Victor R. Vasquez
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Office
LME 305
Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building
Address
Chemical Engineering Division
Mail Stop 170
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
Telephone & Fax
+1 (775) 784-6060 Office
+1 (775) 784-4680 Research Lab
+1 (775) 784-4764 Fax
Email & Web Page
Victor R. Vasquez
Education
B.S. (Licenciate), University of Costa Rica, 1991
M.S., University of Nevada, 1998
Ph.D., University of Nevada, 1999
Research Interests
A key driving force in my research activities is the use of computational methods and applied mathematics to address problems of interest in chemical engineering and related disciplines such as systems biology and molecular modeling. Computational methods and modeling have played a very significant role in the development of chemical engineering and will continue to foster the description of physical phenomena associated with emerging areas such as drug delivery modeling and theory and simulation of nano- and bio-molecular systems, among others. My current research efforts focus on understanding the effects of uncertainty and robustness analysis of drug delivery models, molecular modeling of nano-scale processes using mesoscopic modeling approaches, prediction of thermophysical properties in wide ranges of conditions, and risk and uncertainty analysis of chemical process design and simulation, in general.