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Cameron Abrams

Abrams is a professor of chemical and biological engineering in the College of Engineering and also holds a courtesy appointment in the College of Medicine's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His research focuses on molecular simulations; the structure and function of HIV; and receptors for insulin and growth factors.

He earned his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of California - Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. Abrams' research group is currently developing a molecular...Read more

Kenneth Goodson

Ken Goodson is the Bosch Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Davies Family Provostial Professor at Stanford University. His lab has graduated 40 PhDs, nearly half of whom are professors at schools including MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. Goodson studied at MIT (PhD 93) and is a Fellow with ASME, IEEE, APS, and AAAS. Recognition includes the ASME Kraus Medal, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award, the THERMI Award, plenary lectures at INTERPACK, ITHERM, PHONONS, SEMITHERM, and THERMINIC, and best/outstanding paper awards at SEMITHERM, ITHERM, and the IEDM. Goodson co-...Read more

Jason Bara

Jason E. Bara is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Alabama. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Colorado at Boulder.Read more

Allan Myerson

Professor of Practice of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to his position at MIT he was the Philip Danforth Amour Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago where he served as Provost and Senior Vice President (January 2003-June 2008) and Dean of Engineering and Science (January 2000-January 2003). Professor Myerson also served on the faculty at Polytechnic University (NY), Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Dayton. Professor Myerson was...Read more

Thomas Epps

Prof. Epps is the Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD) with a joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include nanostructured assemblies for targeted drug delivery, polymeric materials for bio-separation and ion-conduction membranes, nanostructured soft materials for catalytic applications, and surface responsive polymer films. Dr. Epps has received several honors and awards including: Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award (2014); the Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting...Read more

Karen K. Gleason

Karen K. Gleason is the Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE). During her faculty career at MIT, Prof. Gleason served as Executive Officer of the Chemical Engineering Department, Associate Director for the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies; Associate Dean of Engineering for Research; and as Associate Provost. In the later role, she had primary responsibility for space allocation, planning, and management across the MIT campus...Read more

Jonathan Dordick

Jonathan S. Dordick is Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, and an adjunct appointment at Rockefeller University. Dr. Dordick is Special Advisor to the President for Strategic Initiatives.

He received his B.A. degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Rensselaer, he served as the Vice President for Research, the Director...Read more

Pratim Biswas

Pratim Biswas, the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor, is the Chairman of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Prof. Biswas obtained his B. Tech (1980) degree from IIT Bombay, M.S (1981) from University of California, and Ph. D (1985) from California Institute of Technology, USA.
Pratim is an internationally recognized aerosol scientist, and his areas of research and teaching interests are in Aerosol Science and Technology; Nanoparticle Technology; Energy and Environmental Nanotechnology. He has made novel...Read more

John Falconer

John L. Falconer is the Mel and Virginia Clark Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published more than 230 papers and has 19 patents in the areas of zeolite membranes, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, and atomic and molecular deposition. He has also published 11 papers related to education. He has directed the effort at the University of Colorado Boulder to prepare screencasts, ConcepTests, interactive simulations, and course packages for chemical engineering courses....Read more

Lawrence Megan

Lawrence Megan is currently an R&D and Global Operation Director for Praxair. In this role, he is responsible for managing a portfolio of programs focused on improving the efficiency of Praxair’s process plant operations, supply chains, and business processes.
Larry joined Praxair in 1993 as a Development Associate, later becoming an R&D manager and Corporate Fellow. He holds 4 US patents and has co-authored 13 peer reviewed journal articles. He received a National Academy of Engineering Eminent Young Engineer award in 2006, a Praxair R&D Commercialization Award in...Read more

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