I am very pleased to report that our chemical and biochemical engineering depart-

ment continues to progress well and to move forward with many advances that have

been achieved during the academic year 2014/2015. In this message I would like to

summarize some of these advances where some of their details you can find inside

the newsletter.

Our graduate program ranking has improved significantly as its position at the

National rankings became 74 from its previous ranking of 84, according to the US

News and World Report. The challenge ahead of us is to further improve the rank-

ing of our graduate program and this would continue to require the collective effort

of our faculty members, the college of engineering and computing and the universi-

ty leaderships, the alumni and friends support and the relevant contributions for ob-

taining the needed resources.

We competed within our college of engineering and computing and within our campus and won a new po-

sition of a Teaching Multidisciplinary Professor of Practice, which aims at establishing and teaching multi-

disciplinary design projects, undergraduate experiments, design projects with industry and open-ended de-

sign projects which start when the students enter the programs. We expect to establish for these tasks mul-

tidisciplinary teams from various departments related to the design projects and the experiments. We were

fortunate to attract Dr. Peter Ryan who has extensive industrial experience, to start teaching in the Fall Se-

mester 2016.

We have revisited and approved our newly redesigned undergraduate curriculum for both chemical engi-

neering and chemical engineering with biochemical engineering emphasis degree programs and this newly

redesigned undergraduate curriculum will be implemented in the Fall Semester 2016. The new curriculum

reflects the changes in our discipline and provides enhanced learning and training to our undergraduate stu-

dents to prepare them better for both industry and for graduate studies. In the Fall Semester 2016 and in the

coming two academic years, both the new curriculum for the new students and the old curriculum for the

current students are to be offered.

We have been progressing in achieving our Strategic Plan goals and actions. We revised our department

mission and vision and we revisited accordingly our Strategic Plan so as to be more focused and along the

levers and goals of the Strategic Plans of our newly formed college of engineering and computing and our

university.

With the help of our Industrial Advisory Council (IAC) and Student Advisory Committee (SAC), we have

conducted many successful professional mentoring sessions to our students offered by the members of

IAC, our alumni and by some of our visitors from Industry and Academia. This program has benefited our

students noticeably and we are looking forward for its continuation and towards to having a larger popula-

tion of students benefiting from this program.

We established and implemented the “Global Cultural Exchange Program” where one of our students or

faculty members presents their country’s culture, society, education, food, etc. which is followed by pizza,

snacks and drinks. This program helps our students significantly, including our domestic students, to learn

about the culture of others societies and ethnic groups of people and to enhance the acceptance of the di-

versity that is expanded in our department where we continue to have students from various parts of the

world; Brazil, Malaysia, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, India, Libya, Jordan, Bangladesh, Korea, and

other countries.

We established the Department Distinguished Dissertation Award for graduate students. This award was

created to inspire out graduates to complete and publish at least three publications before his/her defense.

We are pleased to announce that Gail Hahn was awarded the Professional Distinction Award. Gail is a

1982 Chemical Engineering Graduate of Missouri S&T.

Our new Bertelsmeyer Hall provides a modern facilities to host state-of-the-art undergraduate teaching

labs. Dr. Sitton made progress on establishing the Emerson/Mynah process control and virtual experi-

ments, ConocoPhillips gas absorption and cleaning experiment, and Rosemount flow instrumentation and

heat exchanging experiment in our Fran H. Conrad Unit Operations Laboratory, a gift of Linda and Bipin

Doshi. Phillips 66 has donated and committed to $60,000 to develop a Phillips 66 experiment. I appeal and

urge all members of our alumni and friends to outreach to their companies and industry for donating the

needed funds to establish modernized experiments for our undergraduate teaching according to the plan

outlined in the newsletter.

Also, our Bertelsmeyer Hall now accommodates state-of-the-art advanced research laboratories on a wide

range of research topics and applications. These are among the most unique research laboratories in both

the USA and in the world. External funding has been attracted from both government agencies and indus-

try due to such unique research facilities.

We acquired and put to use high capacity computing of 120 processors to be expanded by adding an addi-

tional number of 120 processors during the coming year. This currently represents the largest computing

facility on campus. This capability is complemented by a number of workstations that we have and which

are currently accommodated in the server room and the research computing lab of Bertlesmeyer Hall.

Our teaching and research facilities in Bertelsmeyer Hall have been visited by many distinguished visitors

and seminar speakers to our department and our college and campus. Among those is the Astronaut Dr.

Sandra Magnus – Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Our department has continued to grow in its number of faculty members. We have 10 new faculty mem-

bers since 2009 which makes our total department faculty members of 16 faculty members in Fall Semes-

ter 2016 plus four faculty joint appointments and one adjunct faculty member. Three of them are non-

tenure track faculty members; research assistant professor, teaching associate professor and teaching asso-

ciate professor of practice. For the first time, we have a significant diversification among our faculty mem-

bers and students. We have three women faculty members, one Hispanic and various cultural background

faculty members. We continue to effectively mentor our young faculty members.

We continue to have large enrollments of both undergraduate (about 500) and graduate students (about 70)

which creates challenges on us including the needed resources to maintain the quality of our teaching and

research labs and to manage such large enrollment while we continue to offer the required courses each

semester and to provide the needed Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) supported by external funding.

This includes the funding provided by our Chemical Engineering Academy. However, we are still having

one of the highest student to faculty ratio and facing shortage in our needed GTAs.

We successfully have implemented the restructuring of our MS and PhD degree programs including the

qualifying exam which is based on achieving more scholarly productivities and strengthening the graduate

students’ fundamental knowledge, adding graduate lecture series, offering advanced chemical engineering

mathematic and having a plan for its future development as a required course, etc.

To enhance the quality of advising of our undergraduate students, we have established and conducted ad-

vising workshops to all our faculty members each academic year or each semester as is needed.

We expanded on providing experiential learning to our students and increased the number of undergradu-

ate students participating in research, and, thus, most of our faculty members host in their labs many under-

graduate students working on projects and assisting our graduate students. Many of them have won

awards.

Our external research expenditure has increased by 532% from FY2012 to FY2015 and this provides a

challenge with respect to being able to sustain it and further increase it.

Also, our scholarly activities have continued to be enhanced in terms of publications, presentations, plena-

ry/keynote lectures, invited talks, and our faculty and students participation in national and international

conferences.

We continue enhancing and encouraging our national and international collaboration and projects on both

research and teaching

Our faculty members continue to serve effectively in our profession in various capacities.

Our ChemE car team moves to participate in the coming AIChE national meeting in San Francisco.

We have initiated the establishment of MS degree in chemical engineering via distance learning. For that,

we established a program with Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) to offer MS degree via dis-

tance learning to their qualified engineers. We plan to implement it in the Fall Semester 2016 or the Spring

Semester 2017. We have initiated the appropriate conversion of our graduate courses to also be offered via

distance learning.

Our introductory course on Material and Energy Balance has been converted by Dr. Luks into online –

blending course in order to be offered in the summer semester to our transfer students without being tied to

the minimum number of the students to offer the course. We plan to convert the other course of Thermody-

namics I into the same way of blended learning.

Our Phonathon donations for FY 2016 totaled $141, 641, up 24% from FY15. I urge and encourage all our

alumni and friends to participate and contribute to our Phonathon which is an important resource to ad-

vance our department.

Although our department has steadily continued to improve and advance by making each year noticeably pro-

gress, we are still facing many challenges for which we need the support and help of our college and university

leadership and our alumni in particular. Among these challenges is the need for adequate operating funds,

more graduate teaching assistants, outreaching to industry for undergraduate experiments support, research

contracts, graduate students fellowships and the establishment of a consortium, reducing the large ratio of stu-

dent to faculty ratio by hiring more faculty members on tenure track, more staff members including technician,

enhancing our external research funds and expenditure and supporting more graduate students on research,

among others.

We are fortunate that we have you as our alumni and you are the sources of pride and inspiration to all of us.

