Charles A. Eckert |
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Education B.S. 1960, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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 Dr. 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. Professor Eckert's research is focused at the interface between chemistry and chemical engineering, where our interdisciplinary investigators have unique capabilities to solve a variety of important technical and societal problems, such as environmental control, solvent-free processing, energy conservation, innovative separations (including bioseparations), and novel materials. The group draws heavily on molecular chemistry, organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical, for an understanding of intermolecular interactions in solutions. These results are used, along with the data, to develop methods for tailoring separation and reaction processes for specific applications. Often these methods are applied also for process design and economic feasibility evaluation. 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. |
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