Archibald G. Hill
Curriculum Vita
Education
M.Engr., Chemical Engineering (5-year program),
Speed Scientific School,
University of Louisville, 1973
Ph.D., Engineering (Chemical), Louisiana Tech
University, 1980
Experience
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1986-2005 (retired),
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Oklahoma State University, 1980-86.
Research Associate, Louisiana Tech University, 1977-80.
Registration
Professional Engineer in Chemical Engineering, Louisiana No. 24903
Recent Publications
"Avoiding 'Split Personality' in 2x2 Multivariable
Control," ISA 2001
Technology Update, ISA Vol. 414 (CD-ROM Conference
Proceedings),
Houston, TX, September 10-13, 2001, 12p.
"Investigation of Pressure as a Manipulated Variable
for Single-Point and
Two-Point Distillation Control," paper no.
96b, AIChE Spring Meeting,
Houston, TX, April 23-26, 2001, 14p.
"Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium for the System: Acetic
Acid and Methyl Isoamyl
Ketone," paper no. 85c, AIChE Spring
Meeting, Houston, TX, April
23-26, 2001, 2p.
"Partition Coefficients for Aconitic Acid Between
Aqueous Solutions and
Tertiary Amine Containing Solvents," with
M.K. Pampatwar, presented at
the 30th Joint Meeting of the Am. Soc. of
Sugar Cane Technologists,
St. Petersburg Beach, FL, June 14-16, 2000,
5 p.
"Feasibility of Recovering Aconitic Acid from Molasses
by Extraction,"
with S. Kancharla, Proceedings of the International
Conference on
Value-Added Products for the Sugar Industry,
Baton Rouge, LA,
April 26-28, 1999, 10 p.
"Laboratory Study of Aconitic Acid Recovery from
Molasses by Extraction,"
with G.R. Gayam, presented at the 28th Joint
Meeting of the Am. Soc. of
Sugar Cane Technologists, St. Petersburg,
FL, June 17-19, 1998, 8 p.
"Analysis of 2x2 Decentralized Multivariable Control,"
paper no. 60g,
AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans,
March 8-12, 1998, 10 p.
"Spreadsheet Analysis of 2x2 Multivariable Control
with Single Loop
Controllers," presented at the ISA Chemical
and Petroleum Industries
Division Spring Symposium, New Orleans, April
7-9, 1997, 10 p.
"Capacity Limitation of a Pilot Plant Triple Effect
Evaporator," with
R. Kalidindi, presented at the American Society
of Sugar Cane
Technologists Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg,
Florida, June 20-21, 1996.
"Spreadsheet Analysis of Stability in 2x2 Decentralized
Multivariable
Control," presented at the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers
Spring Meeting, New Orleans, February 27-29,1996.
"Strategy for X,Y-Position Control of an Elastomeric
Robot Finger
(Flexible Micro Actuator)," with S.A. Smith
and S. Tugsinorot, ISA/95,
Advances in Instrumentation and Control,
Vol. 50, Pt. 3, 1995,
pp. 1549-1561.
"Development of an LCD Based Local Operator's Panel
for a Remote
Terminal Unit Controller, " with S. Ramamoorthi,
ISA/94,
Advances
in Instrumentation and Control, Vol. 49,
Pt. 3, 1994, pp. 1411-1417.
"Experimental Study of a Once-Per-Transient Process
and Disturbance
Identification Method," with S. Ramamoorthi,
ISA/94
Advances in
Instrumentation and Control, Vol. 49,
Pt. 3, 1994, pp.1393-1409.
"Computer Control of a Double Effect Evaporator,"
with S. Ramamoorthi,
ISA/93 Advances in Instrumentation and
Control, Vol. 48, Part 3,
1993, pp. 2145-2149.
"Once-Per-Transient Process Identification Using
a Digita Signal
Processor (TMS320C25 SWDS)," with Yuan Wei
Lin and Sriram Ramamoorthi,
Third Annual TMS320 Educators Conference,
Vol. 2, August 11-13, 1993,
Houston, TX, sponsored by Texas Instruments.
"Simulation of an Adaptive Control Method," with
T. Phoonsiri, ISA/92,
Advances in Instrumentation and Control,
Vol. 47, Part 2, 1992,
pp. 1469-1475.
"Using a Sreadsheet to Simulate the DMC Algorithm,"
Creativity,
Educating
World Class Engineers, Proceedings of the
1992 Annual Conference,
American Society of Engineering Education,
Vol.2, 1992, pp. 1039-1044.
"Expert System for Predicting Tubing Life in Gas
Condensate Wells," with
C.D. Adams and J.D. Garber, Paper No. 92273,
Corrosion 92, National
Association of Corrosion Engineers Annual
Conference, Nashville, TN,
April 26 - May 1, 1992.
"Frequency Response Calculations with a Spreadsheet,"
Challenges
of a
Changing World, Proceedings of the 1991
Annual Conference, American
Society of Engineering Education, Vol.
1, 1991, pp. 974-980.
"Process Identification by Curve Fitting: Effect
of Noise," with
T. Phoonsiri and W. Raksakij, ISA/90 Advances
in Instrumentation
and Control, Vol. 45, Part 3, 1990,
pp. 1253-1264.
"Once-per-Transient Identification of an Inverse
Response Process," with
M. Velappan and R.J. Farrell, ISA/90 Advances
in Instrumentation and
Control, Vol. 45, Part 3, 1990, pp.
1231-1243.
"Using a Spreadsheet Program for Frequency Response
Analysis,"
ISA Transactions, Vol.29, No.3, 1990,
pp. 59-70.
Recent Masters Theses Supervised
"Partition Coefficients for Aconitic Acid between
Aqueous Solutions
and Tertiary Amine Containing Solvents,"
Manish K. Pampatwar,
Fall, 2000.
"Studies on the Distribution of Aconitic Acid
Between Acidified
Water/ Molasses and Ethyl Acetate,"
Sridattadev Kancharla, Spring, 1999.
"Pilot Plant Study of a Triple Effect Evaporator,"
Raju Kalidindi,
Fall, 1996.
"Vapor Liquid Equilibrium for the System:
Acetic Acid - Methyl Isoamyl
Ketone," Nasreen Jafri, Fall, 1995.
"Closed Loop Identification Using an Integrating
Plus Dead Time Process
Model," Yuanwei Lin, Fall, 1994.
"Experimental Study of a Once-Per-Transient
Process and Disturbance
Identification Method," Sriram Ramamoorthi,
Summer, 1994.
"Automatic Control of a Double Effect Evaporator,"
Terence Mendis,
Summer, 1994.
"Control of an Elastomeric Robot Finger,"
Seree Tugsinorot, Spring, 1994.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society
Instrument Society of America
American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists