Kenneth Richard Cox

Background

Cox, Kenneth Richard was born on August 8, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of William Ralston and Elinor Faith (Wagner) Cox.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1974; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Illinois, 1979.

Career

Physical science aide, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, summer 1972; summer engineer, Union Camp Corporation, Franklin, Virginia, summer 1973; summer engineer, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Naperville, Illinois, summer 1974; graduate teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1974-1979; staff research engineer, Shell Development Company, Houston, 1979-1996; associate professor chemical engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1996. Visiting lecturer U. Houston, Texas, summer 1980. Exchange scientist Shell Research B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1986-1987.

Lecturer and presenter in field.

Achievements

• Kenneth Richard Cox has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Church county member Memorial Doctor Lutheran Church, Houston, 1993-1995. Trustee St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois. Member AIChE (member area 1a program committee 1990-1995, chairman area 1a program committee 1993-1995, chairman programming group 1 1996-1999), American Chemical Society, PhiKappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: baritone horn, tenor recorder, hand bells, computer graphics, photography.

Connections

Married Sylvia Elizabeth Castaño, June 17, 1979. 1 child, Clarissa Victoria Castaño Cox.

Father:

William Ralston Cox

Mother:

Elinor Faith (Wagner) Cox

Spouse:

Sylvia Elizabeth Castaño

child:

Clarissa Victoria Castaño Cox