B.S., University of Illinois M.S., Ph.D., University of Delaware
Joseph Ritter joined the faculty in 1995. Dr. Ritter has a doctorate in chemical engineering and a master's degree in computer science. His dissertation was in experimental high pressure thermodynamics and his master's emphasis was in artificial intelligence and linguistics. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1989, Dr. Ritter joined the Amoco Oil Research and Development Department. There he spent three and a half years continuing his work in artificial intelligence by developing on-line, real-time expert systems. He was also director of the Amoco Oil Research and Development cooperative education program. In 1992 he transferred to the Whiting (Indiana) Refinery as a process control engineer. Later, as an operations engineer, he was responsible for managing the daily technical operation of three refinery process units. He has presented several papers and chaired technical sessions on high pressure phase equilibria of supercritical fluids at national meetings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has published three technical journal articles. His current research interests include phase equilibria, bioremediation, and the practical application of solar energy. He currently serves as a faculty advisor to the Principia College Solar Car Project and Director of the Engineering Science Program.
