James Empson Peters

Background

Peters, James Empson was born on September 11, 1954 in Seymour, Indiana, United States. Son of Empson Geyer and Lela Evelyn (Durham) Peters.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1976; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1981.

Career

Assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1981-1986; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986-1991; associate head, grad and research studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1991; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1991.

Achievements

• James Empson Peters has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical and industrial engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, Propellants and Combustion Best Paper award 1991). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Combustion Institute, American Society for Engineering Education.

Connections

Married Teresa Jane Wolf, June 7, 1980. Children: Molly Elizabeth, Anna Katherine, Samuel James.

Father:

Empson Geyer Peters

Mother:

Lela Evelyn (Durham) Peters

Spouse:

Teresa Jane Wolf

child:

Anna Katherine Peters

child:

Samuel James Peters

child:

Molly Elizabeth Peters