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DEPARTMENT OF
CHEMICAL AND
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ENGINEERING 2009
ANNUAL REPORT
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CONTENTS
Department Head’s Message
Dr. Bamin Khomami
Research Feature
Dr. Eric Boder
Governor’s Chair
Dr. Thomas Zawodzinski
New Faculty Member
Dr. Paul Dalhaimer
Outstanding Graduate Student
Arash Abedijaberi
Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Mark May
Outstanding Alumnus
Jerry Johnson
Renowned Lecturers
Dr. G. M. Homsy
Dr. Ronald Lawson
Faculty Listing
CBE Board of Advisors
Honors and Awards
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“ The global energy crisis
has made abundantly
clear the need for, new,
sustainable, economic and
environmentally friendly
means of energy production.
This translates into
unprecedented opportunities
for chemical engineers, who
are uniquely positioned
among the engineering
disciplines to tackle these
enormous challenges. ”
As I enter my fourth year as Department Head of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the
University of Tennessee, it is readily apparent that it
is a very exciting time to be a chemical engineer. The
global energy crisis has made abundantly clear the need
for new, sustainable, economic and environmentally
friendly means of energy production. This translates into
unprecedented opportunities for chemical engineers,
who are uniquely positioned among the engineering
disciplines to tackle these enormous challenges.
Here at the University of Tennessee, we are keenly
focused on these future challenges, and, as indicated
on the cover, are rapidly expanding our departmental
horizons to face the changing energy environment.
Last year, I reported the department’s efforts at
establishing and leading a new center within the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the Sustainable
Energy Education and Research Center (SEERC).
This center is now fully operational and funded, both
through internal sources and competitive external
grants. It is now providing seed grants to collaborative
research groups to study novel methods of energy
production and utilization, which hopefully will lead to
further innovation and research productivity.
Our department has also taken the lead in the
Sustainable Technology through Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research (STAIR) program, which
was funded in 2008 through a grant from the National
Science Foundation. This program is dedicated to
the recruitment and training of Ph.D. students in
sustainable energy research activities. During the
current year, the program has shifted into high gear
after last year’s successful start-up phase. At this time,
Department Head’s Message From Dr. Bamin Khomami
12 graduate students are taking advantage of this
unique opportunity.
Research within our department is still maintaining the
momentum it achieved during the past two years. Our
active grants total approximately $11M, representing
a 2.5-fold increase from three years ago. Our research
portfolio now includes external grants from essentially
every federal funding agency, including the National
Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the
Department of Defense, the American Chemical
Society, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and, for the
first time in 2007, the National Institute of Health. We
also have industrially and national laboratory sponsored
research projects with Eastman Chemical Co. and Oak
Ridge National Laboratory. Commensurate with this
growth in our research funding, the number of Ph.D.
students in our program has doubled in the past three
years to a total of 33. Our undergraduate enrollment has
also nearly doubled in the same period.
The department was extremely fortunate to attract two
new faculty members during the past year. Dr. Thomas
Zawodzinski joined us in August as one of the new
Governor’s Chairs in Electric Energy Storage. Tom will
add to our already considerable strengths in fuel cells.
In addition, he has started a very large research initiative
in energy storage and battery technologies. Dr. Paul
Dalhaimer also joined us as a new assistant professor
from the University of Pennsylvania after a postdoctoral
fellow position at Yale University. Paul mainly works in
the area of drug delivery with special emphasis on lung
carcinoma, and has outstanding potential to become a
leading innovator in this area. We currently have two
open searches at the assistant professor level.
Bamin Khomami
Armour T. Granger and Alvin & Sally Beaman
Distinguished University Professor and Head of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Although there is still much more to accomplish,
the department has already made significant strides
toward gaining a national reputation in only three
years. Over the next several years, continued effort will
be expended to realize the department’s full potential.
Great success is anticipated with continued innovation
and relentless effort.
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Research Focus: Dr. Eric Boder
“Our hope is that our research will point the way to new ‘smart’
materials for use in biosensors and to enhanced approaches to
vaccination,” Boder said. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead, but
I’m very excited about the possibilities.”
Eric Boder, an associate professor
in the Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), is
a faculty member whose research is
uncovering exciting new territory.
Boder has been at UT for two years.
He received his Ph.D. at the University
of Illinois and was awarded a National
Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER
Award in 2003.
Boder’s research areas are molecular
biotechnology and bioengineering,
protein engineering and directed
evolution. The primary goal
of his work is to change the
properties of molecules in order
to create proteins that might be
useful as components in drug
delivery devices or biosensors.
He is collaborating with a former
colleague at the University
of Pennsylvania to study and
engineer a protein that regulates
the capability of immune cells to
adhere to blood vessel walls at sites
of inflammation, a capability that
would be desirable for delivering
therapeutics.
Boder is also engaging in multidisciplinary
research with several
professors at the University of
Tennessee.
“I’m becoming involved in a
sustainable energy project with
a number of faculty here at UT,
including Paul Frymier in CBE.
We are directing our efforts to
develop an approach for producing
hydrogen from sunlight using
biological materials,” Boder
said. “I will also be working with
Barry Bruce, a professor in the
Biochemical, Cellular and Molecular
Biology Department and Hugh
O’Neill, who is a biochemist at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).”
Boder’s primary sources of research
funding are the NSF and the
National Institute of Health (NIH).
He has also received grants from
the Whitaker Foundation and Merck
Foundation.
“Historically, our research has
been biomedically focused,” Boder
added. “Although we still have a lot
of interest in biomedical research,
we’re diversifying thanks to the
environment and colleagues at UT
and ORNL.”
Boder is currently putting together
a research publication that will
outline his results with class II MHC,
a protein fundamentally involved
in regulating immune responses.
The primary aim of this research is
to develop a tool that will create
a better understanding of which
antigens might induce an immune
response and allow fine-tuning of
those responses.
“Our hope is that our research
will point the way to new ‘smart’
materials for use in biosensors
and to enhanced approaches to
vaccination,” Boder said. “We’ve got
a lot of work ahead, but I’m very
excited about the possibilities.”
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The Governor’s Chair in Electrical Engineering Storage: Thomas Zawodzinski
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The Governor’s Chair program at the University of
Tennessee attracts top scientists to broaden and
enhance the unique research partnership that
exists between the state’s flagship university and
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the nation’s
largest multi-program laboratory. The initiative is
funded by the State of Tennessee and ORNL.
The program is primarily designed to provide an
opportunity for accomplished researchers from
around the world to enhance joint research efforts
that position the partnership as a leader in the
fields of biological science, computational science,
advanced materials and neutron science. Over
$20 million in designated funding from the state
and ORNL is being invested to recruit and fund
the positions, including resources to support new
research programs.
In August 2009, Dr. Thomas Zawodzinski was named
as the Governor’s Chair in Electrical Energy Storage.
Zawodzinski is the third Governor’s Chair in the
engineering college and the fifth for the university.
Zawodzinski received his Ph.D. in chemistry from
State University of New York in Buffalo, N.Y. His thesis
work, under the supervision of Professor Robert
Osteryoung, dealt with the physical and chemical
studies of ambient temperature ionic liquids.
Zawodzinski is an internationally recognized leader
in the field of fuel cells, bridging fundamental and
applied studies to drive innovation in materials and
cell design. He has also carried out prior work on
batteries, most notably on transport in materials for
lithium batteries.
Zawodzinski was previously the F. Alex Nason
Professor of Engineering, the Ohio Eminent Scholar
for Fuel Cells and the director of the Case Advanced
Power Institute in the Department of Chemical
Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
During his tenure at Case, he led a highly successful
multi-university ARO-funded MURI on “Integrated
Computational and Experimental Studies of Fuel
Cell Electrocatalysis” that included participation by
researchers at Case, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the University of Virginia, the University
of Illinois, Rice University and Northeastern
University. In 2002, Zawodzinski led efforts to build
the Wright Fuel Cell Group, utilizing a $20 million
capital grant to establish a university-industry
consortium in Ohio.
