Scott W. Campbell
Professor in Chemical Engineering
University of South Florida

Work address and phone: 
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33620
(813) 974-3907

Educational Background

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering received August 1986. Dissertation: Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of n-Pentane-Ethanol-Acetone and its Constituent Binary Systems.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering received August 1983. Thesis: Saturated Liquid Densities of Polar and Nonpolar Substances.

Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH.
Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering received August 1981. Thesis: Vortex Tube as a Gas Species Separator.

Professional Experience

University of South Florida
Professor (2002-)

University of South Florida
Associate Professor (1992-2002 ) Tenure granted May, 1992.

University of South Florida
Assistant Professor (1987-1992)

University of South Florida
Visiting Assistant Professor (1986-1987)

Consulting

Cirent Semiconductor, Orlando FL. Summer 1999.   Study of sodium contamination in silicon dioxide layers of silicon wafers.

Amoco Chemical Company, Research and Development, Naperville, IL.
Consulting, Summer 1990.

Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, & O'Neill,  Attorneys at Law, Tampa, Florida, 1989.

Law Offices of Hampp & Schneikart, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1989.

Professional Organization Membership

AIChE, Sigma Xi

Awards and Honors

Exxon Teaching Fellowship - Northwestern University (1982-85)

Sigma Xi (1986)

Teacher of the Year - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 1992-93.

TECO Team Tech Award, 1993

Teaching Excellence Award - USF College of Engineering, University of South Florida, 1993-94

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award - Board of Regents and the University of South Florida, 1993-94

Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award, 1995.

Classes Taught at USF (number of times taught in parentheses)

Undergraduate Courses (through Spring, 2003):

Thermodynamics (25)

Separation Processes (1)

Transport Processes II (4)

Phase and Chemical Equilibria (20)

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

Strategies of Process Engineering (2)

Computer Tools (2)

Engineering with Computers (7)

Graduate Courses:

Advanced Transport Phenomena (4)

Advanced Thermodynamics (3)

Advanced Phase Equilibria (3)

Phase Equilibria with Environmental Applications (1)

Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment (4)

Service

University and Departmental:

Graduate Program Coordinator, Chemical Engineering, 1988-1990

Departmental Reorganization Committee, Chemical Engineering, 1987.

Department Evaluation Committee, 1993 - present

Engineering College Council Advisor, 1989 - 1997

Recruiting in area high schools, 1989 - 1992

University Teaching Enhancement Committee, 1991

Engineering Expo '91 Advisory Committee, 1991

Undergraduate student advising 1989 - present

EIT review sessions for Thermodynamics 1988-present

Graduate & Research Committee, SACS self-study, 1992

College of Engineering, Curriculum Committee, 1994.

Selection Committee, Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) awards, College of Engineering, 1996.

Selection committee, BOR Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1995.

College of Engineering Advisory Board. Faculty member of Curriculum Committee, 1994 to present.

Chemical Engineering Honor Society Faculty Advisor 1995-present.

AIChE Faculty Advisor, 1997 - present

Pilot study for alternate means of evaluating effective teaching, member of departmental committee, 1999-present

Search Committee for Dean of College of Engineering, 2000

Department Evaluation Committee - 1999-present

Chair, Department Curriculum Committee - 2001-present

Chair, Faculty Search Committee - 2002-2003

Professional:

External examiner for Ph.D. Committee of Taihe Deng, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 3/99.

External examiner for Ph.D. Committee of Joyce R. Powell, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 2/97.

External examiner for Ph.D. Committee of Mary E.R. McHale, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 4/97.

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 1995-1998.

Member of Advisory Board for Gaither High School Pre-Engineering Program, 1995 - present.

Reviewed papers for AIChE Journal, Fluid Phase Equilibria, Chemical Engineering Communications, the Chemical Engineering Journal, the International Journal of Thermophysics, Biotechnology Progress, and the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data.

Member of Organizing Committee for 1990 Midwest Thermodynamics Symposium, May 20-22, 1990. Saw Mill Creek, Ohio.

Member of Organizing Committee for 1992 Midwest Thermodynamics Symposium, May 17-19, 1992. Hartland, Michigan.

Session Chair, Thermodynamics of Systems with Association or Solvation, 1995 AIChE National Spring Meeting. Houston, TX, March, 1995.

Board Member, Central Florida Section of AIChE, 2002-2003.

Science Fair Judge for Hillsborough County on several occasions.

Graduate Students Directed

Oh, S-K "Application of the Group Contribution Concept to the Kihara Potential for the Estimation of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties", Master of Science, 1989

Gonzalez, C. "Generalized Expressions for Temperature Dependent Kihara Parameters", Master of Science, 1989.

Pradhan, A. "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Ethanol - Heptane - Propanol and Ethanol - Heptane - Isopropanol at 303.15 K", Master of Science, 1991.

Schmidt, C. "An Association Model for Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures that Contain Alcohols", Master of Science (in progress).

Rhodes, J. "P-x Data for Seven n-Heptane+ Pentanol Isomer Systems at 303.15 K", Master of Science, 1996.

Griffin, T. "Construction of a Kay Tube Apparatus" Master of Science , 1999.

Oh, S-K "Thermodynamics of Nonvolatile Electrolytes in Mixed Solvents", Doctor of Philosophy, 1993.

Pradhan, A. "Computer Simulations of Alcohol Systems", Doctor of Philosophy, 1998 (Co-director).

Kenty, K. Doctor of Philosophy (Co-Director)(in progress).

Pathare, S. Master of Science (in progress).

Calderon, S. Doctor of Philosophy (in progress).

Undergraduate Research Projects Directed

Jay Hopkins, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Chloroform-Acetone- Toluene"

Carlos Camero, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Chloroform-Acetone-2-Butanone"

Dimensio Barton, "Measurement of Excess Volumes".

Jay L. Reimers, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of n-Pentane-Methanol-Ethanol"

Susanna Thomas, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of n-Pentane-Methanol-2-Butanol"

Benjamin Valdieso, "Instrumentation of a P-V-T Apparatus"

Saad Al-Saad, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Benzene and Toluene with 1-Propanol and with 2-Propanol"

Venu Varanasi, "Comparison of Kretschmer-Wiebe and Mobile Order Solution Models"

Patrick Flanders, "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of n-Heptane with 1-Butanol and with 2-Butanol"

Mohammed Abutayeh, "Development of TKSolver Program for the Lee-Kessler Corresponding States Method"

Maria Schmidt, "TKSolver version of the Steam Tables"

Michael Lazzaroni, "Association model for alcohol-aromatic systems"