Carl Lira

Contact Information

Engineering Bldg.
428 S Shaw Ln
Room: 2261
East Lansing , MI 48824

(517) 355-9731

lira@msu.edu

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 1986
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 1984
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Kansas University, 1981

Research Interests

  • Thermodynamics of Complex Systems
  • Adsorption Behavior
  • Molecular Simulations
  • Property Measurements
  • Mixture Behavior
  • Separation Design for Biorenewable Fuels and Chemicals

Selected Publications

  1. Killian, W. G.; Norfleet, A. T.; Peereboom, L.; Lira, C. T. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Applied to Association Modeling of Binary Alcohol + Cyclohexane Mixtures. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62, 14620–14637. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00968.
  2. Gupta, S.; Elliott, J. R.; Anderko, A.; Crosthwaite, J.; Chapman, W. G.; Lira, C. T. Current Practices and Continuing Needs in Thermophysical Properties for the Chemical Industry. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62, 8, 3394-3427. acs.iecr.2c03153. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03153.
  3. Killian, W. G.; Bala, A. M.; Norfleet, A. T.; Peereboom, L.; Jackson, J. E.; Lira, C. T. Infrared Quantification of Ethanol and 1-Butanol Hydrogen Bonded Hydroxyl Distributions in Cyclohexane. Spectrochim. Acta Part A 2023, 285, 121837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2022.121837.
  4. Lira, C. T.; Elliott, J. R.; Gupta, S.; Chapman, W. G. Wertheim’s Association Theory for Phase Equilibrium Modeling in Chemical Engineering Practice. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2022, 61 (42), 15678–15713. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02058.
  5. Killian, W. G.; Bala, A. M.; Lira, C. T. Parameterization of a RTPT Association Activity Coefficient Model Using Spectroscopic Data. Fluid Phase Equilib. 2022, No. 554, 113299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2021.113299.
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Awards

  • Johansen Crosby Lecturer, Michigan State University, CHEMS Department, 2025
  • Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, 2022, 2004 and 1992.
  • Outstanding Professor of the Year, Selected by ChE Undergraduates, 1999, 1998, 1991.