Glenn L. Schrader
Professor Emeritus
Chemical & Environmental Engineering Department
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
http://new.chee.arizona.edu/index.asp?ID=232
Education
B.S., ChE, Iowa State University, 1972
Ph.D., ChE, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
Honors and Awards
Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, 1998
The State Board of Iowa Regents Faculty Award for Excellence, 1990
Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Research, 1990
Professional Progress Award, College of Engineering, ISU, 1989
Research Interests
The research interests of our group include: heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis; natural product recovery and biorenewable resource processing, and thin film materials for sensors and catalysts. Studies of catalytic kinetics, reaction pathways, and molecular mechanisms are a key part of our work. Production of chemical intermediates and value-added products by clean catalytic processing is also an important environmental motivation. An array of catalyst characterization techniques--including several in situ approaches--are being employed (laser Raman spectroscopy FT-IR spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and adsorption/ chemisorption characterization). Our research on bioprocessing includes metathesis of olefins derived from soy oil processing and catalytic conversion of carotenoids. We are interested in the use of laser Raman spectroscopy to facilitate maize metabolomics and nutrient extraction. In our materials research, we are using combinatorial chemistry approaches to prepare thin film materials for sensors and nano-structured catalysts.
Other Information
Program Director for Kinetics, Catalysis, and Molecular Process, Chemical and Transport
Systems Division, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation
Honorary Faculty Member, University of Queensland
Administrative Faculty Intern: International Programs, Office of the Provost, ISU
Visiting Academic and Lecturer, University of Sydney
Royal Norwegian Council visiting senior scientist (NTNF), University of Trondheim
Manager, Center for Interfacial Materials and Crystallization
Chemical Engineer, Ames Laboratory, USDOE
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
