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Benny D. Freeman (born 29 April 1961 in Hendersonville, North Carolina) is a United States chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin.[1] He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from NC State University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988.[2] Afterwards, during 1988–89, he served as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris in the Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Structurale et Macromoléculaire, Paris, France.[2] He then returned to his undergraduate Alma Mater, NC State, where he served on the chemical engineering faculty from 1989–2001.[citation needed] In 2001, he moved to The University of Texas at Austin where, today, he serves as the William J. (Bill) Murray Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering in the chemical engineering department.[1]
Benny D. Freeman | |
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| Born | 29 April 1961 Hendersonville, NC |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Chemical Engineering |
| Alma mater | UC, Berkeley (Ph.D), NC State (B.S.) |
| Known for | gas, vapor, and liquid solubility, diffusion and permeability in polymers and polymer based materials, membranes, water purification membranes, gas separation membranes, upper bound theory, ion sorption, diffusion, permeation and conduction in water-swollen polymers |
Awards edit
- [1], Elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2023)
- Reilley Lectureship, University of Notre Dame (2020)
- Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Distinguished Scholar Lectureship (2019)
- American Chemical Society POLY/PMSE Plenary Lecture (2019)
- Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot Lecture, University of Wisconsin (2019)
- North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Fellow (2017)
- Fulbright Distinguished Chair (2016-2017)
- PMSE Distinguished Service Award (from Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division of ACS) (2015)
- World Premier International (WPI) Professor of International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER) at Kyushu University, Japan (2014-2020)
- AIChE Clarence (Larry) G. Gerhold Award (2013)
- Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award (2013)
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Award (2013)
- ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science (2009)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology (2008)
- American Chemical Society (ACS) PMSE Cooperative Research Award (2002)
Selected publications (from >450) edit
- Greenlee, L.F., B.D. Freeman and D.F. Lawler, “Ozonation of Phosphonate Antiscalants Used for Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Parameter Effects on the Extent of Oxidation,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 244, 505-513 (2014).
- Freeman, B.D., “Basis of Permeability/Selectivity Tradeoff Relations in Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes,” Macromolecules, 32, 375-380 (1999).
- Merkel, T.C., B.D. Freeman, R.J. Spontak, Z. He, I. Pinnau, P. Meakin and A.J. Hill, “Ultrapermeable, Reverse-Selective Nanocomposite Membranes”, Science, 296, 519-522 (2002).
- Merkel, T.C., V.I. Bondar, K. Nagai, B.D. Freeman, and I. Pinnau, “Gas Sorption, Diffusion, and Permeation in Poly(dimethylsiloxane),” Journal of Polymer Science: Part B, Polymer Physics, 38, 415-434 (2000).
- Park, H.B., C.H. Jung, Y.M. Lee, A.J. Hill, S.J. Pas, S.T. Mudie, E. van Wagner, B.D. Freeman, and D.J. Cookson, “Polymers with Cavities Tuned for Fast, Selective Transport of Small Molecules and Ions,” Science, 318, 254-258 (2007).
- Geise, G.M., H.-S. Lee, D.J. Miller, B.D. Freeman, J.E. McGrath, and D.R. Paul, “Water Purification by Membranes: The Role of Polymer Science,” Journal of Polymer Science: Part B. Polymer Physics, 48, 1685-1718 (2010).
- Park, H.B., J. Kamcev, L.M. Robeson, M. Elimelech, and B.D. Freeman, “Maximizing the Right Stuff: The Tradeoff Between Membrane Permeability and Selectivity,” Science, 356(6343), eaab0530 (2017).
- Sanders, D.F., Z.P. Smith, R. Guo, L.M. Robeson, J.E. McGrath, D.R. Paul, and B.D. Freeman, “Energy-Efficient Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes for a Sustainable Future: A Review,” Polymer, 54, 4729-4761 (2013).
- Lin, H., E. van Wagner, B.D. Freeman, L.G. Toy, and R.P. Gupta, “Plasticization-Enhanced H2 Purification Using Polymeric Membranes,” Science, 311(5761), 639-642 (2006).
- Geise, G.M., H.B. Park, A.C. Sagle, B.D. Freeman, and J.E. McGrath, “Water Permeability and Water/Salt Selectivity Tradeoff in Polymers for Desalination,” Journal of Membrane Science, 369(1-2), 130-138 (2011).
References edit
- ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Freeman, Benny D. Ph.D." McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.
- ^ a b "ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-11-27.