Teaching & Outreach

Fall 2022

CBE and CHEM 60727 ; CBE and CHEM 40525
Ambient Methods for Surface Analysis

This graduate-level course examines interfaces (mostly thin films), with an emphasis on methods for investigating interfaces.  We focus on techniques that apply to ambient conditions, rather than high-vacuum techniques.  We aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of the specific techniques and problems.  Techniques of emphasis include ellipsometry, surface plasmon resonance, electrochemistry, contact angles, and surface infrared spectroscopy.

Spring 2022

CBE 60544 
Transport Phenomena I

This graduate-level course aims to familiarize students with principles of convective, diffusive, and electromigration transport, with discussion of transport applications.  Using fundamental momentum and mass balances the course examines transport with a focus on dilute species.  Special areas of emphasis include membrane separations, ion transport, and student-suggested areas of research interest.

Student rated the course as 5.0 out of 5.0, where 5.0 is outstanding.

Fall 2021

CBE 40443/60443 
Separation Processes

This course aims to familiarize students with principles of chemical engineering separations including distillation, membrane-based gas separations, reverse osmosis, stripping, absorption, adsorption, and leaching.  We will learn to calculate product compositions and size units. The course includes computer methods including commercial software.

Students rated the course as 5.0 out of 5.0, where 5.0 is outstanding.