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/ Vw< v-i * aiU'iU X v>il / Name: PERSONAL Dr. Burton Davidson Bern: Chicago, Illinois, February 13, 1935 Address:' Home: 94 Ross Hall Boulevard, Piscataway, New Jersey 08S54 Office: Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering College of Engineering, Busch Campus New Brunswick, New Jersey 00903 Phene: Heme: (501; 249-4979 Office: (201) 932-2231 or 932-2228 (Secretary) Wife: Beverly Jean Children: Brian (8/17/63); Bridget (12/25/64); Benjamin (12/28/67) Hobbies: Tennis, Chess, Golf, Gardening and Interior Home Decoration * GENERAL Has been teaching and conducting basic research in the fields of chemical and biochemical engineering continually since February of 1963. Has been an active contributor to the advancement of science and technology in the areas of water resources similation and enzymic/non-en.zymic heterogeneous catalysis and reactor design. Has been principal investigator on numerous sponsored research projects. Has been an active committeeman for the local A.I.Ch.E. Is a licensed Professional Engineer (01) in the State of New Jersey. RNW 3141 SPECIFIC Acacenic Training and Professional Degrees: Degree Field I nst :. t ut 1 o n B. 3. Li. S. Ph. D. P. E. Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Professional Engineer(01) Syracuse University 1953 Syracuse University I960 Northwestern University '1563 No. 21238 N. J. 1974 (-.Tune) (June) (June) (April) Teaching Experience: Rani: Field Institution Date Assistant Chemical Engineering Professor San Jose State College Feb. 1,1953 San Jose, California June 30, 1SG4 Assistant Chemical Engineering Professor Rutgers University July 1964-* June 1967 Associate Chemical Engineering Professor * Professor Chemical & Biochemica Engineering Rutgers university RogerS university July 1967June 1972 July 1,1972 Industrial Experience (summer months only): Company Location Job Description &. Date Proctor & Gamble Staten Island, N. Y. Selected for their undergraduate student trainee program, pro cess development, 1957 General Electric Atomic Power Division San Jose, California Stress corrosion crac king of stainless steel alloys, 1963 I. B. M. San Jose, California Mathematical modeling and simulation of chemical reactors for computer control, 1964 RNW 3142 compa gy F. M. C.. .'ne::'icon Cyanamid Esso Pesearch & Engineering Company Location Job Description & Date San Jose, California Pneumatic handling of food solids, 1964 Bound Brook, N. J. Chemical reactor analysis of anilline and D?A production, 1955 Florham Park, N. J. Chemical reactor analysi and pollution control via recycle technicjucn, 1966 Pub Ire (co-suchorcd papers in prof essiona1 journals and technics.7 books) 1. "Theoretical Bound on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit from Irreversible Thermodynamics," J. Appl. Fhys., 32, No. 2, 217-219 (1951). 2. "Kinetics of the Catalytic Oxidation of Sulfur Dioxide," AlOhB J., 10, No. 4, 550-573 (1954). 3. '-'Simulation of the Catalytic Cracking Process for Styrene Production," IBM J. Res. Develop., 9, Nos. 5-5, 308-399 (1955). 4. "Kinetic Models for Consecutive Heterogeneous Reactions," IEC, 57, No. 10, 18-24 (1955). (This was a featured article). 5. "Kinetics and Mechanism of Bacterial Disinfection by Chlorine Dioxide,/' J. Appl. Microbiol., 15_ (March 1967). 6. "Thermal Pollution of Water Systems," Environ. Sci. Teoheol., 1_, No. 8, 618-530 (1957). (This was a featured article). 7. "Optimization of a Class of River Aeration Problems by the Use of Multivariable Distributed Parameter Control Theory," Water Resources Res., J5, No. 3, 553-573 (1959). 3. "A Nsv Approach to the Analysis of Heterogeneous Reaction Race Data,'' Chem. Eng. Sci. , 4, 1519-1527 (1959). 9. "Simulation Studies and Sub--optimal Aeration Design Criteria," Ch. f>, pp. 152-179, in Instream Aeration, 0VTRR, Rutgers University, June 1SS9 (co-author of the book). RNW 3143 10. "A Steady State Optimal Design of Artificial Induced Aeration in Polluted Streams by the Use cf Pontryagin's Minimum Principle," Water Resources Res., 5, No. 2, 333-397 (1970). 