Zawodzinski will be based in the Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering Department at UT and
in the Physical Chemistry of Materials Group at
ORNL. As part of this group, Zawodzinski will help
to expand and develop multi-disciplinary programs
in electrical energy storage, fuel cells and other
relevant areas.
Dr. Paul Dalhaimer, who has recently joined
the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering as an assistant professor, enjoys the
constant challenges of his field.
“I became interested in science in general when I
found out that time isn’t constant,” Dalhaimer said.
“So originally I wanted to study mathematical physics
but I worried that jobs would be scarce in that area.
The chemical and biomolecular engineering field
draws from chemistry, physics, mathematics and
now biology. It is a very versatile–and sometimes
overwhelming–discipline. I tried to make a safe bet
and went with an eclectic field.”
Dalhaimer, who received his Ph.D. in chemical
and biomolecular engineering at the University of
Pennsylvania, was recently a postdoctoral Fellow in
molecular, cellular and developmental biology at
Yale University.
“During my time at Yale, I worked on a protein
complex called Arp2/3. The proteins that give the
‘push’ to the front edge of a motile cell (e.g. amoeba)
form a structure that looks like a tree in winter. In
this analogy the trunk/roots point toward the
center of the cell and the branches point outward
in the direction the cell is moving,” Dalhamier
explained. “Simply put, if cells didn’t have Arp2/3
complex our ‘tree’ would be a wooden pole: Arp2/3
is responsible for the branching. The lab that I was
in used many techniques to study Arp2/3 complex:
fluorescent tagging in yeast, x-ray crystallography
of purified complex, molecular dynamics of the
subsequent crystal structure and more.”
Dalhamier became interested in becoming a
university professor while a freshman at the
University of Pennsylvania. He is excited about the
opportunities that his new position offers.
“College is an unusual thing in that a student learns a
massive amount of material in a short period of time
but the student doesn’t really apply it then and there
(my first job out of college was to figure out how
large the bolts should be on the base of a sign so it
doesn’t fall over: no chemical reactions!). Graduate
school is a little more ideal in the sense that one takes
classes while being in a laboratory so the opportunity
for application is there. In short we don’t know what
the future graduates will do–I want them to gain
a general savvy for problem solving that can be
applied to most anything,” Dalhaimer added.
Dalhaimier’s move to the state of Tennessee has
offered him a new area of research.
“I have been told that Tennessee is the third most
obese state in the country,” Dalhaimer said. “Part of
the research in my laboratory works on the molecule
mechanisms of obesity. Cells have organelles called
lipid droplets that basically store fat. Excess numbers
and size of lipid droplets in our cells cause health
problems. We use fission yeast as a model system
to study the formation of lipid droplets. We are
interested in the atomistic structure of the droplets,
for this we are collaborating with Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL). We also work on drug delivery
vehicles that are actually not much different in
structure from the lipid droplets but the vehicles
carry drugs instead of fat. At the present we are
working on understanding the interactions of our
drug carrying vehicles with a lymphoma cell line.
New Faculty Member: Paul Dalhaimer
A long-term goal of our laboratory would be to
discover and deliver drugs that reduce the size of
lipid droplets in human tissue in a healthy way.”
Dalhaimer looks forward to working with the faculty,
staff and students in the CBE department.
“My plan is simple: to provide my future students and
post-docs with guidance and funding so that they
can succeed and hopefully be found on the scientific
map,” he said.
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Outstanding Graduate Student Arash Abedijaberi
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When he was growing up in Isfahan, Iran, Arash
Abedijaberi had no idea that his academic pursuits
would lead him to the doctoral program in the
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(CBE) at the University of Tennessee, but he has been
here since 2007.
Before he made his journey to the United States,
Abedijaberi attended a different UT: the University of
Tehran. He received his bachelor’s and master’s in the
prestigious Department of Biotechnology.
“To be accepted in this program, I had to be among
the top one percent in the national entrance exam for
colleges in Iran,” Abedijaberi said. “My rank became
51 out of 1.4 million participants.”
Abedijaberi then moved to St. Louis, Mo.
to study for his Ph.D. from Washington
University. It was while at WashU that he
met Dr. Bamin Khomami, who became
his advisor. When Khomami accepted
his position as the Granger and Beaman
Distinguished University Professor and
Head of CBE, Abedijaberi reevaluated
his academic plans.
“I am very interested in doing research,
teaching and seeking a faculty position,”
Abedijaberi added. “I decided to work
with only the best people in my field,
and this was the main reason I decided
to transfer to UT and continue working
with Dr. Khomami.”
Abedijaberi completed a second
master’s in environmental, energy and
chemical engineering before following
Khomami to The Hill. Abedijaberi’s
interest in chemical and biomolecular
engineering stems from his interest in
and undergraduate study of biological
systems. It was under Khomami’s
guidance that Abedijaberi transitioned
from the realm of biotechnology and
chemistry into engineering.
“I always enjoyed studying about the
genetics of biological organisms,”
Abedijaberi said. “I felt in order to be
able to use these systems for the human
benefit, I needed to be an engineer, and
I decided to change my field.”
“ In my twenty years in academia, I have been very fortunate to work with many gifted graduate
students in my research group. Rarely have I met an individual with as many multiple talents as
Arash. He possesses outstanding analytical thinking ability and great leadership skills on top of
an impeccable character and a pleasant personality. It has been a joy to watch Arash develop and
mature as a scientist. I am looking forward to watching him go to the next stage of his career as
an academician. I foresee a very successful journey. ”
– Dr. Bamin Khomami
Abedijaberi enjoys a challenge, and
making the move into engineering
certainly provided him with one.
“Initially, I received the lowest grade
on the first exam and the highest on
the last exam,” he said. “This is how I
broke through my fear of chemical
engineering as a biologist.”
Abedijaberi’s research focuses on the
simulation of complex flows of Non-
Newtonian fluids. Non-Newtonian
fluids exhibit behavior unlike water,
and Abedijaberi wants to predict
their behavior on the industrial level.
He must describe these materials with
nonlinear partial differential equations
by using supercomputers and then
develop numerical algorithms to solve
these equations.
“I use two supercomputers,” Abedijaberi
commented. “One—called Newton—
consists of 1200 nodes, and each node
can be thought of as an equivalent to a
single PC.
“The other computer is called Kraken,
and it is the third fast supercomputer in
the world. It has 64,000 nodes,” he said.
Like many doctorate students,
Abedijaberi looks forward to teaching
as well as conducting research.
“My goal is to use the engineering
insight I have gained in conjunction
with my biological knowledge and
background to do research as well as
teaching,” Abedijaberi said. “I enjoy
teaching very much, so my aim is to
hold an academic job.”
When he’s not in the lab, Abedijaberi
participates in a number of
extracurricular activities. He is active in
the UT Outdoor Program —
canoeing, rafting, caving, backpacking
and camping. He also is the president
of the Persian Club at the university.
Abedijaberi is a member of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, Society of Rheology
and American Physical Society. He
receives the Helen Jubin Fellowship
and the College of Engineering Ph.D.
Fellowship, and he has won the Jim
and Sandra McKinley Outstanding
Graduate Student Award.
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Outstanding Undergraduate Student Mark May
For some, the decision to study
engineering comes naturally, and
Mark May is one of those students. The
senior in chemical and biomolecular
engineering had a scientific
background in chemistry, and his
aptitude and interest in analytical
modeling led to a strong foundation
in mathematics. Out of this was born a
desire to study chemical engineering.
“I am fortunate to have an educationoriented
home life,” May said.
“My parents helped me develop a
dedicated work ethic and appreciation
of the value of learning.”
May calls his parents “the most
intelligent man and woman” he knows.
His father holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry
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and would use everyday examples
such as preparing food in terms of
organic chemistry, which not only
fostered May’s interest in chemistry
but in cooking as well. His four older
siblings also guided his educational
development.
“I attribute half of my accomplishments
to good parents and the other half to
supportive siblings,” May said.
May graduated fifth in his class
from Hillsboro High School in
Nashville, Tenn. in 2005. Engineering
initially appealed to him because
of the learning opportunities, job
responsibilities and career potentials.