Bertelsmeyer Hall has motivated all of us to continue our progress and for that, we continue to express our sin-

cere thanks to all who participated financially to make such state-of-the-art facilities a reality and with our

hard work for developing outstanding labs, Bertelsmeyer Hall has attained the status of being one of the icons

of Missouri S&T.

For those who did not have the opportunity to donate to Bertelsmeyer Hall, I would like to emphasize to them

and to all our alumni and friends in general, that the department still lacks endowed chairs, endowed professor-

ships, curators’ professors, and endowed funds to maintain the labs which will have significant impacts on the

department upon acquiring them. We are the only department in the college of engineering and computing col-

lege without endowed chairs and endowed professorships and to achieve that while we are entering our centen-

nial anniversary. We need the help of our alumni, the college and university leadership and the development

and advancement office.

On behalf of our faculty members, staff and students, I thank you all and we all are looking forward to seeing

you here and interacting with you.

Sincerely,

Muthanna Al-Dahhan

Professor and Chair

"I look at this as an opportunity to help the chemical and biochemical engineering department maintain

its reputation as one of the best engineering programs on campus - if not, in fact, the nation."

-James E. Bertelsmeyer

Bertelsmeyer Hall is located at 11th and State Street, west of the Chancellor’s residence. The state-of-the-art building is ap-

proximately 68,500 square feet with a unit operations lab, flexible research labs, high bay area, sixteen faculty offices, under-

graduate and graduate work areas, a 150-seat classroom and two 115-seat classrooms.

Bertelsmeyer Hall opened for classes in the fall of 2014.

A total need of $6.08M is required to purchase laboratory equipment for the ten modules taught at both the undergraduate

and graduate levels. The modules include experiments in the fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, reaction kinetics,

and process control areas; and unit operations specific to the agricultural processing, the bioprocessing, the bioremediation,

the renewable energy, the biorefining, and the waste water treatment industries. To date, $1.37M in equipment has been gen-

erously donated towards this $6.08M goal. A list of the equipment needs and associated costs, including a maintenance allow-

ance, are noted later in this newsletter.

Cost of Construction

Charitable Gifts $8,000,000

Campus Funding $2,000,000

Bonds $12,343,000

Total $22,343,000

Module/Equipment Priority Cost Module/Equipment Priority Cost

Fluid Mechanics: Flow Meter (Gases)

1 $60K Fluid Mechanics: Flow in Fixed Beds

4 $45K

Heat Transfer: Reboiler and Condenser

1 $115K Heat Transfer: Vapor Compressions Refrigeration

4 $90K

Mass Transfer: Distillation

1 $365K Mass Transfer: Wetted-Wall Column

4 $90K

Reaction Kinetics: Fluidized-Bed

1 $115K Agricultural Processing Industry: Ultrafiltration-Nanofiltration

4 $175K

Process Control: Delta V and MiMiC Proc. Ctrl Sys-tem

1 √

Agricultural Processing Industry: Solid-Liquid Extraction

1 $145K Fluid Mechanics: Pump

√ Bioprocessing Industry: Immobilized-Enzyme Reactor

1 $145K Mass Transfer: Membrane Separator

5 $115K

Agricultural Processing Industry: Crystallization

5 $145K

Fluid Mechanics: Flow in Fluidized Beds

2 $60K

Heat Transfer: Conduction and Cenvaction

2 $45K Fluid Mechanics: Flow Meter (Liquids)

√ Mass Transfer: Evaporator

2 $145K Mass Transfer: Liquid-Liquid Extraction

6 $75K

Reaction Kinetics: Packed-Bed Catalytic Reactor

2 $115K Agricultural Processing Industry: Solids Filtration

6 $145K

Process Control: Industrial Instrumentation

2 √

Agricultural Processing Industry: Process Chromatography

2 $290K Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Friction

√ Bioprocessing Industry: Whole-Cell Bioreactor (100L, 30L, 2L)

2 $175K Mass Transfer: Gas Absorption-Stripping

√

Agricultural Processing Industry: Ion Exchange

7 $75K

Fluid Mechanics: Compressible Flow

3 $50K

Heat Transfer: Heat Exchanger

3 $60K Fluid Mechanics: Choked Flow

8 $40K

Mass Transfer: Absorption

3 $75K Agricultural Processing Industry: Tray Dying

8 $145K

Reaction Kinetics: Stirred-Tank Reactor

3 $145K

Agricultural Processing Industry: Spray Dying

3 $220K

Integrated Biorefinery: Algae, fer-mentating cellulosic biomass, thermal conversion using GTS, anaerobic di-gestion

9 $580K

Bioprocessing Industry: Cell Homogenization

3 $145K

Wastes Treatment: Liquid wastes (chemical, aerobic, anaerobic routes), gas wastes, bioremediation for con-taminated soil and ground water

9 $365K

Analytical Equipment 9 190K

Remaining Need (As of 5/7/15) 4.7M

Progress Made: Emerson donation - Delta V Control System - hardware and software

Mynah MiMiC software donation for virtual experiments integrated with Delta V

ConocoPhillips experiment donation - Gas adsorption and Stripping

Rosemount’s experiment donation - Industrial Instrumentation, Flow Meter (liquids), Fluid Fric-

tion

$100,000 was obtained from Missouri S&T based on a proposal of Dr. Sitton and Dr. Al-Dahhan to

compliment the development of Delta V and MiMiC Process Control System

Recently Phillips 66 donated $60,000 for a new module equipment

Educational Strategy for Process Control Integrated with Unit Operations Experiments

Students are exposed to the Emerson Delta V system and Mynah technology in four stages as follows:

Level 1: Operating the wide variety of industrial-grade sensors and control elements within each module (Unit

Operations experiment) teaches students their underlying operating principles and behaviors.

Level 2: Visual inspection of the system architecture exposes students to a variety of technologies and Emer-

son products (CHARMs, Traditional I/O, S-series, and M-series), to various I/O types (4-20 mA and HART,

Profibus and DeviceNet busses, and wireless). This leads to discussions on other third-party systems includ-

ing TCP/IP and ModBus as examples.

Level 3: Students will develop a dynamic simulation of an equipment module (Unit Operations experiment)

using Myhan MiMiC software, then synthesize a control strategy for the module, then test it against the simula-

tion, and then optimize the control parameters.

Level 4: Student will implement the control strategy on the actual module (Unit Operations experiment) in the

laboratory and evaluate the performance of their control system on the physical equipment.

Implementation Strategy

● Full implementation of the process control system depends on funding level. The implementation will be

staged over a set time period.

● Initial implementation consists of the following elements

- A central server hosting the Delta V and MiMiC software in virtual machines with thin clients for stu-

dent access points.

- One CHARM module providing sufficient I/O channels for a defined set of equipment modules.

- One or two equipment modules containing the necessary sensors for connection to CHARM I/O ports.

- Connection of central server to the laboratory TCP/IP network and a bridge to the campus network.

This allows virtual access to the laboratory and the Delta V and MiMiC software from any department

(EE, ME, etc.) on campus.

● Follow-on implementation includes placing additional modules (Unit Operations experiments) into the system

as funds become available.

