Professional Preparation

May 1992 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, University Honors Program December 1994 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Master of Science Chemical Engineering December 1998 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering

Appointments

July, 1999– Present University of Kentucky, College of Engineering, Paducah, Kentucky PJC Engineering Professor (2008-present) Associate Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering (2005- present) Assistant Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering (1999-2005) September 1998- Consultant/ Contract Developer, Suite Spot Post Production Nashville, June 1999 Tennessee Developed prototype of automated custom video production device, including software design and implementation, hardware specification and integration, and deployment. January 1993- Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee December 1998 Graduate Research Assistant

colloids and interfacial phenomena, distance learning, Fluids modeling in porous media, interactive multimedia educational software, model-based process contro l, surface kinetics, surfactant induced water movem ent

Koretsky, M., Falconer, J., Brooks, B., Gilbuena, D., Silverstein, D., Smith, C., Miller, R., Miletic, M., “The AIChE Concept Warehouse: A Web-Based Tool to Promote Concept-Based Instruction”, Advances in Engineering Education, 4(1), 2014 Silverstein, D.L., M.A.S. Vigeant, “Results of the 2010 Survey on Teaching Kinetics and Reactor Design.”, Chemical Engineering Education, 46(1), 2012 Keith, J., Silverstein, D.L., Visco, D., Bullard, L., “Ideas to Consider for New Chemical Engineering Educators: Part 2 (Courses Offered Later in the Curriculum)”, Chemical Engineering Education, 44(4), 2010. Silverstein, D.L., Osei-Prempeh, G., “Making a Chemical Process Control Course an Inductive and Deductive Learning Experience”, Chemical Engineering Education, 44(2), 2010. William H. Corcoran Award Winner.Also appeared in CACHE News, No. 70, Summer 2010. Bullard, L.; Visco, D.; Silverstein, D.L.; Keith, J., “Strategies for Creating and Sustaining a Departmental Culture”, Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, June 2010. Joseph J. Martin Award Winner