Faculty in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Gary Aurand
B.S., University of Nebraska, 1986; Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 1996
Instructor, 1997
Supercritical fluids, high pressure biochemical reactors
J. Keith Beddow
A.M.C.T.B.Sc.., Manchester University (England), 1959
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1959
Professor, 1979, Professor Emeritus, 1997
Materials science, power metallurgy; particulate morphological analysis
Audrey A. Butler
B.S., The University of Iowa, 1984; Ph.D. The University of Iowa, 1989
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1989
Crystallization and precipitation processes, or materials research. Particle characterization and statics.
Gregory R. Carmichael
B.S., Iowa State University, 1974; M.S., University of Kentucky, 1975; Ph.D. University of Kentucky, 1979
Assistant Professor, 1979; Professor and Chairman, 1982-1995, Professor
Atmospheric transport/chemistry; modeling, sensitivity analysis; parallel and high speed computing
C. Allan Guymon
B.S., Weber State University, 1993; M.S., University of Colorado, 1995; Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1999
Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi, 2000; Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Photopolymerization, UV Curable Coatings, polymerizations of liquid crystals, formation of liquid/crystal composites
Stephen K. Hunter
B.S., 1982; Ph.D., 1987; M.D., 1989, University of Utah
Associate Fellow 1993, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa
Adjunct Professor, 1996, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
Bioartificial organs, microencapsulation technologies
Julie L. P. Jessop
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1994; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1999.
Assistant Professor, 2000, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
Polymers, microlithography and spectroscopy.
Robert Linhardt
B.S., Chemistry, 1975; M.S., Ph.D., 1977, 1979, Organic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University; Postdoctoral 1979-82, Biochemical Engineering and Bioorganic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Industrial Consultant 1981 - in the area of biocatalysis, biopolymers, carbohydrate chemistry and drug delivery
Assistant Professor, 1982, Associate Professor, 1986, Professor, 1990, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, University of Iowa. Joint appointment with Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 1996, Chemistry, 1999
Biopolymers and pharmaceutical applications
David W. Murhammer
B.S., 1979, M.S., 1982, University of Oregon, Ph.D., 1989, University of Houston.
Assistant Professor, 1989, Associate Professor, 1998
Biochemical engineering, insect and mammalian cell culture
Tonya Peeples
B.S. Chemical Engineering with Bioscience Option, North Carolina State, 1988; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1994; Postdoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 1994-95
Assistant Professor 1995
Biotechnological applications of extremophiles
David G. Rethwisch
B.S., Chemistry, The University of Iowa, 1979; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1984
Assistant Professor 1985, Associate Professor 1990, Professor 1995
Catalysis, surface science, chemical aspects of reactor design
Victor G. J. Rodgers
B.S., University of Dayton, 1980; M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1985; Ph.D., Washington University, 1989
Assistant Professor 1989, Associate Professor 1995
Biomedical engineering, modern control theory, transport phenomena, applied mathematics
Alec B. Scranton
B.S., University of Iowa, 1984; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1990
Assistant Professor, 1990, Associate Professor, 1995, Michigan State University; Professor, 2000, University of Iowa
Arthur F. Vetter
B.S., Physics, Coe College, 1939; M.S., Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1956
Associate Professor, 1965; Professor Emeritus, 1987
Nuclear radiation and shielding; particulate morphological analysis; abrasive wear phenomena
John M. Wiencek
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1984; M.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1985; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1989
Assistant Professor, 1989, Rutgers University; Associate Professor, 1995, University of Iowa
Dilute separation technology, crystallization, light scattering