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Chairman and Bayer Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering


412-624-9649
Fax: 412-624-9639
Office: 1250 Benedum Hall

Education

PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of Pittsburgh, 1985

Professional Interests

Professor Enick joined the faculty after completing his PhD studies in Enhanced Oil Recovery. He instructs design and lab courses, and has developed the process simulation and evaluation PC laboratory. He is also an ORISE Faculty Fellow at the US DOE, where he models the performance of hydrogen membrane reactors.

Professor Enick's research focuses on experimental investigations of carbon dioxide-based supercritical fluid technology. Examples include:

  • Direct carbonation of metal-containing hazardous waste
  • Generation of microcellular foams using density CO2
  • Application of fluorinated thiols to metal surfaces using liquid carbon dioxide
  • Increasing the viscosity of liquid carbon dioxide

Selected Publications

Synthesis and Steric Stabilization of Silver Nanoparticles in Neat CO2 Solvent Using Fluorine-Free Compounds, Madhu Anand, Philip W. Bell, Xin Fan, Robert M. Enick, Christopher B. Roberts (in press, Journal of Physical Chemistry)

Eastoe, J., Gold, S., Rogers, S., Wyatt, P., Steytler, D., Gurgei, A., Heenan, R., Fan. X., Beckman, E., Enick, R., Designed CO2-philes Stabilized Water-in-Carbon Dioxide Microemulsions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006, ON 1521-3773, PN: 1433-7851

Bell, P. W.; Anand, M.; Fan, X.; Enick, R. M.; Roberts, C. B. Stable Dispersions of Silver Nanoparticles in Carbon Dioxide with Fluorine-Free Ligands. Langmuir 2005 21, 11608-11613.

Fan, X.; Mcleod, M. C.; Enick, R. M.; Beckman, E. J.; Roberts, C. B. Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles via Reduction of a Highly CO2-Soluble Hydrocarbon-Based Metal Precursor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 45(10) May 2006, 3343-3347

The Effects of H2O, CO and CO2 on the H2 Permeance and Surface Characteristics of 1 mm thick Pd80wt%Cu Membranes, Osemwengie Iyoha, Bret Howard, Bryan Morreale, Richard Killmeyer, Robert Enick,, Catalysis Today (In press)

Oxygenated Hydrocarbon Ionic Surfactants Exhibit CO2 Solubility, Fan, X.; Potluri, V. K.; McLeod, M. C.; Wang, Y.; Liu, J.; Enick, R. M.; Hamilton, A. D.; Roberts, C. B.; Johnson, J. K.; Beckman, E. J.; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Article); 2005; 127(33); 11754-11762

Enick, R., Hong, L., Thies, M., “CO2 + β-D-Maltose Octaacetate System Exhibits a Global Phase Behavior of CO2-Philic Solids That Melt in Dense, CO2-Rich Fluids” Journal of Supercritical Fluids Vol 34/1, 11-16, 2005

 

Yulu Wang, Robert Pfeffer, Rajesh Dave, Robert Enick, Encapsulation of Fine Particles in Polymer by a Supercritical Antisolvent (SAS) Process, AIChEJ, 51 ( 2), 440-455 FEBRUARY 2005

Rothenberger, K.S.; Cugini, A.; Howard, B.H.; Enick, R.M.; Morsi, B.I.; Morreale, B.; “The Non-Catalyzed Water-Gas Shift Forward Reaction at Extreme Temperatures and Pressures,” AIChEJ 51 (5): 1440-1454 MAY 2005

F. Bustamante, R. M. Enick, A. Cugini, R. Killmeyer, B.H. Howard, K. S. Rothenberger, M. Ciocco, B. Morreale, S. Chattopadhyay, S. Shi; “High Temperature Kinetics of the Homogeneous Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction,”  AIChEJ JOURNAL 50 (5): 1028-1041 MAY 2004

Bilal Baradie and Molly S. Shoichet, University of Toronto,, Zhihua Shen and Mark McHugh, Virginia Commonwealth University*, Lei Hong, Yang Wang, J. Karl Johnson, Eric Beckman and Robert Enick, University of Pittsburgh, The Synthesis and Solubility of Linear Poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-vinyl acetate) in Dense CO2: Experimental and Molecular Modeling Results, Macromolecules 37 (20): 7799-7807 Oct 5 2004

K. Rothenberger, A. Cugini, B. Howard, R. Killmeyer, M.Ciocco, B. Morreale, R. Enick, F. Bustamante, Y. Ma, P. Mardilovich;"The High Pressure Hydrogen Permeance Of Porous Stainless Steel Coated with a Thin Palladium Film via Electroless Plating", J. Mem. Sci 244 (1-2): 55-68 Nov 15 2004.

B Howard, R. Killmeyer, K. Rothenberger, M. Ciocco, B. Morreale, R.Enick, F. Bustamante, A. Cugini, Hydrogen permeability of supported palladium-copper alloy membranes over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol 241/2 pp 207-218, 2004

B. Morreale, M. Ciocco, B. Howard, K. Rothenberger, R. Killmeyer, R. Enick, F. Bustamante, A. Cugini, Effect of hydrogen sulfide on the hydrogen permeance of palladium-copper alloys at elevated temperatures, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol 241/2, 219-224,2004

Meziani, M., Pathak, P., Hurezeanu, R., Thies, M., Enick, R., Sun, Y.-P., “Supercritical Fluid Processing Technique for Nanoscale Polymer Particles”, Agnew. Chem. Int. Ed.-Z 52834 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43, 704 (2004).

  

Enick, R., Karanikas, C., Bane, S., Potluri, V., Hamilton, A.; “The High CO2 Solubility of Per-acetylated α-, β- and γ Cyclodextrin, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 211 (2): 211-217 Sep 1 2003

S. Kilic, S. Michalik, Y. Wang, J. K. Johnson, R. M. Enick, E. J. Beckman, Effect of grafted Lewis base groups on the phase behavior of model poly(dimethyl siloxanes) in CO2, Ind. Eng Chem Res 42 (25): 6415-6424 Dec 10 2003

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