James Couper
Professor Emeritus

Email:jcouper@uark.edu
Phone:(479) 575-5976
Fax:(479) 575-7926
Office:3150 BELL
Address:Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering
3202 BELL
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201
(479) 575-4951

Dr. Couper's primary research interests have been in the areas of process economics and financial analysis of companies in the Chemical Process Industries (CPI). A secondary interest is the design and specification of chemical process equipment. He is a Fellow, AIChE, a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Association of Cost Engineers.

Education

D. Sc., Washington University (St. Louis), 1957.
M.S.Ch.E., Washington University (St. Louis). 1950.
B.S.Ch.E., Washington University (St. Louis), 1949.

Selected Publications

Couper, James R., and William H. Rader, "Applied Finance and Economic Analysis for Scientists and Engineers", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1986.

Couper, James R., O. T. Beasley, and W. Roy Penney, "The Chemical Process Industries Infrastructure: Function and Economics", Dekker, New York, 2001.

Couper, James R., "Process Engineering Economics", Dekker, New York, 2003.

Couper, James R., W. Roy Penney, James R. Fair, and Stanley W. Walas, "Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design", 2nd ed., Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2005.

Couper, James R., Editor, Section 9, "Process Economics", Perry’s “Chemical Engineers’ Handbook”, McGraw-Hill, New York, publication date 2006.