E. Bruce Nauman

Who was E. Bruce Nauman?

E. Bruce Nauman was a professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He obtained his B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University, a M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds.

He joined RPI in 1981 as chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, after a career in research and development with the Xerox Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation. During the course of his tenure he oversaw thirty-two doctoral students. He died on May 24, 2009 after a battle with lung cancer.