Benjamin Wilhite

Educational Background

- Understanding and manipulating interactions between chemical kinetics and transport processes for process intensification
- Design of inherently safer reacting systems
- Development of novel separation materials for hydrogen purification and/or carbon capture

George Armistead, Jr. 23’ Faculty Excellence Award for Service (TAMU) 2018
Linda and James Harris Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor (TAMU) 2015
Member, ISCRE Board of Directors (2010-present)
Recipient, ACS Doctoral New Investigator award (2008)
Recipient, NSF CAREER Award (2008)
Recipient, DuPont Young Faculty Award (2007)
Recipient, Office of Naval Research Award (2007
Executive Editor, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification (Elsevier)

A. Rout, S. Lambert, A. Nair, K. Arole, D. Sengupta, M.A. Barteau, B.A. Wilhite, M.J. Green, “Radio-Frequency Heating for Catalytic Propane Dehydrogenation,” React. Chem. Eng., 9, 3211 (2024)
P. Du, B.A. Wilhite, C. Kravaris, “Model-based Fault Diagnosis for Safety-Critical Chemical Reactors: An Experimental Study,” AIChE J., 20(12), DOI: 10.1002/aic.18565 (2024)
P. Bollini, M. Diwan, P. Gautam, R.L. Hartman, D.A. Hickman†, M. Johnson, M. Kawase, M. Neurock, G.S. Patience, A. Stottlemyer, D.G. Vlachos, B.A. Wilhite, “Vision 2050: Reaction Engineering Roadmap,” ACS Eng. Au, 3, 364-390 (2023)
P. Du, J.A. Venkidasalapathy, S. Venkateswaran, B.A. Wilhite, C. Kravaris, “Model-Based Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control for Safety-Critical Chemical Reactors: A Case Study of an Exothermic Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 62 (34), 13554-13571 (2023).
G. Liu, B.A. Wilhite, “A Generalized Zoning Framework for Development of CFD-based Reduced-Order Compartment Models,” AIChE J., 69 (7) e18063 (2023).