Alumni
- 鈥淟a Randonn茅e鈥 is French for a rambling walk or hike. For department alumnus Kevin Green (ChemEngr鈥96), the metaphor of an extended journey is apt for his own winding career. First as a student studying chemical and environmental engineering at CU 麻豆影院, to a stint at Intel, then as an expatriate living in Ireland, and finally as a winemaker at Apollini Vineyards in Oregon and for his own label, appropriately named La Randonn茅e Wines.
- Thad Sauvain (ChemEngr鈥91) was selected as one of two Outstanding Mentor Award winners for the Spring 2021 semester for his work with junior Kyle Kinney. Kinney provided the nomination, stating that his mentor 鈥減rovided invaluable advice for applying to internships and professional development.鈥
- Department alumnus Professor H. Scott Fogler (PhDChemEngr'65) was recently named a Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year by the Michigan Association of State Universities, a prestigious honor among faculty members working in public university undergraduate education.
- Alumna Kim Ogden has been named president-elect of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.Ogden, a professor of chemical and environmental engineering and director of the Institute for energy solutions at the University of Arizona, will become
- Alumnus Cole DeForest, who earned his PhD in our department in 2011, has been named one of AIChE鈥檚 鈥35 Under 35.鈥 The award recognizes his contributions to the institute and the chemical engineering profession.An assistant professor at the
- Alumnus Mike Wirth has been named vice chairman of Chevron Corporation effective Feb. 1, 2017.Wirth, a 1982 chemical engineering graduate, joined Chevron the same year as a design engineer. He advanced through a number of engineering, construction
- Former ChE professor Ronald E. West passed away May 23 after a long battle with Waldenstrom鈥檚 macroglobulinemia, a rare lymphoma. Ron taught in the department from 1957 until 1995, developing strong friendships and devoting countless hours
- As a graduate student in the early 2000s, Tara Lovestead learned the ropes of scholarly research under Professor Chris Bowman. Now a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology working on analytical chemistry applications, Lovestead is one of only 105 scientists nationwide to earn the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
- Congratulations to ChBE alumnus Nicholas Sandoval, who has accepted a position as assistant professor in Tulane鈥檚 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Nich earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from CU-麻豆影院 in 2006 and his PhD
- Congratulations to department alumna Tara Lovestead (PhD'04), who is one of only 105 researchers nationwide to earn a 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Tara was advised by Chris Bowman and now