Professor & Chair, Chemical Engineering
Biographical Sketch:
Prof. JoAnn Slama Lighty has been on the faculty at the University of Utah since 1988. Presently, she is chair of Chemical Engineering. She stepped down as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering in July 2004 having been in the Dean's Office for 9 years. She was the founding director of the institute (then the Institute for Combustion and Energy Studies) from 2004-2007.Prof. Lighty's research interests are in the areas of air toxics, combustion-generated aerosols and their characterization; soot formation and oxidation; and technologies for carbon capture from coal-fired combustion systems. She has been involved in the Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy, the Center for the Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE), and a National Science Foundation, Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) award focused on the formation of soot from diesel engines. Her current work involves studying soot oxidation under fuel-lean conditions, ash partitioning under oxy-coal combustion, and chemical looping economics. She received the SWE Distinguished Engineering Educator in 2004, Utah Engineering Educator of the Year Award in 2001 and has been on several national and university committees, including: Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee and Subcommittee on Particle Monitoring; Presidential Commission on the Status of Women for the University of Utah; and the Board of the Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science (AMES) Charter School (founding member). She is a By-Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, for the Michaelmas Term 2010.
Prof. Lighty's hobbies including camping in the beautiful State of Utah, watching University of Utah UTES sports, and spending time with her two daughters, and husband.
Publications
Journal & Book Publications
Kerry, Kelly; Wagner, David A.; Lighty, JoAnn; Nunez, Margarito Quintero; Vazquez, F. Adrian; Collins, Kimberly; Barud-Zubillaga, Alberto, Black carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from vehicles in the United States/Mexico border region: Pilot study, Mar 2006
Zielinska, Barbara; Arnott, W. Patrick; Fujita, Eric M.; Rogers, C. Fred; Sagebiel, John C.; McDonald, Jacob D.; Griffin, james Brian; Kelly, Kerry; Overacker, Dana; Wagner, David; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sarofim, Adel; Palmer, Glenn, Characterization of submicron exhaust particles from engines operating without load on diesel and JP-8 fuels (Abstract only), 2003
Sirdeshpande, Avinash R.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Kinetics of the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 over CuO/ç-Al2O3 (Abstract only), 2000
Sahir, Asad H.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sohn, Hong Yong, Kinetics of Copper Oxidation in the Air Reactor of a Chemical Looping Combustion System using the Law of Additive Reaction Times, Oct 12, 2011
Eddings, Eric G.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Kozinski, Janusz A., Determination of metal behavior during the incineration of a contaminated montmorillonite clay (Abstract only), 1994
Sahir, Asad H.; Sohn, Hong Yong; Leion, Henrik; Lighty, JoAnn S., Rate Analysis of Chemical-Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) for Solid Fuels(Abstract only), 2012
Lighty, JoAnn Slama; D'Anna, Andrea; Echavarria, Carlos A.; Sarofim, Adel F., Modeling and measurements of size distributions in premixed ethylene and benzene flames, 2009
Cauch, Brydger; Silcox, Geoffrey D.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Wendt, Jost O. L.; Fry, Andrew; Senior, Constance L., Confounding effects of aqueous-phase impinger chemistry on apparent oxidation of mercury in flue gases (Abstract only), 2008
Serre, Shannon D.; Silcox, Geoffrey D., Adsorption of elemental mercury on the residual carbon in coal fly ash (Abstract only), 2000
Jia, Yunlu; Lighty, JoAnn S., Ash Particulate Formation from Pulverized Coal under Oxy-Fuel Combustion Conditions, Apr 02, 2012
Fry, Andrew; Cauch, Brydger; Silcox, Geoffrey D.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Senior, Constance L., Experimental evaluation of the effects of quench rate and quartz surface area on homogeneous mercury oxidation, 2007
Huggins, Frank; Hu, Autumn A.; Veranth, John M.; Smith, Kevin R.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Aust, Ann E., Mossbauer spectroscopy indicates that iron in an aluminosilicate glass phase Is the source of the bioavailable iron from coal fly ash (Abstract only), 2000
Aust, Ann E.; Veranth, John M.; Hu, Autumn A.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Smith, Kevin R., Interleukin-8 levels in human lung epithelial cells are increased in response to coal fly ash and vary with the bioavailability of iron, as a function of particle size and source of coal (Abstract only), 2000
Aust, Ann E.; Dansie, Sara L.; Griffin, James B.; Veranth, John M.; Smith, Kevin R.; Hu, Autumn A.; Huggins, Matthew L.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Coal fly ash and mineral dust for toxicology and particle characterization studies: equipment and methods for PM2.5- and PM1-enriched samples (Abstract only), 2000
Arnott, W. P.; Zielinska, B.; Sagebiel, J.; Rogers, C. F.; Kelly, K. E.; Wagner, D. A.; Lighty, J. S.; Sarofim, A. F.; Palmer, G., Phase and size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diesel and gasoline vehicle emissions (Abstract only), 2004
Eyring, E. M.; Konya, G.; Lighty, J. S.; Sahir, A. H.; Sarofim, A. F.; Whitty, K., Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as Carrier and Coal as Fuel (Abstract only), Apr 12, 2011
Rogers, C. F.; Sagebiel, J.; Arnott, W. P.; Zielinska, B.; Park, Kihong; Chow, Judith; Moosmuller, Hans; Watson, John G.; Kelly, K.; Sarofim, A.; Lighty, J.; Palmer, G., Evaluation of 1047-nm photoacoustic instruments and photoelectric aerosol sensors in source-sampling of black carbon aerosol and particle-bound PAHs from gasoline and diesel powered vehicles (Abstract only), 2005
