Dr. Felipe Anaya
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Director of Chemical Engineering Laboratories
- Director of Chemical Engineering REU - IDEA Incubator
- Director of Chemical Engineering REU - BioPATH
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Education —
Teaching —
CPE 616: Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
CPE 626: Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
CPE 325: Numerical Methods and Statistics for Engineers
Selected Publications —
F. Anaya, C. J. Bode, K. Smith, M. B. Shiflett (2025). Undergraduate Research Experience Uses Drawing and Art to Bolster Understanding, Communication, and Innovation in Engineering. Chemical Education Division, ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22nd – 25th 2025
F. Anaya, D.E. Resasco. Enhanced Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Rates by the Combined Presence of Aqueous and Organic Media in Biphasic Systems. ACS Catal. (2020).
T.V. Bui, N. Duong, F. Anaya, D. Ngo, G. Warakunwit, D.E. Resasco. Chemistry of C-C Bond Formation Reactions Used in Biomass Upgrading: Reaction Mechanisms, Site Requirements, and Catalytic Materials. Chem. Catal. Biomass upgrading. (2020) 207 – 297.
F. Anaya, L. Zhang; Q. Tan, D. E. Resasco. Tuning the acid–metal balance in Pd/ and Pt/zeolite catalysts for the hydroalkylation of m-cresol. J. Catal. 328 (2015) 173–185.
Selected Presentations —
F. Anaya, A. Yancey-Jardon, M. B. Shiflett (2025). Bridging Theory and Practice: Student Training with Pilot-Scale Distillation at the University of Kansas, Education Division: Advancing Technical Skills Through Experiential Learning, Annual AiChE meeting, Boston, MA, November 2nd – 6th, 2025
F. Anaya, M. B. Shiflett (2025), Closing the loop: A Structured Laboratory Approach to Teaching Process Dynamics and Control Principles. Education Division: Advancing Technical Skills Through Experiential Learning, Boston, MA, November 2nd – November 6th, 2025.
F. Anaya, M. B. Shiflett, Experiments in Process Dynamics and Control at the University of Kansas. Education Division: Unit Operations Laboratory. Annual AiChE meeting, Orlando, FL, November 5th – November 10th, 2023
F Anaya, DM Griffin, MB Shiflett (2022). A State-of-the-Art Pilot-Scale Distillation Column for the Unit Operations Laboratory at the University of Kansas. Education Division: Chemical Engineering Laboratory Experiments and Instruction. Annual AiChE Meeting, Phoenix, AR. November 2022
F. Anaya, D. E. Resasco (2017). Enhancement of the Activity and Selectivity of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Water/Oil Emulsions. Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division: Liquid Phase and Reaction Engineering. Annual AiChE meeting, Minneapolis, MN. November 2017
L. Nie, F. Anaya, D. E. Resasco (2014). Acid/Metal Balance in Bifunctional Conversion of Cresol to Hydrodeoxygenated Compounds via Alkylation, Dehydration, and Hydrodeoxygenation. Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks: Fuels I. Annual AiChE meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 2014
Awards & Honors —
KU Oenbring Undergraduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering
KU Miller Faculty Scholar Award
Memberships —
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiChE)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)