Assistant Dean for Diversity

Derrick Rollins

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor of of Statistics
116 Marston Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2151

Phone: (515) 294-5516
Fax: (515) 294-9273
drollins@iastate.edu

Education

Ph.D. The Ohio State University (chemical engineering) 1990
M.S. The Ohio State University (statistics) 1989
M.S. The Ohio State University (chemical engineering) 1987
B.S. University of Kansas (chemical engineering) 1979

Recent Honors and Awards

  • ISU Engineering Student Council Leadership Award, “for significant and lasting contributions to the success of Iowa State engineering students” (2007)
  • VEISHEA Nomination as Faculty of the Year for the College of Engineering (2007)
  • ISU Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (2007).
  • ISU AIChE Student Chapter, "Come on in, it's not my office hours," award (2007)
  • ISU AIChE Student Chapter, "Favorite Faculty Member" award (2007)
  • ISU Engineering Student Council Leadership Award, “for significant and lasting
    contributions to the success of Iowa State engineering students” (2006)
  • ISU AIChE Student Chapter, "Come on in, it's not my office hours," award (2006)
  • Outstanding Faculty Member, by Interfraternity Council, "Selected as one of ISU's most outstanding faculty members" (Fall 2006)
  • Outstanding Faculty Member, by Interfraternity Council, “Selected as one of ISU’s most outstanding faculty members” (Fall 2005)
  • ISU recipient of the 2005 Regents Faculty Excellence Award given by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa

Academic Areas of Specialization

Teaching

  • STAT 231 Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers
  • STAT 305 Engineering Statistics & Chemical Engineering Statistics
  • STAT 401, Statistical Methods for Research Workers
  • ChE 210, Material and Energy Balances
  • ChE 421 Process Dynamics and Control
  • ChE 592x, Advanced Process Control, ChE
  • 692x, Advanced Statistical Modeling in Chemical Engineering

Research

  • Predictive Modeling and Control of Chemical Processes
  • Data Reconciliation/Gross Error Detection
  • Statistical Process Control/Multivariate Statistical Process Control
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • On-Line Process Control
  • Human Thermoregulatory System Identification
  • Powder Mixtures -- Assessment and Stochastic Modeling of Mixing
  • Commercial Grain Dryer Modeling for Moisture Control
  • Micro Array Inference and Analysis (bio and material informatics)
  • Combi-Science and Engineering
  • System Identification of Type II Diabetics
  • Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI)
  • Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)

A more detailed vitae can be found at Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering website.