Tester Group | MIT Chemical Engineering

Principal Investigator:
Professor Jefferson W. Tester
H.P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Administrative Assistant:
Gwen Wilcox
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Graduate Students:
Chad Augustine
Research: Modeling of hydrothermal flames for rock drilling applications: experimental and theoretical approaches
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Rocco Ciccolini
Research: Organic synthesis in multiphasic systems of supercritical CO2 / CO2-expanded liquids
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Kurt Frey
Research: Property method accuracy using volumetric equations of state
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Michael Johnson
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Scott Paap
Research: Particle milling and encapsulation in supercritical CO2
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Andrew Peterson
Research: Biomass fuels via hydrothermal conversion
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Hildigunnur Thorsteinsson
Research: Geothermal policy and drilling costs
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Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Michael Mock
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Recent Alumni:
Russell Cooper, M.S. CEP 2007
Research: Extraction and upgrading of heavy oils in hydrothermal and supercritical water
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Jeremy Luterbacher, Diploma Thesis 2007
Research: Environmental systems analysis of hydrothermal biomass conversion technologies
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Andy Hunt, MS 2007
Research: Computational fluid dynamics modeling of supercritical-water systems
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Jason Ploeger, PhD 2006
Research: Co-oxidation in supercritical water
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Heather Stern, PhD 2006
Research: Electrochemical partitioning of metals from chromated copper arsenate solutions
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Morgan Fröling, Post-Doc 2004-2006
Currently: Faculty at Chalmers University, Sweden
Research: Environmental assessment of biomass-based energy production technologies
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Brian Anderson, PhD 2005
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University
Research: Thermodynamic modeling and simulation of methane hydrates
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Lieutenant Colonel Russ Lachance, PhD 2005
Currently: Professor at United States Military Academy (West Point).
Research: A fundamental study of model fuel conversion reactions in sub and supercritical water
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Mike Timko, PhD 2005
Currently: Post-doctoral associate at Harvard University Chemistry Department.
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