Six faculty from the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering were recently honored at the 2019 Purdue University Inventor’s Recognition Reception on Wednesday, February 6 for inventions patented during the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

Chemical Engineering faculty recognized for patents in 2017-2018 were (from left):

Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering

Ronald P. Andres, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering

William Nicholas Delgass, the Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering.

Fabio H. Ribeiro, Director, Engineering Research Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources; the R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering.

Arvind Varma, the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering

You-Yeon Won, Professor, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.

Keynote speaker for the event was Tim Ratliff, a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Pathobiology in Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine and the Robert Wallace Miller Director of the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research. Professor Ratliff works with professors and researchers from across Purdue to translate basic research into lifesaving treatments.

Read the Purdue News press release at: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/cancer-researcher-speech-to-highlight-purdue-inventors-event-.html