Chemical Engineering Faculty

Wudneh "Woody" Admassu, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
BEL 305 | 208-885-8918
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Eric Aston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
BEL 301 | 208-885-6953
After joining the Chemical Engineering faculty at the University of Idaho in the summer of 2001, Dr. Eric Aston branched out into various areas of colloids, thin films, polymeric and magnetic materials, nanotechnology and nanomechanics using atomic force microscopy (AFM), Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, and other complimentary techniques.
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Dave Drown, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
BEL 303 | 208-885-7848
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Dean Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor
BEL 319 | 208-885-7229
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Lou Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor
BEL 305 | 208-885-7572
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Supathorn Phongikaroon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Idaho Falls CAES | 533-8123
Research Interests: Pyroprocessing technology--theoretical and experimental studies in electrorefinery, oxide reduction and chemistry, and ion exchange. Interfacial phenomena and multi-phase flow systems involving in nuclear and chemical engineering applications.
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Aaron Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
BEL 310 | 208-885-7652
Dr. Thomas is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and an affiliate faculty member of the American Indian Studies program at the University of Idaho.
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Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Idaho Falls CAES | 533-8117
Dr. Utgikar has process development, design and engineering experience in organic chemical industry and has been a consultant to a number of industries in the areas of process/product improvement and environmental compliance.
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