E. Bruce Nauman Explained

E. Bruce Nauman (1937–2009) was a professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He obtained his B.S. degree in nuclear engineering from Kansas State University, a M.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Leeds.^[1]

He joined RPI in 1981 as chair of the department of chemical engineering, after a career in research and development with the Xerox Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation. During the course of his tenure he oversaw thirty-two doctoral students. He died on May 24, 2009, after a battle with lung cancer.

Honors

• Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.^[2]
• Associate editor, The Chemical Engineering Journal, Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Butterworth Series in Chemical Engineering.
• Board member and past president, North American Mixing Forum of the AIChE.
• Member, Princeton University Advisory Council, 1980 to 1984.
• External examiner, University of Technology, Jamaica, 2002 to 2007
• Member, United States Military Academy Advisory Council. 2006 - 2009
• Winner of the NAMF Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Publications

Dr. Nauman has over 150 publications in the archival literature, 6 patents, 14 books chapters, including several chapters in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, and 24 miscellaneous publications. He is also author of 4 books:

• Nauman, E. B., Chemical Reactor Design, Optimization and Scaleup, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.
• Nauman, E. B., Introductory Systems Analysis for Process Engineers, Butterworths, Boston, 1990.
• Nauman, E. B., Chemical Reactor Design, Wiley, New York, 1987.
• Nauman, E. B., and Buffham, B.A., Mixing in Continuous Flow Systems, Wiley, New York, 1983.

External links

• Website at RPI

Notes and References

1. Web site: Campus mourns passing of E. Bruce Nauman. RPI Press Release. 2009-05-31. 2011-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720035931/http://prod3.server.rpi.edu/oth/update.do?artcenterkey=2050. dead.
2. [American Men and Women of Science]