Muthanna Al-Dahhan (Professor and Chair), D.Sc., Washing University, St. Louis

Multiphase Reaction Engineering; Energy & Environmental Processors; Advanced Measurement & Computational Techniques

Baojun Bai (Associate Professor Joint Appointment with Petroleum Engineering) PhD, New Mexico Institute of Mining

Enhanced Oil Recovery Target, Conformance Control, Surfactants, Biosurtactants, Carbon Sequestration

Dipak Barua (Assistant Professor), PhD, North Carolina State University

Computational Systems Biology, Cell Singling Systems

Sutapa Barua (Assistant Professor), PhD, Arizona State University

Nanoparticles for Uniform Drug Delivery, Early Detection of Cancer Cells, Treatment of Devastating Diseases

Hank Foley (Joint Appointment, University of Missouri-Columbia), PhD, Penn State University

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Daniel Forciniti (Professor), PhD, North Carolina State University

Bioseparations; Thermodynamics; Statistical Mechanics

Chang-Soo Kim (Associate Professor Joint Appointment with Electrical Engineering & Biological Sciences), PhD, Kyungpook

National University

Functional Integration and Structural Integration of Advanced Microsystems, Biosensors

Xinhua Liang (Associate Professor), PhD, University of Colorado

Surface Science; Nanostructured Films & Devices; Catalysis & Reaction Engineering; Energy & Environmental Applications

Athanasios I. Liapis (Professor), PhD, ETH-Zurich

Transport Phenomena; Adsorption; Bioseparations; Chromatography and Electrochromatography; Chemical Reaction Engineering

Christi Patton Luks (Associate Teaching Professor), PhD, University of Tulsa

Engineering Education Pedagogy, Sustainable Engineering

Douglas K. Ludlow (Professor), PhD, Arizona State University

Surface Characterization of Adsorbents & Catalysis; Application of Fractal Geometry to Surface Morphology

Parthasakha Neogi (Professor), PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University

Interfacial and Transport Phenomena

Joontaek Park (Assistant Professor), PhD, University of Florida

Dynamics & Rheology of Complex Fluids/Soft Matters

Fateme Rezaei (Assistant Professor), PhD, Monash University—Melbourne, Australia

Absorption, Energy Efficient Separation Processes, Process Design, Modeling & Optimization; PSA/TSA; Hybrid Materials & Processes for Separation & Reaction

Ali Rownaghi (Assistant Research Professor), PhD, University Putra - Malaysia

Sustainable Energy, Catalysis Separations

Oliver C. Sitton (Assistant Professor), PhD, Missouri S&T

Bioengineering

Joseph D. Smith (Laufer Endowed Energy chair Professor), PhD, Brigham Young University

Multiphase Reacting Flows; Catalysis; Dynamic Simulation; Coal/Biomass Gasification

Jee-Ching Wang (Associate Professor), PhD, Penn State University

Molecular Simulation of Transport in Confined Systems; Molecular Properties of Materials

David Westenberg (Associate Professor Joint Appointment with Biological Sciences), PhD, University of CA-Los Angeles

Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Diversity, Microbial Physiology

Yangchuan Xing (Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia), PhD, Yale University

Synthesis, Processing & Characterization of Nanomaterials

Silvia Petrova Zustiak (Joint Appointment with St. Louis University), PhD, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Tissue Engineering, Synthetic Biomaterials

The department has established a global cultural exchange program to take advantage of the many countries repre-

sented in the student body and faculty. The purpose of the program is to engage our students in discussions of how

the rest of the world lives so that they will be better global citizens and be better prepared for their careers.

These sessions are held once a month. Speakers will talk about their homeland, its history, and what is like there.

Seeing photos of homes and favorite vacation spots make our students more aware that there are more similarities

than differences. Students are always very interested in learning more about favorite sports and recreational activi-

ties. After the formal program, we move to the conference room for a sampling of foods from their homeland.

So far, we have had a taste of the Argentina, the Middle East, Ghana, Nepal, and Bangladesh. We will be wrapping

up this year with presentation on Russia and the Honduras.

The Student Advisory Council held mentoring sessions for students in the month of April, 2015. SAC President, Shayan

Sazdar, was the leader on this program and brought the following guests to present:

Richard Bausell, Charlie Lyon, George Mues - Presented April 25th

Dr. Frank Doering - Presented April 11th

Dr. Frank Doering, Doug Jost, Dr. Sohail Murad - Presented April 4th

Leon Otte, ChE MS ’68, PhD ‘74, began his career with the United States Steel Chemicals in 1971 where he decided to make a career in Plastics. In 1977, he joined ARCO Polymers/Atlantic Richfield where he held research management positions in Engineering Plastics, Polyethylene, HDPE/LLDPE, Expandable Polystyrene, Engineering Plastic Foams and Specialty Chemicals. Following a brief retirement from ARCO/Lyondell Bassell, Leon accepted a position as Plastics Industry Specialist with Baker Petrolite, and later formed L.L.O. Consulting as a Plastics Industry Specialist.

Leon was a member of Phi Kappa Theta (UMR), Tau Beta Pi (UMC), and Beta Gamma Sigma (VU). He was also a proud member of the Society of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society, and held a master’s degree in business administration from Villanova University. Leon provided research leadership and contributed to many advances in the Plastics Industry during its coming of age.

Leon and his wife, Linda, considered their happiest years to have been those spent living in Rolla. While in Rolla, they welcomed their son, Jason, into the world. Leon loved float fishing Missouri waters in the "Queen Mary," the canoe he bought with his best friend, Joe Schardl. Joe's advisor, Dr. Orrin Crosser, was included in most of their fishing trips along with other fellow students.

Following Leon’s passing last year, the department received a generous gift of $25,000 from the Ottes. This donation will support Matthew Senter, a PhD student, for one academic year.

We strongly encourage our Alumni to participate in this important function - please see the

data of FY16 below:

The annual phonathon is vitally important to the department’s success. Many of the gifts received are designated for the area of greatest need, as priorities in the department can change from year to year. The funds raised during the ChBE phonathon ensure that resources are available as opportuni-ties present themselves. Your contribution to this effort and your confidence that your unrestricted gifts will be used wisely are deeply appreciated. Many companies provide significant match to their employee donation, we urge all of you to explore and take this opportunity to maximize the im-pact of your donation on our students learning and the department. Students have contacted t you to ask for your support as part of our annual phonathon. Many of you will be invited to give for the first time. Please take a moment to talk with the student about his or her experience here, con-sider that the value your place on your participation is as important as the amount you give. Others amoung you may have been asked to increase your contribution from last year. We hope that seeing the results of your investment, some of which are reported in this newsletter, will inspire you to give at a higher level. If your employer has a corporate matching program, be sure to send the completed form in with your gift to double, triple, or even quadruple your contribution. Finally, talk with the students that call about current activities on campus and other opportunities for involvement with the department. Your shared experiences are another valuable addition to the learning experiences offered at Missouri S&T.

Dr. Sandra Magnus, S&T Alumni and

NASA astronaut, visited the

department and toured the facility.

Dr. Joontaek Park: AIChE President Young Investigator Award for 2016

Dr. Christi Patton-Luks and Laura Ford: Best Poster Award for 2015 ASEE poster “Analysis of Small Gam-

ification Addition to Labs”

Dr. Xinhua Liang: Faculty Research Award

Dr. Christi Patton-Luks: Diversity Leadership Award

Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan: AIChE Fellow

Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan: Faculty External Award for Missouri S&T

Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan: Nominated for Extraordinary Faculty Award for Missouri S&T

Sawsan Albasri, Iraq

Dr. Nadia Gheni, Iraq

Dr. Shantanu Roy (Professor), India

Qingfa Wang, China

Deepli Chugh, India

The Missouri University of Science and Technology presented the Award of Professional Distinction during spring commencement ceremony for Spring 2016 to Gail Dolan Hahn. The awards recognize the outstanding Missouri S&T graduate for her professional achievement. Gail Dolan Hahn is a 1982 chemical engineering graduate of Missouri S&T.

Gail began working at McDonnell Douglas in 1982 in Materials and Process Development on the F/A-18 Hornet. She picked up additional responsibilities when she was re-assigned to the AV-8B Harrier in 1984. She was the principal investigator on several research and development programs in New Aircraft and Missile Products from 1987-1991. In 1991, she became the team leader for F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Materials Development Team. In 1994, she led the F/A-18 Materials, Processing, and Standards Group, responsible for functional technical issues of the fielded and production F/A-18’s as well as the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet activities during the first flight time frame. After a short period in Environmental Assurance, Gail re-turned to Phantom Works Research and Development, where she currently serves as the technical integrator in Materials and Technology for AeroStructures and Support Structures Technology.

Gail is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Processing Engineering. She and her husband, Don (UMR BSME 72), are active raising two sons, serving in their church, and coaching chil-dren’s sports and music activities and currently reside in St. Charles, Missouri. They have been members of OGS since 2002. Gail was inducted into the Academy in 2003.

