ERIC G EDDINGS portrait
  • Chair, Chemical Engineering
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Professional Service

  • World Conference on Carbon 2023. Role: Committee Member. Scientific Committee. 01/2023 - 06/2023
  • The 10th International Symposium on Coal Combustion. Role: Committee Member. Scientific Committee. 01/2023 - 06/2023
  • 44th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy. Role: Chair. Session on “Recovery of Rare Earth Elements". 01/02/2019 - 06/17/2020
  • CARBON 2019 International Conference. Role: Member. Scientific Committee. 08/01/2018 - 07/19/2019
  • 6th International Technical Conference on CO2 Emission Control and Utilization, Hangzhou, China. Role: Member. Scientific Committee. 10/2017 - 06/2018
  • International Technical Conference on Clean Energy (The Clearwater Clean Energy Conference). Role: Member. Conference Programming Committee. 01/2017 - present
  • 42nd International Technical Conference on Clean Energy . Role: Session Chair. Rare Earth, Carbon Sorbents and other Coal-Derived Products. 01/2017 - 06/2017
  • American Society for Engineering Education. Role: Member. Board of Directors, Engineering Research Council (ERC). 03/2016 - 06/2019
  • Zhejiang University. Role: Academic Advisor on Energy Science and Technology. Institute for Thermal Power Engineering. 10/2015 - 10/2017
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Role: Session co-chair. Co-Chair of Session on “Unconventional Fuels: Shale Oil - Upstream and Downstream,” 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 9-13, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT. 06/2015 - 11/2015
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Co-Organizer. Workshop Organizer (w/Zhongyang Luo of Zhejiang University) of the "NSF/NSFC Workshop on Combustion Related to Sustainable Energy," Hangzhou, China, to identify research priorities for joing NSF/NSFC project. Sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation of China (30 attendees). 03/10/2014 - 03/12/2014
  • International Energy Agency. Role: Session Co-Chair. Co-Chair of Session on “Mercury and Trace Element Emissions and Controls under Oxyfuel Combustion Conditions,” 3rd Oxyfuel Combustion Conference, Sept. 9-13, 2013, Ponferrada, Spain. 05/2013 - 09/2013
  • Combustion Institute. Role: Session Chair. Chair of Session on “Reaction Kinetics,” 8th National Combustion Meeting, May 19-22, 2013, Park City, UT. 01/2013 - 05/2013
  • University of Miskolc. Role: Member. Strategic Advisory Board. 09/2011 - 12/2013
  • American Society for Engineering Education. Role: Member. Engineering Research Council. 03/2011 - 06/2019
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Role: Session Chair. Annual Meeting. 03/01/2011 - 10/21/2011
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Role: Session Chair. Annual Meeting. 03/01/2010 - 11/15/2010

Honors & Awards

  • Elected Fellow. American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 03/01/2022
  • Rated in Top 15% of College of Engineering Instructors. College of Engineering, 12/2018
  • Rated in Top 15% of College of Engineering Instructors . College of Engineering, 12/2016
  • Rated in Top 15% of Instructors in College of Engineering. College of Engineering, 08/2015
  • Rated in Top 15% of Instructors in College of Engineering. College of Engineering, 08/2013
  • Rated in Top 15% of Instructors in College of Engineering. College of Engineering, 05/2011
  • Honorary Degree, Doctor Honoris Causa. University of Miskolc, 09/04/2010
  • Outstanding Instructor, 2009-2010. Department of Chemical Engineering, 04/28/2010
  • Rated in Top 15% of College of Engineering Instructors . College of Engineering, 2008
  • Outstanding Instructor - 2007-2008. Department of Chemical Engineering, 2008
  • Top 15% of Instructors - Spring 2007. College of Engineering, 09/14/2007
  • Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Engineering, 08/16/2007
  • Commendation for being in top 15% of Instructors in College of Engineering - Fall Semester, 2006. College of Engineering, 12/15/2006
  • Commendation for being in Top 15% of instructors in College of Engineering - Spring Semester, 2006. College of Engineering, 05/05/2006

Internal Service

  • Department of Chemical Engineering. Department Chair, 07/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/02/2018 - 06/28/2019. Department service.
  • Lab Safety Task Force. 02/2018 - 05/2019. University service.
  • F&A Task Force. Member, 02/2018 - 02/2019. University service.
  • University Seed Grant Committee. co-Chair, 07/2017 - 06/2018. University service.
  • University Research Instrumentation Fund Award Committee. Member, 10/2015 - 06/2019. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Member, 10/2015 - 06/2016. Department service.
  • Task Force for Celebrate U Event. committee member, 09/2015 - 06/2019. University service.
  • Search Committee, Director of Institutional Analysis. Member, 07/2015 - 10/2015. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 01/2015 - 09/2015. Department service.
  • University Seed Grant Committee. Member, 05/2014 - 06/2018. University service.
  • Internal Commercialization Coordination Council. Member, 05/2013 - 06/2018. University service.
  • College Safety Committee. Chair, 03/2013 - 06/2019. College service.
  • University Seed Grant Committee. co-Chair, 04/2012 - 05/2014. University service.
  • Associate Dean for Research. 03/2011 - 06/2019. College service.
  • Graduate Committee. Member, 07/01/2001 - 06/2019. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Technical/Policy Forum: Western States Coal Strategies Forum, United States Energy Association, Moab, UT November 20-22, 2019. 11/21/2019 - 11/21/2019
  • Technical/Policy Forum: Innovation for Future Energy Development, Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development, Provo, UT March 28, 2019. 03/28/2019 - 03/28/2019
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Discover Global Markets: Indo-Pacific, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Trade Talks, Salt Lake City, UT, Dec. 11, 2018. 12/11/2018 - 12/11/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce Energy Briefing, Grand Junction, CO, Sept. 5, 2018. 09/05/2018 - 09/05/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Governor’s Office of Energy Development, Advanced Coal Resource Group, Salt Lake City, UT, Aug. 28, 2018. 08/28/2018 - 08/28/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: “Fly Away with Composites” Workshop, DTC-Freeport, Clearfield, UT, Aug. 21, 2018. 08/21/2018 - 08/21/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Steamboat Springs Economic Development Council, Steamboat Springs, CO, July 20, 2018. 07/20/2018 - 07/20/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Colorado Northwestern Community College Networking Group, Craig, CO, July 19, 2018. 07/19/2018 - 07/19/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Interim Committee, Utah Legislature, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2018. 05/16/2018 - 05/16/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, Board of Directors & Members Meeting, Meeker, CO, May 16, 2018. 05/16/2018 - 05/16/2018
  • 2018 Public Forum to Discuss New Economic Development Opportunities for Coal: Club20 (Western Slope Counties) Energy Committee – 2018 Winter Policy Meeting, Grand Junction, CO, March 2, 2018. 03/02/2018 - 03/02/2018

Affiliations

  • The Combustion Institute (CI), member, 01/2003 - present
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), member, 12/2001 - present
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), member, 01/1989 - present

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