Background
Weiss, Alvin Harvey was born on April 28, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Helen F. (Wilinsky) Weiss.
educator consultant research scientist chemical engineer
Weiss, Alvin Harvey was born on April 28, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Helen F. (Wilinsky) Weiss.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1965; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Newark College Engineering, 1955.
Chemical engineer Fiber Chemical Corporation, Cliffwood, New Jersey, 1949-1951, United States Army Chemical Corps, Edgewood, Maryland, 1951—1953, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Jersey City, 1953-1955, Houdry Process and Chemicals Company, Linwood, Pennsylvania, 1956-1963. Research associate, lecturer University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1963-1966. Professor chemical engineering Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1966-1994, professor emeritus, since 1994.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration-American Society for Engineering Education summer faculty fellow Stanford University Ames Research Center, 1967—1968. Affiliate scientist Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, 1972—1974. Fulbright-Hays senior faculty fellow to department chemical engineering Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beersheva, Israel, 1973—1974, visiting professor chemical engineering, Israel, 1974.
United States coordinator United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Cooperative Science Program in Chemical Catalysis, Topic IV, 1973—1976, principal investigator (with M.M. Sakharov), 1976—1978. Principal investigator (with K.I. Ione) United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Cooperative Science Program in Chemical Catalysis, Topic III, 1978—1980. Fulbright-Hays visiting lecturer department chemical engineering Middle East Technology University, Ankara, Turkey, 1974, visiting professor, Turkey, 91.
Visiting research scientist department organic chemistry Weizmann Institute, Rehovoth, Israel, 1974. Visiting lecturer Institute Isotopes and Central Institute Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1976. Visiting professor Institute Cultural Relations and Institute Isotopes, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1978—1980.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization chief technical advisor to Petrochem Complex of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1980. Senior research fellow chemical system laboratory Army Chemical Center, Maryland, 1981. Visiting professor Institute Organic Chemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1982—1989.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization expert in chemical process development Research Institute for Chemical Industry, Beijing, 1982. United Nations Industrial Development Organization expert in catalysis to YARPET Petrochem. Complex, Yarimca, Turkey, 1986—1987.
Board directors United States committee for science cooperative with Vietnam. Visiting lecturer National Center for Science Research, Hanoi Institute of Industrial Chemistry, Ho Chi Minh City, 1986. Visiting professor, visiting scientist Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing, Northeastern University, Boston, 2000—2002.
With chemical corps United States Army, 1951-1953.
With United States Army, 1951-1953. Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers (research committee 1968-1980, symposia chairman 1973-1984). Mem.AAUP, American College of Surgeons, American Institute Chemical Engineers, Catalysis Society (board directors, secretary 1968-1988), Catalysis Society New England (founding president 1967-1968, board directors since 1968), American Chemical Society (New England petroleum division representative 1970-1988, session chairman since 1973), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemische Apparatwesen.
Children: Linda S., Louis B. M.Devorah Schwartz, June 10, 1979.