Alexander Mathews

Dr. Mathews is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering at Kansas State University. He is known nationally and internationally as an expert in physicochemical processes and their applications to environmental remediation, as well as in resource recovery using bioconversion processes. He has been engaged in research, teaching, and consulting engineering activities for over four decades. He has received research grants from NSF, USDA, DOD, and other agencies to conduct research in many basic and applied areas including adsorption processes, ozone oxidation, resource recovery using bioconversion processes, fate of metals in hazardous waste combustion systems. Most recently, he was engaged in the production of benign deicers from renewable resources and wastes. He has served as a consultant to private companies and to the U.S. Navy on environmental remediation related R&D. He received his PhD degree from the University of Michigan and is a registered PE in the State of Kansas.