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Charles Eckert

Professor and Erskine Love, Jr., Institute Chair in Engineering

Education:

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1964

Awards:

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009

Clarence Gerhold Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2005

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (with Charles Liotta), 2004

State of Georgia Regents’ Research in Undergraduate Education Award, 2000

William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1999

Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1999

Award for Teaching Faculty, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, 1999

Distinguished Professor, Georgia... (read more)

Leadership Role(s):

Specialty Separations Center, Georgia Tech, Director, 1991-present

Research Interests:

All of Professor Eckert's research is joint with Professor Charles Liotta. It is focused at the interface between chemistry and chemical engineering, where our interdisciplinary investigators have unique capabilities to solve a variety of important technical and societal problems, such as environmental control, solvent-free processing, energy conservation, innovative separations (including bioseparations), and novel materials.

The investigations encompass molecular thermodynamics, solution chemistry, phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, homogeneous catalysis, supercritical fluid processing, and separations. The group has developed new experimental methods, including novel applications of modern instrumentation. Examples of applications include wastewater purification, environmentally benign solvents, supercritical fluid fractionation of polymers, purification of monomers, separation of chiral compounds, composite materials manufacture, hazardous waste detoxification, reactions in supercritical fluids, polymer modification, polymer processing, and many others.

The group draws heavily on molecular chemistry, organic, inorganic, analytical, and physical, for an understanding of intermolecular interactions in solutions. We use these results, along with our data, to develop methods for tailoring separation and reaction processes for specific applications. Often these methods are applied also for process design and economic feasibility evaluation.

Office:

ES&T 2206

Phone:

(404) 894-7070

Fax:

(404) 894-9085

Email Address

cae@gatech.edu

Admin. Support:

Deborah Babykin

Website:

Eckert group

Research Areas:

Catalysis Chemical Evolution Energy and Sustainability Environmental Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry

Recent Publications

COSMO-RS Studies: Structure-property Relationships for CO₂ Capture by Reversible Ionic Liquids

. 21. Maria Gonzalez-Miquel, Manish Talreja, Amy Ethier, Kyle Flack, Jackson Switzer, Elizabeth Biddinger, Pamela Pollet, Jose Palomar, Francisco Rodriguez, Charles Eckert, and Charles Liotta Ind. Eng. Chem. 2012, 51, 16066–16073.

The Synthesis and the Chemical and Physical Properties of Non-Aqueous Silylamine Solvents for CO₂Capture

. A. Rohan, J. Switzer, K. Flack, R. Hart, S. Sivaswamy, E. Biddinger, M. Talreja, M. Verma, S. Faltermeier, P. Nielsen, P. Pollet, G. Schuette, C. Eckert, C. Liotta Chem. Sus. Chem. 2012, 5, 2181-2187.

Al(OtBu)₃ as an Effective Catalyst for the Enhancement of Meerwein-Ponndorf−Verley (MPV) Reductions,

. Kyle Flack,Kristen Kitagawa,Pamela Pollet,Charles A. Eckert,Kent Richman, Joy Stringer, William Dubay, and Charles L. Liotta Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 1301-1306.