Dear Alumni:

The year 2001 has been marked by the tragic events that took place on September 11. This has left a deep impression on all of us. We will never forget when we first found out about these attacks. To our knowledge, none of our alumni lost their lives. We have carried on with our daily activities and have tried to excel in what we do, which I believe is the best way to respond to terrorism.

We are very pleased to report that in June we reached the $1 million goal for the Chemical Engineering Campaign. We are most grateful to our alumni, and in appreciation we have published the names of those who have been so kind in their support. The campaign has allowed us to establish the endowed Chemical Engineering Alumni Scholarship Fund (about $450,000) which since last year we have awarded to top sophomore students. The campaign has also allowed us to establish endowed Graduate Fellowships, (also about $450,000) which have been assigned to top students in the department. The remaining funds we have used to support our young faculty and for buying equipment in the Rothfus Lab.

While the campaign has been a great boost for the department, we now have the highest cost of graduate students in the country. Also, we face increased pressure to cover our educational expenses, particularly for the Rothfus Lab and the Computational Lab. We hope that you will continue to provide us with generous support and will respond accordingly to a recent mailing by our Development Office. We also enclose a card in this newsletter for your convenience.

You will be pleased to know that our faculty continue to receive prestigious recognitions. Professor Lee White has received the Thomas Baron Award of AIChE, Larry Biegler received the McAfee Award, David Sholl has received an Alfred Sloan Fellowship, and Jim Schneider and Lynn Walker received NSF Career Awards. The department also fared extremely well in the accreditation of our undergraduate program by ABET. Our evaluator, Professor Jack Hudson from the University of Virginia, was highly impressed by the quality of our students and faculty, and by the effectiveness of our program. We were also very pleased to have two truly outstanding lectures this year. Professor Bob Langer from MIT gave the Distinguished Research Lecture in the spring, and Dr. Al Lopez, Vice President of R&D at ExxonMobil gave the Toor Lecture in the fall. We also had this year the first Jerry Seiner Memorial Lecture that was delivered by Ken Niederst from PPG. After the lecture we had the dedication of the new PPG Industries CPS Lab. Annette Jacobson and Rosemary Frollini were instrumental in the renovation of these labs. We are also most grateful to PPG, and in particular to Kears Pollock, for their financial support.

I hope that you will enjoy reading the newsletter. You will find a section on indicators of excellence that we are very proud of. We have also featured a number of our distinguished alumni. I very much hope you will be in touch with Carnegie Mellon and especially the Chemical Engineering Department.

Ignacio E. Grossmann

Faculty News

John L. Anderson, dean of the College of Engineering, gave the annual Stanley Katz Memorial Lecture at the City College of New York on April 2. Anderson's lecture was titled, "Dancing on a Surface: Self-Assembly of Particle and Bubbles by Hydrodynamic Mechanisms."

Larry Biegler, the Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering received the McAfee Award from the AIChE Local section. This award is presented to a distinguished chemical engineer in honor of Jerry McAfee, former Chief Executive Officer of the Gulf Oil Corporation. Herb Toor (‘86) and Art Westerberg (‘90) are previous winners of this award.

Congratulations to Neil Donahue and his wife Maren for the birth of their daughter Innes Cornelia Donahue who was born November 20, 2000. She and mother and big sister are all doing very well.

Ignacio Grossmann has been named University Professor, the highest academic distinction faculty members can achieve at Carnegie Mellon. The title is awarded on the basis of national and/or international recognition for research accomplishments, and other scholarly activities. Ignacio was elected to the National Academy of Engineering last spring.

Gary Powers received the Kun Li Award for Excellence in Education at the 2001 Commencement ceremony.

David Sholl has been named a 2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. This award is given by the Sloan Foundation to "enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science." Currently 100 grants are awarded annually in six fields: chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics. David is also the recipient of the Ladd Award, which CIT gives annually in recognition of outstanding research and professional accomplishments and potential.

Congratuations to David Sholl and his wife Connie on the birth of their son, Martin David Sholl who was born October 17, 2001. Martin joins big brother Kevin, 4 and sister Rachel, 2.

Bob Tilton is in his second year of a three-year term as the Chair of the Victor K. LaMer Award Committee of the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. This committee has the task of selecting the winner of the most outstanding graduate research at a North American university. CMU' s Chemical Engineering Department alone has more past winners of this award than any other university.

We are happy to announce the birth of Aaron Daymond Tilton. Aaron was born on Friday, May 25. Julie and Aaron are doing great. Congratulations to Bob & Julie and big brother Ian!

Lynn Walker and Jim Schneider have been selected as recipients of a 2001 NSF CAREER Award, which is highly competitive, and one of the most prestigious awards for a young faculty member. The research of Professor Schneider is in the area of bioseparations, drug/gene delivery, and probe microscopy. The research of Professor Walker is in the area of quantifying the coupling between flow behavior and flow-induced microstructures in complex plants.

Lee White was selected for the Thomas Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems. This award "recognizes an individual's outstanding scientific/technical accomplishment which has made a significant impact in the fluid-particle systems or in a related field with potential for cross-fertilization." This award is given by the Particle Technology Forum of AIChE.

Department News

Welcome to the Advisory Board the new members of the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board. We would like to welcome Professor Bob Armstrong, Head of Chemical Engineering at MIT; Dr. Al Lopez, Vice-President of R&D at ExxonMobil; Scott Whalen (ChE 81), Director of Product Development at Procter & Gamble; and Achim Noack, Senior Vice-President of Engineering at Bayer Corporation.

Robert Armstrong Alfredo Lopez Scott Whalen Achim Noack

We would like to thank Professor Larry Duda from Penn State and Dr. Jim Ebel (ChE 86’) for their past participation in the board.

CFE Center

The Center for Complex Fluids Engineering hosted the 75^th American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 10-13, 2001, bringing 569 international scientists and engineers to the Carnegie Mellon campus. This annual symposium is the premier conference in this important field that serves a wide variety of technologies, from pharmaceuticals and drug delivery devices to “genetic labs on a chip,” high definition display technologies, and future nanotechnologies. The Symposium was co-chaired by Chemical Engineering Professor Bob Tilton and Physics Professor Steve Garoff. This was an outstanding multidisciplinary team effort. Individual technical symposia were organized by Chemical Engineering Professors Lynn Walker, Andy Gellman, Jim Schneider, David Sholl, Lee White, Dennis Prieve, and researcher Ana Morfesis. CMU faculty from other departments organized symposia as well, including Bob Suter (Physics), Fred Lanni (Biological Sciences) and David Dzombak (Civil and Environmental Engineering). Alumni and friends from fifteen other universities helped us as technical symposium organizers as well. Annette Jacobson and Rosemary Frollini organized the Symposium Banquet and an Open House of the CPS Lab.

