Bill Koros |
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EducationB.S. 1969, University of Texas at Austin |
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William J. Koros is The GRA Eminent Scholar in Membranes and the Roberto C. Goizueta Chair for Excellence in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Koros received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas in 1969 and worked in the Engineering Department of the E. I. DuPont Company for the next four years. He entered graduate school in 1973 and upon completion of his studies in 1977 joined the faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department at the North Carolina State University as an Assistant Professor. While at NCSU, Dr. Koros received the Sigma XI Award for research accomplishments in 1980 and was selected as one of the university's fourteen Outstanding Teachers that same year. He played an active role in committees for teaching effectiveness and academic programs. In 1983, Dr. Koros received the Alcoa Foundation Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishments and was promoted to the rank of Professor in August 1983. In 1984, Dr. Koros joined both the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Separations Research Program at The University of Texas at Austin. That same year, he received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award. Since joining the faculty, he has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and leadership including the 1990 General Dynamics Teaching Award. His most recent awards include the AIChE's 1995 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology and the AIChE's 1999 Clarence G. Gerhold Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, citing his "innovations in new materials and membrane structures for separation of gas mixtures." Dr. Koros served as Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department at UT from 1993 to 1997. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Membrane Science as well as a member of the Board for the North American Membrane Society and the Managing Editor for their newsletter, Membrane Quarterly. He was a co-chair of the IUPAC Membrane Working Group to develop a membrane nomenclature and is the Immediate Past Chair of the AIChE Separations Division. He was 1994-96 Chairman of AIChE's Publication Committee and edits a column entitled, "Learning in Industry" in Chemical Engineering Education to highlight this increasingly important aspect of industry-university cooperation. Dr. Koros has published over 230 articles in the areas of sorption, transport and permeation of small molecules in polymers and other complex media such as molecular sieve carbons and ceramics. |
