Dr. Frank Bowman
Dr. John Erjavec
Dr. Edward Kolodka
Dr. Michael Mann, Chair
Dr. Darrin Muggli
Dr. Reginald Parker
Dr. Wayne Seames
Dr. Brian Tande
David Hirschmann
Barbara Westensee







Dr. Frank Bowman

Courses
ChE 206: Unit Operations
ChE 421: ChE Reactor Design
ChE 512: Advanced Separations

Education
BS, ChE Brigham Young University
PhD, ChE California Institute of Technology

Fields of Interests
. Atmospheric Aerosols - secondary organic aerosol partitioning behavior; mathematical modeling of multicomponent aerosols; air quality modeling of organic aerosols.
. Educational Research - learning technologies; educational air pollution models; assessment of student learning; active learning methods.

Publications
1. Bian, F. and Bowman, F. M., "A lumping model for composition- and temperature-dependent partitioning of secondary organic aerosols," Atmospheric Environment, 39, 1263-1274, 2005.
2. Bowman, F. M., "A multi-parent assignment method for analyzing atmospheric chemistry mechanisms," Atmospheric Environment, 39, 2519-2533, 2005.
3. Bowman, F. M. and Melton, J. A., "Effect of activity coefficient models on predictions of secondary organic aerosol partitioning," Journal of Aerosol Science, 35, 1415-1438, 2004.
4. Lu, J. and Bowman, F. M., "Conversion of multicomponent aerosol size distributions from sectional to modal representations," Aerosol Science and Technology, 38, 391-399, 2004.
5. Bowman, F. M., Balcarcel, R. R., Jennings, G. K. and Rogers, B. R., "A Freshman Chemical Engineering Seminar," Chemical Engineering Education, 37, 24-29, 2003.

Dr. Edward Kolodka
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive , Grand Forks, ND 58202
Tel: 701-777-3798, Fax: 701-777-3773
Email: edwardkolodka@mail.und.nodak.edu

Courses
ChE 201: Stoichiometry
ChE 232: Lab I
ChE 403: Thermodynamics
Engr. 460 Engineering Economy

Education
BS, ChE Univ. of North Dakota
PhD, ChE McMaster Univ.

Fields of Interests
Polymer reaction engineering, synthesis and rheological and mechanical properties of novel polyolefins and biodegradable polymers.

Publications
E.B. Kolodka, W.-J. Wang, S.Zhu, A.E. Hamielec, “Influence of Long Chain Branching on the Rheological and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene”,
E.B. Kolodka, W.-J. Wang, S.Zhu, A.E. Hamielec, “Preparation of Long Chain Branched Polyolefins with Metallocene Catalysts: Copolymerization of Ethylene with Poly(ethylene-co-propylene) Macromonomer”, submitted to J. of Applied Polym. Sci. for publication.
E.B. Kolodka, W.-J. Wang, S. Zhu, A.E. Hamielec, “Copolymerization of Propylene with Poly(ethylene-co-propylene) Macromonomer and Branch Chain-Length Dependence of Rheological Properties”, Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 10062.
E.B. Kolodka, W.-J. Wang, S. Zhu, A.E. Hamielec, “Molecular Weight Dependence on Domain Formation of Grafted Poly(ethylene-co-propylene) in Polypropylene Matrix”, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2002, 23, 470.
E.B. Kolodka, W.-J. Wang, P.A. Charpentier, S. Zhu, A.E. Hamielec, “Long-Chain Branching in Slurry Polymerization of Ethylene with Zirconocene Dichloride/Modified Methylaluminoxane”, Polymer, 2000, 41, 3985.


Dr. Michael Mann
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive , Grand Forks, ND 58202
Tel: 701/777-3852
Fax: 701/777-3773
email: mikemann@mail.und.edu
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Program Affiliations
Chemical Engineering
Energy and Environmental Research Center

Courses
ChE 102: Intro to Chem Eng
ChE 301: Transport Phenomena
ChE 332: Lab III
ChE 504: Air Pollution Control
ChE 509: Adv’d Thermo

Education
BA, Chemistry and Math, Mayville State
MS, ChE Univ. of North Dakota
MBA, Univ. of North Dakota
PhD, Energy Eng., Univ. of North Dakota

Fields of Interests
•Coal combustion technology with special attention to the impact of fuel properties on system performance
•Fluidized-bed combustion
•Pressurized combustion
•Integrated energy and environmental projects
•Development of energy strategies

