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      Thomas A. Davis

      3C03 Swearingen Engineering Center
      Department of Chemical Engineering
      University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
      Phone 803.777.7540
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Thomas A. Davis

Research Professor

Curriculum Vitæ
I. Education
  • Ph. D., University of South Carolina (1967)
  • B. S., University of South Carolina (1961)
II. Honors and Awards
  • Chemical Rubber Company Award
  • AIC Award
III. Memberships
  • American institute of Chemical Engineers
  • North American Membrane Society
IV. Publications
  1. "The Artificial Kidney", T. A. Davis, Southern Research Institute Bulletin, 23 (1):8, 1970.
  2. "Use of the Donnan Equilibrium Principle to Concentrate Uranyl Ions by an Ion-Exchange Membrane Process", T. A. Davis, J. S. Wu, B. L. Baker, A.I.CH.E. Journal, 17 (4):1006, 1971. Paper with same title was presented to 63rd Annual Meeting of AIChE.
  3. "Physicochemical Aspects of Electromembrane Processes", T. A. Davis and G. F. Brockman, Industrial Processing with Membranes, R. E. Lacey and S. Loeb (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1972.
  4. "Activated Carbon Fibers for Hemoperfusion", T. A. Davis, D. R. Cowsar, S. D. Harrison, Jr., and A. C. Tanquary, Transactions of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 20:253, 1974.
  5. "Utilization of Waste Kiln Dust from the Cement Industry", T. A. Davis and D. B. Hooks, In: Proceedings of the Fourth Mineral Waste Utilization Symposium, E. Aleshin (ed.) IIT Research Inst., Chicago, 1974.
  6. "Disposal of Waste Dust from Cement Kilns", T. A. Davis, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IA-11 (6):669, 1975.
  7. "Activated Carbon Fibers in Hemoperfusion Devices", T. A. Davis, Kidney International, 7 (2) Supplement 3, 1975.
  8. "Osmotic Propulsion of Icebergs", T. A. Davis, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization, A. A. Husseiny (ed.), 1978.
  9. "Sorption Forces and Equilibria", T. A. Davis, Sorbents and their Clinical Applications, C. Giordano (ed.), Academic Press, New York, 1980.
  10. "Artificial Red Cells with Polyhemoglobin Membranes", T. A. Davis, W. J. Asher, and H. W. Wallace, Transactions of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 28:404, 1982.
  11. "Artificial Red Cells with Cross-linked Hemoglobin Membranes", T. A. Davis, W. J. Asher. and H. W. Wallace, Applied Biochemistry and Bio-technology, 10:123, 1984.
  12. "On-Site Generation of Acid and Base with Bipolar Membranes: A New Alternative to Purchasing and Storing Regenerants", Proceedings of 48th International Water Conference, 1987.
  13. "Recent Developments in Electrodialysis - Worldwide", Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Membrane Technology/Planning Conference, 1988.
  14. "Electrodialysis", T. A. Davis, Handbook of Industrial Membrane Technology, M. C. Porter (ed.), Noyes, Park Ridge, NJ, 1990.
  15. "Electrodialysis", T. A. Davis and D. A. Glassner, Handbook of Downstream Processing, E. Goldberg (ed.), Chapman & Hall, 1997.
  16. A First Course in Ion Permeable Membranes, T. A. Davis, J. D. Genders and D. Pletcher, The Electrochemical Consultancy, 1997.
  17. “Metathesis of Magnesium and Sodium Salt Systems by Electrodialysis”,  C. Alheritiere, W. R. Ernst, and T. A. Davis. Desalination  115(2), 189-198, 1998.
  18. "Effect of Metal Ions on Diffusion Dialysis of Inorganic Acids", S. J. Oh, S. H. Moon and T. A. Davis, Journal of Membrane Science 169, 95-105, 2000.
  19. “Diffusion Dialysis”, T. A. Davis, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Ian D. Wilson (ed), Academic Press, 2000.
  20. “Donnan Dialysis”, T. A. Davis, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Ian D. Wilson (ed), Academic Press, 2000.
  21. “Electromembrane Processes”, T. A. Davis, V. Grebenyuk, and O. Grebenyuk,  Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry, S. P. Nunes and K.-V. Peinemann (ed.), Wiley-VCH, 2001.
  22. “Supercritical Fluid Process for Removal of PCBs from a DOE Job-Control Waste”, J. Li, T. A. Davis, and M. A. Matthews, Environmental Progress  22(1),  7-13, 2003.
  23. “Supercritical Fluid Extraction of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene from DOE Job-Control Waste”, J. Li, T. A. Davis and M. A. Matthews, Separation Science and Technology 38(12 & 13), 2979-2993 , 2003.
V. Lectures
  • Regular lecturer on the subject of Electrodialysis for the Center for Professional Advancement since 1971.
VI. Book Chapters and Proceedings Volumes
  1. "Physicochemical Aspects of Electromembrane Processes";, T. A. Davis and G. F. Brockman, Industrial Processing with Membranes, R. E. Lacey and S. Loeb (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1972.
  2. "Sorption Forces and Equilibria", T. A. Davis, Sorbents and their Clinical Applications, C. Giordano (ed.), Academic Press, New York, 1980.
  3. "Electrodialysis", T. A. Davis, Handbook of Industrial Membrane Technology, M. C. Porter (ed.), Noyes, Park Ridge, NJ, 1990.
  4. "Electrodialysis", T. A. Davis and D. A. Glassner, Handbook of Downstream Processing, E. Goldberg (ed.), Chapman & Hall, 1997.
  5. A First Course in Ion Permeable Membranes, T. A. Davis, J. D. Genders and D. Pletcher, The Electrochemical Consultancy, 1997.
  6. “Diffusion Dialysis”, T. A. Davis, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Ian D. Wilson (ed), Academic Press, 2000.
  7. “Donnan Dialysis”, T. A. Davis, Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Ian D. Wilson (ed), Academic Press, 2000.
  8. “Electromembrane Processes”, T. A. Davis, V. Grebenyuk, and O. Grebenyuk,  Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry, S. P. Nunes and K.-V. Peinemann (ed.), Wiley-VCH, 2001.
VII. Patents

    1. 3,382,553 - Apparatus to Compact Fabrics

    2. 4,032,452 - Electrically Regenerated Ion Exchange System

    3. 4,252,653 - Hemoperfusion Device for Specific Modification or Removal of Components of Whole Blood

    4. 4,327,046 - Method for Producing a Rigid Shaped Mass Support System

    5. 4,376,059 - Process for Preparing Artificial Red Cells

    6. 4,388,358 - Adaptive Support System

    7. 4,390,521 - Artificial Red Cells

    8. 4,536,283 - Integrated Process for Deasphalting Heavy Oils using a Gaseous Antisolvent (CO2)

    9. 4,565,623 - Method for Deasphalting Heavy Oils Using a Miscible Solvent at a Low Treat Ratio and a Carbon Dioxide Antisolvent

    10. 4,707,257 - Air/Water Distributor Underdrain

    11. 4,880,513 - Use of Bipolar Membranes to Split Salt into Regenerants for Ion Exchangers

    12. 5,049,233 - Recovery of Sodium Hydroxide and Aluminum Hydroxide from Etching Waste
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