Academic experience

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1966_1969.
Graduate Faculty Member, Texas A&M University, 1966_Present.
Director, Chemical Engineering Graduate Program by Extension, 1966_1984.
Director, Chemical Engineering STSI_Continuing Education (Short Course) Program, 1966_1970.
Director, Instrumentation Symposium, Texas A&M University, 1966_1980.
Chairman, Instrumentation Symposium, Texas A&M University, 1980_1996.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1969_1974.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1974_Present.
Fellow, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1982_1984.
Senior Fellow, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1984_Present.
C. D. Holland Professor of Chemical Engineering and Senior TEES Fellow, 1993-Present.
Department Head, Department of Chemical Engineering , Texas A&M University, 1995-2002.

Industrial experience

Junior Engineer, Gulf Refining Co., Port Arthur, TX, Summer 1957.
Assistant Research Engineer, Petroleum Chemicals Inc., August 1958_1960.
Research Engineer, Sun Oil Co., Dallas, TX, Summer 1964.
Consultant to Industry, 1966_Present.
Consultant for Celanese and Hoechst Celanese Chemical Co., 1978_Present.
Faculty_Sabbatical, Sandia National Laboratories, 2/1/89_7/31/89; Security Clearance: Department of Energy, Type Q (1989-1991).
Consultant for Autoclave Engineers, 8/89_8/90.
Consultant for Sandia National Laboratories, 8/89_9/90.
Consultant for Battelle's Scientific Services Program (SSP) for the project "Assessment of the Catalytic Oxidation (CATOX) Technology Investigations for NBC Collective Protection, ERDEC-SSP93-12"; 6-12/93.

Professional licenses

Registered Professional Engineer: Texas No. 27794

Professional Recognition

University Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1970, sponsored by Standard Oil of Indiana Foundation, Inc. Instrumentation Symposium for the Process IndustriesScrewball Award, 1976.
Student Engineers Council Award for Faculty Achievement in Individual Student Relations, 1977; College of Engineering Distinguished Teaching Award, 1985 sponsored by Former Students of TAMU; E.D. Brockett Professorship, 85-86; University Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, 1987, sponsored by Former Students of TAMU: TEES Fellow, 82-84; Publication Awards by South Texas Section AIChE, 1980, 1982, 1986; Listed in numerous Who's Who with the latest being Technology Today, 1986; C.D. Holland Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1993; Received the Distinguished Service Award for the Fuels and Petrochemical Industries of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; March 1997. I received the F&PD technology award for contributions to the petrochemical industry in April, 2004.

Leadership and Management Experience

Professor Anthony has provided leadership to numerous programs within the department, college and university, as well as in the profession. Positions held: Head of Chemical Engineering Department-9/1/95 through 8/31/2002, Chairman/Director, Annual Symposium on Instrumentation for the Process Industries, 5/66_ 1/31/96; responsible for chairing industry Steering/Advisory Committee; organizing and conducting the Symposium as well as publishing the Proceedings: The coordinator of the department's Extension (66_84) and Short Course (67_70) Programs: Chaired Graduate College Committee to Select Distinguished Graduates, 1982; Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi, 9/75_8/78; Chaired Ch.E. departments' committees on Safety, 9/87_89; Tenure and Promotion, 9/87_ Present; Faculty Search, 9/82_8/85; Graduate Program, 9/80_8/87; Graduate Student Advisor, 9/71_8/72; Chaired the department's External Graduate Advisory Committee, 9/80_8/87. Served on College Committees for Developing Criteria for Promotion, Tenure, and Raises (71-72) and for selection of Distinguished Graduates, 83-84; and served on committees to Select Distinguished Graduates of College of Engineering, 9/79_8/82. A member of a team of six that visited and evaluated six Petroleum Institutes in China, Aug. 1 to Sept. 17, 1986. The evaluation was equivalent to an ABET-type evaluation. Professor Anthony also was founder of the Kinetics, Catalysis, and Reaction Engineering Laboratory, contributing significantly to the development of a young faculty and to interdisciplinary projects. He currently is chairman of the department's awards committee, and he is teaching and conducting research.

In addition to his activities and service within the department, he has provided leadership to the profession with these activities listed as follows: For the Fuels and Petrochemical Division of AIChE he has served as: Director, 4/85_3/88, Vice-Chair '88-'90, Chair, 1990 and Past-Chair '91; Vice-Chairs, Chair and Past-Chair ('90-'93) of the Executive Board of the AIChE National Program Committee, Chairman Group 1, Eng. Sci. & Fund, 1983-84; Chairman Area 1B, Kinetics, Catalysis & Reaction Engr., 1980-82; Meeting Program Chairman, Spring National AIChE meeting, 3/29/87_4/2/87; a member of South Texas Section, Exec. Committee, 1978; Vice_Chair STS Continuing Education Committee, 1967_1969; AIChE resource person for the Panel on Surface and Interfacial Engineering, NRC study on Chemical Eng. Frontiers; Southwest Catalyst Society, Charter member; Chairman 82-83, Member Executive Committee 80-81; American Chemical Society member; member Phi Kappa Phi, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, & Tau Beta Pi; Advisor for Texas Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 1978-82; Project Advisor, Non_Fossil Fuel Supply, GRI, 1979-81; President, Texas A&M Chapter of ASEE, 1972-73; Reviewer for AIChE J., NSF, Can. J. of Chem. Eng., Fuel Processing and Tech., J. Applied Polymer Science, Applied Catalysis, J. Catalysis, I&EC Research, and U.S. Dept. of Energy; Advisory Board for Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design; Board Member, Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council, 1973-75: Board Member, First Methodist Church, Bryan, Texas; Class Agent and Council member of TAMU Former Students Association.

Society memberships

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (since 1958)
American Chemical Society
Petroleum and Fuels Divisions of ACS
National Society of Professional Engineers
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Phi Kappa Phi
Omega Chi Epsilon
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Southwest Catalyst Society (Charter Member)
Tau Beta Pi

Honors and awards

Advisory Board for Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY.
Standard Oil Indiana Foundation, Inc., University Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1970.
Instrumentation Symposium for Process Industries' "Screwball Award," 1976.
Outstanding Faculty Award for Achievement in Individual Student Relations, presented by Student Engineers Council, Texas A&M University, 1977.
Publication Awards, Presented by South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for Best Fundamental Paper, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1996.
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Engineering, sponsored by the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University, 1985.
E.D. Brockett Professor, 1985_1986.
Elected an AIChE Fellow, 1986.
Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, 1987, Texas A&M University, sponsored by the Association of Former Students.
Halliburton Professor, 1988_1989 Academic Year.
C.D. Holland Professor, 1993- Present.
R&D 100 Award, 1996, and Sandia President Award, 1995, for Developing Silico-Titanate Technology. This award is being shared with Sandia National Laboratories and UOP. R&D 100 award presented at a banquet on October 14, 1996 in Philadelphia.
Distinguished Service Award, 1997, presented by the Fuels and Petrochemicals Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Listings

Listed in Outstanding Young Men in Science, 1970.
Listed in American Men of Science.
Listed in Who's Who in Technology Today, 4th Edition, 1984.
Listed in Personalities of the South, 12th Edition, 1983.
Listed in Who's Who in Technology Today, 1986.
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in South and Southwest, 20th Edition, 1986.
Listed in Men of Achievement, 13th Edition, Published by International Biographical Center, 1989.

Books and proceedings

Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, C.D. Holland and R.G. Anthony, Prentice_Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1979.

Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd Edition, C.D. Holland and R.G. Anthony, Prentice_Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989. (McGraw_Hill Chemical Engineering Book Club's Featured Selection for December 1988.)

Hydrotreating Catalysts, M.L. Occelli and R.G. Anthony, Eds., Elsevier, 1989.

Encyclopedia of Chemical Procession and Design, Supplement, Rayford G. Anthony, Editor, John J. McKetta, Senior Advisory Editor, Marcel Dekker Inc., 2002.

Proceedings of Instrumentation Symposium for the Process Industries, R.G. Anthony and L.D. Durbin (Eds.), 29 volumes of this Annual Symposium, 1967-1995.

Refereed Publications

Anthony, R.G. and D.M. Himmelblau, "Calculation of Complex Chemical Equilibria by Search Techniques," J. Phys. Chem., 67 (1963) 2020.

Anthony, R.G. and J.J. McKetta, "Phase Equilibrium in the Ethylene_Water System," J. Chem. & Eng. Data, 1 (1967) 17.

Anthony, R.G. and J.J. McKetta, "Phase Equilibrium in the Ethylene_Ethane_Water System," J. Chem. & Eng. Data, 12 (1967) 21.

Anthony, R.G. and J.J. McKetta, "How to Estimate H2O in Hydrocarbons," Hydrocarbon Proc., 47 (1968) 131_137.

Teaney, F.G. and R.G. Anthony, "Effect of Multiple Feeds on a Termination_Free Reaction," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 14 (1970) 147_159.

Edgar, T.D., S. Hasan and R.G. Anthony, "A Mathematical Model for Polymerization of Styrene with Butadiene with Butyl lithium in Batch Reactors," Chem. Eng. Sci., 25 (1970) 1463_1473.

Landon, T.R. and R.G. Anthony, "A Mathematical Model for Polymerization of Styrene with Butyllithium in Cyclohexane," AIChE J., 18 (1972) 843.

Sofer, S. and R.G. Anthony, "Distillation: Real vs. Theory," Hydrocarbon Proc., 5, #3 (1973) 93.

Porter, R.E., A. Ahmad and R.G. Anthony, "Mathematical Model for the Polymerization of Isoprene with Butyllithium in Hexane," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 18 (1974) 1805_1819.

Maggott, R.J., A. Ahmad and R.G. Anthony, "Mathematical Model for the Polymerization of Isoprene with Butyllithium in Benzene," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 19 (1975) 165.

Cox, J.H. and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of a Living Polymer Mixture by Use of Small_Molecule Gel Permeation Chromatography," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 19 (1975) 165.

Ahmad, A. and R.G. Anthony, "Segregated and Two_Environment Reactor Models_ Calculation of Molecular Weight Distribution," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 21 (1977) 1401_1408.

Ahmad, A., M.N. Treybig and R.G. Anthony, "Multiple Steady_State Solutions in an Isothermal Perfectly Mixed Flow Reactor," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 21 (1977) 2021_2028.

Tanlak, T., A. Ahmad, M.N. Treybig and R.G. Anthony, "Polymerization of Styrene with n_Butyllithium in a Batch Reactor: A Mathematical Model," J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 22 (1978) 314_333.

Lin, F.N., J.C. Chao and R.G. Anthony, "Ethylene from Coal Based Methanol," Coal Proc. Technol. IV, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 72 (1978).

Philip, C.V., J.A. Bullin and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Lignite_Derived Gases by Automated Gas Chromatography," J. Chromatog. Sci., 17 (1979) 513.

Singh, B.B., F.N. Lin and R.G. Anthony, "Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins," Chem. Eng. Comm., 4 (1980) 749.

Anthony, R.G. and B.B. Singh, "Kinetic Analysis of Complex Reaction Systems _ Methanol Conversion to Low Molecular Weight Olefins," Chem. Eng. Comm., 6 (1980) 215.

Izarraraz, A., G.W. Bentzen, R.G. Anthony and C.D. Holland, "Solve More Distillation Problems, Part 9: When Chemical Reactions Occur," Hydrocarbon Proc., (April 1980) 195_203. [Best Applied Paper, South Texas Section, AIChE, 1980].

