Charles A. Eckert
J. Erskine Love, Jr. Institute Chair in Engineering &
Director, Specialty Separations Center
Contact Information
Building: Ford ES&T
Office:
2206-2207
Phone: 404.894.7070
Fax: 404.894.2866
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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Charles A. Eckert
Education
B.S. 1960, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. 1961, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. 1964, University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests
Dr. Eckert holds the J. Erskine Love, Jr., Institute Chair in Engineering and is Director of the Specialty Separations Center. He has collaborated with Chemist Charles Liotta for nearly two decades: they share laboratory space and codirect students from both disciplines. The joint research is focused at the interface between chemistry and engineering; applications include sustainable technology, energy conservation, innovative separations (including bioseparations), and novel materials.
His group's work encompasses molecular thermodynamics, solution chemistry, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, homogeneous catalysis, supercritical fluid processing, and separations. They draw heavily on the molecular and analytical interpretations of chemists and chemical physicists for an understanding of intermolecular interactions in solutions. These results are used to develop methods for tailoring separation and reaction process for specific applications.
Dr. Eckert is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has received the Colburn, Walker, and Gerhold Awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Ipatieff Prize and the Murphree Award from the American Chemical Society. He and Liotta were selected jointly for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Eckert has also held many offices in national and international technical societies, and has served as a consultant for major industries.