Paschalis Alexandridis¹, Shushan Z. Munshi¹, Zhiyong Gu², and Sudhakar Balijepalli³. (1) Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York (SUNY), 304 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, (2) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, (3) The Dow Chemical Company, 1702 Bldg., Midland, MI 48674