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Dissolution of West Texas Lignite in Tetralin," Fuel Proc. Tech., 3 (1980) 285_295.

Anthony, R.G. and B.B. Singh, "Olefins from Coal via Methanol," Hydrocarbon Proc., (March 1981) 86_88.

Anthony, R.G. and T.C. Liu, "Catalyst Decay by Leaching Mechanism," AIChE J., 27, #6 (1981) 1024.

Anthony, R.G., "A Kinetic Model for Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons," Chem. Eng. Sci., 36, #4 (1981) 789.

Stone, R.R., R.G. Anthony and J.A. Bullin, "Sulfur Removal from Texas Lignite Using Steam and Air," Fuel Proc. Technol., 5 (1981) 65_78.

Haley, S.K., J.A. Bullin and R.G. Anthony, "Empirical Models for the Rate of Lignite Liquefaction," Fuel Proc. Technol., 4 (1981) 191_216.

Liu, T.C. and R.G. Anthony, "Reaction Model for the Dissolution of Large Particles of Texas Lignite," I&EC Proc. Des. & Devel., 20 (1981) 209.

Liu, T.C. and R.G. Anthony, "Modeling of a Continuous Lignite Extraction Process," In Situ, 5(1) (1981) 43_65.

Zingaro, R.A., C.V. Philip, R.G. Anthony and A. Vindiola, "Liquid Sulfur Dioxide: Reagent for the Separation of Coal Liquids," Fuel Proc. Technol., 4 (1981) 169_177.

Fajula, F., R.G. Anthony and J.H. Lunsford, "Methane and Methanol Synthesis Over Supported Palladium Catalysts," J. Catal., 73 (1982) 237_256. [Best Fundamental Paper, South Texas Section, AIChE, 1982].

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Separation of Coal_Derived Liquids by Gel Permeation Chromatography," Fuel, 61 (1982) 357_364.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Chemistry of Texas Lignite Liquefaction in a Hydrogen_ donor Solvent System," Fuel, 61 (1982) 351_356.

Gadalla, A.M., T. Chang and R.G. Anthony, "Direct Conversion of Syngas to Light Hydrocarbons on Heterogeneous Catalysts," Intern. J. Chem. Kinetics, 15 (1983) 759_774.

Kumar, M., A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Desulfurization by In Situ Hydrogen Generation through Water Gas Shift Reaction," I&EC Proc. Des.& Dev., 23 (1984) 88_93.

Thomas, P.C. and R.G. Anthony, "Isobutylene from Methanol," Hydrocarbon Proc., 95 (November 1984).

Philip, C.V., J.A. Bullin and R.G. Anthony, "GPC Characterization for Assessing Compatibility Problems with Heavy Fuel Oils," Fuel Proc. Technol., 9 (1984) 189_201.

Sheu, Y.-H.E., C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Separation of Functionalities in Pyrolytic Tar by Gel Permeation Chromatography _ Gas Chromatography," J. Chromatog. Sci., 22 (1984) 497_505.

McLaughlin, K.W. and R.G. Anthony, "The Role of Zeolite Pore Structure During Deactivation by Coking," AIChE J., 31, # 6 (1985) 927.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Separation of Coal Liquids by Size Exclusion Chromatography_Gas Chromatography (SEC_GC)," J. Chromatog. Sci., 24 (1986) 438_443.

Riley, M.G. and R.G. Anthony, "Transition_State Selectivity in the Cracking of n_Heptane over Modified ZSM_5 Catalysts," J. Catal., 100 (1986) 322_327.

Wan, B.-Z., G. Peng, R.G. Anthony and A. Clearfield, "Characterization of Organically Pillared Zirconium Phosphates," J. Catal., 101 (1986) 19_27. [Best Fundamental Paper, South Texas Section AIChE, 1986].

Riley, M.G. and R.G. Anthony, "Decomposition of Decanol and Decanal Over Ni_ and H_ZSM_5," J. Catal., 108 (1987) 87_94.

Tarng, Y.-J. and R.G. Anthony, "Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems. A Decoupling Technique with Quasilinearization and Orthogonal Collocation," I&EC Res., 26 (1987) 311_318.

Matthews, M.A. and R.G. Anthony, "Activation of Stainless Steel for CO Hydrogenation," Chem. Eng. Comm., 52 (1987) 53_60.

Tarng, Y.-J. and R.G. Anthony, "A Reactor and Kinetic Model for Liquefaction of Lignite in an Upflow Tubular Reactor_-Part I: Model Development," Fuel Proc. Technol., 18 (1988) 237_251.

Tarng, Y.-J. and R.G. Anthony, "A Reactor and Kinetic Model for Liquefaction of Lignite in
an Upflow Tubular Reactor_-Part II: Applications," Fuel Proc. Technol., 18 (1988) 253_271.

Sheu, Y.-H.E. and R.G. Anthony, "Kinetic studies of Upgrading Pine Pyrolytic Oil by Hydrotreatment," Fuel Proc. Technol., 19 (1988) 31_50.

Moore, P.K. and R.G. Anthony, "The Continuous_Lumping Method for Vapor_Liquid Equilibrium Calculations," AIChE J., 35, #7 (1989) 1115_1124.

Helton, T.E., Y.-J. Tarng and R.G. Anthony, "Short_Contact Time Liquefaction of Big Brown_2 and ZAP_2 Lignite by using Anthracene Oil, Water and Hydrogen Sulfide," Fuel Proc. Technol., 23 (1989) 89_99.

Shiralkar, V.P., C.H. Saldarriaga, J.O. Perez, A. Clearfield, M. Chen, R.G. Anthony and J.A. Donohue, "Synthesis and Characterization of CoAlPO_5, A Cobalt_Containing AlPO4_5," Zeolites, 9 (1989) 474_482.

Czarnecki, L.J. and R.G. Anthony, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO over Vanadia on Pillared Titanium Phosphate," AIChE J., 36 (1990) 794-796.

Pass, G. and C. Holzhauser, A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Synthesis of Methanol in a Trickle Bed Reactor," AIChE J., 36, #7 (1990) 1054-1060.

Wan, B.-Z., S. Cheng, R.G. Anthony and A. Clearfield, "Nature of Zirconium Phosphate as
an Acidic Catalyst," J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 87, #9 (1991) 1419-1424.

Wan, B.-Z., R.G. Anthony, C. Saldarriaga, J. Perez, V.P. Shiralkar and A. Clearfield, A Comparison Studies of In Situ Loaded and Impregnated Silicalite-Cobalt Oxides," J. Catal., 128 (1991) 458-467.

Anthony, R.G., E. Gonzalez, C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, "Synthesis and Catalytic Activity When Using a Type 2 Titanate," Catal. Today, 14 (1992) 253-268.

Feng, Z., L. Liu and R.G. Anthony, "Reactions of Propane on Modified Metal Oxides," J. Catal., 136 (1992) 423-431.

Anthony, R.G., C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, "Selective Adsorption and Ion Exchange of Metal Cations and Anions with Silico-Titanates and Layered Titanates," Waste Manage., 13 (1993) 503-512.

Chun, J.W. and R.G. Anthony, "Catalytic Oxidations of Methane to Methanol," I&EC Res., 32 (1993) 259-263.

Chun, J.W. and R.G. Anthony, "Partial Oxidation of Methane, Methanol, and Mixtures of Methane and Methanol, Methane and Ethane, and Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide," I&EC Res., 32 (1993) 788-795.

Chun, J.W. and R.G. Anthony, "Free Radical Kinetic Model for Homogeneous Oxidation of Methane to Methanol," I&EC Res., 32 (1993) 796-799.

Tjandra, S., R.G. Anthony and A. Akgerman, "Low H2/CO Ratio Synthesis Gas Conversion to Methanol in a Trickle Bed Reactor," I&EC Res., 32 (1993) 2602-2607.

Postula, W.S., Z. Feng, C.V. Philip, A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Isobutylene Over Zirconium Dioxide Based Catalysts," J. Catal., 145 (1994) 126-131.

Feng, Z., W.S. Postula, C. Erkey, C.V. Philip, A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Selective Formation of Isobutane and Isobutene from Synthesis Gas over Zirconia Catalysts Prepared by a Modified Sol-Gel Method," J. Catal. 148 (1994) 84-90.

Lunsford, J.H., H. Sang, S.M. Campbell, C.-H. Liang and R.G. Anthony, "An NMR Study of Acid Sites on Sulfated-zirconia Catalysts using Trimethylphosphine as a Probe," Catal. Letts. 27 (1994) 305-314.

Postula, W.S., A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "The Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide on Isosynthesis Over 7% (wt) Cerium Zirconia Catalyst," Appl. Catal., A:General 112 (1994) 175-185.

Udomsak, S. and R.G. Anthony, "Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Silica Pillared Type 2 Titanate," Catal. Today, 21 (1994) 197-209.
Anthony, R.G., R.G. Dosch, D. Gu and C.V. Philip, "Use of Silicotitanates for Removing Cesium and Strontium from Defense Waste," I&EC Res., 33 (1994) 2702-2705.

Feng, Z., W.S. Postula, A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Characterization of Zirconia-Based Catalysts Prepared by Precipitation, Calcination, and Modified Sol-Gel Methods," I&EC Res., 34 (1995) 78-92.

Erkey, C., J. Wang, W.S. Postula, Z. Feng, C.V. Philip, A. Akgerman and R.G. Anthony, "Isobutylene Production from Synthesis Gas over Zirconia in a Slurry Reactor," I&EC Res., 34 (1995) 1021-1026.

Udomsak, S., R.G. Anthony and S.E. Lott, "Silicon-amine Intercalated Titanates as Novel Supports for Hydrotreating Catalyst," Appl. Catal., A: General 122 (1995) 111-124.

Zheng, Z., D. Gu, R.G. Anthony, E. Klavetter, "Estimation of Cesium Ion Exchange Distribution Coefficients for Concentrated Electrolytic Solutions When Using Crystalline Silico-titanates," I&EC Res., 34 (1995) 2142-2147.

Udomsak, S. and R.G. Anthony, "Isobutane Dehydrogenation of Chromia/Silica-Titania Mixed Oxide and Chromia/(-Alumina Catalysts," I&EC Res., 35 (1996) 47-53.

Z. Zheng, C. V. Philip, R. G. Anthony, J. L. Krumhansl, D. E. Trudell, and J. E. Miller, "Ion Exchange of Group I Metals by Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanates," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 35 (1996) 4246-4256.

Al-Adwani, Hamad A. and R. G. Anthony, "Upgrading of Heavy Oils by Catalytic Hydrocracking: A Basic Review," The Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 21, # 4B, 653-661 (1996)

Z. Zheng, R. G. Anthony and J. E. Miller, "Modeling Multicomponent Ion Exchange Equilibrium Utilizing Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanates by a Multiple Interactive Ion Exchange Site Model,@ Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36 (1997) 2427-2434.

D. Gu, Luan Nguyen, C. V. Philip, M. E. Huckman, R. G. Anthony, J. E. Miller, and D. E.
Trudell, "Cs+ Ion Exchange Kinetics in Complex Electrolyte Solutions Using Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanates," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36 (1997) 5377-5383.

Gu, D., Nguyen, L., Philip, C.V., Huckman, M.E., Anthony, R.G., Miller, J.E., and Trudell, D.E., "Cs+ Ion Exchange Kinetics in Complex Electrolyte Solutions Using Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanates," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36, (1997) 5377-5383.