His decision to attend the University of
Tennessee was three-fold: it’s a large
campus within a short drive from
Nashville where he felt opportunities
existed to excel.
“As a proud soon-to-be-UT-graduate,
it is safe to say these opportunities did
present themselves,” May added.
May completed three terms of the
Office of Professional Practice’s Coop
program with Dow Chemical
Company. He receives several
scholarships, including the John Prados
Scholarship and the Dennis and Connie
Denihan Scholarship for Outstanding
Performance, and is a member of Tau
Beta Pi and AIChE.
“Any circumstance where I worked
and studied with peers makes up a
favorable engineering memory,” May
said. “Most of the fun was having a
laugh with my fellow students while
putting a presentation together,
and I’m glad we worked through
chemical engineering with supportive
camaraderie.”
His favorite past classes include fluid
mechanics, organic chemistry and
differential equations, and reactor
design and kinetics tops the list this
semester.
“Organic chemistry stands as my
favorite undergraduate course because
I enjoy learning new reactions and
using that knowledge to supplement
other classes,” May said. “A common
theme among my other favorite
courses is solving physical phenomena
“ My goal is to positively impact local and global communities,
whether through making reverse osmosis water filters or researching
biosynthetic approaches for conserving energy ”
and chemical reactions through
appropriate models.”
May’s affinity for solving physical
phenomena will benefit him after
graduation: he aims to work in energy
conservation and clean water supply.
“My goal is to positively impact local
and global communities, whether
through making reverse osmosis water
filters or researching biosynthetic
approaches for conserving energy,” May
said. “These efforts will require staying
true to several values: commitment to
learning, embracing an open mind and
making selfless decisions.”
May has decided that he’ll pursue
graduate school upon his May 2010
graduation.
“Bio-polymers and advanced materials
are the motivation behind graduate
school because bridging chemical
engineering with biological systems
is appealing,” May said. “I plan to take
more biochemistry to facilitate these
efforts.”
Regardless of where May ends up, he
plans to spend summer 2010 living in
Hawaii with his older brother.
“I intend to pick up a part-time job, learn
to surf and go on shark diving cage
tours,” May said. “I look forward to any
opportunity to see sharks and seeing
my brother won’t be so bad either.”
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Outstanding Alumnus Jerry Johnson
Although Jerry L. Johnson has made the unusual
transition from engineering to finance, he still
values the lessons that he learned as a chemical
engineering major at the University of Tennessee.
Johnson was born in Atmore, Alabama, and lived
in the state until he was in the 9th grade, when
his family moved to Columbia, Mississippi. After
graduating from high school, Johnson decided to
continue his education at UT.
“The largest contributing factor to my selecting the
University of Tennessee for college was the Minority
Engineering Scholarship Program (MESP). This
program provided an excellent opportunity to gain
valuable work experience and attain a world-class
engineering education. Additionally, the program
was key to funding my education through a paid
position and an academic scholarship,” Johnson said.
Johnson was exposed to engineering design and
operations at an early age through his brother’s
work in the upstream oil and gas business for
Exxon. Johnson was fascinated by chemical
engineering because it involves operations,
research, business and management. He hoped
to be exposed to a variety of disciplines through a
single major.
“The university provided
an amazing environment
that fostered learning
and fun,” Johnson added.
“I still maintain a very
close relationship with
several of the professors
and staff members who
were at UT during the
time I was working on
my degree.”
During his time at UT,
Johnson served as the
president of Tau Beta Pi
Engineering Honor Society and also volunteered on
weekends at the Ronald McDonald House.
After receiving his bachelor of science in chemical
engineering, summa cum laude, in 1994, Johnson
accepted a position with McKinsey and Company
in Atlanta, Georgia. McKinsey serves as an advisor
company to the world’s largest businesses,
governments and institutions. His experience
at McKinsey provided him with an opportunity
to work with Fortune 500 CEOs in a variety of
“The university
provided an amazing
environment that
fostered learning
and fun”
industries on an international scale. It was Johnson’s
first introduction to principal investing, corporate
strategy and foreign policy.
Johnson received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School (HBS) in 1998. During his time at Harvard, he
led a year-long project with his fellow students to
devise a strategy for BancBoston Capital to invest
over $100 million in growing domestic markets.
Following HBS, Johnson entered Wall Street to work
with Donald, Lufkin and Jenrette.
In 2004, Johnson was
appointed by President
George W. Bush as a
White House Fellow
to serve as a special
assistant to then-
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld.
“The White House
Fellowship was a
unique opportunity
to participate in
government, working
directly with a cabinet
member,” Johnson
recalled. “Additionally, I had the opportunity to
participate in an education program consisting
of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders
from the private and public sector, and trips to
study U.S. policy in action both domestically and
internationally.
Johnson was awarded the Secretary of Defense
Medal for Exceptional Public Service for his work on
the Quadrennial Defense Review during his years as
a White House Fellow.
In 2007, Johnson joined RLJ Equity Partners as
vice president. The company is a private equity
enterprise founded by billionaire businessman
Robert L. Johnson and the Carlyle Group. RLJ
Private Equity acquires control positions in
companies with enterprise values between
$75 and $300 million. The firm invests in a
broad range of sectors, including business and
government services, transportation and media.
“The key factor that led me to accept the
position at RLJ was the opportunity to be a part
of the founding team of an asset management
firm. Since I joined the firm, we have raised over
$225 million in capital, established a world-class
investment team, and we are actively deploying
capital,” Johnson said.
Although not directly involved in engineering
on a day-to-day basis, Johnson believes his
degree has given him a unique base for his
current position.
“In my opinion, engineering is a way of thinking.
My engineering degree provided a strong
foundation that allows me to think analytically
about any problem,” Johnson commented.
He also enjoys spending time with his family.
His wife, Cara Grayer Johnson, is an attorney
in the International Bureau of the Federal
Communication Commission and an accessory
designer specializing in sustainable fashion. The
couple has an 18-month-old daughter, Cayden-
Rose, and reside in Washington, D.C.
Renowned Lecturers Dr. G. M. Homsy & Dr. Ronald Larson
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering hosted two
College of Engineering Distinguished Lectures during the 2008 – 2009 academic year.
Dr. G. M. Homsy
On November 14, 2008. Dr. George M. “Bud”
Homsy, professor from the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, University of California-
Santa Barbara, spoke on “Interfacial Fluid
Mechanics: New Twists on an Old Subject.”
Homsy discussed the effect of chemical
reactions on fingering, spontaneous chemically
driven tip-streaming of drops, chaotic advection
driven by interfacial electrical stresses and
enhanced heat and mass transport in chaotically
stirred drops. He also covered the fascinating,
counter-intuitive and unexpected phenomena
that continue to be discovered in the study of
fluid flows driven by the forces associated with
the presence of an interface.
Dr. Ronald G. Larson
Dr. Ronald G. Larson presented “Microfluidic
Methods for Manipulating Biopolymers” on
April 7, 2009. He discussed how he and his
colleagues develop microfluidic methods for
manipulating biopolymers. These include
imaging and breaking down single DNA
strands and proteins using what is known as a
flow field surface.
This is an important concept in the development
of microfluidic devices for processing DNA and
also helping to understand how certain proteins
interact with DNA in cellular processes, such
as DNA repair and copying. Using these new
methods, Dr. Larson is exploring ways to unravel
the DNA code through a “manipulation flow,” then
apply the analysis of DNA-protein interactions to
help prevent viruses from spreading.