We can be particularly proud of our graduate and undergraduate students who volunteered as session aides and were widely praised for their professionalism. By all accounts, the 75^th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium was a tremendous success, the best ever according to some visitors. http://www.cmu.edu/home/news/colloids.html

The CCFE will hold a short course on "Instrumental Methods of Colloid, Interface and Complex Fluid Characterization" on the CMU campus in January. The course is aimed at industrial scientists and engineers with a BS or advanced degree. It will feature both lecture and hands-on laboratory exercises. For further information, please contact Prof. Bob Tilton at tilton@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-1159.

Many alumni and chemical engineering colleagues attending the ACS Colloid and Surface Symposium, held on campus in June 2001, joined us for lunch and a tour of the new PPG Industries CPS Laboratory.

Alumni in the photo

Front – (L to R) Eva Sevcik, Stacy Bike, Robert Ofoli, Annette Jacobson, Stephanie Velegol, John Walz, Michael Bevan, Rich Webber

Back – (L-R) Eldon Decker, Darrell Velegol, John Gregory, Tony Meehan,

Jim Charron, Scott Guelcher

CAPD News

CAPD Annual Meeting. Next year the Annual Review Meeting of the Center for Advanced Process Decision-making will take place on Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, April 3, 2002. There will be a poster session and cocktail reception on Tuesday, April 2 in the afternoon. On Wednesday, April 3, the final year students will give presentations and the poster session will be held in the afternoon.

The Short Course “Conceptual Design, Optimization and Process Operations” will be offered by Professors Biegler, Grossmann, and Hauan on June 20-26, 2002.

CPS News

Jerry Seiner Memorial Lecture and PPG Industries Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) Laboratory Open House

The first annual lecture in memory of Jerome Seiner was held on May 15, 2001. Jerry Seiner was a member of the CPS Program Industrial Advisory Board for 25 years and provided advice and support for the program during that time. The lecture was given by Ken Niederst of PPG Industries, a colleague and friend of Jerry Seiner and was sponsored by a grant established by the Seiner family in Jerry’s honor. The lecture was entitled “Gas Barrier Coatings”. Also on the program were CIT Dean John Anderson, Carnegie Mellon Trustee Kears Pollock, and David Seiner, Jerry’s son, who highlighted Jerry’s important contributions to the University, PPG, and his family. Attendees included the Seiner family and friends, PPG Industries employees, and students and faculty from Carnegie Mellon.

The lecture was followed by a reception and Open House to celebrate the dedication of the new PPG Industries CPS Lab in Doherty Hall. The lab space was renovated during the last year and new equipment was purchased, thanks to a generous grant from the PPG Industries Foundation. More than 100 people attended the event, including Jeff Gilbert and Sue Sloan of PPG Industries Foundation and Kears Pollock, Retired Executive Vice President of PPG and member of the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board.

Alumni News

Donation to the Computational Lab

Mr. James Meade (ChE 50) has made a generous donation of $20,000 to the department to upgrade and expand the equipment (PCs, server, printer, project) in the Computational Lab. This donation is most welcome as it impacts very positively our undergraduate program.

Dr. H. William Prengle (ChE 49) was recently elected into the Royal Society of Chemistry on August 1, 2001.

ChemE Campaign Donors

We would like to acknowledge many of our alumni who made possible our successful Chemical Engineering Campaign in which we reached our $1,000,000 goal. Special thanks to the following alumni for their outstanding contributions ($50,000 and higher):

Mr. Theodore A. Burtis

Mr. John E. Swearingen

Dr. & Mrs. Charles & Cynthia Cozewith

Dr. & Mrs. H. William & Ruth Prengle

Mr. & Mrs. Roy & Georgine Weiland

Contributors Lists

Contributors $1,000 and more

Air Products Foundation

Mr. Irwin M. Aisenberg

Dr. Deepak B. Birewar

Mr. Eugene V. Bishoff

Mr. Vito Bongiorno, Jr.

BP Amoco Foundation, Inc.

Mr. David I. Brandwein

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Mr. William Carpenter

Dr. Albert F. Chan

Chevron U.S.A.

Dr. James R. DiAndreth

Dow Chemical Company Foundation

Mr. Michael J. Driscoll

Mr. F. Robert Evans

Mr. John A. Ewart

ExxonMobil Education Foundation

Mr. Joseph H. Field

Mr. Robert Friedman

Dr. William R. Gibson

Mr. John A. Goodman

Dr. Rakesh Govind

Mr. Clifford H. Gower

Dr. Raymond R. Halik

Dr. George R. Hill

Dr. Chih S. Hwa

Prof. Myung S. Jhon

Mr. Kurth H. Johnson

Mr. Russell J. Kardos

Miss Alexandra M. Kavoulakis

Ms. Vivian U. Keslar

Lamson & Sessions Company

Mr. S. William Lauderbaugh, Jr.

Mr. Frank L. Lempert

Mrs. Phyllis J. Lempert

Mr. John W. Levergood

Mrs. Rebecca B. Liebert

Mr. Julius Little

Lubrizol Foundation

Mr. Alan McKnight

Mr. William E. McMinn

Mr. James C. Meade

Mr. George E. Merryman, Jr.

Mobil Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Il Moon

Dr. Stanley M. Morris

Mr. Premo J. Pappafava

Mr. Peter J. Pelto

PPG Industries Foundation

Mr. Scott T. Probst

Dr. Gene S. Rhee

Mr. Warren A. Roberts, Jr.

Sara Lee Corporation

Dr. Walter K. Sartory

Mr. Henry J. Sauer

Mr. Robert S. Schoenberger

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Ms. Jennifer Sinclair

Mr. John E. Swearingen

Prof. John A. Tallmadge, Jr.

Dr. A. Wayne Tamarelli

Mr. Robert N. Taylor

Mr. Herbert L. Toor

Dr. George Vassilatos

Mr. Robert P. Wederich

Mr. Richard S. Welesko

Dr. Glenn A. Whan

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

ALCOA Foundation

Dr. Barbara M. Alexander

Mr. Paul E. Arch

ARCO Foundation, Inc.

ATO Fina Chemicals

Mr. W. Scott Bazard, Jr.

Mr. Douglas J. Bucher

Mrs. Barbara J. Buck

Mrs. Andrea B. Cavalier

Mr. James E. Chrise

Mr. Richard S. Cook

Dr. Charles Cozewith

Mrs. Cynthia Cozewith

Dr. Robert M. Crone

Mr. William C. Dekleine

Mr. Roderick A. Dibble

Mr. Mark J. Dicarlo

Mr. John R. Drobne

Dr. Christodoulos Floudas

FM Global

Mr. Miles J. Gehm

GenCorp Foundation, Inc.