Al-Adwani, Hamad A., N. Thammachote, T. J. Gardner, and R. G. Anthony, "Synthesis Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Sulfided Silico-Alumino-Titanate (Si-Al-Ti) Mixed Oxides Xerogels Supported Ni-Mo Catalyst," Journal of Catalysis. 177 (1998) 273-283.

Mannan, M. S., A. Akgerman, R. G. Anthony, R. Darby, P. T. Eubank, and K. R.Hall, "Integrating Process Safety into ChE Education and Research," (1999) 198-203 Chemical Engineering Education, 33, #3 (1999) 198-203, 209.

Huckman, M.E., I. M.. Latheef, R.G. Anthony, "Ion Exchange of Several Radionuclides on the Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanates, UOP IONSIV IE-911," Separation Science and Technology, 34 (6-7) (1999) 1145-1166.

Wu, Xianchun and R. G. Anthony, "Alkylation of Benzene with Formaldahyde over Medium-pore Zeolite ZSM-5," Journal of Catalysis, 184 (1999) 294-297.

Koch, F., Girard, L.A., Roundhill, D.M., Philip, C.V., Anthony, R.G., Pitt, W.W., and Beard, C., "Determination of Gallium in a Cerium Surrogate and in Drops from a Copper Collector by ICP as Model Studies for the Removal of Gallium from Plutonium," Atomic Spectroscopy, 20 #1, pp. 30-32, 1999.

Latheef, I.M., M.E. Huckman, R.G.Anthony, "Modeling Cesium Ion Exchange on Fixed-Bed Columns of Crystalline Silicotitanate Granules," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 39, #5 (2000)
1356-1363.

Boyer, C.C., Anthony R.G., and A.J. Appleby, "Design Equations for Optimized PEM fuel
cel Electrodes," Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 30 (2000) 777-786.

Huckman, M.E., Latheef, I.M., and R.G. Anthony, "Designing a Commercial Ion-Exchange
Carousel to Treat DOE Wastes Using CST Granules," AICHE J., 47, #6 (2001) 1425-1431.

Wu, Xianchun and Anthony, R.G., "Effect of Feed Composition on Methanol Conversion to Light Olefins over SAPO-34," Applied Catalysis A, General, 218 #1-2, pp. 241-250, August 2001.

Abraha, M.G., Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G., "Effects of Particle Size and Modified SAPO-34 on Selectivity to Olefins and Dimethylether, Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes," Stud. Sur. Science Cat., pp.211-218. Froment et al., (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001.

Wu, X., Alkhawaldeh, A., and Anthony, R. G., "Investigation on acidity of Zeolites Bound with Silica and Alumina, in "Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, SCIENTIFIC BASES FOR THE PREPARATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS," Eds. Gaigneaux et al. 143, 217 (2002).

Philip, C. V., S. H. Kim, M. Philip, and R. G. Anthony, "The Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on a CST under Cesium Ion Exchange Conditions," Separation Science and Technology, 38, Nos. 12&13, 3009-3029, 2003.

Ammar Alkhawaldeh, Xianchun Wu, and R.G. Anthony, "Conversion of Mixtures of methane and Acetylene or Ethylene into Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons over Metal-loaded and Unloaded HZSM-5 Zeolite Catalysts", Catalysis Today, 84(1-2), 43-49(2003).

Xianchun Wu, Michael Abraha, Rayford G. Anthony, Methanol Conversion on SAPO-34: Reaction Condition for Fixed-bed Reactor, Appl. Catal. A: General, 260, 63-69, (2004).

Technical Meeting Publications

Ahmad, A. and R.G. Anthony, "Polymerization of Isoprene in Hexane with Butyllithium in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor," AIChE Symposium Series, 72 (1976) 160.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Characterization of Liquids and Gases Obtained by Hydrogenating Lumps of Texas Lignite," Preprints, Div. Fuel Chem., 22, 174th Meeting ACS Chicago, 1977, 5.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Chemistry of Texas Liquefaction in a Hydrogen_Donor Solvent System," Preprints, Div. of Fuel Chem., 176th Meeting ACS, Miami, FL, September 1978.
Editors, "Olefins from Methanol," The Oil & Gas J., 92, March 6, 1978.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Characterization of Liquids and Gases Obtained by Hydrogenating Lumps of Texas Lignite," Organic Chemistry of Coal, ACS Symposium Series, 71, (1978) 258.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Separation of Coal_Derived Liquids by Gel Permeation Chromatography," Preprints, ACS Fuel Div., 24 #3 204, September 1979.

Singh, B.B. and R.G. Anthony, "Catalytic Deactivation When Converting Methanol to Ethylene," Sixth Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, 113, August 12_21, 1979.

Groves, J.D. and R.G. Anthony, "Gasification of Agricultural Residues in a Fluidized Bed Reactor," Energy and the Environment Proceedings, Sixth National Conference, 475, May 21_24, 1979.

Groves, J.D. and R.G. Anthony, "History and State of Gasification," Technology and Economics of Wood Residue Gasification Proceedings, 10th Texas Industrial Wood Seminar, 1, March 13, 1979.

Groves, J.D., J. Craig, W.A. LePori and R.G. Anthony, "Fluidized Bed Gasification of Cotton Gin Waste," ASAE Paper #79_4547, Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, LA, December 11_14, 1979.

Treybig, M. and R.G. Anthony, "Anionic Styrene Polymerization in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor," ACS Symposium Series, 104 (1979) 295.

Anthony, R.G., C.V. Philip, T.C. Liu, S.K. Haley and D.A. Shumbera, "Liquefaction of Lignite," Proceedings Texas A&M University Lignite Symposium, (April 17_18, 1980).

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Analytical Techniques to Characterize Lignite_Conversion Products," Proceedings Texas A&M University Lignite Symposium, (April 17_18, 1980).

Stone, R.R., J.A. Bullin and R.G. Anthony, "Sulfur Removal from Texas Lignite Using Steam and Air," Proceedings Texas A&M University Lignite Symposium, (April 17_18, 1980).

Zingaro, R.A., C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Liquid Sulfur Dioxide as an Agent for Upgrading Coal Liquid," Preprints, ACS Fuel Div., 15 (March 1980).

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Coal Structure Based on Texas Lignite Liquefaction Product and Coal Liquids from Pilot Plants," Preprints, ACS Fuel Div., (August 20, 1980).

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Synthetic Fuels from Gulf Coast Lignite," Proceedings Coal Technology, 2, #78, (1980) 623.

LePori, W.A., R.B. Griffin, T.C. Pullock, A.R. McFarland, C.B. Parnell, Jr. and R.G. Anthony, "Biomass Energy Conversion Using Fluidized_Bed Technology," Proceedings of Third International Energy Conference on Energy Use Management, Berlin (West), Beyond the Energy Crisis IV, R.A. Fazzolare and C.B. Smith (Eds.), A297_A304, (October 26_30, 1981).

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Petroleum Crude and Distillates by Gel Permeation Chromatography," Size Exclusion Chromatography, T. Provder (Ed.), ACS Symposium Series, 245 (1984) 257_270.

Liu, L., R.G. Tobias, K. McLaughlin and R.G. Anthony, "Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins with Heterogeneous Catalysts," Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas and Alcohols to Chemicals, 323_360, R.G. Herman (Ed.), Plenum Press, New York, NY, (1984).

Philip, C.V., R.G. Anthony and Z.D. Cui, "Structure and Liquefaction Reactions of Texas Lignite," ACS Symposium Series, 264, H.H. Schobert (Ed.), Chapter 19, 288_302, (1984).

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Separation of Coal Liquids by Size Exclusion Chromatography_Gas Chromatography (SEC_GC)," Preprints Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 30 #1 (1985) 147_157.

Moore, P.K., C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Lumping of Chemical Species in Coal Liquids Using Gel Permeation Chromatography _ Gas Chromatography (GPC_GC) Data," Session D, Thirteenth Biennial Lignite Symposium on Technology and Use of Low Rank Coals, May 21_23, 1985; Sponsored by: The University of North Dakota Energy Research Center, Texas Universities Coal Research Consortium, and U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Characterization of Chemical Species in Coal Liquids Using Automated Size Exclusion Chromatography _ Gas Chromatography (SEC_GC)," Preprints Div. of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 30 #4, September 1985, 58_67. September 1985.

Moore, P.K., C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Coal Liquids by Size Exclusion Chromatography_Gas Chromatography_Mass Spectrometry (SEC_GC_MS)," Preprints Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering, American Chemical Society, 54 (1986) 268_62.
Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "A Study on the Distribution of Various Chemical Species in Different Coal Liquids by Size Exclusion Chromatography_Gas Chromatography_ Mass Spectrometry," Preprints Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 32 #3 (1987), 368_376.

Moore, P.K., C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Coal Liquids by Size Exclusion
3_200.Chromatography_Gas Chromatography_Mass Spectrometry (SEC_GC_MS)," ACS Symposium Series, 352, T. Provder (Ed.), Ch.11, (1986) 18.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Non Distillables from coal Liquids by Size Exclusion Chromatography/ Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (SEC/FT_IR)," Preprints Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 33 #2 (1988) 422_430.

Moore, P.K. and R.G. Anthony, "Continuous Kinetic Lumping for Lignite Liquefaction," Preprints Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 33 #2 (1988) 157_164.

Desai, N.S. and R.G. Anthony, "Interpretation of Data From a Pulse Reactor," AIChE Symposium Series, I. Webster (Ed.), 1988.

Anthony, R.G. and R.G. Dosch, "Catalysts and Preparation of New Titanates," in Preparation of Catalysts V, G. Poncelet, et al. (Eds.), 637-646, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 1991.

Philip, C.V., S. Vadakumcherry, J.A. Bullin and R.G. Anthony, "Pyrolysis-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry as a Technique for Analyzing Functional Groups with Oxygen in Coal," Prepr. Pap. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 36, (1991), 1243-51. Preprint prepared for presentation in Symposium on Novel Analytical Techniques For Fossil Fuels: Heteroatom Determination at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 27, 1991.

Helton, T.E., J.W. Chun and R.G. Anthony, "Methanol and Carbon Monoxide Production from Natural Gas," Prepr. Pap. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 36, (1991) 1369-76. Preprint prepared for presentation in General Poster Session at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 28, 1991.

Anthony, R.G., E.F. Gonzalez, C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, "Synthesis and Catalytic Activity When Using a Type 2 Titanate," Prepr. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., 36, (1992) 437-442 Preprint prepared for presentation in Symposium on Catalyst Supports: Chemistry, Forming, and Characterization at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 26, 1991.

Feng, Z., L. Liu and R.G. Anthony, "Reactions of Propane on Hydrous Metal Oxide-Supported Catalysts," Prepr. Pap.- Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 36, (1991) 1826-32. Presented in Selectivity In Catalysis: Symposium on Fuel Chemistry at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 29, 1991.

Anthony, R.G., A. Akgerman, C. Erkey, Z. Feng, W. Postula and C.V. Philip, "Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," Proceedings of DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 3-5, 1991.

Anthony, R.G., W. Postula, Z. Feng and A. Akgerman, "Use of Zirconia in the Conversion of Hydrogen lean Synthesis Gas to Isobutylene." Prepr. Pap. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 37, (1992) 247-253 . Preprints of Symposium on Coal Liquefaction at the Spring ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, April 1992.

Anthony, R.G., C.V. Philip and R. G. Dosch, "Catalytic Activities of Sodium and Potassium Silico-Titanates Prepared at Temperatures Less than 200 EC." Prepr. Pap. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 37, (1992) 268-74 . Preprints of Symposium on Coal Liquefaction at the Spring ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, April 1992.

