Rick Brajer (BSChE 1983) has been selected to take over the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services beginning August 17, 2015.

Research completed by a team of Purdue researchers, including Professor John Morgan and ChE graduate student Rohit Jaini, suggests active biological mechanisms transport scent and taste compounds known as volatiles from plant cells to the atmosphere, a finding that could overturn the textbook model of volatile emission as a process that occurs solely by diffusion.

David M. Williams, Senior Director of Development for the School of Chemical Engineering, received the Bernie Flowers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football.

Research completed by Associate Professor Dr. Vilas Pol has been selected as a finalist for a 2015 R&D 100 Award, to be announced on November 13, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Antonios G. Mikos (MSChE '85, PhD '88) will be awarded the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award during the upcoming 2015 TERMIS World Congress.