Department of CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
|
C. Stewart
Slater |
Education:
Ph. D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering,
Rutgers University (1983)
M. Ph., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University (1983)
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University (1982)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University (1979)
Honors and
Awards:
Dr. Slater was selected in 2009 as a
“Featured Educator” in Chemical Engineering. See the following
feature article in Chemical Engineering Education Winter 2009 issue.
2009 Environmental
Quality Award (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), 2007 Rowan University
Wall of Fame – Excellence in Teaching, 2007 Excellence in Advising, Rowan
University Person of the Week (September 18, 2005 and September 22, 2002), 2002
Fellow Member (ASEE), 2000 Campus Representative Membership Award (ASEE), 1999
New Jersey General Assembly Citation (4th Legislative District, June
30, 1999), 1999 Chester F. Carlson Award (ASEE), 1999 Joseph J. Martin Award
(co-recipient) (ASEE), 1999 Campus Representative Membership Award (ASEE), 1999
ASEE Middle Atlantic Meeting Best Paper Award (ASEE), 1998 Joseph J. Martin
Award (co-recipient) (ASEE), 1997 Campus Representative Membership Award
(ASEE), 1996 Campus Representative Membership Award (ASEE), 1996 George
Westinghouse Award (ASEE), 1995 Campus Representative Membership Award (ASEE),
1993 Outstanding Campus Representative (ASEE), 1993 Centennial Certificate
(ASEE), 1992 John Fluke Award (ASEE), 1992 DELOS Best Paper Award (ASEE), 1989
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award (ASEE), 1987 New Engineering Educator
Excellence Award (ASEE), 1986 Ralph R. Teetor Award
(SAE)
Research and Teaching Interests
Dr. Slater's research and teaching interests
are in separation and purification technology, green engineering and
sustainable design, and investigating novel processes for interdisciplinary
fields such as pharmaceutical engineering, biotechnology and green engineering.
His area of specialization is membrane processes. He has authored over 100
papers and several book chapters. He has a background in
liquid separations such as reverse osmosis and ultra/micro/nanofiltration
and pervaporation processes. He is involved in
process research and development, system design and separations applications to
various chemical processing industries. He has conducted industrial workshops
on green engineering and membrane technology.
Dr. Slater’s activity in the field of green
engineering is supported by funding from EPA for both curriculum development
and pollution prevention partnerships with industry. He has developed green engineering education
modules for chemical engineering courses and led national workshops. He is working with the chemical process
industries such as the pharmaceutical
and petrochemical to investigate green engineering approaches to pollution
prevention through the use of life cycle assessment. His work on green chemistry and engineering
in pharmaceutical development and manufacture was recently featured in C&EN. He is an educational outreach partner of the
NSF ERC on Structured Organic Particulate Systems investigating pharmaceutical
manufacturing technology.
Dr. Slater’s research interests in
engineering education involve funded research in laboratory and curriculum
development. He has held national office in several divisions of the American
Society for Engineering Education.
During 2003 he served as Chair of the Chemical Engineering Division. He currently serves as Chair of the
Publications Board of Chemical Engineering Education journal. He has conducted
educational and research workshops for ASEE, NSF, AIChE
and NATO.
Dr. Slater was Founding Chair of the Chemical
Engineering Department at Rowan from 1995-2004.
Prior to joining Rowan, has was a faculty member at Manhattan College
where he was active in chemical engineering curriculum development and
established a laboratory for advanced separation processes with the support of
the National Science Foundation and industry. He has worked as a Process
Development Engineer for The Procter & Gamble
Courses
Taught
Fall Semester – Heat Transfer
Processes
Fall Semester - Junior and Senior Engineering
Clinic I
Spring Semester - Separation
Processes II
Spring Semester - Unit Operations
Laboratory II
Spring Semester - Junior and Senior
Engineering Clinic
Recent
Publications
“Partnerships with the
Pharmaceutical Industry to Promote Sustainability,” World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education,
9, 6-11, 2011, C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski
“LCA Approach to the
Analysis of Solvent Waste Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Journal of Green Chemistry, 12,
1826-1834, 2010, M.J. Raymond, C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski
“Solvent Use and Waste
Issues,” Chapter 3, in Green Chemistry in
the Pharmaceutical Industry, P. Dunn, A. Wells, T. Williams, Eds.,
Wiley-VCH Verlag Publishers, Weinheim,
Germany, 49-82 2010, C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski, W.A. Carole, D.J.C. Constable
“Development of Problem
Sets for K-12 and Engineering on Pharmaceutical Particulate Systems,” Chemical Engineering Education,
44, 50-57, 2010, M.J. Savelski, C.S. Slater, C.A. Del Vecchio,
A.J. Kosteleski, S.A. Wilson
“Towards a Greener
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Environment”, Innovations
in Pharmaceutical Technology, 29, 78-83, 2009, C. S. Slater, M.J.
Savelski
“Retrofit of Sour Water Networks in Oil
Refineries: A Case Study,” Chemical
Engineering & Processing, 48,
892–901, D. Sujo, L.A. Scodari,
C.S. Slater, K. Dahm, M.J. Savelski, 2009
“Pervaporation
Study for the Dehydration of Tetrahydrofuran - Water
Mixtures by Polymeric and Ceramic Membranes,” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 43,
1673-1684, C.A. McGinness, C.S. Slater, M.J.
