Chemical & Materials Engineering Faculty

Thomas P. Barrera Associate Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2112 Email: tpbarrera@csupomona.edu Web Page:http://www.csupomona.edu/~ tpbarrera
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering Minor Field: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	1994	UCLA
MS	Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences	1986	Northwestern University
BS	Chemical Engineering - Cum Laude	1985	UC Santa Barbara
BA	Mathematics Economics	1985	UC Santa Barbara
Areas of Interest
Physical electrochemical processes in aqueous and solid-state media. Electrochemical energy storage (battery) and conversion (fuel cell) systems. Kinetic and mass transfer phenomena at solid-liquid interfaces. Materials electrochemistry.

Christopher L. Caenepeel Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2126 Telephone: 909-869-4683 Email: clcaenepeel@csupomona.edu Web Page:http://www.csupomona.edu/~ clcaenepeel
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering	1970	University of Notre Dame
MA	Chemical Engineering	1965	University of Notre Dame
BS	Chemical Engineering	1964	University of Notre Dame
PE	Chemical Engineering		California

Winny Dong Professor and Chair Location: Building 17, Room 2110 Telephone: 909-869-2634 Email:winnydong@csupomona.edu Web Page:http://www.csupomona.edu/~ winnydong
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Materials Science and Engineering	2000	UCLA
MSc	Materials Science and Engineering	1998	UCLA
BS	Materials Science and Engineering	1994	UCLA
Areas of Interest
My research interests mainly lie in the synthesis of new and unique materials with the sol-gel method. The sol-gel method has gained tremendous attention in the last 15 years. In the last two years alone,over 2000 scientific articles were published on this subject. Although my research experience has mostly been in electrical and electrochemical materials, I also have a strong back-ground in polymer science, ceramics, and inorganicchemistry. Future projects that I am interested in include electronically conducting polymers, acousticallyinsulating aerogels, organic/inorganic hybrid materials,and the synthesis of biomaterials through the sol-gel method.

Tanya Faltens Adjunct Professor Location: Building 9, Room 233E Telephone: 909-869-3058 Email: tafaltens@csupomona.edu
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Materials Science and Engineering	2002	UCLA
MS	Materials Science and Engineering	1992	UCLA
BS	Electrical & Computer Scioence and Materials Science and Engineering	1989	UC Berkeley
Experience
Program Representative, Education Department, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley 2005-2007. Research Assistant on Science Curriculum Reform Projects at UC Berkeley, 2004 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, 2002-2004 Instructor, Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs, UCLA, 1991-2004
Areas of Interest
Science and Engineering Education and Outreach, Electrical and Optical properties of materials.

Misri Lal Location: Telephone: Email: teach_engineering@yahoo.com Web Page:
Degrees and Professional Registration

Areas of Interest

Lloyd Lee Associate Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2114 Telephone: 909-869-2423 Email: lllee@csupomona.edu Web Page:http://www.csupomona.edu/~lllee
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering	1971	Northwestern University
MS	Chemical Engineering	1966	University of Nebraska
BS	Chemical Engineering	1963	National Taiwan University
Experience
Professor, Chemical Engineeing University of Oklahoma, 1976-2004 Sabbatical Research, National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain Summers, 1997,1998 Sabbatical Research, University of California at Berkeley, Fall 1990 Sabbatical Research, University of California at San Diego, 1990 Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Summers, 1985, 1986 Manager, Technical Services, Ta Shing Textile Company, Taiwan 1973-1975 Visiting Associate Professor, National Central University, Taiwan 1972-1973 Research Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies, Universite de Paris-Sud 1971-1972 Research Engineer, Du Pont Chemical Company 1970-1971

Yam Y. Lee Adjunt Professor Location: Building 9, Room 233E Telephone: 909-869-2622 Email: yylee@csupomona.edu Web Page:http://www.csupomona.edu/~yylee
Degrees and Professional Registration
Sc. D.	Chemical Engineering	1982	MIT
MS	Chemical Engineering	1976	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Interest
Dr. Lee has consulting activities in the area of energy conversion technologies, fluidized bed boilers technology, pollution control, coal gasification, renewable energy, global climate change, integrated energy system analysis and global sustainability. His recent research interests at Cal Poly Pomona include biodiesel, global climate change and water purification. He has over 40 journal and proceedings publications, 2 books(sole author of a chapter of one book and co-editor of the other) and 7 US patents.

Mingheng Li Associate Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2102 Telephone: 909-869-3668 Email: minghengli@csupomona.edu Web Page: http://www.csupomona.edu/~minghengli
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering	2004	UCLA
ME	Chemical Engineering	2000	Tsinghua University
BE	Chemical Engineering	1997	Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Areas of Interest
My research interests lie in the general areas of process systems engineering (process design and control, dynamics and optimization, and computational modeling and applied mathematics) with applications to a variety of industrial and engineering processes such as materials processing (thermal spray, chemical vapor deposition, glass manufacturing), energy (Low-E energy-conserving windows, hydrogen generation, energy conservation) and environment (self-cleaning coating, bacteria neutralization, electrostatic precipitator, waste minimization) etc.

Thuan K. Nguyen Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2108 Telephone: 909-869-2631 Email: tknguyen@csupomona.edu Web Page: http://www.csupomona.edu/~tknguyen
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering	1979	Princeton University
MA	Chemical Engineering	1975	Princeton University
BSc	Chemical Engineering	1974	California State Polytechnic Univ, Pomona
PE	Chemical Engineering	4113	California
Experience
Sabbatical	Cornell University	Spring 1992
Sabbatical	Cornell University	1986
Sabbatical	Cornell University	1985
Consultant	Software Engineering Associate Inc.	1984
Consultant	Tamareck Scientific Co., Inc.	Summer 1984
Project Faculty in the Training Program for Chemical Engineering Mentors from Republic of the Philippines, Cal Poly University		Summer 1982
Areas of Interest
Numerical Methods, Transport Phenomena, Vapor-liquid Equilibrium, Calculations.

Vilupanur Ravi Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2104 Telephone: 909-869-2627 Email: vravi@csupomona.edu Web Page: http://www.csupomona.edu/~vravi
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Metallurgical Engineering	1988	The Ohio State University
MSc	Metallurgical Engineering	1986	The Ohio State University
BE	Metallurgy	1983	Indian Institute of Science
BSc	Physics	1980	University of Madras
CEng	Materials	2000	Council of Engineers, UK
Experience
Technologist, W.L. Gore and Associates, Elkton, MD, (1994-2000) Member of Technical Staff, Lanxide Corp, Newark, DE (1988-1994) Adjunct Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (2000) Adjunct Associate Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (1996-1999
Areas of Interest
High Temperature Coatings, Refractory metals, Materials Degradation, Ceramics, Ceramic and Metal matrix Composites, Polymers, Failure Analysis

Jeff Snyder Location: Telephone: Email: jsnyder@csupomona.edu Web Page:
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Areas of Interest

A. George Stoll Professor Location: Building 17, Room 2114 Telephone: 909-869-2632 Email: agstoll@csupomona.edu Web Page: http://www.csupomona.edu/~chemmat/George/index.htm
Degrees and Professional Registration
PhD	Chemical Engineering	1973	University of California Berkeley
MS	Chemical Engineering	1969	University of California Berkeley
BS	Chemical Engineering	1967	Colorado School of Mines
PE	Chemical Engineering		California
PhD	Chemical Engineering	1973	University of California Berkeley
Experience
Consultant, General Dynamics and Pacific Pneumatics, Inc. Lecturer, UCLA Extension, "Review for Professional Licensing," 1980-1985.
Areas of Interest
Process Control

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