Roger T. Bonnecaze, PhD
Department Chair and T. Brockett Hudson Professor in Chemical Engineering

Office:	CPE 5.466	Mailing Address:
Phone:	(512) 471-1497, 475-7713	The University of Texas at Austin
Fax:	--	Department of Chemical Engineering
Email:	bonnecaze@che.utexas.edu	1 University Station C0400
UT Mail:	C0400	Austin, TX 78712-0231

Research Group Web Site - Fluid Dynamics
Presentation Made to Prospective Graduate Students 2008

Educational Qualifications:

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1991)

M.S., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1987)

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University (1985)

British Petroleum Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

University of Cambridge, UK (1991-1992)

Affiliations:

Institute for Theoretical Chemistry (ITC)
Texas Materials Institute (TMI)
Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology

Honors/Awards:

Named Lectureships/Visiting Professorships

Robert. W. Vaughn Lectureship, California Institute of Technology (2005) 

Joliot-Curie Visiting Professor, ESPCI, France (2004)

 

Research Recognition

Fellowship of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (2006)

Journal of Rheology, Publication Award (2004)

Packard Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1994)

NSF Young Investigator Award (1993)
  

Teaching Awards and University Recognition

The University of Texas Best Research Paper Award (2006)  

T. Brockett Hudson Professor of Chemical Engineering (2002-present)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching (2001)

Most Outstanding Faculty Member in Chemical Engineering (1997)

College of Engineering Faculty Leadership Award (1996)

Texas Ex-Students Teaching Award (1996)

Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor (1995)

 

Research:

My research focuses on the discovery and understanding of fundamental phenomena in the behavior of complex fluid and materials processing flows and applying this knowledge to modeling, design and use of industrial and natural processes.  In my research group, we are actively addressing these challenging issues using experimental, computational and theoretical tools, many of which are developed within the group.

Current areas of focus include:

•  The rheology, memory and aging of soft-particle pastes

•  Suspension transport

•  Microrheology and biomechanics of cancer cells

•  Immersion and imprint Lithography

•  Flow, reaction and transport in porous media

•  Theoretical design of polymer barrier materials

Selected Publications

More information is available from Dr. Bonnecaze’s Research Group Web Site.

 

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