Rate My Professor Darrin Muggli

Dr. Darrin Muggli serves as Professor and Chair of the School of Engineering at Benedictine College. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998, specializing in catalysis. After completing his bachelor's degree, he worked for two years as a Process Engineer at Koch Engineering Co. in Wichita, Kansas. From 1999 to 2009, he was a faculty member at the University of North Dakota, where he obtained over four million dollars in research funding, authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, and presented extensively on his research.

Dr. Muggli's academic interests center on catalysis, photocatalytic oxidation, and environmental engineering, encompassing applications such as air purification, mercury oxidation, and bio-based compound production. His scholarly contributions include over 30 peer-reviewed publications on topics including photocatalytic oxidation, nanocatalysts, and bio-based aromatics. Key works feature 'High Octane Gasoline Using Renewable Aromatic Hydrocarbons' (2017), 'AROMATIZATION OF PROPYLENE OVER HZSM-5: A DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) APPROACH' (2013), 'Nanoscale effects of silica particle supports on the formation and properties of TiO2 nanocatalysts' (2013), and 'The Aromatization of Propene Via Nano-Size HZSM-5' (2013). He holds three patents: U.S. Patent #8,450,541 (2013) for producing cyclic organic compounds from crop oils; a patent pending for a photocatalytic fluidized bed air purifier (filed 2006/2008); and U.S. Patent #5,464,573 (1995) as co-inventor for a liquid collector-distributor. Dr. Muggli has received prestigious awards, including the North Dakota Spirit Faculty Achievement Award (2009), University of North Dakota Outstanding Professor of the Year (2007), UND Foundation/Lydia and Arthur Saiki Prize for Individual Excellence in Teaching (2007), UND School of Engineering and Mines Outstanding Professor of the Year (2007), UND Foundation Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching and Research (2006, 2007), University of Colorado Graduate Student Research & Creative Work Award runner-up (1998), and Most Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student (1998).