F. Joseph Schork
Emeritus Professor
Contact Information
Building: “M”
Office: 4100P
Phone: 678.642.5366
Fax: 404.894.2866
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Links
Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology Short Course in Davos Platz, Switzerland
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 has spent almost forty years in the chemical engineering profession, beginning with four years as a research and development engineer for DuPont. After leaving DuPont he spent thirty years in academia, first at Georgia Tech, where he was a full professor and associate chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and later at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was full professor and chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. In 2010, Dr. Schork returned to Georgia Tech, where he is involved in teaching and research.
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.