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Professor

Area of Specialization:
Mixing, dispersion, phase contacting, turbulence, Newtonian, non-Newtonian and multi-phase flow behavior, image processing for flow measurement, liquid/liquid dispersion, gas dispersion, power consumption, solids suspension, remote temperature measurement.
Degrees:
B.S. Chemical Engineering University of Pittsburgh (1972)
M.S. Chemical Engineering Ohio State University (1974)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Ohio State University (1977)
Gary Tatterson joined the department as a Full Professor in 1989. He previously served as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University (1979-88) and University of South Carolina (1977-79).
He was named the departments Teacher of the Year for the 1998-99 academic year.
Principal Publications of Last Five Years:
Professional Books:
Scaleup and Design for Industrial Mixing Processes, professional level reference text, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Oct., 1993.
Journal Publications:
Tatterson, Gary B., "Scaling Based Upon Process Similarity and Scale Matching Concepts", Process Mixing II: Chemical and Biochemical Applications, AIChE Symposium, 1993, ed. G.B. Tatterson, W.R. Penney & R.V. Calabrese.
Symposium Publications:
Industrial Mixing Technology: Chemical and Biological Applications, AIChE Symposium 299, co editors Roy Penny & R.V. Calabrese, 1994. Process Mixing II: Chemical and Biochemical Applications, AIChE Symposium 293, co editors Roy Penney & R.V. Calabrese, 1993.
Non-Referred Publications:
"Scaleup: a process, not a rule", Chem. Proc., May, 1994. APlaying
Sherlock Holmes@, Chemical Processing, June 1998, p. 11.
ADoing the Simple Things@, Chemical Processing, July 1998, p. 9.
A The Application of the Fundamentals@, Chemical Processing, August
1998, p. 6.
AState Your Process Objectives@, Chemical Processing, September 1998,
p. 10.
ARetrofits can Salvage Aging Plants@, Chemical Processing, October
1998, p. 9.