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Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty
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Paul Bienkowski
Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Research areas:
Thermodynamics; environmental
biotechnology
Paul Dalhaimer
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research areas:
Physical characterization of wormlike
micelles and their application as
drug delivery vehicles; Monte-Carlo
simulations of erythrocyte and other
hair cell cytoskeletons
Eric Boder
Career Development
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana
Research areas:
Molecular biotechnology and
bioengineering; protein engineering
Brian Edwards
Professor and
Associate Head
Ph.D., University of Delaware
Research areas:
Thermodynamics; fluid mechanics;
molecular modeling
Robert Counce
Professor
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Research areas:
Green engineering; process design;
separations
Paul Frymier
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Research areas:
Engineering and optimization
of photosynthetic routes to
biohydrogen
Shengting Cui
Research Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Research areas:
General molecular modeling of
materials properties and fluid
phenomena
Ramakrishnan Kalyanaraman
Associate Professor
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Research areas:
Thin films; phase transformation;
energetic beam processing;
functional nanocomposites
David Keffer
Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research areas:
Molecular modeling;
confined fluids; separations;
sustainable energy
John Prados
University Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Research areas:
Engineering education with special
emphasis on active, collaborative
learning and teamwork
Bamin Khomami
Granger and Beamon Distinguished
University Professor and Head
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana
Research areas:
Transport properties of complex
fluids; sustainable energy; multi-scale
modeling and simulation
Tse-Wei Wang
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Research areas:
Bioinformatics; organization and search
in large databases; data mining
Charles Moore
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Research areas:
Areas of distillation design;
operation and control
Thomas Zawodzinski
Governor’s Chair and Professor
Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo
Research areas:
Electrolytes and composite electrodes for
fuel cells; fundamentals of energy storage
materials and systems; water management
in fuel cells; application of NMR to chemical
engineering problems
Stephen Paddison
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Calgary
Research areas:
Computational materials science
as applied to fuel cell electrolytes
and electrocatalysts
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CBE Board of Advisors
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering’s Board of Advisors consists of a
distinguished group of academics, business
professionals and industrial leaders from noted
universities and international corporations.
The purpose of the board of advisors is to ensure
that the department is focused on its mission of
Current members of the CBE Board of Advisors are:
Dr. Victor H. Agreda is the Director of the Chemical
Development Division at Eastman Chemical Company
in Kingsport, Tenn. Agreda is a member of Tau Beta
Pi and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(AIChE) and is the Chair of the Eastman Acetyl
Technology Council.
Dr. George Georgiou is the Joan and Keys Curry/
Cullen Trust Endowed Chair and a professor in the
Department of Chemical Engineering at the University
of Texas-Austin. Georgiou is the recipient of the
Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical
Technology from the American Chemical Society and
also received the Professional Progress Award for
Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering from
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He also
received the University Cooperative Society’s Research
Excellence Award for Best Paper at UT-Austin and the E.
Bergman Award from the US-Israel Science Foundation.
education, research and service to the university and
technical communities. The board meets once a year
to examine and evaluate CBE’s undergraduate and
graduate curricula and to advise the department head
and faculty with regard to these issues.
The board provides insight as to the activities of
peer departments at other universities and offers
information about the requirements of relevant
industries. The board also acts as a liaison between
the department and the dean’s office and university
administration, providing a candid assessment of the
department’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as
communicating the department’s directions, goals
and resource requirements.
Mr. James B. Porter Jr. is the former Chief Engineer and
Vice-President of Engineering Operations at the DuPont
Corporation, headquartered in Wilmington, Del. Porter,
a University of Tennessee graduate, is a member of
the Construction Industry Institute, the Engineer and
Construction Contracting Associates and serves on the
Board of Directors of AIChE. He is currently retired.
Dr. Eric Shaqfeh is Professor of Chemical and Mechanical
Engineering at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. Shaqfeh
is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and also
received the American Society of Engineering Education
(ASEE) Research Award, National Science Foundation
Presidential Young Investigator Award, the American
Physical Society Francois Frenkiel Award and the David and
Lucile Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering.
Mr. Bruce Combs is the Global Site Logistics Director,
Base Plastics, for the Dow Chemical Corporation in
Freeport, Texas. Combs, a University of Tennessee chemical
engineering graduate, is the past president of the Society
of Professional Engineers (SPE), South Texas section.
CBE Awards and Recognitions
Faculty & Staff Awards
Outstanding Staff
Member Award:
Amy Brewer
Outstanding Advisor Award:
Brian Edwards
Outstanding Teacher Award:
Brian Edwards
Tom and Ruth Clark
Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering Excellence
Award in Teaching:
Tsewei Wang
Student Awards
Dow Outstanding
Junior Award
Joseph Reynolds
Barrett Thomas
Kenneth M. Elliott
Outstanding Senior Award
Patrick Bowland
Jim and Sandra McKinley
Outstanding Graduate
Student Award
Arash Abedijaberi
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Brian Edwards
Paul Frymier
Tsewei Wang
College-wide Awards
& Recognitions
Eastman Outstanding Scholar
Award
Okan Serpersu
External:
ASEE Benjamin Garver
Lamme Award
John Prados
University:
Excellence In Advising
Award at Chancellor’s
Honors Banquet
Brian Edwards
Excellence In Teaching
Award at Chancellor’s
Honors Banquet
Paul Frymier
College of Engineering:
COE Research Fellow Award
Brian Edwards
Teaching Fellow Award
Paul Frymier
Outstanding Advisor Award
Brian Edwards
AIChE Awards
AIChE Service Award
Amanda Mathews
AIChE Outstanding
Student Award
Zhao Wang
AIChE Outstanding
Baccalaureate Award
Christina Karni
Most Exceptional
Student Award
Mark May
American Chemical Society
Outstanding Senior Award
Jeffrey Clark
Alpha Chi Sigma Albert
Cooper Award
Michael Spain
Student award winners, from left to right: Michael Spain, Patrick Bowland, Jeffrey Clark, Barrett Thomas, Joseph Reynolds, Mark May, Okan Serpersu, Christina Karni and Amanda Matthews.
Not pictured is Arash Abedijaberi.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters Published
Journal Articles and Book
Chapters Published
For the Period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
1. Temperature increases caused by shear
banding in as-cast and relaxed Zr-based
bulk-metallic glasses in compression,
W.H. Jiang, F.X. Liu, H.H. Liao, H. Choo,
P.K. Liaw, B.J. Edwards, and B. Khomami,
J. Mat. Res., 23, 2967-2974, 2008.
2. Comparison of the hydration and
diffusion of protons of perfluorosulfonic
acid membranes with molecular
dynamics simulations, S. Cui, J. Liu, M.
Esai Selvan, S.J. Paddison, D.J. Keffer,
and B.J. Edwards, J. Phys. Chem. B, 112,
13273-13284, 2008.
3. Effects of electrolyte concentration
on surfactant adsorption to a QCM
immersed in surfactant-electrolyte
solutions, S.J. Ray, R.M. Counce, and S.A.
Morton III, J. of Separation Sci. & Tech,
165, 2489-2502, 2008.
4. Extracting acetic acid from acidic
solutions, J.A. Mitchell, J.A. Johnson,
R.M. Counce, J.S. Watson, B.B. Spencer,
and G.D Del Cul, J. of Separation Sci. &
Tech, 43, 2537-2547, 2008.
5. Thermodynamics of acetic acid(aq)
calculated from the modified
adsorption isotherm from aqueous
electrolytes, J.A. Johnson, J.A. Mitchell,
R.M. Counce, J.S. Watson, B.B. Spencer,
and G.D Del Cul, J. of Separation Sci. &
Tech, 43, 2548-2556, 2008.
6. Effects of low concentration salt on
organic contact angle in ionic surfactant
solutions: insight from theory and
experiment, S.A. Morton III, D.J. Keffer,
A.N. Davis, and R.M. Counce, J. of
Separation Sci. & Tech, 43, 310-330, 2008.
7. University partnerships with industry
and government, R.M. Counce, L.C.
Markel, P.R. Bienkowski, S.P. Singh, J.D.
Randolph, R.T. Jubin, B.E. Lewis, B.E.
Murphree, R.A. Reimer, R.A. Heckrotte,
and B.W. Alderson, Internat. J. of Engr.
Education, 24, 480–487, 2008.
8. Effect of bacterial chemotaxis on
biodegradation in a porous medium,
C.J. O’Lenick, P.R. Bienkowski,
P.D. Frymier, and R.N. Weinstein,
Bioremediation Journal,12, 131-144,
2008.
9. Functional nanostructures through
nanosecond laser dewetting of thin
metal films, H. Krishna, C. Favazza, A. K.
Gangopadhyay, and R. Kalyanaraman,
JOM, 60, 37-42, 2008.
