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Author
Dr. Y.T. Shah received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and MS and
ScD in chemical engineering from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has more than 40 years
of academic and industrial experience in energyrelated areas. He was chairman of the Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the
University of Pittsburgh, dean of the College of
Engineering at the University of Tulsa and Drexel
University, chief research officer at Clemson
University, and provost at Missouri University of
Science and Technology, University of Central
Missouri, and Norfolk State University. He was
also a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkley, and Institut für Technische
Chemie I der Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany. Currently, he is a professor
of engineering at Norfolk State University. Dr. Shah has written four books related
to energy: Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Design (published by McGraw-Hill), Reaction
Engineering in Direct Coal Liquefaction (published by Addison-Wesley), Cavitation
Reaction Engineering (published by Plenum Press), and Biofuels and Bioenergy—
Processes and Technologies (published by CRC Press). He has also published more
than 250 refereed reviews, book chapters, and research technical publications in the
areas of energy, environment, and reaction engineering. He is an active consultant to
numerous industries and government organizations in the energy areas.
Author
Dr. Y.T. Shah received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and MS and
ScD in chemical engineering from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has more than 40 years
of academic and industrial experience in energyrelated areas. He was chairman of the Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the
University of Pittsburgh, dean of the College of
Engineering at the University of Tulsa and Drexel
University, chief research officer at Clemson
University, and provost at Missouri University of
Science and Technology, University of Central
Missouri, and Norfolk State University. He was
also a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkley, and Institut für Technische
Chemie I der Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany. Currently, he is a professor
of engineering at Norfolk State University. Dr. Shah has written four books related
to energy: Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Design (published by McGraw-Hill), Reaction
Engineering in Direct Coal Liquefaction (published by Addison-Wesley), Cavitation
Reaction Engineering (published by Plenum Press), and Biofuels and Bioenergy—
Processes and Technologies (published by CRC Press). He has also published more
than 250 refereed reviews, book chapters, and research technical publications in the
areas of energy, environment, and reaction engineering. He is an active consultant to
numerous industries and government organizations in the energy areas.