Jim Drake

Chemical Engineering Graduate Student, UCLA

MAILING ADDRESS Chemical Engineering Dept. 5531 Boelter Hall UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095-1592 LAB LOCATION 4280 Boelter Hall COMMUNICATIONS Phone: (310) 206-6152 FAX: (310) 206-4107 e-mail: drake@seas.ucla.edu Thesis Topic My thesis is Process Optimization Using the State Space Approach, with my advisor, Vasilios Manousiouthakis. AREAS OF INTEREST Process development, design, simulation, optimization, and control, EDUCATION BChE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967 MEng Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1968 MBA University of Richmond, 1986 PhD University of California, Los Angeles, soon (I think!) HONORARIES, ETC. Tau Beta Pi Phi Lambda Upsilon Beta Gamma Sigma Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia EMPLOYMENT duPont, Martinsville, VA 1969-1970 Philip Morris, Richmond, VA 1971-1986 If you are interested in my somewhat limited interests outside engineering (grad students aren't suppose to have other interests), see my interests page If you are an engineering student 35 years old or older, visit the OFIE page. More to come at a later date. Last Update: Janucary 20, 1997