Michael P. Hoepfner portrait
  • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Professional Service

  • ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, UK. Role: Panel Member. Facility access panel member for the disordered materials section. Review neutron beam time requests for allocation of experimental facilities. 06/01/2022 - 05/31/2024
  • 22nd International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2019), Bucaramanga, Colombia. Role: Member. Technical organizing committee member. Assist in the planning of the meeting and review abstracts. 01/01/2022 - 06/30/2022
  • IUPAC & CCCE. Role: Co-Chair. Thematic co-chair for the Chemistry for Energy area at the international IUPAC meeting. 09/01/2020 - 08/31/2021
  • 21st International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2021), Virtual Meeting. Role: Member. Technical organizing committee member. Assist in the planning of the meeting and review abstracts. 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2021
  • 20th International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2019), Kanazawa, Japan. Role: Member. Technical organizing committee member. Assist in the planning of the meeting and review abstracts. 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019
  • 18th International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2017), Le Havre, France. Role: Member. Technical organizing committee member. Assist in the planning of the meeting and review abstracts. 01/01/2017 - 06/30/2017
  • 19th International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling. Role: Co-Chair. Conference co-chair to organize, fundraise, and run the conference of ~200 attendees on July 8-12, 2018. 06/01/2016 - 07/31/2018
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Upstream Engineering & Flow Assurance Forum. Role: Chair. Chair. 03/01/2016 - present
  • 17th International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behavior and Fouling (PetroPhase 2016), Helsignor, Denmark. Role: Member. Technical organizing committee member. Assist in the planning of the meeting and review abstracts. 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2016
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Upstream Engineering & Flow Assurance Forum. Communications Chair. 06/03/2014 - 03/01/2016
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers . Co-chair of Heavy Oil and Flow Assurance Session. 05/30/2014 - 11/18/2015

Honors & Awards

  • 2021 Energy & Fuel Rising Star. ACS Energy & Fuels Journal, 10/07/2021
  • 2018 Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Forum Award. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 10/28/2018
  • Top 15% of College of Engineering Instructors (CHEN 2800, Sp '18). University of Utah College of Engineering, 06/01/2018
  • Janicek Fellowship Recipient. University of Michigan, 09/2007
  • College of Engineering Outstanding Graduating Student Leader. University of Utah, 05/2007
  • Presidential Scholarship. University of Utah, 08/2004

Internal Service

  • Reviewer for University Teaching Assistantships. Member, 02/01/2022 - 03/01/2022. University service.
  • 6th Annual Graduate Symposium, Department of Chemical Engineering (Virtual), University of Utah, Faculty Liason/Chair, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 18, 2021. (6 oral/9 poster presentations) . Chair, 02/18/2021 - 02/18/2021. Department service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies, 07/01/2019 - 08/01/2023. Department service.
  • College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Committee. Member, 08/01/2018 - 08/01/2023. College service.
  • Planned 2018 Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium on 10/18/2018. Organizer, 08/01/2018 - 10/18/2018. Department service.
  • Planned 2017 Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium on 9/14/2017. Organizer, 08/01/2017 - 09/30/2017. Department service.
  • Chemical Engineering GSAC Faculty Representative. 01/01/2016 - present. Department service.
  • Faculty liaison for junior class interview workshop. 09/16/2014 - 10/22/2014. Department service.

Outreach

  • Hi-Gear Presentation + Preparation. 06/16/2021 - 06/16/2021
  • AIChE Graduate School Fair (PhD student recruitment) . 11/15/2020 - 11/15/2020
  • AIChE Graduate School Fair (PhD student recruitment). 10/28/2018 - 10/28/2018