Erick White

CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEER
Chemical Engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America

Academician Chemical Engineering
Biography

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2011. B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999. Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center, 2014–present. Group Leader/Principal Investigator, ITN Energy Systems, Inc., 2011–2014. Research Assistant, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006–2011. Field Team Leader, Tetra Tech Environmental, Inc., 2000–2003 (seasonal).

Research Intrest

Electrochemical and thermochemical conversion of biomass-derived compounds to chemicals and fuels. Numeric modeling of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor hydrodynamics. Process modeling to assist techno-economic analyses. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques for the characterization of electrochemical systems. Developing and characterizing reactors and systems for energy generation and storage devices (e.g., direct sodium borohydride fuel cells, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, solid-oxide fuel cells, and redox flow batteries).

List of Publications
White EA, Orazem ME, Bunge AL. Characterization of damaged skin by impedance spectroscopy: Chemical damage by dimethyl sulfoxide. Pharmaceutical research. 2013 Oct 1;30(10):2607-24.
Eisenstein DJ, Weinberg DH, Agol E, Aihara H, Prieto CA, Anderson SF, Arns JA, Aubourg É, Bailey S, Balbinot E, Barkhouser R. SDSS-III: Massive spectroscopic surveys of the distant universe, the Milky Way, and extra-solar planetary systems. The Astronomical Journal. 2011 Aug 9;142(3):72.
Orazem ME, Frateur I, Tribollet B, Vivier V, Marcelin S, Pébère N, Bunge AL, White EA, Riemer DP, Musiani M. Dielectric properties of materials showing constant-phase-element (CPE) impedance response. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2013 Jan 1;160(6):C215-25.