Chemical Engineering Department

William J. Snyder

Bill Snyder

Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-1293
Fax: (570) 577-1141
bsnyder@bucknell.edu
William Snyder's Personal Page 




Educational Background:

  • B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., The Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
  • Post-Doctoral, Lehigh University

Teaching Experience:

  • Lehigh University
  • Bucknell University, 1968 - present

Teaching Specialties:

  • Polymers, Process Design
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Material Science
  • Thermodynamics

Research Interests:

  • Degradation of Polymers
  • Thermodynamic Properties of Solutions
  • Water Quality
  • Catalysis
  • Sensors
  • Pedagogy

Selected Publications: 

  • Aburdene, M.F., Mastascusa, E.J., Schuster, D.S., and Snyder, W.J., "Computer-Controlled Laboratory Experiments," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol 4 (1), 1996

  • Gluyas, R.E., Alston, W.B., Snyder, W.J., "Thermal History of PMR’s via Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography," NASA Tech Briefs, November, 1994

  • Aburdene, M.F., Mastascusa, E.J., and Snyder, W.J., "Assessment of Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshops," Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, Toledo, OH, pp. 1361-64

  • "Cyclopentadiene Evolution During Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography of PMR Polyimides," NASA Technical Memorandum 105629, November, 1991

  • "Thermogravimetric Analysis of the Degradation of Polyimides," Journal of High Performance Composites, Vol I, No. 2, 1990