BS Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1980
MS Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1982
PhD Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1986
As a Professor of Practice, my focus is to bring my 30 years of experience in the chemical and environmental industries to the undergraduate classes. My focus through most of my career has been on Chemical Process Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and, Air Pollution Engineering. These fields draw on virtually every part of chemical engineering, including transport phenomena, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics. They also draw very heavily on legal documents, particularly governmental regulations and technical design standards, so I have often worked in multidisciplinary teams involving many types of engineers and attorneys. Another fascinating component is that this experience has spanned many types of industries, from traditional chemical companies, to electronics and microelectronics, to pulp and paper, and even metal foundries. While I do not have a graduate research program, I do advise many MQPs, particularly done in conjunction with local companies. In addition to 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 our practical, problem-solving abilities, high ethical standards, leadership skills and teamwork.
BS Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1980
MS Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1982
PhD Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1986
As a Professor of Practice, my focus is to bring my 30 years of experience in the chemical and environmental industries to the undergraduate classes. My focus through most of my career has been on Chemical Process Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and, Air Pollution Engineering. These fields draw on virtually every part of chemical engineering, including transport phenomena, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics. They also draw very heavily on legal documents, particularly governmental regulations and technical design standards, so I have often worked in multidisciplinary teams involving many types of engineers and attorneys. Another fascinating component is that this experience has spanned many types of industries, from traditional chemical companies, to electronics and microelectronics, to pulp and paper, and even metal foundries. While I do not have a graduate research program, I do advise many MQPs, particularly done in conjunction with local companies. In addition to 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 our practical, problem-solving abilities, high ethical standards, leadership skills and teamwork.
Office
Goddard Hall 120
Phone
+1 (508) 8314870
Research Interests
Chemical Process Safety Management
Air Pollution Engineering
Environmental, Health and Safety Management
Scholarly Work
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).
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).
The first of its kind program in the United States is designed amid growing concerns about fire and explosion risk posed by manufacturing facilities and advancing technologies like electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells.
