Faculty & staff
- Rudy Krack
Adjunct Instructor-Laboratory Engineer - E-mail: rkrack@vcu.edu
- Phone: (804) 828-6641
- Fax: (804) 828-3846
- Address
- School of Engineering, Room 420
- 601 West Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23284-9068
Education / Experience
- B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University 1975
- 2000-2007 Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Technology Assessment Engineer
- 1997-2000 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Production Technologist
- 1996-1997 Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Contract Validation Engineer
- 1991-1996 Hoffmann LaRoche, Principal Plant / Process Engineer
- 1977-1991 Nepera Chemicals, Process Engineer / Manager Production Engineering
- 1975-1976 J. T. Baker Chemical, Production / Plant Project Engineer
Professional Activites
- Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Treasurer, Tidewater Virginia section of AIChE
- Tresurer, Richmond Joint Engineers Council (RJEC)
- Member, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE)
Interests
- Process design and development
- Scale-up and technical transfer
- Process safety
- Project management
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
Responsibilities
Provide support to the department's laboratories; equipment and instrumentation maintenance, daily operations and supplies. Ensure compliance with VCU and federal regulations regarding environmental protection, health, and safety. Design and implement new instructional experiments.