10. Nucleation energetics during
homogeneous solidification in
elemental metallic liquids, R.
Kalyanaraman, J. Appl. Phys. 104,
033506, 2008.
11. Novel self-organization mechanism
in ultrathin liquid films: theory and
experiment J. Trice, C. Favazza, D.
Thomas, R. Kalyanaraman, and R.
Sureshkumar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101,
017802, 2008.
12. Unusual size-dependent magnetization
in near hemispherical Co nanomagnets
on SiO from fast pulsed laser processing
H. Krishna, C. Miller, L. Spoor, Z.
Nussinov, A. K. Gangopadhyay, and
R. Kalyanaraman, J. Appl. Phys. 103,
073902, 2008.
13. Nanostructure of room temperature
deposited TiB on Si(001) by pulsed laser
ablation L. L-Spoor, P.C. Gibbons, K.F.
Kelton, and R. Kalyanaraman, Thin Solid
Films, 516, 5981, 2008.
14. A comparative study of the hydrated
morphologies of perfluorosulfonic
acid fuel cell membranes, D. Wu, S.J.
Paddison, and J.A. Elliott, Energy and
Environ. Sci., 1, 284-293, 2008.
15. Mesoscopic modeling of the
morphology and state of water in
hydrated PFSA fuel cell membranes,
S.J. Paddison, Preprint Papers-American
Chemical Society, Division of Fuel
Chemistry, 53, 650-651, 2008.
16. Proton conduction in polymer
electrolyte membranes: complexity,
connectivity, and cooperativity, S.J.
Paddison, in Device and Materials
Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells, Topics in
Applied Physics, Vol. 113, edited by S.J.
Paddison and K.S. Promislow, Springer,
New York, Chapter 12, 385-412, 2008.
17. Device and Materials Modeling in PEM
Fuel Cells, Topics in Applied Physics, Vol.
113, S.J. Paddison and K.S. Promislow,
editors, Springer, New York, 2008.
18. Molecular-level investigation of critical
gap size between catalyst particles
and electrolyte in hydrogen proton
exchange membrane fuel cells, J. Liu,
S. Cui, and D.J. Keffer, D.J., Fuel Cells, 6,
422-428, 2008.
19. A reagentless enzymatic amperometric
biosensor using vertically aligned
carbon nanofibers (VACNF), M.L. Weeks,
T. Rahman, P.D. Frymier, S.K. Islam, and
T.E. McKnight, Sensors & Actuators: B.
Chemical, 133, 53-59, 2008.
20. Structural coupling between FKBP12
and buried water. S. Park, S. Zilvia, E.T.
Boder, G. Van Duyne, and J.G. Saven,
Proteins, 74, 603-611, 2008.
21. Coarse-grained modeling of dynamics
of dilute macromolecular solutions
using a configurational based approach,
V. Venkataramani, R. Sureshkumar, and
B. Khomami, J. Rheology, 52, 1143-1177,
2008.
22. Nonlinear dynamics of viscoelastic
Taylor-Couette flow: effect of elasticity
on pattern selection, molecular
conformation and drag, D.G. Thomas, B.
Khomami, and R. Sureshkumar, J. Fluid
Mech., 620, 352-382, 2009.
23. Dynamics simulations of single DNA
molecules in oscillatory shear flow, D.G.
Thomas, R.J. DePuit, and B. Khomami, J.
Rheology, 53, 275, 2009.
24. Synthesis of visible-light-active
nanostructured TiOx (x < 2)
photocatalysts in a flame aerosol
reactor, S.Y. Dhumal, T.L. Daulton,
J. Jiang, B. Khomami, and P. Biswas,
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 86,
145-151, 2009.
25. Flow of branched polymer melts
in a lubricated cross-slot channel:
a combined computational and
experimental study, A. Abedijaberi, J.
Soulages, M. Kröger, and B. Khomami,
Rheol. Acta, 48, 97-108, 2009.
26. A modified solid-state reduction
method to prepare supported
platinum nanoparticle catalysts for low
temperature fuel cell application, H.
Zhu, S. Liao, L. Ye, X. Hu, B. Khomami and
M.Z. Hu, Current Nanosciences, 2, 252,
2009.
27. Single-chain dynamics of linear
polyethylene liquids under shear flow,
J.M. Kim, B.J. Edwards, D.J. Keffer, and
B. Khomami, Phys. Lett. A, 373, 769-772,
2009.
28. Removing acetic acid from a UREX+
waste stream: a review of technologies,
J.A. Mitchell, R.M. Counce, J.S. Watson,
B.B. Spencer, and G.D Del Cul, Nuclear
Technology, 165, 360-369, 2009.
29. Nanomanufacturing of nanoscale
metallic structures by self-organization
from fast pulsed laser-induced
dewetting, Nanomanufacturing,
edited by S.C.C. Favazza, J. Trice, D.
Thomas, H. Garcia, R. Sureshkumar, and
R. Kalyanaraman, American Scientific
Publishers, 2009.
30. Energy driven self-organization in
nanoscale metallic liquid films, H.
Krishna, N. Shirato, C. Favazza, and R.
Kalyanaraman, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,
DOI: 10.1039/B906281P, 2009.
31. Nonlinear optical properties of multimetal
nanocomposites in a glass matrix
H. Garcia, R. Kalyanaraman, and R.
Sureshkumar, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt.
Phys. 42, 175401, 2009.
32. Effect of molecular weight on hydrated
morphologies of the short-side-chain
perfluorosulfonic acid membrane,
D. Wu, S.J. Paddison, and J.A. Elliott,
Macromolecules, 42, 3358-3367, 2009.
33. Molecular simulations of adsorption
and diffusion of RDX in IRMOF-1, R.
Xiong, J.T. Fern, D.J. Keffer, M.A. Fuentes-
Cabrera, and D.M. Nicholson, Mol. Simul.
35, 910-919, 2009.
34. Effects of ultramicroelectrode
dimensions on the electropolymerization
of polypyrrole, B.L. Fletcher, J.T. Fern, K.
Rhodes, T.E. McKnight, J.D. Fowlkes, S.T.
Retterer,D.J. Keffer, M.L. Simpson, and
M.J. Doktycz, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 124312,
2009.
35. The role of chemical and displacement
pair correlation in the determination
of higher order correlation, D.M.C.
Nicholson, R.I. Barabash, Y.S. Puzyrev,
C.Y. Gao, D.J. Keffer, and G.E. Ice,
Diffuse Scattering and the Fundamental
Properties of Materials, eds. R.I. Barabash,
G.E. Ice, and P.E.A. Turchi, Momentum
Press, New Jersey, 2009.
Current Grants, Contracts
and Patents
For the Period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
1. Eastman Chemical Process Control
Internship, C.F. Moore, Eastman
Chemical Company, 11/16/1981 –
12/31/2013, $346,104.
2. NERI FB Spouted Yellowsheet 071204,
R.M. Counce, U.S. Department of
Energy, 03/17/2005 – 03/16/2010,
$441,063.
3. A joint computational and experimental
investigation of the selective transport
of proteins through nanopore
membranes, S. Cui, 09/26/2006 –
08/31/2010, $200,306.
4. Next generation searchable database, T.
Wang, Unisys Corporation, 10/11/2006 –
01/31/2016, $245,472.
5. Spinning of Carbon Fiber Precursors
from Lignin, S. Petrovan, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, 03/02/2007 –
07/31/2009, $57,871.
61. Interfacial dynamics in displacement
flows of entangled polymeric fluids, B.
Khomami, National Science Foundation,
04/01/2007 – 03/31/2010, $200,000.
7. Scholarships for engineering students
from underrepresented groups on the
East Tennessee Region, B.J. Edwards,
D.J. Keffer, D.F. Jackson, J. Wu and W.N.
Odom, National Science Foundation,
08/01/2007 - 07/31/2011, $600,000.
8. Controlling the dynamics of cell
adhesion using engineered integrin
I-domain, E.T. Boder, National Institutes
of Health, NIGMS, 09/01/2007 –
08/30/2012, $962,143.
