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Area of Specialization:

Environmental engineering, biomediation, membrane and reactors, extraction and absorption.

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University (1984)

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University (1986)

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University (1990)

Keith Schimmel joined the faculty of North Carolina A&T as an assistant professor in 1990 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996. In the summer of 1991 he served as a faculty fellow for EG&G Idaho, Inc.

He has been an officer of the Triad Chemical Engineers Club (Vice President 94-95, President 95-96) and was the department's 1996 nominee for Outstanding College of Engineering Researcher. Principal

Publications of Last Five Years:

Schimmel, K.A., Wurie, A., Ilias, S., Pegram, J.E., "Membrane Packaging System to Permit Safe Hydration of Freeze-Dried Contents with Impure Water," Journal of Food Science, vol. 61(3), pp. 1-4 (1996).

MacKinnon, R.J., Schimmel, K.A., Loehr, C.A., Best, J.F., Wolfram, J.H., "Scaling In Situ Bioremediation Problems by Application of Multiphase, Multicomponent Transport Theory," Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 158, pp. 123-156 (1997).

Rodriguez de San Miguel, E., Aguilar, J.C., Bernal, J.P., Ballinas, M.L., M.T.J. Rodriguez, J. de Gyves, and Schimmel, K.A., "Extraction of Cu(II), Fe(III), Ga(III), Ni(II), In(III), Co(II), Zn(II), and Pb(II) with LIX 984 Dissolved in n-Heptane," Hydrometallurgy, vol. 47(1), pp. 19-30 (1997).

Ilias, S., Schimmel, K.A., Yezek, P.M., "Non-Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Copper and Zinc from an Aqueous Solution by DEHPA and LIX 984 I a Hollow Fiber Membrane Module," Separation Science and Technology, (Accepted 3/30/98).

Yezek, P.M., Schimmel, K.A., Ilias, S., "Extraction of Zinc and Copper from Dilute Aqueous Solution using Di(2-Ethylhexyl)Phosphoric Acid (DEHPA) and LIX 984," Fourth Annual HBCU/Private Sector - Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, Greensboro, NC, April 2-4, 1996.

Dudley, J.H., Haggins, C.E., and Schimmel, K.A., "Simultaneous SO2/NO Removal and Recovery from Flue Gas Using Hollow Fiber Supported Nondispersive Extraction," Fourth Annual HBCU/Private Sector - Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, Greensboro, NC, April 2-4, 1996.

Schimmel, K.A., Ilias, S., Wei, J., "Synthetic Membrane Technology: Research on a Critical Technology for Industrial Ecology," Fourth Annual HBCU/Private Sector - Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, Greensboro, NC, April 2-4, 1996.

Schimmel, K.A., Ilias, S., Srinivas, A., Nukunya, T., "Nondispersive Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper and Zinc by DEHPA and Stripping with EDTA," National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology, Greensboro, NC, September 8-10, 1998.

Narayanan, J.V., Schimmel, K.A.., Powell, R., Carmichael, L., Terry, T., "Modeling of the Effect of Thermal In Situ Technologies on the Dynamics of Subsurface Microorganisms," National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology, Greensboro, NC, September 8-10, 1998.

Jayaraman, P., Schimmel, K.A., McQueen, D., Jordan, T., "Comparative Study of Biodegradabilities of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors," National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology, Greensboro, NC, September 8-10, 1998.

Carmichael, L., Perlman, R., Jayaraman, V., Schimmel, K.A., "Lab-Scale Resistive Heating Effect on Soil Microbial Communities," In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, The Fifth International Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 19-22, 1999.

Schimmel, K.A., Francis, S., "Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum - NASA's Microgravity Bioreactor," 1999 ASEE Proceedings, (Submitted 2/99).

Schimmel, K.A., "Classroom Demonstrations of Separation Principles," 1999 ASEE Proceedings, (Submitted 2/99).