Rowan University - Chemical Engineering and Industry OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS

1. Rowan University - Chemical Engineeringand IndustryOPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS C. Stewart Slater Professor and Chair Department of Chemical Engineering Fall 2000

3. Rowan Engineering • Four basic degree programs • Chemical • Civil • Electrical & Computer • Mechanical • Highly selective students • 1250 SAT, Top 15% • 450 undergraduates • Master of Science program • Aid in economic development of region

4. Curricular Features • Project based curriculum • Teamwork approach to problem solving • Communication skills • Hands-on laboratories • Modern computer tools • Safety and environmental issues • Economics/business • Industrial partnerships All of these are integrated throughout the curriculum and are best represented in our Rowan Engineering Clinics

5. Rowan Engineering Clinics • Freshman Clinic • Measurements • Teamwork • Problem solving • Sophomore Clinic • Multidisciplinary design • Communication skills

6. Junior and Senior Clinics • Projects vary in scope and complexity • Applied research, development, design • Involve multiple disciplines • Engineering, Science, Business • Industry mentorship • Typical length: 1 year • Base sponsorship level: $10K/semester

7. Univ. Delaware Univ. Massachusetts Virginia Tech Rowan - 4 Johnson Matthey - 2 Algroup Wheaton Best Buy Management DuPont Campbell Soup Co. Lucent Merck Student PlacementClass of 2000 INDUSTRY ACADEMIC

8. Student Achievements • First Class - May 2000 • 1st Place in the National AIChE Environmental Engineering Team Competition • Best Undergraduate Presentation and Poster at the annual UNI-TECH Student Conference. • 2000 Zeisberg award from Delaware Valley section of AIChE for outstanding student design report. • 2000 Mid-Atlantic Section – Student Paper Competition Winner

9. Chemical Engineering Facilities • Henry M. Rowan Hall - $28M 95,000 sq.ft. • Laboratory modules that serve a wide variety of research and educational needs • Bench and pilot-scale systems representing different areas of process engineering • Analytical instrumentation • Computer hardware and software

10. Selected equipment holding of Chemical Engineeringutilized in teaching and research activities Liquid-Liquid Extraction Column Climbing Film Evaporator

11. Fluidized Bed Multiphase Mixing

12. Ultrafiltration/ Microfiltration System Reverse Osmosis System

13. Electrodialysis Membrane System Pervaporation Membrane System

14. HPLC Fermentation

15.  Catalytic Reactor System with FTIR Tubular Flow and CSTR Systems

16.  Specialty Chemical Pilot Plant Packed Columns for Gas-Liq Absorption 

17. Computer-controlled Distillation Column

18. Chemical Engineering Faculty Capabilities • Recognized teacher-scholars • Active in professional societies • Grants from major federal agencies • NSF, DOE, EPA, etc. • Experience with industrial projects • National award recognition • 4 Dow Outstanding Faculty Awards • George Westinghouse Award • Chester Carlson Award • DuPont Young Faculty Fellowship

19. Kevin D. Dahm(Ph.D. MIT)Assistant Professor • Mechanistic modeling of complex reacting systems • Development of software for chemical process modeling in traditional and emerging fields - MODELLA • Theoretical treatment of diffuse reflectance data • Experimental design • Novel process modeling, analysis and control • Shakespearean actor, playwright and director

20. Dianne Dorland(Ph.D. West Virginia Univ.) Dean of Engineering and Professor • Hazardous waste management • Process development • Engineering management/administration • Educational research and methods development • International folk dance, blueberry farmer

21. Stephanie Farrell(Ph.D. NJIT)Associate Professor • Development and modeling of controlled release systems • Membrane separations • Ultrafiltration, microfiltration, electrodialysis • Liquid membranes and hollow fiber separations • Biochemical processing • Educational research / methods development • Egyptologist