Jiang, Pengzhi; Lignell, David O.; Kelly, Kerry; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Montgomery, Christopher J., Simulation of the evolution of particle size distributions in a vehicle exhaust plume with unconfined dilution by ambient air (Abstract only), Apr 2005
Topical Reports
Baxter, Larry L.; Eddings, Eric G.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Kelly, Kerry E.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Pugmire, Ronald J.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Silcox, Geoffrey D.; Smith, Philip J.; Thornock, Jeremy N.; Wendt, Jost O. L.; Whitty, Kevin J., Clean coal program research activities: Final report: Reporting period 07/01/2006-05/31/2009, May 2010
Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Characterization of particulate emissions: Size fractionation and chemical speciation, Dec 2003
Lighty, J. S.; Wagner, D. A.; Kelly, K. E.; Sarofim, A. F.; Arnott, W. P.; Rogers, C. F.; Zielinska, B.; Prather, K. A., Appendix 1: User guide for characterizing particulate matter, Sep 2003
Lighty, J. S.; Arnott, W. P.; Rogers, C. F.; Kelly, K. E.; Sarofim, A. F.; Zielinska, B.; Prather, K. A., User guide for characterizing particulate matter: Evaluation of several real-time methods, 2003
Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Smith, Philip J.; Whitty, Kevin J.; Eyring, Edward; Sahir, Asad; Alvarez, Milo; Hradisky, Michael; Clayton, Chris; Konya, Gabor; Baracki, Richard; Kelly, Kerry, Chemical Looping Combustion Reactions and Systems Task 5 Topical Report, Utah Clean Coal Program - Reporting Period October 2008 to March 2011, Aug 2011
Wendt, J. O. L.; Eddings, E. G.; Lighty, J. S.; Ring, T.; Smith, P. J.; Thornock, J.; Jia, Y.; Morris, W.; Pedel, J.; Rezeai, D.; Wang, L.; Zhang, J.; Kelly, K., Oxy-coal Combustion Studies Task 3 Topical Report, Utah Clean Coal Program, Jan 06, 2012
Buitrago, Paula A.; Morrill, Mike; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Silcox, Geoffrey D., Modeling and experimental Studies of mercury oxidation and adsorption in a fixed-bed and entrained-flow reactor , Oct 2009
Conference Papers
Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.; Homsher, Betsy; Lighty, JoAnn; Raper, Judy; Vance, Judy, A characterization of potential women engineering administrators in academia (Abstract only), 2006
Sahir, Asad H.; Cadore, A. L.; Dansie, J. K.; Tingey, N.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Process analysis of chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) and chemical looping combustion (CLC) for solid fuels (Abstract only), 2012
Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sahir, Asad H.; Tingey, N., Leveraging CLOU experimental studies to envision design configurations for coal-fired power plants (Abstract only), Jun 2012
Conference Presentations
Jia, Yunlu; Lighty, JoAnn Slama, Particulate formation from pulverized coal under oxy-fuel combustion conditions (Abstract only), Nov 12, 2010
Sahir, Asad H.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sohn, Hong Yong, Application of the Law of Additive Reaction Times to the Analysis of Oxidation Kinetics in the Air Reactor of a Chemical Looping Combustion System (Abstract only), Oct 2011
Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Analysis of solid fuel combustion process by chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) (Abstract only), Jun 2011
Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Insights From Process Engineering Simulations for Envisioning Design of Chemical Looping Combustion Process for Solid Fuels (Abstract only), Nov 10, 2009
Sahir, Asad H.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sarofim, Adel F., Design Aspects and Insights From Experimental Data in Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling for Solid Fuel Combustion (Abstract only), Nov 2010
Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Sohn, Hong Yong, Quantitative Rate Analysis of Experimental Data relevant to chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (Abstract only), Sep 2011
Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Determination of Burnout Profiles for Coal Chars in a Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling Process (Abstract only), Mar 2011
Eyring, E. M.; Konya, G.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Whitty, K., "Chemical looping with copper oxide as carrier and coal as fuel", 1st International Conference on Chemical Looping (Abstract only), Mar 2010
Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Sahir, Asad H.; Eyring, E. M.; Konya, G., Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling: Design calculations and process engineering simulations using kinetic data (Abstract only), Oct 2010
Lighty, JoAnn S.; Sahir, Asad H.; Whitty, Kevin J.; Clayton, Chris, Chemical-looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) studies at the University of Utah (Abstract only), Sep 07, 2012
Lighty, J. S.; Sahir, A. H.; Sarofim, A. F.; Clayton, C. K.; Whitty, K. J.; Eyring, E. M.; Konya, G., Coal Combustion using Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as Carrier, Aug 06, 2010
Sahir, Asad H.; Sohn, H. Y.; Leion, Henrik; Lighty, JoAnn S., Reaction Rate Analysis Relevant to Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling for Solid Fuels (Abstract only), Oct 2012
Sahir, Asad H.; Sarofim, Adel F.; Lighty, JoAnn S., Preliminary Analysis of a Chemical Looping Combustion of Coal Scheme by ASPEN PLUS Simulations (Abstract only), Oct 2009
Sahir, Asad H.; Lighty, JoAnn S.; Bigelow, L., The Role of Open Innovation in Development of Futuristic Technologies for Carbon Capture in Coal-Fired Power Plants: An Academic Perspective (Abstract only), Oct 2012
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