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Dr. Sarofim has served as Senior Technical Advisor to Reaction Engineering International in Salt Lake City. He is also Presidential Professor in the Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at REI. He has carried out research on radiative heat transfer, furnace design, circulation patterns in glass melts, the freeze process for desalination, nitric oxide formation in combustion systems, combustion generated aerosols, soot and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation, and the characterization of carbon structure and reactivity. He serves as a general consultant to REI and its customers in areas related to the performance and emissions from a variety of industrial processes. Education Sc. D., Chemical Engineering, M.I.T., 1962 S. M., Chemical Engineering Chemistry, M.I.T., 1957 B. A., Chemistry, Oxford University, 1955 Experience Senior Technical Advisor, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah (1996 - Present) Provides analysis and advice on the development of approaches to problems involving chemical kinetics of pollutants and air toxics, the combustion and gasification of fuels, the modeling of heat transfer, and the formation of and dynamics of aerosols. Professor, Department of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah (1996-Present) Teaches Combustion class and supervises research on NOx formation, mineral matter vaporization, formulation of surrogate fuels, and soot formation. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA (1961-1996) Taught courses in combustion, radiative transfer, transport phenonema, and environmental engineering and supervised research, primarily in combustion generated pollutants and radiative transfer. Professional Societies Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, The Combustion Institute, Solar Energy SocietyRegistered Professional Engineer (Massachusetts) National Committees E..P.A. Air Pollution Research Grant Advisory Committee, 1971 New England Consortium on Air Pollution Board of Directors, 1972-1974 Office of Science and Technology Panel on Hazardous Trace Substances, 1970-1972 National Academy of Sciences Committee on Chemicals in the Environment, 1972-1974 American Flame Research Committee Technical Secretary, 1967-1976 H.E.W. Committee on Health and Ecological Effects of Increased Coal Utilization, 1977 Health Effects Working Group on Coal Technologies, Interagency Committee on the Health and Environmental Effects of Energy Technologies, 1979 National Academy of Sciences Committee on Hazardous Substances in the Laboratory, 1981-1983 American Association of Aerosol Research, Board of Directors, 1981-1986 National Research Council, Energy Engineering Board, 1983 National Research Council, Committee on Chemical Engineering Frontiers, 1984-1988 E.P.A., Science Advisory Board, Strategic Research Subcommittee 1987-1988 National Research Council, Committee on Shipboard Pollution, 1991-1993 National Research Council, Committee on Health Effects of Incineration, 1991-1996 Awards and Honors Sir Alfred Egerton Gold Medal, The Combustion Institute, 1984 Kuwait Prize for Petrochemical Engineering, 1983 Hoyt C. Hottel Lecturer, Combustion Institute, 1986 Lacey Lecturer, California Institute of Technology, 1987 The Walter Ahlström Prize, The Finnish Academies of Technology, 1993 The Senior Thermal Engineering and the Towend-BCURA Awards of the Institute of Energy, 1994 The University of Pittsburgh's 1995 Award for Innovation in Coal Conversion The Homer H. Lowry Award in Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, 1996 The Percy Nicholls Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fuels and Combustion Technology Division, 1996 The Lawrence K. Cecil Award, Environmental Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1998 Doctorate in Chemical Engineering, Honoris Causa, University of Naples "Federico II", 1998 Energy Systems Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000. Peter H. Given Lecturer, Pennsylavania State University, 2001. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2003 |