11. "Treatment of Langmuirian Kinetics in the Analysis of Optimal Catalyst Composition Profiles: A Problem in Computing Nonrlinear Singular Controls in Bifunctionsl Packed-Bed Reactors," Chem. Eng. Sci., 23, 885-899 (1971). 12. "Direct Field Determination of the Natural Reaeration Coefficient by Frequency Response Analysis," Water Resources Res., 7, No. S, 1522-1528 (1971). 13. "Systems Analysis and Economics of Instream Aeration,1' Ch. 5 in Oxgenation of Polluted Rivers, approved for publication, date pending (co-author of the book). 14. "Best Combination of waste Treatment and Spatially Distributed Discharge of Effluent," Water Resources Res., !3, No. 3 (June 1972). 15. "Analysis of Non-isothermal Effectiveness Factors Using a Generalized Langmuir-Hinshelwood Rate Expression," J. Catalysis, 25, No. 3 (June 1972). 15. "Treatment of Urinous Wastewater Using a Dual-Functional, Reverse Osmosis, Membrane-Enzyme System," Water-1973, AlChE Symposium Series, Vol. 70, 1974. 17. "Simulation of the Optimal combination of waste Treatment and Spatially Distributed Discharge of Effluent Using Pontrgagin's Minimum Principle," AICA, Vol. XVI, No. 3, 77-110 (1974) (Reprinted, with permission, from an earlier water Res. Publication, No. 14). 18. "Identification in Nonlinear, Distributed Parameter, Water Quality Models," submitted for publication in water Res. Res. 19. "Analysis of water Quality in the Delaware Estuary System via One-Dimensional, Intra-tidal, Time-Varying Models with Application to the Identification of the Tidal Dispersion Coefficient using Discrete-Space, Continuous-Time Ocean Salinity Data," IFIP/AICA Symposium, July 30-August 2, 1974, GHENT Conference, Belgium (North-Holland Publishing, Amsterdam, Netherlands). RNW 3144 20. "Mass Transfer and Biochemical Reaction in Enzyme Membrane Reactor Systems, II. Expanded .Analysis for Single Enzyme Systems: Effects of Enzyme Intermediates, Denaturation, and Elution," submitted for publication in Chem. Eng. Sci. 21. "Design and Analysis of Immobilized Enzyme Flow Reactors," in Advances Tm Applied Biochemistry and Bioengineering, Vol. 1, Academic Press, New York, 1974. Completed Master's Theses at Rutgers University: 1. "Optimization of the Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Streams Using the Pontryagin Maximum Principle" (A. F. Burlcart, June 1967). 2. "A Generalized Rate Expression for Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions" (F. R. Bernath, May 1968). 3. "A Generalized Approach to Ideal Heterogeneous Catalytic Kinetics" (R. W. Bradshaw, May 1968). 4. "A Study in Optimization of Bifunctional Catalytic Reactors Using Generalized Langmuirian Rates" (A. V. Prabhu, May 1969). 5. "An^Investigation into the Computational Aspects of Synthesizing Non-Linear and Linear Singular Optimal Controls in Bifunctional Catalytic Reactors" (A. K. Mendiratta, October 19S9). 6. "Special Topics in the Analysis of Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems" (P. Shah, January 1972). 7. "Enzymatic Conversion of Glucose to Fructose in a Flow Reactor Packed with Microencapsulated Streptomyces vener.nelae" (M. S. Giniger, January 1974). 8. "Identification in Nonlinear Esturine Water Quality Models" (S. M. Yih, Oct. 1974). 9. "Treatment of Synthetic Urinous Wastewater Using a Combined Reverse Osmosis, Immobilized Urease, and Ion Exchange System" (R. Gilmore, Oct. 1974). RNW 3145 ,ral Theses at Rutgers University: Completed Doetc 1. "Nonlinear . Biochemical (A. X. Men'' 2. "Detailed Systems" (? 3. "Analysis c Intra-tida' Optimal Control Theory Applied to Distributed Feed 1 River Models with Dual Water Quality Constraints" diratta, January 1972). ..ransient Analysis of Immobilised Enzyme Reactor Shysm, June 1974). yf Water Quality in the Upper Delaware Estuary via -Time Modelling" (Y. S. Shieh, June 1974). K RNW 3146