Alan Fuchs Associate Professor Chemical Engineering  University of Nevada, Reno  Reno, NV 89557  Tel: (775) 327-2227 | Fax: (775) 784-4764  E-mail : afuchs@unr.edu

Education :

• B.E. Chemical Engineering, Cooper Union, 1977.
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1979.
• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Tufts University, 1996.

Research Interests :

• Polymer Materials Development
• Polymer based Magnetic Fluids
• Polymeric Composites for Thermal Control of Electronics
• Polymer Membrane Processes
• Biopolymers
• Polymer Process Modeling

• Development and Characterization of Magnetorheological Polymer Gels
• Transport Modeling and Thermophysical Properties of Cellular Poly(urethane-isocyanurate)
• Kinetics of Rigid Poly(urethane-isocyanurate) Foams
• ProcessMonitoringof Rigid Polyurethane Foams for Automotive Composites

Syllabi:

• CHE 102, Introduction to Chemical Engineering II
• CHE 450, Techniques of Process Design, Economics and Safety
• CHE 485, Separation Processes
• CHE 361, Thermodynamics
• CHE 482,Capstone DesignProject
• CHE 406, Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering
• CHE 706, Polymer Science and Engineering