9. Membranes and MEA’s for dry, hot
operating conditions, S.J. Paddison, 3M
Company, 09/01/2007 – 03/31/2011,
$441,329.
10. EXP-LA: Collaborative Research:
Exploiting geometry and chemistry
at the nanoscale to selectively
preconcentrate explosive molecules,
D.J. Keffer and B.J. Edwards, National
Science Foundation, 10/01/2007 –
09/30/2010, $265,819.
11. From nanoscale simulation to process
engineering: Building a network for
understanding polymer dynamics,
B.J. Edwards, B. Khomami and D.J.
Keffer, National Science Foundation,
11/15/2007 -- 10/31/2009, $189,959.
12. Optimization of reactive systems in
C-tray polyester finishing reactors: A
multiscale modeling approach, D.J.
Current Grants, Contracts and Patents
Keffer, B.J. Edwards, B. Khomami and S.
Petrovan, Eastman Chemical Company,
11/21/2007 – 11/20/2009, $121,169.
13. Multi-scale modeling of proton
transport, water distribution and
methanol permeability in proton
exchange membranes, S.J. Paddison,
Army Research Office, AMSRL-RO-R1,
05/01/2008 – 01/31/2010, $218,427.
14. Collaborative research: Novel 3-D
nanocomposites: a first principles
approach to cost-effective design,
assembly and optical characterization,
R. Kalyanaraman and R. Sureshkumar,
National Science Foundation,
05/01/2008 -- 04/30/2011, $317,203.
15. Development of a hydrogen
discriminating low temperature 1-D
nanocomposite microsensor, S. Seal, R.
Kalyanaraman and H-J. Cho, National
Science Foundation, 05/01/2008
--04/30/2011, $90,000.
16. Magnetic anisotropy in nanoscale
systems produced by fast laser
processing: fundamental mechanisms,
control and novel magnetic materials,
R. Kalyanaraman, A. K. Gangopadhyay,
J. Schilling and Z. Nussinov, National
Science Foundation, 06/01/2008 --
05/31/2011, $268,115.
17. Collaborative Research: Understanding
pressure drop-flow rate relationships in
inertialess viscoelastic flows: effects of
flow instability and stress-conformation
hysteresis, B. Khomami, National
Science Foundation, 06/15/2008 –
5/31/2011, $191,073.
18. A unified computational, theoretical
and experimental investigation into
the transport of protons near the
electrolyte/water, electrolyte/catalyst,
and electrolyte/nanoparticle interfaces,
D.J. Keffer and S.J. Paddison, US
Department of Energy, 06/15/2008 –
06/14/2011, $760,000.
19. East Tennessee Hydrogen Initiative, W.
Davis, D.J. Keffer, D. Agnihotri and T.
Cherry, Federal Transit Administration,
07/01/2008 – 12/31/2009, $380,267.
20. Optimizing electron transfer
for biohydrogen production by
photosynthesis, P.D. Frymier and B.
Bruce, Sustainable Energy Education
and Research Center, University of
Tennessee-Knoxville, 07/01/2008 –
06/30/2010, $75,588.
21. CAREER: Fundamental studies
of directed assembly leading to
immovable processing of controlled,
R. Kalyanaraman, National Science
Foundation, 07/01/2008 – 05/31/2010,
$168,871.
22. IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable technology
through advanced interdisciplinary
research, D.J. Keffer, B. Khomami, P.D.
Frymier, Claudia J. Rawn and Barry D.
Bruce, National Science Foundation,
08/01/2008 – 07/31/13, $2,941,396.
23. Advancing the production and use of
biodiesel through the micro-refining
of waste glycerol, P.D. Frymier, C.F.
Moore and R.M. Counce, Environmental
Protection Agency, 08/15/2008 –
08/14/2009, $10,000.
24. SPHERE: Sustainable photosynthetic
hydrogen evolution research, P.D.
Frymier and B. Bruce, National Science
Foundation, 08/18/2008 – 10/31/2009,
$90,000.
25. Organic photovoltaic materials,
M. Dadmun, J. Mays, B. Bruce and
B. Khomami, Sustainable Energy
Education and Research Center,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
09/01/2008 – 6/30/2010, $136,500.
26. Self-consistent field and single chain
in mean-field simulations of diblock
and triblock copolymer systems, B.J.
Edwards and B. Khomami, Sustainable
Energy Education and Research Center,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
01/01/2009 – 06/30/2010, $37,751.
16 17

Current Grants, Contracts and Patents • Conference and Invited (*) Presentations
27. Estimate or extrapolate fundamental
property information, R.M. Counce, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, 03/01/2009
– 09/30/2009, $19,404.
28. Enhanced visible light absorption in
thin film multicrystalline Si incorporated
with nanocrystals, R. Kalyanaraman,
G. Duscher and P. D. Rack, Sustainable
Energy Education and Research Center,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
05/31/2009--06/30/2010, $43,667.
29. Senior design projects in management
of residuals from coal combustion, R.M.
Counce, J.S. Watson and P.R. Bienkowski,
EPRI, 07/01/2009 – 06/30/2010, $5,000.
30. Interfacial solvent extraction of uranylcomplex:
An integrated atomistic
molecular dynamics and quantum
computations approach, B. Khomami
and S. Cui, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, 07/08/2009 – 09/30/2009,
$60,000.
31. Joint SEERC/STAIR Seminar Series,
D. Keffer and P. Frymier, Sustainable
Energy Education and Research Center,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
08/01/2009 – 6/30/2010, $15,000.
32. Evaluation of hydrogen storage
capacity of novel nanomaterials
through molecular-level modeling, D.J.
Keffer, Sustainable Energy Education
and Research Center, University of
Tennessee-Knoxville, 08/01/2009 --
06/30/2010, $20,949.
33. Similarity-based indexing and search
of databases for correlation of object
properties with reference data, J.D.
Birdwell, T. Wang, S. Horn and D. Icove,
US Army Space & Missile Defense
Committee, 08/01/2009 – 07/31/2011,
$1,682,484.
34. Development of an experimentally
validated master simulation module
for PEM fuel cells, Sustainable Energy
Education and Research Center,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
08/19/2009 – 06/30/2010, $51,665.
Patents
1. Parallel data processing architecture,
J.D. Birdwell, T.-S. Wang, R.D. Horn,
P. Yadav, and D.J. Icove,. U.S. Patent
Application 11/968,364, January 2,
2008.
2. Parallel data processing architecture,
J.D. Birdwell, T.-S. Wang, R.D. Horn,
P. Yadav, and D.J. Icove,. U.S. Patent
Application 11/968,367, January 2,
2008.
Conference and Invited (*)
Presentations
For the Period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009
1. *The polymer electrolyte membrane
fuel cell: a power source in a ‘hydrogen
economy’, S.J. Paddison, Alumni
Summer College 2008, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, July 17, 2008.
2. *Molecular modeling of the shortside-chain
perfluorosulfonic acid
fuel fell membrane: hydration,
structure, and transport”, S.J. Paddison,
6th International Congress of the
International Society for Theoretical
Chemical Physics, University of British
Columbia, Canada, July 19–24, 2008.
3. Fe nanomagnets with unusual sizedependent
magnetization directions
produced by fast laser-induced selforganization,
H. Krishna, N. Shirato, A. K.
Gangopadhyay, and R. Kalyanaraman,
2008 SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego,
CA, August, 2008.
4. Effect of surface roughness on
laser-driven instability dewetting of
ultrathin Co films, C. Favazza, J. Trice,
H. Krishna, and R. Kalyanaraman, 2008
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA,
August, 2008.
5. Design and optimization of plasmonicbased
metal-dielectric nanocomposite
materials for energy applications, J.
Trice, C. Favazza, R. Sureshkumar, H.
Garcia, and R. Kalyanaraman, 2008
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA,
August, 2008.
6. *Modeling and simulation of dynamics
of polymeric solutions: progress and
challenges, B. Khomami, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, August, 2008.
7. Dynamics of Branched Polymer
Melts in Complex Kinematics Flows:
A Computational and Experimental
Study, A. Abedijaberi, J. Soulages,
H. C. Öttinger, Martin Kröger, and B.
Khomami, XVth International Congress
on Rheology, Monterey, CA, USA,
August, 2008.
