Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Dr. Steve Benson
Dr. Frank Bowman
Dr. Yun Ji
Dr. Edward Kolodka
Dr. Gautham Krishnamoorthy
Dr. Michael Mann, Chair
Dr. Wayne Seames
Dr. Brian Tande
Dr. Bob Wills
Staff
Connie Wixo
Angeline Reinhart
David Hirschmann
Shanna Corbett
Paul Overby
Chalres Thumbi
Lee Haag
Tyrone Garro
Jolene Seames
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Juergen Fischer
Dr. Phillip Hutton
Dr. Alena Kubotova
Dr. Evgenii Kozliak
Dr. Edwin Olson
Dr. Paul Pansegrau
Dr. Nikhil Patel
Dr. Srivats Srinivasachar
Dr. Michael Swanson
Dr. Melvin Tucker
Dr. Ye Zhaung
Dr. Steve Benson
Professor
Harrington Hall Room 313
701/777-5177
Areas of Expertise: Efficient and clean utilization of renewable and fossil fuels in gasification and combustion systems; Ash formation and fireside ash deposition; Carbon products; Carbon dioxide separation and capture
Dr. Frank Bowman
Associate Chair for Education and Outreach
Harrington Hall Room 314
701/777-4245
Areas of Expertise: Atmospheric aerosols; Organic aerosol partitioning; Mathematical modeling of multicomponent aerosols; Air quality modeling; Educational technology; Assessment of student learning; Educational air pollution models
Dr. Yun Ji
Assistant Professor
Harrington Hall Room 305
701/777-4456
Areas of Expertise: Renewable and sustainable energy; Chemicals and fuels from renewable sources; Biomass pretreatment; Biochemical & thermo-chemical of biomass for fuel production, enzymatic hydrolysis, integrated energy and environmental projects; Process simulation Forestry biorefinery;
Pulp and paper technology; Lignin utilization
Dr. Edward Kolodka
Associate Professor
Harrington Hall Room 312
Grand Forks ND 58202-7101
701/777-3798
Areas of Expertise: Polymer reaction engineering; Synthesis Rheological and mechanical properties of polymers; Development of polymers from agricultural products; Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers
Dr. Gautham Krishnamorthy
Assistant Professor
Harrington Hall Room 315
701/777-6699
Areas of Expertise: Computational fluid dynamics; Simulations of combustion reaction flows; Carbon
capture technologies; Radiative heat transfer
Dr. Michael Mann
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Chair
Harrington Hall Room 323
701/777-3852
Areas of Expertise: Performance issues in advanced energy systems firing coal and biomass; Emission control; Renewable and sustainable energy systems; Development of energy strategies coupling thermodynamics with political, social, and economic factors
Dr. Wayne Seames
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
Director, SUNRISE
Harrington Hall Room 308
701/777-2958
Areas of Expertise: Novel process technologies; Renewable fuels and chemicals; Advanced combustion technologies; Mitigation of the environmental impact of heavy metals; Trace element partitioning from combustion and incineration
Dr. Brian Tande
Assistant Professor
Harrington Hall Room 101D
701/777-3797
Areas of Expertise: Polymer science and engineering with applications in sustainable energy; Rheology of complex fluids; Block copolymer morphology; Neutron scattering; Effect of polymer branching on membrane transport; Polymers and composites from renewable sources
Dr. Robert Wills
Associate Professor
Harrington Hall Room 325
701/777-4244
Areas of Expertise: Non-thermal drying of solids by chemical dehydration; Vegetative oil extraction and product enhancement; Increasing process efficiencies in the fermentation industry
Staff
Connie Wixo
Administrative Support
Harrington Hall Room 323
701/777-4244
Angie Reinhart
Grants and Finance Officer
Harrington Hall Room 322 B
701/777-4211
David Hirschmann
Lab Equipment Mechanic
Harrington Hall Room 160 A
701/777-3931