Dr. William H. Henstock

Mr. Stefan A. Hershfield

Mr. Earl S Hill

Mr. Harvey R. Hinch

Mr. Douglas T. Johnston

Dr. James R. Kaiser

Dr. Dale L. Keairns

Mr. Richard H. Klingler

Mr. Wilbur C. Kolar

Mr. Nick J. Kornuta

Dr. Kenneth Sung Lee

Mr. George J. Lorhan

Mr. William R. Ludwig

Mr. Leonard J. Mazzanti

Dr. Rodolphe L. Motard

Mr. Richard P Naworski

Mr. Robert Y. Ofoli

Mr. James L. Phillips

Mr. Robert W. Rittmeyer

Mr. Richard L. Salizzoni

Mr. James L. Salners

Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel L. Santore

Dr. Mark R. Shelton

Dr. Steven M. Slack

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Dr. Francis X. Stuart

Mr. James H. Weet

Mr. David J. Williams

Ms. Christy M. Woo

Mr. Albert S. Woodard

Contributors $100-$499

Abbott Laboratories

Mr. Robert A. Accarino

Mr. Alfred H. Adey

Mr. Joseph L. Adreon, III

Dr. Kimberly A. Anderson

Dr. Shlomo Antika

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Ashland, Inc. Foundation

Dr. Arthur L. Backman

Mr. Donald L. Baeder

Mr. Joseph M. Bailey

Dr. Stephen D. Baker

Mr. Vincent D. Balsone

Dr. Ruth E. Baltus

Mr. Marcus W. Banzhaf

Mr. Brian J. Batchelder

Mr. A. Blair Battistini

Mr. Edward B. Beatty

Mrs. Melissa Beblo

Mr. Walter J. Becker

Mr. William G. Beilharz

Mr. Douglas W. Bennett

Mr. Lewis B. Benson

Mr. Edward F. Benz

Mr. Norman R. Berlat

Mr. Howard M. Berthold

Dr. Thomas W. Bierl

BOC Group, Inc.

Miss Patricia C. Bragan

Mrs. Stephanie R. Brandford

Mr. James I. Brezovec

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

Mr. Peter M. Bungay

Dr. Robert F. Burke

Mr. Thomas E. Burns

Dr. Theodore W. Cadman

Mr. Ronald A. Cageao

Mr. Gabriele G. Carinci

Mr. Ernest B. Cassler, Jr.

Mr. Mark A. Cenkus

CertainTeed Corp.

Dr. Chong-Biu Chan

Ms. Marie S. Chan

Chevron Corporation

Dr. Patrick Chin

Ms. Sonya V. Chmielnicki

Dr. Hyoung J. Choi

Mr. Preston A. Christjohn, Jr.

Mr. Mark J. Cicerchi

Miss Amy R. Ciric

CITGO Petroleum Corporation

Mr. Robert L. Clay

Mr. Eugene T. Clayton

Mr. Kevin G. Cloonan

Dr. Gordon D. Cobb

Coca Cola Co.

Mr. Richard A. Cochran

Mr. William C. Cochran

Mr. William P. Conroy

Mr. Paul R. Corcoran

Mr. Seymour R. Corwin

Mr. Richard T. Costa

Crompton Corporation

Mr. David A. Crosbie

Mr. Faust P. d'Ambrosi

Dr. John N. Datesh

Mr. Ronald V. DeFeo, Jr.

Mr. Joseph C. Demeter

Mr. Anthony M. Dinovo

Mr. Robert R. Dixon

Mr. Kerry S. Donato

Mr. Wesley T. Dorsheimer

Mr. Harry W. Doukakis

Dow Corning Corp.

Mr. Robert M. Downing, Jr.

Mr. Frank Driver

Mr. Thomas E. Dudar

Mrs. Carol M. Dudley

Mr. Jeffrey R. Dudley

Mr. John F. Easley

Mr. S. Robert Eckhaus

Mr. Leonard Elikan

Dr. Thomas S. Ells

Mr. John L. Ely

Ms. Phyllis L. Enright

Equiva Services LLC

Dr. Jimell Erwin

Dr. Clifford J. Eskey

Mr. Glenn E. Evans

Mrs. Debra S. Falatko

Mr. Carl F. Falk, Sr.

Mr. Robert J. Fallat

Mr. Richard W. Farmer

Mr. Joel R. Fechter

Mr. Chester W. Feinberg

Mr. James S. Fennell, Jr.

Mr. John J. Ferrainolo

Dr. John P. Fillo

Mrs. Nancy E. Fintzy

FMC Corporation

Mr. John G. Fong

Mr. Kenneth J. Forbrich

Mrs. Erin K. Frank

Mr. Robert R. Freeman

Mr. Jonathan J. Frund

Dr. Robert H. Fusillo

Mr. Arnold J. Gabelli, Jr.

Mr. Stanley T. Gadomski

Mr. Richard C. Gaffney

Mr. Keith M. Gardner

Mrs. Patricia Welesko Garland

GE Fund

Mr. Keith D. Gehr

Mr. Roger J. Geras

Mr. Donald K. Gilbert

Jay M. Ginsberg, M.D.

Dr. John A. Glass

Mr. Stuart C. Glauberman

Mrs. Gretchen B. Gockley

Mr. Walter E. Gorgas

Mr. Michael J. Gorski

Dr. David B. Greenberg

Mr. Kevin M. Greener

Mr. Lawrence R. Greenhaus

Mr. Thomas C. Gricks, III

Mr. Jesse G. Grier

Mrs. Wendy A. Grome

Mr. George D. Gross

Dr. Ignacio E. Grossmann

Mr. John D. Gschnell

Mr. Leroy P. Gunner

Mr. Arthur E. Hall, Jr.

Mr. Conrad C. Hammann

Mr. Lawrence M. Handman

Mr. Roger J. Hansotte

Mr. Richard L. Hawthorne

Mr. Paul D. Heilman

Mr. William E. Heisey

Ms. Deborah R. Herman

Mr. Timothy J. Hess

Mr. Joseph S. Hezir

Mr. James E. Hilyard

Mr. Brian R. Hobbs

Dr. Albert M. Hochhauser

Dr. Michael R. Hoffman

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.

Mr. Kevin E. Holko

Mr. Hilary E. Holste

Dr. Andrew N. Hrymak

Dr. Carl I. Huber

Mr. Robert H. Hudson

Mr. Philip P. Humphrey

Mr. John M. Hupp

Mr. John A. Hvizdos

IBM Corporation

Dr. Annette M. Jacobson

Mr. Donald B. Jacobson

Mr. Robert F. Jarvis

Mr. James H. Jennis

Mr. W. Scott Johnston

Mr. Edward A. Jordan

Mr. Robert D. Joseph

Mr. Ron Josephson

Mr. Bruce F. Kammenzind

Mr. Robert H. Kasch

Mr. Alan P. Kass

Mr. Jere V. Keiser

Mr. Patrick J. Kelly

Mr. James B. Kessel

Mr. Gregory W. Keyes

Mr. Scott D. Kidd

Mr. Bernard R. Kielarowski

Mr. Albert W. Kimmel

Dr. William E. King, Jr.

