Faculty & Staff
Dr. Aydin Sunol
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Professor of chemical, biological, and materials engineering Phone: 813-974-3566 | Office: ENC 3217 Email: asunol@usf.edu Research Clusters: Complex Systems Engineering |
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Education & Training
PhD in Chemical Engineering, VPI & SU, Blacksburg, Virginia
MEng in Industrial Engineering and Operational Research VPI & SU, Blacksburg, Virginia
Diploma in Chemical Engineering, University of Aston, Birmingham, England
BS in Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Honors & Awards
- USF- Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department “Outstanding Teaching Award”, 2018; University of South Florida “Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching” Award, 2002-2003
- Engineering Professor of the Year, 1984, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Outstanding Professor of Chemical Engineering, 1981, VPI & SU, Blacksburg, Va
- “Outstanding Technology Innovation” and Best Paper Awards “Nano-Structured Propellants and Launch Systems”, Aerospace Space System Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February, 2010
- Plenary Speaker for the 1st Turkish Chemical Engineering Conference – Ankara - November 1994 Turkey
- TOKTEN (UNESCO) Visiting Scholar to Turkey, May‑July 1990
Research Overview
Our mission is to address a range of fundamental and applied topics in green engineering and chemistry, sustainability in the chemical industry, systems engineering, and cleaner energy conversion processes. We utilize global computational methods including machine learning at different temporal and spatial scales, product prototyping, process piloting and experimentation for thermo-physical properties as well as governing fundamental phenomena.
Recent projects include design of environmentally friendly pathways for development of novel materials including nano-structured photo-catalysts, therapeutic particles, and energetic particles, value-added products including those that involve temperature modulation and therapeutics, efficient fuel conversion processes and additives that utilize supercritical fluids.