Education
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, UCSB
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, UCSB
B.S. Chemical Engineering, BYU
Honors and Awards
UMD Jean G. Blehart Distinguished Teacher
UMD Outstanding Advisor
UCSB Outstanding Teacher
Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society Associate Member
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Research and Teaching Interests
Engineering mathematics, separations, process modeling & simulation applied to metallurgy and environmental management, solar thermal chemistry, carbon capture and conversion
Professor Davis MS Research Advising Statement
Richard A. Davis - Google Scholar
Richard Davis ORCID: (0000-0003-2109-7203)
Courses
ChE 3031 Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering
ChE 3111 Fluid Mechanics
ChE 3112 Heat and Mass Transfer
ChE 3196 COOP
ChE 3211 Chemical Engineering Laboratory
ChE 3241 Particle Technology
ChE 4111 Separations
ChE 4301 Reaction Engineering
ChE 4502 Chemical Engineering Design II
ChE 5011 Chemical Engineering Analysis
Textbooks
Xie W, Toan S, Davis RA (2025) Chemical Engineering Analysis and Optimization Using Matlab
Davis RA (2024) Practical Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers Using Excel with VBA, 6th Ed
Service
Minnesota Minerals Coordinating Committee
SCSE ABET Coordinator
Professional Activities
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society
Faculty Advisor to Student Groups
Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) - MN
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society - MN Beta
Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society - Beta Zeta