Dr. Merrill K. King

Dr. William R. King

Mr. C. Louis Kingsbaker, Jr.

Mr. Marlin K. Kinzey, Jr.

Mr. Donald Klein

Gerard F. Klinzing, M.D.

Mr. Michael A. Kovach

Mr. Lawrence Kronenberger

Mr. Russell T. Kronengold

Dr. Carl S. Kuhn, Jr.

Dr. John G. Kunesh

Mrs. Lynanne J. Kunkel

Mrs. Beth Ann Kushon

Mr. Eric M. Kushon

Mr. Stanley J. Kwolek

Ms. Beth A. Laffey

Dr. E. K. Landis, Jr.

Mr. John K. Lang

Dr. Steven A. Lapp

Mrs. Amy Montanelli Larson

Mr. Michael S. Laslavic

Mr. Neal E. A. Laybhen

Dr. James A. Leistra

Mr. Leonard W. Lewis

Lexmark International, Inc.

Mr. John A. Liberatore

Mr. Robert B. Licht

Mr. William R. Licht

Mr. Harold L. Liggins

Mr. Mitchell M. Lin

Mrs. Carol S. Linde

Dr. Joanna Markussen Livengood

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mr. Joseph M. Lojek

Mr. Joseph F. Louvar

Dr. Mark E. Lowell

Mr. Valentine D. Luedeke

Mr. Joseph A. Lux

Dr. Christopher W. Macosko

Mr. Arthur J. Marino, Jr.

Mr. Peter M. Martin

Dr. Michael J. Massey

Mr. O. Feryl Masters

Mr. M. Raymond Matuza

Mrs. Veronica M. May

Mr. Henry A. Mazur

Mrs. Norma R. McBride

Mr. Robert H. McBride

Mr. William H. McClure

Mr. Patrick P. McCurdy

Mrs. Lindsay J. McFadden

Mr. Ronald J. McGarvey

Mr. Daniel P. McGonigle

Dr. Mark A. McHugh

Ms. Terumi Nagase McKenna

Dr. Paul F. McKenzie

Mr. Kevin V. McKiernan

Mrs. Kimberly A. McKiernan

Mr. Gary A. McMaster

Mrs. Natalie D. McPoland

Mr. Thomas P. McTigue, Jr.

Dr. Richard A. Mengato

Merck Company Foundation

Mr. John D. Merkel

Dr. Robert S. Metcalfe

Mrs. Betty F. Meyer

Dr. E. Gerald Meyer

Mr. Donald J. Michel

MICHCON

Dr. George H. Miley, II

Ms. Janice E. Milheim

Mr. George W. Miller

Mr. Glenn W. Miller

Mr. James E. Miller

Ms. Kristine E. Miller

Milliken & Co.

Mr. Michael J. Molnar

Monsanto Company

Mr. Michael W. Moore

Dr. Victor S. Morello

Mr. Robert E. Morie

Dr. Stephen J. Morisani

Mr. David Mark Morrison

Mr. Ronald J. Mosso

Mrs. Sarah E. Mosso

Motorola, Inc.

Mr. James M. Mrvos

Mr. Patrick J. Murin

Mr. David Nahmias

National Starch & Chemical Corp

Dr. Richard A. Newby

Mr. David Ng

Dr. Edward J. Novotny, Jr.

Dr. Barbara Slompak Nyland

Mr. William W. Oakes

Occidental Petroleum Charitable Fdn

Dr. Thomas T. Omori

Mr. William E. Osborn

Mr. David A. Oshlag

Mr. Reuben C. Ott

Owens-Corning World Headquarters

Mr. Gary A. Page

Dr. Elliot S. Parkin

Mrs. Karen W. Parkin

Mr. Raymond J. Parsick

Mr. Michael J. Pastrick, Jr.

Mr. Wray E. Paul, III

Ms. Sandra K. Payne

Mr. Edward N. Pennington

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

Mr. James G. Petrus

Pfizer, Inc.

Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Mr. John M. Phillips

Ms. Trudy E. Phillips

Catherine B. Pihokken

Miss Maria A. Pino

Polaroid Foundation, Inc.

Dr. William F. Polich

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

Dr. James R. Powell

Colleen R. Prince

Mr. Alan D. Pringle

Procter & Gamble Fund

Mr. Eric Pudnos

Mr. Daniel G. Punzak

Mr. Harry W. Quail

Ms. Brenda A. Raich

Dr. Pietro Raimondi

Mr. Richard A. Rairigh

Ms. Maria Bober Rasmussen

Mr. Scott A. Ray

Mr. Karl W. Raybuck

Reckitt Benckiser Inc.

Dr. Michael T. Reilly

Mr. Roger A. Reinicker

Mr. L. Kent Reitz

Dr. Charles F. Reusch

Mr. Harold R. Rex

Dr. Auguste E. Rimpel

RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Mr. Earl T. Robinson

Dr. Robert Rogers

Rohm & Haas Co.

Mr. Martin R. Rose

Mr. L. J. Rosen

Mr. Gabriel P. Sabadell

Mr. Paul F. Sacher

Dr. Nikolaos Sahinidis

Dr. Hiroshi H. Saito

Mr. Peter G. Saklas

Dr. Maria M. Santore

Mr. John F. Sawyer

Mr. Karl J. Saylor

Dr. Francis A. Scattaregia

Mr. John J. Scheible

Mr. Frederick J. Schirm, Jr.

Dr. Claudia Schmid

Mr. Craig W. Schmidt

Mr. William M. Schneider

Dr. Dale L. Schruben

Mr. Karl W. Schucker

Mr. Richard C. Sehlin

Dr. James S. Shaffer

Dr. Erica S. Shane

Mr. Devesh N. Sharma

Mr. Roy W. Shear

Mr. Robert F. Shreve

Mr. Karl E. Sieber

Mrs. Lucila P. Silva

Dr. Madan Singh

Mr. Carl E. Sinnett

Mr. Arthur R. Sivitz

Mr. Thomas E. Skarada

Mr. Morton J. Skirboll

Mr. Murray C. Slone

Dr. George C. Smith

Mrs. Margaret M. Smith

Dr. Oliver J. Smith

Mr. Ronald E. Sorg

Mr. Allen J. Spickofsky

Mr. Walter E. Stalzer

Mr. Gregory P. Staresinic

Mr. Pasquale A. Stellute

Dr. Ross E. Swaney

Mr. Michael W. Swartzlander

Miss Pamela J. Sweeney

Dr. David F. Tatterson

Dr. G. Russell Taylor

Telcordia Technologies

Mr. Robert J. Tennant

Texaco Foundation

Mr. T. R. Thomas

Mr. Thomas J. Thompson

Mrs. Julie L. Tilton

Mr. Huan G. Tran

Mr. William D. Treleaven

Mr. George E. Trent, Jr.

