Professional Biography of Douglas J. Cooper

Contact Information
  Doug Cooper, Professor
  Chemical Engineering Program
  Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering Dept
  University of Connecticut, Unit 3222
  Storrs,  CT   06269-3222

  Phone: (860) 486-4092
  Fax:     (860) 486-2959
  Email:  cooper@engr.uconn.edu
  Author/Editor:  www.controlguru.com

Academic Training
   Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, 1985
   M.S. Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1978
   B.S. Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977
 

Administrative Experience

9/04-present:	Founder and Board of Directors member of Control Station, Inc., Tolland, CT
6/04 - 8/06:	Department Head & Program Director of Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
5/01 - 6/04:	Director of Engineering Computing Services, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/97 - 9/04:	Director of the Process Control Consortium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Professional Experience

8/99-present:	Professor of Chemical Engineering, CMBE Dept., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
5/92 - 9/92:	Research Associate, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT
9/91 - 8/99:	Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/85 - 9/91:	Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/78 - 9/81:	Research Engineer, Process Control Dept., Chevron Research Company, Richmond, CA

Career Distinctions
   Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (membership awarded 2004)
   Connecticut Professor of the Year (Carnegie Foundation, 2004)
   Teaching Fellow of the University of Connecticut (honor awarded 2003)

Fields of Specialization
   Advanced Process Modeling, Monitoring and Control
   Software Tools for Process Control System Analysis, Design, Tuning and Training
   Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Life-Long Learning

Teaching Honors and Awards
   Teacher of the Year as Determined by Chemical Engineering Students Award (Rogers Corp, 2002)
   Faculty Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching (UConn Alumni Association, 2001)
   Outstanding Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (UConn School of Engineering, 1998)
   Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Education CACHE Award (American Society of Eng Education, 1997)
   Teacher of the Year as Determined by Chemical Engineering Students Award (Rogers Corp, 1996)

Research Honors and Awards
   Excellence Award for Conference Publication, ISA Honors & Awards Committee (ISA Society, 2008)
   Outstanding Paper in Division Award, ISA Automatic Control Division, ISA Expo (Chicago, 2005)
   Best Poster Honorable Mention, Computing & Systems Technology Division Award (AIChE Annual Meeting, 1997)
   Best Paper of Session Award (American Control Conference, 1997)
   Best Paper in Thermoplastic Materials Division Award (Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conf., 1996)
   Best Paper in Injection Molding Division Award (Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conf., 1994)
   Best Paper of Session Award (American Control Conference, 1993)
   Excellence in Research and Creative Work Award (University of Colorado, 1985)

Professional Societies
   International Society of Automation (ISA)
   American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
   Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
   American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
   Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Honor Society (1977)
   Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (Chapter President, 1977)

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