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Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty
Dev Shrestha, Ph.D.
Department Chair & Professor
Engineering Physics 421
208-885-7545
Campus: Moscow
Courses: engineering design I,
engineering design II,
energy and environmental auditing,
bio image processing and computer vision
Areas of Expertise: environmental impact assessment, advanced biofuel production, industrial energy efficiency, instrumentation and controls, precision agriculture
Wudneh "Woody" Admassu, Ph.D.
Professor
Buchanan 305
208-885-8918
Campus: Moscow
Courses: mechanics of material, dynamics of material, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, engineering fluid mechanics, introduction to chemical engineering, material and energy balance, environmental modeling and design, transport and rate processes, environmental management and design, process analysis and design, modeling in electrolysis process, transport phenomena
Areas of Expertise: bioremediation process modeling,
gas separation membranes,
electrodialysis membrane separation,
hollow fiber bioreactors,
transport and kinetics of heavy metal,
dyes,
halogenated hydrocarbon,
low-level radio-nuclides removal from contaminated water and soils
D. Eric Aston, Ph.D.
Professor
McClure Hall 403B
208-885-6953
Campus: Moscow
Courses: introduction to chemical engineering, chemical engineering thermodynamics, separation processes, microcosms & nanotechnology, applications of nanomaterials in biomolecular engineering, scanning probe microscopy, surface instrumentation, interfacial science, chemical engineering labs
Areas of Expertise: colloids and interfacial phenomena, scanning probe microscopy, nanowires, adhesion and thin films, microfluidics and chemical sensors, polymers and composites, nanotechnology
Matthew Bernards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Director
Buchanan 302
208-885-2150
Campus: Moscow
Courses: computations in chemical engineering, process analysis and design II
Areas of Expertise: biology-material interfacial interactions, polyampholyte polymers, bone tissue engineering, beta-voltaic microbatteries
Bingjun Brian He, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Engineering Physics 408
208-885-7435
Campus: Moscow
Courses: biological engineering analysis and design,
fundamentals of bioenergy and bioproducts,
biofuels,
thermochemical technologies for biomass conversion
Areas of Expertise: utilization of bio-based resources for value-added products and renewable energy through chemical / thermochemical processing.
James Moberly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Buchanan 311
208-885-7705
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Computations in Chemical Engineering, Transport and Rate Processes, Reactor Kinetics and Design, Biochemical Engineering, Transport Phenomena
Areas of Expertise: interactions between heavy metals, microorganisms, and the environment, organic and inorganic bioremediation, environmental biotechnology, resource recovery and utilization
Jagdish Patel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Engineering Physics 403
Campus: Moscow Areas of Expertise: Protein Modeling and Design, Computer-Aided Drug Design, Protein-Protein and Protein-Ligand Binding Affinity Prediction, Protein Folding, Protein Sequence, Structure, Function Relationships, Membrane Proteins, Application and Development of Free Energy Calculation Methods.
Ching-An Peng, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Engineering Physics 410
208-885-7461
Campus: Moscow
Courses: cell and gene therapy, drug delivery systems, nanobiotechnology, protein expression and purification, biotransport processes, senior seminar
Areas of Expertise: drug/gene delivery using viral & nonviral vectors as well as ultrasonic device, developing phagocytosis-resistant perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers using PEGylated fluorosurfactant and CD47 ligand, photothermolysis of cancer cells using nanomaterials, detection of antiviral agents using nanobiosensors
Russell Qualls, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor, Idaho State Climatologist
Engineering Physics 407
208-885-6184
Campus: Moscow
Courses: environmental hydrology, northwest climate and water resources change, engineering fluid mechanics
Areas of Expertise: satellite remote sensing of mountain snowpack, snowmelt runoff modeling, modeling of evapotranspiration
Nathan R. Schiele, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Engineering Physics 412
208-885-9063
Campus: Moscow
Courses: introduction to biological engineering, tendon research, tissue biomechanics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Areas of Expertise: tendon mechanobiology, tendon tissue engineering
Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Buchanan 312
208-885-6970
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: thermal-hydraulics advanced heat transfer & power conversion systems, fuel cycle waste forms & treatment, used nuclear fuel disposition/management, energy storage, bioremediation, life cycle assessment.
Sarah (Xiao) Wu, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Engineering Physics 404
208-885-1532
Campus: Moscow
Courses: bioremediation, bioprocess engineering, electric power and controls, plasma technology
Areas of Expertise: Plasma technology for environmental remediation, green chemistry, renewable energy, and food processing, Waste/biomass conversion for energy and chemical uses, Advanced water and waste treatment technology, Bioprocess engineering
Haiyan Zhao, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Center for Advanced Energy Studies 257
208-533-8123
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: catalysis for environment and fuels, electrochemistry, corrosion, molten salts/ionic liquids, pyroprocessing, fuel cycle, waste form.
Chemical & Biological Engineering, Staff
Affiliate Faculty
Amin Mirkouei, Ph.D.
Phone 208-757-5420
Office: UI Idaho Falls, TAB 310
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Andreas Vasdekis, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-6099
Office: Engineering Physics (EP) 315
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Armando G. McDonald, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-9454
Office: College of Natural Resources (CNR) 102D
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Bryn Martin, Ph.D.
Phone 330-475-9747
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Daniel Robertson, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-7889
Office: Gauss-Johnson 234G
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Dong Ding, Ph.D.
Phone 678-956-4752
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Erik Coats, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-7559
Office: Buchanan 129
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Erin Scott Brooks, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-6562
Office: James Martin Building, Room 78
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Gregory Möller, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-2567
Office: FRC 204A
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Gulhan Unlu, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-7771
Office: Ag Biotech Room 205
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Joel Perry, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-2144
Office: Gauss-Johnson 234D
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John Canning, Ph.D.
Phone 208-874-2589
Kristopher Waynant, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-6768
Office: Renfrew Hall 216B
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Jae Ryu, Ph.D.
Phone 208-332-4402
Office: Idaho Water Center, Suite 242 Boise, ID
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Lee Ostrom, Ph.D.
Phone 208-757-5427
Office: UI Idaho Falls, TAB 314
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Lide Chen, Ph.D.
Phone 208-736-3615
Office: Twin Falls R&E Center
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Matthew Swenson, Ph.D.
Phone 208-885-9029
Office: Gauss-Johnson 234J
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Peter R. Robichaud, Ph.D.
Phone 208-883-2349
Office: 1221 South Main St., Moscow, ID
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Richard Allen, Ph.D.
Phone 208-423-6601
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Shelly Li, Ph.D.
Phone 208-526-9394
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Chemical & Biological Engineering, Emeriti Faculty
- Charles E. Brockway (also a Civil & Environmental Engineering emeritus)
- James DeShazer
- David Drown
- Dean Edwards
- James Halderson
- Robert Haynes
- Thomas Hess
- Roger Korus
- Jack McHargue
- Myron Molnau
- Jin Park
- Charles Peterson
- George Simmons
- Jon Van Gerpen
- Margrit Von Braun
- Barbara C. (Williams) LeBret
- Larry Williams