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Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7006
Phone: (919) 515-5118 or 515-2499
FAX; (919)-515-5831
ruben@ncsu.edu

Personal Information

• Born, Havana, Cuba, December 27, 1947
• Naturalized US citizen
• Married to Augustina R. Carbonell
• Sons: Tomás and David, Daughter: Rebecca

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1973
• M.A., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1971
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College, 1969

• Director, William R. Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science, 1999-Present
• Director, Golden Leaf Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), 2008
• Co-Director, NSF Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes (with J. DeSimone), 1999-2008
• Director, Kenan Center for the Utilization of CO2 in Manufacturing with J. DeSimone), 1997-2005
• Department Head of Chemical Engineering, 1994 – 1999
• Assistant to the Director, Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science, 1994-1999
• Director, Hoechst Celanese-Kenan Program, 1993-1997
• Interim Chairman, NCSU Biotechnology Faculty, 1990
• Chairman, Bioprocessing/Bioanalytical Interest Group of the Biotechnology Faculty, 1988-1992
• Full Professor, 1984-Present