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Born January 27, 1939, in Freeport, Illinois, USA
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Married in 1968 to June Clair Gaspar
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One child, Brigette Elise Krantz, born April 30, 1976
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Research interests: membrane formation and process design, pressure-swing adsorption, scaling analysis in modeling transport and reaction processes, materials processing in low-gravity, global climate change, self-organization in geophysical systems, and biomedical engineering
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Hobbies and interests: English history; classical music; world travel; canoeing and backpacking; vintage postcard collecting; care and repair of antique clocks
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BA, Chemistry; 1961; Saint Joseph’s College; Rensselaer, Indiana
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BS with Honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences and High Distinction in the Curriculum; Chemical Engineering; 1962; University of Illinois; Urbana-Champaign
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PhD, Chemical Engineering; 1968; University of California; Berkeley
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PE (Professional Engineer); State of Colorado Registration Number 11630
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Assistant Professor 1968-73; Associate Professor 1974-1979; Professor 1980-1999; President's Teaching Scholar 1990-; Professor Emeritus 2000-; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder.
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Fulbright-Hayes Lecturer; Department. of Chemical Engineering; Istanbul Technical University; Turkey; 1974-1975.
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NSF-NATO Senior Fellow in Science; Fluid Mechanics Research Institute; University of Essex; Colchester, England; June-August, 1975.
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Program Director; Thermodynamics and Mass Transfer Program; National Science Foundation; Washington, DC; 1977-1978.
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Visiting Keating-Crawford Professor; Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Notre Dame; South Bend, IN; Fall, 1985.
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Co-Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST); University of Colorado; 1988-99. [link to http://www.mastcenter.org/]
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Co-Director of the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Site Program; University of Colorado; 1993-1999.
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Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Research Fellow; Mathematical Institute, Oxford University; Oxford, UK; 1988- 1989.
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Guggenheim Fellow; Department of Chemical Engineering; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore, India; Summer, 1989.
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Research Fellow; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; University of Colorado; Boulder; 1991-1999.
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Visiting Professor; Center for Membrane Science and Technology; University of Twente; Enschede, Netherlands; 1995-96.
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NSF GOALI Faculty Fellow; Chevron Research and Technology; Richmond, California; 1996.
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NSF GOALI Faculty Fellow; 3M Corporate Research and Technology; St. Paul, Minnesota; 1996.
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Professor and Rieveschl Ohio Eminent Scholar of Membrane Technology 2000-2005; Professor Emeritus 2005-; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH.
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Director, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Site Program; University of Cincinnati; 2001-2005.
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Director, NSF Integrative Graduate Research Education and Training (IGERT) Program; University of Cincinnati; 2003-2005.
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Co-Director, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST); University of Cincinnati; 2000-05. [link to http://www.mastcenter.org/]
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Visiting Research Fellow; Research School of Chemistry 2003; Department of Applied Mathematics 2004; Australian National University; Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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Visiting Research Fellow; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; 2004 and 2005.
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Isaac M. Meyer Chair Visiting Professor; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 2005-2008.
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Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1974-75.
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NSF-NATO Senior Fellowship in Science at the Fluid Mechanics Research Institute of the University of Essex in Colchester, England, 1975.
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Special Achievement and Outstanding Performance Awards from the National Science Foundation, 1978.
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George Westinghouse Award of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1980
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Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellowship at Aachen Technical University in West Germany, 1981-82.
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Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984.
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National Research Lecturer of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1984-86.
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Innovation in Coal Conversion Award given by the University of Pittsburgh, 1987.
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Fulbright-Hayes Research Fellowship for advanced study at Oxford University in England, 1988-89.
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Guggenheim Fellowship at Oxford University in England and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, 1988-89.
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Named a President's Teaching Scholar of the University of Colorado, April, 1990.
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Rocky Mountain Section Outstanding Teaching Award of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1998.
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Named to Academy of Fellows of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1999.
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Dow Lectureship Award of the Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2003.
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Malcolm E. Pruitt Award of the Council for Chemical Research, 2004.
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Named a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2005.
[link to Awards and Recognition]
· Gabelman, A., S.-T. Hwang, and W.B. Krantz, “Dense Gas Extraction using a Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactor: Experimental Results vs. Model Predictions,” J. Membrane Science, 257, 11-36 (2005).
· Krantz, W. B., “Thermodynamics of Surfaces,” chapter 48 in The Engineering Handbook, R. C. Dorf (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 48-1 to 48-8 (2005) USBN 0-8493-1586-7.
· Khare, V.K., A.R. Greenberg, and W.B. Krantz, “Vapor Induced Phase Separation - Effect of the Humid Air Exposure Step on Membrane Morphology: Part I. Insights from Mathematical Modeling,” J. Membrane Science, 258, 140-156 (2005).
· Jia, Y., R. Wang, A.G. Fane, and W.B. Krantz, “Effect of Air Bubbling on Atrazine Adsorption in Water by Powdered Activated Carbons - Competitive Adsorption of Impurities,” Separation and Purification Technology, 46(1-2), 79-87 (2005).
· French, D.A., R. Flannery, S. Kleene, W.B. Krantz, and C. Groetsch, “Numerical Approximation of Solutions of a Nonlinear Inverse Problem arising in Olfaction Experimentation,” Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 43, 945-956 (2006).
· Li, D., A.R. Greenberg, W.B. Krantz, and R.L. Sani, “Membrane Formation via Thermally Induced Phase Separation (TIPS): Model Development and Validation,” J. Membrane Science, 279, 50-60 (2006).
· Lee, H., S.R. Chaudhuri, W.B. Krantz, and S.-T. Hwang, “A Model for Evaporative Casting of Polymeric Membranes Incorporating Convection due to Density Changes,” J. Membrane Science, 284, 161-172 (2006).
