C. Stewart Slater, Ph.D.
C. Stewart Slater, Ph.D.
C. Stewart Slater, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Founding Chair
Biography
Personal Gender Pronoun: He/Him/His
Education:
Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
M.Ph., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University
Research Expertise:
Membrane processes; Green engineering and sustainable manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, specialty chemical separation and purification processes
Membrane process research and development: pervaporation, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration
Green chemistry & engineering design, sustainable manufacturing, environmental metrics & LCA
Recent case study on solvent reduction in specialty chemical manufacture; “fact sheet” summary and case study:
Summary: slater-solvent-summary.pdf
Case Study: slater-solvent-study.pdf
Recent case study on wastewater, water and energy reduction in coffee manufacturing “fact sheet” summary and case study:
Summary: slater-coffee-wwt.pdf, slater-coffee-conc.pdf
Pharmaceutical, food & beverage, specialty chemical and biochemical engineering separation and purification processes
Educational methods development; laboratory development
Honors and Awards:
2012 South Jersey Biz Green Award
2012 Rutgers Medal of Excellence for Alumni Achievement
2009 Environmental Quality Award (U.S. EPA)
2009 Featured Educator (CEE Journal)
2002 Fellow Member (ASEE)
1999 Chester F. Carlson Award (ASEE)
1999 Joseph J. Martin Award (ASEE)
1996 George Westinghouse Award (ASEE)
Professional Memberships:
AIChe (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
ACS (American Chemical Society)
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi
Recent Publications:
C.M. Wisniewski, C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski, Dynamic Vibratory Membrane Processing for Use in Water Recovery from Soluble Coffee Product Manufacturing Wastewater, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 20, 1791-1803, 2018.
P.V. Tozzi, C.M. Wisniewski, N.J. Zalewski, M.J. Savelski, C.S. Slater, F.A. Richetti, Life Cycle Assessment of Solvent Extraction as a Low-energy Alternative to Distillation for Recovery of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from Process Waste, Green Processing and Synthesis, 7, 277-286, 2018.
M.J. Savelski, C.S. Slater, P.V. Tozzi, C.M. Wisniewski, On the Simulation, Economic Analysis, and Life Cycle Assessment of Batch-mode Organic Solvent Recovery Alternatives for the Pharmaceutical Industry, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 19, 2467-2477, 2017.
C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski, D. Hitchcock, E.J. Cavanagh, Environmental Analysis of the Life Cycle Emissions of 2-Methyl Tetrahydrofuran Solvent Manufactured from Renewable Resources, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, 51, 487-494, 2016.
C.S. Slater, M.J. Savelski, P. Kostetskyy, M. Johnson, Shear-enhanced Microfiltration of Microalgae in a Vibrating Membrane Module, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 17, 1743-1755, 2015.