Savelski, 2008.
“A Method to Characterize
the Greenness of Solvents used in Pharmaceutical Manufacture,” Journal of Environmental Science and
Health, Part A, 42,
1595-1605, C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski, 2007.
“Green Engineering –
Integration of Green Chemistry, Pollution Prevention, and Risk Based
Considerations,” Chapter 6, 210-270, in Handbook
of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology, J. Kent, ed., with D. Shonnard, A. Lindner, N. Nguyen, R. Subamatram,
D. Fichana, R. Hesketh, C.S. Slater, 2007.
“Expanding the Frontiers
for Chemical Engineers in Green Engineering Education” International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(2)
309-324, 2007, C.S. Slater, R.P. Hesketh, D. Fichana,
J. Henry, A.M. Flynn, M. Abraham.
“Separation of Diacetone Alcohol – Water
Mixtures by Membrane Pervaporation,” Separation Science and Technology,
41, 1-21, 2006, C.S. Slater, T. Schurmann, J. MacMillian, A. Zimarowski.
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“Incorporating Green Engineering into a
Material and Energy Balance Course,” Chemical
Engineering Education, 38,
48-53, 2004, C.S. Slater, R.P. Hesketh.
“Membrane Projects with an Industrial Focus
in the Curriculum,” Chemical Engineering Education, 37,
68-73, 2003, S. Farrell, R. P. Hesketh, M. J. Savelski, K. D. Dahm, C.S.
Slater.
“Exploring the Potential of Electrodialysis,” Chemical Engineering Education,
37, 52-59, 2003, S. Farrell, R. P. Hesketh, C.S. Slater.
“Fluidized
Bed Polymer Coating Experiment,” Chemical Engineering Education, 36,
138-143, 2002, R. P. Hesketh, S. Farrell, C.S. Slater.
“Introducing Emerging Technologies into the
Curriculum through a Multidisciplinary Research Experience,” Chemical
Engineering Education, 35, 296-299, 2001, J. A. Newell, S.
Farrell, R. P. Hesketh, C.S. Slater.
“Innovative
and Economical Bench-scale Process Engineering Experiments,” International
Journal of Engineering Education, 16, 327-334, 2000, C.S.
Slater, R. P. Hesketh.
Recent
Research Projects
“Life Cycle Analysis of Pregabalin,”
Pfizer, Inc. co-PI with M.J. Savelski (PI), 2010-2011.
“Solvent Recovery,” Pfizer, Inc. co-PI with M.J. Savelski (PI), 2009-2010.
“Algae to Ethanol Research and Evaluation,”
U.S. Department of Energy, co-PI with K. Jahan (PI), Robert Hesketh (co-PI),
William Riddell (co-PI), Mariano Savelski (co-PI), 2010-2012.
“Advancing Pollution Prevention in
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing,” US Environmental Protection Agency, PI w/ co-PIs
M.J. Savelski and R.P. Hesketh, 2007 – 2010.
“Development
of Educational Modules in Structured Organic Particulate Systems
(Pharmaceutical Technology),” National Science Foundation, M.J. Savelski, (PI),
S. Farrell, Z.O Gephardt, C.S. Slater (co-PIs), 2008-2010.
“Solvent
Recovery and Life Cycle Assessment in Drug Manufacture,” Pfizer, M.J. Savelski,
(PI), C.S. Slater (co-PIs), 2007-2008, 2009-2010.
“Workshop on Green Engineering and
Sustainability in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” US Environmental Protection
Agency, PI w/ co-PIs M.J. Savelski and R.P. Hesketh, 2007 – 2009.
“Illustrating
Bioseparations Using Colorful Proteins,” National
Science Foundation, B.G. Lefebvre (PI), C.S. Slater and S. Farrell (co-PIs),
2007 – 2010.
“Pervaporation as a Green Drying Process in Pharmaceutical
Development,” Bristol-Myers Squibb, PI w/co-PI’s M.J. Savelski and R.P.
Hesketh, 2006-2007.
“Green
Engineering Pharmaceutical Development,” US Environmental Protection Agency, PI
w/ co-PIs R.P. Hesketh and M.J. Savelski, 2005 – 2007.
“Green
Engineering Metrics in Pharmaceutical R&D,” Bristol-Myers Squibb, PI
w/co-PI’s M.J. Savelski and R.P. Hesketh, 2005-2006.
“Engineering Clinics to Advance Pollution
Prevention,” US Environmental Protection Agency, PI w/ co-PIs R.P. Hesketh and
M.J. Savelski, 2005 – 2007.
“Incorporating Green Engineering into the
Chemical Engineering Curriculum,” US Environmental Protection Agency, co-PI w/
R.P. Hesketh), 2002 – 2005
“Investigation of Process Variables Affecting
the Plating of Platinum Group Metals,” Johnson Matthey, co-PI (w/ R.P. Hesketh,
PI, S. Farrell, co-PI, K. Ramanuchary, co-PI), 2004 –
2005.
“Optimization of Food Manufacturing
Processes,” General Mills, co-PI (w/ M.J. Savelski, PI, S. Farrell, co-PI, R.P.
Hesketh, co-PI). 2002 – 2003.
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