SUMMARY VITA – James Henry, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor

Years on Faculty: 23 (original appointment 08/01/80)

Degrees:

1964 B.S. Rice University

1964 B.S. Ch.E. Rice University

1966 M.A. Princeton University

1970 Ph.D. (Ch.E.) Princeton University

1971 Post-Doctoral Yale University

Other Related Experience:

1998: Visiting Academic

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

1987-1988: Fulbright Professor, University of Jordan

Amman, Jordan

1976-1980: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

l971-l976: Chemical Research Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy

Pittsburgh, PA

l970-l971: Lecturer and Applied Research Staff Scientist

Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut

1968-l970: Associate Professor and Teaching Intern

Prairie View A. and M. University and Woodrow Wilson Foundation

Prairie View, Texas Princeton, N.J.

Consulting and Patents:

Consultant: University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma

Consultant: Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga

Consultant: W.J. Kidde, New Orleans

Consultant: Burk & Associates, New Orleans

Consultant: Walk-Haydel & Associates, New Orleans

Consultant: ICI International, Chattanooga

Consultant: US Power, Philadelphia, PA

Consultant: Southern Champion Tray, Chattanooga

Consultant: Fillauer, Chattanooga

Reviewer: National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.

Patents None

Principal Publications of last 5 years:

Six from 1998-1999

" Improving Laboratories with Internet Controlled Equipment and Internet Student Support ", ASEE sectional Meeting, Roanoke, VA, April 2000.

"24 Hours, 7 Days Lab Experiments Access on the Web All the Time", ASEE Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, June, 2000.

"Lab Experiments Access on the Web," Presentation, Best Practices @ UT 2000, September, 2000, Knoxville, TN.

"Successes and Challenges with Remote Experiments on the Internet," Invited Presentation, Symposium at Kent State University, October, 2000, Kent, OH.

"Engineering Laboratory Experiments on the World Wide Web", ASEE sectional Meeting, Charleston, SC, April 2001.

" Laboratory Remote Operation: Features and Opportunities", ASEE Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001.

" Remote Laboratory Operation: Web Technology Successes", ASEE Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001 with Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora.

“Web-Based Laboratories: Technical and Pedagogical Considerations,” AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November, 2001.

"Developing Experiments on the World Wide Web", SSST Meeting, Huntsville, AL, March, 2002.

"Engineering Laboratory Experiments on the World Wide Web", ASEE sectional Meeting, Gainesville, FL, April 2002.

Theses

"Constructed Wetlands Acid Mine Drainage Treatment," Masters Thesis, Ileana Speer, 2000.

"Fuzzy control of distillation," Senior Honors Thesis, Rebecca Williams, 2000.

"Non classical control of distillation," Senior Honors Thesis, Mevan Ranasinghe, 2002.

"Fuzzy logic distillation control," Masters Thesis, Beth Ruta, in progress.

"Distillation control by collocation," Masters Thesis, Dave Matos, in progress.

"Bio-waste Energy Generation," Chattanooga, 1998.

Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:

American Society of Engineering Education

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Tau Beta Pi

Sigma Xi

Honors and Awards:

Fulbright Scholar, 1987-1988

Outstanding UTC Engineering Faculty, 2001

Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

College and University committees

ASEE, Chemical Engineering Division, Director, 2001-2004

Velsicol Chemical Community Advisory Panel, 1992-2003

Professional Development Activities in the Last Five Years:

UTC, Instructional Excellence Retreat, 1998

UTC, Instructional Excellence Retreat, 1999

UTC, Instructional Excellence Retreat, 2000

UTC, Instructional Excellence Retreat, 2001

UTC, Instructional Excellence Retreat, 2002