Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College

14 faculty and 21 courses in Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College.

Faculty

• Javad Tavakoli, Professor Emeritus h-index 31
  Renewable energy sources; catalysis; industrial wastewater treatment; hazardous waste treatment Lafayette College Plan a Visit
  Notable: “Bacterial cellulose production, properties and applications with different culture methods – A review” (2019) · 768 citations
• Lindsay Soh, Associate Professor and Department Head h-index 16
  Sustainability and green engineering Biomass valorization Supercritical carbon dioxide Green solvents Selected publications Dodge, M .L., Goodhope, L ., Pisacane, Q., Tang, R. , Harrill, S., LaFrance, H., Lehman-Chong, A.M., Stanzione III
  Notable: “Fate of Sucralose through Environmental and Water Treatment Processes and Impact on Plant Indicator Species” (2011) · 190 citations
• Michael Senra, Associate Professor; Program Chair, Engineering/International Studies Dual Degree h-index 10
  Flow assurance of petroleum fuels Role of composition on performance of biofuels and petroleum fuels Gelation characteristics of fuels Selected Publications C. Elias, M. Senra and L. Soh, Cold Flow Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Blen
  Notable: “A fundamental model of wax deposition in subsea oil pipelines” (2010) · 180 citations
• Melissa Gordon, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Stimuli-responsive polymers Self-healing polymers Polymer design and synthesis Rheology and materials characterization Selected Honors Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award The Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Lecture Award NSF CAREER Award
  Notable: “Dynamic Bonds in Covalently Crosslinked Polymer Networks for Photoactivated Strengthening and Healing” (2015) · 92 citations
• Polly R. Piergiovanni, Professor Emeritus h-index 8
  Lafayette College Plan a Visit
  Notable: “Creating a Critical Thinker” (2014) · 61 citations
• Lauren S. Anderson, Dean of the Faculty; James T. Marcus '50 Scholar h-index 1
  Molecular bioengineering Polymer fabrication and drug delivery Tissue engineering Lafayette College Plan a Visit
  Notable: “Development and Implementation of an Integrative Engineering Program at Lafayette College” (2020) · 1 citations
• Anukriti Shrestha, Assistant Professor
  Computational modeling of catalytic stability and material synthesis Thermodynamic analyses and data-driven insights for various metal oxides Integrating quantum calculations and data science for improved material insights Teaching Interest
• Christopher R. Anderson, Associate Professor
  Protein engineering Molecular imaging Biotechnology Lafayette College Plan a Visit
• J. Ronald Martin, Professor Emeritus
• James P. Schaffer, Professor Emeritus
  Physical and electronic structure of materials Spectroscopy Honors Jones Faculty Lecture Award Student Government Superior Teaching Award Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award Lafayette College Plan a Vi
• Jennifer Rao, Assistant Professor
  Removal of pathogens from drinking water systems Using microbes to turn waste streams into products Lafayette College Plan a Visit
• Joseph L. Woo, Associate Professor
  Atmospheric chemistry, focusing primarily on reactive uptake of volatile organic compounds onto inorganic atmospheric aerosols. Computational prediction of aqueous secondary organic aerosol (SOA) mass formation under ambient conditions Char
• Mark Daley, Assistant Professor
  Developing in vitro models to serve as “hearts in a dish” to study cardiac toxicity and disease Lafayette College Plan a Visit
• Ryan M. Van Horn, Associate Professor
  Physical characterization and structure-property relationships of polymeric materials Thermodynamics of materials: phase behavior in tertiary, binary, and single-component systems Selected Publications Undergraduate authors are denoted with

Courses

• Material and Energy Balances CHE 211
• Thermodynamics CHE 222
• Transport Phenomena CHE 311
• Experimental Design I CHE 312
• Fluid Phase and Reaction Equilibria CHE 313
• Chemical Engineering Computing CHE 314
• Applied Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer CHE 321
• Experimental Design II CHE 322
• Mass Transfer, Separations, and Bioseparations CHE 325
• Polymers CHE 331
• Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering CHE 334
• Atmospheric Engineering and Science CHE 342
• Introduction to Nanoengineering CHE 350
• Drug Delivery CHE 360
• Alternative Energy Sources CHE 370
• Integrated Chemical Engineering CHE 412
• Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design CHE 413
• Design Analysis CHE 415
• Green Design Analysis CHE 416
• Design Synthesis CHE 422
• Process Control CHE 424

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.