Mr. Richard C. Trimble

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Dr. Richard M. Webber

Mr. Sylvester A. Weber

Mr. Lawrence M. Weiner

Mr. Robert L. Weise

Mr. Roy L. Wellman

Mr. Gregory L. Werbaneth

Westvaco Corporation

Mr. Scott D. Whalen

Mr. Ronald L. Wiegel

Dr. Douglass J. Wilde

Mr. J. A. Williams, Jr.

Dr. David F. Williams

Dr. Wayne R. Willkomm

Dr. Andrew T. Winand

Witco Corp

Mr. Thomas J. Woeber, Jr.

Mr. Robert M. Wolff

Ms. Diane L. Wotus

Mr. Peter M. Yacoe

Dr. Wen-Ching Yang

Dr. Lynn C. Yanyo

Ms. Nadine L. Yenni

Mrs. Lisa S. Yoder

Mr. Earle F. Young, Jr.

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Mr. Gerald J. Abelson

Accenture Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Joseph W. Adams, Jr.

Mr. Eric T. Adams

Mrs. Grace S. Aldridge

Mr. William J. Aldridge

Dr. Cheryl K. Alfieri

Dr. Emmanuel L. Alfonso

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Hatem M. Almosa

Mr. Dewayne D. Anderson

Mr. Richard G. Anderson

Mr. James M. Andrews

Mr. Albert H. Arnofsky

Mr. Robert L. Auger

Mr. Edward F. Aul, Jr., P. E.

Mrs. Clara Lozano Ayala

Dr. Raul E. Ayala

Mr. George P. Bachner

Mr. Alan E. Bahl

Dr. John A. Baker

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Mrs. Maria M. Barden

Mr. Russell Bardos

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Mrs. Molly E. Borger

Mr. James A. Borowicz

Mrs. Elaine Andrysick Bower

Dr. Lee E. Brecher

Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund

Mr. Lawrence N. Brigham, Jr.

Mr. Link Brown II

Ms. Kristen Lee Buehler

Dr. John W. Burgman

Mr. James V. Busa

Mr. James J. Butler, Jr.

Mr. Mark E. Byrne

Mr. John M. Cafardi

Dr. Kenneth J. Calhoun

Mr. Bryan G. Campo

Mr. Walter B. Capp

Mr. Theodore J. Caridis

Mr. Brian L. Carlock

Mr. Lawrence R. Cederstrom

Mr. Orlando J. Cerra

Dr. John Chen

Dr. E. Byron Chew, Jr.

John W. H. Chi, Ph.D.

Shiao-Hung Chiang, Ph.D.

Dr. Lalit Chordia

Mr. Leonard Chottiner

Dr. Sherman Chottiner

Mr. Daniel L. Cillo

Mr. Donald B. Clark

Mr. George F. Clay

Mr. Matthew J. Cline

Mr. Gregory S. Cohen

Mr. Joel A. Cohen

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Mr. David W. Colborn

Mr. Jason A. Cook

Mrs. Jennifer F. Cooper

Mr. John C. Craun

Mr. James L. Crist

Dr. Donald C. Cronauer

Ms. Nancy Johnson Cunningham

Mr. Kevin Cureton

Mr. Wesley B. Curtis

Dr. Mark Michael Daichendt

Mr. Jon J. Damiano

Mr. Richard A. Danesi

Mr. William M. Danver, Jr.

Dr. Kestutis V. Dapkus

Dr. Tamara L. Daugherty

Mrs. Rita F. Davis

Mr. Robert E. Davis

Mr. Robert N. Davis

Mr. David T. De Guiseppi

Mr. John E. De Laney

Mr. Paul E. Di Nardo

Mr. William J. Didycz

Dr. Shyam V. Dighe

Mrs. Michelle F. Dobbins

Mr. Antonio I. Domanico

Mr. David T. Dorko

Mrs. Lydia Dorko

Mr. David P. Dougherty

Mrs. Jacqueline T. Dougherty

Mr. Robert W. Dougherty

Mr. Bob G. Drabbant

Ms. Paula L. Dube

Mr. Robert F. Duke

Mr. Joseph C. Dunmyer, Jr.

Mr. Thomas E. Dyhouse

Mrs. Colleen K. Ebbert

Dr. Charles K. Edge

Mrs. Darcy Snyder Eid

Engelhard Corp.

Dr. Thomas G. Epperly

Dr. Richard A. Eppler

Epson

Mrs. Sharon L. Ernest

Mr. Robert A. Esposito

Ms. Joyce M. Fankulewski

Mr. Donald S. Fastuca

Mr. Ronald D. Fiedler

Mr. Carl E. Fink

Nancy M. Fitzgerald

Mr. Claude S. Flandro

Dr. John E. Foster, III

Mr. Douglas Foulds

Mr. Stephen R. Fox

Mr. Brian P. Frank

Mr. Matthew P. Fraser

Mr. Barry A. Friedfeld

Mr. Henry H. Friediger

Dr. Melvin H. Friedman

Mr. Neal A. Frink

Mrs. Patricia J. M. Fuller

Mr. Robert J. Fulton

Mrs. Diana J. Furman

Mr. Lawrence S. Gaffin

Dr. Stephen R. Galante

Mr. Daniel J. Gallo

Mr. Robert C. Gangloff

Mr. George P. Gaugler

Mrs. Dale D. Gentner

Mr. David M. Gentner

Mr. Nilay A. Ghoghari

Mr. Glenn B. Giacobbe

Mr. Richard L. Gilmore, Jr.

Mrs. Maria D. Gilmore

Mr. Louis J. Giovannini

Mrs. Michelle R. Gittings

Mr. William G. Gittings

Mr. Donald E. Glass

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Gohr

Mr. Eric T. Gohr

Mrs. Rachel F. Gorr

Mr. William R. Greenaway

Ms. Charla Lynn Spalluto

Mr. James L. Hackett, III

Mr. Terry R. Hanna

Mr. Brian T. Hannon

Dr. Michael E. Hanyak, Jr.

Dr. Jay D. Harper

Mr. John H. Harstine

Mr. Terence J. Hart

Dr. Paul A. Hartley

Col. Select James E. Haywood

Mr. Richard A. Heberle

Mr. Charles A. Hendrick

Mr. Todd C. Henry

Hercules, Inc.

Dr. Timothy G. Hiss

Mrs. Virginia L. Hiss

Ms. Mara I. Hlavacik

Mr. Brian T. Hoffman

Mr. Robert C. Holmes

Mr. Herbert G. Hoover

Mr. William H. Howell

Mr. Trent Hsiao

Mrs. Kelly Lynn Hufnagel

Dr. Albert F. Iglar, Jr.

