Greg Ogden
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Associate Professor of Practice for Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Greg Ogden is a Registered Professional Engineer (Chemical) in Arizona. Dr. Ogden manages the department’s undergraduate experimental laboratories, mentors capstone engineering design teams and owns a technology company involved with developing green propellants, autonomous sensors and renewable fuels.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Pulverized Coal Combustion: Flame Attachment and NOx Emissions
- M.S. Chemical Engineering
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Methodology of Crossflow Microfiltration of Microbial Suspensions
- B.S. Chemical Engineering
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Work Experience
- U of A (2005 - Ongoing)
- Ogden Engineering & Associates, LLC (1999 - Ongoing)
- Pima Community College-East Campus (1998 - 2000)
- Pima Community College - East Campus (1995 - 2005)
Interests
Teaching
Engineering Design, Unit Operations Laboratory and other courses where I can apply my industrial experience to provide students exposure to real-world situations
Research
Renewable fuels, green propellants, autonomous vehicles
Courses
Independent Study
CHEE 299 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 399 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 399 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 399 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 399 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 399 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 399 (Fall 2016)
CHEE 599 (Summer I 2020)
Honors Independent Study
CHEE 299H (Spring 2022)
CHEE 299H (Spring 2018)
CHEE 399H (Spring 2016)
Chem Engineering Lab I
CHEE 301A (Fall 2018)
Chemical Engr Car Design
CHEE 397 (Fall 2022)
Chem+Environ Engr Lab I
CHEE 401A (Fall 2019)
Process Dynamics & Control Lab
CHEE 401B (Spring 2018)
Process Ctl+Simulation
CHEE 413 (Spring 2018)
Chem Engr Design Prin
CHEE 442 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 442 (Fall 2017)
Ch E Plant Design
CHEE 443 (Spring 2019)
Cross Disciplin Design
ENGR 498A (Fall 2019)
ENGR 498A (Fall 2018)
ENGR 498A (Fall 2017)
ENGR 498A (Fall 2016)
ENGR 498B (Spring 2020)
ENGR 498B (Spring 2019)
ENGR 498B (Spring 2018)
ENGR 498B (Spring 2017)
ENGR 498B (Spring 2016)
Research
CHEE 900 (Spring 2021)
Master's Report
CHEE 909 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2018)
Thesis
CHEE 910 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2021)
Licensure & Certification
- Professional Engineer (Chemical), State of Arizona (1993)
Selected Publications
Proceedings Publications
- Khan, A., Munoz, D., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, november). Design and testing of polymer electrolyte membrane (Pem) hydrolysis system for producing hydrogen and oxygen propellants for cubesat applications. In In Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery conference, ASCEND 2021 [AIAA 2021-4185].
Poster Presentations
- Lu, R., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, May). Design, Fabrication and Testing of Solar Thermal Thruster for CubeSats During Covid-19. Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference. Virtual: CalTech, NASA, JPL.
- Ogden, G. E. (2016, January). Fuel Testing and Analysis Coordination. Institute for Energy Solutions Kick-off Event. University of Arizona: IES.
Presentations
- English, J., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, May). Design and Testing of PEM hydrolysis system for producing hydrogen and oxygen propellants for Cubesat Applications. 2021 Inter-Planetary Small Satellite ConferenceJPL, NASA, CalTech.
- Khan, A., Munoz, D., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, november). Design and Testing of PEM hydrolysis system for producing Hydrogen and Oxygen propellants for CubeSat Applications. 2021 ASCEND. virtual: AIAA.
- Khan, A., Munyoz, D., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, sept). Design & Testing of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Hydrolysis System to Produce Oxygen and Hydrogen Propellants. 10th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE). Virtual: ICOSSE, AIChE.
- Schmidt, D., & Ogden, G. E. (2021, May). Development of Hot-Fire Engine Test Stand at Land-Grant University Amid Restrictive Pandemic Protocols. 2021 Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference. Virtual: CalTech, NASA, JPL.
- Ogden, G. E. (2015, May). Green Propellant Development through SBIR. 4th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering. Budapest, Hungary: AIChE.