Scope & Range of Services

1.  Explosion and fire from spark-ignited solvent fumes.
Prepared technical report on solvent volatility, spread of fumes, and
source of ignition. Identified human errors.

2.  Toxins spread from a leaking lagoon for chemical wastes.
Deposition testimony on process that produced chemical wastes, on
alternative methods of disposal, and exposures.

3.   Personal injury to workers from factory lead fumes.
Analyzed air pollution data for plaintiff, prepared report, and
testified in jury trial on exposures and EPA/OSHA standards.

4.  Fire spread by combustible vegetable oil in storage.
Prepared report on hazards of storage in relation to the spontaneous
combustion that is well known to persons trained in the field.

5.  Patent infringement on a corrosion-protective coating.
Explained complex chemistry of process to distinguish between competing
patents.  Prepared report and deposition.

6.  Spontaneous combustion of a supermarket charcoal.
Explained mechanism of spontaneous combustion, prepared report on cause
and origin of fire.

7.  Chemical wastes from leaks in pharmaceuticals plant.
Analyzed causes of underground leakage, alternative storage, and
process techniques.

8.  Injuries from explosion in a pharmaceuticals plant.
Identified causes of explosion as well as the chemicals and process
techniques that produced hazard.

9.   Fire caused by storage of combustible naphthalene.
Reported on flammability of naphthalene, its heating characteristics
and hazards, origins of massive fire.

10.  Explosion and fire in a drum disposal facility.
Identified the source of a fire in a drum thought to be empty of a
flammable solvent.

EDUCATION
     BS ChE (Magna Cum Laude), New York University
     Doctorate in Chemical Engineering, Yale University

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania
     Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1967-present.
     University Judicial Administrator, 1996-98.
     University Ombudsman, 1990-93.
     Acting Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1985-86.
     Chairman of Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, 1972-77.
     Chairman of Graduate Group in Chemical Engineering, 1969-72.
     Acting Director, School of Chemical Engineering, 1970-71.

University of Rome, Italy, Department of Chemistry, Visiting Professor, 1987.

Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Visiting Professor, 1978 and 1987.

University of Manchester (England), Institute of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor, 1968-69.

Harvard University, Research Fellow in Engineering, 1964-65.

University of Illinois, Urbana, Assistant Professor, 1958-64.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Environmental Research, 1995.
Mobil Research & Development Corporation, Environmental Protection, 1990.
Day & Zimmerman, Plastics Recycle, Bridgeport, NJ, 1990.
Dupont Company, Engineering R&D Division, Newark, DE, 1989.
Davison Chemical Division of W.R. Grace & Co., Baltimore, MD; Unit Operations and Reactor Design, 1979-88.
Air Products and Chemical Co., Allentown, PA; Chemical Reactor Design, Environmental Systems, 1973-78.
Rohm and Haas Chemical Company, Bristol, PA;  Energy Storage and Chemicals, 1974-76.
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ; Reactor Design, 1965-68, 1976.  
Firestone Chemical Company, Pottstown, PA; Automatic Control, July 1966.
USI Chemicals, Tuscola, IL; Stability Problems of High Pressure Chemical Reactors, 1963-64.
Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK; Reactor Design and Stability, April, 1963.
Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, IL; Control of Chemical Process Systems, 1961-62.
Shell Development Company, Process Optimization, 1961.
Esso Research and Engineering Co., Research and Development, 1955-58.

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Lindbach Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania.
Fellowship at the National Research Council, Rome, Italy.
Forschheimer Chair at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Harry Pierce Chair at The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Dodge Lecturer at Yale University.
Prize from Quest for Technology, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
American Society for Engineering Education, Award for outstanding contributions to education.
Fulbright Lecturer, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia. 
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester,  England.
Guggenheim Fellowship, Harvard University.
Elected to New York Academy of Science.
Ford Foundation Faculty Development Grant.
Higgins Fellow at Yale University.
Elected to Sigma Xi honorary.
Elected to Tau Beta Pi honorary.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education
American Association for Advancement of Science

REVIEW PANELS
U. S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, Proposal Review, March, 2003.
U. S. Department of Energy, NETL Review Panel on Vision 21 Advanced Coal Research.
U. S. Department of Energy, Energy Technology Center, Review Panel on Environmental Research.
National Science Foundation, Panel on Engineering Research Centers.
U. S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Review Panel on Coal Research.
National Science Foundation, Panel on Specialized Research Equipment.
Technical Reviewer, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress.
National Science Foundation, Review Panel on Initiation Grants.
Ames Laboratory Review Panel on Chemical Science.
International Programs Panel on Energy Problems in UN Least Developed Nations.
U.S. Department of Energy Review Panel on Processes for Thermochemical Hydrogen.
Panelist on Environmental Problems, New York Section AIChE.

RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS
Chemical Reactor Design; Kinetics of Gas-Solid Reactions
Environmental and Energy Problems
Automatic Control, Stability, and Optimization

PUBLICATIONS
Books:

1.  "Introduction to Chemical Process Control," John Wiley & Sons, New York (1965).  Also reprinted by Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Huntington, NY (1975); an undergraduate-level text on automation for chemical engineers.
2. "Stability of Chemical Reactors," Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1972); a graduate-level  textbook and research monograph.
3.   "Informed Choice: A Citizen's View of Environmental Protection," The Copy Center, SEAS, University of Pennsylvania (1995); an undergraduate-level text on energy and environment. 

Journal Papers,  Patent:

1.  "Effect of High Pressure Hydrogen Gas on Metals,"  Ind. Eng. Chem.,  48, 885 (1956) (with B.F. Dodge).
2.  "Surface-Renewal Models in Mass Transfer," Chem. Eng. Sci., 16, 287 (1961).
3.  "Systems Engineering," Chem. Eng. Prog., 58, No. 5, 42 (1962).
4.  "A Stirred Reactor for Surface-Catalyzed Kinetics," Chem. Eng. Prog., 58, No. 12, 45 (1962) (with F.E. Ford).
5.  "Mass Transfer Effects in Surface Catalysis," AIChE Journal ,  9, 371 (1963) (with F.E. Ford).
6.  "An Interpretation of Experimental Results in Sonic Chemical Analysis,"AIChE Journal, 9, 422 (1963) (with  I.A. Gura).
7.  "Effects of Solute Purity, Temperature, and Surfactants on Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer," AIChE Journal, 9, 474 (1963) (with D.N. Ghosh).
8.  "Chemical Reactor Stability by Liapunov's Direct Method," AIChE Journal, 10, 253 (1964) (with J.S.Berger).
9.  "The Effect of Feedback Control on Chemical Reactor Stability," AIChE Journal,  10, 238 (1964) (with J.S.  Berger).
10. "The Kinetics of the Brass-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Sec-Butyl Alcohol," Chem. Eng. Sci., 19, 371  (1964) (with F.E. Ford).
11. "The Stability of Cascaded Reactors," Ind. Eng. Chem. Fund., 4, 90 (1965) (with J.S. Berger).
12. "An Extended Region of Asymptotic Reactor Stability," Chem. Eng. Sci., 20, 1974  (1965) (with J.S. Berger).
13. "Stability of Nonlinear Systems in the Region of Linear Dominance," AIChE Journal,  11, 474 (1965) (with  I.A. Gura).
14.  "The Use of Experimental Data in Design of Multi-Variable Control," Ind. Eng. Chem. Fund, 4, 481 (1965) (with W.O. Paradis).
15.  "Systematic Determination of Practical Stability Regions for Non- Linear Systems," Preprint 65-WA/AUT- 19 of ASME Meeting, Chicago, Nov.10, 1965 (with I.A. Gura).
16.  "Tracking Function Approach to Practical Stability and Ultimate Boundedness," AIChE Journal, 12, 130  (1966) (with W. O. Paradis).
17.  "The Application of the Midas Digital Simulator to the Study of Kinetic Alternatives in a Chemical   Reaction System," Simulation,  6, 192 (1966) (with T. Z. Fahidy).
18.  "Dynamics of a Surface-Catalyzed Chemical System," Can. J. Chem. Eng., 44, 95 (1966) (with T. Z. Fahidy).
19.  "Optimality and Computational Feasibility in Transient Control.  Part I: Modified Criterion for Optimality,"  AIChE Journal,  12, 876 (1966) (with W. O. Paradis).
20.  "Optimally and Computational Feasibility in Transient Control.  Part II: Feedback Control of a Distributed  Parameter Process," AIChE Journal,   12, 883 (1966) (with W. O. Paradis).
21.  "The Stability of A Plug Flow Tubular Reactor Under Feed-Forward and Recycle Control," Proc. Joint  Automatic Control Conference, p. 107, Philadelphia, June 1967 (with F. S. Wang).
22.  "A Composite Phase Plane for Tubular Reactor Stability," AIChE Journal, 14, 335 (1968) (with F. S. Wang).
23.  "A Stirred Reactor with Porous Catalyst Wall," Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. Design and Development, 7, 261  (1968) (with D. L. Relyea).
