James Beckman
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ENGRC 291 TEMPE, AZ 85287-6106
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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemical EngineeringIra A. Fulton School of Engineering
Beckman is the Associate Chair for Chemical Engineering. His current research involves energy efficient Dewvaporation in the application to desalination of seawater, concentration of waste streams, CMP and Evaporation Pond reclamation , VOC removal of ground waters, fractionation of multi-component systems. ASU patents associated with dewvaporation are being commercialized. He has spent thirty years as an academic professor in the areas of process design, unit operations and simultaneous heat and mass transport phenomena, six years as a process engineer in the petroleum and chemical industry including R&D, design and plant operation and thirty years as a consultant in heat/mass transfer, distillation, crystallization and process engineering.
Expertise
Desalination and water reclamation distillation energy reduction
Education
1976, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona1967, M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison1966, B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Beckman,James R*. CARRIER - GAS ENHANCED ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE DESALINATION. DOI-BOR(10/1/1999 - 9/30/2002).
- Beckman,James R*. INNOVATIVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DESALINATION. DOI-BOR(10/1/1998 - 9/30/1999).
- Westerhoff,Paul*, Ariaratnam,Samuel T, Beckman,James R, Chasey,Allan Dee, Dey,Sandwip Kumar, Fox,Peter, Hu,Qiang, Hu,Qiang, Lee,Taewoo, Li,Yantao, Mignolet,Marc Paul, Mitropoulos,Panagiotis, Mobasher,Barzin, Roy,Della M, Roy,Della M, Roy,Ramendra P, Ruddell,Benjamin Lyle, Sawhney,Anil, Sommerfeld,Milton R, Sommerfeld,Milton R, Tao,Nongjian, Wang,Joseph, Wang,Joseph, Wiezel,Avi. SRPASU COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. SRP-SALT RIVER PROJECT(7/1/1993 - 4/30/2012).
Courses
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
2019 Summer
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| CHE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2019 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 462 | Process Design |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2018 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CHE 592 | Research |
| CHE 792 | Research |
| CHE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |