Carl Lira

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

Awards

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.

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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