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Joseph J. Helble
Professor and Department Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Member, Environmental Engineering Program University of Connecticut B.S., Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University 1982 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT 1987 Department Head, 1999 - present Faculty, University of Connecticut, 1995 - present AAAS/EPA Environmental Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1993 Principal Research Scientist, Physical Sciences Inc., Andover MA, 1987-1995 |
Honors and Awards CT Academy of Science and Engineering, elected 2004 Outstanding Young Faculty Award, University of Connecticut, School of Engineering, 1999 NSF Young Faculty CAREER Award, 1998 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Barnard Environmental Science and Engineering Award, 1994 BCR/R.A. Glenn Award for best paper, ACS Fuel Chemistry, 1989 PSI Technology Award 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995 | |
Research activities include both fundamental and applied studies of aerosols and air quality, with emphasis on air pollutant aerosols produced during combustion processes, CO2 capture, Hg chemistry, and nanostructured ceramics materials processing.
Current Projects
- Size, morphology, and surface composition of fine ambient particulate matter, EPA (2001 – present); Dreyfus Foundation (2004 -present)
- Post-combustion transformations of hazardous air pollutants: As, Hg, and Cl, EPA (2000 - 2003); US DOE (2003 - present)
- Capture of CO2 using supported amine sorbents (with T. Filburn, U. Hartford) NASA / U.Florida (2002 - present)
- Development of a model for ash formation under pressurized combustion conditions US DOE (2001 - present)
- REU site in chemical engineering at the Nanoscale NSF (2001 - present)
- Combustion aerosol synthesis of nonequilibrium nanoscale materials NSF (1998 - 2002)
Selected
Publications For comments or questions contact
helble@engr.uconn.edu
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Connecticut
191 Auditorium Road, Box U-222
Storrs, CT 06269- 3222 USA