Joel R. Fried

Professor of Chemical Engineering Dual Professor of Genome Science Tel: (513) 556-2790; 558-5306 (Genome Research Institute) FAX: (513) 556-2569 Email: joel.fried@uc.edu

EDUCATION:

B.S. in Biology, RPI, 1968

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, RPI, 1971

M.E. in Chemical Engineering, RPI, 1972

M.A. in Polymer Science & Engineering, UMASS (Amherst), 1975

Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering, UMASS (Amherst), 1976

EXPERIENCE:

Dual Professor of Genome Science, College of Medicine (2004–present)

Head, Department of Chemical Engineering (2000–2002)

Interim Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (1998–2000)

Professor of Chemical Engineering (1990–present)

Director of the Polymer Research Center (1989–1992)

Director of Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering (1986–1990)

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (appointed with tenure) (1983–1990)

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati (1978–1983)

Senior Research Engineer, Corporate Research Staff, Monsanto Company, St. Louis (1976–1978)

Associate Research Staff, General Electric Company, Corporate R&D, Schenectady (1972–1973)

RESEARCH FOCUS:

Molecular simulations and computational chemistry of membrane transport processes. Areas of interest include ab initio molecular dynamics of proton transfer in molecular clusters and proton-exchange membranes, gas diffusion and solubility in polymeric membranes and zeolites, and transport in biological channels.

CURRENT RESEARCH SPONSORS: NSF, ACS(PRF)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (selected from 125)

1.            Z. Wang and J. R. Fried, "Hierarchial Approach to Predicting Transport Properties of a Gramicidin Ion Channel within Lipid Bilayers," Soft Material 3, 1041–1052 (2007). (DOI:10.1039/b700125h).

2.            J. R. Fried, "Gas Diffusion and Solubility in Poly(organophosphazenes): Results of Molecular Simulation Studies," J. Inorg. Organometallic Polym. Mater. 16(4), 407-418 (2006). (DOI: 10.1007/s10904-006-9059-2).

3.            A. Stern and J. R. Fried, "Permeability of Polymers to Gases and Vapors", Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, J. E. Mark, Ed., Springer, 2006, Ch. 61, pp. 1009–1023.

4.            J. R. Fried, "Sub-Tg Transitions", Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, J. E. Mark, Ed., Springer, 2006, Ch. 13, pp. 217–232.

5.            J. R. Fried, "Computational Parameters", Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, J. E. Mark, Ed., Springer, 2006, Ch. 4, pp. 57–63.

6.            J. R. Fried, "Molecular Simulation of Gas and Vapor Transport in Highly Permeable Polymers," in Materials Science of Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation, B. D. Freeman, I. Pinnau, and Y. Yampolskii, Eds., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., London, 2006, Ch. 3, pp. 94–134.

7.            Naiping Hu and J. R. Fried, "The Atomistic Simulation of the Gas Permeability of Poly(organophosphazenes): Poly[bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene]," Polymer 46, 4330–4343 (2005).

8.            J. R. Fried and Bo Li, “Molecular Simulation of Gas Sorption and Diffusion in Silicon-Based Polymers,” in Advanced Membranes for Separations: Modeling, Materials, and Modifications, I. Pinnau and B. Freeman, Eds, ACS Symp. Ser. 876, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, pp. 24–38 (2004).

9.            J. R. Fried and N. Hu, "The Molecular Basis of CO₂ Interaction with Polymers Containing Fluorinated Groups: Computational Chemistry of Model Compounds and Molecular Simulation of Poly[bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene]," Polymer 44, 4363–4372 (2003).

10.        Joel R. Fried, Polymer Science and Technology, second edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.