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Mark
C. Thies, Ph.D., P.E. --
CV
Clemson University
College of Engineering and Science
PERSONAL DATA
Professor
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0909
864-656-5424
Date of Birth: October 28, 1954
Place of Birth: Huntsville, AL
Citizenship: USA
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Delaware, 1985, Chemical Engineering
BChE, Georgia Tech, 1977, Chemical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Delaware, 1982,
License No. 6131
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clemson University, 1996- , Professor of Chemical Engineering
1989-95, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
1985-89, Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, 1994-1995, Visiting
Professor
Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH, 1977-1980, Process Development
Columbia Nitrogen Corp., Augusta, GA, 1973-1976, Process Engineering
(Co-op Student)
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Harper International Corporation, Lancaster, NY (2006), carbonaceous pitches
Conoco Inc., Ponca City OK (1989-1995, 2000-2003), petroleum
pitch
Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI (2000-2001), phase equilibria for
reacting systems.
Westvaco Corp., North Charleston SC (1987-1995), solvent extraction
of tall oil.
Hoechst Celanese Corp. (1992-1993), SCF extraction of polymers.
Exxon Research and Engineering Co. (1992), hydrocarbon-water phase
equilibria.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (1990-1991),
fractionation of mesophase.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, American Carbon Society (1990- ).
Member, American Chemical Society, ACS (1988- ).
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, AIChE (1982-
).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
AIChE 2006 Annual Meeting: Co-Chair for session entitled “Materials Synthesis and
Processing with Near and Supercritical Fluids I”.
AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting: Chairman for session entitled "Materials
Synthesis and Processing with Supercritical Fluids I"
Carbon2004, An International Conference on Carbon. Member of Scientific Committee (2003-2004).
Carbon2004, An International Conference on Carbon. Topical Area
Co-Chair for "Precursor Chemistry, Carbonization, and Graphitization" (2003-2004).
Honorary Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Carbon (2002- ).
Advisory Board, American Carbon Society (2001- ).
AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting: Chairman for session entitled "Materials
Processing in Compressed and Supercritical Fluids I"
Second International Meeting on High Pressure Chemical Engineering,
Member of Scientific
Committee (2000-2001).
Fifth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids ISSF 2000:
Member of Organizing Committee and Chairman for session entitled "Phase
Equilibria/Thermophysical Properties (2000).
AIChE Fall National Meeting: Chairman for session entitled "Materials
Processing in Supercritical
Fluids I" (1999).
AIChE Fall National Meeting: Chairman for session entitled "Phase
Behavior in Supercritical
Fluid Systems" (1996).
Third International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids: Chairman
for session entitled "Reactions (III)" (1994).
AIChE Spring National Meeting: Organized Featured Symposium on
Supercritical Fluids
(42 papers); chaired session entitled "Phase Equilibria
and Supercritical Fluids" (1990).
AIChE Spring National Meeting: Co-chairman for two sessions entitled "Thermodynamics
and Phase Equilibria" (1989).
AIChE Fall National Meeting: Vice-chairman for session entitled "Supercritical Fluids as Reaction Media" (1986).
AIChE High Pressure Committee, Member (1986- ).
HONORS AND AWARDS
Clemson National Scholars Program Award of Distinction: "For your commitment to
the intellectual, personal, and professional development of the 2006 Class of
Clemson National Scholars," presented at April 4, 2006 Awards Dinner.
The Walker Award (best poster presentation by a student) awarded
to PhD student Billy Edwards at Carbon2004. An International
Conference on Carbon, Brown University (July 2004).
Member, Honorary Editorial Advisory Board, Carbon,
2002- .
McQueen Quattlebaum Faculty Achievement Award, Clemson University
College of Engineering and Science (May 1999).
The Walker Award (best
poster presentation by a student) awarded
to PhD student Franck Dauché at the 23rd Biennial Conference
on Carbon, Penn State University (July 1997).
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, Technical
University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (1994).
Outstanding Counselor, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(1989).
GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING
Doctoral Graduates
Sane, A. (Ph.D.), “Formation of Polymeric and Organic Nanoparticles By RESS and RESOLV” (August 2005).
Edwards, W. F. (Ph.D.) "Fractionation of Carbonaceous
Pitches by Molecular Weight Using Dense-Gas Extraction" (May
2005).
Blasig, A. (Ph.D.), "Effect of Concentration and Degree
of Saturation on RESS Product Morphology and Size" (May 2004).
Zhuang, M. S., "Supercritical
Fractionation of Petroleum Pitches: Experiment and Prediction (August 2001).
Joyce, P. C., "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for Long-Chain
Hydrocarbons in Supercritical Alkane Solvents" (December
1999).
Dauche, F. M., "High Performance Carbon Fibers from Mesophases
Produced by Supercritical Fluid Extraction" (December 1997).
Bolaños, G., "Production of Mesophase Pitch by
Supercritical Fluid Extraction: A Study of the Region of Liquid-Liquid
Equilibrium" (May 1995).
Briones, J. A., "Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Oleochemical
Mixtures Using Water at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures" (December 1992).
Roebers, J. R., "Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by Supercritical
Fluid Extraction: Experimental Phase Behavior and Analytical Characterization" (May
1991).
Hutchenson, K. W., "Fractionation of Petroleum Pitch by Supercritical
Fluid Extraction: Experimental Phase Behavior and Thermodynamic
Modeling" (December 1990).
Masters Graduates
Jin, L., "An Equation of State for Predicting Mesophase
Formation in Carbonaceous Pitches",
(December 2004).