Anthony, R.G., A. Akgerman, W.S. Postula, Z. Feng, C.V. Philip and C. Erkey, "Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," Proceedings of DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 22-24, 1992.

Anthony, R.G., C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, "Selective Adsorption and Ion Exchange of Metal Cations and Anions with Silico-Titanates and Layered Titanates," Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Hazardous Research Center's Fifth Annual Symposium on Emerging Technologies: Metals, Oxidation and Separation, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, February 25-26, 1993.

Anthony, R.G. and C.-H. Liang, "Alkylation of Isobutane with 1-Butene over Sulfate-Promoted Zirconia," Preprints at the American Chemical Society National Meeting "Chemistry and Characterization of Supported Metal Catalysts Symposium," Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993.

Anthony, R.G. and S. Udomsak, "Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Silica Pillared Type 2 Titanate," Preprints for the American Chemical Society National Meeting "Chemistry and Characterization of Supported Metal Catalysts Symposium," Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993.

Anthony, R.G., R.G. Dosch, N.E. Brown and H.P. Stephens, "Treatment of Liquid Nuclear Wastes with Advanced Forms of Titanate Ion Exchangers," presented at the Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1993.

Anthony, R.G., A. Akgerman, W.S. Postula, Z. Feng, C.V. Philip and C. Erkey, "Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 27-29, 1993.

Klavetter, E.A., N.E. Brown, D. Trudell, R.G. Anthony, D. Gu and C. Thibaud-Erkey, "Ion- Exchange Performance of Crystalline Silico-Titanates for Cesium Removal from Hanford Tank Waste Simulants," presented at the Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1994.

Udomsak, S., R. Nge, D.C. Dufner, S.E. Lott and R.G. Anthony, "Preparation of Silica or Alumina Pillared Crystalline Titanates," Preprints of the Sixth International Symposium on "Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts," Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 5-8, 1994. Also in Preparation of Catalysts VI, G. Poncelet, et al. (Eds.), Elsevier Science B.V., (1995) 391-400.

Davis, M., S. Udomsak, Z. Zheng and R.G. Anthony, "Using Crystalline Titanates to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater with Ion-exchange," Preprints of the Metals and Materials Waste Reduction, Recovery and Remediation Symposium, Rosemount, IL, August 1994.

Huckman, M.E., D. Gu, C.V. Philip and R.G. Anthony, "Mathematical Modeling of Ion Exchange Columns with Emphasis on Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanates, Molecular Sieves and Non Ideal Solutions," Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference Emerging Separation Technologies for Metals II, Kona, HA, June 1996; R.G. Bautista (Ed.), TMS, Warrendale, PA, (1996), 135-155.

Anthony, R. G., Z. Zheng, D. Gu and C. V. Philip, "A Utilization of Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanates (CSTs) for Removing Cs+ from Nuclear Aqueous Waste," (1997) 267-274 in Progress in Ion Exchange, Advances and Applications, A. Dyer, M. J. Hudson and P. A. Williams (Eds.) Sp. Pub. 196, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, CB4 4WF, UK.

Philip, C.V., R.G. Anthony, Chokkaram Sivaraj, Carl A. Beard, "Rotary Reactor Furnace for the Reduction of Gallium Trioxide and Deposition of Gallium on a Copper Collector," Proceedings of the 1999 Researchers' Conference, Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium, July, 1999, 55,56.

H. Fred Kock, D. Max Roundhill, C.V. Philip, and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Gallium in Mixtures with Cerium and Copper by the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) Method," Proceedings of the 1999 Researchers' Conference, Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium, July, 1999, 57,58.

Abraha, M.G., Wu, X., Anthony, R.G., "Methanol to Olefins: Enhancing Ethylene and Propylene Selectivity using Modified SAPO-34, Proceedings of the 13th Ethylene Producers Conference, G. Froment et. al., (Eds), AIChE, New York, 2000.

Philip, C.V., Anthony, R.G., Chokkaram, S., Philip, E., Pitt, W.W., Roundhill, M., and Beard, C., "Dry Process for Recovering Gallium from Weapons Plutonium Using a Rotary Furnace Equipped with a Copper Collector," Plutonium Futures - The Science, Topical Conference on Plutonium and Actinides, AIP Conference Proceedings, 534, p. 240 Sante Fe, New Mexico, July 10-13, 2000.

Alkhawaldeh, A., Wu, X., and Anthony R.G., "Conversion of Methane and Acetylene into Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons over Zeolite Catalysts," First International Chemical Engineering Conference, University of Jordan 2001, September 17 - 19, 2001, Amman, Jordan.

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Conversion of Mixtures of Methane and Ethylene or Acetylene into Liquids", Proceedings of the Second Topical Conference on Natural Gas Utilization, AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2002

Major Reports

R. G. Dosch, E. A. Klavetter, H. P. Stephens, N. E. Brown, R. G. Anthony, "Crystalline Silicotitanates--New Ion Exchanger for Selective Removal of Cesium and Strontium From Radwastes," SAND96-1929, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, August 1996.

Anthony, R.G. and A. Akgerman, "Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion Selectively to Isobutylene," 14 Quarterly Reports, 1991 through January 1994 and Final Report, May 1994.

Anthony, R.G., "Synthesis and Characterization of New Catalytic Materials," 12 Quarterly Reports, 1990 through May 1993.
Anthony, R.G., "Synthesis and Scale-up of TAM-5 For Radwaste Clean-Up," 3 Quarterly Reports, 1992 through May 1993.

Akgerman, A. and R.G. Anthony, "Novel Reactors for Methanol Synthesis," 11 quarterly and one final report for the period of October 1, 1989 through June 6, 1993.

Anthony, R.G. and R.G. Dosch, "Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanates: New Materials for Removal of Radiocesium from Concentrated Salt Solutions with pH's in the 1-14 Range," Topical Report for period covering January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992.

Anthony, R.G. and D. Gu, "TAM-5, A Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanate for Removal of Cesium from Dilute Aqueous Waste," Topical Report for period covering January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1994.

C.V. Philip, R.G. Anthony, C. Sivaraj, and C. Beard, "Rotary Reactor Furnace for the Reduction of Gallium Trioxide and Deposition of Gallium on a Copper Collector", Researchers Conference Proceedings, Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium, 1999.

H.F. Koch, D.M.M. Roundhill, C.V. Philip, and R.G. Anthony, "Analysis of Gallium in Mixtures with Cerium and Copper by the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission".

Other Publications

Anthony, R.G., "Determination of Minimum Reflux," M.S. Thesis, and Chapter of Multicomponent Distillation, Prentice_Hall, Inc., 1963.

Philip, C.V. and R.G. Anthony, "Hydrogenation of Texas Lignite," TEES Tech. Bulletin, 7, B_2, 10, 1978.

Anthony, R.G., "In-Situ Comminution or Liquefaction of Texas Lignite," TEES Bulletin, 7, 1976.

Shirtum, P., R.R. Davison and R.G. Anthony, "Conversion of Methanol to a Gaseous Fuel," Oil and Gas Journal, 106_109, October 31, 1977.

LePori, W.A., T. Lalk, J. Craig, J.D. Groves and R.G. Anthony, "Fluidized Bed Energy Technology for Biomass Conversion," TEES Tech. Bulletin, 80_2, 32, April 1980.

Anthony, R.G., "Houston Meeting Program Spotlights Tomorrow's Technology," Chem. Eng. Prog., 59_61, February 1987.

Technical Meeting Presentations

"Preparation of a Nomograph for Pressure Drop of Gases Flowing Through a Pipe," 4th Technical Conference, Southwest Louisiana Section of AIChE, McNeese State College, Lake Charles, LA, June 3, 1959.

"Simulation of Termination_free Polymerization in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors," presented at ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Austin, TX, December 4_6, 1968.

"Continuing Education and the Chemical Engineer," South Texas Section, 23rd Annual Technical Meeting of South Texas Section of AIChE, Houston, TX, 1968.

"Polymerization of Isoprene and Styrene with n_Butyllithium: An Integral Analysis," 3rd Joint Meeting, AIChE_IMIQ, Denver, CO, August 31_September 2, 1970.

"Kinetics of Polymerization of Styrene with n_Butyllithium in Cyclohexane ," presented at the Symposium of Recent Advances in Kinetics and Catalysis, Part II, 64th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28_December 2, 1971.

"Kinetics of Polymerization of Isoprene in Hexane or Benzene with Butyllithium," presented at 67th National Meeting of AIChE, Dallas, TX, February 20_22, 1972.

"Polymerization of Isoprene in Hexane with Butyllithium in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor," with A. Ahmad, presented at the 80th National AIChE Meeting, Boston, MA, September 7_10, 1975.

"Ethylene from Coal_Based Methanol," with F.N. Lin and J.C. Chao, Annual AIChE National Meeting, November 1977.

"Liquefaction of Texas Lignite with Hydrogen_Donor Solvents," AIChE National Meeting, Miami, FL, November 1978.

"Anionic Styrene Polymerization in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor," with M. Treybig, ACS_AIChE Symposium on Polymer Reaction Engineering, Akron, OH, October 5, 1978.

"Olefins from Coal Based Methanol," DOE Contractors' Meeting, Colorado, 1976, Pittsburgh, 1977 and Lexington, 1978.

"Kinetics of Complex Reaction Systems: Application to Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons," with B.B. Singh, Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 1979.

"Liquefaction of Lignite," with C.V. Philip, T.C. Liu, S.K. Haley, and D.A. Shumbera, Texas A&M University Symposium, College Station, TX, April 17_18, 1980.

"Kinetic Models for Liquefaction of Lignite," with S.K. Haley and J.A. Bullin, 88th National AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 1980.

"Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons _ A Viable Alternative," with B.B. Singh, 88th National AIChE Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, June 11, 1980.

"Coal Research in Universities in the Southwest," Semi_Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, August 25, 1980.

"Selectivity Data and Empirical Equation for Methanol Conversion to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," AIChE National Meeting and Petrochem Show, Houston, TX, April 1981.

"Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," with T. Chan, Catalyst Society Meeting, Boston, MA, October 1981.

"Catalytic Conversion of methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins," 17th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, White Haven, PA, April 6_8, 1983.

"Use of ZSM_5 Catalyst for Up_Grading F_T Liquids," The Eighth North American Meeting of the Catalyst Society, Philadelphia, PA, May 1_4, 1983.

"Separation of Functionalities in Pyrolytic Tar by Gel Permeation Chromatography," with Y._E. Sheu, C.V. Philip and E.J. Soltes, the National AIChE Meeting, Denver, CO, August 1983.

"Kinetic Models for Methanol Synthesis form Synthetic Data," with K. McLaughlin and M.A. Matthews, Poster Session in International Workshop on Kinetic Model Development, National AIChE Meeting, Denver, CO, August 1983.

"Chemicals and Catalysts _ New Technologies," IETT 1983 Conference, Dallas, TX, Oct. 10_13, 1983.

"The Role of Zeolite Pore Structure During Deactivation Via Coking," with K.W. McLaughlin, paper 14b, National AIChE Meeting, Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalysis, March 1984.

"Mechanisms and Kinetics of Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbon," with K.W. McLaughlin, M.A. Matthews and E. Vera_C., 187th National ACS Meeting, Symposium on Mechanisms of Synthesis Gas and Related Reactions, St. Louis, MO, April 1984.

