Monica C. Regalbuto

Education

• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana (1988)
• MS, Chemical Engineering, Notre Dame University (1986)
• BS, Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (academic scholarship) (1983)

Career

2001–present
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

• Process Chemistry and Engineering Department Head, responsible for programmatic and financial management. Manages activities and facilities of three research groups with a combined operating budget of ~$9 million and a staff of 30 conducting research on spent fuel separations, repository waste form corrosion and nanoscale engineering
• Responsible for nuclear fuel cycle process development for the UREX+ process for the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative with primary responsibility for the UREX+ process demonstrations at Argonne
• Responsible for the process development for the CSSX process for the Salt Processing Facility at the Savannah River National Laboratory site

1996–2001
BP Amoco, Naperville, Illinois; Senior Research Engineer

• Clean fuels:  developed new technologies for gasoline and distillates to reduce sulfur and nitrogen levels, decrease particulate emissions and eliminate benzene from fuels
• Chemical feedstocks:  developed technologies to recover or produce valuable chemical-grade material from low-value refinery streams
• Asset support:  responsible for all separation needs at four refineries, with main emphasis on distillation and novel separations
• Hydroprocessing:  responsible for minimizing reactor pressure drop, increasing hydrogen purity and reconciling modeling tools

1988–1996
Argonne National Laboratory; Chemical Engineer

• TRUEX Program:  developed separation processes for recovery of radioactive materials
• Modeling:  developed material balance, solvent loading and speciation models
• Data collection:  reconciled experimental and predicted data

1984–1988
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana

• Research Assistant

1983
Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

• Physics Lecturer

Dr. Regalbuto is an affiliated researcher with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Professional Memberships

• American Nuclear Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
• Society of Women Engineers

Awards

• American Nuclear Society, Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award, Monica Regalbuto (2007)
• HENAAC Award for Professional Achievement, Monica Regalbuto (2007)
• Illinois Engineering Council Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, UREX+ Process for Separating Key Radionuclides from Commercial Spent Fuel (2005) (presented to the research team)

Monica C. Regalbuto, Head
Process Chemistry and Engineering Department
Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 205
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL  60439  USA
phone: 630/252-1540
fax: 630/972-4495
e-mail: regalbuto@anl.gov