8. Reversible and Irreversible Flow-
Induced Phase Transitions in Micellar
Solutions,” M. Vasudevan’, E. Buse, H.
Krishna, R. Kalyanaraman’, A. Shen, B.
Khomami’’, and R. Sureshkumar, XVth
International Congress on Rheology,
Monterey, CA, USA, August, 2008.
8. Single-chain dynamics of linear
polyethylene liquids under shear, J.M.
Kim, B.J. Edwards, B. Khomami, and D.J.
Keffer, The XVth International Congress
on Rheology, Monterey, CA, August 3-8,
2008
9. Rheology of short-chain branched
polyethylene melts under shear:
results from NEMD simulations and
comparison with linear and H-shaped
analogues, C. Baig, J.M. Kim, V.G.
Mavrantzas, and B.J. Edwards, The XVth
International Congress on Rheology,
Monterey, CA, August 3-8, 2008.
10. *Hi fidelity multiscale flow simulation of
dilute polymeric solutions in complex
kinematics flows, B. Khomami, The XVth
International Congress on Rheology,
Monterey, CA, August 3-8, 2008.
11. Nonlinear pattern formation in
viscoelastic Taylor-Couette flow,
D. Thomas, B. Khomami, and R.
Sureshkumar, The XVth International
Congress on Rheology, Monterey, CA,
August 3-8, 2008.
12. *Mesoscale modeling of the
morphology and state of water in
hydrated PFSA fuel cell membranes,
S.J. Paddison, 236th National Meeting
of the American Chemical Society,
Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008.
13. *Single-chain dynamics and
nonisothermal rheology of linear
polyethylene liquids under shear, J.M.
Kim, B.J. Edwards, and D.J. Keffer, North
American Thermal Analysis Society 36th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, August
18-20, 2008.
14. Ejections and bursts in a low drag
reduction turbulent channel flow
of dilute polymer solutions, C.F.
Li, X.D. Feng, G.F. Wu, Z.G. Zhao, R.
Sureshkumar, and B. Khomami, 12th
Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics,
Daejeon, Korea, August 18-21, 2008.
15. A simple framework for the influence of
polymer additives on all drag reduction
regimes in a turbulent channel flow,
C.-F. Li, G.-F. Wu, X.-D. Feng, Z.-G. Zhao,
R. Sureshkumar, and B. Khomami, 12th
Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics,
Daejeon, Korea, August 18-21, 2008.
16. Optical properties of multi-metal
nanocomposites, H. Garcia, R.
Sureshkumar, and R. Kalyanaraman,
Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose De
Caldas, Bogota, Colombia, September,
2008.
17. Multiscale materials modeling via
petascale computing, D.J. Keffer,
Delivering Science on Petascale
Computers Workshop, sponsored by
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Center for Computational Sciences,
Montgomery Bell State Park, TN,
September, 2008.
18. *Multi-scale modeling of Hydrated
and Phosphoric Acid Based Proton
Conducting Fuel Cell Electrolytes,
S.J. Paddison, Solid State Proton
Conductors, Kyoto, Japan, September
7–11, 2008.
19. Molecular dynamics investigation of
molecular processes in liquid-liquid
extraction of metal ions, S. Cui, V.
de Almeida, and B. Khomami,18th
International Solvent Extraction
Conference, Tucson, AZ, September 15-
19, 2008.
20. *Effects of side chain length & EW
on hydrated morphology in PFSA
membranes, S.J. Paddison, Progress
in MEA components for Medium and
High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte
Fuel Cells, 1st CARISMA International
Conference, La Grande Motte, France,
September 21-24, 2008.
21. *Engineering proteins as molecular
sensing, switching, and actuating
devices, E.T. Boder, Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN, September 27, 2008.
22. *Sustainable Energy Education and
Research Center (SEERC): University
of Tennessee’s response to the global
energy challenge, B. Khomami,
Shanghai University Forum on
Renewable Energy and Green Economy,
Shanghai, China, October, 2008.
23. *Protein engineering of membrane
fusion and cell adhesion proteins. E.T.
Boder, Comparative and Experimental
Medicine Program, College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN, October 5, 2008.
24. *Sustainable hydrogen production
via self-assembled, thermotolerant
photosynthetic nanoparticles, P.D.
Frymier, Conference on Renewable
Energy and Green Economy, Shanghai
University, October 20, 2008.
25. Hi-fidelity multiscale flow simulation
of sedimentation of a sphere in dilute
polymeric solutions, A. Abedijaberi and
B. Khomami, 61st Annual Meeting of
the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San
Antonio, TX, November, 2008.
26. Thermotolerant photodependent
hydrogen production by platinized
photosystem I. Reaction centers and
recombinant cytochrome c553 from
Thermosynechococcus elongatus,
I.J. Iwuchukwu, M. Myers, M. Vaughn,
H. O’Neill, H., P.D. Frymier, and B.
Bruce, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22,
2008.
27. Photosynthetic biohydrogen: a case
study integrating sustainability into the
student design experience, P.D. Frymier,
R.M. Counce, and B.D. Bruce, AIChE
2008 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
28. Characterization and engineering of
peptide binding to Class II MHC by
yeast co-expression, W. Jiang and E.T.
Boder, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22,
2008.
29. Protein patterning through
microcontact printing with sortase, R.
Parthasarathy, S. Retterer, M.J. Doktycz,
and E.T. Boder, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
30. Incomplete quality control of yeastsecreted
multidomain proteins, A.W.
Nields and E.T. Boder, AIChE 2008
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
31. Engineering adhesive ligands based
on integrin I-domain, L.R. Pepper, D.A.
Hammer, and E.T. Boder, AIChE 2008
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
32. Brownian dynamics simulation of
dilute wormlike micelle solutions,
V. Venkataramani, S. Bhatnagar, B.
Khomami, and R. Sureshkumar, AIChE
2008 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
33. Hi-fidelity multiscale flow simulation
of sedimentation of a sphere in dilute
polymeric solutions, A. Abedijaberi
and B. Khomami, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
34. Simulating very crowded pores with
precise detail: Ted takes on zeolites, A.V.
McCormick and D.J. Keffer, Symposium
Honoring H. Ted Davis, AIChE 2008
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
35. Predicting the capability of metal
organic frameworks to selectively preconcentrate
energetic molecules, R.
Xiong, J.T. Fern, D.J. Keffer, M.A. Fuentes-
Cabrera, and D.M. Nicholson, AIChE
2008 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
36. Self-consistent thermostatting of
molecular dynamics simulation in the
presence of inhomogeneous, nonequilibrium
fields through multiscale
modeling, R. Xiong, R.L. Empting, I.C.
Morris, J.T. Fern, and D.J. Keffer, AIChE
2008 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 16-22, 2008.
37. Molecular dynamics simulation of BHET:
1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid 1,4-bis(2hydroxyethyl)ester,
Q. Wang, and D.J.
Keffer, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22, 2008.
38. A coarse-grained reactive molecular
dynamics algorithm for proton
transport in hydrogen fuel cells, M.
Esai-Selvan, D.J. Keffer, S. Cui, and B.J.
Edwards, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22, 2008.
39. Flow-induced temperature change and
anisotropic heat capacity of a linear
short-chain polyethylene liquid, C. Baig
and B.J. Edwards, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
40. Dynamics of individual chains in linear
polyethylene liquids under shear, J.M.
Kim, D.J. Keffer, B. Khomami, and B.J.
Edwards, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22, 2008.
41. Dynamics of entangled polyethylenes
under shear via single-chain in meanfield
simulations, K.Ch. Daoulas, B.J.
Edwards, B. Khomami, M. Kröger, and
M. Müller, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22,
2008.
42. Removal of acetic acid from a UREX+
Raffinate stream, J.A. Mitchell, R.M.
Counce, J.S. Watson, B.B. Spencer,
and G.D. Del Cul, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
43. A case study integrating sustainability
into the student design experience,
P.D. Frymier, R.M. Counce, and B.
Bruce, AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22, 2008.