Ms. Jaime Lyn Jackson

Ms. Natasha L. Jackson

Mr. Chad A. Jasiunas

Ms. Sabeena Jindal

Dr. Suzanne Michelle Jogun

Mr. Mark J. Johnson

Dr. Daniel H. Jones

Mrs. Jean F. Jones

Dr. Cheryl Lynn M. Joyal

Ms. Elizabeth A. Joyce

Mr. Michael J. Juster

Dr. John D. Kapner

Dr. Thomas E. Karis

Mr. David M. Kawalec

Mr. Leonard V. Kedanis

Mr. Roland T. Kelley

Dr. Sohan L. Khungar

Mr. Jason T. Kicinski

Mr. Clarence E. Kilbert, Jr.

Dr. Chung Sup Kim

Mr. E. Gerald King

Dr. Frederick N. Kissell

Mr. Stephen R. Kissell

Ms. Sue Ann Illig Klaber

Dr. Edward P. Klein

Mr. Herschel A. Klein

Mr. Paul G. Klivington

Mr. M. Thomas Koch

Mr. Michael R. Kochanowski

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Koehler

Mr. David A. Kofke

Dr. Tamara Gricus Kofke

Mr. Allen M. Kohan

Mr. James W. Kohler

Dr. Jozef L. Kokini

Mr. John L. Kolbe

Dr. Joseph G. Kolibal

Mr. T. Christopher Kopchak

Dr. Robert L. Kozarek

Mr. David S. Krimsky

Mr. Thomas J. Kulikowski

Mr. Benjamin P. Kuo

Mrs. Patricia A. La Rosa

Dr. Paul J. La Rosa

Dr. David S. Lafyatis

Mr. Ronald B. Large

Miss Janet S. Lauer

Dr. Stephan A. Letts

Mr. Thomas L. Levendusky

Mr. Henry John Lightner

Miss Amy G. Lindsay

Mr. Paul A. Linn

Dr. Michael H. Locke

Mr. Paul T. Loebig

Mr. Leonard M. Lojek

Dr. Stephen P. Lombardo

Mrs. Carmella L. Long

Mr. Jay H. Loomis

Dr. Jaime Lopez

Mr. Francis J. Lorin

Ms. Melissa J. Lott

Lucent Technologies

Mr. Brian A. Lucotch

Kimberly A. Lucotch, Esquire

Lyondell Chemical Co.

Lyondell Petrochemical

Mr. Gregory M. MacIver

Mr. James R. Madia

Mrs. Sally A. Magee

Ms. Eva D. Malecki

Dr. Tim A Mallo

Mr. William C. Mallonee

Mrs. Anne B. Marietta

Dr. William G. Marietta

Mrs. Joan M. Marik

Dr. Robert H. Marik

Dr. Stephen E. Markas

Mr. Richard S. Markham

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Mr. Henry J. Mazur

Mr. John D. McAdoo, Jr.

Mr. Frederick R. McCammon, Jr.

Mr. H. Ronald McCollum

Mr. Wendell J. McCracken

Capt. Alec J. McCurdy

Lt. Col. Karen L. McCurdy

Mr. Tobin L. McDaniel

Mr. Richard G. McDermott

Ms. Diane E. McElligott

Mr. Patrick J. McGinness

Dr. Howard G. McIlvried, III

Mrs. Lisa H. McKnight

Mr. William J. McKnight

Mr. Chad McMahill

Mr. Neal E. Megonnell

Mr. Andrew P. Mehalko

Miss Georgia M. Melis

Mr. James V. Melle

Mr. Bob Mellon

Mr. C. Bruce Merritt

Mr. David B. Messersmith

Mr. John S. Metcalf

Mr. George E. Michaels

Mr. Ulbo J. Mijs

Edward F. Miles, MD

Mr. Donald L. Miller

Ms. Keri A. Mills

Mr. Paul S. Minor

Ms. Joan M. Mintz

Mr. Michael F. Mintz

Mrs. Elaine A. Mitchell

Dr. Shantilal M. Mohnot

Mr. M. Mokhtarzadeh

Mr. Steven J. Monaco

Mr. Robert E. Moore

Mr. Michael J. Moszkowicz

Dr. Peter R. Mulik

Ms. Maureen A. Mullen

Mr. J. Seth Mundorff

Mr. Sheridan Neimark

Ms. Carol A. Nemetz, Esq.

Mr. Jean R. Nesbit

Mr. John M. Newmyer

Ms. Dedriel L. Newsome

Mr. David L. Nicol, Jr.

Mr. Ken W. Niederst

Mr. Edward L. Nielsen

Mr. Craig W. Nitchman

Mr. Richard C. Olson

Mr. Frank J. Olszewski

Mr. Stephen J. Orlando

Mr. Gary L. Ott

Mr. Stephen W. Paff

Mr. Shashikant L. Parekh

Mrs. Helen M. Patricia

Mr. Steven N. Patricia

Dr. Paul R. Peck

Mrs. Kathleen M. Pendleton

Mr. David L. Penley

Mrs. Jean K. Penley

Mr. Henry W. Pennline

Mr. Dennis L. Peppler

Mr. Edward M. Petrie

Mr. Vincent J. Petti

Mr. Gregory A. Phillips

Mr. Douglas E. Piper

Mr. Michael D. Pitchford

Mr. Robert A. Plundo

Mr. Ray Popovich

Mr. Kenneth Francis Potochnik

Mr. Jerome J. Pottmeyer, Jr.

Mr. Charles K. Price, Jr.

Mr. Franklin A. Pringgosusanto

Mrs. Holly L. Prokash

Mr. Barry J. Purrington

Mr. Steven C. Pye

Mr. Giorgio Ramacciotti

Mr. Stephen E. Rankin

Mr. Erwin M. Ratajczak

Mr. Alim J. Ray

Mr. Michael D. Reed

Mr. Robert L. Regis

Mr. Juan J. Reinoso

Mr. Christian M. Restifo

Mr. Frank H. Rex, Jr.

Dr. Alan W. Rice

Mr. Paul H. Richardson

Mr. John W. Riggle

Mr. Edward L. Ritter

Dr. Karl M. Robinson

Mr. Richard F. Robinson

Mr. Jack T. Roseman

Mr. Tyrone S. Rouse

Mr. Thomas E. Rozic

Mr. Frederick C. Rudolph

Mr. Derek M. Rutherford

Mr. Louis A. Salvador

Mr. Gordon L. Schafer, Jr.

Mr. Donald C. Scheline

Mrs. Jane Scheline

Mr. Steven R. Scher

Mr. Mark E. Schott

Mr. Robert A. Schrecengost

Mr. Charles M. Schroeder III

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M Schroeder Jr

Mr. Donald W. Schroeder, Jr.

Mr. Carl A. Schulz

Dr. Robert M. Schwartz

Sensient Technologies Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Jigar V. Shah

Mr. Naresh B. Shah

Mr. Niranjan V. Shah

Mr. Thomas L. Shakely

Mr. Harry R. Shepard

Mr. John T. Shultz

Mr. H. Kenneth Siefers, Jr.

