Elliot B. Kennel

Administrative Coordinator, Chemical Engineering

Contact Information Office:  ERB 312 Phone:  304-293-9345 Fax:  304-293-4139

Mr. Elliot Kennel has been with the WVU Chemical Engineering Department since 2002. Current research interests include development of carbon products from coal-derived precursors, direct liquefaction of coal, and other ways to develop value added products from coal including carbon nanomaterials. Prior to coming to WVU, he was Vice President and Director of Research at Applied Sciences Inc. in Cedarville Ohio, where he specialized in carbon nanofibers, and helped to develop one of the first commercial production lines for tonnage quantities of carbon nanomaterials. Prior to that, Mr. Kennel worked for the United States Air Force as a military officer from 1980 to 1984 and as a civilian employee from 1984 to 1990 as a specialist in thermionic energy conversion and high temperature materials. He was involved in research for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and participated in technology exchange projects with the former Soviet Union.
Education
	BS Miami Univ (OH) Physics 1979
	MS Ohio State, Nuclear Engineering, 1982
Research Interests
	Coal derived feedstocks for value-added pitches and cokes for use in metals smelting.
	Carbon foam for use as a low-cost, lightweight structural material.
	Development of low-cost nanomaterials using coal feedstocks.
Professional Societies
	American Institute of Chemical Engineering
	American Ceramic Society