44. Plasmonics-based design of
nanostructured materials for
solar energy harvesting, J. Trice, R.
Kalyanaraman, H. Garcia, and R.
Sureshkumar, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
45. Reversible and permanent flowinduced
phase transitions in rod-like
micelle solutions, M. Vasudevan, E.
Buse, H. Krishna, R. Kalyanaraman,
Bamin Khomami, Amy Shen, and R.
Sureshkumar, AIChE 2008 Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
16-22, 2008.
46. Robust manufacturing of novel
plasmonic nanomaterials via liquid
phase self organization of ultrathin
metal films: theory and experiments,
J. Trice, C. Favazza, D. G. Thomas, R.
Kalyanaraman, and R. Sureshkumar,
AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, November 16-22, 2008.
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Conference and Invited (*) Presentations
47. Size-dependent magnetization in
nanomagnets of the ferromagnetic
elements from ns-pulsed laser-induced
self organization, H. Krishna, N. Shirato,
Z. Nussinov, A.K Gangopadhyay, and
R. Kalyanaraman, MRS Fall Meeting,
Boston, MA, December, 2008.
48. *The structure and transport properties
of proton exchange membranes:
experiment, simulation and theory,
S.J. Paddison, Department of Physics,
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI,
December 4, 2008.
49. *Investigations of material structureproperty
relationships in fuel cells
through molecular-level simulation, D.J.
Keffer, Chemistry Department, Jackson
State University, Jackson, MS, January,
2009.
50. *Investigations of material structureproperty
relationships in fuel cells
through molecular-level simulation,
D.J. Keffer, Mechanical and Chemical
Engineering Department, North
Carolina A&T University, Greensboro,
NC, January, 2009.
51. Sortassembly: in vitro assembly of
complex bifunctional proteins, M.E.
Ackerman, D. Levary, R. Parthasarathy,
E.T. Boder, and K.D. Wittrup, 2nd
International Conference on
Biomolecular Engineering, Santa
Barbara, CA, January 19, 2009.
52. Engineering integrin I-domain:
development of an allosteric adhesive
switch and structure-function analysis,
L.R. Pepper, D.A. Hammer, and E.T.
Boder, 2nd International Conference
on Biomolecular Engineering, Santa
Barbara, CA, January 19, 2009.
53. Characterization and engineering
of MHC-peptide binding by yeast
display, W. Jiang and E.T. Boder,
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2nd International Conference on
Biomolecular Engineering, Santa
Barbara, CA, January 19, 2009.
54. *Functional nanostructures through
nanosecond laser-induced dewetting,
R. Kalyanaraman, 2009 TMS Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February,
2009.
55. *Thermodynamics of nonisothermal
polymer flows: experiment, theory and
simulation, B.J. Edwards, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY, February 18,
2009.
56. *Sustainability and technology; are they
compatible?, P.D. Frymier, Centripetals
Presentation Series, University of
Tennessee, February 18, 2009.
57. *Investigations of material structureproperty
relationships in fuel cells
through molecular-level simulation, D.J.
Keffer, Materials Science Department,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
GA, March, 2009.
58. *Modeling and simulation of dynamics
of polymeric solutions: progress and
challenges, B. Khomami, Levich institute
for Physicochemical hydrodynamics
and the Department of Chemical
Engineering, City College of New York,
March, 2009.
59. *Sustainable Energy Education and
Research Center (SEERC): University
of Tennessee’s response to the global
energy challenge, B. Khomami, Baker
Center for Public Policy, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, March, 2009.
60. Optical properties of nanocomposites
for solar energy harvesting, A. Paradies,
Y. Wu, J. Strader, R. Sachan, P. D. Rack,
G. Duscher, and R. Kalyanaraman,
Exhibition of Undergraduate Research
and Creative Achievement, Knoxville,
TN, April, 2009.
61. *Modeling the hydrated morphology
and proton transport in proton
exchange membranes, S.J. Paddison,
Department of Physics, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, April 7, 2009.
62. *Connecting the chemical structure
and transport properties of proton
exchange membranes through
experiment and simulation, S.J.
Paddison, HTML, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, April 8, 2009.
63. Directed, liquid phase assembly of
patterned and thin metallic films
by pulsed laser dewetting, Y. Wu, H.
Krishna, R. Kalyanaraman, J. Fowlkes,
and P. D. Rack, 53rd International
conference on Electron, Ion and Photon
Beam Technology and Nanofabrication,
Florida, May, 2009.
64. *Characterizing the hydration of PFSA
fuel cell membranes through multiscale
simulations, S.J. Paddison, Max-Planck-
Institut für Festkörperforschung,
Stuttgart, Germany, May 11, 2009.
65. *The structure and transport properties
of proton exchange membranes:
experiment, simulation and theory, S.J.
Paddison, CNRS, Grenoble, France, May
15, 2009.
66. A little basic forensic biology and
probability relevant to CODIS, T. Wang,
Training workshop conducted at the
Unisys Corporation, June, 2009.
67. Molecular-level evaluation of
tailored MOFs for smart nanoporous
preconcentrators of explosive
compounds, R. Xiong, D.J. Keffer,
D.M. Nicholson, and M.A. Fuentes-
Cabrera, National Science Foundation
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing
Innovation (CMMI) Engineering
Research and Innovation Conference,
Honolulu, HI, June 22-25, 2009.
68. The effect of charge distribution on
RDX adsorption in IRMOF-10, R. Xiong,
D.J. Keffer, M.A. Fuentes-Cabrera, D.M.
Nicholson, A. Michalkova, T. Petrova,
J. Leszczynski, K. Odbadrakh, and J.P.
Lewis, National Science Foundation
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing
Innovation (CMMI) Engineering
Research and Innovation Conference,
Honolulu, HI, June 22-25, 2009.
Editorial Boards
“Advances in Environmental Research”,
R.M. Counce
“Journal of Thermodynamics”,
B.J. Edwards
“Journal of Rheology”,
B. Khomami
“Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics”,
B. Khomami
“Applied Rheology”,
B. Khomami
“Separation Science and Technology”,
D. DePaoli, Associate Editor
“Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society”,
D.G. Hayes
“Journal of Suractants & Detergents”,
D.G. Hayes
“Journal of Biological Engineering”,
D.G. Hayes
“SCANNING”,
D.C. Joy, Editor in Chief
“The Journal of Microscopy”,
D.C. Joy
“BioResources Journal”,
T.G. Rials
“Nuclear Engineering ant Technology (NET)”,
an International Journal of the Korean
Nuclear Society,
B.B. Spencer, Reviews’ Committee
CBE Donors for Fiscal Year 2009
Dr. Louis P. Bosanquet and Mrs. Janine Bosanquet
Mr. Jeffrey A. Smith and Mrs. Pamela A. Smith
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Mr. George Andrew Huttick and Mrs. Julie Ann
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Ms. Sydney E. Bonham
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Dr. Daniel T. Fetzer and Mrs. Mary F. Fetzer
Mr. Dennis A. Denihan and
Mrs. Constance S. Denihan
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Mr. Mark L. Mitchell and Mrs. Sabrina P. Mitchell
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Mr. Rodney Walter Curvin
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Total Income/Revenue for FY 2009
$5.52 Million
State E&G Budget
$3,225,206
58.5%
Gifts, Grants and Contracts
$2,292,620
41.5%
Gifts and Pledges for FY 2009
$63,034 Thousand
Pledges
$3,575
94.3%
5.7%
Gifts
$59,459
Gifts, Grants and Contract Expenditures for FY 2009
$2.29 Million
Salaries & Benefits
$809,690
Facilities & Administration
$349,143
Operating Expenses
$139,319
Equipment
$123,764
Tuition, Scholarships & Fellowships
$250,912
Other University Accounts
$619,792
Financial Information
Educational and General Income Revenue for FY 2009
$3.23 Million
State E&G Budget
$1,716,690
New Faculty Startup Funds
$929,571
Summer School Funds
$24,000
Engineering Course Fees
$60,710
Other Non-Recurring E&G Funds
$393,906
Research Incentive Funds
$100,329
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