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Terry Arthur RING, Professor and Chairman

Department of Chemical & Fuels Engineering

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 

e-mail   T.Ring@m.cc.utah.edu

Phone 801-585-5705                           Fax 801-585-9291

 

Married, one son

May 22, 1950  Batavia, New York

 

EDUCATION :                                    1972         B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology

                                                               Thesis: Heterogeneous Nucleation on Liquid Surfaces

                                                              1974         M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

                                                               Thesis: Measurement of Three Dimensional Electron   Velocity Distributions in Rare Gas Discharge of Argon and Mixtures of Argon with Hydrogen and Oxygen

                                                              1977         M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Clarkson College of Technology

                                                               Thesis: Heterocoagulation: Interaction Energy of Two Unequal                Spheres

                                                              1980         Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University (England)

                                                               Thesis: Filtration of Colloidal Particles in a Packed Bed

 

FELLOWSHIPS &                            -elected to line of succession to Chairman, Board Council for Chemical Research 2008-2010

AWARDS :                                         -Student Choice Award (University)                                                                                2008

                                                              -Outstanding Instructor Award (Chemical Engineering)                                                2005

                                                              -Honorary Visiting Professor , Tsinghua University                                                      2004-2007

                                                              -Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology   (EPFL)                           1999

                                                              -Visiting Professor, Science University Tokyo                                                                1994

                                                              -Professeur Honoraire, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)                     1993

                                                              - IBM Faculty Development Award                                                                    1983-1985

                                                              - Cambridge Half Blue for Basketball                                                                 1979

                                                              - Oliver Gatty Studentship                                                                                                   1977-1980

                                                              - Earl C. Anthony Fellowship                                                                                              1973

                                                              - J.R. Weston Fellowship                                                                                                     1968-1972

                                                              - DAR Good Citizenship Award                                                                                         1968

                                                              - Arthur Wiedrich Athletic Award                                                                                     1968

 

HONOR SOCIETIES :                      - Phi Kappa Phi, Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi

 

PROFESSIONAL                              2000 - present        Professor

EXPERIENCE :                                   1994-2000                Chairman

                                                              1992 - 1994              Professor

                 Department of Chemical Engineering

                                                                               University of Utah

                                                              1988 - 1992              Professor Ordinaire of Powder Technology

                                                                               Materials Department,

                                                                               Swiss Federal Institute of Technology   (EPFL)

                                                                               CH-1015 LAUSANNE (Switzerland)

                                                              1986 - 1988              Associate Professor

                                                                               Department of Chemical Engineering

                                                                               University of Utah

                                                              1984 - 1986              Associate Professor

                                                                               Department of Materials Science & Engineering

                                                                               Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                                                              1980 - 1984              Assistant Professor, MIT

                                                              1974 - 1976              Research Engineer

                                                                               Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co.

 

SOCIETY                                            -American Institute of Chemical Engineers                      -Materials Research Society         -AAAS

MEMBERSHIPS :                              -American Ceramic Society, Basic Science                       -American Chemical Society, Colloid Division

                                                             

                                                             

PUBLICATIONS :                              >125published articles in the areas of Colloids and Ceramics Processing and Nano-particle Synthesis and one book entitled "Fundamentals of Ceramic Powder Synthesis and Processing" published by Academic Press, 1996.