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ANTHONY EDWARD BUTTERFIELD

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Contact Information

ANTHONY EDWARD BUTTERFIELD

Assistant Professor (Lecturer)

Department of Chemical Engineering

University of Utah

e-mail: tony.butterfield@utah.edu
web: http://www.che.utah.edu/~tony/
phone: 801-587-8461
mobile: 801.613.1416
fax: 801-585-9291
Joseph F. Merrill Engineering Building (MEB)

50 South Central Campus Drive

Salt Lake City, UT, 84112
Office: 3226 MEB
lab: 3215 MEB

 

Biographical Information

Curriculum Vitae:

Appointments:

  • Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 07/01/2010 to present.

 

Awards & Honors

  • Recognition by the dean of the college as being in the top 15% of faculty in student evaluations. I have received this honor for every class that I have taught., College of Engineering, University of Utah (09/2012) .
  • Outstanding Instructor (2010-2011), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah (05/2011) .

 

Research

Research Keyword:

Interest Level:

  Undergraduate Education
  Scientific Instrumentation
  Photobioreactor Design
  Model-Based Filtering & Control
  Graduate Education
  Drug Delivery Systems
  Computer Simulation

Research Equipment:

  • AFM.
  • BioFlo 110 Bioreactor.
  • Colloid Osmometer Model 4420.
  • DSC.
  • Densitometers.
  • Ebulliometer.
  • FTIR-ATR.
  • Flame AA.
  • HPLC.
  • NucleoCounter YC-100, cell counter.
  • Refractometers.
  • SEM.
  • Synergy-HT Bio-Tek, Microplate Reader.
  • UV-Vis.

 

Selected Publications

 

Selected Presentations

  • Butterfield, Anthony, "Design & Assembly of a Freshman Design Laboratory," AICHE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2012. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/31/2012.
  • Elmadhoun, A., Young, C., Butterfield, A., "Student Recruitment and Community Outreach Through an Undergraduate Mentoring Program," AICHE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2012. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/31/2012.
  • Young, C., Elmadhoun, A., Butterfield, A., "Hands-On Chemical Engineering Demonstrations for Effective K-12 Outreach," AICHE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2012. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/31/2012.
  • Butterfield, A.E., ";Browser-Based Simulations for the Illustration of Chemical Engineering Concepts," AICHE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2011.
  • Butterfield, A.E., ";Using Real and Imaginary Pedagogical Parts to Demonstrate Fluid Dynamics and Control Concepts," AICHE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2011.
  • Praveena, P., Butterfield, A., and Skliar, M., Temperature Response of Poly (L-lactide-co-ethylene glycol) Stabilized Perfluoropentane Micro-Droplets, AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010.
  • Butterfield, A.E., Online Simulations for the Demonstrations of Proper Experimental Design and Data Analysis, AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010.
  • Butterfield, A., Mohan, P., and Skliar, M., Pressure Effects On Bubble Growth in An Emulsion of Surfactant-Stabilized Perfluoropentane Micro-Droplets, AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010.
  • Butterfield, A.E., An Effective and Economical Photometer for Classroom Demonstrations and Laboratory Use, AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010.

 

Service & Outreach

Professional service

  • Chair, ABET best practices session, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 10/2012 to 10/2013.
  • Co-Chair, K-12 Connections with ChE Education, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 11/30/2011 to 11/2012.
  • Co-Chair, Chemical Engineering Education Poster Session, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 11/30/2011 to 11/2012.

Internal service

  • Manager, Department outreach team, 09/2012
  • Speaker, An "Inventor" speaker at the Meet an Inventor Event. I spoke about my career and gave tours of our laboratory facilities, 02/2012 to 02/2012.
  • Advisor, AICHE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, 01/2012
  • Creation and maintenance of our department website, 05/01/2011
  • Advisor, Chem-E Car Team

Outreach service

  • AICHE Outreach Event. This event organized activities for local high school children in the host city for AICHE's national conference. I helped organize activities and acted as a panelist for a Q&A period, 10/2012
  • HIGEAR Summer Camp - This camp includes development of half day hands-on engineering activities for approximately 50 high school girls, 06/2012 to 06/2012.
  • Taught a two week introduction to chemical engineering portion of a nascent Introduction to Engineering course for AMES high school, 10/24/2011 to 11/04/2011.
  • College of Engineering Summer Camp

 

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