Publications
1.  Dann, T.W.; Schulz, K.H.; Mann, M.D.; Collings, M.E. ASupported Rhodium Catalysts for Nitrous Oxide Decomposition in the Presence of NO, CO2, SO2, and CO,@ Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 1995, 6, 1B10.
2.  Collings, M.E.; Mann, M.D. AEmpirical Modeling of N2O Emissions from Circulating Fluidized-Bed Combustion,@ Energy & Fuels 1994, 8 (5), 1083B1094
3.  Collings, M.E.; Mann, M.D.; Young, B.C.  "Effect of Coal Rank and Circulating Fluidized-Bed Operating Parameters on Nitrous Oxide Emissions," Energy & Fuels 1993, 7 (4), 554B558.
4.  Mann, M.D.; Hajicek, D.R.; Henderson, A.K.; Moe, T.A.  "EERC Pilot-Scale CFBC Reveals Influence of Coal Properties," Power Engineering 1993, 97 (3), 33B37.
5.  Mann, M.D.; Collings, M.E.; Botros, P.E. "Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Fluidized-Bed Combustion:  Fundamental Chemistry and Combustion Testing," Prog. Energy and Combust. Sci. 1992, 18, 447B461.

Dr. Darrin Muggli
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive , Grand Forks, ND 58202
Tel: 701/777-2337
Fax: 701/777-3773
email: darrinmuggli@mail.und.edu

Program Affiliations
Chemical Engineering

Courses
ChE 301: Transport Phenomena
ChE 331: Laboratory II
ChE 333: Basic Experimental Strategies
ChE 493A: Engineering Ethics
ChE 511: Advanced Reactor Design

Education
BS, ChE Univ. of North Dakota
PhD, ChE Univ. of Colorado

Fields of Interests
* Photocatalytic oxidation of organics
* Fundamental surface processes in catalytic reactions
* Novel transient reaction techniques in catalysis
* Reaction in fluidized beds
* High-throughput experimentation in catalysis

Recent Publications

1. Kulkarni, A. and Muggli, D.S., "Role of Water in Conversion of Lewis Acid to Bronsted Acid Sites", Appl. Catal.A: General , in press, (2006).

2. Backes, M.J., Lukaski, A.C., and Muggli, D.S., "Active Sites and Effects of H 2 O and Temperature on the Photocatalytic Oxidation of 13 C-Acetic Acid on TiO 2 ", Appl. Catal. B.Environ. , 61, 21 (2005).

3. Lukaski, A.C. and Muggli, D.S., "Photocatalytic Oxidation of Methyl Formate on TiO 2 : a Transient DRIFTS Study", J. Catal . , 223 , 250 (2004).

4. Lukaski, A.C. and Muggli, D.S., "Photocatalytic Oxidation of Dichloroacetic Acid and Dichloroacetyl Chloride on TiO 2 : Active Sites, Effect of H 2 O, and Reaction Pathways", Catal. Lett,. 89 , 129 (2003).

5. Muggli, D.S. and Backes, M.J., "Two Active Sites for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Formic Acid on
TiO 2 : Effects of H 2 O and Temperature", J. Catal. , 209 , 105 (2002).

Reginald Parker, Ph.D., MBA
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323
241 Centennial Drive, Stop 7101 
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7101
Tel:  701/777-4456
Fax: 701/777-3773
email: reginaldparker@mail.und.nodak.edu

Courses
ChE 408: Process Dynamics and Controls


Dr. Wayne Seames
Associate Professor
Director, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program
Chemical Engineering Graduate Studies Coordinator
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive , Grand Forks, ND 58202
Tel: 701/777-2958
Fax: 701/777-3773
email: wayneseames@mail.und.edu

Program Affiliations
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Courses
ChE 306: Unit Operations
ChE 411 Plant Design I
ChE 412: Plant Design II
ChE 431: Lab IV
ChE 435: Materials and Corrosion
ChE 501: Advanced Transport Phenomena

Education
BS, ChE Univ. of Arizona
PhD, ChE Univ. of Arizona

Fields of Interests
*Mitigating the impact of heavy inorganics elements upon the environment *Combustion technology
*Process plant automation
*Biologically derived fuels
*Process safety
*Enhancing the productivity of agricultural product processing plants