24.  "Bounding Chemical Reactor Transients by Estimation of Growth or Decay Rates," AIChE Journal, 14, 934  (1968) (with F. S. Wang).
25.  "Comparison of Two Methods Used in Analysis of Reactor Dynamics," AIChE Journal, 14, 335 (1968)  (with F. S. Wang).
26.  "A Comparison of Several Techniques in Local Stability Analysis," Chem. Eng. Journal,  2, No. 2, 125 (1971) (with C. R. McGowin).
27.  "Tubular Reactor Steady State and Stability Characteristics - I: Effect of Axial Mixing," AIChE Journal, 17, 831 (1971) (with C. R. McGowin).
28.  "Tubular Reactor Steady State and Stability Characteristics - II: Limiting Behavior and Collocation Solution of the Radial Mixing Case," AIChE Journal,  17, 837 (1971) (with C. R. McGowin).
29.  "Tubular Reactor Steady State and Stability Characteristics - III:  Effect of Recycle," AIChE Journal,  17, 842 (1971) (with C. R. McGowin).
30.  "Regions of Asymptotic Stability for Distributed Parameter Systems," Chem. Eng. Sci., 26, 275 (1971)  (with C. R. McGowin).
31.  "Constrained and Weighted Least Squares Procedures for Parameter Estimation," Ind. Eng. Chem. Fund., 10,  150 (1971) (with R. E. Vallerschamp).
32.  "Stability of Time-Delay Systems," AIChE Journal, 18, 380 (1972) (with J. G. Landis).
33.  "Stability of Chemical Reactors: Some Practical Considerations," Indian Chem. Eng., 15, No. 2, 17 (1973).
34.  "An Uncoupling Technique for the Study of Multivariable Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems," Ind. Eng. Chem.  Fund., 12, 476 (1973) (with J. G. Landis).
35.  "Regional Stability for a Tubular Reactor with Axial Mixing," Can. Journal Chem. Eng., 49, 274 (1974)  (with F. S. Wang). 36.  "A Unified Treatment of the Inlet Boundary Condition for Dispersive Flow Models," Chem. Eng. Sci., 31, 250 (1976) (with C. Y. Choi).
37.  "Effects of Immobilization on the Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reaction: Part 1: Glucose Oxidase in a Recirculation Reactor System," Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 18, 669 (1976) (with K. B. Ramachandran).
38.  "Effects of Immobilization on the Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reaction: Part 2: Urease in a Packed Bed Differential Reactor System," Biotechnology & Bioengineering,  18, 685 (1976) (with K. B. Ramachandran).
39. "The Oxidation of Bituminous Coal: Part 1: Development of a Mathematical Model," Chem. Eng. Sci., 31, 815 (1976) (with A. N. Hixson and A. Y. Kam).
40. "The Oxidation of Bituminous Coal: Part 2: Experimental Kinetics and Interpretation," Chem. Eng. Sci., 31, 821 (1976) (with  A. N. Hixson and A. Y. Kam).
41.  "The Oxidation of Bituminous Coal: Part 3: Properties," Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. Design and Dev., 15, No. 3, 416 (1976) (with A. N. Hixson and A. Y. Kam).
42.  "Activator Effects of Urease Kinetics," AIChE Journal,  22, 1106 (1976) (with C. Y. Choi).
43.  "Pyrite Oxidation in Aqueous Ferric Chloride," AIChE Journal,  23, 679 (1977) (with W. E. King, Jr.).
44.  "Optimal Catalyst Distribution in a Dual-Enzyme Sequential System," AIChE  Journal,  23, 319 (1977) (with C. Y. Choi).
45.  "On Singular Policies in the Optimal Distribution of a Bifunctional Catalyst: Part 1:  Effects of Reaction Kinetics," AIChE Journal,  24, 193 (1978) (with C. Y. Choi).
46.  "Recycle Effects on the Distribution of ATP Regeneration Catalysts," AIChE Journal,  24, 735 (1978) (with C. Y. Choi).
47.  "On Singular Policies in the Optimal Distribution of a Bifunctional Catalyst: Part 2: Effect of Diffusional and Mass Transfer Resistances," AIChE Journal,  24, 200 (1978) (with C. Y. Choi).
