100 Years of Purdue Accomplishments Highlighted at the 2008 AIChE Meeting

Event Date: November 17, 2008
The week of November 16-21 will take place the AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA. This year's meeting will feature special sessions that highlight chemical engineering innovations over the past 100 years.

The week of November 16-21 will take place the AIChE 2008 Annual Meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA.  This year's meeting will feature special sessions that highlight chemical engineering innovations over the past 100 years. During this Centennial year of AIChE, the School of Chemical Engineering is proud to highlight several recognitions that have come to Purdue faculty members, past and present, and alumni. 

·         Dr. Henry Rushton (Purdue ChE faculty member, 1955-71; AIChE President 1957) has been named one of the “50 Eminent Chemical Engineers of the Foundation Age;”
·         3 out of 30 “Groundbreaking ChE Books” were written by authors while they were on the Purdue ChE faculty:  D.R. Coughanowr and L.B. Koppell, “Process Systems Analysis and Control”; J.M. Smith and H.C. van Ness, “Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics”; and R. Norris Shreve, “Chemical Process Industries.”  
·         As an astronaut, Dr. Mary Ellen Weber (BS ’84) is listed among the nine “Chemical Engineers in Space”;
·         Henry T. Sampson(BS ‘56), co-inventor of gamma-electric cell technology used in cell phones is listed among the “Twenty Chemical Engineers in Other Pursuits”;
·         Paul Oreffice (BS ’49; former CEO, Dow Chemical Co.) is among the top “25 Industrial Executives”;
·         Faculty member Sangtae Kim is listed among the “100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era,” along with former faculty member Nicholas A. Peppas (1976-2002), andSchool alumni Kristi Anseth (BS ‘92), Mike Ladisch (MS ’74, PhD ‘77) and Vern Weekman (BS ‘53, PhD ‘63).
 
 
The School of Chemical Engineering will host a reception to celebrate all its accomplishments and the people that made them possible on
 
Monday, November 17, 2008
from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m.
in
Ballroom Salon C,
Philadelphia Marriott,
Philadelphia, PA
 
During the week, there will also be two sessions to celebrate Dr. Ramkrishna’s 70th birthday.
Details about these sessions can be found by following the links below:
Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
Room 103-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 3:15 PM-5:45 PM
Room 103-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)