The faculty members in the department have research interests in diffusion through porous media, mixing, thermodynamics, surface and interfacial phenomena, membrane separations and membrane reactors, process dynamics and control, chemical reaction engineering, computational fluid mechanics, environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and biochemical engineering. Research in most of these areas are funded through State and Federal agencies. The department has already established research laboratories for diffusion measurements, thermodynamics, and membrane science. The department has two gas chromatographs, a high performance liquid chromatograph, an FTIR, and an atomic absorption spectrometer.

Yusuf G. Adewuyi, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Iowa.
Research Interests:
Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis
Environmental Engineering

Shamsuddin Ilias, Associate Professor, PhD, Queen's University at Kingston.
Research Interests:
Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics
Membrane Separations and Membrane Reactors
Environmental Engineering

Vinayak N. Kabadi, Professor & Director of FAST Center for Environmental Remediation, Fate and Transport of Hazardous Chemical, PhD, Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests:
Thermodynamics by Computer Simulations
Thermodynamics of Coal Liquids
Environmental Engineering

Franklin G. King, Professor & Chairman, D.Sc., Stevens Institute of Technology.
Research Interests:
Process Dynamics and Control
Diffusion through Porous Media
Aseptic Processing and Packaging

Kenneth L. Roberts, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of South Carolina
Research Interests:
Reaction Engineering
Environmental Catalysis
Synthesis of Noble Structured Materials

Keith A. Schimmel, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator, PhD, Northwestern University.
Research Interests:
Membrane Separations and Membrane Reactors
Multiphase Flow
Bioremediation
Environmental Engineering

Gary B. Tatterson, Professor, PhD, The Ohio State University.
Research Interests:
Turbulence & Mixing
Multiphase Flow
Plant Design

Examples of Department Research Projects