Dr. Dan Luss, Cullen Professor of Engineering

Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

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• Areas of expertise

  • Diesel engine emissions
  • Catalysts
  • Nanoparticle synthesis
  • Chemical reaction engineering

• Awards

  • 1969: Honor Scroll award of IEC Division of ACS
  • 1972: Allan P. Colburn Award of the AIChE
  • 1977: Curtis W. McGraw Research Award of the ASEE
  • 1979: Professional Progress Award of the AIChE
  • 1984: Elected to National Academy of Engineering
  • 1985: ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Lectureship Award
  • 1986: Wilhelm Award of the AIChE
  • 1990: Fellow of the AIChE
  • 1996: Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt
    Foundation, Germany
  • 2004: Sartorius India’s Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
  • 2005: Founders Award of the AIChE
  • 2010: Amundson Award, ISCRE
  • Board of Consulting Editors, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 2005-present.
  • Editor, Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 1982-present
  • Editor, Plenum, Chemical Engineering Series, 1983-2009
  • Editorial Board. Industrial Engineering Chemical Research, 2005-2008
  • Associate Editor, Catalysis Reviews, Science and Engineering, November 1973-2008
  • Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Fundamentals, 1982-1983
  • Editorial Board, AIChE Journal, November 1973-1980

• Publications

  • Y. Zheng, , D. Luss, and M.P. Harold, "Optimization of LNT-SCR Dual-Layer Catalysts for Diesel NOx Emission Control,"SAE Int. J. Engines 7, 1280-1289, 2014
  • Zheng, Y., Liu, Y., Harold, M. P., & Luss, D., LNT-SCR dual-layer catalysts optimized for lean NOx reduction by H-2 and CO. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 148, 311-321, 2014
  • A.S. Kota, D. Luss, V. Balakotaiah, “Modeling Studies on Low Temperature Aerobic NOx Reduction by a Sequence of LNT-SCR Bricks”’ AIChE J, 3421-3431, 2013
  • G. Kolios, Dan Luss, R.Garg, G. Viswanathan, “Efficient computations of periodic state of cyclic fixed bed processes”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 101,90-98, 2013
  • Hoang Nguyen, Michael P. Harold, Dan Luss, "Optical frequency domain reflectometry measurements of spatio-temporal temperature inside catalytic reactors: Applied to study wrong-way behavior", Chem. Eng. J., 234, 312-317, 2013
  • M. Yu, D. Luss and V. Balakotaiah, “Regeneration modes and peak temperatures in a diesel particulate filter", Chem. Eng. J, 232, 541-554, 2013
  • M. Yu, D. Luss, V. Balakotaiah, “Analysis of Ignition in a Diesel Particulate Filter”, Cat Today, 216, 158-168, 2013
  • Mengting Yu, Dan Luss, V. Balakotaiah, “Regeneration modes and peak temperatures in a diesel particulate filter”, Chem. Eng. J, 232, 541-554, 2013
  • Y. Liu, Y. Zheng, M.P. Harold and D. Luss, “Lean NOx reduction on LNT-SCR dual-layer catalysts by H2 and CO”,  Appl. Cat. B. 132-133, 293-303, 2013
  • Y. Liu, Y. Zheng, M.P. Harold and D. Luss, “Lean NOx reduction with H2 and CO in Dual Layer LNT-SCR Monolithic Catalysts: Impact of Ceria Loading", Topics Catal., 56, 104-108, 2013

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• Patents

  • Process for making high temperature superconducting powders, 3/1/1994. Patent number: 5290759
  • Carbon combustion synthesis of oxides, 3/1/2011. Patent number: 7897135

• Grants and Funded Research

  • None available.

   

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Dan Luss CV

• Contact information