James Beckman

Faculty Assoc

jim.beckman@asu.edu
480/965-4395
ENGRC 291 TEMPE, AZ 85287-6106

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Faculty Assoc

Long Bio

Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Ira 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

Research Activity

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

2022 Spring

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 593	Applied Project
CHE 592	Research
CHE 499	Individualized Instruction

2021 Spring

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 593	Applied Project
CHE 592	Research
CHE 499	Individualized Instruction

2021 Fall

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 592	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation

2020 Spring

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 593	Applied Project
CHE 592	Research
CHE 499	Individualized Instruction

2020 Fall

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 592	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation

2019 Summer

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 795	Continuing Registration

2019 Spring

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 462	Process Design
CHE 593	Applied Project
CHE 592	Research
CHE 499	Individualized Instruction

2019 Fall

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
CHE 593	Applied Project

2018 Summer

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 795	Continuing Registration

2018 Spring

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 593	Applied Project
CHE 592	Research
CHE 593	Applied Project

2018 Fall

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 592	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
CHE 593	Applied Project

2017 Summer

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 795	Continuing Registration

2017 Fall

Couse Number	Course Title
CHE 592	Research
CHE 792	Research
CHE 799	Dissertation
CHE 593	Applied Project

Presentations