48.  "Optimal Contaminant Removal in Fermentation and Waste Treatment Processes," Automatica,  14, 325 (1978) (with C.Y. Choi).
49.  "Reactor Design from a Stability Viewpoint," Chem. Eng. Educ., 12 , 168 (1978).
50.  "A Population Balance Approach to the Modeling of Solid Phase Reactions," AIChE Journal,  25, 298 (1979) (with S. K. Bhatia).
51.  "On the Kinetics of Coal Oxidation," AIChE Journal,  25, 773 (1979) (with N. L. Avison and R. M. Winters).
52.  "The Mixing of Granular Solids in a Rotary Cylinder: A Staged Surface-Renewal Model," AIChE Journal, 26, 928 (1980) (with J. Mu).
53.  "A Random Pore Model for Fluid-Solid Reactions: Part I: Isothermal Kinetic Control," AIChE Journal,  26, 379 (1980) (with  S. K. Bhatia).
54.  "An Equilibrium-Interface Model for Solid Decomposition Reactions," Chem. Eng. Sci., 34, 1645 (1980) (with J. Mu).
55.  "The Mixing of Granular Solids: Part II: Experimental Results and Parameter Estimation," Inst. Chem.  Engrs. Symp. Ser., No. 59, p. 5:7/1 (1980) (with J. Mu).
56.  "A Simulation Study of Rotary Reactor Performance," Chem.Engg .Comm., 9, 101 (1981) (with J. Mu).
57.  "The Effect of Pore Structure on Fluid-Solid Reactions: Applications to the SO2-Lime Reaction," AIChE Journal, 27, 226 (1981) (with S. K. Bhatia).
58.  "Salt Hydrates as Absorbents in Heat Pump Cycles," Solar Energy, 26, (4) 333 (1981) (with M. A.Stanish).
59.  "A Random Pore Model for Fluid-Solid Reactions: Part II: Diffusion and Transport Effects," AIChE Journal, 27, 247 (1981) (with S. K.Bhatia).
60.  "Thermal Decomposition of Inorganic Sulfates and Their Hydrates," Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. Design and Development, 20, 640 (1981) (with J. Mu).
61.  "A New Look at an Old Fossil: Kinetics of Coal Processing," Chem. Eng. Education, 15, No. 1, 14 (1981).
62.  "Thermal Decomposition of Carbonates, Carboxylates, Oxalates, Acetates, Formates, and Hydroxides," Thermochimica Acta, 49, 207 (1981) (with J. Mu).
63.  "Reaction Regimes in Coal Oxidation," AIChE Journal,  27,  920 (1981) (with G. G. Karsner).
64.  "Pyrolytic Effects on Swelling and Pore Structure of Bituminous Coals," Chapter 1-3 in Alternative Energy Sources, Vol. 6, p. 31, Ann Arbor Science Publishers (1982) (with J. M. Vargas).
65.  "Kinetics of Coal Drying-Decomposition," AIChE Journal,  28, 199 (1982) (with G. G. Karsner).
66.  "A Model for Coal Oxidation Kinetics. Part 1: Reaction Under Chemical Control," Fuel, 61, 29 (1982) (with G. G. Karsner).
67.  "A Model for Coal Oxidation Kinetics. Part 2: An Effectiveness Factor Interpretation," Fuel, 61, 35 (1982) (with G. G. Karsner).
68.  "Effects of Drying and Oxidation on Coal Pore Structure," Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. Design and Development, 21, (2), 348 (1982) (with G. G. Karsner).
69.  "Thermal Decomposition of Metal Nitrates and Their Hydrates," Thermochimica Acta,  56, 253 (1982) (with J. Mu).
70.  "Effect of the Product Layer on the Kinetics of the CO2-Lime Reaction," AIChE Journal,  29, 79 (1983) (with S. K. Bhatia).
71.  "Unified Treatment of Structural Effects in Fluid-Solid Reactions," AIChE Journal,  29, 281 (1983) (with S. K. Bhatia).
72.  "Kinetics and Transport Effects in the Dehydration of Crystalline Potassium Carbonate Hydrate," AIChE Journal,  29, 806 (1983) (with M. A. Stanish).
73.  "Comparison of TGA with Bench-Scale Rotary Reactor Studies," Chem. Eng. Res. Des. (Trans. Institution Chem. Engrs.), 61, 198 (1983) (with J. Mu).
74.  "Rate Processes in Cycling a Reversible Gas-Solid Reaction," AIChE Journal, 30, 56 (1984) (with M. A. Stanish).
75.  "Kinetics of Hydration-Dehydration Reactions Considered as Solid Transformations," AIChE Journal, 30, 557 (1984) (with M. A. Stanish).
76.  "Simulation of Pore Growth and Coalescence," AIChE Journal, 30, 829 (1984) (with J.-L. Su).