Mr. John A. Sills

Ms. Leah F. Simkins

Mr. Thomas P. Simonik

Mr. William B. Skelton, Jr.

Mr. Kenneth P. Slaby

Mr. Gary L. Smay

Mr. Timothy M. Smeltzer

Dr. Edward L. Smith, Jr.

Dr. Ronald E. Smith

Mr. David Solomon

Mrs. Laura E. Solomon

Mr. Frank J. Sommerfield

Dr. Miller B. Spangler

Mrs. Nancy L. Spangler

Mr. Allen P. Spence

Mr. Joseph J. Spisak

Mr. Theodore P. Springett, Jr.

Mrs. Rachael Mica Spynda

Dr. Richard M. Stamile

Ms. Sarah G. Stauffer

Dr. Arthur E. Steele

Mr. David Stefanick

Mrs. Laura Lynn Stentz

Mr. Robert W. Stevens, Jr.

Dr. Frederick C. Stone

Mr. Michael B. Stowell

Mrs. Janis O. Studer

Mr. Leo D. Sullivan

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ms. Jing Sun

Dr. Michelle Lourette Sun

Mr. Brice G. Supler

Dr. Malcolm L. Sutherland

Dr. John C. Tao

Mr. Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Esq.

Robert Tobe, M.D.

Dr. Alice E. Tome

Mr. James J. Toth

Mr. James G. Trageser

Mr. Fred Trudwig

Ms. Olenna Truskett

Mr. Patrick B. Tsai

Mr. Dennis M. Tulenko

Mr. Eran Turi

Ms. Frederica Turner

Union Carbide Corp.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Mr. Thomas P. Vickery

Ms. Kay L. Vinay

Mr. Mark L. Vranderic

Mr. Robert G. Wallace

Dr. John Y. Walz

Miss Cheryl A. Warfield

Mr. Herbert J. Weiss

Mr. Robert C. West

Mr. Lee R. White

Ms. Sara L. Whittaker

Mr. James B. Whittum

Mr. Mark R. Widdersheim

Mr. Kelan A. Wieloch

Mr. Ronald E. Wietelmann

Mr. Philip J. Wightman

Mr. Peter V. Wilcox

Mr. Frederick P. Williams

Mr. John Charles Wilson

Mr. Timothy C. Wilson

Mr. Paul M. Wisniewski

Mr. James G. Witt

Mr. O. Harley Wood

Mr. Anthony S. Yagiela

Mrs. Donna L. A. Yavorsky

Dr. P. John Yavorsky

Mr. Robert S. Y. Yoseph

Mr. David G. Zelnis

Mr. Karl A. Zipf, Jr.

Mr. Ronald S. Zmich

Ms. Cynthia A. Znati

Mr. Florian J. Zukas

Distinguished Alumni

Christodoulos A. Floudas

Dr. Floudas is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University, Associated Faculty in Program of Computational and Applied Mathematics, and Associated Faculty in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering. He earned his B.S.E. in 1982 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, completed his Ph.D. in December 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University (Advisor: Ignacio Grossmann), and joined Princeton University in February 1986.

Professor Floudas is a world-renown authority in mathematical modeling and optimization of complex systems at the macroscopic and microscopic level. His research interests lie at the interface of chemical engineering, applied mathematics, and operations research, with principal areas of focus including chemical process synthesis and design, process control and operations, discrete-continuous nonlinear optimization, local and global optimization, ad computational chemistry and molecular biology. Professor Floudas is the author of two graduate textbooks, Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Optimization (Oxford University Press, 1995), and Deterministic Global Optimization (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000). He has co-edited six monographs/books, has over 160 refereed publications, and has delivered over 240 invited lectures and seminars. He is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and research that include the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988; and the 2001 AIChE Professional Progress Award in Chemical Engineering.

Leonard Gerlowski

Len is a member of Shell Chemicals global corporate strategy and planning team. This team developed the strategic analysis and outlook for upper management to decide to restructure the Shell Chemicals portfolio to its petrochemical roots in 1999. Also, Len has responsibility for the Global Planning process and development of the Americas Regional plan for Shell Chemicals.

Len began his career at Shell in 1985 at Westhollow Research Center in Houston in the Corporate Chemical Engineering Division. In this role, he was responsible for chemical process simulation and fundamental research in transport in polymers. The polymer work led to several publications and technical symposium in the application of transport fundamentals to plastic food packaging applications. Len also holds several patents in the area of transport in polymers.

Management positions in Epoxy Resins Research, Economics and Scheduling at Shell’s Geismar LA plant and Supply Chain in Shell’s Higher Olefins and Derivatives business have followed.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon (Advisor: Rakesh Jain), all in chemical engineering.

Rebecca Liebert

Most people who earn a PhD choose academic careers. Not Rebecca Liebert (PhD, Chem E, 1995; Advisor: Dennis Prieve). Liebert has been on a fast track at NOVA Chemicals, Inc., a leading maker of polymers. In five years she has worked in technology, new product development, mergers and acquisitions, and sales. “I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot of sides of the business,” she understates.

At NOVA’s U.S. base in Pittsburgh, she is now Commercial Leader for Styrenic Polymers, a newly created post in a key division. Many items that have plastic parts or cases—home appliances, tools, pumps—are made with styrenic polymers sold by NOVA. Liebert manages strategic sales areas like pricing, contracts and, ultimately, deciding what product mix to sell for optimum return.

Her Ph.D helps Liebert grasp the technologies behind making the product—important for a sense of how costs (and thus margins) can be influenced—and the whole package, she says, “gives me a leg up on my peers. Going to Carnegie Mellon was the best decision I ever made.”

Liebert earned her B.S. at the University of Kentucky, then went straight into PhD studies. She serves CIT on the Dean’s Leadership Council, a group of recent graduates who advise the school on curriculum, alumni relations and industrial relations.

E. Kears Pollock

Kears Pollock is former executive vice-president, Office of the Chief Executive, of PPG Industries, Inc. He is a University Trustee and co-chair of the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board.

He served as senior vice president, Coatings and Resins; vice-president, Automotive Products, Coatings and Resins; and director of Marketing. Prior to that, he was director of Research and Development, Glass and Glass Patent Counsel. He was a patent attorney and research engineer before these assignments.

He is a member of the American ad Allegheny County Bar Associations, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Society of Automotive Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He has also served on the advisory board of the Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers and has been president of the Hampton Township, PA school board.

He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon and a law degree from Duquesne University. He is a member of the bar of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court, and various federal courts and agencies and is a registered professional engineer.

William Pounds

Dr. William F. Pounds is an Emeritus Professor and Dean of the Sloan School of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1950 and joined Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, as an industrial engineer. After service as a naval aviator he returned to Carnegie Mellon for graduate studies where he received a Master’s Degree in mathematical economics in 1959 and his Ph.D. in 1964 with Professor Herb Simon.

