| Name |
Donald Richard VREDEVELD |
| Born |
29 Jul 1931 |
Muskegon, Muskegon Co, MI  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
Lehman High School, Canton, OH [1] |
| Education |
Michigan Tech University (B.S. in Chemical Engineering) [1] |
| Education |
WV College of Graduate Studies (M.S. in Chemical Engineering) [1] |
| Occupation |
Union Carbide Chemical Co. (46 yrs) [1] |
- Don Vredeveld was employed by Union Carbide Chemical Company from 1953 to 1999 (46 years). He worked in the Coal Hydrogenation Pilot Plant at Institute, WV and the Chemicals R/D and Engineering Departments at the Technical Center in South Charleston, WV. Don was Manager of Chemical Engineering Technology when he retired in 1999.
He was a recognized authority on the Physical Properties of Chemical Substances. He was one of the founders of the Design Institute of Physical Property Research (DIPPR), which was and continues to be one of the largest joint Industrial/University research projects ever sponsored under the auspices of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He developed the Vredeveld Equation, which is widely used throughout the Chemical Industry for calculating the thermal conductivity of liquid chemical mixtures.
Don was active within the Chemical Engineering Profession. He delivered technical papers and chaired sessions at meetings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and other technical organizations. He was a member of the Board of Industrial Advisors at several Universities including Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA; and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Manchester, England. He was Chairman of the Research Consortium at UMIST in Manchester, England.
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| Residence |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV [1, 2] |
| Died |
4 Mar 2022 |
Wytheville, Wythe Co, VA [1] |
| Person ID |
I77396 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
7 Mar 2024 |
1931 - 2022 (90 years)