77.  "Evolution of Pore Volume Distribution During Gasification," AIChE J., 30, 967 (1984) (with J.-L. Su).
78.  "Modification of Petersen's Model for Porous Solids," AIChE Journal, 31, 343 (1985).
79.  "Effect of Pore Structure on Particle Ignition During Exothermic Gasification Reactions," AIChE Journal, 31, 157 (1985) (with J.-L. Su).
80.  "Effect of Pore Structure on Char Oxidation Kinetics," AIChE Journal,  31, 973 (1985) (with J.-L. Su).
81.  "Porosity Effects on Catalytic Char Oxidation.  Part 1: A Catalyst Deposition Model," AIChE Journal, 31, 957 (1985) (with J.-L. Su).
82.  "Porosity Effects on Catalytic Char Oxidation.  Part 2: Experimental Results," AIChE Journal,  31, 965 (1985) (with J.-L. Su).
83.  "Effect of Chemisorbed Oxygen on Char Reactivity," AIChE Journal,  31, 1725 (1985) (with J.-L. Su).
84.  "An Interpretation of Coal Pyrolysis Kinetics," Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. Design and Development,  25, 49 (1986) (with J. M. Vargas).
85.  "Self Heating and Spontaneous Combustion," Proc. Conference on Gas-Solid Reactions in Pyrometallurgy, W. Lafayette, Indiana, Session 2, April 24-25, 1986.
86.  "Pore Structures and Kinetics in the Thermal Decomposition of Al(OH)3," AIChE Journal, 32, 1532 (1986) (with L. Candela).
87.  "Effect of Pore-Distributed Coke on Catalyst Regeneration Kinetics," AIChE Journal,  33, 940 (1987) (with Yuli Chang).
88.  "Diffusion Processes in the Doping of Polymer Films," Solid State Ionics, 27, 115 (1988) (with B. Scrosati).
89.  "Catalyst Regeneration Kinetics in the Presence of Pore Blockage," AIChE Journal, 35, 385 (1989) (with Yuli Chang).
90.  "Porosity Effects in H2 Reduction of Iron Oxides," AIChE Journal, 35, 1245 (1989). (with A. J. Fortini).
91.  "Characteristics of Electrochemically Synthesized Polymer Electrodes," J. Electrochem. Soc., 136 (12), 3729    (1989) (with S. Panero, P. Prosperi, S. Passerini, and B. Scrosati).
92.  "Sequential Gas-Solid Reactions with Application to Iron Oxide Reduction," AIChE Journal,  35, 1975  (1989) (with A.J. Fortini).
93.  "The Effect of Pore Structure on the Char-H2O Reaction,"  AIChE Journal, 35, 1791 (1989) (with W-K.Chi)
94.  "A Thin Film Model for Diffusion Controlled Electrochemical Doping of Polymers," Chem. Eng. Sci.,  45 (11), 3381 (1990) (with B. Scrosati).
95.  "Inaccessible Porosity in Gasification Reactions Under Kinetic Control," AIChE  Journal, 37, 1607 (1991) (with E. A. Delikouras).
96.  "Diffusional Limitations on the Kinetics of Dehydration Reactions of Hydrated Barium Chloride," Thermochimica Acta , 202, 151-171 (1992) (with J. A. Lumpkin).
97.  "Kinetics of Boehmite Formation by Thermal Decomposition of Gibbsite,"  Ind. & Engg. Chem. Research, 31, 694 (1992) (with L. Candela).
98. "Combined Effects of Mass Transport and Inaccessible Porosity in Gasification Reactions," AIChE Journal, 39, 829 (1993) (with E. A. Delikouras).
99.  "Oxygen Diffusion and Reaction of Residual Carbon in Sol-Gel Derived Silica," Journal Non-Cryst. Solids , 169, 183 (1994) (with P. A. Robinson).
100.  "Characterization of PLZT Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis," Journal Amer. Ceramic Soc., 77, No. 12, 3142 (1994) (with E. A. Delikouras).
101.  "Thermal and Water Vapor Effects on the Rates of the Dehydration Reactions of Barium Chloride," Thermochimica Acta,  249, 335 (1995) (with J. A. Lumpkin).
102.  "Liquid Phase Separation of Polar Hydrocarbons from Light Aromatics Using Zeolites," Adsorption , 5, 399-407 (1999) (with A. G. Palkhiwala, Y.-H. Lin, and D. H. Olson).
103.   Patent: "Deashing Polymers with Organic Cyanides", U.S. Patent 3,010,952  (1962) (with J. R. Lovett and J. M. Kelley).  Assigned to Exxon Research and Engineering Co.