Class Notes: CBE

I obtained a PhD from University College Dublin in 1993 and have been on the faculty in the School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University since that time. My research focuses on membrane filtration processes and this year I published my first book with the title "Membrane Filtration - A Problem Solving Approach with MATLAB", published by Cambridge UNiversity Press.
Special regards to Claude Cohen!
Greg

Hannah Lee is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a minor in Biomedical Engineering. She started the University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in 2007, pursing dual MD/PhD degrees. Her PhD training is in Bioengineering, Cell and Organ Engineering track. She defended her Ph.D. thesis in summer 2012, and is now back at the University of Pittsburgh for her medical degree. She says the transition has been "painful" at times, but she is happy to be back in the clinical world.

Cate Beirne Donovan graduated from Cornell with her Bachelors in Chemical Engineering in 2000. She immediately began working for Stepan Co. in its sales department, and advanced into the position of the company's Global Business Manager for Systems and Flexible Polyols in 2006. She recieved her part time MBA from Northwestern University in 2008. In January 2013, she was promoted to Stepan Co.'s Polymers Innovation Program Manager. 

Jouha Min has recieved her Masters in Chemical Engineering Practices from MIT in September 2012, and is in the process of getting her Ph.D., also from MIT. She has worked at BP Chemicals in Hull, U.K. and General Mills for a semester as part of her Masters program. Her thesis project is on designing a smart self-assembly platform (namely layer-by-layer [LBL] assembly) for delivering multiple theraputic agents in a controlled manner. SHe is also trying to develop a mathematical model for controlling and predicting the relase behavior from the system using her knowledge of polymer physics and transport, knowledge she attributes to her time spent as an undergraduate working in the Clancy Group.

John Prausnitz, BChE 1950, has recieved the Lifetime Achievement Award in Chemical Engineering Pedagogical Scholarship from the American Society of Engineering Education. He was cited for a sustained career of contributions to pedagogical practice, scholarship, and/or mentoring that not only caused innovative and substantial change, but also inspired other educators to new behaviors that benefit students in chemical engineering. After recieving a Ph.D. from Princeton University, Prausnitz joined the faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now Professor in the Graduate School. In recognition of his work on applied chemical thermodynamics, he has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recipient of four honorary doctorate degrees, he recieved the National Medal of Science from President Bush in the White House in 2005.