Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1976

• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, June 1971

• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, June 1969

BACKGROUND

• 1975 – 1978: Stevens Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

• 1979 – 1981: Pickard, Lowe and Garrick, Inc., Washington, DC, Engineering Consultant: Electric Power

• 1981 – Present: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

• 1981 – 1986:           Assistant Professor

• 1987 – 1995:           Associate Professor

• 1992 – 1994:           Acting Chair

• 1996 –  2019:          Professor

• 2019 - Present:       Professor Emeritus

HONORS AND AWARDS

• National Bureau of Standards, Center for Chemical Engineering, Visiting Faculty Member - September 1985 to June 1989; Guest Worker - June 1983 to August 1985.

• Outstanding Teaching Award for Junior Faculty, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, December 1986.

• Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, United Kingdom, September 1991 to June 1992.

• SERC Visiting Fellow, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council, September 1991 to August 1992.

• Merck Distinguished Lecturer - Collaboratus V, Rutgers University, February 9, 1995

• Outstanding Teacher Award, AIChE Student Chapter, University of Maryland, May 1995

• Celebrating Teachers Award, Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, University of Maryland, May 1995

• Poole & Kent Teaching Award for Senior Faculty, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, May 1997

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers, North American Mixing Forum Annual Award for Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice, AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 1997.

• Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society, conferred for significant lifetime achievement, December 1999.

• Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, elected October 2000.

• Visiting Scientist, PARSAT Group, DuPont Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE, July 1, 2000 to December 31, 2001.

• Technical Adviser, Office of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, US Department of Energy, July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

• Calabrese, R. V., T. P. K. Chang and P. T. Dang, “Drop Breakup in Turbulent Stirred Tank Contactors,  Part I: Effect of Dispersed Phase Viscosity”, AIChE J, 32, 657-666, 1986.  Named one of the 21 most influential contributions to Mixing Research. See “Recognizing the 21 Most Influential Contributions to Mixing Research”, CEP, 110, 20-29, Jan. 2014.

• MIPS 30th Anniversary Awards: Award for Consumer Health to Martek Biosciences and Richard V. Calabrese (UMD), Maryland Industrial Partnerships, Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech), November 07, 2017.

SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Consultant to Altus Pharma., Avecia, Ltd., Bechtel National, Becton Dickinson, BHR Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Charles Ross & Son., Cargill, Chemineer, ChevronTexaco, Colorcon, DOE-ORP, Dow Chemical Co., Dow Corning Corp., DuPont, Eli Lilly, Exxon, W.R. Grace, ICI Ltd., IGENE Biotechnology, Koch Materials Co., Life Technologies, Lightnin, Merck., Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Searle/Pharmacia, S. C. Johnson, Sonus , Unilever, WSRC, Zeneca/Syngenta & others.

• Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Review Panel - CRESP III (Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation) for the US Department of Energy (DOE), November 2006 to present.

• North American Mixing Forum of the AIChE: Emeritus Member of Executive Council (2003 - present), Past President, President (1999 - 2001), Vice President (1997 - 1999), Treasurer (1989-1995) and Founding Member.

• Chair, MIXING XV - 15th Biennial North American Mixing Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 1995.

• Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Research and Design,Transactions I.Chem.E. (UK), Part A, 1995 to 2006.

• AIChE Chemical Technology Operating Council, member since 2010; Chair Elect (2012), Chair (2013), past Chair (2014).

• AiChE Center for Energy Initiatives, NuClean nuclear waste initiative, co-Chair 2012 to 2014.

• AIChE: Public Affairs & Information Committee, member 2014 to 2018;  Virtual Local Section Board of Directors, member 2015 to 2017;  Webinar Advisory Editors Committee member since 2015.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

• Fulbright Association