Dr. Pounds was a member of the M.I.T. faculty from 1961 to 1998. He served as Dean of the Sloan School from 1966 to 1980. In 1981 he stepped down as Dean and resumed his professional duties on a part-time basis while also serving as Senior Advisor to the Rockefeller Family. In 1991 Dr. Pounds retired from his various Rockefeller responsibilities and returned to M.I.T. faculty on a full-time basis. He retired from M.I.T. in 1998.

Dr. Pounds played a prominent role in developing the Sloan School’s International programs and was responsible for a time for coordinating all the international commitments of M.I.T. Prior to his service as Dean, Dr. Pounds’ teaching and research concentrated on the quantitative methods of managerial analysis, on the problems of operations management, and on the theory of decision making. He was instrumental in developing the operations management curriculum in the Sloan School.

Dr. Pounds is married to the former Helen Means. They have two children, four grandchildren, and reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lynn Yanyo

Lynn Yanyo is the Manager of Sales and Marketing for the Materials Division of Lord Corporation. Since joining Corporate Research at Lord in 1981, her research work has included developing ceramic coatings through sol-gel processes, identifying mechanisms adhesive failure, authoring predictive design software for rubber injection mold design, developing alternative elastomeric materials for extreme applications, developing mathematical models to predict non-linear, dynamic mechanical properties of elastomers, and developing controllable "smart" materials and applications. With the creation of the new Materials Division of Lord Corporation in 1996, she managed the long term R&D in electrically and magnetically controllable materials development, as well as product and process development and manufacturing of magnetorheological (MR) fluids. Since 1998 she has been managing New Business and Technology Development for the division which includes market research and often market creation and development for MR fluid technology.

She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Chemical Engineering. In her early years at Lord, she also completed a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Akron.

Christopher W. Macosko, alumnus of Carnegie Mellon (BS Chemical Engineering, 1966) professor, department of chemical engineering and materials science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was cited for the invention, development, and dissemination of new methods of reactive polymer processing and rheological property measurement.

The 23rd Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium

The Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association held the 23^rd Annual ChEGSA Symposium on October 18^th and 19^th at Carnegie Mellon University. This year’s keynote speaker was Professor Edward L. Cussler from the University of Minnesota. Professor Cussler is a Distinguished Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. His address titled “Non-Selective Membranes for Separations” was well received by the Symposium audience consisting of industrial guests, faculty and graduate students.

As always, the ChEGSA Symposium would not be possible without the generous contribution from industry. The Department of Chemical Engineering and ChEGSA are grateful for this support.

The 2001 Symposium Winners

The 2001 Geoffrey D. Parfitt Memorial Award was presented to Timothy D. Power for his talk entitled “Thermal Roughening of Naturally Chiral Pt Surfaces.”

The Symposium Awards were presented to My Hang Truong, “Rheological Significance of Flexibility in Wormlike Micellar Systems Through Analogy to 'Living' Polyelectrolytes,” and Joshua Horvath, “Desorption of Chiral Compounds from Chiral Cu(643) Surfaces.”

The Honorable Mentions were given to Jennifer R. Jackson, “A Multiperiod Optimization Model for Production Planning and Distribution in Multisite Plant Facilities,” and Aravind Asthagiri, “First Principles Investigation of Pt thin Films on SrTiO₃.”

The 2001 Sponsors include:

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Aspen Technology, Inc.
Bayer Corporation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
The Dow Chemical Company

ExxonMobil Corporation

Invensys Systems, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

The Lubrizol Corporation

NOVA Chemicals
PPG Industries, Inc.
Reference Metals Company, Inc.

Congratulations to Sarah Dence and Earl Solis received $5,000 Merck scholarships.

Graduation 2001 Awards

AIChE Professional Promise Award was presented to Vanessa Dorn.

Ken Westerberg Award was presented to Wan-Yu Rengie Chan. The memorial fund "The Ken Westerberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research" has been established by our department with a generous contribution from Aspen Technology. This prize will be presented every year during the departmental graduation ceremony to a senior who has shown exceptional promise for research in chemical engineering. This prize has been established in the memory of Ken Westerberg who died of Leukemia at the very young age of 35. Ken was the son of Art & Barbara Westerberg.

Placement Class 2001

Companies

Average salary: $54,160 ($50,729-2000)

High: $60,000 ($56,000) Low: $45,000 ($42,000)

Accenture

Air Products

Bank of America

Bristol Myers Squibb

BOC

Dupont

Eastman Kodak

Enron

ExxonMobil (2)

Ford

Immunex

INTEL (2)

Lubrizol

Merck (2)

P&G

Putnam Investments

Raytheon

SAIC

Schlumberger

· African Inland Missions

· Soybean Extraction Plant-Syria

Graduate Schools

Berkeley (Environmental)

CMU (BHE)

Law: George Mason, George Washington

Senior Banquet

The Senior Banquet was held on Friday, May 4, 2001 at the Engineers Club of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The evening featured the usual awards by students to faculty and other students. A high point of the evening featured faculty and students performing Karoke. A good time was had by all!

Exchange Program

James Leung

My experience abroad in London places the exchange program as the best opportunity the chemical engineering department can offer for its undergraduate students.

This opportunity offers you to study in the world-renowned Imperial College, currently ranked second in the UK after Cambridge, and convenient access to explore the rest of Europe. Imperial College gives a hands-on approach to learning. Textbooks were used only for reference. Instead, all the concepts, theories, and problems you need to know, for example, in separation processes, is from lecture notes prepared by a professor experienced in this field. Most of the learning happens when I am wearing my lab coat and hardhat playing with separation tank valves and analyzing experimental data in the department’s four-story high pilot plant. The same approach goes for the other courses.

Thinking about medical school? Imperial College has a medical school where students enroll in a six-year program to become full time doctors. There is also a newly upgraded biomedical engineering department. Experience in this field is hot in the marketplace. You are welcomed to take courses in these schools.

The most rewarding feature of this program is simply the availability of time. Europe is very laid back. I had the time to live a life that otherwise would be impossible to have in CMU. Imperial College reserves Wednesday afternoon for relaxation, recreation, or if necessary a time to catch up with your work. Work is well-balanced with play.

London on it own is worth a visit. To make your experience even better you will live there. I did not find myself as a tourist but as a full time college student doing what college students would do London. Use your imagination. Chances are I have done it not just once but a few times. Ever since I got on the plane to London at the start my fall semester last year I did not come back until a week before the fall semester started this year.

With just a few weeks back into the States I am already planning my next trip back. Living in a different country can be a challenge, just ask any international students. This program is definitely worth more than that.

PISCES Program

James Tseng, one of our PISCES students, won the "Co-Op of the Semester" Award at AMD this semester. He is going to continue his internship in the fall in a wafer fab support position.

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