W. Nicholas Delgass, Maxine Spencer Nichols Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, is the recipient of the 2013 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis. This award is given to recognize Professor Delgass’ outstanding contributions to catalyst characterization, reaction and catalyst chemistry, and advanced catalyst design.

Rakesh Agrawal, Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Rakesh Agrawal, Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, received an IIT-Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus award for his outstanding contributions to research and development in Chemical Engineering.

Graduate student David Acevedo, advised by professor Zoltan Nagy, received a 2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship.