KEVIN WHITTY portrait
  • Associate Dean for Research, College Of Engineering
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering

Professional Service

  • 6th International Conference on Chemical Looping. Technical Committee Member. 08/2021 - 12/2022
  • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. Managing Guest Editor for Special Issue on Chemical Looping. 09/2018 - 02/2020
  • Green Process Engineering Association. Executive committee member. 03/2017 - present
  • 5th International Conference on Chemical Looping. Chair and lead organizer of the 5th International Conference on Chemical Looping, September/October 2018, Park City, Utah. 09/2016 - 10/2018
  • Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada. Member of technical committee for the International Chemical Recovery Conference, 24-26 May 2017, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 05/2016 - 05/2017
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Chair and organizier of "Chemical Looping Processes I and II" sessions. AIChE Annual Meeting, 13-18 November 2016, San Francisco, CA. 05/2016 - 11/2016
  • 4th International Chemical Looping Conference. Scientific and Organizing Committee, 4th International Conference on Chemical Looping, Nanjing, China, 26-28 September, 2016. 11/2015 - 09/2016
  • International Energy Agency. Leader for IEA Bioenergy Task 33: Gasification of Biomass and Waste . 07/2013 - 12/2018
  • Swedish National Gasification Research Center. Scientific Advisor for the Swedish National Gasification Research Center (Svenskt Förgasningscentrum). 03/2012 - 12/2021
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Member of PTC-47 (Performance Test Code) Committee for IGCC Systems. 03/2008 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Professional Achievement Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 11/2016
  • Honorary Doctorate (doctor honoris causa). University of Miskolc, Hungary, 06/2016
  • University of Utah Celebrate U Achievement Award. 05/2016

Internal Service

  • Member of "Project Marmalade" committee charged with establishing policies for instruction during the coronavirus pandemic. 04/2020 - 12/2021. University service.
  • Co-Chair, Graduate Student Success Working Group, Educational Futures Task Force. 01/2019 - 12/2019. University service.
  • Co-Chair of Graduate Student Success Working Group within Pres. Watkins' Educational Futures Task Force. 12/2018 - 12/2019. University service.
  • College of Science Dean Search Committee. Member, 11/2018 - 06/2019. University service.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering. 07/2013 - present. Department service.

Affiliations

  • Institute for Clean & Secure Energy (ICSE), Member, 01/2007 - present