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Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Prof. Douglas W. Bousfield		Douglas W. Bousfield Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley, 1986) Calder Professor. Fluid mechanics, rheology, numerical methods, coating processes.
Prof. Robert M. Bowie		Robert M. Bowie M.D. (Medical College of Virginia, 1992) Professor of Practice. Long distance medicine, rural medicine, remote search and rescue, UAVs and sensor use in assessing and finding lost and missing persons, telemedicine in search and rescue, cold injury frostbite and hypothermia.
Prof. William J. DeSisto		William J. DeSisto Ph.D. in Engineering (Brown University, 1989) Professor. Inorganic membrane synthesis and characterization, application of chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition to membrane synthesis, filtration for microdevices, and selective adsorption materials synthesis and characterization.
Prof. Sampath Gunukula		Sampath Gunukula Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2016) Assistant Professor. Thermochemical Conversion, Deep Eutectic Solvent, Lignin Composites, Flow Behavior of Biomass Feedstocks, Sustainability Analysis (LCA/TEA).
Prof. Caitlin Howell		Caitlin Howell Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2011) Associate Professor. Biological interfaces, bacterial biofilm growth and control, surface-mediated tissue engineering, dynamic materials design.
Prof. Andre Khalil		Andre Khalil Ph.D. in Mathematics-Astrophysics (Universite Laval, 2004) Professor. Computational biomedicine, cancer microenvironment, breast cancer, multiscale analyses.
Prof. Michael D. Mason		Michael D. Mason Ph.D. in Chemistry (University of California at Santa Barbara, 2000) Professor. Photophysics of nanoparticles and molecular nanoprobes, single molecule imaging, time-resolved single photon spectroscopic imaging techniques.
Prof. David J. Neivandt		David J. Neivandt Ph.D. in Chemistry (University of Melbourne, 1999) Professor. Determination of the orientation and conformation of interfacial species, surface spectroscopies/microscopies.
Prof. Thomas J. Schwartz		Thomas J. Schwartz Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015) P.E., Maine Associate Professor. Heterogeneous catalysis, reaction kinetics, in situ spectroscopy, biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals.
Prof. Karissa Tilbury		Karissa Tilbury Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015) Associate Professor. Extracellular matrix remodeling, cellular metabolism, non-linear microscopy techniques: second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, STEM education.
Prof. G. Peter van Walsum		G. Peter van Walsum Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering (Dartmouth College, 1998) Department Chair and Professor. Biomass processing, biorefining, renewable energy, fuels and chemicals, process engineering.
Prof. Sara L. Walton		Sara L. Walton Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Maine, 2009) Senior Lecturer
Prof. Lisa Weeks		Lisa Weeks Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Maine, 2017) Lecturer. Biomedical engineering, transport phenomena.
Prof. M. Clayton Wheeler		M. Clayton Wheeler Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (University of Texas – Austin, 1997) P.E., Maine Professor. Biofuels, catalysis.
Prof. Evan K. Wujcik		Evan K. Wujcik Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (The University of Akron, 2013) M.B.A. in Management/Entrepreneurship (The University of Rhode Island, 2011) Assistant Professor. Polymers, composites, advanced materials, stretchable electronics, conductive polymers, organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors, self-healing polymers, electrospinning, electrohydrodynamics, green engineering, environmental engineering, water quality.

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti and Cooperating/Adjunct Faculty

Staff

Faculty Emeriti

Prof. Hemant P. Pendse		Hemant P. Pendse Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Syracuse University, 1980) Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Chair Emeritus of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, and Director Emeritus of Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. Sensor development, colloid systems, particulate and multiphase processes, pulp and paper manufacture.
Prof. Albert Co		Albert Co Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979) Professor Emeritus. Polymer processing, non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, rheology, transport phenomena, applied numerical methods.
Prof. Joseph M. Genco		Joseph M. Genco Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 1965) Professor Emeritus. Oxygen delignification, refining, pulping, pulp bleaching.
Prof. John J. Hwalek		John J. Hwalek Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1982) Professor Emeritus. Process information systems, heat transfer.
Prof. Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen		Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen Ph.D. (McGill University, 1982) Professor Emeritus. Fundamental chemical engineering aspects of wood pulping, pulp bleaching, and recovery of waste pulping chemicals. “Integrated Forest Products BioRefinery” which produces bio-energy and biomaterials besides pulp, paper and wood products.

Cooperating Faculty

Barbara J. W. Cole
Ph.D. (Washington State University, 1986)

: Professor of Chemistry

Douglas J. Gardner
Ph.D. (Mississippi State University, 1985)

: Professor of Sustainable Materials & Technology

Stephen M. Shaler
Ph.D. (Penn State University, 1986)

: Professor of Sustainable Materials & Technology

Siamak Shams Es-haghi
Ph.D. (The University of Akron, 2015)

: Assistant Research Professor of Rheology and Polymer Science, Advanced Structures and Composites Center

Rosemary Smith
Ph.D. Bioengineering (University of Utah, 1981)

: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adjunct Faculty

Gregory Campbell
Ph.D. (University of Maine, 1966)

Rod Chelberg
M.D. (University of Minneapolis, 1988)

Ian D. Dickey
M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

Sean Ireland
Verso Paper Corporation

Staff

Cathy Dunn

Angel Hildreth

Nate Gendreau — Nathan Gendreau

Ray Kennard, Ph.D.

Administrative Associate

Phone: 207.581.2277

Fax: 207.581.2323

E-mail: cdunn@maine.edu

Administrative Assistant

Phone: 207.581.2276

Fax: 207.581.2323

E-mail: hildreth@maine.edu

CHE/FBRI Chemical Engineering

Research and Teaching

Technology Support Manager

Phone: 207.581.2304

Fax: 207.581.2323

E-mail: nathan.gendreau@maine.edu

Biomedical Engineering

Research and Teaching

Technologist / Graduate Faculty

Phone: 207.581.6046

Fax: 207.581.2323

E-mail: raymond.kennard@maine.edu

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