Bruce E. Dale

Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Michigan State University

Bruce E. Dale is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. His first academic position was in the Department of Agricultural and Chemical Engineering at Colorado State University, where he swiftly climbed the ranks to Professor in 1988. That same year he joined Texas A&M University as Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Agricultural Engineering. It was in 1996 that he became Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University.

In addition to teaching at some of the country’s acclaimed engineering and agricultural universities, Dr. Dale has won the Charles D. Scott Award for his contributions to the use of biotechnology to produce fuels, chemical and other industrial products from renewable plant resources. In 2001 he stepped down as Chair to return to full-time research and teaching.

Research Areas

Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences

Publications Include

Biobased Industrial Products: Research and Commercialization Priorities. (May 2000)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona
• Master's Degree, University of Arizona
• Ph. D., Purdue University