Georgia Tech Center for Process System Engineering

Ronald W. Rousseau
ChBE Faculty Profile

Processes involving separation and/or purification are of great practical importance and are at the core of the discipline of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Rousseau has focused his research on such processes and related phenomena. A large body of Dr. Rousseau's work has been on crystallization, which is one of the most important means by which separation or purification is conducted. He has led studies of crystal nucleation and growth and the role these phenomena have in determining crystal morphology, purity and size distributions. He is particularly interested in the application of crystallization technology to the recovery and purification of high-value-added chemicals, including biologically produced materials.

Dr. Rousseau is co-author of Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes and editor of the Handbook of Separation Process Technology . He has published more than 145 journal articles and technical reports and given more than 180 presentations on his research and related activities. Dr. Rousseau is a consulting editor for AIChE Journal , a member of the Publication Board of Chemical Engineering Education , and a topic editor for Crystal Growth and Design ; he has held memberships on the Advisory Board of the Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering, the International Advisory Board of Separations Technology and he has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Crystal Growth . He has provided consulting services for over 45 organizations and given over 140 industrial short courses on chemical process technology, especially crystallization, distillation, and separations.

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				Center for Process Systems Engineering School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Drive, N.W. • Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 Phone: 404-385-2148 • Fax: 404-894-2866 E-mail: jay.lee@chbe.gatech.edu



				Ronald W. Rousseau ChBE Faculty Profile Processes involving separation and/or purification are of great practical importance and are at the core of the discipline of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Rousseau has focused his research on such processes and related phenomena. A large body of Dr. Rousseau's work has been on crystallization, which is one of the most important means by which separation or purification is conducted. He has led studies of crystal nucleation and growth and the role these phenomena have in determining crystal morphology, purity and size distributions. He is particularly interested in the application of crystallization technology to the recovery and purification of high-value-added chemicals, including biologically produced materials. Dr. Rousseau is co-author of Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes and editor of the Handbook of Separation Process Technology . He has published more than 145 journal articles and technical reports and given more than 180 presentations on his research and related activities. Dr. Rousseau is a consulting editor for AIChE Journal , a member of the Publication Board of Chemical Engineering Education , and a topic editor for Crystal Growth and Design ; he has held memberships on the Advisory Board of the Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering, the International Advisory Board of Separations Technology and he has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Crystal Growth . He has provided consulting services for over 45 organizations and given over 140 industrial short courses on chemical process technology, especially crystallization, distillation, and separations. Current Projects Current Students Publications Reports Patents Software