Research
| The faculty
members of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University
of Akron have distinguished themselves as noteworthy
researchers on many fronts. While the individual research efforts
of the faculty members have proven to be significant, many of
the
faculty members also collaborate with their peers from the
University of Akron, other academic institutions, government
agencies and private industry on various research endeavors.
The links below provide information about some of the
collaborative efforts in which our faculty members are currently
involved. |
The department's major research apparatuses include gas
chromatographs; gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry; BET;
differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric
analysis; FT-IR, HPLC, XRF, and heat release equipment;
laser and light scattering equipment; pilot scale bubble
cap and packed towers; extruders; biochemcial reactors;
sterilizers. In addition, students have access to the extensive
library and computer facilities at the University and to
external supercomputer facilities.
The departmental research performance is evidenced by over
$1.9 million in research funding for the last three years and
an average of three papers per faculty. The departmental
research performance ranks as one of the top 70 departments
in the country.
The department faculty has shared the same agenda of striving
for excellence in academic research by publishing in the
Institute of Science-Citation Index journals. The department
has shown a steady increase in research performance as
evidenced by over $1.9 million research funding for the last
three years and an average of three papers per year in
mainstream-ISI recognized journals by the tenured faculty over
the period 1993-97. The current total funding for the five-year
average is $78,215. Average federal funding over the same
period id $38,356. The department research performance ranks
as one of the top 70 chemical engineering department in the
country.
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- Biochemical
Engineering
- Biomaterial
- Biomaterials
and Biocatalysis
- Catalysis
- Chaotic
Processes
- Colloids
- Compressor
Dynamics
- Controlled
Drug Release
- Dynamic
Time Series Analysis
- Environmental
Biotechnology
- Environmentally
Benign Synthesis
- Heat
Transfer
- Light
Scattering Techniques
- Materials
Processing and CVD
- Molecular
Modeling
- Multiphase
Processes
- Nonlinear
Control
- Polymer
Tissue Engineering
- Polymerization
- Reaction
Engineering
- Sonochemical
Processing
- Supercritical
Fluid Technology
- Surface
Modification and Polymer Thin Film
- Thermodynamics
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