Rank/Role: Emerita/Emeritus

James Wei

Research Interests

shape selective separation with zeolites and nanoporous materials, molecular structure-property relations for product engineering

Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1952

Honors and Awards

Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990

Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1982

Academia Sinica, 1982

William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1980

National Academy of Engineering, 1978

Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1970

Petroleum Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society, 1966

Lawrence B. Evans

Research Interests

Chemical Engineering Systems, Modular Online Education [Read more]

Education

B.S. University of Oklahoma, 1956

M.S.E. University of Michigan, 1957

Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1962

Honors and Awards

Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division Award, 1982

Entrepreneur of the Year in High-Tech for New England Region, 1997

Hero of Manufacturing from Fortune magazine, 1999

AIChE Chemical Engineering Practice Award, 1999

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2001

Award for Personal Achievement from Chemical Engineering Magazine, 2002

President of AIChE, 2007

Herbert H. Sawin

Research Interests

directional plasma etching, dry wafer cleaning, kinetics, surface science, process modeling

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1980

B.S., Iowa State University, 1973

Publications

Honors and Awards

Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering, Iowa State, 1994

Thinker Award presented by Tegal Corporation for Innovative Characterization and Modeling of Plasma Etching Processes, 1987

Kenneth A. Smith

Research Interests

fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer

Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958

Publications

Honors and Awards

National Academy of Engineering, 1983

Professional Progress Award, AIChE, 1981

George Stephanopoulos

Research Interests

nanoscale process systems engineering, multiresolution modeling and design of materials and processes, multiscale process operations and control

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida, 1974

M.E., McMaster University, 1971

Dipl. ChE., National Technical University of Athens, 1970

Publications

Honors and Awards

Demokritos Scientific Research and Innovation Award, Greece, 2016

CACHE Award for Excellence in Computing in Chemical Engineering Education, ASEE Chemical Engineering Division, 2015

The Ambani Life-Time Achievements Award, ICT-Ambani Corp., 2013

AIChE Founders Award, 2012

American Academy of Arts and Science Fellow, 2012

Fellow of AIChE, 2006

“BalwantS. Joshi Distinguished Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering” UICT, Mumbai, 2005-06

“Gerster”Lecture, Universityof Delaware, 2004

William H. Walker Award, AIChE, 2003

AIChE Institute Lecture, 2003

Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, 2002

“Roger Sargent”Lecture, ImperialCollege, 2000

National Academy of Engineering, 1999

The Kelly Lectures, Purdue University, 1999

Harry G. Fair Lecture, The University of Oklahoma, 1999

Best Paper Award: Designing and Systems, 14th European Mtg. on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna,1998

Centennial Lecturer, Technical University of Delft, Delft, 1995

Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, AIChE, 1993

Merck Distinguished Lecturer, Rutgers University, 1992

Best Paper Award, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 1992, 1987

Foreign Member of the Russian Acad of Tech. Sciences, 1991

The Stanley Katz Memorial Lecturer, CUNY, 1989

Curtis McGraw Award, ASEE, 1986

Allan P. Colburn Award, AIChE, 1982

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher and Scholar Award, 1977

Jefferson W. Tester

Research Interests

environmental remediation and control technology, chemical processes in supercritical fluids, technologies for renewable and geothermal energy systems, gas hydrates in natural environments

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971

M.S., Cornell University, 1967

B.S., Cornell University, 1966

Honors and Awards

National Academy of Engineering, 2021

Special Achievement Award, Geothermal Resources Council, 2011

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010

Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, ChemE , 1990

Outstanding Faculty Member Award, ChemE , 1986, 1987, 1989, and 2001

Outstanding Chemical Engineer, AIC, New Mexico Chapter, 1980

Preetinder S. Virk

Research Interests

turbulent drag reduction, graph-theoretic modeling of hydrocarbon pyrolysis pathways, mechanistic investigation of high-transfer hydrogen transfer pathways

Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967

B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1962

Publications

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Veteran Advisor Award, 2016

Charles L. Cooney

Research Interests

biochemical engineering

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967

B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1966

Publications

Honors and Awards

ICB Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024

Honoris Causa by Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, 2012

Dieter & Inga Koehn Lecture, 2010

Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2009

Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, 1992

Institute of Biotechnological Studies, 1989 Gold Medal

James Van Lannen Award for Distinguished Service to the Division of Microbial & Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society, 1985

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983.

Becten-Dickenson Award lecturer, American Society for Microbiology, 1977

Listed in Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science & Technology

Listed in American Men of Science

Sigma Xi

William M. Deen

Research Interests

bioengineering, transport phenomena, membrane separations

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973

M.S., Stanford University, 1971

B.S., Columbia University, 1969

Publications

Honors and Awards

Graduate Student Council Outstanding Faculty Award, 2012, 2013, 2016

Warren K. Lewis Award, AIChE, 2012

Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, MIT, 2012

Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching, MIT, 2011

Dr. Balwant S. Joshi Distinguished Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering, UICT, Mumbai, India, 2008

Founding Fellow, AIMBE, 1992

Western Electric Fund Award, ASEE, 1982

 

Karen K. Gleason

Research Interests

chemical vapor deposition, membranes, organic surfaces, interfaces, and devices

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1987

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982

Publications

Honors and Awards

AIChE’s Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement by a Woman Chemical Engineer, 2021

John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer Award, 2019

Charles M.A. Stine Award, 2015

Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2015

Elected AIChE Fellow, 2013

AIChE Process Development Research Award, 2012

Printed Electronics Europe Best Materials Award, 2011

Keynote speaker, 23rd Int’l Conf. on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors, 2009

Chair, 5th Intl. Conf on Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition, August 2008

Donders Visiting Prof., Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2006

Excellence Award, SEMATECH, 2000

Tenth Annual Van Ness Award Lecturer, RPI, 2000

Chair, Gordon Conference of Diamond Synthesis, Oxford UK, 1998

Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1990

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1990

Amoco Foundation Fellow, 1982-85

NCAA Post-graduate Fellow, 1982

All-American NCAA Division III Swimming, 1978-82