The Distinguished Dissertation Award was created to inspire more graduate students to write publications. The award is given to a graduate student that has published at least three accepted publications before his/her defense. This award was presented to Rajankumar Patel during the Spring semester of 2016.

Rajankumar Patel: 2nd place for ALD-LIB work in Student Poster Session in Solid-state Science and Technolo-gy, 227th ECS meeting in Chicago, IL Rajankumar Patel: 1st place in 2015 Graduate Research Showcase (GRS), Missuori S&T, Rolla, MO Rajankumar Patel and Zeyu Shang: won travel grant from Council of Graduate Students (CGS), Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO

The Missouri University of Science and Technology emphasizes the participation of undergraduates in re-

search through a number of means, including an annual undergraduate research conference. This event pro-

vides an opportunity for Missouri S&T undergraduates to showcase their research efforts to the campus

community and to the public. All Missouri S&T students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend the Under-

graduate Research Conference.

Melissa P. Vidal-Meza (co-advised with Dr. S. Barua) presented oral talk, “CFD Simulation Study of Interstitial

Nanoparticle Flow in Tumor-on-a-Chip”, at the Undergraduate Research Conference 2016 and won 2nd prize

in Engineering.

Chase Herman, a junior in chemical engineering, took first place for research titled “Cellular Hitchhiking on

Microparticles to Alleviate Skin Injury.” in the Engineering Poster session.

Francisco Das Chagas Silva Neto won third place for research titled “Treatment performance of oily

wastewater using ceramic membranes.” in the Engineering Poster session.

Timon Abraham took second place for research titled “Preparation and Synthesis of Vanadium-Metal-Organic

Frameworks (MIL -101) for Acid-Gas Adsorption and Separation.” in the Engineering Oral presentation.

Caitlin Brocker won third place for research titled “Nanopartical Shape Synergistically Inhibits Cancer.” in the

Engineering Oral presentation.

Patrick Brennan, a senior in chemical engineering, was awarded an OURE Fellows recipient for research titled

“Coating of Metal-Organic Frameworks onto Polymeric Hollow Fibers for CO2 Capture.”

Morgan Hovis, a senior in chemical engineering, was also awarded as an OURE Fellows recipient, for research

titled “The Separation of Ethane and Ethylene via Adsorbent Materials.”

The AIChE Annual Meeting is the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation

and professional growth. Academic and industry experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-

edge research, new technologies, and emerging growth areas in chemical engineering. The 2015 AIChE Annu-

al Meeting was held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mason Donnell took home 3rd place in the poster competition at the AIChE Annual Meeting.

Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol is a UM System-wide event in Jefferson City that demonstrates the unique opportunities students have to participate with faculty in undergraduate research at the Universi-ty of Missouri. Students are invited to assemble in the capitol building rotunda in Jefferson City to display re-search posters and to speak with legislators about their research and how it is significant in addressing the needs of society.

Angelica Olivia was invited to present a poster at the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol entitled, “Simulation of Yield-Stress Fluid in a Rotational Rheometer”.

Morgan Hovis, Patrick Brennan, and Stephen Eastman were also selected to present their work at UGRDC.

Jackling Camp is an introduction to Chemical Engineering

held for high school students. During the students’ time

with us, they have an entertaining learning experience,

create something they can take home, and get a general

introduction to college life. Students get to create their

own bouncy balls, take a tour of the Chemical Engineering

department, and finish the day making their own edible ice

cream.

November 9, 2015 by Peter Ehrhard A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Tech-

nology earned fifth place out of 34 competitors at the 2015 nation-

al Chem-E-Car competition with its chemical reaction-powered au-

tonomous vehicle.

Missouri S&T’s Chem-E-Car Team competed on Sunday, Nov. 8, in

Salt Lake City at the 2015 Annual American Institute of Chemical

Engineers (AIChE) Student Conference. The Chem-E-Car competi-

tion challenged teams to design and build a chemically powered shoebox-sized car that uses a chemical reaction to

travel a target distance while carrying a pre-established load.

The team qualified for the national competition by earning third place at the AIChE’s 2015 Mid-America Regional

Conference, which was held in early April. Missouri S&T’s distance was 83 feet and carry load was 7.7 ounces of

water.

The Missouri S&T car was named “Box – to the seventh power,” which referenced the car’s construction and the

mathematical multiplication tool of (n)th powers. It is powered by a homemade lead-acid battery. The car’s braking

system is controlled using a hydrogen peroxide reaction with potassium iodide as a catalyst. This reaction triggers a

relay that connects the battery and the motor and allows the vehicle to stop after a set distance.

Mason Donnell, a junior in the Chemical Engineering department advised by Dr. Sutapa Barua, recently

won first place in the Mallinckrodt Pharmaceutical Poster Symposium. Mason’s poster focused on improv-

ing coating efficiency on pharmaceutical drugs.

Two student within the Chemical Engineering department received a financial award through the NASA—

Missouri Space Grant Consortium’s Undergraduate Research Internship Program. Stephen Eastman, a jun-

ior in the Chemical Engineering department advised by Dr. Fateme Rezaei and Mason Donnell, a junior in

the Chemical Engineering department advised by Dr. Sutapa Barua were selected to receive this support.

In addition they prepared written reports on their research and presented their work at the NASA—

Missouri Grant Consortium’s Annual Spring Meeting in April of 2016.

Seth Molenhour, a senior in the Chemical Engineering department advised by Dr. Xinhua Liang, was the

recipient of the Ash Grove Cement 2015 Intern Scholarship. Seth was an intern at the Ash Grove cement

plant in Midlothian, Texas during the summer of 2015.

Student Council is pleased to inform you that Morgan Hale has been elected the Student Body President

for the 2016-17 academic year! A big thank you to everyone who participated in the election process and

we look forward to another year of progress in Student Council with the continued support of our stu-

dents.

Rajankumar Patel was awarded 2nd prize for this ALD-LIB work in Student Poster Session in Solid-state Sci-

ence and Technology at the 227th Electrochemical Society meeting, Chicago, Illinois.

Two PhD students, Rajan Patel and Zeyu Shang, both received a $200 travel grant from the Council of

Graduate Students. Four applicants were selected from a total of about 45 applicants. The students used

their travel grant to help off-set the cost of attending the 227th Electrochemical Society meeting in May of

2016.

Undergraduate researcher Patrick Brennan took second place at the Mid-America AIChE Regional Paper

(Oral) Competition that was held at Kansa Stat University.

Patrick Brennan, Morgan Hovis and Stephen Eastman,

undergraduate researchers currently working in the lab

of Dr. Fateme Rezaei, and Angelina Olivia, an under-

graduate researcher working in the lab of Dr. Joontaek

Park, were selected to participate in the Undergraduate

Research Day at the Capitol event. They demonstrated

their research work to lawmakers in Jefferson City.

The Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department continues to enjoy hosting the graduation banquets

on Friday evening before commencement to honor all of our graduates. Dr. Daniel Forciniti was the master of

the ceremony for both the December and May graduation banquets which were help at the Havener Center.

Undergraduate and graduate students, along with many family, friends, faculty and staff, attended the gradu-

ation banquet. Banquet attendees enjoyed a family style buffet with an opportunity afterwards for each stu-

dent to introduce their guests and announce their future plans. Students were presented with gifts by their

academic advisors.

The ChBE graduation banquets allow the graduating students to celebrate with their students colleagues. De-

partment faculty and staff. The department would like to comment the December 2014 and May 2015 gradu-

ates on their accomplishments and thank all of the families for attending our celebration.

After graduating with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, Rick started a career in the high-tech electronics

manufacturing field and has been able to maintain Austin, Texas as his home town throughout his

professional career.

