M. C. (Bud) and Mary Beth Baird Endowed Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek & American Petrofina Fdn. Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., University of Illinois (1981)
B.S., University of Michigan (1977)
Awards & Honors
Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (2013)
National Academy of Engineering (2011)
Designated as one of the 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era, Centennial of Am. Inst. Chem. Engr. (2008)
Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2004)
Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation Finalist (2001)
University of Texas Engineering Foundation Faculty Excellence Award (1990), (1995)
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1990)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher/Scholar (1987)
Selected Publications
Dear, B., J. J. Hung, et al. (2017). “Contrasting the Influence of Cationic Amino Acids on the Viscosity and Stability of a Highly Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody.” Pharmaceutical Research 34(1): 193-207 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11095-016-2055-5
Iqbal, M., B. Lyon, et al. (2017). “High stability and low adsorption of sub-100 nm magnetite nanoparticles grafted with sulfonated copolymers on Berea sandstone in high salinity brine ” Energy & Fuels. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.01.080
Alzobaidi, S., C. Da, et al. (2017). “High temperature ultralow water content carbon dioxide-in-water foam stabilized with viscoelastic zwitterionic surfactants.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 488: 79-91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.054
Mefford, J. T., X. Rong, et al. (2016). “Water electrolysis on La1-xSrxCoO3-δ perovskite electrocatalysts.” Nat. Commun. 7: 11053 http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11053
Forslund, R. P., J. T. Mefford, et al. (2016). “Nanostructured LaNiO3 Perovskite Electrocatalyst for Enhanced Urea Oxidation.” ACS Catal. 6: 5044-5051 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscatal.6b00487
Hung, J. J., A. U. Borwankar, et al. (2016). “High concentration tangential flow ultrafiltration of stable monoclonal antibody solutions with low viscosities.” J. Membr. Sci. 508: 113-126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.031
Stover, R. J., E. Moaseri, et al. (2016). “Formation of Small Gold Nanoparticle Chains with High NIR Extinction through Bridging with Calcium Ions.” Langmuir 32: 1127-1138 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03639
Mefford, J. T., W. G. Hardin, et al. (2014). “Anion charge storage through oxygen intercalation in LaMnO3 perovskite pseudocapacitor electrodes.” Nature materials 13(7): 726-732
Hardin, W. G., D. A. Slanac, et al. (2013). “Highly active, nonprecious metal perovskite electrocatalysts for bifunctional metal–air battery electrodes.” The journal of physical chemistry letters 4(8): 1254-1259 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jz400595z
Slanac, D. A., W. G. Hardin, et al. (2012). “Atomic ensemble and electronic effects in Ag-rich AgPd nanoalloy catalysts for oxygen reduction in alkaline media.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 134(23): 9812-9819 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja303580b
Tam, J. M., J. O. Tam, et al. (2010). “Controlled assembly of biodegradable plasmonic nanoclusters for near-infrared imaging and therapeutic applications.” ACS nano 4(4): 2178-2184 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn9015746
Gupta, G., D. A. Slanac, et al. (2009). “Highly stable and active Pt− Cu oxygen reduction electrocatalysts based on mesoporous graphitic carbon supports.” Chemistry of Materials 21(19): 4515-4526 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm901203n
Ma, L. L., M. D. Feldman, et al. (2009). “Small multifunctional nanoclusters (nanoroses) for targeted cellular imaging and therapy.” ACS nano 3(9): 2686-2696 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn900440e
Matteucci, M. E., M. A. Hotze, et al. (2006). “Drug nanoparticles by antisolvent precipitation: mixing energy versus surfactant stabilization.” Langmuir 22(21): 8951-8959 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la061122t
Hu, J., K. P. Johnston, et al. (2004). “Nanoparticle engineering processes for enhancing the dissolution rates of poorly water soluble drugs.” Drug development and industrial pharmacy 30(3): 233-245 https://dx.doi.org/10.1081/DDC-120030422
Holmes, J. D., K. P. Johnston, et al. (2000). “Control of thickness and orientation of solution-grown silicon nanowires.” Science 287(5457): 1471-1473 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/287/5457/1471
Johnston, K. P., K. L. Harrison, et al. (1996). “Water-in-carbon dioxide microemulsions: an environment for hydrophiles including proteins.” Science 271(5249): 624 http://search.proquest.com/docview/213565708?pq-origsite=gscholar