Thomas A. Manz
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Schools of Engineering,
Chemical Engineering
office:
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 117b
cell phone:
(765) 427-8872
e-mail: tmanz@ecn.purdue.edu
Advisors:
Prof. Thomson (co-chair),
Prof. Caruthers
(co-chair),
Prof. Delgass,
Prof. Abu-Omar
Purdue Catalysis Group Homepage
Thomson Group Homepage
Education:
working towards a PhD in Chemical
Engineering, expected graduation date is Summer 2007
Thesis project: Using density functional
theory to model the reaction kinetics of olefin polymerization over titanium
and zirconium single site catalysts.
MS, Chemical Engineering, Purdue
University, May 1998
BS, Chemical Engineering, The University
of Toledo, August 1994
Teaching Experience:
Purdue University
Graduate
TA, Chemical Engineering Process Control Lab, 1 semester
Graduate
TA, Chemical Engineering Unit Ops Lab, 4 semesters
Graduate TA, Chemical Engineering Senior Honors Lab, 1 semester
Recitation Instructor, Physics 241: Electromagnetism and
Optics, 2 semesters
Lab Instructor, Physics 152: General
Physics, 1 semester
The University of Toledo
Undergraduate
TA, General Chemistry Lab, 2 quarters
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Professors Thomson (left) and Delgass (second left)
relaxing with colleagues in the engineering mall.
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Refereed Papers
T.A. Manz, A.E. Fenwick, K. Phomphrai, I.P. Rothwell, and
K.T. Thomson,
The Nature of Aryloxide and Arylsulfide Ligand Bonding in
Dimethyltitanium Complexes Containing Cyclopentadienyl Ligation, Dalton
Transactions, 2005, 668-674.
S.N. Thomas-Pryor, T.A. Manz, Z. Liu, T.A.
Koch, S.K. Sengupta, and W.N. Delgass,
Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile by Promoted
Raney(r) Nickel Catalysts,
Catalysis of Organic Reactions,
F. Herkes, ed., Marcel Dekker, New York (1998) 195-206.
Other
Publications
T.A. Manz,
Founding Principles of Space Mixing Theory, J Space Mixing
1 (2003) 1-17.
Masters Thesis
T.A. Manz,
Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile on Promoted Raney(r)
Nickel Catalysts (Abstract),
Purdue University, May 1998, Major Prof: W.N. Delgass
Oral Conference Presentations
James M. Caruthers (speaker), W. Nicholas Delgass, Mahdi
Abu-Omar, Kendall T. Thomson, Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Gary E. Blau, Thomas A.
Manz, Grigori Medvedev, Jesmin Haq, Krista A. Novstrup, Khamphee Phomphrai,
Shalini Sharma, Balachandra B. Krishnamurthy, “Discovery
Informatics for Catalyst Design: Single Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysts,”
AICHE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 30 – November 4, 2005.
T.A. Manz (speaker), K.T. Thomson, J.M. Caruthers, and W.N.
Delgass, Computational Modeling of
Olefin Polymerization by Titanium Aryloxide Catalysts, AICheE Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 7-12, 2004.
T.A. Manz, “A Study of Olefin Polymerization by Ti and Zr
Aryloxide Catalysts Using Density Functional Theory and Descriptor Analysis,”
14th Annual GSO Research Symposium, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue
University, Aug. 2005.
S.N. Thomas-Pryor, T.A. Manz, Z. Liu, T.A. Koch, S.K.
Sengupta, and W.N. Delgass (speaker), “Selective Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile
over Promoted Raney® Nickel Catalysts,” 17th Conference on
Catalysis of Organic Reactions, Organic Reactions Catalysis Society, New
Orleans, LA, March 30 – April 4, 1998.
Note: I will also be presenting a paper at the AICHE
meeting in Nov. 2006.
Recent Poster Presentations (2004-2006)
(1.) 15th Annual GSO Research Symposium, School
of Chemical Engineering, Purdue, Aug. 2006.
(2.) Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session,
AICHE 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Oct. 2005.
(3.) Thomas A. Manz, Kendall T. Thomson, James M.
Caruthers, W. Nicholas Delgass, “Olefin Polymerization by Single-Site Ti and Zr
Aryloxide Complexes,” AICHE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 2005.
(4.) 14th Annual GSO Research Symposium, School
of Chemical Engineering, Purdue, Aug. 2005.
(5.) DOE molecular modeling workshop, Purdue
University, Sept. 2004.
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(6.) 13th Annual GSO Research Symposium, School
of Chemical Engineering, Purdue, Aug. 2004.
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