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Dr. Peter Kilpatrick Professor and Department Head North Carolina State University Department of Chemical Engineering 113 Riddick Engineering Labs Box 7905 Raleigh, N.C. 27695 Phone: 919.515.7121 Fax: 919.515.3465 Email: peter-k@eos.ncsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1983
A.B., Chemistry, Occidental College, 1978

Research Interests

Surfactant and interfacial science; fluid microstructure; colloidal aggregates; phase equilibria; biotechnology.

Selected Publications

• M.-H. Ese and P. K. Kilpatrick, Stabilization of Water-in-Oil Emulsions by Naphthenic Acids and Their Salts: Model Compounds, Role of pH, and Soap:Acid Ratio, Journal Dispersion Sci. Tech., 25, 253-261 (2004).
  
  
•  K. L. Gawrys and P. K. Kilpatrick, Asphaltene Aggregation: Techniques for Analysis, Instrumentation Sci. Tech., 32, 247-253 (2004).
  
  
• P. M. Spiecker and P. K. Kilpatrick, Interfacial Rheology of Petroleum Asphaltenes at the Oil-Water Interface, Langmuir, 20, 4022-4032 (2004).
  
• N. N. Zaki, R. G. Carbonell, and P. K. Kilpatrick, A Novel Process for Demulsification of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions by Dense Carbon Dioxide, Ind Eng Chem Research, 42, 6661-6672 (2003).
  
  
• P. M. Spiecker, K. L. Gawrys, C. L. Trail, and P. K. Kilpatrick, Effects of petroleum resins on asphaltene aggregation and water-in-oil emulsion formation, Colloids Surfaces A, 220, 9-27 (2003).