About the contributors

This handbook was developed by faculty and students at Iowa State University.

Authors

Monica H. Lamm is Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University.  She teaches courses in chemical engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Her research interests include molecular simulation and engineering education.

Laura R. Jarboe is Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. She frequently teaches the Separations course and Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics. Her research focuses on the engineering of microbial cell factories for the robust production of fuels and chemicals.

Technical assistants

Samuel M. Rothstein typeset the equations for the handbook. Samuel’s prior experience as a teaching assistant for the separations course was invaluable during the production of the handbook.  Samuel is currently a PhD candidate at Iowa State University in Chemical and Biological Engineering. Samuel received his BS in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His current research interests focus on utilizing genome editing techniques in lactic acid bacteria.

Sandeep Kumar, a senior at Iowa State University, produced the illustrations for the handbook. He is majoring in Landscape Architecture with a minor in Sustainability.