CBE Research Report Fall 2013 | Page 8

CBE Faculty Research Report | 2013-2014 Chemical and biomedical faculty RICK MEEKER, Adjunct Instructor, BSME, University of South Florida MBA, University of Florida; Research Associate, Center for Advanced Power Systems, [phone] | Fax [phone] | [email protected] Research Interests: Controls | Modeling and simulation | Power systems ANANT K. PARAVASTU, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, [phone] | FAX [phone] | [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS: Novel biomaterials for therapeutic applications mechanisms of protein aggregation and its role in human disease | Molecular structure and dynamics using solid state NMR spectroscopy SUBRAMANIAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, [phone] | FAX [phone] | [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS: Colloidal science | Nanotechnology | Nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembly | Rheology of complex fluids | Renewable energy Biofuels | Bioseparations LOREN B. SCHREIBER, Professor, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology [phone] | FAX [phone] | [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS: Undergraduate chemical engineering education | Pilot plant design and operation | Safety of batch reaction and distillation THEO SIEGRIST, Professor, Ph.D., Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) [phone] | FAX [phone] | [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS: Organic semiconductors | Structure-property relationship in crystaline materials | Crystal growth | Materials for energy | X-ray diffraction JOHN C. TELOTTE, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, Ph.D., University of Florida [phone] | Fax [phone] | [email protected] Research Interests: Solubility phenomena | Fuel cell systems | Biodiesel production YAW D. YEBOAH, Professor and Dean, Ph.D., Massachusetts Insitute of Technology [phone] | Fax [phone] | [email protected] Research Interests: Electrocatalysis/heterogeneous catalysis | Combustion and emission control | Oilfield scale formation | Coal and/or biomass conversion processes | Petroleum and natural gas production and processing | Energy, materials and the environment 6 College of Engineering | Florida A&M University - Florida State University