Current Positions

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois
B.Ch.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware

Research Interests

Prof. McCready’s research focuses on multiphase fluid flows in confined geometries, CO₂ absorption and reaction in multiphase systems, micro fuel cell technologies, and fundamentals of phase change processes.

Key Words

Carbon Capture and Conversion, Geothermal

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Zhang, Yushan, Yong Zhang, Mark J. McCready, and Edward J. Maginn. "Prediction of membrane separation efficiency for hydrophobic and hydrophilic proteins." Journal of molecular modeling 25, no. 5 (2019): 1-12.
2. Zhang, Yushan, Yong Zhang, Mark J. McCready, and Edward J. Maginn. "Evaluation and refinement of the general AMBER Force Field for nineteen pure organic electrolyte solvents." Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 63, no. 9 (2018): 3488-3502.
3. Sharma, Akash, Yong Zhang, Thomas Gohndrone, Seungmin Oh, Joan F. Brennecke, Mark J. McCready, and Edward J. Maginn. "How mixing tetraglyme with the ionic liquid 1-n-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide changes volumetric and transport properties: An experimental and computational study." Chemical Engineering Science 159 (2017): 43-57.
4. Gurkan, Burcu E., Thomas R. Gohndrone, Mark J. McCready, and Joan F. Brennecke. "Reaction kinetics of CO 2 absorption in to phosphonium based anion-functionalized ionic liquids." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, no. 20 (2013): 7796-7811.
5. Wilhite, B. A., X. Huang, M. J. McCready, and A. Varma. "Effects of induced pulsing flow on trickle-bed reactor performance." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 42, no. 10 (2003): 2139-2145.