William B. Krantz
Professor and President's Teaching Scholar
Co-Director, NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology
Research Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
(303) 492-7050 phone
(303) 492-4341 fax
krantz@colorado.edu

B.A., St. Joseph's College (1961)
B.S., University of Illinois (1962)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1968)

Guggenheim Fellow (1988)
Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award, University of Colorado (1995)

S.S. Shojaie, W.B. Krantz and A.R. Greenberg, "Dense Polymer Film and Membrane Formation via the Dry-Cast Process: Part I. Model Development," J. Membrane Science, 94, 255-280 (1994).

A.C. Fowler and W.B. Krantz, "Generalized Secondary Frost Heave Model," SIAM J. Appl. Math., 54(6), 1650-1675 (1994).

W.B. Krantz and J.G. Sczechowski, "Scaling Initial and Boundary Value Problems--A Tool in Engineering Teaching and Practice," Chemical Engineering Education, 28(4), 236-214 (1994).

D.B. Thiessen, D.J. Chione, C.B. McCreary and W.B. Krantz, "Robust Digital Image Analysis of Pendant Drop Shapes," J. of Colloid and Interface Sci., 177, 658-665 (1996).

W.B. Krantz, R.R. Bilodeau, M.E. Voorhees and R.J. Elgas, "Use of Axial Membrane Vibrations to Enchance Mass Transfer in a Hollow Tube Oxygenator," J. Membrane Science, 124, 283-299 (1997).

Membrane Science, Materials Processing in Low-Gravity, Transport Processes in Geophysical Systems.

Membrane Science:  Our membrane research has three principal thrusts: polymeric and metallic membrane formation; membrane fouling; and biomedical applications of membrane technology. Much of this research is done through our NSF Center fo r Separations Using Thin Films in close cooperation with our industry sponsors.

Materials Processing in Low Gravity:  Low gravity provides a unique environment which offers many advantages for studying and developing new materials. The thrust of our current low-gravity program is polymeric membrane formation. Student s have the opportunity to fly their experiments on NASA low-g flight and space shuttle programs.

Transport Processes in Geophysical Systems:  In cooperation with Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, we are studying self-organization and frost-heave phenomena in recurrently frozen ground. Our modeling and laboratory studi es are complemented by field studies at the University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station as well as in the Arctic.

Center for Separtaions Using Thin Films Co-Director Dr. William B. Krantz examines membrane morphology using the Center’s high resolution scanning electron microscope.