Faculty
Dr. Fleischer's most recent interest was in the area of Economics. His last position with Royal Dutch Shell was Economics Manager of Shell Chemicals, with accountabilities for the investment decision framework in Shell Chemicals from an economics standpoint. Some of the responsibilities included:
- Promoting standards and tools and ensuring consistency to proposals and decisions for projects and ventures above $ 10 million of capital expenditures
- Ensuring consistent application of premises and assumptions
- Promoting learning and developing competencies in Shell Chemicals
- Taking full account of relevant learnings and developments in the field of economic thinking and related subjects such as value based management, risk management and capital structuring
46 years as an adjunct professor/lecturer of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
26 years with Shell in increasingly responsible positions
13 years as CEO and co-owner of Fleischer International Trading, a private enterprise that imported and distributed fine wines in the US
7 Special Recognition Awards as an individual contributor or in leadership positions in Shell
Shell PhD recruiter at Stanford University, University of California – Berkeley and the University of Houston
2023: Cullen College of Engineering Abraham E. Dukler Distinguished Faculty Award
2019-2022: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE-UH) Academic Advisor
2018-2019: Cullen College of Engineering William A. Brookshire Teaching Excellence Award
2016-2021: Undergraduate Program Director of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department
2016: Cullen College of Engineering Career Teaching Award
2011: Cullen College of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
2010: University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award
2004: Adjunct Professor, University of Houston
2003-2004: Outstanding Lecturer Award of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
2002: Shell Chemicals Champions of Excellence Award
2000-2001: Outstanding Lecturer Award of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
1999: Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Houston
1997-1998: Outstanding Lecturer Award of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
1996-1997: Outstanding Lecturer Award of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
1977: Air Pollution Control Association Best Paper
1975: Lecturer, University of Houston
Selected Publications
- Fleischer, M.T., Cathy Cortez-Lambert, Diseye Komonibo, Guoda Liang, Jose Tusell, and Sukhpal Singh, “Steam-Methane Reforming Hydrogen Generation Plant,” AIChE Spring Meeting, 2014
Books
- M. T. Fleischer, Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications for Chemical Engineers, Second Edition, Cognella Academic Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-5165-2668-0), 2018
- M. T. Fleischer and H. W. Prengle, Jr., Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications for Chemical Engineers, First Edition, Cognella, 2013 (ISBN: 978-1-62131-643-5). Revised, 2014
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Fleischer, M.T., "Mathematical Modeling of Chemical Spills on Land," Ecolibrium, 11, 10-13, 1982
- Fleischer, M.T. and D.M. Prett, "Simplified Simulation Speeds Olefins Plant Optimization," Oil & Gas Journal, April 6. 85-89, 1981
- Fleischer, M.T. and D.M. Prett, "Simplified Techniques for Simulating Complex Columns," Chemical Engineering Progress, 2, 72-75, 1981
- Fleischer, M.T., “Spills: An Evaporation/Air Dispersion Model for Chemical Spills on Land,” Proceedings of 1980 National Conference on Control of Hazardous Materials Spills, 375–380, 1980
- Fleischer, M.T. and D.M. Prett, "Simplified Techniques for Simulation of Complex Distillation Columns," 88th National Meeting of the AIChE, 1980
- Fleischer, M.T. and F.L. Worley, Jr., "Orthogonal Collocation – Application to Diffusion from Point Sources," Atmospheric Environment, 12, 1349-1357, 1978