"Decomposition of Isopropanol over Organically Pillared Zirconium Phosphates," with A. Clearfield, G.Z. Peng and B.Z. Wan, Poster Session, Dept. of Chemistry Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalyst, April 1984.

"Decomposition of Methanol over Silicalite," with M.A. Matthews, Poster Session, Dept. of Chemistry Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalyst, April 1984.

"Kinetics and Data Analysis of Methanol Decomposition over Small Pore Zeolites," with E. Vera_C., PACCHEM 1984, Honolulu, HA, December 1984.

"A Study of Fischer_Tropsch Model Compounds Reacting over ZSM_5," with M. Riley, Ninth North American Meeting of The Catalysis Society, Houston, TX, March 17_21, 1985.

"Kinetics of Decomposition of Isopropanol over Pillared Zirconium Phosphates," with B._Z. Wan, A. Clearfield and H. Ping, AIChE Spring National Meeting and Petrochem Expo., Houston, TX, March 28, 1985.

"Interpretation of Data from a Pulse Reactor," The Annual AIChE Meeting, New York, NY, November 18, 1987.

"Methanol Conversion to Olefins," Spring National AIChE Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1988.

"Selective Alkylation of Toluene with Methanol," Summer National AIChE Meeting, Denver, CO, August 1988.

"Catalytic Oxidation of Methane to Methanol," PACCHEM 1989, Honolulu, HA, December 1989.

"Synthesis and Characterization of New Crystalline Titanates," with R.G. Dosch, International Symposium on Catalyst Preparation, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 6, 1990. (Symposium is held every 4 years.)

"Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 in the Presence of Oxygen," with K. Gibson, Paper No. 1a, Annual AIChE Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 12, 1990.

"New Molecular Sieves for Selective Production of p-Xylene From Toluene and Methanol," with H. Ghaeli, 12th North American Catalyst Society Meeting, Lexington, KY, May 6, 1991.

"Synthesis and Catalytic Activity When Using a Type 2 Titanate," with E.F. Gonzalez and R.G. Dosch, presented in Symposium on Catalyst Supports: Chemistry, Forming, and Characterization at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 26, 1991.

"Methanol and Carbon Monoxide Production from Natural Gas," with T.E. Helton and J.W. Chun, presented in General Poster Session at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 28, 1991.

"Reactions of Propane on Hydrous Metal Oxide-Supported Catalysts," with Z. Feng, presented in Selectivity In Catalysis: Symposium on Fuel Chemistry at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 29, 1991.

"Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 3-5, 1991.

"Measurement of Effective Diffusivities in Zeolites Using an Accusorb 2100," with S. Kulkarni, presented in Symposium on Diffusivities in Catalysis, Annual AIChE meeting in Los Angeles, CA, November 1991.

"Experimental Reactor for Conversion of Methane to Methanol,"with J-W. Chun and T.E. Helton, presented in Symposium on Novel Reactors at Annual AIChE Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, November 1991.

"Catalytic and Homogeneous Oxidation of Methane to Methanol," with Jin-Woo Chun (presented by Chun), presented in Symposium on Clean Fuels at the Spring AIChE Meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 1992.

"Use of Zirconia in the Conversion of Hydrogen lean Synthesis Gas to Isobutylene," with W.
Postula, Z. Feng and A. Akgerman, presented in Symposium on Coal Liquefaction at the Spring ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, April 1992.

"Catalytic Activities of Sodium and Potassium Silico-Titanates Prepared at Temperatures Less
than 2000C," with C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, presented in Symposium on Coal Liquefaction at the Spring ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, April 1992.

"Advanced Forms of Titanate Ion Exchangers for Chemical Pretreatment of Nuclear Wastes," with R.G. Dosch, N.E. Brown (presenter), J.L. Sprung and H.P. Stephens, presented at the Chemical Pretreatment of Nuclear Wastes for Disposal: Reviewed Symposium at the 204th National ACS Meeting, Washington D.C., August 23-28, 1992.

"Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 22-24, 1992.

"Selective Adsorption and Ion Exchange of Metal Cations and Anions with Silico-Titanates and Layered Titanates," with C.V. Philip and R.G. Dosch, presented at the Gulf Coast Hazardous Research Center's Fifth Annual Symposium on Emerging Technologies: Metals, Oxidation and Separation, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, Feb. 25-26, 1993.

"Alkylation of Isobutane with 1-Butene over Sulfate-Promoted Zirconia," with C.-H. Liang, presented at the ACS National Meeting - Chemistry and Characterization of Supported Metal Catalysts Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993.

"Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Silica Pillared Type 2 Titanate," with S. Udomsak, presented at the ACS National Meeting - Chemistry and Characterization of Supported Metal Catalysts Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 22-27, 1993.

"Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene," DOE Liquefaction Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 27-29, 1993.

"Isobutylene Synthesis over Zirconia-Based Catalysts," with Z. Feng, W.S. Postula, C.V. Philip and A. Akgerman, presented at the ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Austin, TX, October 24-27, 1993.

"Isobutylene Synthesis from Hydrogen Lean Syngas in Slurry and Trickle Bed Reactors," with A. Akgerman, C. Erkey and J. Wang, presented at the 208th ACS Meeting, Washington D.C., August 23, 1994.

"Methanol Synthesis In a Trickle Bed Reactor," with J. Wang and A. Akgerman, presented at the 208th ACS Meeting, Washington D.C., August 24, 1994.

"Preparation of Silica or Alumina Pillared Crystalline Titanates," with S. Udomsak, R. Nge, D.C. Dufner and S.E. Lott, presented at the Sixth International Symposium on "Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts," Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 5-8, 1994.

"Using Crystalline Titanates to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater with Ion Exchange," with M. Davis, S. Udomsak and Z. Zheng, presented at the Symposium on "Metals and Materials Waste Reduction, Recovery and Remediation I: Separations," sponsored by The Metallurgical Society, Rosemont, IL, October 3-6, 1994.

"Project Review for CST Project," Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, October 6, 1994.

"Project Review for CST Project," U.S. Department of Energy, Gaithersburg and German-town, MD, November 17 and 18, 1994.

"Isobutane Dehydrogenation on Chromia/Silica-Titania Catalysts," with S. Udomsak, Catalysis Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT, June 11-16, 1995.

"Utilization of Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanates (CSTs) for Removing Cesium from Nuclear Aqueous Waste," with Z. Zheng, D. Gu, and C.V. Philip, presented at the ION-EX'95, Fourth International Conference and Industrial Exhibition on Ion Exchange Processes, The North East Wales Institute, Wrexham, Wales, UK, September 10-14, 1995.

"Ion Exchange of Cesium by Crystalline Silico-Titanates," with Z. Zheng and J. Miller, presented at the 1995 AIChE Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, FL, November 1995.

"Performance of CST's Project Review for Efficient Separations Program of DOE," with N. Brown, J. Miller, J. Sherman, M. Huckman, I. Latheef, and C.V. Philip, presentations by Brown, Miller, Sherman and Anthony. Gaithersburg, MD, Jan. 1996.

"Mathematical Modeling of Ion Exchange Columns with Emphasis on Hydrous Crystalline Silico-Titanates, Molecular Sieves and Non Ideal Solutions," with M.E. Huckman, D. Gu, and C.V. Philip, presented at the Engineering Foundation Conference AEmerging Separation Technologies for Metals II at Kona, HA, June 16-21, 1996.

"Performance of CST's Project Review for Efficient Separations Program of DOE," with Maher Tadros, J. Miller, M. Huckman, I. Latheef, and C.V. Philip, Jan. 1997, Gaithersburg, MD. Presentations by Tadros, Miller, and Anthony.

"Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Sulfied Silico-Alumino-Titanate (Si-Al-
Ti) Mixed Oxides Xerogels and Aerogels Supported Ni-Mo Catalyst," with H. A. Al-Adwani, N. Thammachote, and T.J. Gardner, AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November 1998.

Elizabeth Philip*, C.V. Philip, Rayford G. Anthony, Chokkaram Sivaraj, W. Wilson Pitt, Max Roundhill, and Carl Beard. "Dry Process Using Copper-Collector for Recovering Gallium from Weapons Plutonium" The International Youth Froum: Youth and the Plutonium Challenge, Obninsk, Russia July, 1998.

C. V. Philip*, Chokkaram Sivaraj, Rayford G. Anthony, Elizabeth Philip, Venkat Tulasi, Igor Carron, W. Wilson Pitt, Max Roundhill, and Carl Beard. "Collector for Recovering Gallium from Weapons Plutonium," The Researchers Conference, Amarillo, TX, July, 1998.

Boyer, C.*, Gambruzer, S., Anthony, R.G. and Appleby, A.J., "An Analystical Model for Single Cell PEMFC Performance and Its use in the Evaluation of Oxygen Enrichment," 1998 Fuel Cell Seminar, Palm Springs, CA, 1998

Boyer, C.*, Gamburzev, S., Anthony, R.G. and Appleby, A.J., "Analytical Model for PEM Fuel Cells Including Water Transport and Implications for Improving the MEA Structure," ECS Proceeding of the 2nd International Symposium on Proton Conducting Membrane Fuel

C.V. Philip*, R.G. Anthony, C. Sivaraj, and C. Beard, "Copper Collector in a Rotary Reactor Furnace for the Removal and Recovery of Gallium from Ga2O3/PuO2," Twenty-third Annual Actinide Separations Conference, 1999.

Abraha, M.G.*, Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G. "Methanol to Olefins: Enhancing Ethylene and Propylene Selectivity using Modified SAPO-34," Proceedings of the 13th Ethylene Producers Conference, AIChE Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, March 4-5, 2000.

Philip, C.V.*, and Anthony, R.G., "Synthesis and Characterization of New Crystalline Silicotitanes," Annual Industrial Applications of Zeolites Symposium, Brugge, Blegium, October 22-25, 2000.

Abraha, M.G.*, Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G., "Effects of Particle Size and Modified SAPO-34 on Selectivity to Olefins and Dimethylether," AIChE Fall National Meeting, Los Angeles, November 12-17, 2000.

Abraha, M.G.*, Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G., "Enhancing Selectivity to Ethylene and Propylene in the MTO Process," 1st North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Houston, TX, January 6-9, 2001.

Abraha, M.G.*, Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G., "Effects of Particle Size and Modified SAPO-34 on Selectivity to Olefins and Dimethylether," International Symposium on Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes, Oostende, Belgium, April 22-25, 2001.

Alkhawaldeh, A.*, Wu, X., and Anthony, R.G. "Conversion of Methane and Acetylene into Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons over Zeolite Catalysts," First International Chemical Engineering Conference, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, September 17-19, 2001.

Philip, C.V.*, Kim, S.H., Philip, M., and Anthony, R.G., " The Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on a CST under Cesium Ion Exchange Conditions," 12th Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, October 15-18, 2001.

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, Conversion of Methane with a Co-Reactant (Acetylene or Ethylene) into Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons Over Zeolite Catalysts" , Presented at the AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, November 2001

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Methane Conversion Over Solid Acid Catalysts", presented at the Graduate Student Symposium, Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, October 2001

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Conversion of Mixtures of Methane and Ethylene or Acetylene into Liquids", presented at the AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2002

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Study of the Acidity of Oxide-bound ZSM-5 with FTIR and TPD", presented at the AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2002

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Investigation on Acidity of Zeolites Bound with Silica and Alumina", presented at the Eighth international symposium "Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysis," Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium, September 2002

Alkhawaldeh, Ammar*, X. Wu and R. G. Anthony, "Effect of Silica and Alumina Binders on ZSM-5 Acidity," presented at the Graduate Student Symposium, Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, October 2002

(This listing of presentations does not include presentations by others on which I am a co_author unless otherwise noted.)

