Karl Johnson is a Fellow of AIChE and William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also serves as the Associate Director for the Center for Research Computing. He joined the department in 1995, before which he was a National Research Council Research Associate at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC.
He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 1992 from Cornell University and MS and BS degrees, also in Chemical Engineering, from Brigham Young University. His area of research involves...Read more
Dr. Zitney serves as Director for the AVESTAR™ Center and also directs Process & Dynamic Systems Research under NETL's Regional University Alliance (NETL-RUA). He has over 20 years experience in process systems engineering R&D, with a strong emphasis in the areas of steady-state and dynamic process simulation and optimization; real-time operator training systems (OTS) and 3D virtual immersive training systems (ITS); process/equipment co-simulation and computational fluid dynamics (CFD); and advanced numerical methods and high-performance computing.
Frank Bates is a Regents Professor and Department Head at the University of Minnesota. He is also Principal Investigator for the Bates Research Group whose research involves thermodynamics and dynamics of polymers and polymer mixtures.Read more
Christopher N. Bowman is a Patten Professor and Department Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado. He is also a Clinical Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Co-Director of the NSF I/UCRC for Fundamentals and Applications and Photopolymerizations.Read more
Are you interested in a career in chemical engineering? Deciding which college courses to take? Wondering about life after graduation? We interviewed three AIChE members, representing different career paths in chemical engineering. They answer students' most frequently asked questions about...