Mark Holtzapple

Mark Holtzapple is a Chemical Engineering Professor at Texas A&M University.

Life

Mark Holtzapple earned his B.S. in chemical engineering at Cornell University in 1978. He proceeded to earn his Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in 1981. From 1981 to 1985, Mark Holtzapple served in the U.S. Army, where he rose to the rank of captain and researched water desalination and microclimate cooling. He joined the Texas A&M Faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1986.^[1]

Awards and honors

• Texas A&M Ingenuity Award, 2003
• Testified at field hearing before U.S. House of Representatives, 2003
• Halliburton Professorship, 2002-03
• Corps of Cadets Teaching Award, 2002
• Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, 2001
• Ford Fellowship, 2001^[1]
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, 1996^[2]

Projects

Dr. Holtzapple is a founding member of StarRotor Corporation, a company that produces an innovative compressor/expander. Holtzapple is currently developing engines, air conditioners, and integrated motors/generators. The StarRotor engine is hypothesized to be 2–3 times more fuel-efficient than modern commercial engines.^[3]

In addition, Dr. Holtzapple is currently investigating methods for additional nutritive recovery from biomass in chicken feathers and agricultural waste.^[4]

Teaching

Dr. Holtzapple is the primary professor of CHEN 205 (Introduction to Thermodynamic Principles). In the past, he has taught ENGR 111 and ENGR 112 (Introduction to Engineering I&II) and co-wrote the accompanying text, Foundations of Engineering.

Sources

• Texas A&M Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty: Mark Holtzapple [1]
• Texas A&M Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty: Mark Holtzapple [2]
• StarRotor Corporation personnel [3]
• Texas A&M Department of Chemical Engineering Research: Mark Holtzapple [4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University
2. ^ 1996 Academic Award | Green Chemistry | US EPA
3. ^ http://starrotor.com/index.htm
4. ^ Technologies for the Future

• "Advanced Biomass Refinery". Texas A&M University. http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/podcasts/seminars/MarkHoltzapple/9-5-07-640.wmv. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 

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