Courses

1. Engin 110 Introduction to Chemical Engineering (UG, freshmen): Redesigned course to provide a rigorous introduc-tion to chemical engineering for first-semester students covering mass balances, process design and research ap-proaches; Taught Fall 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002

2. ChE 120 Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering (UG, freshmen): Taught Spring 2002, 2005

3. ChE 230H Sophomore Honors Colloquium (UG, sophomore): Developed and organized this new colloquium to pro-vide our honors students the opportunity to learn about departmental research and choose a research advisor to complete both independent study and thesis research; Taught Spring 2003, 2004, 2005

4. ChE 320 Reaction Engineering (UG, junior): Taught honors component Spring 2000

5. ChE 401 Unit Operations Laboratory (UG, senior): Taught Fall 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007; designed and implemented a new laboratory experiment in fermentation

6. ChE 401H Senior Honors Colloquium (UG, senior): Developed and organized this new colloquium to allow our se-nior level honors students access to departmental seminars to broaden their knowledge of cutting edge chemical engineering research; Taught Fall 2004, 2005

7. ChE 590A/Biochem 590A Biotechnology Process Engineering Laboratory (UG, senior interdisciplinary): Devel-oped this new core laboratory course where students work in interdisciplinary teams (50:50 ChE and Bio-chemistry) to design a process to supply a high-value product. Molecular biology tools are used to engineer cells lines to express the protein of interest; cells are cultivated in bioreactors with designed process strate-gies; the protein product is recovered and purified using a variety of techniques; the final protein product is characterized in terms of protein quality and function; Taught Spring 2008, 2009

8. ChE 592B Introduction to Biochemical Engineering (G/UG): Developed the first elective course in bioengineering at UMass Amherst, focused on the application of chemical engineering and biochemistry principles to the design and optimization of processes in the food, pharmaceutical and medical industries; Taught Spring 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006 and Fall 2007, 2008

9. ChE 797A and Chem 797J Ethical Conduct of Research (G): Developed a module on data fabrication, plagiarism and credit; Taught Spring 2004, 2005, 2006

10. Biochem 690A Topics in Plant Biology Research (G, interdisciplinary): Developed lectures on plant secondary meta-bolism and metabolic engineering; Taught Fall 2007, 2008

11. Biotech 385 Agricultural and Biotechnology Laboratory (UG, senior interdisciplinary): Developed a laboratory module on plant cell culture including callus culture initiation, suspension culture cultivation, growth analysis and protein analysis through gel electrophoresis and Western blotting; Taught Spring 2000, 2001, 2002

12. ChE 690F Fundamentals of Cellular Engineering (G, interdisciplinary): Developed and coordinated the core course for the IGERT Program in Cellular Engineering; Taught Fall 2008