Selected Publications:
•  Seames, W. and Wendt, J., "Regimes of Association of Arsenic and Selenium During Pulverized Coal Combustion", Proc. Combust. Inst., 31, submitted 12/05.
•  A.E. Hoffart, W.S. Seames, E.I. Kozliak, S. Riedinger, J. Francini, and C. Carlson, "A Two-Step Acid Mercury Removal Process for Pulverized Coal", Fuel, in press
•  Popova, I.E., Beklemishev, M.K., Frihart, C.R., Seames, W.S., Sundstrom, T.J., and Kozliak, E.I., "Penetration of Naphthalene, n-Hexadecane, and 2,4-Dinitrotoluene into Building Grade Southern Yellow Pine", Forest Products Journal, in press.
•  Sardesai, P., Seames, W., Dronen, L., and Kozliak, E., "Exploring the Gas-Phase Anaerobic Bioremoval of Hydrogen Sulfide for Coal Gasification Fuel Cell Feed Streams", Fuel Proc Technol, in press.
•  Corporan, Edwin; Reich, Richard; Monroig, Orvin; DeWitt, Matthew J.; Larson, Venus; Aulich, Ted; Mann, Michael; Seames, Wayne, "Impacts of Biodiesel on Pollutant Emissions of a JP-8--Fueled Turbine Engine", Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), Jul2005, Vol. 55 Issue 7, p940-949.
•  Kozliak, E., Sundstrom, T., Seames, W., Phutane, S., Jalan, N., Paca, J. "Remediation of 2,6-dinitrotoluene in common building materials: Wood and concrete", CHISA 2004 - 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 2004, p 4973-4974
•  Corporan, E., Reich, R., Monroig, O., DeWitt, M., Larson, V., Aulich, T., Mann, M., and Seames, W., "Impacts of Biodiesel on Pollutant Emissions of a JP-8 Fueled Turbine Engineer", Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Proceedings of the A and WMA's 97th Annual Conference and Exhibition; Sustainable Development: Gearing up for the Challenge, 2004, 751, p 35-50.
•  Dronen, L.C., Moore, A.E., Kozliak, E.I., and Seames, W.S., "An Assessment of Acid Wash and Bioleaching Pretreating Options to Remove Mercury from Coal", Fuel, 83 , 181-186, 2003.
•  Seames, W.S., "An Initial Study of the Fine Fragmentation Fly Ash Particle Mode Generated during Pulverized Coal Combustion", Fuel Processing Technology, 81 :109-125 , 2003.
•  Linak, W.P., Miller, C.A. , Seames, W.S., Wendt, J.O.L., Ishinamori, T., Endo, Y., and Miyamae, S., "On Trimodal Particle Distributions in Fly Ash From Pulverized Coal Combustion", Proc. Combust. Inst., 29 :441-447, 2002.
•  Seames, W.S., Fernandez, A.F., and Wendt, J.O.L., "A Study of Fine Particulate Emissions from Combustion of Treated Pulverized Municipal Sewage Sludge", Environ. Sci. Technol., 36(12), 2772-2776, 2002.
•  Seames, W.S., Sooroshian, J., and Wendt, J.O.L., "Assessing the solubility of inorganic compounds from size-segregated coal fly ash aerosol impactor samples", J. Aerosol Science, 33 /1:77-90, 2001.
•  Wendt, J.O.L., Seames, W.S., Davis , S.B., Gale, T.K., and W.P. Linak, "Mechanisms Governing the Fate of Trace Metals in Combustion", 17 th Intl. Symp. on Combustion Processes, Poznan , Poland , Sept. 24-27, 2001 .
•  Seames, W.S. and J.O.L. Wendt, "Partitioning of As, Se, And Cd During the Combustion of Pittsburgh and Illinois #6 Coals in a Self-Sustained Combustor", Fuel Processing Technology, 63 :179-196, March, 2000.
•  Seames, W.S. and J.O.L. Wendt, "Partitioning of Radionuclides During the Combustion of Pittsburgh and Illinois #6 Coals in a Self-Sustained Combustor", Advances in Environmental Research, 4 , 45-58, 2000.
•  Seames, W.S. and J.O.L. Wendt, "The Partitioning of Arsenic during Pulverized Coal Combustion", Proc. Combust. Inst., 28 :2305-2312, 2000
•  Seames, W.S. and J.O.L. Wendt, "The Partitioning of Arsenic, Selenium, Cadmium, and Cesium During Pulverized Coal Combustion in a 17kW Downflow Combustor", Development in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing, Fall , 9 , 231-239, 2001.

Dr. Brian Tande
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive , Grand Forks, ND 58202
Tel: 701/777-3797
Fax: 701/777-3773
email: briantande@mail.und.edu
For more information, go to http://www.und.edu/faculty_qa/08292006.html

Barbara Westensee, Administrative Support, Chemical Engineering Dept.
School of Engineering and Mines
University of North Dakota
Harrington Hall Room 323, Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive
Grand Forks ND 58202-7101
Tel: 701-777-4244
Fax: 701-777-3773
Email: barbwestensee@mail.und.edu

David Hirschmann , Lab Equipment Mechanic, Chemical Engineering Dept.
School of Engineering and Mines
University of North Dakota
Harrington Hall Room 160A Stop 7101
241 Centennial Drive
Grand Forks ND 58202-7101
Tel: 701-777-3931
Fax: 701-777-3773
Email: davidhirschmann@und.nodak.edu