Ludwig C. Nitsche
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs,
College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Building (CEB), Room 215
Email: lcn@uic.edu
Phone: (312) 996-3469
Fax: (312) 996-0808
Education
NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship | University of Cambridge, UK | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) | 1989-1990 |
Ph.D. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering | 1989 |
B.S. (With High Distinction) | University of Minnesota | Chemical Engineering | 1984 |
B.S. (With High Distinction) | University of Minnesota | Mathematics | 1984 |
Honors and Awards
UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2014 |
UIC College of Engineering Harold A. Simon Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2012 |
UIC College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Award | 2008 |
UIC CETL Teaching Recognition Program Award | 2007 |
UIC College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Award | 2006 |
USIA Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, Award #9498 (Austria, Research) | 1999 |
NSF Young Investigator Award | 1994 |
NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship | 1989 |
Service and Administration
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs College of Engineerng | 2014-present |
Interim Head Department of Chemical Engineering | 2014-2015 |
Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Chemical Engineering | 2005-2014 |
News
2014-10-07
US patent awarded to Professors Ludwig C. Nitsche and Ying Liu
The patent, entitled "Self-assembled toroidal-spiral particles and manufacture and uses thereof,"
describes a fluid-dynamical method for forming polymeric drug-delivery particles.
The process uses sedimentation of miscible drops
and involves entrainment and encapsulation of one or more therapeutic agents
within internal channels that form spontaneously due to hydrodynamic forces.
Benign conditions protect delicate macromoelcules
such as peptides and antibodies and preserve their bioavailability.
Multiple drugs can be encapsulated and then released on independently tunable schedules
to optimize therapeutic effectiveness.
Potential biomedical applications include post-resection
chemotherapy for primary brain tumors.
Details can be found in publications
24,
25 and
27
on the
publications page.