Faculty

Shahzad Barghi

Assistant Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Multiphase reactors, Biomass gasification, Titania and carbon nan-otube production, Fixed bed reactors, Reactive Drying, Wastewater treatment, Membrane bioreactor, Air pollution, Odor abatement, Process development and design

Amarjeet Bassi

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Bioenergy, Biofuels, Microalgae, Bioseparations, biosensors, bacteriorhodopsin, liquid solid circulating fluidized beds

Maurice Bergougnou

Adjunct Research Professor / Professor Emeritus

Research interests / Specializations: Fluidization, jet-impact reactor, fluidized beds, ultra-rapid reactors

Franco Berruti

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Gas-solid fluidized beds; chemical reactor engineering; heavy oil upgrading; cracking and coking reactions; thermal cracking of biomass and solid wastes; bio-oil; hydrodynamic modeling; gas-liquid feed jets

Cedric Briens

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Ffluidization and particulate operations

Lauren Briens

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Downstream pharmaceutical particulate manufacturing operations; the research emphasis is on sensor development for improved monitoring and investigation of operation parameters on particulate characteristics including flowability

Paul Charpentier

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Developing new “green nanotechnologies” for environmentally-friendly and alternative energy applications

Hugo de Lasa

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical reactors, fluidization

Elizabeth Gillies

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Biomaterials; nanomaterials; polymers; oligomers; dendrimers; organic synthesis; polymer synthesis; therapeutics; imaging; contrast agents; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry

Hassan Gomaa

Adjunct Research Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Membrane Emulsification and Demulsification, Self-cleaning membrane ultra-and microfiltration, Application of Supported Liquid Membranes (SLM) in bioseparation, Hydrogen production using direct solar radiation(DSSC), Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes (EDBP)

Jose Herrera

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Bridge the gaps between materials science, surface science, heterogeneous catalysis and environmental engineering; and to understand the interactions between heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions and surface phenomena

Andrew Hrymak

Professor and Dean

Research interests / Specializations: Problems with complex rheology, multiple phases and multiple length scales

DImitre Karamanev

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering and Fluid Flow

Argyrios Margaritis

Adjunct Research Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Bio-Environmental Engineering, Biofuels (ethanol, butanol and hydrogen gas), Biopolymers, Bioprocess Design, Controlled Release of Pharmaceuticals from Nanoparticles, Fermentation, Fluidized Bioreactors, Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Biopharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals

Kibret Mequanint

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair

Research interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering; 3D scaffold fabrication; cell-material interaction and signaling; polyurethanes; bioreactor; extracellular matrix proteins, mass transfer

George Nakhla

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal, leachate treatment, treatment process modeling, treatment process optimization, hazardous wastes biotreatment, in-situ bioremediation, activated carbon adsorption

Anand Prakash

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Multiphase particulate systems; three-phase slurry bubble column reactors, ultrasonic techniques, sulfur removal, ammonia removal

Ajay Ray

Professor and Chair

Research interests / Specializations: Reaction Engineering, Photocatalysis, Simulated Moving Bed Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Multi-objective Optimization, Process Systems and Engineering, Integrated Reactor-Separator, Chemical Process Development

Mita Ray

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Gas-solid Separation, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Particle Technology, Environmental Modeling

Lars Rehmann

Assistant Professor and Graduate Chair

Research interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Green Process Engineering, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Lignocellulose Processing, Biopolymers, Bioreactor Design, In-situ Product Recovery, Environmental Engineering

Amin Rizkalla

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Biomaterials, synthesis, bioactive glass-ceramic, dental, crystallization, cement, nano-composite, sol-gel, mechanical, physical, chemical, coating, scaffold

Sohrab Rohnai

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Crystallization includes detailed experimental study of the kinetics of nucleation, growth, agglomeration, and breakage in batch and continuous systems

Wankei Wan

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: biomaterials, medical devices, hydrogels, biocellulose, cardiovascular devices, wound dressing, controlled release, nanomaterial. nanocomposite, degradable polymer

Chunbao (Charles) Xu

Associate Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Biorefinery, particularly for the production of bio-energy, bio-fuels, bio-chemicals and biomaterials from forest biomass and forestry residues

Jin Zhang

Assistant Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Design, processing, surface modification, and characterization of nanocomposites for the applications in bioengineering, tissue regeneration, and sustainable energy

Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu

Professor

Research interests / Specializations: Fluidization, powder technology, ultrafine powders, reactor design, powder coating, pharmaceutical tablet coating, pulmonary drug delivery, biological processes, wastewater treatment