His first position was with the IBM process Development laboratory. He worked as a new technology devel-

opment engineer focused on new manufacturing processes for printed circuit board assembly. These efforts

lead the way to elimination of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) from the assembly process and new materials and

technologies to allow miniaturization of circuitry to reduce the physical size of advanced products. Rick

moved to Motorola Semiconductor Products where he managed the FSRAM Module manufacturing

operations. In 1998, Rick joined the Procurement team at Dell. His initial position was Senior Manager of Supplier Quality Engi-

neering where he developed supply base, continuous improvement capabilities which yielded a step-function quality improve-

ment to the 5 sigma level. In 2001, Rick added commercial focus to his efforts and became Senior Manager/Director of Product

Platforms at Dell WW Procurement. He managed hundreds of new product introductions and many supply base transitions

across North and South America, Europe and Asia.

In 2010, Rick moved to Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. He was Director of Supply Chain, managing a global supply base

providing ulta-high purity chemicals and gases to all the major Semiconductor manufactures in the world. At ATMI, he imple-

mented an innovative business continuity management system and created a supplier management infrastructure to optimize

cost, quality and assurance of supply. At present, Rick is employed at Flextronics as Director of Strategic Supply Chain. Rick re-

sides in Augstin, Texas along with his wife, Cecilia and two daughters.

Art started his career with E.I. DuPont in 1973 as a plant engineer at the Old Hickory, TN textile fibers plant.

In 1974, he moved to Monsanto Industrial Chemical Company in the St. Louis headquarters' corporate engi-

neering department as a process design engineer. In 1978, he transferred to Monsanto Chemical Company/

Plasticizer Division as a national account manager located in Cincinnati. In 1981, Art joined Exxon Chemicals/

Plastics Group as a national account manager covering the E.S., out of Cincinnati. Art finished his engineering

career as a Technical Support Manager with Exxon from 1989 to 1993 working out of the Lake Zurich, IL film

plant. In 1993, Art started Medical school and graduated in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he completed his resi-

dency in Family medicine at the University of Illinois/Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, IL. He was Board

Certified in Family Medicine in 2001 by the American Board of Family Medicine. For the last 16 years, he has

worked as a physician in Urgent Care. Art officially retired January 1, 2016. Art and his wife, Linda, reside in Cincinnati, Ohio, but

are returning to live in Bridgeton, MO, later this summer.

Mart started work with Munger Company, Inc. as a director in Performance Technology in November of 1990

where he was responsible for system sales new product introduction and technology adaptation for the en-

tire Munger Company (Emerson Local Business Partner) territory. In 2002, MYNAH Technologies was formed

as a division of the Munger Company (later name Experitec). As a business director of MYNAH, he wrote the

business plan and managed the division as an independent software company. In 2010, Mart became the

President and COO of MYNAH Technologies LLC. MYNAH Technologies is the strategic simulation partner for

several major automation suppliers and has products installed in 68 countries worldwide. Under Mart’s lead-

ership as business director and president, MYNAH has experienced revenue growth of 20x. He has driven

successful marketing campaigns that allowed MYNAH to receive international recognition from the readers of Control Magazine

and Automatoin World. MYNAH’s Mimic Simulation Software is a next-generation dynamic process simulation software and is

used in the Birtual Unit Ops and Process Control Lab and Missouri S&T’s Chemical Engineering Department.

Mart is a twice recipient of the Emerson Process Management Sales Excellence Award and a global sales leader in Deltva V Sys-

tem introduction in 1996-1997. Mart and his wife, Karin, reside in Ellisville, MO.

In 1982, Steve began his career working for Vulcan Chemicals as a process engineer where he was responsi-

ble for chlor-alkali process design supporting capital expansion. In 1985, his career transitioned to Down

Corning, holding positions such as production supervisor, quality engineer, application engineer, global sci-

ence & technology manager, global business development manager, and associate industry scientist. During

his time at Dow Corning, Steve was involved with technology development in sealants, adhesives, coatings

and optical materials, which were utilized in Construction, Automotive, Electronics and Coatings industry

groups. As Global Technology Manager for Sealants and adhesives, his time was responsible for product and

process development of a $300M product line. Steve also held the position of Global Commercial Leader

responsible for commercial development of a newly created Fluorosilicone innovation business team. He was subsequently

named Electronics Industry Associate Scientist with specialization in the application of optical materials in displays for consum-

er electronics. Steve is currently the Global Business Development Manager for the Household, Institutional, Industrial Cleaning

and Personal Care Industries at Elevance Renewable Sciences. He is responsible for leading business development and creating

strategic relationships across the value chain in North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and Japan.

During his career, Steve received multiple awards. He has many publications, presentations, research reports and more. He ahs

been a manuscript reviewer for Polymer Bulletin and Quality Press. In his free time, Steve enjoys playing tennis, running, cook-

ing, and traveling, Steve and his wife, Cindy, have 5 adult children and currently lives in Chicago, IL.

Dave is the Vice President of Engineering for MYNAH Technologies, LLC. His areas of expertise include

dynamic process control, project management, and services management. Dave has worked in the process

automation industry for over 27 years in the positions of Lead Systems Engineer, Senior Technical Manager,

Director of Engineering and Director of Sales & Operations Planning. Previous employers include the Dow

Chemical Company, The Dial Corporation, Munger Company, and Emerson Process Management.

Dave has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Missouri - Rolla. Dave has been

very proactive with Missouri S&T through the recruiting and hiring of full-time, co-op and intern candidates

at MYNAH, as well as involvement with campus organizations such as Omega Chi Epsilon, American Institute

of Chemical Engineers, Student Advisory Board, and Alpha Chi Sigma. Dave and his wife, Kelly, reside in Florissant, MO.

As Strategy and Planning Manager, Linda’s responsibilities include overall coordination of strategy and

competitive intelligence, program analysis and reporting, research guidance and valuation, and technology

acquisition for ExxonMobil Research Engineering.

Linda has held a wide range of positions during her 27 years with ExxonMobil; business planning, supply,

technology, marketing, business development and operations. Prior to her current appointment, Linda was

the Specialties Elastomers Global Vice President in Houston, Texas. She has also served as the Adhesion In-

dustry Global Vice President, the Global Director of the Marine Fuels business in Leatherhead, U.K. and a

Senior Advisor supporting two of the Corporations Senior Vice Presidents in Dallas, Texas.

Linda received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla in 1998. She began her

career as a research engineer at the Linden Technology Center in New Jersey and held various technical and operations assign-

2015 Grants and Financial Awards

Dr. Xinhua Liang, Mechanical/Chemical Failure of Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-ion

Batteris: Understand Its Mechanisms and Suppressing Its Onset, NSF-CBET - Co-PI (50% credit, PI:

Jonghyun Park), $3000,000, August 1, 2015 - July 31, 2018

Xinhua Liang, Collaborative Research: On the Origin of Atomic Layer Deposition Enhanced Activity and Stability of

Nanostructured Cathodes for Intermediate-temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, NSF-CBET - PI (100% credit), $187,824,

August 1, 2015 - July 31, 2019

Xinhua Liang, Nanostructured Catalysts for Tandem Catalysis Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition, ACS Petroleum

Research Fund, PI (100% credit), $110,000, September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2017

Xinhua Liang, Nanocoated Cathode Powders for High Performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, DOE STTR Phase I Project,

Academic PI (30% credit, $44,999), $150,000, February 17, 2015 - November 16, 2015

Xinhua Liang, Multi-Element Nanoparticle Standards Development for Single Nanoparticle Multi-Element ICO-MS Anal-

ysis, ERC Seed Grant, MS&T, PI (100%), $10,000, January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Daniel Forciniti, (PI:100%) Assessment of Textbook-Free Courses as Vehicles for Lifelong Learning, NSF (May 31, 2016)

$198,743, Fall 2015

Daniel Forciniti, (PI: 100%) Effect of chemical and topological cues on insulin fibrillation, NSF (June 1, 2016) $235,903,

Fall 2015

Daniel Forciniti, (PI 100%) Absorption of peptides by the gastrointestinal track, NSF (June 1, 2016) $335,750 Fall 2015

Supata Barua, Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering (CBSE) Seed Funding, Missouri S&T, $20.000,

