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Michael J. Antal, Jr.
Coral Industries Professor of Renewable Energy Resources
Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
School of Ocean And Earth Science And Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph: 956-7267
Fax: 956-2336
Email: mantal@hawaii.edu
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
Coral Industries Chair; Distinguished Professor of Renewable Energy Resources; Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
Acting Director, HNEI, Jan. 1998 - Apr. 1998
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1986-
Associate Professor, 1982-1986
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1975-1982
Staff Member, Thermonuclear Weapons Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1973-1975
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1970-1973
M.S., Applied Physics Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1969-1970
A.B., Physics and Mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1965-1969
CONSULTING
SRI International, Pacific Carbon and Graphite, Center for Coal Utilization Japan, NEU (Austria), ConAgra, The World Bank, SINTEF (Norway), NEA (Sweden), CESP (Brazil), President's Council on Environmental Quality, Office of Technology Assessment, Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Aerospace Corporation, International Harvester.
COURSES TAUGHT
Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Availability Analysis, Chemical and Phase Equilibria, Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Reactor Design and Analysis, Solar Thermal Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering: Biomass, Energy Alternatives, Complex Variables.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Energy and Fuels, 2004- ; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 1993-1995; Journal of Analytic and Applied Pyrolysis, 1984-1992.
HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Finalist, Frank Annunzio Award, Christopher Columbus Foundation, 2005. In 2003 my citation record entered the top 1% of total citations in Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Physical Society.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Antal, M. J.; Nihous, G. Thermodynamics of an Aqueous-Alkaline/Carbonate Carbon Fuel Cell Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 2442.
Bourke, J.; Manley-Harris, M.; Fushimi, C.; Dowaki, K.; Nunoura, T.; Antal, M. J. Do all carbonized charcoals have the same chemical structure? A Model o the Chemical Structure of Carbonized Charcoal Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2007, 46, 5954.
Meszaros, E.; Varhegyi, G.; Jakab, E.; Bourke, J.; Manley-Harris, M.; and Nunoura, T.; Antal, M. J. Do all carbonized charcoals have the same chemical structure? Implications of TG-MS measurements. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46, 5943.
Nunoura, T.; Dowaki, K.; Fushimi, C.; Allen, S.; Meszaros, E.; Antal, M. J. Performance of a First-Generation, Aqueous-Alkaline Biocarbon Fuel Cell. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46, 734.
Varhegyi, G.; Meszaros, E.; Bourke, J.; Jakab, E.; Antal, M. J. Combustion Kinetics of Corncob Charcoal and Partially Demineralized Corncob Charcoal in the Kinetic Regime. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2006, 45, 4962.
Wade, S.R., and Nunoura, T.; Antal, M. J. Studies of the Flash Carbonization Process. 2. Violent Ignition Behavior of Pressurized Packed Beds of Biomass: A Factorial Study. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2006, 45, 3512.
Nunoura, T.; Wade, S.R.; Bourke, J.; Antal, M. J. Studies of the Flash Carbonization Process. 1. Propagation of the Flaming Pyrolysis Reaction and Performance of a Catalytic Afterburner. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2006, 45, 585.
Matsumura, Y., Minowa, T., Potic, B., Kersten, S.R.A., Prins, W., van Swaaij, W.P.M., van de Beld, B., Elliott, D.C., Neuenschwander, G.G., Kruse, A., Antal, M.J. Biomass gasification in near- and supercritical water: Status and prospects. Biomass Bioenergy, 2005, 29, 269.
Antal, M. J.; Mochidzuki, K.; Paredes, L. S. Flash Carbonization of Biomass. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2003, 42, 3690.
Antal, M. J.; Gronli, M. G. The Art, Science, and Technology of Charcoal Production. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2003, 42, 1919.
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