Home page for J. Richard Elliott

[Elliott's photo]




Professor of Chemical Engineering
The University of Akron

Ph.D. (1985) Pennsylvania State University
MS (1982) Virginia Polytechnic Institute
BS (1980) Newport College










Research Interests:

Thermodynamics of Hydrogen Bonding,
Molecular Simulations, Perturbation Theory and Integral Equation Theory
Experimental Phase Equilibrium Measurements, Chemical Reaction Engineering
Supercritical Fluid Processing, Microcellular Foams
Please view recent publications for more detail

Educational Interests:

Mainstreaming molecular dynamics exposure in introductory thermodynamics
ConcepTesting using "Clickers"
Objective assessment of learning outcomes
Variations in curricula by countries and regions
Intro Text with Interactive Spreadsheets and Programs (including PR and ESD EOSs)



JRE publication list (check here for link addresses to databases etc.)

Access the Home Page of the Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference

(CalcEos.zip) Program for calculating phase equilibria with Peng-Robinson, ESD, Wong-Sandler, and SPEAD Equation Of State models.

Workbook and xls for chemical process economics. Includes basics for equipment sizing with hand calculations.

(TutorCC5.pdf) Workbook and tutorial for chemical process design using ChemCAD.

Beta Demonstration of SPEADMD, a molecular dynamics simulation package for chemical process and product design.


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J. Richard Elliott Jr (elliot1@uakron.edu)

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