Expertise -- Chemical Separation Processes. Membranes, including gas separations and module design.

Current Assignment -- Research and teaching in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Degrees Held (All in Chemical Engineering)
     B.E. (with honors) Yale University       1961
     M.S. University of Wisconsin              1963
     Ph.D. University of Wisconsin             1965
         Thesis: "Multicomponent Diffusion in Macromolecules"

Career Summary
1961--65      Research Assistant, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin (Chemical Engineering)
1965--66      Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Adelaide, South Australia (Physical Chemistry)
1966--67      Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (Chemistry)
1967--70      Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
1970--73      Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
1973--80      Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
1980--95      Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
1991--92      Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996--          Distinguished Institute of Technology Professor, University of Minnesota
1998--99      Visiting Professor and Zeneca Fellow, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Awards
Alan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1975.
Ryan Undergraduate Teaching Award, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1975.
Minnesota Institute of Technology Teaching Award, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1993,1995, 1996, 1998, 2004.
George Taylor Distinguished Teaching Award, 1987.
Danckwerts Lecture, Institution of Chemical Engineers, London, 1997.
ASEE Union Carbide Lectureship, 1998.
W. K. Lewis Award, AIChE, 2001.
American Chemical Society Separations Science Award, ACS, 2002.
National Academy of Engineering, 2002.
Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Lund University, 2002.
Yale Science and Engineering Society Award, 2003.

Service
Journal of Membrane Science, Editorial Board, 1975 - present.
Chair, Gordon Conference, 1988 (Separations) and 1995 (Membranes).
Director, Vice President, President, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1989-1995
Chair, American Association of Engineering Societies, 1996
AIChE Journal, Associate Editor, 1996 - present