Professional Interests:

For the past 35 years, Wayne Rubey has addressed his efforts to the field of gas chromatography (GC) and to the design of analytical laboratory systems which utilize GC.  He is retired from full-time employment with the University but works on a part-time basis to build new MDGC-MS and TGPGC systems. Wayne has been involved in research on:  

• High-resolution GC technology
• Multidimensional GC with coupled mass spectrometry
• The design of special instrumentation systems for studying thermal decomposition behavior
• The application of fluid mechanics to the study of chromatographic zone migration behavior
• The mathematical characterization of mass transport and physical simulation processes
• The application of chromatography to environmental, material, and life science topics

Education:

B.T., Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Dayton, 1968
B.T., Mechanical Engineering Technology, Sinclair College, 1956

Selected Publications:

W. A. Rubey, “An Instrumentation Assembly for Studying Operational Behavior of Thermal Gradient Programmed Gas Chromatography,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., 65, 2802 (1994).
W. A. Rubey, European Patent Application No. 893134049, “Improved Gas Chromatography Methods and Apparatus,” March 1994.
W. A. Rubey, Japanese Patent Application No. 322867/93, “Improved Gas Chromatography Method and Apparatus,” December 1993.
W. A. Rubey, “Expanded Utilization of Analytical Separation Technologies,” J. High Resol. Chromatogr., 16, 453, (1993).
R. C. Striebich, W. A. Rubey, and J. R. Klosterman, “Trace-level Measurement of Complex Combustion Effluents and Residues Using Multidimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry,” Waste Management, 22, 413-420 (2002).