Dr. Paul R. Bienkowski

Professor                        

Ph. D., Purdue: Thermodynamics, environmental biotechnology and sustainable energy.

Brief Bio

Dr. Bienkowski earned his bachelor’s degree cum laude in Chemical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering in 1970, and his Masters (1972) and Ph. D. (1975) in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. His dissertation research included the development of an equation of state for fluids. Dr. Bienkowski worked for 7 years in industry with Amoco Chemicals R & D in organic chemicals and subsequently spent 5 years teaching Process Design at Purdue University and conducting research at the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE) working on fuels and chemicals from biomass, adsorption, fermentation and bioprocess  evaluations. In 1985 Dr. Bienkowski joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee in the Chemical Engineering Department and also worked at ORNL in the Chemical Technology Division where he conducted research in the areas of thermodynamics, process design and development and environmental biotechnology. Dr. Bienkowski has authored or co-authored over 50 peer reviewed journal articles.

Research Areas

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» Environmental biotechnology

» Thermodynamics

» Process Design

Professional Activities

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» Member of: (1) American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)

» Peer Review Panelist EPA & NSF

» Reviewer (ad hoc)
                                     Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry
                                     Separation Science and Technology
                                     ACS Symposium Series
                                     McGraw-Hill
                                     United States Air Force
                                     ES&T
                                     ACS Petroleum Research Fund
                                     I&EC
                                     Fluid Phase Equilibrium
                                     Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Selected Publications

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Hoyme, Craig, P. R. Bienkowski, and J. Siirola,  “"A Parametric Reactive Distillation Study:  Economic Feasibility and Design Heuristics”, AIChE  2004 Annual Meeting November 2004.

Perkins, L.W., T. Klasson, R.M. Counce, and P.R. Bienkowski, “Development of Nitrolysis for Excess Sludge Treatment II: A Factorial Study of Industrial Wastes”, Ind. and Eng. Chem. Res. 42(22) 5457-5461 (2003).

Perkins,L.W., T. Klasson, R. M. Counce, and P. R. Bienkowski “Development of Nitrolysis for  Excess Sludge Treatment: A Factorial Study” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 42 3544 – 3548 (2003).

Bienkowski, P.R., and K.C. Chao, "Molecular Hard-Cores of Normal Fluids," J. Chem. Phys., 62 4217 (1975).

Bienkowski, P.R., and K.C. Chao, "Hard-Cores of Molecules of Simple Fluids," J. Chem. Phys., 62 615 (1975).

Bienkowski, P.R., H.S. Deneholz, and K.C. Chao, "A Generalized Hard-Sphere Augmented Virial Equation of State," AIChE Journal, 19167 (1973).

Contact Dr. Bienkowski

516 Dougherty Engineering Bldg.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel: (865) 974-2421

Email: PRB@utk.edu