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Raymond Legge is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. During his 37-year career at the University of Waterloo he has served in a variety of administrative roles including as Assistant Vice-President Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Associate Dean of Engineering Graduate Studies and International Agreements, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies and Director of the Biotechnology Research Centre.
His research expertise is in biochemical engineering with applications to environmental engineering, water treatment, green bioprocesses and bioseparation, with a focus on the development and application of spectroscopically based tools for monitoring, characterization and control.
He is the recipient on two occasions of the Sandford Fleming Foundation Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award.
During his career he has published over 380 refereed publications and conference proceedings along with 13 book chapters and review articles. His career Google h-index is 46 with over 9000 citations. He is a member of the Water Institute, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology and the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research.
Research Areas:
Electrostatic-based Separation of Agricultural Flours
More recently research in the lab has focused on exploring electrostatic-based separation for the production of protein- and starch-enriched fractions from agricultural flours. This approach offers numerous advantages including retention of native structures of the feed material and sustainability. Research is also being conducted in the area of bioprocess monitoring and applying near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) to systems that can be characterised as non-soluble.
Drinking Water Treatment & Monitoring
The primary focus of the laboratory is in the study of natural organic matter (NOM). We have been active in a variety of areas related to measurement and monitoring of NOM, particularly through the use of fluorescence excitation emission matrices (FEEM) combined with chemometric methods. These approaches are being applied to better understand water treatment processes that involve filtration or biofiltration and to develop strategies to optimize or better control these processes. It is hoped that this research will lead to the development of novel technologies that can be applied in practice or to more insightful modeling/optimization of these processes.
Awards:
• Academic Achievement Award, American Water Works Association
• Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
• Sandford Fleming Foundation Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (twice)
• Distinguished Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering (three times)
• Award of Merit from the Canadian Society for Chemistry
• Excellence in Research Award with Dr. C. Barclay from the Research and Technology Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment
• University of Waterloo Alumni Gold Medal
• Lionel Cinq Mars Award from the Canadian Botanical Association
• Invitation Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• NSERC University Research Fellowship
• NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin)
Prof. Legge is a member of the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research, Water Institute and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
University of Waterloo
Engineering 6 (E6)
Phone: 519-888-4567
Staff and Faculty Directory
Contact the Department of Chemical Engineering
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