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
 

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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