Prof. Ramkrishna was honored for his contributions to metabolic engineering, applied mathematics, particle technology, and biopharmaceuticals; and to celebrate his 80th birthday. Four sessions were held:
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division honors Ramki’s contribution to Metabolic Engineering on Monday, October 29th, 2018, 8:00 am – 10:30 am, Somerset Westin. Speakers include: Wei-Shou Hu (U. Minnesota), Hyun-Seob Song (PNNL), Shankar Subramaniam (UCSD), Tanmay Lele (U. Florida), Terry Papoutsakis (U. Delaware).
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division honors Ramki’s contribution to Applied Mathematics on Monday, October 29th, 2018, 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Somerset Westin. Speakers include Nicholas Peppas (UT Austin), Arvind Varma (Purdue U.), Frank Doyle (Harvard U.), Sangtae Kim (Purdue U.), Pedro Arce (Tennessee Tech. U.), JB Joshi (UICT).
Separation Division honors Ramki with Area 2B Plenary Award for his contribution to Particle Technology on Monday, October 29th, 2018, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm, 302 Convention Center. Speakers include Jamey Young (Vanderbilt U.), Eric Sherer (Louisiana Tech.), Prasad Dhurjati (U. Delaware), Jeff Varner (Cornell U.), D. Ramkrishna (Honoree).
Pharma. Disc. Dev. and Mfg. (PDDM) Division honors Ramki’s contribution to Biopharmaceuticals on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018, 8:00 am – 10:30 am, Somerset Westin. Speakers include Dhinakar Kompala (Sudhin Biopharma Co), Ramprasad Ramakrishna (Novartis), Satish Parulekar (IIT Chicago), Pankaj Doshi (Pfizer Inc.), Meenesh Singh (UIC), Nandkishor Nere (AbbVie Inc.)