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Lynn A. Melton
Professor of Chemistry
University of Texas at Dallas

Department of Chemistry
University of Texas at Dallas
P.O. Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
Phone: (972) 883-2913
FAX: (972) 883-2925
email: melton@utdallas.edu

Education

  • B.S., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1966
  • M.A., Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, 1972
  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, 1972

Fields of Research Specialization

  • Fluorescent Diagnostics for Combustion and Mixing
  • Development of Analytical Instrumentation
  • Problem Solving Using Analytical Chemistry
  • Engineering Applications (Process and Maintenance) of Analytical Techniques

Fields of Teaching Specialization

  • Physical Chemistry (undergraduate and graduate)
  • Analytical Instrumentation
  • Problem Solving
  • Industrial Chemistry
  • Process Analytical Chemistry

Research Experience Away from UT-Dallas

1981-82 Faculty Reseercher at United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut, affiliated with Chemical Physics Laser Diagnostics group headed by Alan C. Eckbreth.
1994 Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. During two month stay (May-June) carried out research on substitution of alternate compounds for Halons as fire suppressants on aircraft.
1998-99 Special Faculty Development Assignment. Worked at Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX, in Engineering Sciences R&D, Fluid Mechanics and Mixing Group, on development of diagnostics for mixing processes.

Societies

  • American Chemical Society
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Combustion Institute
  • Inter-American Photochemical Society
  • National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
  • Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Professional Activities

  • Member, Combustion Technology Delegation to People's Republic of China, October 1984, sponsored by People-to-People International.
  • Invited Lecturer, University of Science and Technology of China, Institute of Chemistry and Institute of Mechanics (Academica Sinica), Qingdao University, Tianjin University, May 1991.
  • Invited Speaker, 1985 Gordon Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Laser Diagnostics in Combustion.
  • Invited Speaker, 1991 Gordon Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Laser Diagnostics in Combustion.
  • Work with M. Winter on internal circulation in droplets selected for inclusion in Propellants and Combustion Section of Aerospace '90, Aerospace America (December 1990).
  • Invited Speaker, Discussion Meeting of Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft on "Laser Diagnostics for Industrial Processes", Heidelberg, Germany, June 1993.
  • Invited Speaker, "Fluorescent Diagnostics for Fuel Sprays", U.S. Army Research Office, Directorate Level Research Program Evaluation Meeting, May 1996.
  • Organizer, Symposium on Education for Industry, under auspices of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 212th National ACS Meeting, Orlando, FL, August 25-29, 1996.
  • Invited Presenter (poster), "The Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program: Preparing Problem Solvers for Industry", NAS/NAE/IOM National Convocation of Science and Engineering Doctoral Education: "From Discussion to Action: Meeting the Needs of Future Generations of Graduate Scientists and Engineers", Washington, DC, June 15, 1996.
  • Organizer, Symposium on Education for Industry, under auspices of Divisions of Chemical Education and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 215th National ACS Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 29-April 2,1998.
  • Invited Presenter (poster and talk), "The Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program: Preparing Problem Solvers for Industry", National Institute for Science Education, "Forum on Graduate Education", Arlington, VA, June 26-28, 1998.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "The Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program: Preparing Problem Solvers for Industry", 14th National EPSCoR Conference (NSF/AAAS), November 1-3, 1998, Myrtle Beach, SC.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Physics Ph.D. Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1998- (program modeled on DChem Program)
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Speculations on Fluorescence and Process Analytical Chemistry", 13th International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry, San Antonio, TX, January 24-27, 1999.
  • Co-organizer, (short course) "Practical Aspects of Process Analytical Chemistry", presented at Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX, for DChem students, June 28-July 2, 1999.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Problem Solving for Industrial Analytical Chemists", Dow Chemical Company, Analytical Sciences Discussion Group, Midland, MI, October 28, 1999.
  • Organizer, Symposium on "Transition to Industry: Problem Solving and Other Skills", For American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, November 1999.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Potential Applications of Fluorescence in Process Analytical Chemistry", 14th International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry, Las Vegas, NV, January 23-26, 2000.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "A Possible Analytical Chemistry Course: Practical Aspects of Process Analytical Chemistry", 14th International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry, Las Vegas, NV, January 23-26, 2000.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Preparing Professional Chemists: Research in the Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program", 219th Annual meeting of American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 23, 2000.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Experimental Methods for CFD Evaluation", Chemical Reaction Engineering VII: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Quebec, CA, August 6-11, 2000, (Conference organized by United Engineering Foundation, Inc.).
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Preparing Analytical Problem Solvers and Process Analytical Chemists", given at the ALMA (Analytical Laboratory Managers Association) Annual Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, November 1-3, 2000.
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "DChem -- the Doctor of Chemistry Program", AWU (Associated Western Universities) Science Education and Research Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 30 - December 2, 2000.
  • Co-organizer and principal presenter, "Workshop on Practical Aspects of Process Analytical Chemistry", at Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX, January 7-12, 2001, (a workshop for college and university faculty).
  • Invited Presenter (talk), "Experimental Methods for CFD Evaluation", Solutia, Inc., Pensacola, FL, February 8, 2001.