22. Robert P. Hesketh(Ph.D. Delaware)Professor • Reactor design - kinetics and catalysis • Separations • fluid/ particle separations • extraction, distillation • membrane separations - ultra/microfiltration, electrodialysis • hybrid ceramic membrane-reactors • Multiphase flow and mixing • Specialty chemical pilot plant development • Laboratory methods for visualization of chemical engineering practice and principles • Cello playing and orienteering

23. Example Clinic Project • Sponsor: Johnson-Matthey, Inc. • Topic: Evaluation of novel separation process for the recovery of precious metals from process streams • Length: 2 semesters • Student team: 3 ChE & 1 Chemist • Cost: $30K • Intellectual property rights: Flexible

24. Example Clinic Project (con’t) • Sample outcomes • Literature review • Critical analysis of vendor capabilities • Experimental testing • Modeling and verification • Economic process analysis • Student lab results were used to predict pilot plant performance in England, and this was verified • Faculty and students have continued at local plant over summer

25. Kathryn A. Hollar (Ph.D. Cornell)Assistant Professor • Biochemical engineering: • bioprocess design • pharmaceutical production • food processing • consumer products • bioconversion • sterile processing, etc. • Fermentation and downstream separations process research and development • Dual degree in English Literature and ChE

26. Zenaida Otero Gephardt(Ph.D. Delaware)Associate Professor • Statistical process analysis and experimental design in the chemical industry • Multiphase processing • Supercritical fluid extraction • Electrophotographic particle flow and processing • Educational research and methods development

27. James A. Newell (Ph.D. Clemson)Associate Professor • Novel materials properties and performance • Novel uses for high-performance polymers • Tensile and compressive failure modeling in polymers • Silicon carbide fiber and composite production • Outcomes assessment in engineering • Educational research/methods development • Stock investing

28. Mariano J. Savelski (Ph.D. Oklahoma)Assistant Professor • “Green chemistry” - environmentally benign manufacturing - R&D for pollution prevention • Wastewater minimization, reuse and recovery • Food process technology • Design of heat and mass exchanger networks • Design of alternate chemical pathways • Computer process simulation and optimization • HAZOP and safety analysis • Physical fitness / weight training

29. C. Stewart Slater (Ph.D. Rutgers)Professor and Chair • Membrane process R&D: pervaporation, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, gas separation and novel membranes • Biochemical/pharmaceutical/food engineering purification processes • Specialty chemical purification processes • Wastewater minimization: reuse and recovery • Novel educational methods in separation science and technology • Horticulturist

30. Potential Interactions • Undergraduate student internships • Full-time hiring • Clinic projects • Faculty consulting/ Summer employment • Rowan Masters program • Technology transfer, workshops • Industrial seminars, Plant Design “consultants”, Adjunct, etc.

31. South Jersey Technology Center at Rowan University • NJ Commission on Science and Technology sponsored facility • Administered by the College of Engineering through Rowan Foundation • Advanced technology projects • Business incubator for start-ups

32. Dianne Dorland, Dean and Professor of Chemical Engineering 856-256-5300, dorland@rowan.edu Marvin L. Harris, Process Technician 856-256-5319, harrism@rowan.edu Catherine Barrett, Secretary 856-256-5310, barrett@rowan.edu • Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028, Tel: 856-256-5310, Fax: 856-256-5242 • C. Stewart Slater, Professor and Chair • 856-256-5312, slater@rowan.edu • Kevin D. Dahm, Assistant Professor • 856-256-5318, dahm@rowan.edu • Stephanie Farrell, Associate Professor • 856-256-5315, farrell@rowan.edu • Robert P. Hesketh, Professor • 856-256-5313, hesketh@rowan.edu • Kathryn A. Hollar, Assistant Professor • 856-256-5348, hollar@rowan.edu • Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Associate Professor • 856-256-5314, keil@rowan.edu • James A. Newell, Associate Professor • 856-256-5316, newell@rowan.edu • Mariano J. Savelski, Assistant Professor • 856-256-5317, savelski@rowan.edu