01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015

Supata Barua, Environmental Research Center (ERC) Seed Funding, Missouri S&T, $10,000, 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015

Supata Barua, Missouri S&T Innovation Funding, $25,000, 11/01/2015 - 10/31/2016

Fateme Rezaei, Advanced Butter Materials for CO2 control, Improved Air Quality and Energy Conservation in Com-

mercial Buildings, funded by NSF CBET - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SEPARATION, Pl (100% credit), $30,000, 7/1/2015

- 6/30/2016

Fateme Rezaei, Development of CO2 Removal Systems for NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems using Amine-

Grafted Ziolite and MOF Monoliths, funded by NASA-EPSCoR, Pl (100% credit), $37,500, 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2017

Fateme Rezaei, Simultaneous Adsorptive Removal of CO2, Sox and NOx from Flue Gas using MOFs in Pressure Swing

Adsorption, funded by University of Missouri Research Board (UMRB), Pl (100% credit), $41,648, 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016

David Westenberg, Missouri Dept. of Higher Ed. Grant, $276,125.40 Science Ed. & Quantitative Literacy: An Inquiry-

based Approach (10%)

David Westenberg, Miner Tank award, $15,000. Heartland Synthetic Biology Consortium (100%)

Jee-Ching Wang, Roberto Bruttini, and Athanasios I. Liapis, “Dehydration and Rehydration of Polymeric Porous Me-

dia Studied by Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Simulations”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 54,

11065-11074 (2015)

Parthansaskha Neogi, Tran, T.Q.M.D, and Bai, B (2015) A single pore model for displacement of heavy crude oil with

carbon dioxide, Soc. Pet. Eng. J. Preprint SPE 178426

Daniel Forciniti, “ChE at Missouri S&T.” Chemical Engineering Education Spring Issue (January, 2015)

Ali Rownaghi, Rezaei, F., Labreche, Y., Brennan, P.J., Johnson, J.R., Li, F.S., Koros, W.J., In situ Formation of a Mono-

dispersed Spherical Mesoporous Nanosilica—Torlon Hollow-Fiber Composite for Carbon Dioxide Capture. ChemSus-

Chem (2015) 8, 3439-3450

Ali Rownaghi, Rezaei, F., Monjezi, S., Lively, R.P., and Jones, C.W., Sox/NOx Removal from flue gas streams by solid

adsorbents: A review of current challenges and future directions. Energy & Fuels (2015) 29, 5467-5486

Joontaek Park and A. Mittal, “An improved model for the steric-entropic effect on the retention of rod-like particles in

field-flow fractionation: Discussion of aspect ratio-based separation”, Chromatography, 2 (3): 472-487 (2015) (invited

article to a special issue on field-flow fractionation)

Joontaek Park and N. Banerjee, “Modeling and simulation of biopolymer networks: Classification of the cytoskeleton

models according to multiple scales”, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 32 (7): 1204-1217, (first article of the issue) (2015)

Joontaek Park, D.W. Meand, and N. Banerjee, “A constitutive model for entangled polymers incorporating binary

entanglement pair dynamics and a configuration dependent friction coefficient”, J. Rheol., 59: 335-363 (2015)

Supata Barua, Christensen, M, Lehrman, J., and Rege, K., The Effects of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors on Transgene

Expression, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2015, http://doi:10.1002/bit.25898

Supata Barua and Huang, Y.-W., Nanoparticles for Oral Drug Delivery, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2015

Xinhua Liang, Chengjun Jiang, and Zeyu Shang, Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes catalyzed by

highly dispersed, supported nicked nanoparticles, ACS Catalysis, 5 (8), 4814-4818, 2015(1 equal contribution)

Xinhua Liang, Rajankumar L. Patel, Hui Xie, Jonghyun Park, Hooman Yaghoobnejad Asl, and Amitava Choudhury, Sig-

nificant capacity and cycle-life improvement of lithium-ion batteries through ultrathin conductive film stabilized cath-

ode particles, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2 (8), 1500046, 2015 (featured article)

Xinhua Liang and Alan W. Weimer, An overview of highly porous oxide films with tunable thickness prepared by mo-

lecular layer deposition, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 19 (2), 115-125, 2015

Xinhua Liang, Rajankumar L. Patel, and Ying-Bing Jiang, Highly porous titania films coated on sub-micron particles with

tunable thickness by molecular layer deposition in a fluidized bed reactor, Ceramics International, 41 (2), 2240-2246,

2015

Xinhua Liang, Yongbo Dan, Honglan Shi, and Chady Stephan, Rapid analysis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sun-

screens using single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Mecrochemical Journal, 122, 119-126,

2015

Fateme Rezaei, Rownaghi, A., Monjezi, S., Lively, R.P., and C.W. Jones, Sox/NOx Removal from flue gas streams by sol-

id adsorbents: A review of current challenges and future directions. Enery & Fuels (2015) 29, 5467-5486

Fateme Rezaei, Rownaghi, A., Labreche, Y., Brennan, P.J., Johnson, J.R., Li, F.S., W.J. Koros, In situ Formation of a

Monodispersed Spherical Mesoporous Nanosilica-Torlon Hollow-Fiber Composite for Carbon Dioxide Capture.

ChemSusChem (2015) 8, 3439-3450

Fateme Rezaei, Fan, Y., Labreche, Y., Lively, R.P., Koros, W.J., and C.W. Jones, Stability of amine-based hollow fiber

CO2 adsorbents in the presence of NO and SO2. Fuel (2015) 160, 153-164

Fateme Rezaei, E.G Moschette, S. Negretti, K.M. Chepigo, N.A Brunelli, Y. Labreche, Y. Feng, R.P Lifely, W.J Koros,

H.ML Davies, and C.W Jones, Composite polymer/oxide hollow fiber contractors: versatile and scalable flow reactos for

heterogeneous catalytic reactions in organic synthesis. Angewandte Chemie (2015) 54, 6470-6474

Fateme Rezaei, Sakwa-Novak, M.A., Bali, S., Duncanson, D.M., and C.W. Jones, Shaping amine-based solid CO2 adsor-

bents: effects of palletization pressure on the physical and chemical properties. Microporous and Mesoporous Materi-

als (2015) 204, 34-42

Fateme Rezaei, Fan, Y., Kalyanaraman, J., Labreche, Y., Lively, R.P., Realff, M., Koros, W.J., Jones, C.W., and Y. Kawa-

jiri, CO2 sorption performance of composite polymer/aminosilica hollow fiber sorbents: An experimental and modeling

study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2015) 54, 1783-1795

David Westenberg, Yucelen, G.I., Connell, R.E., Terbush, J.R., and F. Dogan, 2015 Synthesis and immobilization of

silver nanoparticles on aluminosilicate nanotubes and ther antibacterial properties. J Applied Nanoscience, 2015-06-14,

undergraduate students

David Westenberg, and Chang, A.L., 2015 “The Unseen Microbial World as a Tool for Learning Biology.” The Ameri-

can Biology Teather, 77, 320-321

David Westenberg, 2015, “Microbial Diversity: A Journey Through Woese’s Tree of Life.” Journal of Microbiology and

Biology Education. 16:98-99

Athanasios Liapis and R. Bruttini, “The Drying Rates of Spray Freeze Drying Systems Increase through the Use of

Stratified Packed Bed Structures”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 90, 515-522, 2015

Athanasios Liapis, J.C. Wang, and R. Bruttini, “Dehydration and Rehydration of Polymeric Porous Media Studied by

Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Simulations”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 54, 11065-11074,

2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and M.S.Vesvikar, Effect of Scale on Hydrodynamics of Internal Gas-Lift Loop Reactor-Type An-aerobic Digester Using CFD, Chemical product and process Modeling,10,3,179-192,2015.

