June 23, 2015

Purdue Chemical Engineering alumnus, Dr. Meenesh Singh was selected as the recipient of the 2015 George Klinzing Best Ph.D. Award by the Particle Technology Forum of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

The award recognizes an outstanding dissertation by an individual who has earned a doctoral degree. The dissertation can be in any discipline in physical, biomedical or engineering sciences, but must be related to particle science and engineering.

Dr. Singh received his Ph.D. from Purdue Chemical Engineering in 2013, with a dissertation titled “Towards the Control of Crystal Shape and Morphology Distributions In Crystallizers.” Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he works on artificial photosynthesis for solar fuels. While at Purdue, he was advised by Dr. Doraiswami Ramkrishna.

The Klinzing Best PhD Award is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company and includes a plaque and $500 honorarium.