Tuskegee University Chair
Dr. Nosa O. Egiebor, P.E.
 Before
accepting the position of Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence in
Environmental Engineering at Tuskegee University, Dr. Egiebor was a
professor of Mineral and Environmental Engineering at the University of
Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He received his PhD in Mineral Process and
Reaction Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada with
specialization in the environmental aspects of mineral and energy
resource production and utilization. In 1996, he accepted the United
States Department of Energy Professorial Chair of Excellence in
Environmental Science & Engineering at Tuskegee University in Alabama,
USA, a position he holds till today.
Professor Egiebor has
authored or co-authored over 120 scholarly publications in journals,
books, and technical reports, and he is the recipient of a United States
patent award. He has also received several international scholarly
awards, such as the Alexander von Humboldt Award in Germany, the United
States Fulbright Fellowship award, and the U.S. Department of Energy
award for outstanding research and educational accomplishments. He is a
registered professional engineer (PE) and a member of several
professional associations.
Since 1996, Dr. Egiebor has secured over 14 million dollars in
external research and scholarly activities funding. His research
interests include: environmental biotechnology, mineral and energy
industry hazardous waste treatment, characterization of repository
materials for high level radioactive waste disposal, industrial
wastewater treatment by supercritical fluid technology, acid mine
drainage, column flotation, flocculation and coagulation, and
desulfurization of solid carbonaceous fuels. Dr. Egiebor also has
research experience in coal conversion, catalysis and Fischer-Tropsch
synthesis, and precious metal hydrometallurgy. His research has been
funded by a variety of public and private agencies, some of the agencies
include the US Department of Energy; NASA; Office of Naval Research
(ONR); USAID; Lockheed Martins; Shell, Amoco, ABITIBI-PRICE, NSERC
Canada, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR), Alberta Environmental
Research Trust (AERT), Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research
Authority (AOSTRA), and NATO.Dr. Egiebor is an Associate Editor for the
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, and a reader and reviewer
for several international granting agencies including the Natural
Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the
Australian Research Council (ARC). He is also a technical reviewer for
several scholarly journals including, Energy & Fuels (an ACS Journal),
and Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (a journal of the Minerals,
Metals, and Materials Society or TMS), and is an associate editor for
Developments in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing (an Australian
Journal). He has also consulted for several national and international
organizations including Esso Resources Ltd. of Canada, Abitibi-Price
Inc., Amoco Petroleum Development Company, Shell, and GTZ Eschbome of
Germany
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