Patents

  1. "Fluorescent Additives for the Determination of Condensed and Vapor Phase in Multiphase Systems", U.S. Patent 4,515,896, awarded May 7, 1985; assigned to United Technologies Corporation.
  2. "Method for Determining the Temperature of a Fluid", U.S. Patent 4,613,237, awarded September 23, 1986; assigned to United Technologies Corporation.

Scientific Publications of Lynn A. Melton

  1. "Extraction of Reaction Cross Section from Rate Constant Data", with R. G. Gordon, J. Chem. Phys., 51, 5449 (1969).
  2. "Vibrational Relaxation of Excited Electronic States: NO A 2Σ+", with W. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys., 55, 1468 (1971).
  3. "Quenching of NO A 2Σ+ by O2 3Σ-", with W. Klemperer, Planetary and Space Science, 20, 157 (1972).
  4. "Lifetime Determination of the NO A 2Σ+ state", with E.M. Weinstock and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 56, 3456 (1972).
  5. "Energy Transfer in Monochromatically-Excited NO, A 2Σ+ and B 2Π", with W. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys., 59, 1099 (1973).
  6. "Energy Transfer in CO A 1Π, v'=9. I. Quenching and Isotope Effects", with K-C Yiin, J. Chem. Phys., 62, 2860 (1975).
  7. "Radiative Lifetime of LiH A 1Σ+". with P.H. Wine, J. Chem. Phys., 64, 2692 (1976).
  8. "Energy Transfer in CO A 1Π, II. v' = 14", with H-T Yao, J. Chem. Phys., 64, 4689 (1976).
  9. "Thermodynamics of Exciplex Formation by Time Resolved Nanosecond Flash Spectroscopy", with D. Creed, P.H. Wine, and R.A. Caldwell, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 98, 621 (1976).
  10. "Exciplex Substitution (Sex). A New Photophysical Process", with H. Ohta, D. Creed, P.H. Wine, and R.A. Caldwell, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 98, 2002 (1976).
  11. "Radiative Lifetime of Li2 A 1Σ", with P.H. Wine, Chem. Phys. Letters, 45, 409 (1977).
  12. "Energy Transfer and Reaction in LiH A 1Σ+", with P.H. Wine, ACS Symp. Ser., 56, 167 (1977).
  13. "Operation of Nearly Ideal Lithium Heat Pipes", in NBS Special Publication 561, Proceedings of 10th Material Research Symposium on Characterization of High Temperature Vapor and Gases, held at NBS, Gaithersburg, MD., Sept. 18-22, 1978, 153 (1979).
  14. "Operation of Near Ideal Spectroscopic Heat Pipes", with P.H. Wine, J. Appl. Phys., 51, 4059 (1980).
  15. "Charge-Transfer Quenching of Singlet Excited Complexes", with R.A. Caldwell, D. Creed, D.C. DeMarco, H. Ohta, and P.H. Wine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 102, 2369 (1980).
  16. "Resonance Energy Transfer in LiH A 1Σ+", with K.G. Ibbs, K.J. Chung, and P.H. Wine, J. Chem. Phys., 74, 6212 (1981).
  17. "Spectrally-Separated Fluorescence Emission for Diesel Fuel Droplets and Vapor", Appl. Opt., 22, 2224 (1983).
  18. "Soot Diagnostics Based on Laser Heating", Appl. Opt., 23, 2201 (1984).
  19. "Vapor/Liquid Visualization for Fuel Sprays", with J.F. Verdieck, Combust. Sci. and Technology, 42, 217 (1985).
  20. "Vapor/Liquid Visualization in Fuel Sprays", with J.F. Verdieck, in Proceeding XXth Symposium (International) on Combustion, (The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh), 1283 (1984).
  21. "Fluorescence Method for Determination of Temperature in Fuel Sprays", with A.M. Murray, Appl. Opt., 24, 2783 (1984).
  22. "Laser Fluorescence Measurement for Fuel Sprays", with A.M. Murray and J.F. Verdieck, in "Remote Sensing", SPIE Symposium Series, 644, 40 (1986).
  23. "Determination of Carbon in Trichlorosilane by Metastable Transfer Emission Spectrometry", with R.R. Matthews, Anal. Chem., 54, 807 (1986).
  24. "Exciplex-Based Diagnostic for Fuel Sprays", with A.M. Murray and J.F. Verdieck, AIP Conf. Proc., 146, 646 (1986).
  25. "Fluorescent Thermometer Using Intramolecular Exciplexes", with H.E. Gossage, Appl. Opt., 26, 2256 (1987).
  26. "Aluminum Spiking at Contact Window in Al/Ti-W/Si", with P-H. Chang, R. Hawkins, and T.D. Bonifield, Appl. Phys. Lett., 52, 272 (1988).