Invited Lectures

"Models for Polymerization of Styrene by Use of n_Butyllithium," ACS Polymer Group, Southwest Section Semi_Annual Meeting, April 1, 1971.

"The Use of Gel Permeation Chromatography in Predicting Polymerization Kinetics," Meeting of the Gulf Coast Gel Permeation Chromatography and Liquid Chromato-graphy Discussion Group, Baytown, TX, January 29, 1974.

"Polymerization of Isoprene with Butyllithium in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors," ACS, Polymer Group, Houston, TX, May 6, 1975.

"Lignite Research at Texas A&M University," Seminar at Pittsburgh Energy Research Center, October 1976.

"Utilization of Texas Lignite," presented to Houston Section of Instrument Society of America, July 6, 1977.

"History and State of Gasification," 10th Texas Industrial Wood Seminar, Lufkin, TX, March 13, 1979.

"Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins," Seminar at Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, DOE, May 22, 1979.

"Gasification of Agricultural Residues in a Fluidized Bed Reactor," Texas Energy and Natural Resources Council Conference, Austin, TX, August 1979.

"Energy from Biomass," Texas Solar Energy Conference, Austin, TX, August 1979.

"Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas and Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," DOE_PETC Pittsburgh, PA, and Gulf R&D, Spring 1982.

"Upgrading of Fischer_Tropsch Liquids and Model Compounds to Gasoline," DOE_PETC, Pittsburgh, PA, Spring 1982.

"A Math Model for a CSTR Coal Liquefaction Reactor," DOE_GFETC, Grand Forks, ND, July 1982.

"Mathematical Modelling of Coal Liquefaction Reactors," DOE_GFETC, Grand Forks, ND, July 1983.
"Modelling an Up_Flow Tubular Lignite Liquefaction Reactor," University of North Dakota Energy Research Center (Formerly Dept. of Energy Technology Laboratory, GFETC), June 1984.

"Interpretation and Analysis of Data for Methanol Conversion to Olefins," Exxon Research and Development Corporation, September 1984, Phillips Petroleum Co., February 1985, and Pennzoil, February 1985.

"A Kinetic and Reactor Model for Liquefaction of Lignite," Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, LA, September 1984.

"Methanol Conversion to Olefins," Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, November 1986, and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December 1986.

"Methanol Conversion to Olefins," The Southwest Catalysis Society, 20th Annual Spring Symposium, April 24, 1987.
"Methanol Conversion to Olefins," Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, November 4, 1987.

"Methanol Conversion to Olefins," Louisiana State University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, December 10, 1987.

"Catalytic Research for Texaco_Amoco Contract," Presented at Beacon Research Laboratory, New York, November 12, 1987.

"Catalytic Activity, Acidity and Shape Selectivity in Molecular Sieves," Invited Seminar, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, February 20, 1990.

"Future Opportunities in Catalysis," Oktober Fest - A one-day symposium honoring Professors McKetta, Fair, and Rase, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, October 12, 1990.

"Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol," UOP Inc., Chicago, IL, October 15, 1990.

"Opportunities and Future Directions in Catalysis," Presented at University of Houston, Houston, TX, October 12, 1992.

"Opportunities and Future Directions in Catalysis," Presented at University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 14, 1992.

"Ion Exchange of Several Radionuclides on the Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanate, UOP
IONSIV IE-911," Presented at Louisianna State University, Baton Rouge, LA,
February 20, 1998.

"The Development and Utilization of Crystaline Silico Titanates (CST) in the Treatment of Department of Energy (DOE) Wastes," Presented at the University of Missouri-Columbia, March 7, 2002.

"Great Issues," Panel Member and Speaker on Synthetic Fuels, April 15, 1980.

"Career Guidance," Panel Member, Student AIChE Chapter, April 16, 1980.

"A Kinetic and Reactor Model for Liquefaction of Lignite," DOE Project Review, Grand Forks Project Office, Grand Forks, ND, August 1985.

Panel Member for DOE Workshop on Catalysis for Advanced Coal Research, Summary Report of Meeting presented, Pittsburgh, PA, September 27, 1990.

Co-Chairman of Department Head Forum, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual
Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 17-20, 1997.

"Rotary Reactor Furnace for the Reduction of Gallium Trioxide and Deposition of Gallium on a Copper Collector," C.V. Philip, R.G. Anthony, Chokkaram Sivaraj, Carl A. Beard, Researchers' Conference Proceedings, Amarillo College Business and Industry Center, July 1999.

"Analysis of Gallium in Mixtures with Cerium and Copper by the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) Method, " D.Max Roundhill, H. Fred Koch, R.G. Anthony, Researchers' Conference Proceedings, Amarillo College Business and Industry Center, July 1999.

U.S. Patent No. 3,189,531 (June 1965), with C.W. Hack "Distillation Column for Vacuum and Pressure Operations," Assigned to Cities Service Company.

U.S. Patent No. 4,465,889 (August 14, 1984), with P.E. Thomas "Catalytic Conversion of Methanol, Dimethylether and Mixtures Thereof to a Hydrocarbon Product Rich in Iso_C4 Compounds and New Catalyst Thereof."

U.S. Patent No. 5,177,045 (January 5, 1993), with R.G. Dosch "Crystalline Titanate Catalyst Supports."

U.S. Patent No. 6,110,378 (Aug. 29, 2000), with R.G. Dosch and C. V. Phillip; "Method of Using Novel Silicotitanates." Assigned to Texas A&M University System.
U.S. Patent No. 6,130,260 (Oct. 10, 2000), with K.R. Hall, J.A. Bullin, P.T. Eubank, A. Akgerman; "Method for Converting Natural Gas to Liquid Hydrocarbons." Assigned to the Texas A&M University System.

U. S. Patent 6,479,427 B1, Nov. 12, 2002, R. G. Anthony, R. G. Dosch and C. V. Philip, "Silico-Titanates and their methods of making and using, " assigned to the Texas A&M University System.

Research grants and contracts

Past Support

"Polymerization of Styrene, Isoprene, and Butadiene";
a. University Research Fund , 1967
b. NSF, 1970, 1971

NSF/RANN, "Catalytic Conversion of Coal_Based Methanol to Ethylene and a Gaseous Fuel"; 1975_77.

"Underground Liquefaction of Lignite (Solvent Mining)";
a. Dow Chemical Co., 1975_1976, 1976_1977
b. CEMR1, 1975_1976, 1976_1977

TEES1, "Desulfurizing of Lignite Prior to Burning by Liquefying or by Air Steam Treatment," with J.A. Bullin; 1975_1978.

"Underground Liquefaction of Lignite";
a. Dow Chemical _ 9/78_8/80
b. CEMR - 1977_78, 78_79
c. CEMR/TEES - 1979_80
d. CEMR - 1980_81
e. CEMR - 1981_82

Alcoa Foundation, "Conversion of Lignite to Chemicals and Fuels"; 1/79 _ 1/80.

DOE, "Catalytic Conversion of Oxygenated Compounds to Low Molecular Weight Olefins";
1978
1979
1980
3/14/81-7/82

Multi_discipline Team, "Utilization of Biomass"; in 1978/80;
DOE Graduate Assistantship for D. Shumbrea; "Modeling liquefaction reactions"; ; ends 4/13/80.

DOE Graduate Participantship for Doug Culpon; 1/9/81 _ 5/82.

DOE/GFETC, Computer money.

Dow and Texaco, "Ethylene and Propylene from Methanol and Synthesis Gas"; ; 10/1/80 _ 9/30/82.

Bryan Research and Engineering, "Analysis of Heavy Oils"; Summer 1981.

Air Products Co., "Analysis of Waste Water from Coal Gasification"

Colorado School of Mines, "Analysis of Coal_derived Liquids"

TENRAC, Bought Vista 44 GC System; Summer 1981.

Summit Gas Co., "Conversion of CH3OH to Isobutylene"; 1980 _ 81.

DOE/GFETC, for solvent decomposition studies; 1982.

DOE/GFETC, "Computer money for Modelling Up_Flow Tubular Reactor"; 1982.

DOE/GFETC, "Modelling an Up_Flow Tubular Reactor"; 3/14/83 _ 3/3/84.

Amoco/Texaco, "Preparation of New Pillared Materials"; 6/01/83 - 10/31/88; with Prof. A. Clearfield.

CEMR, "Liquefaction of Lignite"; 9/01/83 - 8/31/89.

DOE, "Kinetics and Dynamics of Lignite Liquefaction"; 10/1/83 - 9/30/86.

TARP/AUF, "New Directions in Zeolite Research"; 1/1/86 - 8/31/87; with Dr. J.H. Lunsford.

TARP, "Alcohol Production By Catalytic Oxidation of Natural Gas"; 7/01/88 - 8/31/90.

Amoco, "Double Hydroxylayered Pillared Materials for Acid Catalysis"; 5/01/89 - 4/30/90; with Dr. A. Clearfield.

Texaco, "Synthesis of Layered Pillared Materials for Acid Catalysis"; 8/01/89-6/30/90; with Dr. A. Clearfield.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Characterization of New Crystalline Titanates"; 3/01/90 - 2/28/91.

DOE, "Novel Reactor Configuration for Syngas Conversion to Alcohols"; 8/01/89 - 1/31/93; with Dr. A. Akgerman.

TATP, "Synthesis and Characterization of Super Acidic Zeolites"; 1/01/90 - 8/31/92; with Prof. J.H. Lunsford.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Titanates and Niobates"; 3/1/91 - 9/30/92.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Advanced Forms of Ion Exchangers for Chemical Pretreatment"; 5/1/92 - 9/30/92.

CEMR, "Synthesis of Moleculared Engineered Layered Supports"; 9/1/91 - 8/31/92.

DOE, "Catalyst and Process Development for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Isobutylene"; 9/26/90 - 1/31/94; with Dr. A. Akgerman.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Characterization of New Catalytic Materials"; 10/1/92 - 9/30/94.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Scale-up of TAM-5 for Radwaste Clean-Up"; 10/1/92 - 9/30/94.

CEMR, "Catalytic Hydroliquefaction of Coal in Supercritical Fluids"; 9/1/93 - 8/31/94.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Ion Exchange Characteristics of Crystalline Silico Titanates"; 5/20/94 - 2/19/95.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Characterization of New Catalytic Materials"; 5/30/94 - 2/28/95.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Synthesis and Characterization of New Catalytic Materials"; 4/1/95 - 9/30/96.

Sandia National Laboratories, "Commercialization of TAM-5"; 11/1/94 - 09/30/97.

Westinghouse Savannah River Company, "Procurement and Materials (Design of Ion Exchange Columns);" 8/4/98 - 10/31/98.

CEMR, "Selective Removal of Ammonia from Flue Gases," 9/1/95 - 8/31/98.

Hoechst-Celanese, "Selective Oxidation of Ethane to Ethylene;" 2/24/97 - 8/21/98.

DOE, "Gallium Collection Experiment with Los Alamos National Laboratory;" 9/1/97 - 1/15/99.

Conquest Resources Corporation, "Conversion of Natural Gas to Liquid Hydrocarbons;" 1/1/99 - 12/31/00, with Akgerman, A., Eubank, P.T., Hall, K.R.

Van Dijk Technology, L.L.C., "Research In Methanol to Olefins;" 1/5/99 to present.

