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation of Nonspherical Particles”, with P. Blau, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 183, 476 (1996).
• "Adsorption of Single Anionic Surfactants on Hydrophobic Surfaces", with C. E. Hoeft, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 177, 171 (1996).
• “Teacher Institute for Science/Mathematics Education Through Engineering Experiences”, with D. C. Orlich, J. N. Petersen, W. J. Thomson, invited publication in The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma, 86(4), 68 (1995).
• “Heat Transfer to and Transport Properties of Wheat Gluten in a Tubular Reactor” with T. D. Strecker and R. P. Cavalieri, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 18, 431 (1995).
• “A Hybrid Rotor for Continuous Bioprocessing”, with C. F. Ivory and M. Gilmartin, Biotechnology Progress, 11(1), 21 (1995).