 |  Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 5/e Max S. Peters,
University of Colorado
Klaus Timmerhaus,
University of Colorado, Boulder
Ronald E. West,
University of Colorado, Boulder
About the Authors| Max S. Peters is currently professor emeritus of chemical engineering and dean
emeritus of engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his B.S.
and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, worked
for Hercules Power Company and Treyz Chemical Company, and returned to Penn
State for his Ph.D. Subsequently he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois, and
later he came to the University of Colorado as dean of the College of Engineering and
Applied Science and professor of chemical engineering. He relinquished the position
of dean in 1978 and became emeritus in 1987.
Dr. Peters has served as president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
as a member of the board of directors for the Commission on Engineering Education,
as chairman of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science, and
as chairman of the Colorado Environmental Commission. A fellow of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Peters is the recipient of the George Westinghouse
and Lamme Award of the American Society of Engineering Education, the
Award of Merit of the American Association of Cost Engineers, and the Founders and
W. K. Lewis Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is a member
of the National Academy of Engineering.Klaus D. Timmerhaus is currently President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of
Colorado at Boulder. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering
from the University of Illinois. After serving as a process design engineer for
Standard Oil of California Research Corporation, Dr. Timmerhaus joined the chemical
engineering department of the University of Colorado, College of Engineering. He
was subsequently appointed associate dean of the College of Engineering and director
of the Engineering Research Center. This was followed by a term as chairman of the
chemical engineering department. The author’s extensive research publications have
been primarily concerned with cryogenics, energy, and heat and mass transfer. He has
edited 25 volumes of Advances in Cryogenic Engineering and coedited more than 30
volumes in the International Cryogenics Monograph Series.
He is past president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, past president
of the Society of Sigma Xi, and past president of the International Institute of
Refrigeration; and he has held offices in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(AIChE), the Cryogenic Engineering Conference, the International Cryocooler Conference,
Society of Sigma Xi, American Astronautical Society, American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society for Engineering Education
(ASEE)—Engineering Research Council, Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology, and National Academy of Engineering.
A fellow of AIChE and AAAS, Dr. Timmerhaus has received the ASEE George
Westinghouse and Fred Merryfield Design Award, the AIChE Alpha Chi Sigma Award,
the AIChE W. K. Lewis Award, the AIChE Founders Award, the SAE Ralph Teeter
Award, the USNC/IIR W. T. Pentzer Award, NSF Distinguished Service Award, University
of Colorado Stearns Award, Colorado Professor of the Year Award, and Samuel
C. Collins Award of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference. He is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and the Austrian Academy of Science.Ronald E. West is currently professor emeritus of chemical engineering after serving
for 38 years as a member of the faculty in the department of chemical engineering
at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In that capacity, he directed both the undergraduate
laboratory program and the senior plant design course for more than 25 years.
He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the
University of Michigan. His professional work has been mainly in the areas of water
pollution control and renewable energy technology. Dr. West is a member of the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Solar Energy Society.
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