· Gupta, V.K., Hwang, S.-T., W.B. Krantz and A.R. Greenberg, “Characterization of Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membrane Performance for Aqueous Salt Solutions using Irreversible Thermodynamics,” Desalination, 208, 1-18 (2007).
· Chai, G.-Y., A.R. Greenberg, and W.B. Krantz, “Ultrasound, Gravimetric, and SEM Studies of Inorganic Fouling in Spiral-Wound Membrane Modules,” Desalination, 208, 277-293 (2007).
· Anim-Mensah, A.R., J.E. Franklin, J.E., L.A. Salazar, D.B. Mast, J.E. Mark, S. J. Clarson, and W. B. Krantz, “Use of Ultrasound to Determine Selected Mechanical Properties of Silicone Films,” chapter in Science and Technology of Silicone and Silicone-Modified Materials, #964 ACS Symposium Series, by S.J. Clarson, J.J. Fitzgerald, M.J. Owen, S.S. Smith, and M.E. Van Dyke (eds.), Oxford University Press, UK, 203-219 (2007).
· Anim-Mensah, A.R., J.E. Mark, and W.B. Krantz, “Use of Solubility Parameters for Predicting the Separation Characteristics of Poly(dimethyl-siloxane) and Siloxane-Containing Membranes,” Chapter 14 in Science and Technology of Silicone and Silicone-Modified Materials, ACS Symposium Series #964, by S.J. Clarson, J.J. Fitzgerald, M.J. Owen, S.D. Smith, and M.E. Van Dyke (eds.), Oxford University Press, UK (2007).
· N. Widjojo, T.S. Chung, and W.B. Krantz “A Morphological and Structural Study of Ultem/P84 Copolyimide Dual-Layer Hollow Fiber Membranes with Delamination-Free Morphology” Journal of Membrane Science, 294, 132-146 (2007).
· Li, Yi, W.B. Krantz, and T.-S. Chung, “A Novel Primer to prevent Nanoparticle Agglomeration in Mixed Matrix Membranes,” A.I.Ch.E. Journal, 53(9), 2470-2475 (2007).
· Bonyadi, S., T.-S. Chung, and W.B. Krantz, “Investigation of Corrugation Phenomenon in the Inner Contour of Hollow Fibers during Non-solvent Induced Phase Separation Process,” J. Membrane Science, 299(1-2), 200-210 (2007).
· Krantz, W.B., “From Third World to First – in Water Resources Management,” in What’s in a Name?, E. Fung (ed.), National University of Singapore Development Office Yearbook, Republic of Singapore (2007).
· Krantz, W.B., “Scaling Analysis as a Pedagogical Tool in Teaching Transport and Reaction Processes,” 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June 24-27, 2007, Honolulu, HI (available on CD-Rom).
· Cheng, J., L. Yi, T.-S. Chung, Chen, S.-B., and W.B. Krantz, “High-Performance Protein Separation by Ion Exchange Membrane Partitioned Free-Flow Isoelectric Focusing System,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 63, 2241-2251 (2008).
· Peterson, R.A. and W.B. Krantz, “Differential Frost Heave Model for Patterned Ground Formation: Corroboration with Observations along a North American Arctic Transect,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (G3), S304 (2008).
· Balaji, S., S. Lakshminarayanan, and William B. Krantz, “Scaling and Sensitivity Analysis of a Reverse Flow Reactor,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 63(2), 342-355 (2008).
· Krantz, W.B., “Oral Communication Skills Workshop for Students in Engineering and Applied Science,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June 22-25, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA (available on CD-ROM).
· Walker, D.A., H.E. Epstein, V.E. Romanovsky, C.L. Ping., G.J. Michaelson, R.P. Daanen, Y. Shur, R.A. Peterson, W.B. Krantz, M.K. Raynolds, W.A. Gould, G. Gonzalez, D.J. Nickolsky, C.M. Vonlanthen, A.N. Kade, P. Kuss, A.M. Kelley, C.A. Munger, C.T. Tarnocai, N.V. Matveyeva, and F.J.A. Daniëls “Arctic Patterned-Ground Ecosystems: A Synthesis of Field Studies and Models along a North American Arctic Transect,” Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 113(G3), S301 (2008).
· Anim-Mensah, A.R., W.B. Krantz, and R. Govind, “Studies on Polymeric Nanofiltration-Based Water-Softening and the Effect of Anion Properties on the Softening Process,” European Polymer Journal, 44(7), 2244-2252 (2008).
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“Continuous Countercurrent Membrane Column for the Separation of Solute/Solvent Systems,” U.S. Patent No. 4,755,297, (with B.A. Nerad), issued July 5, 1988.
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“Blood Treatment Device with Moving Membrane for Enhancing Mass Transfer,” (with R.R. Bilodeau, R.J. Elgas and M. E. Voorhees), U.S. Patent No. 5,626,759, issued May 6, 1997.
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“Method and Apparatus for Determining the State of Fouling/Cleaning of Membrane Modules,” U.S. Patent No. 6,161,435, (with G.-Y. Chai, L.J. Bond, and A.R. Greenberg), issued December 19, 2000.
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“Balanced Flow Resistance OCR Distributor Cone,” (with D.E. Earls, H.J. Trimble, J. Chabot, and K. Parimi), U.S. Patent No. 6,387,334, issued May 14, 2002.
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“Apparatus and Method for Controlling Pore Size in Polymeric Membranes and Thin Films,” (with A.R. Greenberg,A. Neice, and P. Todd), U.S. Patent No. 6,479,007, issued November 12, 2002.
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148 grants and contracts totaling $20.1 million from NSF, NASA, DOE, DOA, private industry, and other University, State and Federal agencies.