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Goddard Hall, 120
Phone: +1-508-831-4870
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sjkmiotek@wpi.edu
Stephen James Kmiotek
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Chemical Engineering
It’s wonderful to be back at WPI after spending more than 30 years in the chemical and environmental industries. My focus at WPI is to bring the lessons from these years as a practicing engineer and manager into the classroom and helping to implement projects that are practical and relevant to today’s needs. My focus through most of my career has been on Environmental, Health and Safety management, Process Safety Management, Air Pollution Engineering, and Pollution Prevention. Aside from being a graduate from WPI myself, I have had the opportunity to work with many WPI graduates throughout my career and have always been impressed with their practical, problem-solving abilities, high ethical standards, leadership skills and teamwork.
Research Interests
Chemical Process Safety Management
Air Pollution Engineering
Environmental, Health and Safety Management
Education
BS, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1980
MS, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1982
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1986
Featured Publications
Shuckerow, J., Kmiotek, S., and Glass, M., Estimating Emissions from Accidental Releases of Extremely Hazardous Air Pollutants from Unbleached Kraft Digesters using Reactor Models, AIChE Spring Meeting (1997).
Kmiotek, S., and Glass, M., Estimating Emissions from Accidental Releases of Extremely Hazardous Air Pollutants from Unbleached Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills, A&WMA National Meeting (1996).
Swofford, W., and Kmiotek, S., A Proactive Strategy for Implementing Title III of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments at MBI’s Kraft Mill in Pine Hill, AL, TAPPI Environmental Meeting (1993).
Ma, Y.H., and Kmiotek, S. J., Deactivation Kinetics of Ferric Molybdate Catalysts, J. Catal., 109, 132 (1988).
Kmiotek, S. J. , Wu., P., and Ma, Y. H., Simultaneous Measurements of Diffusion and Heat Effects During Sorption of Methanol in ZSM-5 Zeolite, AIChE Symposium Series, 78, 219, 83 (1982).
Professional Highlights
WPI Chapter of Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research - 1986
