APPENDIX C

Alliance Executive Committee

Co-Principal Investigators

 

 

THOMAS F. EDGAR
George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair in Engineering
Director, Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services
The University of Texas, Austin,
Texas 78712
512-471-3080
512-471-7060 (fax)
edgar@che.utexas.edu
 
 
EDUCATION
1971 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
1968 M.A. in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University,
1967 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
 
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Interim Director for Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services, UT Austin,
1996-present
George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair in Engineering, 1991-present
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering, UT Austin, 1993-1996
Department Chairman, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 1985-1993
The Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship, 1983-1991
Professor of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 1981-1985
Graduate Advisor, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 1979-1985
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 1976-1981
Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, California,
1978 (Spring)
Assistant Professor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 1971-1976
Process Engineer, Continental Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968-1969
 
 
RECENT HONORS AND AWARDS
Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications (AIChE), 1980
Who's Who in America, 1984
George Westinghouse Young Educator Award, (ASEE), 1988
Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award, 1989
Distinguished Engineering Service Award (University of Kansas), 1990
Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award (ASEE), 1990
American Automatic Control Council Education Award, 1992
Eckman Education Award (ISA), 1993
Computing in Chemical Engineering Award (AIChE), 1995
Union Carbide Lectureship - Chemical Engineering Division Award (ASEE), 1996
 
 
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Perry's Handbook (Process Control), In Situ, Chemical Engineering Reviews, Journal of Process Control, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Wiley Chemical Engineering Textbooks, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering Education
 
 
RELATED PUBLICATIONS (5 of 310)
Seborg, D.E., T.F. Edgar, and D.A. Mellichamp, Process Dynamics and Control, Wiley, New York, (1989).
Badgwell, T.A., I. Trachtenberg, J.K. Elliott, and T.F. Edgar. "Experimental Verification of a Fundamental Model for Multiwafer LPCVD of Polysilicon". J. Electrochem. Soc., 139:524, (1992).
Chatterjee, C., I. Trachtenberg, and T.F. Edgar. "Mathematical Modeling of a Single Wafer Rapid Thermal Reactor". J. Electrochem. Soc., 139:3682, (1992).
Liebman, M.J., L. Lasdon, and T.F. Edgar. "Efficient Data Reconciliation and Estimation for Dynamic Processes Using Nonlinear Programming Techniques". Comp. Chem. Engr., 16:963, (1992).
R. Dunia, S.J. Qin, T.F. Edgar and T.J. McAvoy. Identification of Faculty Sensors Using Principal Component Analysis. AIChE Journal.. Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 2797-2812, 1996.
R. Dunia and T.F. Edgar, An Improved Generic Model Control Algorithm for Linear Systems.
Comp. Chem. Engng. Vol 20, No. 8. pp. 1003-1016, 1996.
 
 
COLLABORATORS
L. Lasdon, UT Austin; T.J. McAvoy, University of Maryland; J.B. Rawlings, University of Wisconsin; D.E. Seborg, University of California, Santa Barbara
 
 
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS (Since 1991)
T. Badgwell, J. Bosley, T. Breedjijk, S. Bushman, S. Butler, S. Chatterjee, K. Edwards, M. Liebman, C. Ling, K. McBrayer, S. Morrison, A. Patwardhan, J. Stuber, A. Toprac, G. Wright
 
 
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
S. Alici, C. Bode, J. Campbell, Q. Finefrock, S. Hwang, B. Ko, C. Pfeiffer, T. Soderstrom
 
 
GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE ADVISORS
Leon Lapidus, deceased

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