member of American Chemical Society Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Member SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Member
selected publications academic article 3D Numerical Simulation of the Transport of Chemical Signature Compounds from Buried Landmines [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5794:738-744. 2005 Detection of the Spectroscopic Signatures of Explosives and their Degradation Products [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5794:724-728. 2005 Immersion Mode SPME/ECD/GC and TEEMGC/MS for Analysis of Explosives Buried in Sand [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5794:1272-1280. 2005 Raman Signatures of TNT in Contact with Sand Particles [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5794:1245-1253. 2005 Spectroscopic Signatures of PETN in Contact with Sand Particles [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5794:1254-1262. 2005 Synthesis and Agglomeration of Gold Nanoparticles in Reverse Micelles. Nanotechnology. 16:S618-S625. 2005 Density-Functional-Theory Calculations of TNT and its Interaction with Siloxane Sites of Clay Minerals [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5415:1367-1376. 2004 Numerical Simulation of the Chemical-Signature-Compounds Transport from a Mine Field [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5415:533-544. 2004 The Chemistry of TNT on Clean and Hydroxyl Precovered Ottawa Sand Particles [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5415:1400-1407. 2004 Theoretical Studies of the Molecular Structures of Dinitrotoluenes and their Interactions with Siloxane Site Surface of Clays [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5415:1377-1388. 2004 Transport of Explosives I: TNT in Soil and its Equilibrium Vapor [Conference Proceedings]. Proceedings of SPIE. 5415:1389-1399. 2004 A Raman Spectroscopy Study of SOx Species Adsorbed on Au Nanocluster Surfaces. Nanotechnology. 3:123. 2003 Polydisperse Mixture of Gold Particles. Nanotechnology. 3:123. 2003 Growth Kinetics of Gold Nanoparticles. Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology . 435-438. 2002 Real Time Kinetic Measurements of Silver Nanocluster Growth. Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology . 439-442. 2002
professional service activities Academic Affairs Committee Member 2008 - DuPont Collaborative Work 2000 - Department of Chemical Engineering . Graduate Program Coordinator 2004 - 2008 Departmental Personnel Committee - Department of Chemical Engineering Member 2004 - 2008 Departmental Planning Committee - Department of Chemical Engineering Member 2004 - 2008 Petrox Refinery Consultant 1983 - 1985
education and training Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 1983 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Conception, Chile 1978 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Conception, Chile 1976
awards and honors EPSCoR Scholarly Productivity Award, conferred by National Science Foundation (NSF), 1988 Young Researcher Nomination, conferred by Third International Conference on Fluid and Phase Equilibria for Chemical Process Design, 1983 Research Fellowship, conferred by Chemical Engineering Department University of Pennsylvania, 1978 - 1983