  27. "Relaxed and Spectroscopic Energies of Olefin Triplets", with R. A. Caldwell and T-Q Ni, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 111, 457 (1989).
  28. "Photoacoustic Calorimetry: A New Cell Design and Improved Analysis Algorithms", with Q-Z Lu and T-Q Ni, Rev. Sci. Inst., 60, 3217 (1989).
  29. "Fluorescence Lifetime and Quenching Rate of N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-p-Phenylenediamine in the Vapor Phase", with S. K. Nickle, Appl. Spectrosc., 43, 1406 (1989).
  30. "Absolute Quantum Yield for Exciplex Fluorescence", with S. J. Hale, Appl. Spectrosc., 44, 101 (1990).
  31. "Measurement of Internal Circulation in Droplets", with M. Winter, Appl. Opt., 29, 4574 (1990).
  32. "Direct Calibration Procedure for Exciplex-Based Vapor/Liquid Visualization of Fuel Sprays", with A. A. Rotunno, M. Winter, and G. M. Dobbs, Combust. Sci. and Technology, 71, 247 (1990).
  33. "Temperature Measurement of Falling Droplets", with M. R. Wells, J. Heat Transfer, 112, 1008 (1990).
  34. "Pulsed, Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry for Optically Thick Solutions", with Q-Z Lu, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 6(3), 360-364 (1990).
  35. "Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging: An Approach for Fuel Equivalence Ratio Imaging", with T-Q Ni, Appl. Spectrosc., 45, 938 (1991).
  36. "Exciplex Fluorescence Thermometry of Falling Hexadecane Droplets", with T. R. Hanlon, J. Heat Transfer, 114, 450 (1992).
  37. "Recent Advances in Photoacoustic Calorimetry. Theoretical Basis and Improvement in Experimental Design", with L. G. Arnaut, R. A. Caldwell, and J. E. Elbert, Rev. Sci. Inst., 63, 5381 (1992).
  38. "Nonradiative Decay Lifetime Standards", with T. Q. Ni, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A:Chemistry, 67, 167 (1992).
  39. "Potential Systematic Errors in Droplet Temperatures Obtained by Fluorescence Methods", with Jingyi Zhang, J. Heat Transfer, 115, 325 (1993).
  40. "Fuel Equivalence Ratio Imaging for Methane Jets", with T.Q. Ni, Appl. Spectrosc., 47, 773 (1993).
  41. "Numerical Simulation and Restoration of Laser Droplet Slicing Images", with Jingyi Zhang, Appl. Opt., 33, 192 (1994).
  42. "Exciplex-Based Vapor/Liquid Visualization System Appropriate for Automotive Gasoline", Appl. Spectrosc., 47, 782 (1993).
  43. "Planar Liquid and Gas Visualization", Berichte der Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, 97, 1560 (1993).
  44. "Suppression of Engine Nacelle Fires", with A. Hamins, T. Cleary, P. Borthwick, N. Gorchov, K. McGrattan, G. Forney, W. Grosshandler, and C. Presser, in Fire Suppression System Performance of Alternative Agents in Aircraft and Dry Bay Laboratory Simulation, (NIST P 890:Vol II, Richard G. Gann, Ed., November 1995), p1-199.
  45. "Planar Liquid and Gas Visualization", AT-Process, Journal of Process Analytical Chemistry, 227 (1996).
  46. "2-D Gas Phase Temperature Measurement Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging", with T.Q. Ni, Appl. Spectrosc., 50, 1112 (1996).
  47. "Use of Fluorescence Methods for Measurement of Droplet and Vapor Temperature", Recent Advances in Spray Combustion (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Progress Volume), Edited by K. K. Kuo, Volume I, Chapter 6, 143 (1996).
  48. "High Temperature Oxygen Resistant Molecular Fluorescence Thermometers", with F. Bai, Appl. Spectrosc., 51, 1276 (1997).
  49. "Measurement of Transient Temperature Field Within a Falling Droplet", with Q.Z. Lu, AIAA Journal, 38(1), 95-101 (2000).
  50. "A Fluorescence-Based Method for Quantitative Measurement of Fuel Film thickness During Cold Start of Engines, with J. Yang, Appl. Spectrosc., 54, 565-574 (2000).
  51. "DISMT - Determination of Mixing Time through Color Changes", with C.W. Lipp, R. W. Spradling, and K.A. Paulson, accepted for publication, Chemical Engineering Communications, (2001).
  52. "Fluorescent Diagnostic for Reacting Mixing Studies with Excitation at 532 nm" with R.M. Larkins, C.W. Lipp, S. Sen and R. D. Spradling, submitted for publication, Experiments in Fluids, (2000).

