Chemical Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research

Chemical Engineering

AWARDS AND HONORS



Richard C. Alkire
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, Honorary Member, and Past President, The Electrochemical Society
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1982
Research Award, Electrochemical Division, The Electrochemical Society, 1983
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985
Carl Wagner Memorial Award, The Electrochemical Society, 1985
G. W. Kidd Outstanding Alumnus Award, Lafayette College, 1988
Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1988-91
E. V. Murphree Award, American Chemical Society, 1991
Technical Achievement Award, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, 1992
Edward Goodrich Acheson Medal, The Electrochemical Society, 1996


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Richard D. Braatz
Hertz Fellow, 1991
Hertz Foundation Doctoral Thesis Prize, 1993
Du Pont Young Faculty Award, 1995
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1997


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Harry G. Drickamer, Emeritus
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, U of I Center for Advanced Study
Member, American Philosophical Society
Doctor of Chemical Science Honoris Causa, Russian Academy of Science
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Fellow, American Physical Society
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1947
Ipatieff Prize, American Chemical Society, 1956
Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1967
Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, American Physical Society, 1967
Bendix Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1968
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1972
Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1974
P. W. Bridgman Medal, International Association for High Pressure Science and Technology, 1977
Michelson/Morley Award, 1978
Chemical Pioneers Award, American Institute of Chemists, 1983
John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia, 1984
Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1986
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1986
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1987
Welch Award, R. A. Welch Foundation, 1987
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1987
Elliott Cresson Medal, The Franklin Institute, 1988
Outstanding Materials Chemistry Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 1989
National Medal of Science, 1989
Director's Distinguished Lectureship, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1991
Gold Medal, American Institute of Chemists, 1996


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Thomas J. Hanratty, Emeritus
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Institute of Mechanics
Honorary Doctorate, Villannova University
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1957
Curtis W. McGraw Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1963
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1964
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1967
Senior Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1979
Shell Distinguished Chair in Chemical Engineering, U of I, 1981-90
Ernest Thiele Award, Chicago Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1986
University Scholar, U of I, 1987
J. W. Westwater Professorship, U of I, 1989-97
Lamme Medal, Ohio State University, 1997


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Jonathan J. L. Higdon
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1984
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1988
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1990, 1994, 1998
Stanley Corrsin Lectureship in Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University, 1993


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Deborah E. Leckband
National Institutes of Health FIRST Award, 1993
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1995
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U of I College of Engineering, 1998
Amoco Lectureship, Stanford University, 1998


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Richard I. Masel
Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid-State Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1982
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1984


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Walter G. May, Emeritus
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, 1988
Award in Chemical Engineering Practice, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1989
Teaching Excellence Award, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1989, 1991


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Anthony J. McHugh
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1988
Alumni Professorship, U of I Department of Chemical Engineering, 1989
U of I School of Chemical Sciences Teaching Award, 1990, 1995
Lycan Professorship, U of I School of Chemical Sciences, 1995


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Nikolaos V. Sahinidis
Du Pont Young Faculty Research Initiation Grant, U of I, 1991
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1995
NSF/Lucent Technologies Industrial Ecology Fellowship, 1998


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William R. Schowalter
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Doctorat Honoris Causa, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1982
J. S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1987-88
E. C. Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology, 1988


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Edmund G. Seebauer
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988
Dow Teaching Excellence Award, 1988
Du Pont Young Faculty Award, 1989
Observer for U.S. Delegation, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry General Assemblies, 1989, 1991
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1994-96
Inventor Recognition Award, Semiconductor Research Corp., 1995
U of I School of Chemical Sciences Teaching Award, 1996


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James W. Westwater, Emeritus
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1966
Max Jacob Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1972
Bendix Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1974
Founders' Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1984
Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1989
Ernest W. Thiele Award, Chicago Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994


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K. Dane Wittrup
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990
Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Advising,
U of I College of Engineering, 1991, 1993
Dow Chemical Company Excellence in Teaching Award, 1989-90
School of Chemical Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence, U of I, 1993
J. W. Westwater Professorship, U of I, 1998-
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1998


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Charles F. Zukoski
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987
Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, U of I College of Engineering, 1992
Fulbright Teaching/Scholar Fellowship to visit the University of Melbourne, 1992
University Scholar, U of I, 1994-97
Plenary Lecture: 13th Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, Toulouse, France, September 1996
Moulton Medal, Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1997
Publication Award, Society of Rheology, 1997
Ralph K. Iler Award, American Chemical Society, 1997
Alcoa Plenary Lecture, Symposium on Particulate Fluids, Melbourne, Australia, 1998


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Chemical Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research