Faculty > Sean P. Holleran

Sean P. Holleran

Lecturer in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

B.S. Chemical Engineering – Cornell University 1999
M.S. Chemical Engineering – University of Michigan 2002
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering – University of Michigan 2007

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phone: 215.898.9879

Current Focus:

Undergraduate engineering education and curriculum development, freshmen advising, outreach and enrichment activities.

Honors and Awards:

• 2005 College of Engineering Distinguished Leadership Award (University of Michigan)
• 2004 Michigan Teaching Fellow (University of Michigan)
• 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (University of Michigan)
• 2004 Outstanding Student Organization Award (Sean Holleran, President, ASEE)

Penn Courses Taught :

• CBE 459 – Chemical Engineering Process Design
• CBE 410 – Senior Operations Lab
• CBE 350 – Fluid Mechanics
• CBE 231 – Thermodynamics of Fluids
• CBE 160 – Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Selected Publications:

S.P. Holleran, R.G. Larson (Macromolecules – in press). “Multiple regimes of collision of an electrophoretically translating polymer chain against a thin post.”.

S.P. Holleran, R.G. Larson. “Using spring repulsions to model entanglement interactions in Brownian dynamics simulations of bead-spring chains.”, Rheological Acta, 2008, 47, 3-17.

E.R. Chan, S.P Holleran, A.J.H. McGaughey, C. Rasmussen. “Avenues for promoting future engineering educators.” Proceedings of the ASEE National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.