Kelly Lecture Series
The Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Kelly Lecture series was established by a grant from alumnus Arthur Kelly (BSChE ‘24) in 1956. Kelly was a retired Executive Vice-President and Director of B.F. Goodrich Co. He received an honorary doctorate from Purdue in 1961. The Kelly Lectures are presented annually by outstanding engineers and scientists from the broad areas of chemical engineering. The recipients are selected by the faculty in recognition of their contributions to research and education. Past Kelly Lecturers include legendary figures in chemical engineering and two Nobel laureates.
2020 Kelly Lecture

Lectures:
Soft Matter Design and Characterization in the Era of Machine Learning
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
3:00 – 4:15 pm, FRNY G140
Liquid Crystals - From Simple Self-Assembled Constructs, to Autonomous Materials
Wednesday, April 22, 2020,
3:00 – 4:15 pm, FRNY 3059
Previous Kelly Lectures in Chemical Engineering
2010s
2019 | Klavs F. Jensen | 2014 | Enrique Iglesia | |||
2018 | James C. Liao | 2013 | Michael F. Doherty | |||
2017 | Thomas F. Edgar | 2012 | James Dumesic | |||
2016 | Kristi S. Anseth | 2011 | Stanley I. Sandler | |||
2015 | Nicholas A. Peppas | 2010 | Rakesh Jain |
2000s
2009 | Carol K. Hall | 2004 | William B. Russel | ||
2008 | Pablo Debenedetti | 2003 | Gregory Stephanopoulos | ||
2007 | Manfred Morari | 2002 | Mark E. Davis | ||
2006 | Frances H. Arnold | 2001 | Gerhard Ertl | ||
2005 |
Special Symposium Celebrating 40 years Frank S. Bates Alexis T. Bell Ignacio E. Grossmann Michael L. Shuler James Wei |
2000 | Robert A. Brown | ||
1990s
1999 | George Stephanopoulos | 1994 | W. Harmon Ray | |||
1998 | Matthew Tirrell | 1993 | Arthur W. Westerberg | |||
1997 | Lanny D. Schmidt | 1992 | Robert S. Langer | |||
1996 | John H. Seinfeld | 1991 | Reuel Shinnar | |||
1995 | Douglas A. Lauffenburger | 1990 | H. Ted Davis |
1980s
1989 | E.N. Lightfoot | 1984 | Wolfgang M.H. Sachtler | |||
1988 | Edward L. Cussler | 1983 | Thomas J. Hanratty | |||
1987 | Morton M. Denn | 1982 | William R. Schowalter | |||
1986 | Alan S. Michaels | 1981 | Neal R. Amundson | |||
1985 | Benjamin G. Levich | 1980 | Paul J. Flory |
1970s
1979 | Warren E. Stewart | 1974 | John M. Prausnitz | |||
1978 | James J. Carberry | 1973 | Andreas Acrivos | |||
1977 | Rutherford Aris | 1972 | Robert L. Pigford | |||
1976 | Arthur E. Humphery | 1971 | Charles N. Satterfield | |||
1975 | Michel Boudart | 1970 | L.E. Scriven |
1960s
1969 | C. Judson King | |
1968 | R. Byron Bird | |
1967 | ||
1966 | Arthur B. Metzner | |
1965 | Warren L. McCabe |