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Lucas Landherr

Open a chemical engineering textbook and the only visuals you’re likely to find are graphs, charts, and diagrams. Landherr, an assistant teaching professor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at Northeastern Univ., is working to change that and make chemical engineering more accessible to all. He conducts engineering education research into the use of comics as teaching tools and for the development of K–12 modules. He has found that the comics he develops help students grasp complex ideas — even the notoriously confusing concept of fugacity. He explains, “I...Read more

2017 AIChE's 35 Under 35 Award

Nastassja Lewinski

Nastassja Lewinski is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Chemical and Life Science Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University. Dr. Lewinski has focused her career on integrating biological and environmental compatibility into the design process of engineered nanomaterials. Her research areas include nanotoxicology, nanoinformatics, and sustainable nanotechnology. Since 2014, Dr. Lewinski has served as Principal Investigator or co-PI on 13 externally...Read more

2017 AIChE's 35 Under 35 Award

2017 AIChE's 35 Under 35 Award

William Liechty

William (Bill) Liechty is the University Collaboration Scientist in External Technology, Core R&D at the Dow Chemical Company. Bill provides strategic oversight of Dow’s University Partnership Initiative, an investment in collaborative research projects with leading U.S. universities.  He is responsible for ensuring a robust pipeline of innovation projects by identifying promising technologies, scouting new partners, and by selecting, shaping, and executing collaborative projects to deliver value to Dow.

Bill joined Dow in 2013 and was responsible for process development in...Read more

2017 AIChE's 35 Under 35 Award

Ali Mesbah

Mesbah wants to make his mark on society through his research. An assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, he develops advanced computational tools for systems analysis and advanced control of novel chemical and biomolecular engineering applications.

Beyond his research, Mesbah enjoys working with his students, saying, “I find the scientific discussions and interactions with my students one of the most enjoyable and rewarding aspects of my job.” However, he finds that describing advanced mathematical concepts to...Read more

2017 AIChE's 35 Under 35 Award

Jeffrey Millman

Dr. Jeffrey Millman is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in Chemical Engineering and completed his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Douglas Melton at Harvard University. His current research is focused on synergizing both biomedical engineering and cell biology approaches to use stem cells for the study and treatment of diabetes. He is developing new approaches for the differentiation of insulin-producing islets from stem cells and improving their utility for cell...Read more

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