Mass and Energy Balancing (ePub)

Dr. David Pritchard is a retired academic who continues to work in academic areas of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his first degree from the Manchester College of Science and Technology, Faculty of Technology in the University of Manchester, UK. He obtained his Doctorate from Bath University of Technology (now University of Bath), UK. On graduation he initially worked in the process industries for British Titan (subsequently Tioxide International, UK) as a research officer looking to improve the plant engineering. From here he joined the, then, Teesside Polytechnic, Department of Chemical Engineering, UK, as a Lecturer. The Polytechnic was subsequently incorporated as the University of Teesside and still exists as such. At Teesside he held every undergraduate course leadership post that then existed (not all at the same time) and was responsible for course development and, with colleagues, produced a pioneering first year course on the Chemical Engineering degree. This first year obtained awards for the novelty of the teaching approach including recognition from the RSA. He lectured Chemical Engineering at every level from undergraduate Diploma (HND, HNC), Degree (BSc, BEng) Postgraduate (MSc) and Design Projects. He helped pioneer the introduction of part-time routes for degrees in chemical engineering and managed many students studying on ERASMUS schemes in receiving degrees under a special, externally examined, pathway. He also carried out research into a range of areas particularly in the fields of Separation Processes and Phase Equilibria. He produced over 30 refereed research papers together with a number of conference papers and supervised over 20 PhD students and a number of MSc students. Within the newly formed School of Science and Technology, he took responsibility for the running of the Division of Chemical Engineering and oversaw various academic initiatives. He acted as an external examiner for various UK courses at undergraduate and postgraduate