Octave Levenspiel

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Octave Levenspiel is an Emeritus professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University. He is recognized by the chemical engineering community as the father of chemical reaction engineering, a branch of chemical engineering studying the application of chemical reaction kinetics to the design of chemical reactors.

He was born in Shangai, China, in 1926, where he attended a German grade school, an English high school and a French university. He studied at U. C. Berkeley and at Oregon State University where he received a Ph.D. in 1952.

[edit] Books

All of Levenspiel's books have been translated to several other languages.

Chemical Reaction Engineering
The Chemical Reactor Omnibook
Fluidization Engineering (coauthored)
Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange
Understanding Engineering Thermo

[edit] Awards

R.H. Wilhelm award (AIChE)
W.K. Lewis award (AIChE)
Founders award with gold medal (AIChE)
ChE Lectureship award (ASEE)
P.V.Danckwerts award (IChE)
Honorary doctorates from France, from Serbia, and from the Colorado School of Mines
Elected into the National Academy of Engineering (2000)