Richard Turton

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees

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Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, August 1994 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, August 1990 - May 1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, August 1986 - May 1990 Substitute Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, Winter 1983 - Spring 1986 Instructor, School of Engineering, Oregon State University, Spring 1985, Fall, 1984, Spring 1983 Process Engineer, Fluor E&C Corporation, Irvine, CA, October 1980 - December 1982 Associate Engineer, M.W. Kellogg Company, Wembley, England, July 1979 - August 1980 Associate Engineer, Brooke-Bond Oxo Ltd., London, England, July 1977 - September 1977 Associate Engineer, Shell Oil Company, Stanlow, England, July 1976 - September 1976
Education
	Registered Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia, 1987
	Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, August 1986
	M.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, August 1979
	B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, England, June 1977
Research Interests
	particle technology
	reaction engineering
	polymer recycling
	design education
Teaching Interests
	I routinely teach the senior year capstone design course, and have taught a variety of the undergraduate courses including heat transfer, separations, material and energy balances, transport phenomena, and numerical methods. I have taught graduate level courses in fluidization technology, mathematical methods and statistical process control.
Special Interests
	I am interested in engineering education and I am co-author of the text book "Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes", second edition, by R. Turton, R. C. Bailie, W. B. Whiting and J.A. Shaeiwitz, Prentice-Hall, December 2003.
	I have also co-authored two book chapters in the area of coating and pharmaceutical processes:
	1. Fluidized Bed Coating and Granulation, by R. Turton, G. I. Tardos and B. J. Ennis, in Powder Technology Handbook, Noyes, published 1998.
	2. Cooling Processes and Congealing, in Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, by R. Turton and X.X. Cheng, Marcel-Dekker, in press, Jan 2002.
	I have consulted with several pharmaceutical companies and appeared in Federal Court as an expert witness.
Professional Societies
	American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member
	Sigma Xi, Member
	Phi Kappa Phi, Member
	American Society of Engineering Education
	Registered Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia