David A. Bruce, Ph.D. -- CV

Clemson University
College of Engineering and Science

PERSONAL DATA

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0909
864-656-5425

Date of Birth: December 13, 1969
Place of Birth: Lithonia, Georgia
Citizenship: USA

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994, Inorganic Chemistry

B., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992, Chemical Engineering

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991, Chemistry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clemson University, 2001-Present, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
                              1995-2001, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994-1995, Chemical Engineering Postdoctoral                                                                 Fellow
                                               1992-1994, Chemistry Research Assistant
                                               1991-1992, Chemistry Teaching Assistant

Texaco Research & Development, 1990-1991, Process Engineer, Catalyst Division

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Poly-Med, Inc., Pendleton, SC (2000-2002 ), design of a supercritical fluid                       expansion process (RESS) for preparing drug delivery agents.

Milliken, Inc., Spartanburg, SC (2001-2002), optimization of dye synthesis methods,            advise Stephen Weathers IRP project.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)- Inorganic Division, (1994- )
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), (1993- )
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), (1994- )
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), (1998-)
Member, Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society (SX), (1996- )
Member, Organic Reactions Catalysis Society (ORCS), (1994- )
Member, North American Catalysis Society (NACS), (2001-)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Treasurer, Southeastern Catalysis Society (SECS), (2005-)

Reviewer of Journal Articles for: AIChE J.; Indust. Eng. Chem. Res.; J. Chem. Crystallography; Chem. Mater.; Catalysis Letters; J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys.; J. Phys. Chem.; J. Amer. Chem. Soc.; Catal. Comm.; Canadian J. Chem.; J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical; Chem. Eng. Educ.; J. Org. Chem.; J. Phys. Chem. A and B; Env. Sci. Tech.

Reviewer of Proposals for: NSF, DOE, EPA, ACS/PRF, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (USCRDF), USDA, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Award, American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists            (Eastern Section), 2004

Award for Faculty Excellence, Clemson University Board of Trustees, 2001

NSF CAREER Award, NSF, 2000

Monie A. Ferst Research Award, Sigma Xi, 1992

Texaco Research Fellowship, Texaco, 1992

GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING

Doctoral Graduates

Bamidele Adisa, Ph.D., “Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Novel Polymer-Templated Mesoporous Materials”, December 2005.

Christopher Paul O’Brien, Ph.D., “Quantum and Molecular Modeling of Polylactide”, May 2005.

Christopher Gladstone Howard, Ph.D., "The Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Novel Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysts", December 2000.

Masters Graduates

Patricia Anne (Annie) Daly, “A Rheological Study of Bio-Derived Polyesters”, (co-advised by G. Harrison) August 2005.

Ralph Jason Hemphill, "Development of a Continuous Electrochemical Anode Etching System for Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors", August 2002.

Stephen Herman Weathers, Jr., "Refinements in Colorant Manufacturing Processes", (co-advised by A.Ogale) May 2002.

Matthew Ryan Kesterson, "Molecular Modeling of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons", (co-advised by A. Ogale) December 2000.

Amarnath Nareddy, "Sonochemical Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater in a Continuous Flow Reactor", December 2000.

Heather Ann Dolan, "Ultrasonic Remediation of Contaminated Waste Water Streams", May 1999.

Richard Mark Gnegy, "Enhanced Thermal Performance of Stereolithography Produced Rapid Injection Molding Dies", (co-advised by A. Ogale) May 1999.

Susan Darley Mack, "The Preparation and Catalytic Properties of Aluminophosphate and Vanadium- and Titanium-containing Aluminophosphates for the Catalytic Oxidation of Phenol", August 1997.

Holger H. W. Schmitz, (Diplomarbeit), "Development of Advanced Wastewater
Treatment Methods using Catalytic and Ultrasonic Techniques", August 1997.

Undergraduate Honor Students (Thesis Required)

William Vining, “Phase Behavior and Reaction Equilibria for Biodiesel Production”, May 2006.

Jeffrey J. Dean, "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel NOx Decomposition Catalysts", (co-advised by R. Rice) May 2002.

Christina E. Daniels, "Synthesis of Aluminophosphates using Microwave and Convection Oven Heating Technologies", May 2001.

Eric Haseltine, "Elimination of Organic Contaminants from Wastewater via Ultrasound", May 1999.

Undergraduate Student Researchers (No Thesis Required)

Christine M. Cleveland, “REU- Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Materials Templated using Dendrimers and Foldamers”, Chemistry at Pfeiffer University, NC, 2005.

Sagar Mittal, “Molecular Modeling Code Development, Interactive Web Documents”, Electrical Eng., 2003-2005.

Erica Rogers, “REU-Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Materials Templated using Foldamers”, Chemistry at Florida A&M, 2004.

William Hartley, “REU-Blending of Biodegradable Polymers: PHA and PLA”, Univ. of Miss. (Olemiss), 2004.

Linmiao Xu, “REU-Upgrading MPI coding of GROMACS”, Johns Hopkins, 2004, coadvisor.

