Alumni and Friends

For combining novel engineering concepts with combustion science to reduce atmospheric pollution and improve fuel efficiency in industrial combustion processes.

Engineering contributions to the development of artificial kidney systems and medical applications of nuclear energy.

For creative and pioneering effort in high-performance aircraft engine combustion systems design and the reduction of their pollutant emissions.

For major contributions to the field of engineered polymers including development of strain free adhesives, biodegradable polymers and thermally stable ladder polymers.

For breakthroughs in stealth materials and contributions to the isotope effect in solid-state physics, and for business leadership.

Contributions to engineering theory and practice in the areas of organic chemical reactions, combustion, and separations processes.

Invention and development of precision instruments.

Contributions to fundamental chemical engineering in the fields of transport phenomena and rheology.

For the development, design, and commercialization of processes for the production of recombinant vaccines and pharmaceutical chemicals.

Contributions in the development of high pressure techniques, and in the elucidation of new properties of solids, and of diffusion in liquids.

Outstanding contributions leading to the selection of liquid metals and supercritical fluids as solvents in chemical reactors, and to improved understanding of the extreme conditions in such reactors.

Contributions to the understanding of the origin and control of pollution by particulate matter.

For the investigation of factors underlying the deactivation and reactivation of catalysts, and for application of the findings in commercial practice.

Eminent chemical engineer.

Contributions in the analysis and design of turbulent, gas-liquid, and solid-liquid flow systems.

For the invention and commercialization of novel separation technologies and the development of new theoretical models for membrane separations.

For innovative experimental and theoretical studies of multiphase and interfacial flow phenomena and for the development of educational materials in fluid mechanics.

For advances in the understanding and engineering of complex dynamic chemical-reaction systems

For development and commercialization of advanced processing systems for the conversion of renewable biomass to commodity and specialty chemicals.

For contributions to microhydrodynamics, protein dynamics, and drug discovery through the application of high-performance computing.

Contributions to engineering theory and practice in the fields of fluidization, high-energy propellants, LNG technology, and centrifugal isotope separation.

For leadership in the engineering of polymers for high performance and reliability in communications and electronics

Development of new catalytic processes toward utilization of heavy, sulfur-containing petroleum feedstocks, and service to engineering education.

Integrating basic exploratory research and process engineering developments leading to successful commercialization of important new technology.

For contributions and leadership in the development of new polymer synthesis and processing technologies.

Contributions to the study of kinetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions.

Contributions to the thermodynamics and kinetic bases for the theory, understanding, and design of industrial phase-exchange units such as distillation columns, gas absorbers, and solvent extractors.

Pioneering research in mass transfer, particularly phenomena associated with transport through interfaces and membranes.

Applications of high technology to the health and medical needs of the world community.

For contributions to the understanding of dielectric, ferroelectric, and ferromagnetic materials applications.

For leadership in chemical reaction engineering, particularly in the experimental and theoretical understanding of stability and oscillation in chemical reactors, and in engineering education in general.

Research, educational, and industrial contributions to non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, and promotion of fluid mechanics as a discipline transcending specific engineering fields.

Contributions in catalysis by metals and bifunctional catalysis, and especially for the concept of 'polymetallic cluster' catalysts.

Founding of chemical engineering science through the McCabe-Thiele diagram and the Thiele Catalyst effectiveness factor.

For imaginative and productive leadership in the management of science and engineering leading to the development of innovative products for the consumer and commercial-industrial marketplaces.

Contributions in research in cryogenic engineering and national leadership in support and development of chemistry and energetics research.

For contributions in membrane science and technology and for processes for the production of silicone polymers.

For pioneering research, inspirational teaching, and the development of novel technology in colloidal processing and interfacial rheology.

Leadership in developing engineered plastics and for increasing national recognition of the importance of technology and innovation.

Contributions to boiling heat transfer by high-speed photography at great magnification.

For outstanding advancements in the development and application of test methods and basic understanding of the mechanical properties of ceramics.

For research on the manipulation of particle interactions to alter their suspension properties, and for leadership in education.