Wm. James Frederick, Jr. Professor School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering Director of IPST at Georgia Tech Institute of Paper Science and Technology 500 10th Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0620 Office:  IPST 512 Phone: 404.894.2082 jim.frederick@ipst.gatech.edu B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1967, University of Maine M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1969, University of Maine Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 1973, University of Maine Dr. Frederick is a professor with the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and holds a joint appointment with the School of Materials Science and Engineering.  He is also the Director of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Frederick previously held the positions of Associate Professor (1976-1980) and Professor (1997-2001) at IPST. His prior academic experience includes 10 years on the faculty of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University, where he was head of that department from 1992-96. From 2001-2003, he held the CEI Professorship in Green Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology, Gotherburg Sweden. He was Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland from 1988-1991. He also has industrial experience with Weyerhaeuser Company and General Motors. Dr. Frederick's research interests are in Environmentally Sustainable Industries and Process Technology. His work in this area has focused on chemicals and energy from industrial wastes, and on improved technologies for chemical and energy recovery. Research Interests Sustainable Process Technology Kraft Chemical Recovery For more information on his research click here.