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Derek Mess
Professor of the Practice, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Education:
1980 B.Sc., Queen's University, Canada, Chemical Engineering
1989 Ph.D., MIT, Chemical Engineering
Honors and Awards:
- NASA Tech Brief Award, 2001
- Berman Award, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 1996
- ASM Int’l, Thermal Spray Society Best Paper Award, 1994
- Edwin R. Gilliland Fellowship, 1981-1982
- B.E.C. Joyce Memorial Award (outstanding graduate in Chemical Engineering) 1980
- H.G. Conn Award (for valuable and distinguished service), Queen’s University 1980
Research Interests:
Dr. Mess' research interests include materials development for
energy, environmental, and aerospace applications; synthesis and
processing of high temperature materials, including thermal barrier
coating (TBC) and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) ceramics; and
fundamental gas-solid reactions associated with carbon dioxide
capture in coal gasification processes.
Teaching:
- ChBE 22 – Heat and Mass Transfer, Course emphasized the
application of mathematics to the analysis and solution of
transport phenomena problems.
Professional Positions:
| Jan
2011 - May 2011 |
Lecturer, Tufts University
School of Engineering, ChBE, Medford, MA |
| 2007 - present |
Technology Transfer Consultant, Fuentek, LLC, Apex, NC |
| 1993 - 2006 |
Founder and President, Cambridge Microtech Inc., Cambridge, MA |
| 1989 - 1993 |
Group Leader, ManLabs Division of Alcan Aluminum Corporation, Cambridge, MA |
| 1980 - 1981 |
Petroleum Engineer, Amoco Petroleum Company, Edmonton, Alberta |
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