Dipl., National Technical University of Athens, 1984; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1989. Lacey Instructor, Caltech, 1992-93; Assistant Professor, 1993-98; Associate Professor, 1999-2010; Professor, 2010-.
ChE 128. Chemical Engineering Design Laboratory.9 units (1-6-2); second term, 2019-20.Prerequisites: ChE 63 ab, ChE 101, ChE 103 abc, or instructor's permission.
Short-term, open-ended research projects targeting chemical processes in microreactors. Projects include synthesis of chemical products or nanomaterials, detection and destruction of environmental pollutants, and other gas phase conversions. Each student is required to construct and troubleshoot his/her own microreactor, then experimentally evaluate and optimize independently the research project using chemical engineering principles. Where possible, cost analysis of the optimized process is performed.
Instructors: Giapis, Vicic
ChE 152. Heterogeneous Kinetics and Reaction Engineering.9 units (3-0-6); first term, 2019-20.Prerequisites: ChE 101 or instructor's permission.
Survey of heterogeneous reactions on metal and oxide catalysts. Langmuir-Hinshelwood versus Eley-Rideal reaction mechanisms. Reaction, diffusion, and heat transfer in heterogeneous catalytic systems. Characterization of porous catalysts.
Instructor: Giapis
