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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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Professional Experience
8/99-present: Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
6/04 - 5/06: Head of Chemical Engineering Department, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/97 - 9/04: Director, Process Control Consortium at
the University of Connecticut
5/01 - 7/04: Director, Engineering Computing Services at the University
of Connecticut
5/92 - 9/92: Research Associate, United Technologies Research Center,
East Hartford, CT
9/91 - 8/99: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/85 - 9/91: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
9/81 - 9/85: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO
9/78 - 9/81: Research Engineer, Process Control Dept., Chevron Research
Co., Richmond, CA
6/77 - 9/77: Summer Engineer, Arthur D. Little, Cambridge, MA
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)
Professional Societies
Instrumentation, Automation and Systems Society of America
(ISA)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Fields of Specialization
Advanced Process Modeling, Monitoring and Control
Multivariable and Adaptive Process Control
Software Tools for Process Control System Analysis, Design, Tuning and Training
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Paper in Division Award, ISA Automatic Control
Division, ISA Expo (Chicago, 2005)
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)
Best Poster Honorable
Mention, Computing & Systems Technology Division Award (AIChE Annual
Meeting, 1997)
Best Paper of Session
Award (American Control Conference, 1997)
Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Education CACHE Award (American Society of Eng Education, 1997)
Best Paper in Thermoplastic
Materials Division Award (Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conf., 1996)
Teacher of the Year as
Determined by Chemical Engineering Students Award (Rogers Corp, 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)
Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry
Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi Engineering
Honor Society (Chapter President, 1977)
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