Georgia Institute of Technology, "Crystalline Silicotitanate ION Exchange Support for Salt Alternatives, 2/23/00 - 9/30/01.

AtoFina, "Hydrogenation of acetylenes in propylene," with G. Froment, 2/01/02 through 7/01/04.

Current Support

Dow Chemical: Dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene into styrene, 2004 to present

HRD Inc. operating as Marcus Oil and Chemicals. Funding of Research on OCM, GTL, and other technology. 12-01-2003 through March 1, 2006.

DuPont: Donated Technology on Hydrogenation of Thiols and funding to continue research in the area.

Dr. C.V. Philip, Research Scientist, from 1976 to Fall 2003.

Dr. Xianchun Wu, TEES Research Engineer, from July 8, 1999 to present.

Dr. Sung-Hyun Kim, TEES Research Engineer, from April 1st 2004 to present

Dr. Bo Wang, Research Associate, June, 2002 to 2004.

Mrs. Xiu_yi (Sylvia) Huang ('85), Daquing Petroleum Institute, Anda, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.

Dr. Mamdouh Nassr, Egypt, (2 months in 1979).

Yasser Mohammed Fahmy, "Characterization of Mixed Oxide Catalysts and Their Catalytic Properties in Oxidation of CO," Egypt, 1993-1995. Dr. Yasser did his PhD experimental research under my supervision, but his PhD was given by Caro University in Egypt.

Dr. Asma Abdel Sattar Mohamed, Egypt, (4 months 1997).

Post_Doctoral Students

Dr. F.N. Lin, Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okla.

Dr. James Chao, Hydrocarbon Processing, Linden, New Jersey.

Dr. P.E. Thomas, 1434_D Arsenal Ave., Augusta, GA 30904.

Dr. Bedri Bozkurt, Spring '89.

Dr. Catherine Thibaud-Erkey, Research Associate, June 1, 1994 - December 31, 1994.

Dr. Ding Gu, Research Associate, January 1, 1995 - August 31, 1995.

Dr. Sivaraj Chokkaram, Research Associate, September 1, 1997 - May 31, 1999.

Dr. Tarek M. Dabbish, Associate Research Scientist, from July 21, 1999 to July 31, 2001.

Dr. Govind.... February 2003 through January 2004. Primarily work with Professor Froment.

Chadia Aji, Student Worker, Spring 1999.

Christopher Krampitz, Student Worker, Summer 1997.

Elizabeth Philip, Student Worker, Summer 1995, 1996, 1997.

Sharon Buhl, NSF Undergraduate Research Program, Trinity University, Prog. run by Dr. Fletcher, Summer, 1995.

Joseph Philip, Student Worker, Summers 1993 and 1994.

Mark Davis, part-time 1993-1995

Elnora Moses, Honors Student 1995-1997.

Karl T. Lin, adsorption

Brandon Stone, Methane to methanol January-August 1992.
Maria Philip, Summers 1998, 2000, 2001

Eric Woodward, Summer 2000

Chistopher Moore, Spring 2004, MTO

Benjamin Glenn, Spring 2004, MTO

Will Nelson, spring 2005, OCM

Undergraduate 1966 through present: I have taught CHEN 109, 204, 304, 354, 464, 481 and 485. I have been the coordinator of CHEN 464 since 1966 and the coordinator for CHEN 204 during the periods of 1973 - 1986 and in 1992.

Graduate 1966 through present: I have taught CHEN 606, 612, 624, and 681. I developed a course in Polymer Reaction Engineering and taught it as CHEN 625. I also developed a course in Engineering Aspects of Catalysis and taught it in the Fall of 1991.

Research students graduated

Ph.D. Students

1 Xianchun Wu, "Effect of binders on acidity of H-Zeolites. (December 2003).

2 S. Y. Kim, "Modeling of pulse ion exchange column and single plate ion exchange column", (December 2003).

3 Saeed Alwahaba, "Reaction Kinetics for Conversion of Methanol to Olefins over SAPO-34 and ZSM-5," (December 2003), with Professor Froment.

4 Ammar Alkhawadeh, "Conversion of Acetylene and Ethylene into Higher Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons over HZSM-5 Catalysts," PhD, December, 2002.

5 Michael Abraha, "Methanol Conversion to Ethylene," PhD, December, 2001.

6 Sirirat Jitkarnka, "Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene and Acetic Acid," Ph.D., May 2001.

7 Christopher C. Boyer, "Characterization and Optimization of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrodes," PhD, August, 1999

8 Hamad Al-Adwani, "Synthesis of New Catalytic Materials for Hydrotreating," PhD, May 1999, Co-chaired with Aydin Akgerman.

9 Michael E. Huckman, "Modelling and Performance of TAM-5 CST in Ion Exchange Columns," PhD, May 1999.

10 Iqbal Latheef, "Ion Exchange Column Studies for the Selective Separation of Radionuclides Using Hydrous Crystalline Silicotitanate, UOP IONSIV IE-911," PhD, December 1999.

11 Zhixin (Frank) Zheng, "Development of Ion Exchange Theory for Predicting the Performance of TAM-5 and Modified TAM-5 for Radioactive Waste Treatment," PhD, May 1996. (defended Jan. 1996).

12 Suracha Udomsak, "Synthesis and Characterization of Catalytic Activity of Type 2 Crystalline Titanates," Dec. 1994.

13 Ding Gu, "Synthesis, Kinetics and Scale-up of TAM-5 and Modified TAM-5 for Use in Radioactive Waste Treatment," Dec. 1994.

14 Jianhua Wang, "Methanol Synthesis in Trickle Bed Reactors," Aug. 1994, Coadvised with A. Akgerman.

15 Zhentao (Jeffrey) Feng, "Conversion of Syn-Gas to Isobutylene Over Zirconium Dioxide Catalysts Prepared by Sol Gel Methods," Aug. 1994, Coadvised with A. Akgerman.

16 Walter Postula, "Conversion of Syn-Gas to Isobutylene Over Precipitated Zirconium Dioxide Catalysts," May 1994, Coadvised with A. Akgerman.

17 Chin-Huang Liang, "Alkylation of Isobutane," Aug. 1993.

18 Hooshang Ghaeli, "Selective Alkylation of Toluene with Methanol over Pentasil-Type Catalysts," Aug. 1993.

19 Jin-Woo Chun, "Direct Oxidation of Methane to Methanol," 1992.

20 Terry Helton, "Methanol and Carbon Monoxide Production From Natural Gas," 1991.

21 Y-T. (Mark) Chen, "Characterization of Cobalt-Substituted Aluminophosphate Molecular Sieves," 1990.

22 Patrick (Pat) Moore, "A Continuous-Lumped Phase-Equilibrium Model for Complex Multi-phase Reactions," 1989.

23 Ben_Zu Wan, "Characterization of Shape Selectivity Catalyst Systems," 1986.

24 Yung_ji Tarng, "A Reactor and Kinetic Model for Liquefaction of Lignite in an Upflow Tubular Reactor," 1985.

25 Ernesto Vera Castaneda, "The Study of the Methanol Conversion to Ethylene and Propylene Using Small Pore Size Zeolites," 1985.

26 Yu_Hwa Edward Sheu, "Kinetic Studies of Upgrading Pine Pyrolytic Oil By Hydrotreatment," 1985.

27 Tuan_Chi Liu, "Simulation of Underground Liquefaction of Lignite," 1980.

28 Balaji B. Singh, "Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," 1979.

29 Abu Ahmad, "Anionic Alkylithium Initiated Polymerized of Isoprene in Continuous Stirred Tank," 1975.

30 William J. Kerns, "Pressure-Volume-Temperature Relationships of Cyclohexane Vapor," 1972, Co-Chaired with P.T. Eubank.

M.S. Students

1 Wei Sun, "New Procedure for Sulfur Dioxide Removal from Simulated Flue Gas with Biproduct Ammonium Sulfate," MS, May 1998.

2 Hui Chen, "Catalytic Hydroliquefaction of Coal in Supercritical Fluids," MS, May 1996.

3 David Ricci, "Performance of TAM-5 CST Using Ion Exchange Columns," August 1995.

4 Luan Nguyen, "Kinetics of Ion Exchange of Crystalline Silico-Titanates," Dec., 1994.
5 Renita Nge, "Synthesis and Characterization of Catalytic Activity of Types 3, 4 and 5 New Crystalline Titanates and TAM-6 and TAM-7 Crystalline Silico-Titanates," Aug., 1994.

6 Hamad Al-Adwani, "A Kinetic Study of Methanol Synthesis in a Slurry Reactor Using a CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalyst," 1992, Co-Chaired with Aydin Akgerman.

7 Sinoto Tjandra, "Methanol Synthesis in a Trickle Bed Reactor," 1992, Co-Chaired with Aydin Akgerman.

8 Zhentao Feng, "Reactions of Propane on Hydrous Metal Oxide-Supported Catalysts," 1991.

9 Edwin Sabath Gonzalez, "Synthesis and Characterization of New Crystalline Titanates," 1991.

10 Shrikant Ulhas Kulkarni, "Estimation of Effective Diffusion Coefficients in Porous Catalysts," 1991.

11 Geoffeory Pass, "A Kinetic Model for Methanol Synthesis on a Cu/Zn/AL2O3 Catalyst," 1990.

12 Karen Gibson Gruber, "The Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Ammonia in the Presence of Oxygen," 1988.

13 Larry Czarnecki, "Selective Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Ammonia Over Vanadia on Pillared Titanium Phosphates," 1988.

14 Naynesh Desai, "Interpretation of Data From a Pulse Reactor," 1988.

15 Metin Gezer, "Characterization of Pentasil-Type Molecular Sieve Catalysts by Pulse Reactor," 1987.

16 Terry Helton, "A Solvent Study of the Direct Liquefaction of Big Brown Lignite," 1987.

17 Agah Koker, "A Study of the liquefaction of Indian Head Lignite," 1987.

18 Amin Kaushik, "The Effect of Velocity and Porosity Profiles on the Performance of Fixed Bed Reactors," 1984.

19 Michael A. Matthews, "Conversion of Synthesis Gas and Methanol to Hydrocarbons Using Zeolite Catalysts," 1984.

20 Mark Riley, "A Study of Fischer-Tropsch Model Compounds Reacting Over ZSM-5," 1984.

21 Kenneth McLaughlin, "The Nature and Formation of Coke in the Reaction of Methanol to Hydrocarbons Over Chabazite," 1983.

22 Shirsh Mehta, "Cold Flow Study of a Fluidized Bed Reactor for Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," 1983.

23 Ricardo Garza, "Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Low Molecular Weight Olefins in a Fluidized Bed Reactor," 1982.

24 David Duwayne Smith, "The Upgrading of Fischer-Tropsch Liquids Over ZSM-5 Using Model Compounds," 1982.

25 Douglas H. Culpon, "A Kinetic Model For the Liquefaction of Lignite in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor," 1982.

26 Yung_N Lee, "Production of Low BTU Gas From Biomass," 1981.

27 Ting Y. Chan, "A Study of the Catalytic Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Low Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons," 1981.

28 Sandra Haley Harclerode, "A Kinetic Model For the Liquefaction of Texas Lignite," 1980.

29 David Shumbera, "Reaction Rate Kinetics for the Non-Catalytic Hydrogenation of Texas Lignite with Tetralin and Hydrogen Gas," 1980.

