Service Activities of Semih Eser

Professional Services:

Service to Penn State:

Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Associate Department Head, 2001- 2006
Acting Department Head, January 1 –August 15, 2004
Faculty Search Committee, Chair, 2008
Graduate Education and Research Committee, Chair, 2004-2005
Scholarships and Awards Committee, Chair, 2001-2006
Strategic Planning Committee, Chair, 2001-2002

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Search Committee for the EGEE Department Head, 2004
Diversity Task Force, 2002
Environment Committee, Chair, 2002
Undergraduate Programs Advisory Committee (UPAC), 2001-2006
Scholarship Committee, 2001-2006
Energy Institute
  Coordinator, Carbon Materials Research, 2000 - present
  Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Process Chemistry, Director, 1998 – 2000; Associate Director, 1995 – 1998


Penn State University

Schreyer Honors College Faculty Advisory Committee, 2005 - present
Graduate Council, Member, 2001-2002, 2002-2004
      Committee on Graduate Students and Faculty Issues, 2001-2002
      Fellowships and Awards Committee, 2002-2004
Graduate School Teaching Certificate Committee, 2003
Advisory Committee for International Partnerships and Academic Linkages, 2003
Teaching and Learning Consortium Chair, Faculty Team  2001- 2003
Co-chair, TLC Colloquy VIII, 2002
Chair, Proposal Review Committee, TLC Colloquy VIII, 2002
Search Committee for the Director of Science Technology and Society Program, 2002.

Professional Services:

Editorial Board:

J. Int Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology, 2007-
Editorial Board – Chemistry Central Journal (Section Editor for Energy & Fuels) , 2006- present
Journal of ASTM International, 2003- present


Proposal Reviewer:

U.S. Department of Agriculture for funding in Wood and Wood Products Research, 200-2003
Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central PA. 2002
US DOD: Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR), 2001
US –Israel Binational Science Foundation, 2000
ACS Petroleum Research Fund, 2000
SABIC- King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia, 2000, 2008
U.S. Department of Education, FIPSE U.S.-Brazil Consortia, 2003

Reviewer for Journals:

Carbon
Energy & Fuels
Fuel
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Fuel Science and Technology
 Environmental Science and Technology
 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
ASME J. Eng. for Gas Turbines and Power
AIAA J. Propulsion and Power
Nature
Physical Chemistry
 Colloids & Surfaces
Chemical Engineering Communications
Advances in Environmental Research

External Examiner:

Ph. D. Thesis, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia, 2002
Ph. D. Thesis, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, 2002
Ph. D. Thesis, Duquesne University, 2005
 
Consultant:

Chicago Carbon Company/Unocal, 2004
Ethyl Corporation, 2002
 Siemens VDO, Germany, 2002
Parker-Hannifin Coporation, 1999 -2000
The Carbide-Graphite Group, Inc., 1995-2000.
Allied Signal Company, 1999.
Conoco, Inc.  1994-1998
Chevron Chemical Company, 1998
The Carbon Graphite Group, 1993-1994
Amoco Oil Company, 1992-1993

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society
   Division of Fuel Chemistry, Chair, 2006, Program Chair, 2004, Membership Chair, 1997-2001

  Received Chempower 99 (ChemLuminary) award in the ACS Division Membership Contest on behalf of Fuel Chemistry Division, 218th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1999.
 
 Received ACS Innovative Projects Fund for Divisional Enhancement Award ($5,000) for “Attracting Graduate and Undergraduate Students to Divisional Activities at ACS National Meetings,” 2005.  
 
Received ACS Innovative Projects Fund for Divisional Enhancement Award ($7,500) for “Public Education and Outreach for Basic Literacy on Energy and Fuel Issues,” 2006.
  Organizer and chair of five topical symposia and two general papers symposia.  

American Carbon Society   
 Session Chairman: 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003,
   

Session Chairman
     Activated Carbons 1    Int. Symp. On Carbon, Tokyo, Japan             1998
     Activated Carbons 2    Int. Symp. On Carbon, Tokyo, Japan             1998

Phi Kappa Phi/Penn State Chapter ,           Treasurer, 2006 -present

American Society for Engineering Education
  Peer review of conference papers, 2006

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