F. Joseph Schork
Emeritus Professor
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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F. Joseph Schork
Education
B.S. 1973, University of Louisville
M.S. 1974, University of Louisville
Ph.D. 1981, University of Wisconsin
Bio
Dr. Schork spent four years as a research and development engineer with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company working with emulsion polymerization and computer process control. He is a member of AIChE and ACS.
Research Interests
Dr. Schork's research interests involve the dynamics and control of reacting systems, including the development of mathematical models, on-line sensors, digital control schemes, and novel reactor configurations for polymerization, and other reaction systems. Current research areas include emulsion, solution, suspension, and dispersion polymerization, and control of nonlinear systems. Specific topics of interest in emulsion polymerization include modeling, dynamics, and control of batch and continuous systems, and the development of on-line sensors for data acquisition and control in such systems. Interests in suspension, dispersion, and solution polymerization's include determination of component kinetic mechanisms, modeling, reactor design, and closed-loop control of molecular weight.