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Richard Turton
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Professor,
Chemical Engineering
Professor,
College of
Engineering and Mineral Resources
Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees |
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 Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, August 1994 -
Present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia
University, August 1990 - May 1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia
University, August 1986 - May 1990
Substitute Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Oregon State
University, Winter 1983 - Spring 1986
Instructor, School of Engineering, Oregon State University, Spring 1985,
Fall, 1984, Spring 1983
Process Engineer, Fluor E&C Corporation, Irvine, CA, October 1980 - December
1982
Associate Engineer, M.W. Kellogg Company, Wembley, England, July 1979 -
August 1980
Associate Engineer, Brooke-Bond Oxo Ltd., London, England, July 1977 -
September 1977
Associate Engineer, Shell Oil Company, Stanlow, England, July 1976 -
September 1976 |
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| Education |
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Registered Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia,
1987 |
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University,
August 1986 |
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M.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, August
1979 |
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B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham,
England, June 1977 |
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| Research Interests |
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particle technology
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reaction engineering
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polymer recycling
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design education |
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| Teaching Interests |
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I routinely teach
the senior year capstone design course, and have taught a variety of the
undergraduate courses including process fluid mechanics, heat transfer,
separations, material and energy balances, transport phenomena, and
numerical methods. I have taught graduate level courses in fluidization
technology, mathematical methods, statistical process control, and powder
technology. |
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| Special Interests |
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I am interested in engineering education and I am co-author
of the text book "Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes", by
R. Turton, R. C. Bailie, W. B. Whiting and J.A. Shaeiwitz, Prentice-Hall,
December 1997. |
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I have also co-authored two book chapters in the area of
coating and pharmaceutical processes: |
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 | ¨Fluidized Bed Coating and Granulation, by R. Turton, G.
I. Tardos and B. J. Ennis, in Powder Technology Handbook, Noyes, published
1998. |
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| ¨Cooling Processes and Congealing, in Encyclopedia of
Pharmaceutical Technology, by R. Turton and X.X. Cheng, Marcel-Dekker, in
press, Jan 2002. |
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I have consulted with several pharmaceutical companies and
appeared in Federal Court as an expert witness. |
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| Professional Societies |
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member
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Sigma Xi, Member
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Phi Kappa Phi, Member
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American Society of Engineering Education
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Registered Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia |
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