Dr. Charles Moore
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Louisiana State University: Selected Problems in Direct Digital Control
Brief Bio
Dr. Moore earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1966, his MS in 1968 and PhD in 1969 also from Louisiana State University. His dissertation research was in the relatively new area of using digital computers to directly control chemical processes. After the completion of his PhD, Dr. Moore joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tennessee where for nearly 40 years he has taught courses in chemical engineering and conducted research on modeling, optimization and control. He officially retired Spring 2006 but continues to work part time. During his career at the UT Dr. Moore served for over 15 years as Co-Technical Director of the Measurement and Control Engineering Center, an NSF sponsored industrial consortium. He also served as Head of the Chemical Engineering Department from 1993 to 1999. Dr Moore has authored or co-authored numerous technical papers and has contributed chapters to 6 textbooks. Throughout his career, Dr Moore has been a very active industrial consultant. He has worked for over 30 companies and has taught numerous industrial short courses and seminars in the US and Europe.
Research Areas
» Process Measurement, Modeling, Control and Optimization
» Sensor Selection and Location
» Batch Process Control
» Plant-Wide Analysis and Control
» Statistical Process Control
Selected Awards and Honors
1973 College of Engineering Outstanding Young Teacher Award
1985 Nancy and Leon Cole Outstanding Teaching Award
1987 Allen and Hoshall Distinguished Professor Award
1988 M. E. and Mayme Brooks Award for Excellence in Teaching and Distinction in the Practice of Engineering
1989 Alumni Distinguished Service Professor
Professional Activities
AIChE Member
ISA Member
Selected Publications
Moore C.F, Kaistha N., and M.S. Johnson, "Monitoring and analysis of batch profiles", Journal of Process Analytical Chemistry, V(1,2), 65-79 (2000)
Kaistha, N., and Moore C.F., "Extraction of event times in batch profiles for time synchronization and quality predictions", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 40 (1), 252-260 (2001)
Kaistha, N, Johnson M.S., Leitnaker M.G. and Moore C.F., "On-line batch recipe adjustments for product quality control using empirical models: Application to a nylon-6,6 process", ISA Transactions, 42 (2), 305-315
Kaistha, N, Moore C.F., and Leitnaker M.G., "An SPC framework for the characterization of batch profiles", Technometrics, 46 (1), 53-68 (2004)
Contact Dr. Moore
514 Dougherty Engineering Bldg.
Department of Chemical and Bio-Molecular Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel: (865) 974-5339
Email: cfmoore@utk.edu