David M. Ford

David M. Ford, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director

209 Goessmann Lab
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts Amherst
686 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9303
413-577-0134 (office)
413-545-1647 (FAX)
ford@ecs.umass.edu

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996
M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1992
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991

Current Focus of Research

Research Interests
Statistical Thermodynamics
Molecular Simulation
Adsorption
Transport in Microporous Materials
Diffusion in Polymers
Financial Modeling

Publications

Refereed Journals

Bahukudumbi, P. and Ford, D.M., "A Molecular Modeling Study of the Permeability-
Selectivity Tradeoff in Polymeric and Microporous Membranes," Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res.
submitted (2006)

Fang, J.S., Ford, D.M., and Mannan, M.S., "Value at risk perspective on layers of protection
analysis," Proc. Safety & Environ. Protection submitted (2006)

Aydogmus, T. and Ford, D.M., "Molecular simulation of permeation through organofunctionalized
porous nanocomposite membranes," J. Membrane Sci. submitted (2006)

Yoo, S., Ford, D.M., and Shantz, D.F., "Synthesis and Characterization of Alumina-Ordered
Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Membranes," Langmuir 22, 1839 (2006)

Javaid, A., Gonzalez, S.O., Simanek, E.E., and Ford, D.M., "Nanocomposite membranes of
chemisorbed and physisorbed molecules on porous alumina for environmentally important
separations," J. Membrane Sci. in press, avail. on web (2006)

Ford, D.M., "Enthalpy-entropy compensation is not a general feature of weak association,"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 16167-16170 (2005)

Ford, D.M., "Probing the Origins of Linear Free Energy Relationships with Molecular
Theory And Simulation," Adsorption 11, 271-277 (2005)

Lu, M., Bevan, M.A., and Ford, D.M., "Inverse density functional theory as an interpretive
tool for measuring colloid-surface interactions in dense systems," J. Chem. Phys. 122,
224710 (2005).

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