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and S.A. Gheni, Assessing the Feasibility of Optical Probe in Phase Holdup Measurements and Flow Regime Identification, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 13, 3, 369-379, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Moses Kagumba, Impact of Internals Size and Configuration on Bubble Dynamics for Alter-native Clean Fuels Production, I&EC Research, 54, 4, 1359-1372, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, K.Anuar Mohd Salleh, H.Koo Lee, Studying local liquid velocity in liquid-solid packed bed using the newly developed X-ray DIR technique,Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, Volume 42,1-5,2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Rahman S. Abdulmohsin, Characteristics of Convective Heat Transport in a Packed Pebble-Bed Reactor Using Novel Non-Invasive Heat Transfer Probe, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 284, pp. 143-152 DOI information: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2014.11.041, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Fadha Shakir Ahmed, Brent A. Sensenich, and Saba A. Gheni, Bubble Dynamics in 2D Bubble Column: Comparison between High-Speed Camera Imaging Analysis and 4-Point Optical Probe, Chemical Engineering Communi-cations, 202, 85–95, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Efhaima, Local time-averaged gas holdup in fluidized bed reactor using gamma ray comput-ed tomography technique (CT), International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 6 ,3, 143-152, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Albdiri Amer, and Aastha Ojha, Study of local gas holdup and interfacial area in a split-column airlift bioreactor using sophisticated 4-point optical probe for culturing microalgae/cyanobacteria, Chemical Engineer-ing Communication, Vol. 202, Issue 7, 892-898, 2015

Joontaek Park, M. Oliva, N.R. Hargrave, and Dimitri Feys, “Simulation of Yield-Stress Fluid in a Rotational Rheometer:

The Effect of the Vane Geometry on Cement Flows”, The Proceedings of 2015 COMSOL Conference in Boston (2015)

http://www.comsol.com/paper/simulation-of-yield-stress-fluid-in-a-rotaional-rheometer-the-effect-of-vane-ge-25502

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, M.T. Kao, P. J., S. Usman, I.A. Said, M.M. Taha, and Rizwan-Uddin, Investigation of Plenum-to-Plenum Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics under Natural Circulation in a Scaled-Down Dual Channel Module Mimicking Prismatic VHTR core using CFD, Proceedings of the 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hy-draulics (NURETH-16), Aug 30-Sept 4, 2015 Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, M. M. Kao, Rizwan-Uddin, S. Usman, P. Jain, I. A. Said, and M. M. Taha, Investigation of Plenum-to-Plenum Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics under Natural Circulation in a Scaled Down Dual Channel Module Mimick-ing Prismatic VHTR core with using CFD, American Nuclear Society (ANS) (in Transaction), Nuclear Thermal Hydraulic, Chicago, August 30 – September 1, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Neven Yousif Ali, and Thaar M. Aljuwaya, Detailed 3D Solids Dynamics of Gas-Solid Spouted Beds Using Gamma Ray Computed Tomography (CT) and Radioactive Particle Tracking (RPT) Techniques, American Nu-clear Society, San Antonio, TX, June 7-11, 2015 (in transaction)

Supata Barua; Bioresponsive Polymer Coating for Drug Nanorods, full utility application, 2015

Supata Baura; Engineering Polymer Nanoparticles for Bacterial Purification, full utility application 2015

Xinhua Liang and Rajankumar L. Patel, Enhanced Performance of Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes with Doping and Thin

Film Coating

Dr. Xinhua Liang, Nanostructured catalysts prepared by atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALC/MLC), Department

of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, MO, October 5, 2015

Dr. Xinhua Liang, Nanostructured catalysts prepared by atomic/molecular layer deposition (ALD, MLD), Department

of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, MO, November 20, 2015

Ali Rownaghi, Seminar, Environmental Research Centre, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO April 2015

Supata Barua, Engineering Biomaterials to Better Health. CBSE, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2015

Supata Barua, Shape Does Matter Designing Materials. Invited Talk, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 2015

Fateme Rezaei, 8th Sino-US Joint Chemical Engineering Conference, Shanghai, China, October 2015

Fateme Rezaei, Seminar, Physics Department, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, October 2015

Fateme Rezaei, Seminar, ChE Department, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, February 2015

David Westenberg, Biointeractive - Winogradsky Comuns. National Association of Biology Teachers, Providence, RI,

November 2015

David Westenberg, Hot Stuff at Missouri S&T: The Aesthetics and Technical Appeal of Glass. 2015. University of Mis-

souri Board of Curators, April 2015. Along with undergraduates; Richard Brow, Erica Ronchetto, Rachel Connell, Mary

Reidmeyer and Taylor Davis

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Advanced Measurements Techniques for Benchmarking Modeling and CFD and for New Mechanistic Approaches for Enabling Scale-up of Energy, Water, Environment and Food Nexsus Processes, Arab Acade-my of Science, Amman, Jordan, December 5-6, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, CFD Benchmarking for Enabling Scale-up from Labs to Industrial Scales via Advanced Measure-ment Techniques, International Symposium on Advances in Hydroprocessing of Oil Fractions (ISAHOF 2015), Cuernava-ca, Mexico, June 6-11, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, H. Al-Bazaz, V. Alexander, Performance Evaluation of Onstream Catalyst Replacement (OCR) Reactor Using Advanced Measurement Techniques, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), Kuwait, December 30, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Students, Arab Cluture of Middle east and North Africa, Global Culture Exchange Program, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering epartment, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, October, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Best Practices for Implementing Chemical Safety and security in Iraqi Universities and Lesson Leant, Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), University Chemical Safety and Security Frame Work, Workshop support-ed by US State Department, Istanbul, Turkey, September 13-17, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Trends in Minimizing Industrial wastes for Sustainable Environment, SYMPHOS 2015, Marra-kech, 18-20 Amy, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Gas Conversion to Clean Liquid Fuels and Chemicals via Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Bubble Column: Some of Its Recent Advances & Benchmarking CFD and Models, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, February 25, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Gas Conversion to Clean Liquid Fuels and Chemicals via Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Bubble Column: Some of Its Recent Advances & Benchmarking CFD and Models, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, February 25, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Advanced Measurement Techniques for Benchmarking CFD and Models for Multiphase Reac-tors and Flow Systems, UOP, Chicago, February 25, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Recent Advances on Particle-Fluid Systems and the Related Advanced Measurement and Com-puting Techniques, PSRI (Particulate Solid Research Inc.), Chicago, February 24, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Advanced Studies of Multiphase Reactors via Advanced Measuremnent and Computing Tech-niques, GTI, Chicago, February 26, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Gas Conversion to Clean Liquid Fuels and Chemicals via Fischer-Tropsch Slurry Bubble Column: Some of Its Recent Advances & Benchmarking CFD and Models, New Results and New advanced techniques for Multi-phase Industrial Processes, India National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India, January 2, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Improved Fundamental Understanding of Industrial Multiphase Processes Using Advanced Techniques, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, January1, 2015

Jee-Ching Wang, Roberto Bruttini, and Athanasios I Liapis, “Molecular Modeling and Simulation Studies of the Dehy-

dration and Rehydration of a Food Material with an Added Food Preservative”, DOF 2015 - 6th International Symposi-

um on Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems, July 16, 2015, Paris, France

Jee-Ching Wang, Roberto Bruttini, and Athanasios I Liapis, “Molecular Modeling and Simulation Studies of the Micro-

scopic Mechanisms Involved during Dehydration and Rehydration of Food Systems”, 12th International Congress on

Engineering and Food, June 15, 2015, Quebec City, Canada

Daniel Forciniti, “Assessment of Textbook-Free Courses in the Biochemical Engineering Field as Vehicles for Lifelong

Learning—Final Report.” Missouri S&T presented at the Teaching and Learning Technology Conference 2015, Rolla,

MO, March 13, 2015

Daniel Forciniti, About Misfolded Proteins, Dementia and Death: A chemical Engineering perspective. September

2015. OXW, University of Missouri Roll, Rolla, MO.

Daniel Forcinit, About Argentina, its land and its people. September 2015. World Culture Series, University of Mis-

souri-Rolla, Rolla, MO.

Ali Rownaghi, High-Performance ZIF-8 Membranes Fabricated By Interfacial Microfluidic Processing in Polymeric Hol-

low Fibers, North American Membrance Society, Boston, April 2015

Joontaek Park, N. Banerjee, and D.W. Mead, “A Constitutive Model for Monodisperse and Polydisperse Entangled

Polymers Incorporating Binary Entanglement Pair Dynamics and a Configuration Dependent Friction Coefficient”, AIChE

Annual Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8 - 12 (2015)

Joontaek Park, “Steric-Entropic Effect on the Aspect Ratio-Based Separation of Rod-like Particles in Field-Flow Fraction-

ation”, AIChE Annual Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8 - 12 (2015)

Joontaek Park, J.Choi, S. Kim, E-C Jung, K-R Yoon, and S. Lee, “Student on elution behavior of non-spherical gold nano-

particles in asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (AF4)”, The 116th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Socie-

ty, Daegu, South Korea, October 14 - 16 (2015)

Joontaek Park, D.W. Mead, and N. Banerjee, “A Constitutive Model for Monodisperse and Polydisperse Entangled

Polymers Incorporating Binary Entanglement Pair Dynamics and a Configuration Dependent

Friction Coefficient”, 87th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, =Baltimore, MD, October 11 - 15 (2015)

Joontaek Park, A.M. Oliva, N.R. Hargrave, and Dimitri Feys, “Simulation of Yield-Stress Fluid in a Rotational Rheome-

ter: The Effect of the Vane Geometry on Cement Flows”, 2015 COMSOL Conference in Boston, Boston, MA, October 5 -

8 (2015)

Supata Barua and Dunlap, K., Engineering Shape Specific Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery. CBSE Poster Competition,

3rd place Winner, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, May 2015

Supata Barua and Donnell, M., Polymeric Nanoparticles Remove Endotoxin from Medical Equipment. OURE and

CBSE Poster Competition, 1st place Winner, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, May 2015

Supata Barua and Dennell, M., Engineering Nanoparticulate Films to Save Lives, AIChE Annual Meeting, 3rd place

Winner, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015

Supata Baura and Laemthong, T., Engineering Bioresponsive Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, AIChE Annual Meeting,

Salt Lake City, UT, 2015

David Westenberg, 2015, Hands-on synthetic biology in the classroom. ASM Conference on Undergraduat Education,

Austin, TX

David Westenberg, 2015, BioBuilder—Bringing Science and Technology problem solving into the K-12 and undergradu-

ate classroom. Teach and Learning Technology Conference, Rolla, MO

Xinhua Liang and Rajankumar Patel, Significant performance enhancement of lithium-ion battery through ultra-thin

conductive film coated electrode particles, 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015

Xinhua Liang and Zeyu Shang, Thermally stable, coke-resistant Ni nanoparticle catalysts prepared by atomic/molecular

layer deposition for dry reforming of methane, 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015

Xinhua Liang and Rajankumar L. Patel, Lithium-ion battery cathodes coated with ultra-thin conductive films for long

cycle life, 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015

Xinhua Liang and Rajankumar, Significant capacity improvement and long cycle-life of lithium-ion battery through

thin film stabilized cathode particles, 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015

Xinhua Liang and Zeyu Shang, Core-shell structured supported size-selective catalysts with high catalytic activity, 227th

ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015

Xinhua Liang, Yongbo Dan, Honglan Shi, and Chady Stephan, Rapid analysis of TiO2 nanoparticles in sunscreen using

single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry method, Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition, New Or-

leans, LA, March 2015

Fateme Rezaei, E.G. Moschette, S. Negretti, K.M. Chepigo, N. Brunelli, Y. Labreche, Y. Feng, R.P. Lifely, W.J. Koros,

H.M. L. Davies, and C.W. Jones, Composite Polymer/Oxide Hollow Fibers As Scalable Continuous Reactors for Heteroge-

neous Catalysis in Flow Chemistry, AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015

Athanasios Liapis, J.C. Wang, and R. Bruttini, “Molecular Modeling and Simulation Studies of the Microscopic Mecha-

nisms involved during Dehydration and Rehydration of Food Systems”, International Congress on Engineering and Food

(ICEF 12), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 2015

Athanasios Liapis, J.C. Wang, and R. Bruttini, “Molecular Modeling and Simulation Studies of the Dehydration and

Rehydration of a Food Material with an Added Food Preservative”, Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems

2015, 6th International Symposium, Paris, France, July 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Vineet Alexander, and Hamza Al-Bazzaz, Phase distribution, local maldistribution and back mix-ing behavior identification in upflow hydrotreater reactor using two tip optical probe. AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Vineet Alexander, and Hamza Al-Bazzaz, Gas mixing behavior studies in upflow moving packed bed hydrotreating reactor using developed gas tracer technique for multiphase systems AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT ,November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Abdelsalam Efhaima, Assessment of Scale-up Dimensionless groups Methodology of gas-solid Fluidized beds using advanced non-invasive measurement techniques (CT & RPT), AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT ,November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, M. M. Kao, P. Jain, I.A. Said , M. M. Taha, S. Usman, and Rizwan-uddin, Studding Plenum to Plenum (P2P) Natural Circulation Phenomena in a Dual Channel Scaled Module of VHTR Design by Using the CFD, AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT ,November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, I.A. Said, M. M. Taha, and S. Usman, Experimental and Computational Investigations of Ple-num-to-Plenum Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics Under Natural Circulation in a Prismatic Very High Temperature Reac-tor, AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and Ahmed Jasim, Impact of configuration of Heat Exchanging Internals on Symmetric Behavior of Bubble Dynamics of a Bubble Column, AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 8 – 13, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Neven Ali, and Thaar Al-Juwaya, Non-invasive measurement of the 3D particle velocity and tur-bulent parameters fields of gas-solid spouted beds by means of radioactive particle tracking (RPT), 7th International Symposium on Process Tomography, The Westin Bellevue, Dresden, Germany, 1 - 3 September 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Neven Ali, and Thaar Al-Juwaya, Non-destructive measurement of phase cross section distribu-tion in gas-solid spouted bed via gamma ray computed tomography (CT), 7th International Symposium on Process To-mography, The Westin Bellevue, Dresden, Germany, 1 - 3 September 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, M. M. Kao , I.A. Said, M. M. Taha , S. Usman , P. Jain , and Rizwan-uddin, Investigation of Ple-num-to-Plenum Heat Transfer and Ga Dynamics under Natural Circulation in a Scaled down Dual Channel Module Mim-icking Prismatic VHTR Core with using CFD,16th International Topic Meeting On Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL ,Aug30 – Sept 4,2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan and N.I.Zouli, Enhancement of heat transfer coefficient by using nanoparticles for desalination plants, 2nd International Conference on Desalination Using Membrane Technology, Singapore, 26-29 July 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Vineet Alexander, Mohd Fitri Abdul Rahman, and Hamza Al-Bazzaz, Phase distribution, Local Maldistribution and Back Mixing Behavior using two tip optical probe and statistical/chaotice time series analysis ap-proach to determine and to on-line monitor local flow using gamma ray densitometry in upflow moving packed bed hydrotreating reactor, 12th International conference on gas-liquid and gas liquid solid reactor engineering (GLS12), New work, june28-july1, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Ahmed Jasim, and A. Sultan, Impact of internals and their height from gas distributor on gas holdup and bubble dynamics in a bubble column, 12th International conference on gas-liquid and gas liquid solid reac-tor engineering (GLS12), New work, june28-july1, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Neven Yousif Ali, Thaar Al-Juwaya, and M. Aljuwaya, Detailed 3D Solids Dynamics of Gas-Solid Spouted Beds Using Gamma Ray Computed Tomography (CT) and Radioactive Particle Tracking (RPT) Techniques, ANS 2015 Annual Meeting, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, June 7 – 11, 2015

Muthanna Al-Dahhan, I.A. Said, M. M. Taha, and S. Usman, Plenum-to-Plenum Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics, 2015 Graduate Research Showcase, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, April 1st, 2015

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