Marcus A. McLaughlin, “REU-Upgrading MPI coding of GROMACS”, Stanford, 2004, coadvisor.

Matthew McCaughey, “REU-Biodiesel Heterogeneous Catalyst Development”, LSU, 2004, coadvisor.

Douglas M. Perkins, “Design, Construction, and Testing of an Automated Batch Distillation Tower”, 2003-2004.

Anand Patel, “Synthesis and Characterization of Phenylacetylene Foldamers and Mesoporous Oxidation Catalysts”, 2002-2004.

John M. Burgess, “Fuel Cell Kinetics Experiment for UO Lab”, 2003.

John P. Clements, “Development of Web Based Instruction Materials for Unit Operations Laboratory, Installation of  Data Acquisition Equipment in OU Lab”, 2003.

Edward Fritz Jr., “REU - Design and Construction of a High Pressure Reactor for Preparing Rapidly Expanded Biomaterials using CO₂”, 2003.

Shawn Carter, “REU - Molecular and Quantum Modeling of Polylactide”, 2003

Amanda Cheung, “Synthesis and Characterization of Phenylacetylene Foldamers and Mesoporous Oxidation Catalysts”, 2003

Matthew Garrett, “REU - Acid Dissolution of Carbonate Rock – Novel Natural Gas Storage Facility”, Univ. of South Carolina, 2003.

Justin T. Butler, “Design and Construction of an Automated Batch Distillation Tower”, 2003.

Christopher I. McDonald, “Design and Testing of Propane Hydrogenolysis Reactor, Mesoporous Materials Synthesis and Catalytic Testing”, 2002-2003.

Amber Myers, “Microwave Synthesis of Layered ALPOs”, 2002-2003.

Alexander (Alex) C. Rhue, “Synthesis of Titanium Doped Epoxidation Catalysts”, 2002-2003.

Joshua S. Carpenter, “Characterization of NOx Conversion Catalysts”, 2002.

Julia E. (Betsy) Beach, “Web Page Development for AIChE and UO Lab”, 2002.

Megan E. Najjar, “Molecular Modeling of Mesophase Materials”, 2002.

Joshua M. Branham, “Synthesis of Dendrimer Templated Mesoporous Oxidation Catalysts”, 2002.

David R. Kuhnell, “Design and Testing of Propane Hydrogenolysis Reactor, Mesoporous Materials Synthesis and Catalytic Testing”, 2001-2003.

Michael E. Fisher, “Synthesis and Characterization (BET Surface Analysis) of Epoxidation Catalysts”, 2001-2002.

Christopher Theisen, “Plug-Flow Reactor Construction, MCM-22 Synthesis”, 2000-2001.

Scott A. Rogers, “Phenylacetylene Dendrimer Synthesis, Mesoporous Materials Synthesis, Flow Control Upgrades to Two Liquid-Liquid Extraction Towers ”, 2000-2001.

Christopher E. Long, “Microwave Synthesis of Layered AlPOs”, 2000.

Kavitha Ganesan, “Microwave Synthesis of Layered AlPOs”, 2000.

John M. McCain, “Phenylacetylene Dendrimer Synthesis”, 1999-2000.

Chris Osborn, “Characterization of Carbon Fiber Composites”, (J. Kennedy Co-advise), Mech. Eng., 1999.

Kiersten Benich, “Sonochemical Degradation of Chlorinated Organics”, 1999.

Michael Owens, “Literature Review- Chiral Epoxidation Catalysts and Layered ALPOs”, 1996.

Leneee Washington, “Synthesis of Layered ALPOs”, 1996.

Current Graduate Advising

Charles Matthew Rogers (MS), “Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Novel Dendrimer Templated Mesoporous Oxidation Catalysts”, May 2008.

Jay McAliley (Ph.D.), “Prediction of Small Molecule Permeabilities in Biodegradeable Polymers”, May 2007.

Prince Anyaba (Ph.D.), “Development of Novel Catalytic Converters Support Materials”, Dec. 2008.

Jia Gao (Ph.D.), “Development of Novel Catalysts for the Synthesis of Ethanol from Coal”, May 2010.

Current Undergraduate Student Advising

Trey Batson

Monica Javornik

Thesis and Dissertation Committees (not the lead advisor)

Masters Thesis Committees, graduated: 9 students

Masters Thesis Committees, current: 1 student

Doctoral Dissertation Committees, graduated: 16 student

Doctoral Dissertation Committees, current: 8 students

UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Committees

Department:      Graduate Studies Committee (1997-2000, 2002-2005)
                        Co-op advisor (1996-present)
                        Honors and Awards Committee (1999-2001)
                        Faculty Search Committee (2000-2002, 2005-2007)
                        Unit Operations Lab Committee (2000-present)
                        Facilities Committee (2001-present, Chair 2005-present)

College:            Computer Resources Committee (1995-present, Chair 1998, 2002 -                                2003)

Other Services

AIChE Student Chapter Advisor (1999-2006)

PEER Advisor, Department of Chemical Engineering (1995-present)

Sigma Xi, Clemson Chapter, (1997-present, membership committee chair 1998)

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