Associate Professor of Practice

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007



Areas of Research and Professional Interest

  • Production of biofuels and biochemicals
  • Use of constructivist teaching, inductive teaching, active learning, and cooperative learning applied to engineering coursework 
  • Development of unit operations laboratory experiments 

Research Profiles:

Courses Taught

Selected Publications

  • Barger T, Flodman H.  Customizing brine reduces winter maintenance cost, environmental impact. Roads & Bridges, September 2015. http://www.roadsbridges.com/customizing-brine
  • Flodman HR, Noureddini H. Effects of intermittent mechanical mixing on solid-state fermentation of wet corn distillers grain with Trichoderma reesei. Biochemical Engineering Journal 81 (2013) 24-28.
  • Flodman HR, Timm DC.  Batch Distillation Employing Cyclic Stripping and Rectification Operations.  ISA Transactions 51 (2012) 454-460.
  • Navrkal TW, Flodman HR, Timm DC.   A Water-Water Preheater and a Steam-Water Heater Network: Temperature Dynamics. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 55 (2012) 166-178.
  • Flodman HR, Boyer EJ, Muthukumarappan A, Noureddini H. Extraction of Soluble Fiber from Distillers’ Grain. Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology 166 (2012) 1070-1081.
  • Flodman HR, Dvorak BI. Brine Reuse in Ion Exchange Water Softening: Salt Discharge, Hardness Leakage, and Capacity Tradeoffs.  Water Environment Research 84 (2012) 535-543.