Dale D. Ensor

Professor of Chemistry

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville , TN 38505

Education

Ph.D., Florida State University , 1977.   Inorganic and Radiochemistry.

            Dr. G. R. Choppin, major professor.

M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro , 1972.

            Inorganic chemistry.

B.S., High Point College , High Point , North Carolina , 1970.

Professional Experience

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Chemistry,

            Tennessee Technological University , September 1978 to present.

            Special Term Appointee, Heavy Element Group, Chemistry Division,

            Argonne National Laboratory, January 1993 to 2005.

Visiting Scientist, Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, March 16, 1987 to August 31, 1987.

Guest Scientist, Chemistry Division and Chemical Technology Division,

            Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 1978 to 1996.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee , Chemistry Department at The Transuranium Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory1977-78.

Funded Projects

Grants and contracts totaling over $900,000; the most recent is:

            “Testing of Novel Chromatographic Resins” PG Research Foundation, $37,567; January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003.

“Chromatographic Materials for the Separation of Trivalent Lanthanides from the Minor Actinides” Nuclear Science and Technology Division, ORNL, $28,135; May 1, 2005 – December 31, 2007. 

Publications

            Author or co-author of 35 publications; the most recent are:

 “Extraction of Cesium by a Calix[4]arene-Crown-6 Ether Bearing a Pendant Amine Group,” Ben Harmon, Dale Ensor, Laetitia H. Delmau, and Bruce A. Moyer, Solvent Ext. Ion. Exch., 25, 373 (2007).

  “Separation and Preconcentration of Cesium from Acidic Media by Extraction Chromatography,” M. L. Dietz, D. D. Ensor,  B. Harmon, and S. Seekamp, Sep. Sci. Tech., 41, 2183 – 2204 (2006).

Manuscripts in Preparation:

“Chemometric Evaluation of Soil Properties to Distinguish Land Use,” Martha J.M. Wells, M. Y. Z. Aboul Eish, G. Kim Stearman, and D. D. Ensor, submitted to: J. of Agr. Food Sci.

“The Effect of Glyphosate on Lead Mobility in Soil,” T. M. Cofer and D. D. Ensor, to be submitted, Envir. Sci. Tech.,.

“Analysis of Alpha Emitting Nuclides Using Environmentally Friendly Extractive Scintillation Cocktails,” D. D. Ensor and S. W. Glover, in preparation.

Presentations (most recent)

Presented at 232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
September 10 – 14, 2006, San Francisco , CA

 “Chromatographic Materials for the Separation of Trivalent Lanthanides from the Minor Actinides,” Dale D. Ensor, Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville , TN 38505 .

 Presented at 233rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
March 25 – 29, 2007, Chicago , IL

“Extraction of Cesium from Alkaline Media Utilizing Functionalized Calix[4]arene-benzocrown Ethers” J. Logan Smith¹, John D. Partridge, Dale Ensor¹, Laetitia Delmau², Bruce Moyer², Richard Bartsch³, and Hui Zhou³, ¹Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 38505; ²Chemical Separations Group, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ³Department of Chemistry, Texas Tech University.

 “Functionalized calix[4]arene-benzocrown-6 Ethers for the Extraction of Cesium,”

Dale D. Ensor¹, Viola Meadors¹, Laetitia H. Delmau², Bruce A. Moyer², Richard A. Bartsch³, and Hui Zhou^{3  1}Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5055, Cookeville, TN 38505, ²Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ³Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University.