30 John D. Groves, "Fluidized Bed Gasification of Agricultural Residues," 1979.

31 Michael Treybig, "Effects of Mixing on Polymerization of Styrene," 1977.

32 Tayfun Tanlak, "Batch Polymerization of Styrene Initiated by n-Butyllithium in Benzene," 1977.

33 Yashpal S. Gupta, "Catalytic Decomposition of Methanol at Various Temperatures and Several Liquid Hourly Space Velocities," 1975.

34 James H. Cox, Jr., "An Experimental System for the n-Butylithium Initiated Polymerization of Styrene in a Multi-Sampled Batch Reactor," 1974.

35 Raymond E. Porter, "Batch Polymerization of Isoprene in n-Hexane by n-Butyllithium Initiation," 1973.

36 Roy Keith, "Polymerization of isoprene Initiated by n-Butyllithium in a Motionless Tubular Mixer," 1973.

37 Thomas R. Landon, "Batch Polymerization of Styrene Initiated by n-Butyllithium in a Cyclohexane Solvent," 1973.

38 Rashmi R. Desai, "Batch Polymerization of Styrene Initiated by Alkyl Lithiums," 1970.

39 Sayeed Hasan, "Batch Polymerization of Styrene and Isoprene by n-Butyllithium Initiator," 1968.

1 Kou-Hsiung Chu, "Chemical Reactions of Methane," 1981.

2 Benjamin L. Sargent, 1980.

3 Mark D. Bearden, "Correlations for Coal Gasification Reactors," 1980.

4 Donald A. Vanscoy, "A Computer Model for Ethane Pyrolysis," 1978.

5 Ta_Hsin Lee, 1977.

6 Tuan_Chi Liu, "Polyurethane Raw Materials and Reactions," 1975.
7 David Tanner, "Relative Conversions in Adiabatic Segregated/Maximum Mixedness Reactors," 1975.

8 Emmett J. Usey, Jr., "Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene," 1973.

9 Abu Ahmad, "Batch Polymerization of Isoprene Initiated by n-Butyllithium in a Hexane Solvent," 1972.

10 Samir S. Sofer, "Numerical Solutions of Highly Non-Ideal Multicomponent Distillation Systems," 1971.

11 Anthony P. Meehan, "A Kinetic Study Made on a Given Set of Reactions," 1971.

12 Page R. Shirtum, "Conversions of Methanol to a Gaseous Fuel," 1971.

13 William Jennings, "Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethyl Benzene," 1970.

14 Marvin K. Jones, "Reversible Termination Polymerization In a Series of Three CST Reactors with Multiple Feed Streams," 1970.

15 George F. Logan, "Numerical Analysis of Two Reactor Systems," 1970.

16 Thomas D. Edger, "Simulation of Termination Free Polymerization in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors," 1969.

17 Douglas V. Mumm, "Chemical Aging Effects on Solid Rocket Propellants," 1969.

18 Harry Von Sargent, "A Study of Termination Free Polymerization in Three Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors with Recycle," 1969.

19 John V. Jack, "A Semi-Empirical Method for Estimating Water Concentrations in the Hydrocarbon Rich Liquid Phase of Ternary Hydrocarbon Water Systems," 1968.
20 Orville C. Kremmer, "Emulsion Polymerization of Acrylic Monomers," 1968.

21 Floyd Gene Teaney, "Simulation of Termination Free Polymerization in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors," 1968.

22 James L. Kuester, "Polymerization Models of Styrene, Isoprene, Butadiene and Methyl Methecrylate Via Lithium Alkyl Initiators," 1967.

23 Dexter Hill, "A Survey of the Literature on Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Polymerization of "-Olefins," 1966.

Current research students

Won Jae Lee, "Kinetic Model including coking for Dehydrogenation of Ethyl Benzene," PhD, May 2004

Nicolas Rouckout, "Kinetics and Reaction Engineering for Gas-Liquid-solid Reactions-Hydrogenation of sulfonyl chloride into Thiols

Bradley R.Atkinson, Hydrogenation of Sulfonyl Chloride/Investigations into Soybean Oil

Professional activities and service:

Professional Societies

Junior Engineering Technical Society Committee, 1966_1973.
Continuing Education Committee, South Texas Section of AIChE, 1967_1969.
Activity Coordinator, ASEE, 1970_1971.
Vice-President and Activity Coordinator, Texas A&M Chapter of ASEE, 1971_1972.
President, Texas A&M Chapter of ASEE, 1972_1973.
Executive Committee South Texas Section of AIChE, 1978.
Vice-Chairman, Area 1B_National Program Committee, AIChE 1979_1980.
Chairman, Area 1B_National Program Committee, AIChE, 1980_1982.
AIChE Research Committee SubCommittee on Catalysis, 1979.
Executive Committee Southwest Catalyst Society, 1980_1981.
Chairman-Elect, Southwest Catalyst Society, 1982_1983.
Chairman, Southwest Catalyst Society, 1983_1984.
Chairman, Group 1, Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals, National Program Committee, AIChE, 1983_1984.
Director, Fuels and Petrochemicals Div. of AIChE, 1985_1987.
Second Vice_Chairman, Fuels and Petrochemicals Div. of AIChE, 4/88_3/89.
First Vice_Chairman, Fuels and Petrochemicals Div. of AIChE, 4/89_3/90.
Publication Committee, AIChE, 1989_to present .
Chair, Fuels and Petrochemicals Div. of AIChE, 3/19/90-4/91.
2nd Vice_Chair, Executive Board National Program Committee of AIChE, 1990.
1st Vice_Chair, Executive Board National Program Committee of AIChE, Jan 1, 1991-August 1, 1991.
Past Chair, Fuels and Petrochemicals Division of AIChE, 4/91-4/92.
Chair, Executive Board National Program Committee of AIChE, 1991-1992.
Past Chair, Executive Board National Program Committee of AIChE, January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993.
Member, Quality Guidance Committee, AIChE, 1994-1996 .

Professional activities

Chairman, Working Group C, Reactivity of Low Rank Coals, for the Basic Science Workshop, sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy, December 8-9, 1981, Houston, TX.
Participant, U.S. Dept. of Energy Workshop on Lignite Liquefaction, Spring 1981, San Antonio, TX.

Member of Meeting Program Committee for Spring 1983 AIChE National Meeting in Houston, TX.
Chairman, Symposium on Zeolite Catalysis Sessions I & II, 1983 Spring National Meeting, AIChE, Houston, TX.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on Upgrading of Heavy Oils, Winter National AIChE Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 1984.

Chairman, Symposium on Lignite Liquefaction, Winter National AIChE Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1982.

Coordinator and Chairman, two, one day Symposiums for the Southwest Catalyst Society, Houston, TX, October 1983 and May 1984.

Chairman or Vice_Chairman of Symposia on Zeolite Catalysts, Lignite Properties, and Lignite Processing, Spring National AIChE Meeting, Houston, TX, 1985.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on "Experimental Methods in Kinetics and Catalysis," Annual AIChE Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 27, 1984.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on "Liquefaction of Lignite" with Fred Bauer, Dept. of Energy, Thirteenth Biennial Lignite Symposium, Sponsored by Dept. of Energy, University of North Dakota's Energy Research Center, and the Texas Universities Coal Research Consortium, Bismarck, ND, May 21_23, 1985.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on "Trickle Bed Reactors," Annual AIChE Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 10_15, 1985.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on "Reaction Engineering in Upgrading Heavy Fuels," AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, November 2_7, 1986.

Meeting Program Chairman, National AIChE Meeting, Houston, TX, March 1987.

Chairman, Symposium on "Shape Selective Catalysis with Molecular Sieves and Zeolites" Annual AIChE Meeting, New York, NY, November 15_20, 1987.

Chairman, Symposium on Multi-phase Reactors, with A. Akgerman, Spring AIChE Meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 1988.

Vice_Chairman/Chairman, Featured Symposium on Hydrotreating Catalysts, with M. Occelli of Unocal, Annual AIChE Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov._Dec. 1988.

Vice_Chairman, Symposium on Multi-phase Reactors, with A. Akgerman, Annual AIChE Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov._Dec. 1988.

Chair, Symposium on Heavy Oil Upgrading, with David Anderson, Mobil Oil Co., Spring National AIChE Meeting, March 18_22, 1990.

Chair, Synthesis and Characterization of New Molecular Sieves, with A. Akgerman, Houston, TX, AIChE Meeting, April 7-10, 1991.

Chair, Symposium on Catalyst Supports: Chemistry, Forming and Characterization, Tuesday Morning, at the 4th Chemical Congress of North America and 202nd ACS National Meeting, August 27, 1991. (Steve Bradley requested I chair this session.)

Chair, New Catalytic Materials I & II, with A. Akgerman, AIChE Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1994.

Track Chair and Organizing Committee of AIChE 1996 World Congress of Chemical Engineering, San Diego, CA, 1996.

Co-Chair, Department Head Forum, AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 15-20, 1997.

Organizing Committee, Fuels and Petrochemicals Division, AIChE Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 6-13, 1998.

Chair, Symposium on Promise for a New Century, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 23-25, 2000.

University service

Departmental Graduate Advisor, 1971_1972.
College Committee for Developing Criteria for Promotion, Tenure, and Raises, 1971_72.
Committees related to accreditation by the Southern Association of Universities, 1972_73.
College Committee for Selection of Distinguished Graduates, 1979_82.
Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi, 1975_1978.
Chairman, Graduate College Committee for Selection of Distinguished Graduates at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels, 1982.
Committee for developing criteria for Selection of Distinguished Graduates from the Graduate
College, 1984.
Chairman, Ch.E. Faculty Search Committee, 1982_1985.
Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering Graduate Program Committee, 1980_1985.
Member Graduate Program Committee, 1985_1987.
Liaison for Chemical Engineering's Advisory Committee, 1980_ to present.
Coordinator, CHEN 204, 1970_1984 and CHEN 464, 1970_Present.
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1977_1987: Chairman 1987_Present.
Scholarship Committee, 1980_1987.
Faculty Advisor, Omega Chi Epsilon, Chemical Engineering Honor Society, 1988-1995.
Chair, Chemical Engineering Department's Safety Committee, 1989-1990.
Chair, College of Engineering, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1988- to present.
Chairman, College of Engineering Emergency Planning Committee, May_August 1988.
Member, Faculty Honors and Awards Committee for College of Engineering, Chaired by Skip Fletcher, 1988-1992.
Member, Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Committee, 1991-1994.
External Assessor of Appointments and Promotions, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya, 1992- to present
Chair, Chemical Engineering Department Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 1994- to present
Member, Future Directions for Chemical Engineering Department, 1994- to present
Chairman of the Instrumentation Symposium for the Process Industries; Conducted 50th Symposium, January 17-19, 1996 (30 years as Chairman).
Coordinated the establishment of the "Instrument Society of America - South Texas Section Endowed Scholarship" for the Texas A&M Chemical Engineering Scholars Program, 1993.
Participated with Dr. Halim Hamid in arrangements for joint collaboration with his institution, Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals Section of King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia, March 1994.
Chair, Department of Petroleum Engineering Department Head Search, 1996.
Chair, Nuclear Engineering Review Committee, 1997.
Department Head, Department of Chemical Engineering , Texas A&M University, 1995-2002.

Public service

Advisor for Texas Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 1978_1982.
Project Advisor, Non_Fossil Fuel Supply, Gas Research Institute, 1979_1981.
Reviewer for AIChE Journal, American Scientist, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Fuel Processing Technology, Journal of Catalysis, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Science, Applied Catalysis, Bioresource Technology, Separation Science & Technology, Chemistry of Materials, Nature, NSF, and U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Board of Directors, Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council, 1980-84.