Other Publications of Lynn A. Melton

  1. "The Delphi Project: A Study of Attitudes toward Undergraduate Education in Chemistry", with R.A. Caldwell, A.D. Sherry, and C.A. Parr, J. Chem. Ed., 54, 640 (1977).
  2. "The Doctor of Chemistry Program: Career Preparation for Industrial Chemistry", J. Chem. Ed., 68, 142 (1991).
  3. "Preparing Problem Solvers for Industry: the Doctor of Chemistry Program", Chemtech, March 1992, 162.
  4. "Real-World Experience in Chemistry" (letter), Science, 266, 203 (1994).
  5. "The Problem Solvers", a 13 minute video which describes the DChem Program to industry and students (1995).
  6. "The Doctor of Chemistry: An Academic Program for Industrial Chemists", Today's Chemist at Work, January 1995, 30.
  7. "The Doctor of Chemistry Program" (letter), Chemical and Engineering News, March 27, 1995, 4.
  8. "'Industry-Ready' Chemists Graduate U. of Texas", Research-Technology Management, 39(6), 7 (1996).
  9. "The Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program", NOBCChE News, September/October 1996, 10, (1996).
  10. "The Doctor of Chemistry (DChem) Program -- Preparation of Industrial Problem Solvers", paper presented at Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division Symposium on Education for Industry, 212th American Chemical Society Meeting, August 25-29, 1996, Orlando, FL.
  11. "A Survey of Courses, Texts, and Curricula in Industrial Chemistry", with J.P. Ferraris, paper presented at Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division Symposium on Education for Industry, 212th American Chemical Society Meeting, August 25-29, 1996, Orlando, FL.
  12. Education for Industry: Papers Presented at the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division Symposium on Education for Industry, 212th American Chemical Society Meeting, August 25-29, 1996, Orlando, FL (organizer of Symposium on Education for Industry and editor of volume), ISBN 0-8412-3511-2.
  13. "Preparing Analytical Problem Solvers", Managing the Modern Laboratory, 5(2), 29-32 (2001).

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