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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
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Administrative Experience
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9/04-present: |
Founder and Board of Directors member of Control
Station, Inc., Tolland, CT |
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6/04 - 8/06: |
Department Head & Program Director of Chemical Engineering, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
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5/01 - 6/04: |
Director of Engineering Computing Services, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
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9/97 - 9/04: |
Director of the Process Control Consortium, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
Professional Experience
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8/99-present: |
Professor of Chemical Engineering, CMBE Dept., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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5/92 - 9/92: |
Research Associate, United Technologies Research
Center, East Hartford, CT |
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9/91 - 8/99: |
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
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9/85 - 9/91: |
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
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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) |