Virginia Commonwealth University
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Dr. Michael H. Peters

Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
E-mail: mpeters@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 828-7789
Fax: (804) 828-3846
Dr. Michael H. Peters

Address

Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Engineering
601 West Main Street, Room 403A
P.O. Box 843028
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3028

Classes Taught

  • Mathematical Methods in Engineering
  • Unit Operations for Chemical Engineers
  • Mass Transport Phenomena
  • Heat Transport Phenomena
  • Momentum Transport Phenomena or Fluid Mechanics
  • Chemical Transport Phenomena
  • Introduction to Chemical Engineering - Mass and Energy Balances
  • Quantitative Anatomy and Systems Physiology

Current Research Topics

  • Novel drug delivery methods in the treatment of health and disease
  • Small molecule drug synthesis

Education

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton , 1977
  • M.S. Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University , 1979
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University , 1981

Recent Publications

  • Peters, M.H., "Analytical (Perturbation) Solution to the Problem of Rarefied Gas Flows in Two-Bodied Systems: Results for Flows over Two Cylinders", Phys. Fluids, 8, 1089-1106 (1996). search for publication
  • Peters, M. H., "Brownian Particle Adsorption in Unsteady-State Viscous Flows in Pores", J Colloid and Interface Sci., 186, 477-492 (1997). search for publication
  • Peters, M. H., "Fokker-Planck Equation and the Grand Molecular Friction Tensor for Coupled Rotational and Translational Motions of Structured Brownian Particles near Structured Surfaces", J. Chem. Phys., 110, 528-538, 1999. search for publication
  • Peters, M.H., "Fokker-Planck Equation, Molecular Friction, and Molecular Dynamics for Brownian Particle Transport near External Solid Surfaces", J. Statistical Phys., 94, 557-587, 1999. search for publication
  • Peters, M.H., "The Smoluchowski Diffusion Equation for Structured Macromolecules Near Structured Surfaces", J. Chemical Physics, 112, 5488-5498 (2000). search for publication
  • Zhang, Y., Peters, M.H., and Li, Y., "Nonequilibrium Multiple Time Scale Dynamic Simulation of Receptor-Ligand Interactions in Structured Protein Systems", Proteins, Structure, Function and Genetics, 52, 339-348, 2003. search for publication

Research Interests

  • Pathway discovery via microimaging NMR for delivery of local chemotherapuetic agents in the treatment of skin cancers
  • Improving vascular graft efficacies using locally delivered novel promoter factors
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