Pigott, R. T., "Economic Analysis of a Supercritical Fluid
Extraction Process for Producing Mesophase Pitch" (May 2003).
Fail, A. W., "Dense-Gas Extraction of Model Pitches" (May
2002).
Wince, J. E., "Control of a Supercritical Extraction Apparatus
Using Virtual Instrumentation" (December 1999).
Lee, C. T., "The Phase Behavior of Cellulose Acetate in
Supercritical Fluid Mixtures Containing Carbon Dioxide and a Polar
Solvent" (August 1996).
Geiculescu, A. C., "Preparation of Petroleum Pitch Pseudocomponents
by Gel Permeation Chromatography" (August 1994).
Aniedobe, N. E., "The Rapid Expansion of Supercritical
Fluid Solutions for Processing Polymers" (May 1994).
Stevenson, R. L., "Fluid-Phase
Equilibria and Critical
Phenomena for the Squalane- Water System" (May 1992).
Coats, R. A., "Fluid-Phase Equilibria for the Methyl Chloride-Water
System" (August 1990).
Hartley, I. J., "Extraction of Acetic Acid-Water Mixtures
with Near Critical Propane" (December 1987).
Current Graduate Advisees
Burgess, W. (Ph.D.) "Characterization and Modeling of
Carbonaceous Pitches" (May 2009).
Cervo, E. (Ph.D.) "Dense-Gas Fractionation of Pitches" (May
2009).
Kulkarni, S. (Ph.D.) “The Molecular Design of Carbonaceous Oligomers for Advanced Carbon Materials” (May 2010).
Mena, S. (Ph.D.) "Fluid-Phase Equilibria for the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle" (May 2012).
Post Doctoral Research Advisees
Crosthwaite, J., “The Sulfur-Iodine Cycle: Process Analysis and Design Using Comprehensive Phase Equilibrium Measurements and Modeling” (2005-2007).
Gou, Zeming, "Modeling the RESS Process" (2003-
).
Weber, M., "Modeling the RESS Process" (1999-2001).
Liu, G. Z., "Spinning and Evaluation of Mesophase Pitch-Based
Carbon Fibers" (1990-91).
Diplomarbeit Thesis Graduates
Thiele, D. "Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium for Propane + Hexadecane
Mixtures at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures" (Studienarbeit,
August 2002).
Gast, K., "Stagewise Fractionation of Petroleum Pitches
with Supercritical Toluene" (April 2000).
Oppermann, D., "Vapor-Liquid
Equilibrium for Propane +
Hexadecane Mixtures at Elevated
Temperatures and Pressures" (November 1999).
Wesse, T., "Determination of Henry's Law Constants for
Solvents in Carbonaceous Pitches by Gas Chromatography" (March
1999).
Meinköhn, P., "Fraction of Petroleum Pitches with
Near Critical and Supercritical Fluids" (September 1997).
Blasig, A., "Control of Mesophase Pitch Properties by
Supercritical Fluid Extraction" (May 1996).
Gassmann, B., "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for the Carbon
Dioxide-Decane System" (December 1992).
Hochgeschurtz, T., "The Production of Mesophase Pitch
by Supercritical Fluid Extraction" (March 1991).
Senior Thesis Undergraduates
Edling, M., “Comprehensive Phase Equilibrium Measurements for the Sulfur–Iodine Cycle” (May 2008).
Owings, M., “Fractionation and Characterization of In-Situ, Naphthalene-Based Pitches for Carbon–Carbon Composites” (May 2007).
Boulware, K. "Effect of Equation of State on Modeling
the RESS Process" (May 2001).
Norfolk, C. W., "The Phase Behavior and MW Determination
of a CO2-Soluble Polymer" (May 2000).
Basalik, E., "The Solubility of Cellulose Acetate in Acetone/Carbon
Dioxide Solutions" (May 1995).
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Committees
Department: Facilities and Space Committee (2006- )
Departmental Facilities and Space Coordinator (2005-2006)
Chairman, Honors and Awards Committee (2003-2004)
Chairman, Co-op Advisory Committee (2002- )
Departmental Liaison to Library (1998- )
Faculty Search Committee (1996-99)
Chairman, Department Head Search Committee (1992-94, 1999-00)
Chairman, Facilities and Space Committee (1992-1994, 1995-99,
2002- )
Curriculum Committee (1989-1992, 2002-2003).
Departmental Safety Officer (1988-1991)
Chairman, Faculty Search Committee (1988-1989, 2000-01, 2004- 2006)
Graduate Studies Committee (1987-1989, 1992-1994,
1995-2002)
Co-op Student Advisor (1986-1987, 1993-1994, 1995- )
Ph.D. Program Committee (Ad Hoc, 1986)
College: Dean's Advisory Council (2003-2005 )
CAEFF Director Search Committee (2001- 2003)
New CAEFF Building Committee (2001-2003)
Curriculum Committee (1990-1992)
Engineering Services Advisory Committee (1987-1994)
University: Presidential Steering Committee on Energy Research and
Solutions (2005)
Library Advisory Committee (1993-1994, 1995- )
Safety and Fire Prevention Committee (1989-1992)
Research Advisory Committee (1987-1989)
Other Services
Faculty Advisor, Clemson Whitewater Club (1997-99, 00- )
Member, Pickens County Board of Adjustments and Appeals (1997-99)
Faculty Advisor, American Inst. of Chemical Engineers Student
Chapter (1986-1992)
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